Ever wonder what malware macOS can detect and remove without help from third-party software? Apple continuously adds new malware detection rules to Mac’s built-in XProtect suite. While most rule names ...

What’s Silver Sparrow? No, it’s not a Game of Thrones character—has that ship sailed?—but rather a new piece of macOS malware that runs on both Intel and M1-based Macs. That makes it the second piece ...

Everyday Mac users are now a common target for hackers and one of the key ways they attempt to infiltrate the systems is ...

Following the release of new betas last week, Apple snuck out one of the most significant updates to XProtect I’ve ever seen. The macOS malware detection tool added 74 new Yara detection rules, all ...

Apple has made notable updates to macOS malware tools over the course of the last six months, according to updates tracked by Howard Oakley at Eclectic Lighting Company (via Ars Technica). "In the ...

It's early, but 2025 is not shaping up to be a great year for Mac cybersecurity. In less than two months, we've seen numerous Mac malware threats targeting Apple laptops, which are generally ...

North Korean hackers are using fake job offers and disguised app updates to sneak malware onto Macs, and while Apple's latest XProtect update blocks some threats, others are still slipping through.

A new macOS malware known as Silver Sparrow has silently infected almost 30,000 Mac devices with malware whose purpose is a mystery. In a collaboration between Red Canary, Malwarebytes, and VMware ...

A cyber threat actor has been leveraging an old LockBit builder to experiment with ransomware targeting Apple’s macOS devices, according to two threat intelligence providers. In an October 22 report, ...

Mac users often assume they're safer than everyone else, especially when they stick to official app stores and trusted tools. That sense of security is exactly what attackers like to exploit. Security ...

Security researchers have discovered a new custom macOS malware dubbed Gimmick, which they believe was created by a Chinese espionage group to carry out attacks in Asia. Gimmick itself is said to be a ...