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 ...

There’s been quite some commotion regarding the Mac and its relative security since Trojan horse Mac Defender appeared on the scene earlier this month. Now Apple’s weighing in, with a Knowledge Base ...

Recently, our own Harry McCracken revealed that even he’d been hit by the Mac malware known as Mac Defender (also known as Mac Protector). Here’s how to remove it from, or avoid getting it on, your ...

If you own an Intel-based Mac, watch out. There’s a malware strain that’s after your data. It’s called MetaStealer, and it slipped right past the radar of many Mac experts. Gone are the days when ...

Our big concern here is that sometimes a company can be lead by its marketing department who make promises the engineering team can’t deliver. We felt this was the case when we first looked at the ...

Apple (AAPL) has finally deigned to help users infected with the Mac Defender malware. It climbed down from its lofty, pedantic pedestal after days of reports that it was refusing to help Trojan ...

Craig Federighi, senior vice president of Software Engineering for Apple Inc., waves while arriving at U.S. district court in Oakland, California, U.S., on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. For decades, Apple ...

Just last week, the Flashback trojan scared a lot of Mac users. Now, there's yet another trojan spreading across Mac computers—SabPub. The same Java vulnerability that allowed Flashback in seems to be ...

A common discussion among the IT administrators on various email lists and subreddit forums is Mac malware and whether or not you need to install security solutions when deploying a fleet of Macs. Are ...

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 ...

F-Secure has reported on a new, scarier-than-usual Mac Trojan horse. The good news is that you can only get infected if you double-click on a rogue file masquerading as a Flash installer. The bad news ...

One in five Mac computers is likely to carry Windows malware, but only one in 36 is likely to be infected with malware specifically designed for the Mac OS X, according to study performed by antivirus ...