The number one top-selling paid Utilities app on the Mac App Store in the United States has been found to steal the browser history of anyone who downloads it, and is still on the App Store as of this ...
Researchers discovered a Mac OS X variant of the Windows-based Pirrit adware that creates a proxy server on infected Mac computers and injects ads into webpages. Researchers discovered a Mac OS X ...
Apple has removed a popular Mac app after it was found to be stealing users' data. The app, called Adware Doctor, was recording users' app data and browser history and sending it back to servers in ...
As OS X becomes increasingly popular, it’s only natural that it becomes a bigger target for hackers, scammers and advertisers. We’re seeing a rise in complaints about adware programs built for OS X, ...
If you have the Adware Doctor app installed on your Mac, you should uninstall it ASAP. Despite ranking as the top paid utility app in the Mac App Store, Adware Doctor is actually spyware that secretly ...
Apple prides itself on prioritizing user security and privacy. It counts the iOS and Mac App Stores, where customers can download an array of trusted, vetted software, as cornerstones of that ...
If you’re seeing irritating ads pop-up in your browser, your homepage has been changed to some strange search engine, or your computer is suddenly slow, you’ve been targeted by adware. Adware is ...
A new family of Mac adware is bound to cause some headaches to infected victims, as the only way to remove it and its secondary payloads is by reinstalling macOS from scratch, according to the expert ...
The latest version of a Mac Trojan called UpdateAgent, aka WizardUpdate, provides fresh evidence of the growing effort that some threat actors are putting into targeting Apple technologies. The ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- More and more Mac OS X users are falling victim to various adware and spyware infections, though still less so than Microsoft Windows-based computers. "Adware has become a major ...
A new adware program that silently installs on Mac OS X systems and opens Web browser windows is unlikely to create a security problem. The program, dubbed iAdware by Finnish security company F-Secure ...
Antivirus software developer Malwarebytes today shared its State of Malware Report for 2020 [PDF], which suggests that Mac malware is growing much more common. For the first time ever, Macs outpaced ...