Ed, I always seems there is nothing that can be done with these guys…
John > On Jan 18, 2017, at 3:27 PM, Ed Wiser <[email protected]> wrote: > > Infinite Loop – Ars Technica > Newly discovered Mac malware may have circulated in the wild for 2 years > > <http://arstechnica.com/security/2017/01/newly-discovered-mac-malware-may-have-circulated-in-the-wild-for-2-years/> > > <> > A newly discovered family of Mac malware has been conducting detailed > surveillance on targeted networks, possibly for more than two years, a > researcher reported Wednesday. > > The malware, which a recent Mac OS update released by Apple is detecting as > Fruitfly, contains code that captures screenshots and webcam images, collects > information about each device connected to the same network as the infected > Mac, and can then connect to those devices, according to a blog post > <https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2017/01/new-mac-backdoor-using-antiquated-code/> > published by anti-malware provider Malwarebytes. It was discovered only this > month, despite being painfully easy to detect and despite indications that it > may have been circulating since the release of the Yosemite release of OS X > in October 2014. It's still unclear how machines get infected. > > "The first Mac malware of 2017 was brought to my attention by an IT admin, > who spotted some strange outgoing network traffic from a particular Mac," > Thomas Reed, director of Mac offerings at Malwarebytes, wrote in the post. > "This led to the discovery of a piece of malware unlike anything I've seen > before, which appears to have actually been in existence, undetected for some > time, and which seems to be targeting biomedical research centers." > > Read 4 remaining paragraphs > <http://arstechnica.com/security/2017/01/newly-discovered-mac-malware-may-have-circulated-in-the-wild-for-2-years/#p3> > | Comments > <http://arstechnica.com/security/2017/01/newly-discovered-mac-malware-may-have-circulated-in-the-wild-for-2-years/?comments=1> > > <http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~ff/arstechnica/apple?a=R49oPKbDO2Q:-f4uIs5_NCY:V_sGLiPBpWU> > > <http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~ff/arstechnica/apple?a=R49oPKbDO2Q:-f4uIs5_NCY:F7zBnMyn0Lo> > > <http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~ff/arstechnica/apple?a=R49oPKbDO2Q:-f4uIs5_NCY:qj6IDK7rITs> > > <http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~ff/arstechnica/apple?a=R49oPKbDO2Q:-f4uIs5_NCY:yIl2AUoC8zA> > > > http://arstechnica.com/security/2017/01/newly-discovered-mac-malware-may-have-circulated-in-the-wild-for-2-years/ > > <http://arstechnica.com/security/2017/01/newly-discovered-mac-malware-may-have-circulated-in-the-wild-for-2-years/> > Sent with Reeder <http://reederapp.com/> > > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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