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September 13th, 2020
Recently, we’ve spotted a new BundloreX instance injecting search settings after the machine being online for sometime - roughly 1-2 days
Injection is performed via Chrome profile; by that few main goals are achieved. Let’s get the motivation through the full attack chain.
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June 8th, 2020
Recently, we’ve spotted a malware that hijacks a user’s search over Chrome,Safari, Firefox all together (MacOS 10.15.4). But hey, we dealt with that enough. The interesting thing here is something completely different - the malware appears to bite into the machine's memory hard. After a few weeks of the Mac running, we’ve been prompted with “low memory on machine”.
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January 5th, 2020
Scoring full marks across each category of Performance, Usability and Detection, Airo’s 100% malware detection rate is almost unheard of in the antivirus industry. Most antivirus products on the market take at least 5 or 6 tests to achieve anything close to a 100% malware detection rate, while Airo’s advanced technology captured everything on the first time.
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January 1st, 2020
Recently we spotted a new malware, in the form of a malicious profile file. The first of its kind on MacOS traffic: DNS hijacker.
This malware inserts a profile file that adds a new network interface as a fake VPN connection layer which later on, modifies the DNS IP address. These settings are being used to hijack Google search queries and redirect them into a monetised search page which hosts the Malware....
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November 20th, 2019
Mac-specific attacks saw an explosion in 2019, as trigger-happy hackers turned their eyes to macOS. This is after 2018’s record-breaking number of malware attacks which, according to AV-Test, saw 93,996 attempts on macOS.
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July 8th, 2019
A spyware by VoiceFive, a Comscore company, is using man-in-the- practice, by which it gains access to users’ sensitive data, and creates a security vulnerability to MACOS machines.
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May 29th, 2019
A sneak peek into a MITM Proxy employed by SearchProxy on Mac.
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May 28th, 2019
Shlayer Adware Analysis Part #1
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May 27th, 2019
Let AiroAV introduce you to its 7 malware (or other malicious behaviors) threats in Mac
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May 11th, 2019
The adware BundloreX silently overrides users’ system, browser and search settings, and continually inject unauthorized ads. Let’s take a look at how it works.
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April 30th, 2019
In this blog post we present an obfuscation analysis for the latest variant of “InstallCore” PUP/PUA Adware that we encountered in the wild. The Adware acts as installer and deploys multiple apps in the user’s computer.
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March 24th, 2019
Are Macs more secure than other operating systems? Do hackers attack only organizations? Can apps downloaded from the App store be malicious? Are unicorns real? Airo Labs debunk some myths and fictions about Mac security.
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February 18th, 2019
Airo Lab research discovered a sophisticated fraud involving fake Apple support services, tricking consumers into exposing their personal details and buying products they don't need.
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February 11th, 2019
Phishing is a malicious social engineering technique that tricks victims into making security mistakes; providing their sensitive information to an unreliable attacker.
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December 15th, 2018
Airo Labs Research uncovered ‘Searchitnow’ and ‘MacOSDefender’: Adware designed specifically to evade new security measures in macOS Mojave.
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November 25th, 2018
We love our Macs. We spend more time with them than we spend with our children, our wives or even our TVs. However, we all know that every close...
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November 1st, 2018
While you mistakenly think that Mac systems are completely secure, today’s Mac and iOS threats have stepped up an extra gear. In the last couple of...
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November 1st, 2018
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