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Re: Apple users warned of hi-tech Mac malware

From David <BD@invalid.email>
Newsgroups uk.comp.sys.mac, alt.computer.workshop
Subject Re: Apple users warned of hi-tech Mac malware
Date 2025-02-17 22:31 +0000
Message-ID <m1hrl6Fjft2U3@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 17/02/2025 22:21, Mike Easter wrote:
> Mike Easter wrote:
>> maybe somewhere else there is a specific article whose purpose isn't 
>> just to promote Intego.
> 
> This site has more than anyone should want to know about this malware. I 
> don't really understand the idea of the ware's 'stealing' of Mac's 
> XProtect 'string'.
> 
> https://research.checkpoint.com/2025/banshee-macos-stealer-that-stole- 
> code-from-macos-xprotect/
> 
>> Banshee: The Stealer That “Stole Code” From MacOS XProtect
> 
> Bleeping Computer's explanation is easier to get:
> 
> https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/banshee-stealer-evades- 
> detection-using-apple-xprotect-encryption-algo/
> 
>> Banshee stealer evades detection using Apple XProtect encryption algo

Frightening, eh?!!! ;-)

Well, it should be ....... for users of Mac computers!

-- 
David

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Apple users warned of hi-tech Mac malware David <BD@invalid.email> - 2025-02-17 00:02 +0000
  Apple users warned of hi-tech Mac malware David <BD@invalid.email> - 2025-02-17 00:05 +0000
    Re: Apple users warned of hi-tech Mac malware FromTheRafters <FTR@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-02-17 05:41 -0500
      Re: Apple users warned of hi-tech Mac malware David <BD@invalid.email> - 2025-02-17 14:15 +0000
        Re: Apple users warned of hi-tech Mac malware FromTheRafters <FTR@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-02-17 13:58 -0500
          Re: Apple users warned of hi-tech Mac malware David <BD@invalid.email> - 2025-02-17 19:48 +0000
            Re: Apple users warned of hi-tech Mac malware Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2025-02-17 16:32 -0800
              Re: Apple users warned of hi-tech Mac malware David <BD@invalid.email> - 2025-02-18 08:17 +0000
      Re: Apple users warned of hi-tech Mac malware Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2025-02-17 12:34 -0800
        Re: Apple users warned of hi-tech Mac malware Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2025-02-17 14:21 -0800
          Re: Apple users warned of hi-tech Mac malware David <BD@invalid.email> - 2025-02-17 22:31 +0000
            Re: Apple users warned of hi-tech Mac malware Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2025-02-17 15:03 -0800

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