OS X/Linker: New Mac malware attempts zero-day Gatekeeper bypass

Re:OS X/Linker: New Mac malware attempts zero-day Gatekeeper... by donarb on Friday June 28, 2019 @11:42AM (#20305474)

> The disk images are disguised as Adobe Flash Player installers, which is one of the most common ways malware creators trick Mac users into installing malware.

Most Mac users know that Flash is a piece of malware itself and would never be fooled into installing it.

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Re:OS X/Linker: New Mac malware attempts zero-day Gatekeeper... by ladberg on Friday June 28, 2019 @01:37PM (#20306822)

That's intentional. The most successful fishing emails, sketchy ads, etc are obviously bad to anyone savvy. They design it so that only computer illiterate people end up falling for it, as they have no chance of fixing the problem themselves.

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Re:OS X/Linker: New Mac malware attempts zero-day Gatekeeper... by fortran77 on Friday June 28, 2019 @11:49AM (#20305572)

What was the purpose of this statement?

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Re:OS X/Linker: New Mac malware attempts zero-day Gatekeeper... by adim86 on Friday June 28, 2019 @12:22PM (#20305947)

It made me laugh... if that was the purpose... the guy made it. LOL

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Re:OS X/Linker: New Mac malware attempts zero-day Gatekeeper... by donarb on Friday June 28, 2019 @12:39PM (#20306169)

It was a tongue in cheek statement about the fact that Mac users have long ago sworn off using Flash on their systems. It's a bloated CPU-intensive piece of crapware.

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