Malware on macOS, discover one of the most sophisticated to date and you can spy on you - "TechnoTron"

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If in the last hours has been alerted of a phishing campaign impersonating emails-official Apple to get user accounts, now security researchers from Check Point have published the existence of a new malware that can infect Mac computers.


"There is a new malware that attacks directly to macOS, the umpteenth reason to be wary of attachments to emails from strangers."


His name is Dok and portray it as the first trojan to large-scale that affects macOS, the desktop operating system of Apple.



Dok, the malware on the Mac that intercepts your connection

This is not the first time that it is discovered malicious software on Mac, it is not that there are no viruses on Mac, is that an attacker has more chances of success if you develop malware for Windows by the enormous potential of affected.

The last case discovered by Check Point is of special interest because it is affecting users in Europe, and arrives via an attached file in an email. What is striking about the malware Dok is that it is digitally signed with a valid certificate from Apple developer, therefore is able to be installed in the system without jumping the security alarms of macOS. It is speculated that the certificate could have been stolen.


Once the malware is installed, it displays a permanent notification which indicates that there is a system update and asks for the password of administrator, enter it is you are giving privileges to the program to make changes without need to ask permission.

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The result is that Dok is able to intercept the web traffic and therefore can eavesdrop on the data that the user shares such as passwords, emails and other private information even when you believe that you are using a connection encrypted and secure.

The researchers say they are one of the malicious programs more sophisticated than have been found for macOS and have already reported to Apple. What the method to avoid this? A classic: do not trust emails from strangers and, of course, much less open any possible attachments.


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