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Lees meerType: Trojan Horse Platform: Mac OS X Last updated: 04/02/16 7:14 am Threat Level: High Description BlackHoleRAT is a Trojan horse that allows remote access by malicious third parties to an infected computer. Early versions of the Trojan were relati…
Lees meerType: Keylogger Platform: Mac OS X Last updated: 02/09/16 9:14 pm Threat Level: High Description BackTrack is a keylogger. It is marketed as a data recovery tool designed to help users in the event of an application crash, but like all keystroke log…
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Lees meeralso known as OSX/Morcut Type: Trojan Horse Platform: Mac OS X Last updated: 02/09/16 9:14 pm Threat Level: High Description Crisis is a Trojan horse that creates a backdoor on infected systems. Also known as Morcut, Crisis was first discovered in 2…
Lees meerType: Adware Platform: Mac OS X Last updated: 02/09/16 9:14 pm Threat Level: High Description Conduit is adware. Conduit was a platform that could be used to create custom toolbars — meant to be installed as browser extensions — that were ostensibly…
Lees meeralso known as OSX/StealBit Type: Trojan Horse Platform: Mac OS X Last updated: 02/13/16 8:48 am Threat Level: High Description CoinThief is a Trojan horse that steals Bitcoins. Early versions of the malware were distributed through GitHub, a website…
Lees meeralso known as OSX/ClickAgent.FLA Type: Adware Platform: Mac OS X Last updated: 02/09/16 9:14 pm Threat Level: High Description ClickAgent is adware. It masquerades as a Flash Player installer and may be found on various websites, especially fileshar…
Lees meerType: Adware Platform: Mac OS X Last updated: 02/09/16 9:14 pm Threat Level: High Description ChatZum is adware. It most often makes its way onto a Mac during the installation of another, legitimate program such as VLC or UnRarX. Although these appl…
Lees meerType: Trojan Horse Platform: Mac OS X Last updated: 04/02/16 10:02 am Threat Level: High Description CallMe is a Trojan horse that targets Tibetan activist organizations. The Trojan infects its target through a malicious Microsoft Word (.doc) file, …
Lees meeralso known as Buca Type: Adware Platform: Mac OS X Last updated: 07/02/20 1:49 am Threat Level: High Description Bundlore is adware. It “bundles” malicious or intrusive applications together with a legitimate program that the user is attempting to i…
Lees meeralso known as BlazingToolsPerfectKeylogger, PerfectKeyloggerLite Type: Keylogger Platform: Mac OS X Last updated: 03/03/20 12:30 am Threat Level: High Description BPK Keylogger, now sometimes called Perfect Keylogger, is a keylogger. It is marketed …
Lees meerType: Keylogger Platform: Mac OS X Last updated: 02/09/16 9:14 pm Threat Level: High Description Award is a keylogger. Like all keyloggers, it can be used to monitor the activity of any system on which it is installed. Award allows the administrator…
Lees meerType: Adware Platform: Mac OS X Last updated: 02/09/16 9:14 pm Threat Level: High Description AskToolbar is adware, though it is sometimes classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program as well. AskToolbar is typically bundled with other software as a…
Lees meeralso known as OSX/ARDScript.A, OSX/Hovdy.A Type: Trojan Horse Platform: Mac OS X Last updated: 02/09/16 9:14 pm Threat Level: High Description AppleScriptTHT is a trojan horse. First spotted in the wild in 2008, the malware was discovered when it wa…
Lees meeralso known as OSX/ABK Type: Keylogger Platform: Mac OS X Last updated: 02/04/20 9:53 am Threat Level: High Description Aobo is a keylogger marketed as a child and employee monitoring tool, but like all keystroke logging software, it can be used to m…
Lees meerType: Keylogger Platform: Mac OS X Last updated: 02/09/16 9:14 pm Threat Level: High Description AnyKL is a keylogger. Like all forms of keystroke logging software, AnyKL can record the activity of all users of the computer on which it is installed.…
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