Posted on 02/06/2016 7:24:03 PM PST by Utilizer
A unique scareware campaign targeting Mac OS X machines has been discovered, and it's likely the developer behind the malware has been at it a while since the installer that drops the scareware is signed with a legitimate Apple developer certificate.
"Sadly, this particular developer certificate (assigned to a Maksim Noskov) has been used for probably two years in similar attacks," said Johannes Ullrich, dean of research of the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center, which on Thursday publicly disclosed the campaign. "So far, it apparently hasn't been revoked by Apple."
Ullrich said he happened upon the scam while investigating some click-bait links on Facebook, below. One led him to emgn[.]com that he says was likely hosting a malicious ad that served a pop-up warning that his Adobe Flash Player was out of date. Ullrich was using a clean default install of OS X 10.11 in a virtual machine, and Flash was not installed on the image.
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Run windows on your mac.
“The newest Safari browser allows you to silence players on the tab so you don’t have to go hunting for what’s playing.”
Where do I find this magical silencer?
Where do I find this magical silencer?
If you're running El Capitan (it's possible that the Safari upgrade is also available on older versions of Mac OS), you'll see an icon like this in the tabs bar for any tab that's making noise. Click the icon to mute it without switching to that tab. It's my favorite new feature of EC.
When something is playable on a tab, it will have an active speaker icon shown on the right of the tab. Click on the speaker and a line will appear through that speaker, turning off any sound from the noisy noisemakers on that website. It has been an embarrassment saver several times when I've been making a presentation with several tabs open.
Of course, if you still have three dozen tabs open or two or three Safari windows, you will still have a problem finding the active speaker icon.
btw i did download and load Ad-Block Plus. Very effective. The only problem I am seeming to have as a result is page load times (only on certain pages and searches.) Also uninstalled Adobe Flash. Appreciate the recommendations. :)
flr
“I’ll let you know what I’ve done”
Let me know how it turns out.
Thanks, I’ll look for that.
Thanks. Self ping for later...
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