Mughthesec, a variant of the OperatorMac adware, has been turning hijacked Macs into revenue-generating machines for the authors.

Patrick Wardle of Synack and the Objective-See blog talks to Mike Mimoso about the emergence of a ransomware service targeting MacOS machines. Wardle explains why he characterizes MacRansom as “lame” and whether this could kick off a wave of copycats vying for the Apple platform.

A new, free macOS-based ransomware as a service has surfaced on the darkweb. Researchers say once the malware encrypts users’ files, they’re “pretty much gone for good.”

Apple iOS devices are in the crosshairs of another malware attack that has already infected an estimated six million non-jailbroken iOS devices in China, according to researchers. Palo Alto Networks found the new malware called AceDeceiver that infects iOS devices via Windows PCs and which leverages design flaws in Apple’s DRM software. So far, AceDeceiver has only impacted iOS...