The Next Web

In under 24 hours, Apple updates malware definitions to detect Yontoo adware for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari

On Wednesday night we broke the news that a new trojan for OS X had been discovered, which downloaded and installed adware that in turn injected ads into pages browsed by Chrome, Firefox, and Safari ...
Macworld

M1 Macs face first recorded malware

It was probably only a matter of time. As the security specialist Patrick Wardle reports, the first adware for M1 Macs has been recorded. The malware, based on the adware Pirri and known as GoSearch22 ...
Bleeping Computer

How to remove the PBlock+ adware browser extension

PBlock+ is a Google Chrome extension that claims to be a popup blocker, but instead displays advertisements in the browser. When installed, this extension will open new tabs in the browser that ...
Engadget

Hackers are already targeting Apple's M1 Macs with malware

Macs with Apple's M1 processor have only been around for a few months, but it didn't take long for hackers to start targeting the systems. Security researcher Patrick Wardle says he has found a ...
Dark Reading

Macs Still Targeted Mostly With Adware, Less With Malware

Apple Macs are not immune to malicious attacks, but outside of some major nation-state efforts, bad actors continue to use adware as the method of choice to make money from infecting the macOS ...