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OWNERS OF APPLE’S Mac are being warned of a new type of malware that would allow an attacker to take complete control of their computer.
Security company Bitdefender discovered a type of malware masquerading as a file converter which, when installed, creates a backdoor in your system, giving the attacker full access to a Mac device.
It claimed the malware, which is hidden as an app called EasyDoc Converter, was found on a number of reputable third-party sites offering Mac applications and software, and acts as a drag-and-drop file converter. The app has no real function apart from downloading a malicious script onto a machine.
The malware creates a unique Tor address on machines it infects, which allows attackers to connect and gain full control over the machine.
Such an app could allow an attacker to lock you out of your laptop, transform it into a botnet so it could carry out attacks on other devices or demand money from someone for the return of private files.
The app wasn’t digitally signed by Apple so the best way to prevent you from downloading it or any similar malware is to change your security settings so that you can only download apps from the Mac App Store and from other verified developers.
Go to System Preferences > Security and Privacy and change the option to Mac App Store/and identified developers.
If it doesn’t change, you must click the lock icon at the bottom left-hand corner and enter your device password to change it.
Earlier this year, the first known case of ransomware targeting Macs was discovered. If software containing it was installed, KeRanger would end up encrypting your files after three days before demanding the owner to pay a ransom to regain control.
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The media has a a vitally important democratic function to perform in making Trump and his current administration fully visible.
Media exposure will highlight what Trump is about.
@Johnny Leddin: only Trump worries about thumbs. It is his downfall.
@Tony Daly: like they did with clinton…right…
The media should be treated with contempt!
What do reporters think the new administration is playing at?…to me it seems like some sort of Bond plot where the obvious is a diversion to what is really going on…there are bigger things cooking in the background which they don’t want us to know about.
@winston smith: the focus is on Trump’s temperament at the moment and the increasing realisation that Trump is temperamentally unsuitable to be President of the US.
@Tony Daly: is that a fact or just your anti trump opinion….
Trump won because of a fawning uncritical ratings-driven media which gave him billions in free publicity.
@Were Jammin: he won because hillary took her eye of the ball and wouldn’t listen to the fears many people have in the US regarding immigration..she just called them all deplorables. That is a fact
@Were Jammin: he won because hillary took her eye of the ball and wouldn’t listen to the fears many people have in the US regarding immigration..she just called them all deplorables. That is a fact
@Were Jammin: Trump won because the media were uncritical of him – are you on drugs?
The media is ‘temperamentally unsuitable’ to cover the White House.
What’s most fascinating about this article is the constant use of “said one reporter” for even the most mundane observation. Did The Journal not get their names, or did the reporters insist on strict anonymity for reasons beyond my ken; or, more troublingly, does The Journal imagine itself a Player in DC political media who needs to keep their “sources” secret lest Trump’s team read this article?
The Media is frantically trying to do an about-face. From the time “President” nominated, they fawned over him because he gave them lots of meat and potatoes, encouraged by Murdoch, Kochs etc… Then, against all the pundits and odds, he became POTUS. 60+ days in, and the media are looking at themselves in horror, that they facilitated this Con Man get the Oval Office. Now, they’re falling over themselves to get him and his misbegotten, incompetent hangers-on out. There is enough blame to go around, so the media have now to start doing things right.
Surprised the Journal was allowed in.
You cannot hope to bribe or twist – thank God! – the average journalist…
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