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Man-in-the-browser (MITB, MitB, MIB, MiB), a form of Internet threat related to man-in-the-middle (MITM), is a proxy Trojan horse [1] that infects a web browser by taking advantage of vulnerabilities in browser security to modify web pages, modify transaction content or insert additional transactions, all in a covert fashion invisible to both the user and host web application.
In March 2016 Apple shut down the first ransomware attack targeted against Mac users, encrypting the users' confidential information. [8] It was known as KeRanger.After completing the encryption process, KeRanger demanded that victims pay one bitcoin (about US$400 at the time, about US$57,364.10 as of July 9, 2024) for the user to recover their credentials.
The browser hijacker istartsurf.com may replace the preferred search tools. This infection travels bundled with third-party applications and its installation may be silent. Due to this, affected users are not aware that the hijacker has infected their Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers. [23]
Once a file has been rejected by the AOL email service as containing a virus, it can’t be sent even if the virus is cleaned by a virus scan on your computer. You’ll need to use another email service to send your file to the intended recipient.
Mac Defender (also known as Mac Protector, Mac Security, [1] Mac Guard, [2] Mac Shield, [3] and FakeMacDef) [4] is an internet rogue security program that targets computers running macOS. The Mac security firm Intego discovered the fake antivirus software on 2 May 2011, with a patch not being provided by Apple until 31 May. [ 5 ]
Oracle, the company that develops Java, fixed the vulnerability exploited to install Flashback on February 14, 2012. [8] However, at the time of Flashback's release, Apple maintained the Mac OS X version of Java and did not release an update containing the fix until April 3, 2012, [12] after the flaw had already been exploited to install Flashback on 600,000 Macs. [13]
The Oompa-Loompa malware, also called OSX/Oomp-A or Leap.A, is an application-infecting, LAN-spreading worm for Mac OS X, discovered by the Apple security firm Intego on February 14, 2006. [1] Leap cannot spread over the Internet, and can only spread over a local area network reachable using the Bonjour protocol.
Caching of proxy auto-configuration results by domain name in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5.5 or newer limits the flexibility of the PAC standard. In effect, you can choose the proxy based on the domain name, but not on the path of the URL. Alternatively, you need to disable caching of proxy auto-configuration results by editing the registry. [7]