Phil Stokes is a Research Engineer at SentinelOne, specializing in macOS threat intelligence, platform vulnerabilities and malware analysis. He began his journey into macOS security as a software developer, creating end user troubleshooting and security tools just at the time when macOS adware and commodity malware first began appearing on the platform. Phil has been closely following the development of macOS threats as well as researching Mac software and OS vulnerabilities since 2014.
Election 2020 security gets a boost, researchers reveal more Intel side-channel attacks, and hackers-for-hire target U.S. nonprofit and advocacy groups.
Cops take down ransomware gang targeting hospitals, Winnti hacker group takes aim at game developers and new ShinyHunters data broker emerges on the darknet.
New to macOS and wondering what tools are available for security researchers and infosec practitioners? Here's our guide to some of the best tools and apps.
It's not only by downloading cracked sofware that unwary Apple Mac users end up with a dose of malware. Let's explore how bad actors target macOS in the wild.
Shade ransomware appears to bow out, critical vulns found in MS Teams and Sophos firewall products, and the Maze crew threaten to leak 11m credit card creds.
A university transitions 22,000 to full remote in a week, a new IoT botnet kills rivals and prevents reboots, and scammers target ethical hacker wannabes.
A recent update to a notorious macOS browser hijacker exfiltrates data about the device environment and installed apps. Now what could they want that for?
Police arrest two gangs of SIM Swappers, ransomware vendors take note of COVID-19, and 5 billion data breach records are found on an unsecured repository.
AppleScript is widely used by threat actors and yet widely ignored by security researchers. Here's why we need to rethink our attitude to this unique tool.
