Are We Protected Against Apple's Foul-Ups

[Popeye]

Running Malwarebytes Premium, are we protected against the foul-up of Apple recently?

https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-notarizes-six-malicious-apps-posing-as-flash-installers/

Edited October 26, 2020 by AlexSmith
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[alvarnell]

I would have to guess we are protected to an equal amount as we are for most any zero-day. In this case, Apple was quick to revoke their notarization, so it was short lived. Malwarebytes does watch for certain behavior patterns that are common to Mac malware, so perhaps would have picked these up immediately. 

[exile360]

I do know that fake Flash installers, something common in the Windows world as well, are targeted by Malwarebytes and typically categorized as PUP (Potentially Unwanted Programs) as they're usually some kind of adware in disguise, so if that's what these are as well, then I would expect Malwarebytes to target them the same way.  That's just my hypothesis though, so either a staff member would need to confirm or someone would need to scan the apps in question to see.

[treed]

We do already have protection in place for this family of adware. The notarization is an interesting detail, but the adware itself is not new.