SecurityAppleInsiderabout 2 hours ago
350,000 Macs Exposed by Forgotten Updater
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Security researchers at Eye Research found an abandoned Popcorn Time updater exposed up to 350,000 Macs to remote takeover. The vulnerability, assigned CVE-2026-30612, allowed attackers to execute malicious code with root privileges. Researchers deployed a repair tool between November 2025 and March 2026, distributing more than 2 million updates before ending the campaign on March 1, 2026.
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