Any good anti-rootkit and anti-keylogger for OSX ?

Not a very comforting response..

From The Register

Read the complete article here: which OS can be hacked by the CIA or cybercriminals…

https://www.theregister.co....

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"OS X: Users of Apple's OS X shouldn't look too smug, however. The CIA has tools for you too – pages of them.

A lot of hacking tools cover OS X El Capitan, but presumably these have been updated to subvert new versions of the operating system. That said, it does seem through reading these files that Apple poses a significantly more difficult challenge for the CIA than Redmond's code.

Analysts note that the operating system can be resilient to applications that try to slip malware onto a Mac. But it's still possible to whitelist spying software; subvert NetInstall images, creating zombie programs; and surreptitiously get at the kernel.

One interesting project the files touch on is dubbed QuarkMatter. This is a technique for hiding spying software persistently on an OS X system by using an EFI driver stored on the EFI system partition. Another, dubbed SnowyOwl, uses a pthread in an OpenSSH client to potentially pull off remote monitoring of a target system.

The documents also show a project called HarpyEagle that analyzed Apple's Airport Extreme firmware for private keys, and also Time Capsule systems."

Apple can really do nothing as they have CIA agents undercover working as their own engineers.

So the CIA, NSA, <insert organisation>, recruits very talented young kid out of university. They train, brainwash and incentivise. They create his new identity and send him to get hired at <insert tech company> for the express purpose of espionage. You think this can be stopped?

Infiltration for the purpose of espionage is their basic function; that's what they get paid to do.

Start with some reading about Mac and malware from an experienced voice in this forum: http://www.reedcorner.net/mmg/

The reedcorner.net link is a great read. For rootkits, you can download and compile the Rootkit Hunter project (http://rkhunter.sourceforge.net), though it is a command-line based tool and is not a quick all-in-one scanner like you're looking for.

First, there's no software out there that can reliably detect all possible keyloggers. There are legit keyloggers that won't be detected by everything, for example. If you think that someone malicious has had access to your computer, either physical access or through a back door installed through some other method, then the only reliable response is to erase the hard drive and then reinstall the system and all applications from scratch.

In addition, the term "rootkit" (when used correctly) is a very specific kind of malware that is installed to give the hacker escalated root-level access to the computer. In modern single-user systems, this is not particularly meaningful, for a variety of reasons. Fearing rootkits and not more general malware is kind of like going to Africa and being on your guard against lions, but not against hyenas, hippos, elephants, leopards, poisonous snakes, etc.

What is the specific issue you're trying to solve? If it's just a general concern about protecting yourself against malware, see:

http://www.thesafemac.com/mmg

(Formerly at the reedcorner address the others have referred to.)

Deepest apologies. I now recall you telling us you changed location and updated content.

Is there any reliable anti-rootkit and anti-keylogger software for OSX ?

No.

Deepest apologies. I now recall you telling us you changed location and updated content.

No problem, the reedcorner address still works too.

I know this is super late answer... but I would like to add it anyways for the future. - on my experience, as soon as your computer has been compromised.. there is no way to know (By simple users means) how deep an infection is. So the best, it's not to play fool and do not believe that this many not happen to you because you have nothing important, the best it's to just backup all your data files and erase completely your computer start over from scratch. never use software from Piratebay for example or cracked software, ALL OF THEM has been compromised.

even if you have nothing to loose, the hackers may use your computer as a bridge to attack others entities or agencies and your computer may be the one that will show up like the one who has doing it. so you don't want it, for sure.

So if you computer has been compromised.. that's it - backup data, erase it all from scratch and start over no matter how long it may takes.

17458 wrote:

You think this can be stopped?

With the right drugs, yes.

But that would be breaking the law! Oh wait...

17458 wrote:

But that would be breaking the law! Oh wait...

Anti-psychotics, as prescribed by a licensed physician, are not illegal.