New malware justifies Apple's locked-down security strategy
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from Computerworld2 months ago
"The malware was spread via seemingly legitimate browser downloads distributed outside of Apple's Mac App Store... capable of exfiltrating all kinds of information... resistant to Apple's own antivirus protection system, Gatekeeper."
Computerworldhttps://www.computerworld.com/article/3800854/new-malware-justifies-apples-locked-down-security-strategy.html
"When in the field, it targets third-party browsers such as Chrome, browser extensions, and makes use of a 2FA extension to capture sensitive information."
Computerworldhttps://www.computerworld.com/article/3800854/new-malware-justifies-apples-locked-down-security-strategy.html
"An attack-as-a-service malware of this kind usually relies on a command server within the exfiltration process... everyone by now knows that computer users are now and will forever be the weakest link in platform security."
Computerworldhttps://www.computerworld.com/article/3800854/new-malware-justifies-apples-locked-down-security-strategy.html
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