Malicious software on Apple macOS systems

TapTechNews on May 20th, the security researcher and blogger Phil Stokes of the cybersecurity company SentinalOne published a blog post on May 11th, counting the number of malicious software targeting the Apple macOS system from January to May this year, and found that ransomware, Trojans and backdoor programs still dominate.

Among them, AtomicStealer (AMOS) is the most rampant, which is a widespread information-stealing malicious software discovered at the beginning of 2023. Once users install it on Mac devices, it will quietly lock iCloudKeychain passwords, users' system passwords, cookies and credit card details from various browsers.

AtomicStealer's destructive power is not only that, but it can also invade cryptocurrency wallets, including Atomic, Binance, Exodus, Electrum, MetaMask, etc.

TapTechNews quoted the report of the cybersecurity company InterpresSecurity in April this year. The proportion of Apple Mac devices in the enterprise environment is continuously increasing, and it is also increasingly becoming the target of hacker attacks.

The macOS device mainly deploys the Transparency, Consent and Control (TCC) framework to protect users' privacy by controlling application permissions. However, the latest research report points out that there are loopholes in the TCC framework, and hackers are increasingly using means such as social engineering to target enterprise users such as developers and engineers.