Hooked on pirated macOS applications. [Research Saturday]

Published: Jan. 27, 2024, 8:10 a.m.

Jaron Bradley from Jamf Threat Labs is sharing their work on "Jamf Threat Labs discovers new malware embedded in pirated applications." Jamf Threat Labs has detected a series of pirated macOS applications that have been modified to communicate to attacker infrastructure.\nThe research states "These applications are being hosted on Chinese pirating websites in order to gain victims." The discovery marks\xa0new and advanced malware, similar to the ZuRu malware,\xa0first discovered by Objective-See\xa0in 2021 within the iTerm2 application.\nThe research can be found here:\nJamf Threat Labs discovers new malware embedded in pirated applications\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices