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Mac Users Beware: Malvertising Campaign Spreads Atomic Stealer macOS Malware
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Mac Users Beware: Malvertising Campaign Spreads Atomic Stealer macOS Malware

An updated version of the Atomic Stealer (or AMOS) macOS stealer malware has been seen being distributed through a fresh malvertising operation, showing that its creator is still actively maintaining it. Atomic Stealer, a ready-made Golang malware that costs $1,000 a month, first came to light in April 2023. Soon after, other variations that targeted bitcoin users and gamers were discovered in the wild. These variants had an expanded set of information-gathering functions. Google Ads have been identified as the main distribution channel for malicious advertisements, which are displayed to users who are looking for popular software on search engines, either legally or illegally, and which link to websites that hold malicious installations read more Malvertising Campaign Spreads Atomi...
Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange Falls Victim to JokerSpy macOS Backdoor Attack
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Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange Falls Victim to JokerSpy macOS Backdoor Attack

An attempt to install the JokerSpy backdoor for Apple macOS was launched earlier this month against an unidentified bitcoin exchange in Japan. Swiftbelt, a Swift-based enumeration tool inspired by an open-source programme called SeatBelt, was installed as a result of the attack, according to Elastic Security Labs, which is monitoring the intrusion set with the intrusion set identifier REF9134. JokerSky was initially described as a sophisticated toolkit intended to compromise macOS Macs by Bitdefender last week. There isn't much information available regarding the threat actor responsible for the operation, other than the fact that the attacks make use of a number of Python read more Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange Falls Victim to JokerSpy macOS Backdoor Attack. Stay one step ahe...