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Security researchers at Malwarebytes and Red Canary discovered a mysterious piece of malware hiding on nearly 30,000 Macs, one designed to deliver an as-yet-unknown payload, and with a self-destruction mechanism. They’re calling it Silver Sparrow.

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Mysterious Malware has infected 30,000 M1-Based Macs Worldwide with concentrations in the US, UK, Canada, France, and Germany   A previously undetected piece of malware has been discovered on almost 30,000 Macs worldwide according to a new research report. It's generating intrigue in security circles, which are still trying to understand precisely what it does and what purpose its self-destruct capability serves.   Once an hour, infected Macs check a control server to see if there are any new commands the malware should run or binaries to execute. So far, however, researchers have yet to o...

GovInfoSecurity March 31, 2021 Compliance Twitter GoSearch22 is a malicious adware disguised as a Safari extension. Photo: ISMG A security researcher has uncovered what is believed to be the first-ever malware variant that can be successfully executed in Apple's M1 chips, its latest central processor unit for Mac computers. In a blog post, independent macOS security researcher Patrick Wardle notes that the application called GoSearch22 is a malicious adware disguised as a Safari extension. He says the malware is capable of stealing browser data from its victims and acts as a persistent agen...