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MacStealer malware - ka jowct - 03-28-2023
Malware warning
Re: MacStealer malware - hal - 03-28-2023
the actual articles that this is sourced from: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-macstealer-macos-malware-steals-passwords-from-icloud-keychain/ https://www.uptycs.com/blog/macstealer-command-and-control-c2-malware
It can't touch me - I'm still running Mojave - this thingy works with Catalina > Ventura.
Also, a key giveaway:
Once you open the dmg, a password prompt opens - this is not normal. A password prompt NEVER occurs when you just open a dmg. And that weird warning: 'MacOS wants to access the System Preferences" - I've never seen this - it doesn't make sense.
Funny how one of these pages concludes that steps to take to avoid this thing include keeping your OS up to date even though NOT keeping it up to date is an actual cure for this little bug :-)
Re: MacStealer malware - anonymouse1 - 03-28-2023
MacInTouch is still around? Very good news-thanks!
Re: MacStealer malware - TheTominator - 03-29-2023
hal wrote:
A password prompt NEVER occurs when you just open a dmg
Doesn't an encrypted .dmg ask for a password?
Re: MacStealer malware - Ken Sp. - 03-29-2023
One thing that is a giveaway it should be macOS not MacOS.