Atomic malware steals Mac passwords, crypto wallets, and extra • Graham Cluley

Scorching on the heels of MacStealer and the event of a model of the infamous Lockbit ransomware for Macs comes one other malware menace for Apple followers.

Safety researchers at Cyble are warning that cybercriminals have developed a brand new malware menace which might steal extremely delicate information from the Mac computer systems it infects.

The malware, named Atomic Stealer by researchers, can a steal all kinds of data from compromised Macs:

keychain passwords
system info
recordsdata from the Desktop and Paperwork folders
the pc’s password
internet browser auto-fills, passwords, cookies, and cost card info

As well as, Cyble’s group says that Atomic Stealer can “goal cryptowallets equivalent to Electrum, Binance, Exodus, Atomic, and Coinomi.”

Clearly, any info which might result in a investor’s cryptocurrency pockets being compromised might result in important monetary losses.

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The group behind Atomic Stealer has been promoting the capabilities of the malware on a Telegram channel, and likewise promoting for $1000-per-month entry to a a set of web-based options together with a command-and-control dashboard of contaminated units, and instruments to brute power entry to the favored MetaMask cryptocurrency pockets.

Telegram ad — Hackers promote the capabilities of Atomic Stealer on Telegram.

Mac customers are suggested to at all times take care about the place they select to supply their software program – avoiding pirated software program and cracks. Downloading from a trusted software program developer’s web site or utilizing the official Mac App Retailer is mostly a a lot safer alternative.

Atomic Stealer is among the newest examples of malware being written utilizing Golang (Go), which has confirmed increasingly popular amongst financially-motivated cybercriminals, and specifically those that want to simply use the identical code to construct threats for Home windows, macOS, and Linux.

For extra info try the technical blog post by Cyble.

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