MacOS Malware Surges as Corporate Usage Grows
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MacOS Malware Surges as Corporate Usage Grows
By Ilya Kolmanovich, Prashant Kadam, Duy-Phuc Pham, Max Kersten and Joe Malenfant · October 30, 2024
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, While the age-old expression does have its merits, the malware landscape on Apple’s macOS has changed in the past few years. Researchers discovered more and more macOS targeted malware, which ties in with the increase of operating system’s usage on a global scale. A 2% increase of usage was observed by StatCounter when comparing January 2021 through January 2023 with January 2023 through August 2024. With more corporate users, the platform has become increasingly attractive to criminals, ranging from eCrime all the way to Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors.
The increase in usage of macOS within corporate environments is interesting for threat actors not only because more devices provide a larger attack surface, but also because of the positions of the people …
By Ilya Kolmanovich, Prashant Kadam, Duy-Phuc Pham, Max Kersten and Joe Malenfant · October 30, 2024
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, While the age-old expression does have its merits, the malware landscape on Apple’s macOS has changed in the past few years. Researchers discovered more and more macOS targeted malware, which ties in with the increase of operating system’s usage on a global scale. A 2% increase of usage was observed by StatCounter when comparing January 2021 through January 2023 with January 2023 through August 2024. With more corporate users, the platform has become increasingly attractive to criminals, ranging from eCrime all the way to Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors.
The increase in usage of macOS within corporate environments is interesting for threat actors not only because more devices provide a larger attack surface, but also because of the positions of the people …