Mac users beware of new malware targeting your confidential information
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If you thought your Mac was invincible, it’s time to reconsider. A sneaky malware is on the prowl, ready to snatch your personal information and dash away with your credit card details. What’s fueling this digital banditry? A growing trend called crimeware-as-a-service (sometimes referred to as MaaS) against macOS.
You read that right; even cybercrime is now available as a service.
ShadowVault: the deceptive malware stealing your data
Now, this isn’t your average, run-of-the-mill villain. It’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing, acting all friendly while secretly plotting to steal your precious data. The malware goes by the name of ShadowVault, and it isn’t just your garden-variety cyber-thief. It’s more like a spy, mingling within your system unnoticed while secretly planning its heist. It insidiously goes about its business on compromised Mac devices, siphoning off valuable info such as usernames and passwords, stored credit card info, data from crypto wallets, and more. The worse part? Criminals can subscribe for $500 a month to access and use this malware.
Who discovered the ShadowVault malware?
Cyber security firm Guardz discovered the ShadowVault malware through the XSS forum on the dark web, where it was being offered to anyone who was willing to pay the $500 per month to rent the malware.
Apple’s response to this malware menace
Apple, as a matter of policy, does not usually comment on security issues, especially when a threat remains unpatched. We reached out to Apple to try to get a comment about the whole ShadowVault malware situation, but they didn’t get back to us before our deadline. Funny thing is, Apple released an emergency update for macOS 13.4.1 (as well as iOS 16.5.1 and iPad OS 16.5.1) on Monday. However, they had to pull it back, because it was reportedly causing problems with web-based apps. The update’s security notes don’t seem to mention anything about ShadowVault, though, so it is unlikely related.
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