Security News > 2021 > March > How malware is targeting the new Apple Macs

As the new kid on the block, the M1 chip-based Mac is already on the radar of malware writers, says Kaspersky.

Discovered for the first time last year, the XCSSET malware mainly targets Mac developers by injecting a malicious payload into Xcode IDE projects on the victim's Mac.

Examining the executable modules of XCSSET, Kaspersky said it found a sample aimed at both Intel-based Macs and the new M1-based systems.

Kaspersky said it believes that more malware writers are recompiling samples to run on the new Apple Macs natively.

A recent malware threat, Silver Sparrow has already landed on more than 30,000 Macs.

Apple regularly pushes security improvements for the Mac to patch any security flaws in macOS that are being abused by malware adversaries.

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