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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.

Days after the first malware targeting Apple M1 chips was discovered in the wild, researchers have disclosed yet another previously undetected piece of malicious software that was found in about 30,000 Macs running Intel x86 64 and the iPhone maker's M1 processors. Calling the malware "Silver Sparrow," cybersecurity firm Red Canary said it identified two different versions of the malware - one compiled only for Intel x86 64 and uploaded to VirusTotal on August 31, 2020, and a second variant submitted to the database on January 22 that's compatible with both Intel x86 64 and M1 ARM64 architectures.

Apple has alerted users about a bunch of security fixes for its software on supported versions of macOS that you ought to install as soon as you can. The SSLab trio also found CVE-2020-9801 in Safari that can be exploited by malware already running on a Mac to force the browser to open another application.

Apple has alerted users about a bunch of security fixes for its software on supported versions of macOS that you ought to install as soon as you can. The SSLab trio also found CVE-2020-9801 in Safari that can be exploited by malware already running on a Mac to force the browser to open another application.

Researchers have revealed how malicious Thunderbolt and PCI Express (PCIe) peripherals could be used to compromise computers running macOS, Windows, Linux and FreeBSD.

Apple moves to shore up a baker's dozen weak points in macOS Apple has released a fresh set of security updates for its Mac and iOS software.…

A security researcher revisited an old bug of his that Apple had patched, made a blunder - and found the old bug was still there after all.

"Always keep your operating system and software up-to-date." This is one of the most popular and critical advice that every security expert strongly suggests you to follow to prevent yourself from...