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Silver Sparrow has taken flight in any event: As of February 17, this fresh entry to the malware scene had already infected 29,139 macOS endpoints across 153 countries, according to researchers - primarily in Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. Now, the Silver Sparrow malware family has appeared on the scene - a brand-new malware built for the Mac M1 ecosystem, researchers said.
Three months after Apple launched its new M1 system-on-a-chip, cybercriminals have developed what may be the first malicious macOS application targeting the mobile giant's first in-house silicon. The main differentiator here is that the application includes code tailored to run on ARM-based M1 processors - rather than only the Intel x86 processors previously utilized by Apple.
A researcher has spotted the first piece of Mac malware that appears to have been created specifically for devices with Apple's recently introduced M1 chip. Wardle has developed several free and open source security tools for Macs, and came up with the idea to look for malware designed to run natively on M1 systems while rebuilding his tools for native M1 compatibility.
The heap-buffer overflow error exists in V8, an open-source WebAssembly and JavaScript engine developed by the Chromium Project for Google Chrome and Chromium web browsers. Researchers urge Google Chrome users to update as soon as possible.
Roid 11 allows users to enable the Wi-Fi-Enhanced MAC randomization. In the name of privacy, the Google developers made it possible to use a randomized MAC address, starting with Android 8.
The ongoing controversies surrounding TikTok hit a new gear on Thursday with a bombshell report accusing the Chinese company of spying on millions of Android users using a technique banned by Google. The Wall Street Journal said TikTok was exploiting a loophole to collect MAC addresses for at least 15 months.
A cryptocurrency mining campaign targeting macOS is using malware that has evolved into a complex variant giving researchers a lot of trouble analyzing it. A recently observed variant makes analyzing even more difficult as it embeds a run-only AppleScript into another scripts and uses URLs in public web pages to download the actual Monero miner.
The good news is that software exists that can automatically mute your microphone while typing or suppress background noise so that others are not annoyed by the sound of your keyboard. If you commonly talk while typing, are using Windows, or want to suppress all background noise, background noise suppression apps are a better solution.
In organizations, Apple's App Privacy data can start a conversation about privacy-respecting apps as well as help IT leaders stop the use of apps that collect more data than necessary. For more details, see: How Apple's new App Store privacy requirements may affect users and app developers.
Microsoft has started rolling out new Universal versions of Microsoft 365 apps with native support for both Apple Silicon and Intel-based Macs starting today. "The new Office apps are Universal, so they will continue to run great on Macs with Intel processors," Bill Doll, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Microsoft 365 said.