Perverse malware infecting hundreds of Macs remained undetected for years | Ars Technica
A mysterious piece of malware that gives attackers surreptitious control over webcams, keyboards, and other sensitive resources has been infecting Macs for at least five years. The infectionsknown to number nearly 400 and possibly much higherremained undetected until recently and may have been active for almost a decade.FURTHER READINGNewly discovered Mac malware found in the wild also works well on LinuxPatrick Wardle, a researcher with security firm Synack, said the malware is a variant of a malicious program that came to light in January after circulating for at least two years. Dubbed Fruitfly by some, both malware samples capture screenshots, keystrokes, webcam images, and information about each infected Mac. Both generations of Fruitfly also collect information about devices connected to the same network. After researchers from security firm Malwarebytes discovered the earlier Fruitfly variant infecting four Macs, Apple updated macOS to automatically detect the malware.
Källa: Perverse malware infecting hundreds of Macs remained undetected for years | Ars Technica
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