Since the end of June Shamos managed to infect more than three hundred companies around the world. Victims are lured through advertising or fake storage facilities on GitHub, promising instructions for solving the popular problems of MacOS – for example, with malfunctions of the printer or the safety of the system.
On sites with addresses like mac-safer.com or rescue-mac.com, hackers publish instructions where they offer visitors to copy the team to correct errors. After the victim loads the command, she loads Shamos into the system. The script collects passwords, searches for crypto -core files and data on financial transactions, representatives of Crowdstrike said.
After collecting information, the malware creates an archive and sends it to the intruders’ server. For development Shamos
Fraudsters used artificial intelligence, said security experts. They recommended that the GITHUB projects are careful – attackers are actively using the platform to spread malware. For problems with MacOS, you should seek help to the official Apple forums and the support service, and not upload unknown files on advertising links from Google, representatives of CROWDSTRIKE summed up.
Earlier, specialists of the Russian technology development company to combat F6 cybercrime reported that scammers have developed a new scheme for theft of digital assets using the Labubu toys brand.
Source: Bits
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