Researchers discover macOS malware dubbed “Silver Sparrow” on at least 30K Macs, which includes a native M1 version and leverages the Installer JavaScript API
and this one is dangerous Matthew Humphries / PCMag : Silver Sparrow Malware Discovered on 30K Infected Macs Joe Rice-Jones / KnowTechie : Mysterious malware was found on nearly 30,000 Macs - here's what to know Brenda Stolyar / Mashable : New malware “Silver Sparrow” is targeting both Intel and M1 Macs Taha Broach / The 8-Bit : Apple nips the ‘Silver Sparrow’ malware in the bud Lance Whitney / TechRepublic : Mysterious malware infects 30,000 Mac computers Abdullah / Gizchina : Tens of thousands of Macs are infected with unknown malware Bob Yirka / Tech Xplore : Red Canary researchers find evidence of malware on 30,000 infected Apple computers Usama Jawad / Neowin : 30,000 Macs are at threat from mysterious malware Trevor Mogg / Digital Trends : Malware found on some new Apple M1 Macs mystifies experts Luke Jones / WinBuzzer : 30K Apple M1 Macs Targeted by Silver Sparrow Malware Sean Hollister / The Verge : Sophisticated hackers snuck sleeper malware into nearly 30,000 Macs Ravie Lakshmanan / The Hacker News : New ‘Silver Sparrow’ Malware Infected Nearly 30,000 Apple Macs Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet : 30,000 Macs infected with new Silver Sparrow malware Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek : Mysterious Mac Malware Infected at Least 30,000 Devices Worldwide Matt Milano / IT Management : Mystery Malware Found On M1 and Intel Macs JC Torres / SlashGear : Mac malware on 30,000 computers seem to be doing nothing yet Jack Gramenz / news.com.au : Red Canary warn Silver Sparrow malware infected 30,000 M1 Apple Mac computers Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Newly detected ‘mystery’ malware targets Macs running Intel and M1 chips Alexis Benveniste / CNN : Nearly 30,000 Macs reportedly infected with mysterious malware Simon Sharwood / The Register : Malware monsters target Apple's M1 silicon with ‘Silver Sparrow’ Mayank Sharma / TechRadar : Another new M1 Mac malware has infected thousands of devices Andrew Orr / The Mac Observer : Mysterious ‘Silver Sparrow’ Malware Confuses Researchers Joe White / TechSpot : New macOS malware discovered, but threat remains unknown Jack Purcher / Patently Apple : Mysterious Malware has infected 30,000 M1-Based Macs Worldwide with concentrations in the US, UK, Canada, France, and Germany EditorDavid / Slashdot : Sophisticated New Malware Found on 30,000 Macs Stumps Security Pros Tweets: Greg Egan / @gregegansf : Malware developers are ahead of pretty much everyone else in supporting Apple's new M1 processor — and you don't even have to pay them for the upgrade! https://arstechnica.com/... Matthew Green / @matthew_d_green : 2013: It's probably the NSA. 2021: It's probably cryptocurrency thieves. Matthew Green / @matthew_d_green : I'm afraid to look for malware on my Mac because I'll probably find it all. Too much promiscuous LaTeX installation. Rey Bango / @reybango : New malware found on 30,000 Macs has security pros stumped “...and yet again shows the macOS malware is becoming ever more pervasive and commonplace, despite Apple's best efforts.” As @hackerfantastic says, “All computers are broken”. https://arstechnica.com/... Binni Shah / @binitamshah : New malware found on 30,000 Macs has security pros stumped : https://redcanary.com/... credits @ForensicITGuy Arm'd & Dangerous - Malicious code, now native on apple silicon : https://objective-see.com/... credits @patrickwardle https://twitter.com/... Matthew Green / @matthew_d_green : The new MacOS malware sounds unpleasant. https://arstechnica.com/... John Koetsier / @johnkoetsier : Only the second malware to work natively on the new Apple silicon (M1 chip) https://arstechnica.com/... Alan Woodward / @profwoodward : This is an odd one. MacOS malware that appears to have no payload so how do you tell what it's doing or intended to do. It looks like malware & acts like malware so presumably it is malware 🤔 https://redcanary.com/... Jeremy Kamil / @macroliter : A spooky new MacOsX Malware that runs even on M1 chip. Read more here, please let me know if any of you have seen “in the wild” https://redcanary.com/... @freethesandbox : Despite Apple's best efforts, iOS & macOS malware will continue to shine. A single vendor cannot protect 1B+ devices. Collaboration with the InfoSec community / Security Organizations. Flexibility => Detection => Safer OS It's time to #FreeTheSandbox! https://arstechnica.com/... Kim Zetter / @kimzetter : The malware has been found in 153 countries. One version runs on M1 chip that Apple introduced in Nov, “making it only the second known piece of macOS malware to do so... it uses the macOS Installer JavaScript API to execute commands.” Red Canary report: https://redcanary.com/... Kim Zetter / @kimzetter : For those who are asking, the IoCs for the Silver Sparrow threat are at the end of the Red Canary report, which you can find here: https://redcanary.com/... https://twitter.com/... Kim Zetter / @kimzetter : Interesting mystery. New malware found on ~30,000 Macs is raising ??. Once hourly the Macs contact a control server to check for commands from attackers, but so far no payload delivered. Malware has self-destruct feature but attackers haven't triggered it. https://arstechnica.com/...