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Anthony Spadafora

Hackers now spreading Mac malware via fake browser updates — don’t fall for this

MacBook Pro 2023.

Even the best MacBooks can come down with a nasty malware infection if you’re not careful online. To that end, hackers have repurposed a social engineering campaign that was previously exclusive to Windows to infect Apple computers with Mac malware.

According to a new blog post from the cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes, the popular Atomic Stealer malware is being used in a new campaign which uses fake browser updates to trick unsuspecting users into infecting their own devices with malware.

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