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Tammy Rogers

macOS is being targeted by 'Cobalt Strike' that opens your machine up to hackers

Apple MacBook thats got a sad, sick emoji on it

Cybersecurity company SentinelOne has reported today about a new Mac virus that when opened on your Mac will give hackers access to your machine. The virus, named 'Geacon', is a version of the Cobalt Strike virus, used against Windows users for some time.

Now, this new version of the virus can be implanted on Mac users' machines, letting hackers in with what is commonly known as a trojan horse – an innocuous-seeming file that ultimately allows hackers to access your machine.

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