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Oliver Haslam

Old-school Mac malware is hiding in plain sight in this productivity app

At home with 15-inch MacBook Air, on a mosaic balcony table and on a wooden floor.

While it's true that when it comes to malware, Windows is a much bigger target for attackers than macOS, there are still plenty of bad actors out there. And now a dangerous old malware tool has started to make a return.

XLoader is a malware tool that has been around for a couple of years and is now becoming prominent thanks to the way it's making a comeback — not only is it masquerading as a piece of Microsoft productivity software aimed at businesses, but also carries an Apple developer signature.

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