Security Bite: A note on the growing problem of Apple-notarized malware on macOS<div class="feat-image">
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<p>Last week, Jamf Threat Labs
published research on yet another variant of the increasingly popular MacSync Stealer family calling attention to a growing problem in macOS security: malware that’s sneaking around Apple’s most significant third party app protections. This new variant was distributed inside a malicious app that was both code-signed with a valid Developer ID and notarized by Apple, meaning Gatekeeper had no reason to block it from launching. </p>
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Security Bite: A note on the growing problem of Apple-notarized malware on macOS
