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« on: December 16, 2025, 04:05:06 pm »

Attackers using ChatGPT to trick Mac users into installing MacStealer

<div class="feat-image"></div><p><a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/security/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Security[/url] researchers have found that attackers are using <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/chatgpt/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ChatGPT[/url] to trick <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/mac/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mac[/url] users into pasting a command line into Terminal which installs malware. Specifically, it installs <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/28/macstealer-malware/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">MacStealer[/url], which allows the attacker to obtain iCloud passwords, files, and credit card details.</p>



<p>The attack targeted people who were searching Google for instructions on how to free up some disk space on a Mac …</p>



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