XCSSET Malware Updates with Python 3 to Target macOS Monterey Users

From thehackernews.com

XCSSET Malware

The operators of the XCSSET macOS malware have upped the stakes by making iterative improvements that add support for macOS Monterey by upgrading its source code components to Python 3.

“The malware authors have changed from hiding the primary executable in a fake Xcode.app in the initial versions in 2020 to a fake Mail.app in 2021 and now to a fake Notes.app in 2022,” SentinelOne researchers Phil Stokes and Dinesh Devadoss said in a report.

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