New Mac malware masquerades as Apple's crash reporter: 3 ways to dodge the threat

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New MacOS malware masquerades as Apple's crash reporter.

CrashStealer was just released into the wild.

Adopt these habits to protect yourself and your Mac from infection.

A new form of malware is masquerading as Apple's crash reporting tool to target MacOS users and harvest their data, account credentials, keychain entries, and cryptocurrency wallets.

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In a July 13 research advisory, Jamf cybersecurity researchers said the malware, dubbed "CrashStealer," is a C++ infostealer that first appeared on their radar following a suspicious upload to VirusTotal. It appears that the malware was in development around May but has now been released into the wild.

The CrashStealer attack and what to look out for

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