Cybercriminals Unleashing Malware for Apple M1 Chips

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As new Apple products equipped with M1 CPUs gain popularity among both personal and business consumers, the likelihood of being targeted by new malware types targeting them increases, according to Dark Reading. 

Cybercriminals have already begun targeting the latest Apple devices and deploying a new generation of macOS malware. Security professionals and anti-malware solutions have begun detecting and neutralizing these emerging malware versions.

The new Macs and the iPad Pro are now running on the new M1 architecture. The new technology is far faster and more efficient than the previous one, especially since it helps secure the computer from physical access protection and remote exploitation.

In response, malware authors redesigned Windows malware to run on the macOS operating system. The growing amount of malware that targets the M1 pl…

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