Dangerous macOS Malware XCSSET Targeting Chrome and Telegram

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26. July 2021

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As part of further tactic enhancements, a malware strain known to target macOS has been updated once again to include features that allow it to gather and exfiltrate sensitive information saved in different applications, including Telegram and Chrome, according to The Hacker News. 

XCSSET was discovered in August 2020 when a malicious payload was being fed into Xcode IDE projects and  executed at the same time as project files were being generated in Xcode. The payload targeted Mac developers who were using an odd distribution. What is known is that it performs a broad variety of activities, including reading and dumping Safari cookies, malicious Java…

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