The first malware, specially designed for Apple M1 chips with its new Macs Apple,.
ΑThis discovery indicates that malware creators have begun to adapt their malware to new Mac of the company, which are based on ARM architecture.
According to a report published by Mac Security Researcher Patric Wardle the new malware has been designed and rebuilt to run on M1 chip. Malware discovery appeared in a form of adware extension on Safari browser, which extension was originally designed to run on architecture-based chips Intel x86. The specific malicious expansion is called "GoSearch22" and belongs to the "Pirrit" adware family Mac.
The extension was first identified in late December 2020. For those unfamiliar, "Pirrit" is one of the platform's oldest adware families, constantly adapting to avoid detection. Therefore, it was only a matter of time before the malware made its appearance in the news Mac. The expansion GoSearch22 superficially it seems to be reliable but in the background, monitors and collects user data and displays a large number of banner ads and pop-ups.
Some of these pop-ups are linked to other malicious websites which also contain various malware. According to Wardle, the malware is not easily detectable yet, as the M1 chip is still in its early stages. In other words, this discovery marks the beginning of the appearance of malware on the new chip and we can certainly expect other malware to appear on the platform, over time.
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