Friday, November 6, 2026

macOS

New AmnesiaStealer Malware Targets macOS Users via ClickFix Attacks

A newly identified macOS infostealer, named AmnesiaStealer, targets users via ClickFix social-engineering campaigns that impersonate GitHub download pages. This malware combines various malicious features,...

Claude Code Child Process Can Read Its Own OAuth Token From macOS Keychain

A macOS Keychain implementation weakness in Anthropic’s Claude Code CLI could allow any process running as the logged-in user including a Claude Code-spawned child...

macOS CUPS Flaw Lets Local Attackers Write Arbitrary Files as Root

A recently disclosed privilege-related vulnerability in the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) on macOS could allow an unprivileged local user to create attacker-controlled files...

macOS ClickFix Attacks Use Fake CAPTCHAs to Deploy Atomic Stealer and Hijack Crypto Wallets

macOS users are facing a new, highly polished ClickFix campaign that abuses fake CAPTCHAs to execute Terminal commands, silently deploy Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS),...

Fake Claude Code Installer Delivers MacSync macOS Infostealer Through Google Ads

A highly convincing malvertising campaign is targeting macOS users searching for “how to install Claude Code on Mac,” delivering the MacSync infostealer through a...

Gaslight Stealer Embeds Fake System Messages to Mislead AI Malware Analysts

A new macOS stealer, tracked as Gaslight and attributed to North Korean operators, demonstrates a worrying evolution in malware design: deliberate prompt-injection to mislead...

DPRK-Linked macOS Implant Uses LaunchAgent Persistence and Python Stealer Module

The binary tracked as macOS.Gaslight as a Rust-based macOS implant and infostealer whose most novel features are analyst-directed prompt injection and a hardened Telegram-based...

Sapphire Sleet macOS Malware Abuses curl-to-osascript Execution for Multi-Stage Payload Delivery

Sapphire Sleet’s latest macOS campaign uses crafted .scpt AppleScript lures that pipe curl output directly to osascript, enabling a compact, multi-stage payload chain that...