{"id":187405,"date":"2024-02-20T13:53:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T13:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/?p=187405"},"modified":"2024-02-20T14:16:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T14:16:40","slug":"as-macos-adoption-rises-the-malware-attacks-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/new-trojan-risks-to-macos","title":{"rendered":"As MacOS Adoption Rises, the Malware Attacks Increase"},"content":{"rendered":"

The days in which Mac users could assume that they were operating one of the most secure OS in the market are over. Mac malware is on the rise and becoming more dangerous. Patrick Wardle<\/a>, a researcher specializing in Apple security, recently concluded that new macOS malware specimens increased roughly 100% from 2022 to 2023, with ransomware<\/a>, trojans<\/a>, and backdoors<\/a> being the top threats.<\/p>\n

Following this trend, Bitdefender recently uncovered a new backdoor that shares similarities with the criminal groups BlackBasta and ALPHV\/BlackCat<\/a>. The new malware, Trojan.MAC.RustDoor has been hiding in the shadows,, running persistent attacks for the past three months, Bitdefender says.<\/p>\n

Bogdan Botezatu<\/a>, Director of Threat Research and Reporting at Bitdefender, spoke to Techopedia to explain why Apple users are in the cross hairs of cybercriminal gangs, and how bad actors are succeeding in breaching macOS systems.<\/p>\n

“Macs have unfortunately become valuable targets because of their increased penetration in the enterprise. Some cybercrime groups are now attempting to carve a niche for themselves in the Mac space to move into other ecosystems because of fierce competition in the Windows landscape.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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