Macs are not safe from Bears

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Bear fancy pattern Mac users have long had an unwarranted level of confidence about their immunity to malware and hackers. Palo Alto Networks’ recently discovered some Mac malware in the wild, which I hope will make us Mac users pay more attention to security. The malware, which targets mostly the aerospace industry, appears to be from an APT group they call “Fancy Bear”.

The malware is a trojan executable designed to look and act like a PDF file. It is being used in highly targeted attacks where the apparent content of the file is something that the recipient was expecting to receive.

These kinds of attacks typically start with the nation state level APT attackers and quickly make their way down to the street level cybercriminals. Everyone on every platform needs to pay attention to their security and take proper precautions.