Privacy News Kremlin-linked hackers believed to be behind Mac spyware Xagent

[Wingman]

Kremlin-linked spies have been blamed for cooking up malware called Xagent, which targets victims running macOS to steal passwords, grab screenshots and exfiltrate iPhone backups stored on the Mac.

 

[vemn]

Cool~ targeting macOS.. that's rare I Guess?

 

[Wingman]

Cool~ targeting macOS.. that's rare I Guess?

Not really. Obviously you get more Windows malicious samples mainly due to the makershare but in terms of organisations, most executives prefer mac because they are "cool". So that's where targeted attacks go