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Apple's New Fear About M1 Processor

Apple's New Fear About M1 Processor
22 Şubat 2021 - Yazan, 5

After the first piece of malware detected recently, cyber security company Red Canary detected a second piece of malware. Apple introduced its new processor M1 a few months ago. M1, the first computer processor with 5 nm architecture, remained on the agenda with its high performance for a long time. Now, with a different agenda; Malware that has targeted thousands of Mac users. The first malware targeting M1 processor Macs was detected by Patrick Wardle. This malware named GoSearch22, which came across to users as an extension of Safari, collects user data and was not easily detected by antivirus software, as it is a fairly new threat to software with M1 processors. While users were just looking for ways to get rid of GoSearch22, a new piece of malware was discovered by cybersecurity firm Red Canary; Silver Sparrow. Although what makes Silver Sparrow dangerous and the damage it causes has not yet been determined, its rapid spread poses a great risk, according to cyber security experts. According to the data obtained, it was revealed that Silver Sparrow had infected 29,139 macOS systems in 153 countries, including the USA, the UK, Canada, France and Germany, as of February 17. The information about how many of these systems are M1 Macs has not been shared yet. In a statement regarding Silver Sparrow, Red Canary stated that it is a very serious threat. The reason for this was stated as the adaptation process to M1 processors, being a global and rapidly spreading malware. Again, Red Canary reported that although there is no way to directly detect Silver Sparrow, some methods used to detect various macOS threats may work.