Complete list of Mac viruses, malware and trojans (8.2023)

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https://www.macworld.com/article/672879/list-of-mac-viruses-malware-and-security-flaws.html

Wondering how many viruses exist for the Mac? Here is a list recent Mac malware attacks, viruses for Apple computers, and security threats that Mac users have suffered.

Despite Apple’s best efforts, Mac malware does exist, we describe some cases below. However, before you panic, Mac malware and viruses are very rarely found “in the wild”.

From time to time you will hear of big profile trojans, malware, and ransomware that is targeting the Windows world, very rarely is this a threat to Macs. For example, the worldwide WannaCry/WannaCrypt ransomware attack that hit back in May 2017 was only targeting Windows machines and therefore no threat to Macs…

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I remember you helpfully posting this a couple of years ago, Alex. So, given that AV-Test detected 12,445 new pieces of MacOS malware in 2022, I’m a bit skeptical (to say the least) of Macworld’s claim that their list, which includes 10 pieces of MacOS malware for 2022, is complete!

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..Here is a list recent Mac malware attacks, viruses for Apple computers, and security threats that Mac users have suffered…

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@Sky –

What Alex quoted above in his reply to your post is the actual subtitle of the entire article linked to in the OP (original post) of this thread.

HOWEVER, the article is nearly a year old, written on August 2nd. of 2023 (and noted by Alex in this thread’s title), so my hope is that it will be revised in the next few weeks to include threats Mac users have faced in 2024.

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Bob99 wrote:

so my hope is that it will be revised in the next few weeks to include threats Mac users have faced in 2024.

https://x.com/philofishal/status/1788974450165133531

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Phil Stokes ⫍⫎
@philofishal
What everyone needs on a Friday is…not a new malware discovery …but this year’s top most prevalent #macOS #malware so far!
Based on submissions to VT, this is what I’m seeing from Jan – May 2024.”

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Now, let’s see if that list from Sentinel One gets incorporated into a revised article from Macworld!

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Bob99 wrote:

revised article from Macworld!

Not at Macworkd but on 9to5mac

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