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Apple M1-native malware has already begun to appear – Ars Technica

Security researcher Patrick Wardle discovered M1-native malware targeting macOS.

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Enlarge/ GoSearch22 isn’t, technically speaking, any sort of “virus.” But it’s certainly not anything you’d want on your shiny-new M1 Mac.
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Last year, Apple released Macbooks and Mac Minis powered by a new ARM CPUthe Apple M1. A few months later, malware authors are already targeting the new hardware directly. Wired interviewed Mac security researcher Patrick Wardle, who discovered an M1-native version of the long-running Mac-targeted Pirrit adware family.
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