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The first M1 MacBook malware has arrived – here’s what you need to know – Techradar

M1-native version of the longstanding Pirrit virus uncovered

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The first malware native to M1-powered MacBooks has been discovered in the wild, just months after the arrival of the first Apple Silicon devices.
News of the first M1 malware comes via ex-NSA researcher and longtime Mac security researcher Patrick Wardle, who has uncovered the existence of GoSearch22.app, an M1-native version of the longstanding Pirrit virus.
“Today we confirmed that malicious adversaries are indeed crafting multi-architecture applications, so that their code will natively run…

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