Macs Just Got a New Virus

Yikes - It's called the "Atomic MacOS Stealer".

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0:00 - Intro
1:23 - Virus Details and Capabilities
3:34 - How the Virus Works

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[ThioJoe]

Many have pointed out I should not have used the terms "virus" and "malware" interchangeably, so I will try to be more accurate in the future.

[HDWOfficial]

Bruh, Malware just became a monthly membership 💀

[prayhe]

To be exact, a DMG file is a disk image file which could contain anything. It is mostly used to ship applications in it with the background picture changed so it tells you what to do to install it. Because applications on a mac appear to the user like a single movable file it mostly tells you to drag and drop that application file onto a shortcut which is linked to the macs application folder. That way it appears in your dashboard etc. and is „properly installed“ (although you COULD just execute it from the dmg aswell)
It seems they are taking advantage of people being used just following whatever the background of that dmg file says to make them execute their malware.
Either its an application inside a dmg file OR an actual installer (.pkg file) but not the mix of both these bad actors have shipped

[TheVirus]

There is a possibility that Apple already patched this with the latest "Rapid Security Response" 13.3.1 (a). It was the first time Apple used this way of patching security vulnerabilities and they have not disclosed what exactly they fixed. Given the timing, it would make sense. Patch 13.3.1 (a) was released on 1st May

[jimmlmao]

This virus also has a streaming service for watching victims for just $39.99/month

[huyong]

1:15 Vietnamese people here. Great job on pronuncing it correct as most Americans may mispronounced into f word. Great job Thio Joe

[therealhussein]

Thio is a gigachad
literally just explains what's going on in a clear way then disappears until he uploads something, huge respect

[kinsley]

guess that explains the rapid response update yesterday …
thank YOU … you just saved me trying to find out what it was all about

[tmcarter]

Great content! You literally just saved me two users of MACs with this detection alert. Thank you!!!

[Heeter]

My Big-Mac got a virus?!!!!?! I'm suing McDonalds now!

[frostmoonplayer]

macOS or Windows, you just don't click on a random link, don't open attached files from an unknown sender, don't allow disk access to random apps you found online. I feel cybersecurity should be taught in school by this point.

[SamarthCat]

The problem with macOS and linux for security is that if an app has your password, they can invoke any process as sudo.
On windows, if an app has the password, they can't do anything, they still have to open the UAC prompt.

[johnwpierce]

Had to head to the comments to see if anyone else caught this definition reassignment. Conflating a virus with a user initiated exploit is a stretch. I don't normally engage in splitting hairs over definitions, but in this case I will.

The marketshare argument is a mass adoption of a flawed opinion. Just because Mac or Linux does not have the same adoption rate that Windows does, does not mean that there is not an incentive to create "programs" of malicious intent on the others. There is now and has always been many different incentives to create programs for all three platforms, and the different motivations (financial, foss, watch the world burn) are shared as well.

Windows it is pretty much the only operating system that has suffered from viruses (self-replicating malware). Sure, exploits exist across all platforms; if a bad actor, government really wants to spy on you, it will. Windows obtained this reputation not because of market share, but because of an engineering decision. Security was and always has been secondary (or non-existent) to "ease of use" in order to achieve Mass adoption. Microsoft lives by the philosophy, run now ask questions later. 😂

*nix has a super user, nothing runs accidentally. sure it can be exploited and hacked, but it is a no-mans-land for "viruses."

[iLife]

OSX viruses are rare but when they come out they hit hard

[MXALOVE]

When I had a Mac I knew not many viruses were made for it, but I also knew there were at the same time, so IMO it's the same usage because either way, you never know when you could get something.

[TheOriginalMacOS]

well to be fair it would be weird if a random ass app from telegram started asking for root privledges and file access.

[QuixoteX]

I have never seen a Mac installer that has you right click and select open. Usually they have you drag something to a folder.

[RedLuigiE]

One thing you can do is type an incorrect password, and if it's legit it'll say "nope thats not your password" but if it's a virus and doesn't know your passowrd or isn't going through apple's apis and stuff it'll just accept that as your password and fail stuff that requires passwords.

[pinkshortcomedy]

I love learning about viruses for an OS I don't and probably will never use! jkjk I love these kinds of videos, keep it up!

Doing tech support for my friends, it is kind of insane how much maleware there is on apple devices lately. Never had problems until about a year ago. Now, I have dealt with 4 devices that got maleware. Their "defender" software doesen't seem to be the best honestly.
Ironically, it was a long time ago where I had to remove maleware from windows. But my windows user friends are also a bit more tech savy because their hobbies are gaming.