Pierluigi Paganini
June 11, 2022
PACMAN is a new attack technique demonstrated against Apple M1 processor chipsets that could be used to hack macOS systems. PACMAN is a novel hardware attack technique that can allow attackers to bypass Pointer Authentication (PAC) on the Apple M1 CPU. The pointer authentication codes (PACs) allow to detect and guard against unexpected changes to pointers in memory. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 27, 2021
A security expert has discovered a vulnerability in Apple M1 chips, dubbed M1RACLES, that cannot be fixed. Software engineer Hector Martin from Asahi Linux has discovered a vulnerability in the new Apple M1 chips, tracked as CVE-2021-30747, that was named M1RACLES. The expert pointed out that the issue can only be fixed with a redesign […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2021
Kaspersky researchers spotted a new variant of the XCSSET Mac malware that compiled for devices running on Apple M1 chips. XCSSET is a Mac malware that was discovered by Trend Micro in August 2020, it was spreading through Xcode projects and exploits two zero-day vulnerabilities to steal sensitive information from target systems and launch ransomware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2021
Experts warn of new malware, dubbed Silver Sparrow, that is infecting Mac systems using the latest Apple M1 chip across the world. Malware researchers at Red Canary uncovered a new malware, dubbed Silver Sparrow, that is infecting Mac systems using the latest Apple M1 chip across the world. According to data shared by Malwarebytes, as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2021
Apple launched its M1 chip and cybercriminals developed a malware sample specifically for it, the latest generation of Macs are their next targets. The popular security researcher Patrick Wardle discovered one of the first malware designed to target latest generation of Apple devices using the company M1 chip. The discovery suggests threat actors are tailoring […]
