New malware nicknamed “Silver Sparrow,” specifically targets Apple M1 chips (redcanary.com) 55 points by lazycrazyowl 5y ago ↗ HN
[–] noipv4 5y ago ↗ you can remove it like so: https://lifehacker.com/find-and-remove-the-new-silver-sparro...
[–] tmp538394722 5y ago ↗ By “Specifically targets M1 chips” it seems they mean: the malware distributors compiled their old botnet code again but with a new version of Xcode. [–] dep_b 5y ago ↗ With all of the bad rep Xcode gets it does allow you to be the cutting edge of botnets
[–] dep_b 5y ago ↗ With all of the bad rep Xcode gets it does allow you to be the cutting edge of botnets
[–] liquidify 5y ago ↗ "Specifically" makes it sounds like it only targets the M1. But as we have seen, it is found on both Intel and M1 products.
[–] saagarjha 5y ago ↗ Previously:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26227630https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26204756
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