{"id":679,"date":"2025-08-16T20:30:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T20:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emilykristine.com\/?p=679"},"modified":"2025-10-08T06:54:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T06:54:48","slug":"security-bite-mac-c-is-shaking-up-the-macos-infostealer-market-rivaling-amos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilykristine.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/16\/security-bite-mac-c-is-shaking-up-the-macos-infostealer-market-rivaling-amos\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Bite: Mac.c is shaking up the macOS infostealer market, rivaling AMOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"feat-image\"><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/emilykristine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Security-Bite-Matrix-Hack.png\"><\/div>\n<p><em>9to5Mac Security Bite is exclusively brought to you by <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/mosyle.net\/87PQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Mosyle,\u00a0the only Apple Unified Platform<\/strong>.<\/a> <em>Making Apple devices work-ready and enterprise-safe is all we do. Our unique integrated approach to management and security combines state-of-the-art Apple-specific security solutions for fully automated Hardening &amp; Compliance, Next Generation EDR, AI-powered Zero Trust, and exclusive Privilege Management with the most powerful and modern Apple MDM on the market. The result is a totally automated Apple Unified Platform currently trusted by over 45,000 organizations to make millions of Apple devices work-ready with no effort and at an affordable cost. <\/em><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/mosyle.net\/87PQ\">Request your EXTENDED TRIAL<\/a><\/em><\/strong><em> today and understand why Mosyle is everything you need to work with Apple<\/em>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p>Since rising to prominence in 2023, AMOS (Atomic macOS Stealer) has become <em>the<\/em> most notorious infostealer targeting the Apple ecosystem. The malware, designed to quietly pull all sorts of sensitive information from macOS systems, is a household name among security researchers, journalists, and maybe even victims.<\/p>\n<p>But now, <a href=\"https:\/\/moonlock.com\/?ref=9to5mac.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moonlock<\/a>, the cybersecurity division of MacPaw, says it\u2019s been tracking a new threat actor with an infostealer gaining popularity in the veiled corners of darknet forums. In this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/guides\/security-bite\/\">Security Bite<\/a>, I discuss this interesting new emerging threat and how it\u2019s shaking up the broader macOS landscape.<\/p>\n<p> <a data-layer-pagetype=\"post\" data-layer-postcategory=\"mac,malware,security-bite\" data-layer-viewtype=\"taxonomy-ninetofive_guides\" data-post-id=\"1014311\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/08\/16\/security-bite-mac-c-is-shaking-up-the-macos-infostealer-market-rivaling-amos\/#more-1014311\" class=\"more-link\">more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9to5Mac Security Bite is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle,\u00a0the only Apple Unified Platform. Making Apple devices work-ready and enterprise-safe is all we do. Our unique integrated approach to management and security combines state-of-the-art Apple-specific security solutions for fully automated Hardening &amp; Compliance, Next Generation EDR, AI-powered Zero Trust, and exclusive Privilege Management with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilykristine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilykristine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilykristine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilykristine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilykristine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/emilykristine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":682,"href":"https:\/\/emilykristine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679\/revisions\/682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilykristine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilykristine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilykristine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilykristine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}