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XProtect is macOS’s built-in antivirus system that identifies and blocks known malware using regularly updated signature-based detection.

This latest campaign seems to have started in September 2024, and continued unobserved for roughly two months.

Illustration of a laptop with a magnifying glass exposing a beetle on-screen

The researchers also stressed that macOS continues to gain popularity, thus becoming an increasingly attractive target.

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