Iqela lezokhuseleko leMicrosoft lipapashe inqaku apho lithetha nge i-malware entsha ye-mac eye yavela kulo nyaka uphelileyo ukunika abahlaseli a ukwanda kokuqhubela phambili kwezakhono ezintsonkothileyo.
Intsapho ye-malware, ebizwa ngokuba yi-UpdateAgent yi-Microsoft 365 Defender ye-intelligence team ye-defender, yaqala ukubonakala ngoSeptemba 2020. Ukususela ngoko, itshintshile indlela esebenza ngayo ukusuka kumqokeleli wolwazi olula ukuya kwisiqwenga se-malware esinokuhambisa enye i-malware.
I-UpdateAgent inokosulela iiMacs zabasebenzisi ngokusebenzisa iivektha ezinje ngokukhutshelwa ngokukhuphela okanye iintengiso ezivelelayo. Kwiimeko ezininzi, inikezelwa njengesiqwenga esisemthethweni sesoftware, enje usetyenziso lwevidiyo okanye iarhente yenkxaso (into abasebenzisi beWindows abayiqhelileyo kakhulu).
Eminye yemisebenzi ye-malware, vumela dlula ulawulo lokhuseleko lwe-Apple's Gatekeeper okanye usebenzise iimvume ezikhoyo ukususa ubungqina bobukho bayo kwi-Mac.
Ngo-Agasti ka-2021, yaphuculwa ngesakhono esitsha soku ikhowudi yokutofa ezingisayo ezinokuqhutywa njengengcambu kwinkqubo engabonakaliyo yangasemva.
Le malware isebenzisa iziseko zamafu zoluntu njenge-Amazon S3 okanye i-CloudFront ukuhambisa imithwalo yenqanaba lesibini njenge-.dmg okanye iifayile ze-zip.
NgokukaMicrosoft malunga nale malware entsha:
I-UpdateAgent ibonakaliswe kuhlaziyo oluthe ngcembe lweendlela zokuzingisa, uphawu oluphambili olubonisa ukuba le Trojan iya kuqhubeka nokusebenzisa iindlela ezintsonkothileyo kwiinguqulelo ezizayo.
Thembela kuphela usetyenziso olugunyazisiweyo
UhlaziyoAgent inobuthathaka obuphambili xa kuthelekiswa nezinye izoyikiso zeMac: ifuna ukuba umsebenzisi akhuphele ngokucacileyo ifayile enobungozi.
Ukuba asifuni ukosulelwa yile malware, luluvo oluhle ukufaka kuphela usetyenziso oluvela kubaphuhlisi obathembileyo bakwa-Apple nakwiMac App Store. Sukucofa kwiintengiso okanye ukhuphele naluphi na usetyenziso ngekhonkco.