Ithimba lezokuphepha leMicrosoft lishicilele indatshana lapho likhuluma nge- i-malware entsha ye-mac eye yavela onyakeni odlule ukuze inikeze abahlaseli a ukukhula okuqhubekayo kwamakhono ayinkimbinkimbi.
Umndeni wohlelo olungayilungele ikhompuyutha, obizwa nge-UpdateAgent yithimba lezobunhloli be-Microsoft 365 Defender, uvele okokuqala ngo-September 2020. Kusukela lapho, uye washintsha indlela osebenza ngayo kusukela kumqoqi wolwazi olula ukuya ocezwini lohlelo olungayilungele ikhompuyutha olungaletha enye i-malware.
I-UpdateAgent ingathelela ama-Mac abasebenzisi ngokusebenzisa ama-vector afana nokulandwa kwedrayivu noma izikhangiso ze-pop-up. Ezimweni eziningi, yethulwa njengocezu olusemthethweni lwesoftware, njenge uhlelo lwevidiyo noma i-ejenti yokusekela (into abasebenzisi beWindows abayijwayele kakhulu).
Eminye yemisebenzi yohlelo olungayilungele ikhompuyutha, vumela dlula isilawuli sezokuphepha se-Apple's Gatekeeper noma usebenzise izimvume ezikhona ukususa ubufakazi bokuba khona kwayo ku-Mac.
Ngo-Agasti 2021, yathuthukiswa nekhono elisha loku faka ikhodi eziphikelelayo ezingaqhutshwa njengempande kunqubo engemuva engabonakali.
Le malware isebenzisa ingqalasizinda yamafu yomphakathi njenge-Amazon S3 noma i-CloudFront ukuze ilethe ukulayisha okukhokhelwayo kwesigaba sesibili njengamafayela e-.dmg noma .zip.
Ngokusho kweMicrosoft mayelana nale malware entsha:
I-UpdateAgent ibonakala ngokubuyekeza kwayo kancane kancane amasu okuphikelela, isici esibalulekile esibonisa ukuthi le Trojan cishe izoqhubeka nokusebenzisa amasu ayinkimbinkimbi ezinguqulweni ezizayo.
Themba izinhlelo zokusebenza ezigunyaziwe kuphela
I-UpdateAgent inobuthakathaka obubalulekile uma iqhathaniswa nezinye izinsongo ze-Mac: idinga ukuthi umsebenzisi alande ifayela elinonya ngokusobala.
Uma singafuni ukungenwa yilolu hlelo olungayilungele ikhompuyutha, kuwumqondo omuhle ukufaka kuphela izinhlelo zokusebenza ezivela konjiniyela obathembayo abavela kwa-Apple kanye nase-Mac App Store. Ungachofozi ezikhangisweni noma ulande noma yiluphi uhlelo lokusebenza ngesixhumanisi.
