Esontweni eledlule sikutshele ngokuvela kwe-Malware lokho kungasakazeka kalula yi-Xcode futhi kuthinte onjiniyela ikakhulukazi. Ezinsukwini eziyisikhombisa kamuva kunemininingwane emisha futhi iqiniso ukuthi ayikhuthazi nakancane. Into entsha etholakele ukuthi le malware eyingozi, ingafinyelela nakwi-Mac App Store futhi ithinte izinhlelo eziningi.
Abaphenyi bale Malware, u-Oleksandr Shatkivskyi noVlad Felenuik, banikeze imininingwane ethe xaxa ngophenyo lwabo, engxoxweni ekhethekile ye-MacRumors ephakathi kwe-inthanethi. I-malware, eyingxenye yomndeni we-XCSSET, "igciwane elingajwayelekile" elizifaka kumaphrojekthi we-Xcode. Lapho iphrojekthi ihlanganiswa, ikhodi enonya iyaqalisa. Lokhu kungaholela "emgodini onogwaja wokulayisha", futhi kubeka ingozi enkulu kubasebenzisi beMac.
I-Malware yahlonzwa futhi kwaqedwa ukuthi ingathinta ngaphezu kwakho konke, kuziphequluli esizifakile kwi-Mac. Kwakungakhathalekile ukuthi ngabe yiSafari noma i-Chrome. Ikwazile ukuthola ubungozi bokufunda nokulahla amakhukhi, kwakha iminyango engemuva kuJavaScript futhi, futhi, kuguqulwa amawebhusayithi akhonjisiwe, kwebela imininingwane yangasese yasebhange namaphasiwedi, nokuvimba izinguquko zephasiwedi.
Kuphinde kwatholakala ukuthi iyakwazi yeba imininingwane yohlelo lokusebenza njenge-Evernote, amanothi, i-Skype, i-Telegram, i-QQ, ne-WeChat, thatha izithombe-skrini, ulayishe amafayela kuseva echaziwe yomhlaseli, ubethele amafayela bese ucela inkokhelo ukukhipha lawa mafayili.
Ukuba yi-Malware okunzima ukuyikhomba, onjiniyela kungenzeka bakha izinhlelo zokusebenza eziqukethe ngaphandle kokwazi. Bayalayisha ku-Mac App Store, nengozi okubandakanya lokhu, ngoba i-Apple nayo ibingakwazi ukubona ukuthi ikhona yini.
Ngakho-ke, onjiniyela bayelulekwa ukuthi benze kanjalo ungalandi amakhosombe ekhasi lapho ajwayele ukwenza khona. Isibonelo iGitHub.