Abaphenyi bezokuphepha Ama-Confiant nama-Malwarebyte Bathuthe emahoreni okugcina ukuqhubeka kwabo ekutholeni ukuhlaselwa okusha kwe-macOS nge-malware. Kulokhu, i-malware ifihla ngemuva kwesikhangiso, noma kunalokho, ngemuva kokuchofoza esithombeni sesikhangiso. Ngale ndlela bayakwazi ukukhohlisa izinhlelo zokuphepha.
Ukuhlaselwa bekuzokwenzeka phakathi kukaJanuwari 11 noJanuwari 13. Umhlaseli uzikhomba ngegama le- I-VeriMal futhi isikhangiso kukholakala ukuthi sidalulwe kwafinyelela kuma-Macs ayizigidi ezi-5 esikhathini esibonisiwe.
Njengoba sisho, i-malware itholakala kwisikhangiso sohlelo oludumile I-Adobe Flash Player. Lezi zinhlobo zezikhangiso zivela ngemvamisa ethile lapho upheqa i-inthanethi. Kepha kunoma yikuphi, noma ngabe udlulise amehlo ekhasini eliqukethe le malware, thethelela kuhilela ukulanda ifayili bese ulivula. Ngakho-ke, ngokuhlangana nje nabambalwa izidingo zokuphepha eziphansi, njengokungalandi noma, ungafaki okuqukethwe okungaveli kumasayithi athembekile, kuba ngaphezu kokwanele ukungatheleleki.
I-Malware iyiTrojan ehamba ngegama le- umshayi. Le ndlela yokutheleleka esezingeni eliphakeme ikhohlisa izinhlelo zokuvikela ngokufihla ifayela elibi kusikhangiso esibonakalayo. Kulokhu kusetshenziswa sthembiso , edinga ikhodi engenabungozi ukuze isebenze njengesikrini ukukhohlisa izinhlelo zokuthola. Ngokusho UElija Stein, kusuka kuConfiant:
Njengoba ukutholwa kwe-malware kuqhubeka nokuvuthwa, abahlaseli abayinkimbinkimbi sebeqala ukufunda ukuthi izindlela ezisobala zokwebiwa azisawenzi umsebenzi, izicashile ezivamile zeJavaScript ziholela 'enhlotsheni ethile.
Ekugcineni, u-Etein uthuthuka ukuthi:
amasu afana ne-steganography awusizo ekushushumbiseni ukukhokha okukhokhelwayo ngaphandle kokuncika ezintanjeni ezifakwe nge-hex noma amatafula wokubheka anamandla.
I-VeryMal yayihlasele okufanayo esikhathini esedlule, kokubili kuma-macOS naku-iOS.