Mac detections by the numbers

Presented at Objective by the Sea version 4.0 (2021), Oct. 1, 2021, 3:25 p.m. (25 minutes).

Come hear about interesting pieces of Mac malware, and see data relating to their detections. In addition to discovering interesting malware behaviors, you'll learn things like which malware is most common, how malware is distributed globally, and interesting observations about malware artifacts.

Discuss interesting behaviors of recent malware:

Silver Sparrow XcodeSpy ElectroRAT XCSSET ...and more

For each, look at detection data, focusing on what information is most interesting for that malware (eg, for Silver Sparrow, look at details about the infamous ._insu file).


Presenters:

  • Thomas Reed - Director of Mac & Mobile at Malwarebytes
    Thomas Reed has been using Macs since 1984. He is a self-taught security researcher and Director of Mac & Mobile at Malwarebytes. In his spare time, he is an avid photographer.

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