Atomic MacOS Stealer Evolves With Backdoor For Persistent Attacks On Macs

Since last year, Atomic Stealer has been on the rampage, gaining notoriety as a formidable weapon for exfiltrating sensitive data from MacBook users. A recent report has revealed that this info stealer has evolved into an even more dangerous and sophisticated malware. Cybercriminals can now use it to create a persistent backdoor on macOS. Security researchers say it has evolved to a stage where it can compromise every part of macOS, giving hackers full, unlimited control over the victims' computers.

The newly added capabilities to the macOS stealer allow hackers to create a pathway into a victim's system without a password. However, the main danger here is that the backdoor is persistent. Hackers can use the same pathway to access victims' computers, exfiltrate data, deploy additional payloads, and compromise victims' accounts.

Two known cases of its latest backdoor being deployed have been recorded. And from these attacks, it has ...