Description

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new macOS-specific malware, called Banshee Stealer, designed to target multiple browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, and browser extensions Cybercrime platforms cost $3,000 per month, Banshee Stealer runs on x86_64 and on ARM64 architectures, making it more ideal Threats Risky According to Elastic Security Labs, it targets browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Brave, Edge and even wallets like Exodus, Electrum and Ledger . . . . It can steal system information, iCloud Keychain passwords, and Notes. The malware is packed with advanced stealth techniques, including anti-analysis and anti-debugging features, and monitors the virtual environment. Notably, it uses the CFLocaleCopyPreferredLanguages ??API to avoid affecting systems in which Russian is the primary language. Banshee Stealer tricks users into revealing their system password with fake password prompts using the osascript feature. Additionally, the malware collects data from Desktop and Documents folders with extensions such as .txt, .docx, .wallet, .keys, etc., which are then extracted in ZIP format to a remote server This extension of it's in macOS-targeted malware this day and the growing interest of computer criminals including Banshee Stealer is joining Cuckoo, MacStealer and other similarly nasty files This trend also coincides with other emerging types of macOS and Windows malware, including new macOS thieves that use SwiftUI and the Open Directory API as well as Windows-based thieves such as Flame Stealer and Braodo Stealer, posing a cyber threat great comes on cross-platform The development is highlighted