?? Uncovered (the first?) malicious program compiled to natively target Apple Silicon (M1/arm64)

And neat fact, was originally flagged & submitted via an @objective_see tool! ?

Read: "Arm'd & Dangerous"https://t.co/FKMMbcHCSt

— patrick wardle (@patrickwardle) February 17, 2021

An @objective_see tool, flagged what may be the first instance of malicious code that natively targets Apple Silicon (M1)! ??

Read: "Arm'd & Dangerous"https://t.co/htw8K6qq1Y

— Objective-See (@objective_see) February 17, 2021

Just as legitimate software developers have adjusted to Apple's ARM transition, so too have malware distributors. A few months after its November release, native M1 malware is already here. https://t.co/Bn9U2LzNpr

— WIRED (@WIRED) February 17, 2021

malware authors are already developing versions of their tools to run natively on Apple’s M1 chips https://t.co/Sw45ttjEBM

— Lily Hay Newman (@lilyhnewman) February 17, 2021

#cybersecurity #infosec

VIA @WIRED

Malware Is Now Targeting Apple’s New M1 Processor

More ? https://t.co/dmMRux68Vh@chuckdbrooks @mclynd @DrJDrooghaag @digitalcloudgal @fogle_shane @Fabriziobustama @AghiathChbib @gvalan @_SChmielewski @antgrasso @AkwyZ @PVynckier @avrohomg

— Archon Security (@archonsec) February 17, 2021

Apple's new M1 (ARM) processor was effectively immune from malware... only because it didn't exist.
Whelp, now it does.
"Two distinct strains of malware have already adjusted to the new silicon just months after its debut."https://t.co/4gJt0ZvywS

— Tim Medin (@TimMedin) February 17, 2021

Malware Is Now Targeting Apple’s New M1 Processor #CyberAttack #security https://t.co/QiFlHXHZYZ

— Bob Carver ✭ (@cybersecboardrm) February 17, 2021

#malware Is Now Targeting Apple's New M1 Processor https://t.co/9MvXqFpSI4

— SeCuRe CyBeR (@Sec_Cyber) February 17, 2021

The first Mac malware for M1 chips has been found -- here's what you need to do (h/t @lorenzofb @patrickwardle @thomasareed) https://t.co/D16H3CRcGe

— Paul Wagenseil (@snd_wagenseil) February 17, 2021

The M1 Malware Has Arrived https://t.co/ARMXEyolC9

— switched (@switch_d) February 17, 2021

This didn't take long:

M1 Malware Has Arrived

"Security researcher Patrick Wardle published a blog detailing that he’d found a malicious program dubbed GoSearch22, a Safari browser extension that’s been reworked for Apple’s M1 processor."https://t.co/t1UxYprTnU via @gizmodo

— Rey Bango (@reybango) February 17, 2021

애플실리콘에서 네이티브로 구동되는 악성코드의 첫 사례가 발견됐다는 기사 https://t.co/oH1A5dreD5
원래 x86에서 구동되는 사파리용 애드웨어 확장프로그램인 GoSearch22가 애플실리콘용으로 만들어져 전파되고 있는 사례

— H. Kim (@metavital) February 18, 2021

Apple M1-native malware has already begun to appear | Ars Technica https://t.co/vGtpoUMglM

— Irvin Lemus (@InfoSecIrvin) February 18, 2021

보안 연구원, 애플 M1 칩에서 실행되도록 특별히 맞춤형으로 고안된 멀웨어 발견해
- 해커들은 출시된지 몇 달밖에 되지 않은 M1 맥을 표적으로 삼고 있어
- 맥 보안 연구원 패트릭 워들은 강력한 M1 칩을 위해 특별히 고안된 악성 앱을 발견했다고 보고해https://t.co/cFO2cNMQx5

— Wan Ki Choi (@wkchoi) February 18, 2021