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‘Jellyfish’ proof-of-concept malware may inject keylogger on Macs

BurnIconXA proof of concept keylogging hack called Jellyfish has been in the news about security vulnerabilities in Windows and Linux systems, but according to ITWorld, a Mac version being worked on called MAC_JELLY. This malware takes advantage of the graphics processing environments on modern PC systems, allowing a hacker to inject code that will monitor the system by way of a unique remote access trojan (RAT). While demonstrated on Windows and Linux systems, Apple’s OpenCL environment leaves Macs vulnerable as well. Continue reading