The most common Trojan families used to target MacOS in 2022 were EvilQuest (52.7%), followed by Generic Trojan (22.4%), Exploit (8.2%), Flashback (2.7%) and Empire (2.6%).
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Tainted file downloads via torrent or warez websites. Malvertising served via social media or websites. Socially engineered communications, such as spam, phishing and social media. Threat actors use a range of techniques to infect macOS with Trojans, according to the Bitdefender researchers. The report found that Mac users were mainly targeted by three key threats in 2022 – Trojans, Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs) and Adware – with Trojans making up over half (51.8%) of threat detections. We expect the existing threats to evolve and become more refined with time.” Speaking to Infosecurity, Bogdan Botezatu, Director of Threat Research at Bitdefender, noted: “Threat actors are now building much more sophisticated malware creations, and many times target multiple OS platforms and architectures in the same attack. 
While Apple’s ecosystem still experiences a narrower range of threats than other popular operating systems like Microsoft’s Windows and Google’s ChromeOS, the researchers warned that “this false sense of protection often means malware tailored to infect Macs is better suited to its goals.” Threat actors are becoming more efficient at targeting Mac users through MacOS tailored malware, according to Bitdefender’s macOS Threat Landscape Report.
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