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May 10, 2022 by Jamf Threat Labs

NukeSped malware a dud, thanks to Jamf Protect

Jamf protects against the most recent findings on Lazerous Group malware targeting macOS. CISA recently posted findings on a handful of malicious applications they refer to as TraderTraitor and many vendors detect as NukeSped malware.

Threat: NukeSped

Affects: The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency documented findings that the threat actor most commonly known as Lazarus Group has been targeting companies involved in blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies, as well as the heavy users of these technologies. The actors would install macOS malware on systems by socially engineering users to run their trojanized cryptocurrency applications.

Prevented by: Jamf Protect threat prevention blocks the execution of the malicious executables of this malware.

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