XCSSET MALWARE TARGETS MACOS DEVS VIA GITHUB
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A new variant of XCSSET malware is spreading through compromised Xcode projects and GitHub repositories, affecting thousands of macOS developers. The campaign exploits trust in development tools to deliver malicious payloads.
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