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MacSync infostealer Terminal loader delivery on macOS

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A MacSync infostealer loader is being delivered through a Terminal command on macOS, creating immediate risk of keychain, browser data, and crypto wallet theft. The payload then exfiltrates stolen material to a2abotnet[.]com/gate, making the infection chain a live credential-theft operation.

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Timeline

  1. 13.02.2026 22:21 2 articles · 3mo ago

    Researchers disclose Claude-artifact ClickFix campaign pushing MacSync

    Initial Disclosure

    Researchers at MacPaw's Moonlock Lab and AdGuard identified malicious Google Search results for queries such as “online DNS resolver,” “macOS CLI disk space analyzer,” and “HomeBrew” that pointed to either a public Claude artifact or a Medium page impersonating Apple Support. The lure pages instruct macOS users to paste a shell command into Terminal, and the command fetches a MacSync infostealer loader that steals keychain, browser data, and crypto wallets before packaging the data into /tmp/osalogging.zip and exfiltrating it to a2abotnet[.]com/gate. The malicious Claude guide had reached at least 15,600 views, while more than 10,000 users had accessed content with dangerous instructions, and both observed variants fetched a second stage from the same C2 address.

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