Buyers only have access to the malware for a limited time, however, and must conduct attacks from a server controlled by the seller: for instance, it costs $99 for a three-month subscription to XLoader customized to infiltrate MacOS devices.
“I think there is a common incorrect belief with macOS users that Apple platforms are more secure than other more widely used platforms,†said Yaniv Balmas, head of cyber research for Check Point.Couldn’t a real haXXor just haXX his/her/it’s way into a bank website and haXX an account to pay for the haXXing program and then haXX into someone’s Mac PC using a special haXXer matrix and link the haXXed account into the haXXing program account so it looks like the haXX-ee is the haXX-or, and whatnot