{"id":377272,"date":"2025-01-13T16:54:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T16:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/?p=377272"},"modified":"2025-01-13T16:54:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T16:54:18","slug":"banshee-steals-apple-encryption-to-empty-your-wallets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/banshee-steals-apple-encryption-to-empty-your-wallets","title":{"rendered":"Banshee \u2018Steals\u2019 Apple\u2019s Encryption To Empty Your Wallets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The macOS stealer Banshee<\/strong> has resurfaced with a dangerous new update. The stealer now builds off Apple’s built-in anti-malware technology, making it hard to detect and efficient in its digital heists.<\/p>\n

Banshee has been linked to the Russian cybercriminal industry and emerged rather recently in mid-2024. In that time, the stealer has been continuously under development, leaked on GitHub<\/a>, reverse-engineered, and then resurfaced with impressive capabilities.<\/p>\n

The developers behind this stealer are also scaling their operations. They slashed the price for the malware from $3,000 last year to just $1,500 in January 2025.<\/p>\n

On January 9, Check Point researchers released the findings of their investigation into the new version of Banshee<\/a>. They explain that this new version of Banshee has been operating undetected by security vendors for the past two months.<\/p>\n

Techopedia explores Banshee’s capabilities and how it uses Apple’s XProtect<\/a> encryption<\/a> and interviews experts and Apple anti-malware providers.<\/p>\n

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