Security Expert Reveals MacOS Malware Capable of Synthetic Mouse Clicks

Patrick Wardle of Digita Security revealed at the recently-held DefCon in Las Vegas a malware that can perform synthetic clicks on MacOS, which can allow attackers to bypass permission prompts and compromise the user’s system.

Wardle said that such a malware, which synthetically interacts with the user interface, can be used to bypass layers of security so the attacker can access the user’s location, steal their contacts or even take over the computer’s kernel core system to fully control the computer.

Wardle added that he came across the “synthetic clicks“ bypass technique by incorrectly pasting code.

 

Source: Wired