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Apple Approved Malware

Unfortunately we didn't have to wait long before hackers found a way to (ab)use Apple's new notarization service to get their malware approved! In this post, we tear apart an adware campaign that utilized malicious payloads containing Apple's notarization "stamp of approval".

Reference details

Source category
Research & news
Report title
Apple Approved Malware
First reported
Aug 30, 2020 05:00 UTC
Last reported
Aug 30, 2020 05:00 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:48 UTC
Record ID
7ec02ce23c25b71bab9a4dc5002e0eadb4efb9b60ad3d560bbe5646ecbc0b303

Published indicators

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Source observations

src_e03c0eb81ecbe60444

Source-provided label
Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Aug 30, 2020 05:00 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:48 UTC

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Feed collection status

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1 sources: 0 stale, 0 needing attention, 0 paused, 1 unverified.

Review source update dates and status
  • src_e03c0eb81ecbe60444Collection status unverifiedLast successful batch: Unverified

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