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Photo of kissing TV couple leads to new Mac malware attack

Malware is designed to infect Mac computers and open a backdoor for hackers. It uses a crafty piece of social engineering to dupe victims into activating its code. The Trojan application is disguised as a digital photograph of a man and a woman kissing. In testing researchers found it downloading an image of the notorious Syrian Electronic Army hacking group. It is unclear how the malware is currently being spread and how it is being sent to affected users. The malware could likely be sent by email or placed on a website as part of a watering hole attack, for instance.”]

Source: https://grahamcluley.com/photo-kissing-couple-mac-malware-attack/

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