Mac App Store — Cyber Threats, Attacks & Incidents

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency
5
occurrences
First Seen
December 22, 2025
Last Seen
July 24, 2026

Mac App Store is a technology platform tracked across 4 threat clusters and 5 intelligence report mentions on ThreatCluster. First observed December 22, 2025; most recent activity July 24, 2026.

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Recent Intelligence Reports

  • Trusted Mac apps could possibly be swapped out for malware — Appleinsider · July 24, 2026
  • Malicious LLM proxy routers found in the wild — News.Risky.Biz · April 15, 2026
  • Risky Bulletin: Malicious LLM proxy routers found in the wild — Risky.Biz · April 15, 2026
  • AI-coded malware arrives on the Mac through fake Grok AI app — Appleinsider · January 9, 2026
  • MacSync Stealer variant finds a way to bypass Apple malware protections — 9To5Mac · December 22, 2025

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