MacOS users beware! AMOS Trojan

A couple of weeks ago, I experienced a first — a trojan horse on MacOS, and it wasn’t pretty… As a lifetime MacOS user, I’ve always rested comfortably knowing that hackers generally target Windows over MacOS. That said, I’ve always installed AV as an added precaution as I know that in my line of work doing web development, there is often extra low-level access to the OS required. I decided to organise myself for a recent project using the Notion app. As usual, I went to Google and typed “Notion Mac app.” There was a sponsored link in the results list, which I clicked on and downloaded the .dmg installer. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:660/1*VqAklPi407nvhu7nR1J9yQ.png" style="height:362px; width:660px" /> I opened the installer, which looked strange as it was missing some of the branding, but I didn’t think much of it and installed it. <a href="https://blog.xavie.mirmon.co.uk/macos-users-beware-amos-trojan-2f03c0848b1f">Click Here</a>