New ClickLock macOS Stealer Kills Apps Every 210ms Until Victims Type Their Password

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New ClickLock macOS Stealer Kills Apps Every 210ms Until Victims Type Their Password
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ClickLock Stealer, a new macOS infostealer, answers a victim's refusal by killing their apps on a loop until they hand over the login password. It arrives as a command pasted into Terminal, asks for the password behind a fake system dialog, and when the victim cancels, installs two LaunchAgents and quietly exits. At the next login, Finder, the Dock, Spotlight, Terminal, Activity Monitor, and

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