Hackers Exploit macOS Zero-Day to Hack Hong Kong Users with new Implant #Cybersecurity

#HackerNews Google researchers on Thursday disclosed that it found a watering hole attack in late August exploiting a now-parched zero-day in macOS operating system and targeting Hong Kong websites related to a media outlet and a prominent pro-democracy labor and political group to deliver a never-before-seen backdoor on compromised machines. “Based on our findings, we believe this threat actor to be a well-resourced group, likely state backed, with access to their own software engineering team based on the quality of the payload code,” Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researcher Erye Hernandez said in a report. Tracked as CVE-2021-30869 (CVSS score:…