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JavaScript for Automation

Apple's JavaScript-based scripting interface for automating macOS applications and system functions, an alternative to AppleScript.

Known aliases

  • JXA

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PamStealer now decrypts its macOS payload only through a live handshake with its C2 server

Jamf Threat Labs found a PamStealer build that completes a server key exchange before its macOS payload decrypts, so captured samples cannot be recovered offline. It also layers four persistence methods and a Swift stealer that harvests keychains and credentials from 13 browsers.

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Evidence58
Adoption
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Hype gap+5
Incentives
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Confidence62