A sophisticated social engineering campaign is targeting macOS developers by leveraging fake Homebrew installation pages to deploy Cuckoo Stealer, a potent credential-harvesting malware. This attack, identified by cybersecurity researchers, exploits the trust developers place in legitimate software workflows, specifically the widely used package manager Homebrew.
The campaign employs the “ClickFix” technique, a form of social engineering that deceives users into executing malicious Terminal commands disguised as part of a standard software installation process. Instead of exploiting software vulnerabilities, this