How to minimize infection from Xagent, the latest malware threat to OS X

A lot of this is common sense but is still worth the reminder.
 
Take these steps to protect your Mac from infection by the recently identified Xagent malware.
 
By Jesus Vigo | February 20, 2017
 
Happy belated Valentine's Day...your Mac has just been infected by malware!
 
In the latest compromise to macOS security, researchers have detected a new strain of malware called Xagent that is making the rounds and infecting Macs. Yes, you read that right: Macs are not oblivious to malware.
 
Xagent is known to log keystrokes, steal passwords, take screenshots, and, most damning of all, detect the presence of iOS backups, which could later be used to exfiltrate sensitive information stored in those backups to threat actors in an effort to further compromise personal data stored on iPhones and iPads.
 
Believed to the handiwork of APT28, "The same Russian hackers who were linked to the hacking of the US Democratic National Committee have now turned their attention to Apple's Macintosh computers," according to CNET Senior Reporter Shara Tibken (CNET is a sister site of TechRepublic).
 
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