Pam Stealer is a macOS malware family first observed in the wild in July 2026. It is associated with use of the macOS Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) API for password validation, a technique subsequently observed in other macOS malware.
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Mentioned only as a prior macOS malware family observed using PAM API-based password verification.
Referenced as the macOS malware family that first used PAM authentication-module APIs in the wild to validate a supplied password; MacSync subsequently adopted the technique.
Referenced as the first observed macOS malware family to use PAM API-based password verification, a technique later adopted by MacSync.
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Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.
CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.
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