MacRumors published a story that the first malware running natively on M1 Chip has been discovered.
First Malware Running Natively on M1 Chip Discovered
Malware specifically tailored to run on Apple's M1 chip has been discovered, indicating that malware authors have begun adapting malicious software for Apple's new generation of Macs with Apple silicon. Mac security researcher Patrick Wardle has now published a report, cited by Wired, that explains in detail how malware has started to be adapted and recompiled to run natively on the M1 chip. Wardle discovered the first known native M1 malware in the form of a Safari adware extension, originally written to run on Intel x86 chips.
