HOMETHREATSChoziosi
MALWARE FAMILY

Choziosi

Internal ID: osx.choziosi
1
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

A loader delivering malicious Chrome and Safari extensions.

Threat Analysis

Choziosi is a malware family tracked by threat intelligence researchers and catalogued in the Malpedia dataset. It represents a distinct malicious software lineage with identifiable code characteristics, behaviors, and victimology.

External References

→https://blogs.blackberry.com/en/2022/11/chromeloader-infects-the-browser-by-loading-malicious-extension
→https://github.com/xephora/Threat-Remediation-Scripts/tree/main/Threat-Track/CS_INSTALLER
→https://redcanary.com/blog/chromeloader/
→https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/how-crowdstrike-uncovered-a-new-macos-browser-hijacking-campaign/
→https://www.th3protocol.com/2022/Choziosi-Loader

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family
Aliases1

Also Known As

osx.choziosi

Research Links

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Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.
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