HOMETHREATSCreativeUpdater
MALWARE FAMILY

CreativeUpdater

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

Intelligence Profile

Malware family identifying osx.creative_updater. Origin and technical characteristics tracked via Malpedia.

Threat Analysis

CreativeUpdater 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://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2018/02/new-mac-cryptominer-distributed-via-a-macupdate-hack/
→https://digitasecurity.com/blog/2018/02/05/creativeupdater/
→https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x29.html

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family
Aliases1

Also Known As

osx.creative_updater

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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