While researchers were analyzing the malware no such instructions came. Once a computer is infected with the malware it will wait for instructions from the attacker.

The Silver Sparrow mystery continues in that researchers do not know what the final goal of the malware is. However, as for Silver Sparrow, these details are currently unknown. Typically, malware that targets Macs are often distributed via malicious ads, fake app downloads, pirated software, or the infamous fake Flash update. Similarly, how the malware infects machines is also not known. Despite the high number of infections how the malware is distributed is not known. High volumes of detections had been found in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, and Germany. By February 17, 2021, Silver Sparrow had infected 29,139 macOS endpoints across 153 countries. Malwarebytes was able to provide an accurate breakdown of the malware's impact. A lot of mystery still surrounds the malware as while capable of infecting a wide array of Mac devices it lacks one crucial element, a payload. This would make Silver Sparrow the second such capable malware to have been discovered recently. In a subsequent report published by Red Canary, it was found that the malware can target Apple’s heralded M1 chips. The malware was discovered by researchers from Red Canary who subsequently analyzed the malware along with Malwarebytes and VMWare Carbon Black. Details of a new malware designed to target Macs, called Silver Sparrow, has already infected close on 30,000 separate machines.

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