About this episode

The episode discusses macOS security threats and the new Beacon service by Jamf Threat Labs.

Most security teams know Windows inside out, but not macOS. Beacon by Jamf Threat Labs hunts the Mac malware and attacker activity your team misses. In this episode of Jamf After Dark, hosts Kat Garbis and Josh Thornton talk with Jaron Bradley, Director of Jamf Threat Labs, about the state of the macOS threat landscape in 2026, and a new service that brings dedicated Mac threat hunting to your environment. If you run a Mac fleet and your team's expertise is mostly Windows or Linux, this one's for you. What You'll Learn: - Why macOS is now a real target: info stealers, malicious search ads, and fake app installers - How Jamf Threat Labs researches malware like GhostClaw and builds detections into Jamf Protect - What Beacon is, how telemetry feeds the hunt, and why human analysts review every alert - Why dedicated macOS expertise matters when Windows-first tools fall short on Mac CHAPTERS: 0:00 Mac Threats and the Jamf After Dark Crew 1:21 Meet Jaron Bradley: From Incident Response to macOS Threat Hunting 4:15 What Is Jamf Threat Labs? Team, Research and Mission 6:51 The State of the macOS Threat Landscape 7:33 Why Mac Is a Growing Target: Info Stealers and Malicious Ads 9:24 How…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kat Garbis, Josh Thornton

Guest: Jaron Bradley

Topics covered

• macOS security
• malware detection
• threat hunting
• Jamf Threat Labs
• Beacon service
• macOS threat landscape
• info stealers

Keywords

• macOS
• malware
• threat hunting
• Jamf
• GhostClaw
• Beacon
• info stealers
• malicious ads
• Jamf Protect

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jamf Threat Labs, Jamf Protect

Products: Beacon, GhostClaw, MI:RIAM

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