Best macOS books

The Art of Mac Malware, Volume 2

Detecting Malicious Software

The detection-focused sequel to Volume 1, Wardle turns from analyzing Mac malware to building the heuristics and tooling that catch it, using macOS's security frameworks and real-world malware samples throughout.

The Art of Mac Malware, Volume 1

The Guide to Analyzing Malicious Software

Patrick Wardle's deep dive on macOS malware analysis: persistence patterns, injection techniques, anti-analysis tricks, and the macOS-specific tooling needed to triage real samples.

The Mac Hacker's Handbook

Charlie Miller and Dino Dai Zovi's 2009 deep dive into the Mac OS X exploit landscape — Mach-O, IPC, sandboxing as it then existed, and the early-Intel-Mac exploitation chains.