# One Local Setting Turned Meta's Muse Into a Mac Backdoor # Optimus Labs · Civilizations — https://optimuslabs.io/research/briefings/meta-muse-dictation-endpoint-hijack # Published: 2026-09-25 | Severity: high # Affected: Meta # # Machine-readable siblings: # STIX 2.1: https://optimuslabs.io/research/briefings/meta-muse-dictation-endpoint-hijack.stix.json # MISP event: https://optimuslabs.io/research/briefings/meta-muse-dictation-endpoint-hijack.misp.json # Markdown: https://optimuslabs.io/research/briefings/meta-muse-dictation-endpoint-hijack.md # No machine-extractable atomic indicators in this briefing. # See the narrative indicators section in the Markdown export. ## narrative-indicators # Configuration key: endo_voyager_dictation_endpoint # Behavior: Muse dictation endpoint changed to an unexpected host # Behavior: outbound dictation traffic to an unrecognized destination following a Muse preference write # Research proof of concept: not-a-mused (not an indicator of malicious activity by itself) # No CVE assigned in the supplied September 2026 research brief