A new wave of crypto-jacking malware is spreading across the Apple ecosystem, targeting the Mac operating system in particular.
Apple aficionados often boast that they are immune from viruses and malware, but they couldn’t be further from the truth.
According to a Feb. 23 report by Apple Insider, a new evasive crypto-jacking malware strain was discovered on macOS. The malicious software appears to be spreading through pirated versions of Final Cut Pro, a movie editing package.
Jamf Threat Labs, a cybersecurity firm for the Apple ecosystem, first រកឃើញ the malware. It spent the past few months tracking the malware variants that have recently resurfaced. Similar crypto-jacking malware afflicted Apple’s operating system in 2018.
The XMRig command line mining tool was found running in the background of copied versions of Apple’s $300 video editing suite. Additionally, the malware appeared in pirated versions of Adobe Photoshop and Logic Pro, Apple’s music sampling software.
Source: https://beincrypto.com/new-crypto-jacking-malware-threatens-apple-mac-os/