Jamf finds Mac cryptomining malware in pirated copies of Final Cut Pro and warns the power of Apple Silicon Macs is making them popular cryptojacking targets
Update: Apple has now commented on the findings - see the end of the piece. — Cybersecurity company Jamf Threat Labs …
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@thomas_drake1
Thomas Drake
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Cryptomining malware — “...there have been increasing incentives for bad actors to use cryptojacking techniques. This is where they get malware onto a significant number of other people's devices in order to mine currency for them as a background process.” https://9to5mac.com/...
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@jbradley89
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Today we released a blog on some malware we've been investigating. Embedding pirated apps with malware is a trick that had great success in the early 2000's and a trick that attackers continue to find success in today. Great writeup from @mattbenyo https://www.jamf.com/...
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@mattbenyo
@mattbenyo
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I had a ton of fun going down this rabbit hole shout out to @malwarezoo and @jbradley89 for their work on this https://twitter.com/...
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@jamfsoftware
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Check out our latest blog post authored by @mattbenyo on a family of #malware Jamf Threat Labs has been following that resurfaced and has been operating undetected, despite an earlier iteration being a known quantity to the #security community. https://ow.ly/...