Security News > 2023 > February > Hackers Using Trojanized macOS Apps to Deploy Evasive Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
Trojanized versions of legitimate applications are being used to deploy evasive cryptocurrency mining malware on macOS systems.
"This malware makes use of the Invisible Internet Project to download malicious components and send mined currency to the attacker's wallet," Jamf researchers Matt Benyo, Ferdous Saljooki, and Jaron Bradley said in a report shared with The Hacker News.
The malicious mining process banks on the user launching the pirated application, upon which the code embedded in the executable connects to an actor-controlled server over i2p to download the XMRig component.
Apple has taken steps to combat such abuse by subjecting notarized apps to more stringent Gatekeeper checks in macOS Ventura, thereby preventing tampered apps from being launched.
"On the other hand, macOS Ventura did not prevent the miner from executing," Jamf researchers noted.
"By the time the user receives the error message, that malware has already been installed."
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