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Malware targetting Mac users has been discovered.

CookieMiner steals Google Chrome and Apple Safari browser cookies from the victim's computer and then uploads them to a remote server for login extraction information.

https://cryptomenow.com/newly-discovered-mac-malware-cookieminer-tries-to-steal-from-cryptocurrency-wallet/ (https://cryptomenow.com/newly-discovered-mac-malware-cookieminer-tries-to-steal-from-cryptocurrency-wallet/)

I think we should focus more on educating people instead of warning them because malware programs will always be here and anti-viruses are not going to help.

It's pretty simple to avoid all these viruses, to be honest. Just watch what you're browsing, the links you're clicking and the programs you're downloading. These malware programs don't target you specifically, so... It doesn't magically come to your computer. If you are careful, you should be fine.

Mac users, in general, believe that they are immune to viruses. I agree that people should be more careful, but they won't until they realize that there is a real danger.

There's also exact an thread created for this.

A new malware designed to beat 2-fa authentication (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5104693.0)

Well it depends on the anti-virus software also. For example, Avast is nothing when compared with Karpersky or Bitdefender. Also, the paid versions of the last two have a lot more security features than their free counterparts even when they try to have the same anti-virus engine for both versions.

What is the problem here? The problem is that the attack is coming from the web browser so in that case a free antivirus won't help you. If you truly want to be protected you need to pay.

Also certain browsers have better security than others and that security can be improved with the use of extensions like https everywhere and uBlock Origin.

An attacker needs to run a script or a macro or for you to download something to infect you most of the times since those are the easiest ways, with that and common sense you can be safer than a lot of people who don't know anything about the subject and for that reason never take any kind of measurements to protect themselves.

This can be avoided by always checking each link link that you visit, because each link link that uses SSL will be better to avoid phishing links.
In addition, the browser with Google Chrome class and Safari is very sophisticated to give a warning against links that are potentially unsafe to visit.

it is not jut mac users, it is anybody who is not on windows! for instance one of the most common misconceptions is that there are no viruses for Linux https://www.linux.com/learn/myth-busting-linux-immune-viruses

i agree with the educating people part but also say that Anti Viruses are needed as the last resort. no matter how careful you are, you can't be immune ever. additionally you shouldn't be keeping anything valuable on a "connected" computer as much as possible and for as short as possible.

We really need to double check all links that we click because there is big possibility that it is a phishing site where can detect all our files and etc. I do not click any unknown sites because I know there will be a malware that can affect my files and my computer. I always remember this line "think before you click".

Yep, that's true but this software (anti-viruses) will help you for even just for a bit from warnings when you click or downloaded something on the internet.

Plus from someone who accessed your computer with their devices.

I'll suggest using an ad blocker (uBlock Origin - I'm currently using and it helps) and metamask on your chrome/firefox it helps as well from accessing websites that have malware.

the best solution is still cold storage and that can also be used for your passwords too. meaning you don't save them in your browser but store them elsewhere in a place when your computer doesn't access it. like on a paper or on your phone (assuming your phone is not connected to internet or infected) or something like that.

Cold storage is still the best wallet that we can use in order to secure our cryptocurrencies. Hackers nowadays are so skillful that they can stole our funds in different online wallet. We should really careful in storing our cryptocurrencies for us to ensure that it will never be stole by anyone.

This kind of problems becomes more visible in the community we are living now. Not only the Mac users that should be careful. Because all of us should take an immediate action of being careful. Our era is much more high technical that turns us people into a much more complicated situations.

No one is safe from theft or hackers but we can reduce your risk factor to the lowest minimum by always improving on our security measures.
Apply the 2fa authenticator, don't be so curious to clink any link always change your password once in a while

Agree, the hacking race will be there, what w need now days is people using the internet in a smart way. But sadly not all the people have the time or the interest in the computer since, they don't realize how important is the techno-security until they get hacked.

I'm a Mac user myself but I'm very careful what site to visit and I don't usually click any links here. So far I'm lucky I haven't been phished or something but I still constantly guard my online accounts specially with regards to my crypto's.

It's going to be a war against hackers or scammers as they targeted this ecosystem for the last couple of years because of the huge money involved. So just be cautious and be attentive, you don't want to be a victim of these malicious attacks and definitely doesn't want to lose your hard earn crypto coins.