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Title: Mac wallet stealer and cpu miner Post by: stcupp on February 15, 2012, 12:21:28 AM http://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204792206/Monthly_Malware_Statistics_November_2011
Quote Mac OS threats Windows users are unlikely to find anything unusual about Trojans and worms on websites that are spread by pirate versions of popular software. But for Mac users this is still a bit of a novelty. At the very end of October a new malicious program – subsequently named Backdoor.OSX.Miner – was detected on torrent trackers spreading pirate versions of programs for Mac. This program has a number of malicious functions: Establishes remote access to an infected computer Gathers information about browsing history in Safari Captures screenshots Steals the wallet.dat file from BitCoin clients Launches BitCoin miner without user authorization This piece of malware spreads via a number of torrent trackers, including publicbt.com, openbittorrent.com and thepiratebay.org. Title: Re: Mac wallet stealer and cpu miner Post by: splatster on February 15, 2012, 12:39:29 AM This was squashed by the automatic background security updates that started some time ago in an update to OS X 10.6.
Title: Re: Mac wallet stealer and cpu miner Post by: MysteryMiner on February 15, 2012, 12:46:31 AM Check the software you run on your computer against originals or known good checksums or die!
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