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Mac Crypto Trojan Horse Discovered, Apple Chips A Rich Target - [security]
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Minneapolis-based cybersecurity firm Jamf Threat Labs found a crypto-jacking program well hidden in pirated copies of Apple's Final Cut Pro. Jamf warns Apple chip speed will make Macs increasingly popular targets for malware attacks.
During routine monitoring of our threat detections in the wild, we encountered an alert indicating XMRig usage, a command-line crypto-mining tool. While XMRig is commonly used for legitimate purposes, its adaptable, open-source design has also made it a popular choice for malicious actors. This particular instance was of interest to us as it was executed under the guise of the Apple-developed video editing software, Final Cut Pro. Further investigation revealed that this malicious version of Final Cut Pro contained a modification unauthorized by Apple that was executing XMRig in the background. At the time of our discovery, this particular sample was not detected as malicious by any security vendors on VirusTotal. Since January 2023, a handful of vendors have detected the malware. However, many of the malicious applications continue to go unidentified by most vendors.
Apple's M1 16-core Neural Engine processor is capable of 11 trillion operations per second. That represents a 15x increase in machine learning performance over earlier M1s.

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