Hidden Treasure: Every Modern Copy of macOS Contains a Copy of Bitcoin’s White Paper

On April 5, 2023, the independent blogger Andy Baio published a post on his Waxy Blog that explained every version of macOS from Mojave 10.14.0 to the current version hosts a copy of Satoshi Nakamoto’s seminal Bitcoin white paper. Mac users can type a simple command in the terminal, and all nine pages describing Nakamoto’s … Read more

Macintosh Crypto Price Ticker Installs two Backdoors on Infected Devices

Most consumers want to stay vigilant when it comes to various cryptocurrencies’ prices. This demand has triggered an explosive growth in terms of cryptocurrency price ticker applications across major platforms. CoinTicker, the Mac-based application, should be avoided in this regard as this software installs backdoors on computers, which can lead to major unpleasantries over time. The Cointicker … Read more

Beware of the Malicious Mac Monero Miner

Malicious cryptocurrency mining tools have become a big problem over the past few months. In most cases, this malware only affects Windows users, although some Linux variants exist as well. It seems a stealthy Macintosh cryptominer has been utilizing the XMRig source code to mine Monero on behalf of criminals. A Malicious Mac Cryptominer Appears For the most part, … Read more