Mac CryptoCurrency Price Tracker Caught Installing Backdoors

guest · Oct 29, 2018

Mac CryptoCurrency Price Tracker Caught Installing Backdoors
October 29, 2018
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...cy-price-tracker-caught-installing-backdoors/

A Trojan pretending to be a macOS cryptocurrency ticker called CoinTicker is installing backdoors on the macs of unsuspecting users.

When installed, the CoinTicker application allow users to select various cryptocurrencies whose prices they would like to monitor. It will then add a small informational widget to the macOS menu bar as shown below that updates the prices as they change.

First spotted by a Malwarebyte's forum member named 1vladimir, when executed the Trojan will connect to a remote host and download numerous python and shell scripts that when executed will download and install two backdoors on to the infected computer.

"When launched, however, the app downloads and installs components of two different open-source backdoors: EvilOSX and EggShell." stated Malwarebyte's Director of Mac & Mobile Thomas Reed in a blog post.
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Rasheed187 · Nov 3, 2018

In other words, you really do need anti-malware tools, like a behavior blocker on Macs.

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