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Title: Mac cryptominer uses offbeat anti-analysis tricks to stay undetected
Post by: HCK on October 09, 2022, 04:05:10 pm
Mac cryptominer uses offbeat anti-analysis tricks to stay undetected

Analysts at cybersecurity firm SentinelOne have recently shed light on a long-running macOS cryptomining malware strain codenamed OSAMiner. These would have been garden-variety findings if it weren’t for the fact that the infection has been playing a hide-and-seek game with researchers since around 2015. Its uniqueness stems from the use of what’s called run-only AppleScript files to download and execute the dodgy components.
Source: Mac cryptominer uses offbeat anti-analysis tricks to stay undetected (https://macsecurity.net/view/461-mac-cryptominer-uses-offbeat-anti-analysis-tricks-to-stay-undetected)