New North Korean MacOS cryptocurrency malware discovered

A new MacOS cryptocurrency malware has once again bought the infamous North Korean Lazarus Group again in the spotlight. A newly discovered MacOS cryptocurrency malware has hit the Apple systems. The ill-famed hacking group has been responsible for many notorious viruses and malware in the past as well.

Recent reports have revealed that a malicious software unearthed by Dinesh Devadoss pertained to cryptocurrency trading. The software hosted on the website ‘unioncrypto.vip’ provided ‘smart cryptocurrency arbitrage trading’ platform to the users. The malware package was hidden in the file called ‘UnionCryptoTrader’. Though easily detectable, it still has the potential to threaten many systems due to its ease of availability.

MacOS cryptocurrency malware is nothing new

As per security researchers, this malware can fetch a remote payload from pre-defined location and then run the same payload on the memory. This phenomenon is pretty common in Windows but…