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Pirated copies of Final Cut Pro may infect your Mac with crypto-mining malware

Posted on February 26, 2023August 27, 2023 By bot

Jamf Threat Labs on Thursday issued a report about a new malware threat on macOS that installs and runs crypto-mining software. The malware is attached to pirated copies of Final Cut Pro that are downloaded from unauthorized distribution points on the internet. The pirated versions of Final Cut Pro have a crypto-mining tool called XMRig attached. When the software is downloaded and installed, XMRig launches in the background. Jamf reports that only “a handful” of malware protection apps are
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