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Hackers Are Abusing a macOS Screen Sharing Flaw to Secretly Mine Monero

Decrypt2h agoUpdated 54m ago
Hackers Are Abusing a macOS Screen Sharing Flaw to Secretly Mine Monero
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The Dutch cyber agency says attackers exploited an authentication flaw in macOS Screen Sharing to gain root access and plant Monero miners, with public proof-of-concept code now circulating.

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