This new macOS malware could leave you severely short-changed | TechRadar

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• don@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “A report from researchers Elastic Security observed a new attack that originated on Discord and targeted the cryptocurrency community. By deploying a simple social engineering strategy, the attackers try and convince the victim to download a file named “Cross-platform Bridges.zip”, thinking it’s an arbitrage bot.

  Arbitrage bots are usually legitimate pieces of code that allow users to automate buying crypto on one exchange and selling it on another where the price is slightly different. The changes in the prices are minuscule, but with automation and a hefty sum to get going, some people claim the bots work well. Usually, the bots can be purchased for tens of thousands of dollars.”

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  • cmbabul@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Kinda wish I knew about this in the mid 2010s when crypto was gaining interest but hadn’t become mainstream

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• boolean@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  "North Korean hackers are targeting macOS crypto owners"

  no crypto no problem

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• ALERT@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  what’s “short-changed”?

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  • nfsu2@feddit.cl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think it means that you lose “change” as in money.

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    • ALERT@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sorry, your explanation didn’t help me a lot.

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    • NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Or maybe it means it’s going to leave you changed but only for a short time.

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  • Shihali@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This title is a play on words, meaning “leave Mac owners short change”. That is, not having as many coins as they assumed they had. Usually you are short change because you had a little less money with you than you thought, but with malware involved they mean theft.

    It’s difficult. I didn’t understand the headline until reading the summary.

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    • ALERT@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Why can’t they speak more clearly? Damn :)

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