WTFMiner

Summary
A sneaky coinminer embedded within pirated applications
Class
Miner
Class Summary
CoinMiner (or cryptojacking) malware utilizes a system's resources to mine cryptocurrencies without user consent. It may enter the system through malicious downloads or phishing attacks and has a record of being embedded within pirated software downloaded from the internet. To prevent cryptojacking, ensure your web browser and security software are up-to-date, use strong passwords, and be cautious when downloading files or visiting unfamiliar websites.
Description

WTFMiner is an evasive cryptojacking malware spreading through pirated macOS apps. Its origins can be tied back to a torrent uploader who bundled the miner into multiple pirated macOS applications since 2019. By obtaining copies, Jamf charted its incremental development across three generations, each version employing additional stealth techniques. It uses dark web routing for stealthy communication, obfuscates itself as legitimate processes, and shuts down when Activity Monitor is opened. Latest variants avoid writing persistence to disk and rely on users launching the trojanized apps to initiate mining.

Example Hashes
  • c19e78df3b3462064b9d78bc138674a7e8df28c7
  • 7628d90cfd311bfd4997729a232ca77a6d443619
  • 62ed66c1835ef5558ce713467f837efde508d5e4
  • 69fd812cf3760dc3dff5d41972cc635de9a0844d
  • 53fd50b23372a73e74e7cdc370f51ac560a1130f
  • c56046c322316233d23db034670496756a6942fe