Cryptominers
A monero cryptominer based on XMRig is hijacking Macs, causing high CPU and fan usage.
Later versions of Microsoft's Edge can now be set to block downloads of malicious mining apps.
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A monero cryptominer based on XMRig is hijacking Macs, causing high CPU and fan usage.
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Later versions of Microsoft's Edge can now be set to block downloads of malicious mining apps.