Exploitation of macOS 'Screen Sharing' Vulnerability Leads to Unauthorized Mining, Apple Releases Emergency Patch

2026/08/17 10:44 (Updated 2026/08/17 18:02)

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Exploitation of macOS 'Screen Sharing' Vulnerability Leads to Unauthorized Mining, Apple Releases Emergency Patch

Vulnerability Enabling Unauthorized Authentication

The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) reported on the 12th that a security vulnerability in Apple macOS was exploited, leading to the unauthorized deployment of a program mining the cryptocurrency Monero (XMR) on affected computers. In response to this vulnerability, Apple released updates for macOS Tahoe 26.6.1, macOS Sequoia 15.7.9, macOS Sonoma...

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