How a sketchy cryptocurrency-mining app got into the Mac App Store

Is it malware if it tells you exactly what it’s going to do and then does that very thing?

That’s essentially the question facing Apple after reports broke that a program available in the Mac App Store was mining cryptocurrency on users’ computers. Although initially approved by Apple, the Calendar 2 program was pulled — either by its developer Qbix or the folks in Cupertino — on March 12.

Mac security site Objective-See did a deep dive into the matter after being tipped off by Ars Technica’s Dan Goodin, pointing out that the app was mining Monero — a cryptocurrency loved by the seedier side of the internet for its relative anonymity.  Read more…

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