--- title: Mac Malware Found Draining Crypto Wallets After Fake... description: Huntress researchers have uncovered a macOS malware strain that uses a fake CAPTCHA (ClickFix) trick to get victims to paste a malicious command into Terminal.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mac-malware-found-draining-crypto-wallets-after-fake-captcha-trick-rk6vweqp1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Mac Malware Found Draining Crypto Wallets After Fake CAPTCHA Trick | daily.dev og:description: Huntress researchers have uncovered a macOS malware strain that uses a fake CAPTCHA (ClickFix) trick to get victims to paste a malicious command into Terminal.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mac-malware-found-draining-crypto-wallets-after-fake-captcha-trick-rk6vweqp1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Rk6VWEqp1.png og:image:alt: Mac Malware Found Draining Crypto Wallets After Fake CAPTCHA Trick og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Mac Malware Found Draining Crypto Wallets After Fake CAPTCHA Trick **[IT Security Guru](https://daily.dev/sources/itsecurityguru)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Huntress researchers have uncovered a macOS malware strain that uses a fake CAPTCHA (ClickFix) trick to get victims to paste a malicious command into Terminal. Once executed, a Bash loader fetches a Go-based payload that harvests Apple Keychain credentials, browser passwords, and cookies. Its standout feature is a DRAIN function that incrementally siphons cryptocurrency wallet funds — covering Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Ethereum, and XRP — rather than emptying wallets all at once to avoid detection. The malware also tricks victims into re-entering their system password via a fake dialog box. Infrastructure was traced to Aeza Group, a sanctioned Russian bulletproof hosting provider. Huntress recommends treating ClickFix prompts as red flags, training staff not to paste unknown terminal commands, and using browser extensions and DNS-level blocking as defenses. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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