{
  "id": 1494487,
  "title": "Hackers Are Abusing a macOS Screen Sharing Flaw to Secretly Mine Monero",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/hackers-are-abusing-a-macos-screen-sharing-flaw-to-secretly-mine",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-17T13:31:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Decrypt",
    "slug": "decrypt",
    "url": "https://decrypt.co/375749/hackers-macos-screen-sharing-secretly-mine-monero"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Dutch cyber agency says attackers exploited an authentication flaw in macOS Screen Sharing to gain root access and plant Monero miners, with public proof-of-concept code now circulating.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dev.to",
        "title": "macOS Screen Sharing CVE-2026-65400: Authentication Bypass Leads to Root Access and Monero Miner Installation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/macos-screen-sharing-cve-2026-65400-authentication-bypass-leads-to",
        "published": "2026-08-15T04:23:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Hardware",
        "title": "Critical macOS Screen Sharing flaw gives attackers remote root access — CISA bumps bug to 9.8 severity following active Monero cryptojacking attacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/critical-macos-screen-sharing-flaw-gives-attackers-remote-root-access",
        "published": "2026-08-16T13:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Block",
        "title": "Hackers exploited macOS Screen Sharing flaw to install Monero miners, Dutch cyber agency says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/hackers-exploited-macos-screen-sharing-flaw-to-install-monero-miners",
        "published": "2026-08-16T15:07:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}