CoinTicker
MITRE ATT&CK: S0369 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: CoinTicker
- First seen
- 2018-11-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- backdoor, trojan
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- macos
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 15:31:24
Targeted industries: financial-services technology-and-telecommunications
Context
CoinTicker is a malicious application that poses as a cryptocurrency price ticker and installs components of the open source backdoors EvilOSX and EggShell.
Detection coverage
- 227 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Hidden Files and Directories (attack-pattern)
- Obfuscated Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- Unix Shell (attack-pattern)
- Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
- Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- Launch Agent (attack-pattern)
- Python (attack-pattern)
- Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
- Gatekeeper Bypass (attack-pattern)
Reports & references
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0369 (report)
- blog.malwarebytes.com — Mac Cryptocurrency Ticker App Installs Backdoors (report)