cryptomining

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Rows of server racks in a data center, representative of the self-hosted infrastructure Gitea instances typically run on

a Gitea admin's hosting bill flagged 70% CPU usage. that's how he found the hackers

A bug that lets anyone with a free account plant a git hook is now CISA's problem — and it started with a cryptominer, not a headline.

Priya Nair · Aug 26 · 6 min

Apple MacBook laptop, representing macOS devices affected by the Screen Sharing vulnerability

Software

Your Mac's screen sharing tool had a secret skip-the-password bug — and hackers used it to mine crypto

CVE-2026-65400 let anyone on the network log into a Mac as root with zero credentials. Apple patched it August 6. Attackers were already inside, planting a cryptominer.

Priya Nair · Aug 23 · 6 min