bitcoin-wallet reported as Wacatac malware #28415

1. 
   xdemiansmithx commented at 2:03 pm on September 5, 2023: none

   Is there an existing issue for this?

   • I have searched the existing issues

   Current behaviour

   Running gpg verified binaries leads to “An active ‘Wacatac’ malware was prevented”

   Expected behaviour

   Not triggering the incident

   Steps to reproduce

   Follow https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#mac-os-x-yosemite-1010x:

   • curl -O https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-25.0/ar -zxf bitcoin-25.0-arm64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
   • cd Downloads && gpg –verify SHA256SUMS.asc
   • tar -zxf bitcoin-25.0-arm64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
   • sudo cp bitcoin-25.0/bin/bitcoin* /usr/local/bin/.
   • run bitcoind

   Relevant log output

   An active ‘Wacatac’ malware was prevented

   How did you obtain Bitcoin Core

   Pre-built binaries

   What version of Bitcoin Core are you using?

   25.0-arm64-apple-darwin

   Operating system and version

   macOS Ventura 13.5.1

   Machine specifications

   apple silicone chip

2. maflcko added the label macOS on Sep 5, 2023
3. maflcko added the label Questions and Help on Sep 5, 2023
4. 
   maflcko commented at 2:12 pm on September 5, 2023: member

   What is the hashsum of the file you downloaded and are running?
5. 
   xdemiansmithx commented at 2:54 pm on September 5, 2023: none

   shasum -a 256 bitcoin-25.0-arm64-apple-darwin.tar.gz: 3b35075d6c1209743611c705a13575be2668bc069bc6301ce78a2e1e53ebe7cc

   cat SHA256SUMS | grep 3b35075d6c1209743611c705a13575be2668bc069bc6301ce78a2e1e53ebe7cc: 3b35075d6c1209743611c705a13575be2668bc069bc6301ce78a2e1e53ebe7cc bitcoin-25.0-arm64-apple-darwin.tar.gz

   gpg –verify SHA256SUMS.asc: 13 “Good signature from”

   sha256 of the binary is dff4410e05b89e26b74f59d3c93c5c1189e7154f835369df34a05e205b6e0677

6. 
   fanquake commented at 3:01 pm on September 5, 2023: member

   shasum -a 256 bitcoin-25.0-arm64-apple-darwin.tar.gz: 3b35075d6c1209743611c705a13575be2668bc069bc6301ce78a2e1e53ebe7cc

   You’ve downloaded the correct tarball. There is no malware in it.

   An active ‘Wacatac’ malware was prevented

   What is reporting the malware? Is this macOS/Gatekeeper/Xprotect? Or are you running a different virus/malware scanner that is reporting the issue?

7. 
   xdemiansmithx commented at 3:03 pm on September 5, 2023: none

   In this instance this was Microsoft Defender. Thanks for confirming I did all the checks correctly.
8. 
   fanquake commented at 3:06 pm on September 5, 2023: member

   In this instance this was Microsoft Defender.

   Ok. Only thing to do here is report the issue to Microsoft, maybe using https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/air-report-false-positives-negatives?view=o365-worldwide#report-a-false-positivenegative-to-microsoft-for-analysis.

   Closing this issue, as there’s nothing further for us to do.

9. fanquake closed this on Sep 5, 2023

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