A recent security agency has reported that the number of malware on Mac OS side has increased 2.7 times-fold in 2017. In the recent explosion of mining software, but rarely in the app store. But finally, a mining plug-in software, successfully shelves the Mac app Store, can not help but let people doubt Apple's regulatory efforts.
The "Calendar 2" app on the shelves of the Mac App Store has recently been exposed to a dig-up script, digging up the/monero without user permission and, more seriously, not doing so at least 24 hours after Apple's official knowledge has been known.
There are additional options in the Calendar 2 application that allow the user to unlock the billing function in the application by digging, but in fact the application will default to the mining operation regardless of whether the user activates the option.
Oddly enough, though, the app has publicly supported the mining of encrypted currency, but Apple has not dealt with the app any more. Subsequently, foreign media Ars Technica to the Apple company to see if the application is compliant with the App Store audit strategy, but has not received a response. and 24 hours after Ars contacted Apple, the app still appears in the Mac App Store.
Qbix, the developer of Calendar 2, has publicly said after an interview that the mining function will be removed from the software. Qbix founder Gregory Magarshak said that due to the bug caused the current mining process has become very complex, did not achieve the desired effect, and will continue without user permission to run continuously, resulting in a large amount of MAC resources.
While there is no explicit prohibition on mining software in the Apple App Store rules, the mining software, which occupies a large number of Mac resources, is bound to be banned under the terms "applications should not run out of batteries quickly, generate too much heat or produce unnecessary resource losses".
Prior to the deadline, the calendar 2 developers confirmed that Apple has been using "over-resource system resources" to get up and down from the Mac App Store with an older version that contains a mining feature.