9to5Mac⁠59%

PSA: Beware of fake Mac crash reports out to steal your passwords, crypto wallets, more ⁠48%

By Ben Lovejoy⁠71%

7/15/2026, 11:43:11 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 26 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Biased Writer Voice, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 35.1% saturation with 100 hits. Analysis detected 820 faulty-reasoning hits from 285 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 49.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠48% (11,055 of 21,230 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 52.10% of the article peer group.

While macOS is generally very stable, there are times when an app will crash and your Mac will offer to send a diagnostic report to Apple. 
A new form of Mac malware has been discovered, which creates fake versions of this form, requesting your Mac password as part of the data collection. 
If you comply, it will get access to a huge range of personal data, including your password managers and cryptocurrency wallets … 
Jamf says it first began tracking the malware in May, and has now seen it in the wild. 
Initial access is through a disk image named "Werkbit Setup," which mounts at /Volumes/Werkbit Setup and contains a single application bundle, Werkbit.app. 
Its executable is named veltod and carries the bundle identifier dev.golove.velto. 
Unlike the payload it eventually installs, the dropper is properly code signed and notarized: it is a universal (arm64 and x86_64) binary signed with the Developer ID Emil Grigorov (WWB7JA7AQV), has hardened runtime enabled, and carries a stapled notarization ticket. 
Notably, the disk image itself is signed as well, not just the application inside it, which is uncommon in malicious DMG delivery where the container is typically left unsigned. 
Macworld says that Apple has revoked the credentials, so it should now be detected by Gatekeeper. 
However, caution is still advised. 
In addition to looking out for that disk image, you should also closely examine app crash reports and any password prompt saying that System Preferences wants to make changes. 
As always, your best protection is to ensure that you only ever download apps from the Mac App Store and the websites of developers you trust. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 10.2%Ben Lovejoy: 5.4%9to5Mac: 2.6%Confirmation Bias10.2%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 1.8%9to5Mac: 2.3%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 9.1%Ben Lovejoy: 3.8%9to5Mac: 2.8%Availability Heuristic9.1%This article: 10.2%Ben Lovejoy: 1.9%9to5Mac: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic10.2%This article: 5.6%Ben Lovejoy: 0.5%9to5Mac: 0.4%Hindsight Bias5.6%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 3.7%9to5Mac: 2.9%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 5.3%Ben Lovejoy: 5.4%9to5Mac: 5.2%Framing Effect5.3%This article: 7.7%Ben Lovejoy: 1.2%9to5Mac: 1.4%Loss Aversion7.7%This article: 9.1%Ben Lovejoy: 0.8%9to5Mac: 0.7%Status Quo Bias9.1%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.0%9to5Mac: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 9.1%Ben Lovejoy: 4.0%9to5Mac: 3.5%Optimism Bias9.1%This article: 13.0%Ben Lovejoy: 3.6%9to5Mac: 1.9%Pessimism Bias13.0%This article: 13.0%Ben Lovejoy: 8.5%9to5Mac: 4.5%Negativity Bias13.0%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.6%9to5Mac: 0.6%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 1.0%9to5Mac: 0.4%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.1%9to5Mac: 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.6%9to5Mac: 0.4%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.2%9to5Mac: 0.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 14.0%Ben Lovejoy: 2.5%9to5Mac: 3.5%Halo Effect14.0%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.0%9to5Mac: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.0%9to5Mac: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 6.3%Ben Lovejoy: 2.3%9to5Mac: 1.8%Recency Bias6.3%This article: 9.1%Ben Lovejoy: 0.3%9to5Mac: 0.4%Primacy Effect9.1%This article: 1.8%Ben Lovejoy: 0.0%9to5Mac: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias1.8%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.2%9to5Mac: 0.1%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.2%9to5Mac: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 11.9%Ben Lovejoy: 5.5%9to5Mac: 3.6%Appeal to Authority11.9%This article: 9.1%Ben Lovejoy: 1.7%9to5Mac: 1.3%False Dilemma9.1%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.8%9to5Mac: 0.5%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.1%9to5Mac: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 7.7%Ben Lovejoy: 8.7%9to5Mac: 4.9%Hasty Generalization7.7%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.0%9to5Mac: 0.1%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 2.2%9to5Mac: 0.9%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 5.3%Ben Lovejoy: 3.1%9to5Mac: 2.2%Appeal to Emotion5.3%This article: 9.1%Ben Lovejoy: 1.3%9to5Mac: 0.5%Begging the Question9.1%This article: 5.6%Ben Lovejoy: 2.2%9to5Mac: 1.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)5.6%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.0%9to5Mac: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 1.0%9to5Mac: 0.4%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.1%9to5Mac: 0.0%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.1%9to5Mac: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 9.1%Ben Lovejoy: 4.2%9to5Mac: 2.4%Anecdotal9.1%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.1%9to5Mac: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 20.4%Ben Lovejoy: 2.2%9to5Mac: 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)20.4%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.0%9to5Mac: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.0%9to5Mac: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.2%9to5Mac: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.3%9to5Mac: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.0%9to5Mac: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 35.1%Ben Lovejoy: 4.5%9to5Mac: 2.3%Unattributed Quote35.1%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.4%9to5Mac: 0.4%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 16.8%Ben Lovejoy: 6.4%9to5Mac: 6.1%Biased Writer Voice16.8%This article: 26.3%Ben Lovejoy: 3.7%9to5Mac: 2.1%Indoctrination26.3%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.0%9to5Mac: 0.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ben Lovejoy: 0.0%9to5Mac: 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 7.7%Ben Lovejoy: 10.6%9to5Mac: 16.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…7.7%

285 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers12%attributed speech251writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 15 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 26 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 26 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 22 words • 100.0% coverageJamf • 18 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 22 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 40 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 29 words • 0.0% coverageMacworld • 16 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 29 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 26 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

Macworld

100%flagged-word coverage
16 attributed words47% of attributed speech87% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Unattributed Quote+73.7 ptsWriter: 26.3%Macworld: 100.0%100.0%Indoctrination-29.9 ptsWriter: 29.9%Macworld: 0.0%0.0%Biased Writer Voice-19.1 ptsWriter: 19.1%Macworld: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -8.8 ptsWriter: 8.8%Macworld: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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