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OSX.Flashback.K – The motivation behind the malware – $$$

Apr

2012

We've been busy in the labs reverse engineering the various components of OSX.Flashback.K to determine the true motivation behind the malware. Let's take a look at this Mac Trojan in more detail. The Infection It's now well-known that the latest OSX.Flashback.K variant was being distributed using the Oracle Java SE Remote Java Runtime Environment Code […]

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Another Tibetan-Themed Malware Email Campaign Targeting Windows and Macs

Apr

2012

Just like what we have reported recently, we have spotted yet another targeted attack campaign that uses Pro-Tibetan sentiments as social engineering ploy for the attackers to infiltrate target systems. And yes, this is again targeting Windows and Mac systems. It starts with the email below: Users clicking on the link included in the email […]

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Game Change: Mac Users Now Also Susceptible to Targeted Attacks

Mar

2012

After our previous finding involving a targeted attack whose payload were OS-dependent, we encountered a more recent run that leads to a malicious file specifically affecting Mac OSX. The said malware, detected as TROJ_MDROPPER.LB, is a MAC RAT/backdoor being used in Pro-Tibetan targeted campaigns, as initially described by Alienvault. In investigating the campaign, we found […]

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