New Mac OS X Backdoor Being Used for an Advanced Persistent Threat Campaign

Abingdon, UK, 3 July 2012 - On 27 June 2012, Kaspersky Lab’s experts intercepted a new wave of Mac OS X attacks targeting Uyghur activists that were part of an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) campaign. The APT attackers were sending customised emails to a select number of Uyghur activists who were presumed Mac users. The targeted emails included ZIP attachments inside them, which contained a malicious Mac OS X backdoor. To disguise the malware, the ZIP file showed a JPEG photo together with the malicious application.

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