Marcos Christodonte II - Information Security Blog » mac os x http://christodonte.com A few words about information security Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:34:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc New malware targeting MAC OS X http://christodonte.com/2008/11/new-malware-targeting-mac-os-x/ http://christodonte.com/2008/11/new-malware-targeting-mac-os-x/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:33:00 +0000 Marcos Christodonte II http://christodonte.com/?p=135 Trend Micro reports of a new form a malware targeting MAC OS X. The malware, called OSX_LAMZEV.A, can download itself when a user visits a compromised website, or when a user downloads it thinking it’s a legitimate program. 

According to Trend:

It prompts the user to select an application and port number above 1024. This may serve as a backdoor whenever the application is opened.

It creates the file /tmp/com.apple.DockSettings and is copied to ~/Library/LaunchAgents. It is then deleted once it has been loaded. This routine allows the backdoor to execute during system startup

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