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

Cyberthreats targeting the Mac OS X platform continue to appear in various types of attacks and techniques. On June 27, 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 customized emails to a select number of Uyghur activists who were presumed Mac users. The targeted emails included ZIP attachments inside them, which contain a malicious Mac OS X backdoor. To disguise the malware, the ZIP file showed a JPEG photo together with the malicious application.

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