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Sofacy’s ‘Komplex’ OS X Trojan

Unit 42 researchers identified a new OS X Trojan associated with the Sofacy group that we are now tracking with the 'Komplex' tag using the Palo Alto Networks AutoFocus threat intelligence platform.

The Sofacy group, also known as APT28, Pawn Storm, Fancy Bear, and Sednit, continues to add to the variety of tools they use in attacks; in this case,...

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Sep 26, 2016

By Dani Creus, Tyler Halfpop and Robert Falcone

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AceDeceiver: First iOS Trojan Exploiting Apple DRM Design Flaws to Infect A...

We’ve discovered a new family of iOS malware that successfully infected non-jailbroken devices we’ve named “AceDeceiver”.

Mar 16, 2016

By Claud Xiao

Unit 42

New OS X Ransomware KeRanger Infected Transmission BitTorrent Client Instal...

On March 4, we detected that the Transmission BitTorrent client installer for OS X was infected with ransomware, just a few hours after installers were initially posted. We have na...

Mar 06, 2016

By Claud Xiao and Jin Chen

Threat Prevention, Unit 42

Palo Alto Networks Researchers Discover High Severity Vulnerability Impacti...

Palo Alto Networks researchers Tongbo Luo and Bo Qu are credited with discovering a new vulnerability (CVE-2015-7066) in OpenGL and Webkit that impacts all of Apple’s major product...

Dec 09, 2015

By Ryan Olson

Malware, Mobility, Reports, Threat Prevention, Unit 42

BackStab: Mobile Backup Data Under Attack from Malware

Today we are releasing a whitepaper describing how malicious actors are stealing private mobile device data by accessing local backup files stored on PC and Mac computers. We have identified 704 samples of six...

Dec 07, 2015

By Claud Xiao

Malware, Threat Prevention, Unit 42

Novel Malware XcodeGhost Modifies Xcode, Infects Apple iOS Apps and Hits Ap...

UPDATE: Since this report's original posting on September 17, three additional XCodeGhost updates have been published, available here, here and here.

Sep 17, 2015

By Claud Xiao

Malware, Unit 42

Learn More About WireLurker and the Impact to OS X and iOS

Recently Palo Alto Networks researcher Claud Xiao discovered WireLurker, a new family of Apple OS X and iOS malware with characteristics unseen in any previously documented threats...

Dec 05, 2014

By Chad Berndtson

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