A new macOS backdoor could let hackers hijack your device without you knowing
A new malware variant has been uncovered targeting Apple’s macOS devices, experts have warned.
A report from Greg Lesnewich, Senior Threat Researcher at Proofpoint, who described the malware in more detail in a technical writeup here, notes the malware is called SpectralBlur, and is a “moderately capable” piece of code. It can upload, download, or delete files, run shell commands, and sleep and hibernate, he further explained.
Apparently, it was designed and is being distributed by a sub-group of Lazarus, an infamous North Korean state-sponsored threat actor. Lesnewich made the connection via KANDYKORN (AKA SockRacket), a different piece of malware that was previously identified to belong to BlueNoroff. This group, also tracked by some researchers as TA444, is known to be a department of Lazarus. KANDYKORN is described as a remote access trojan used to take over a compromised endpoint.
