OSX/Flashback - The first malware to infect hundreds of thousands of Apple Mac

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OSX/Flashback - The first malware to infect hundreds of thousands of Apple Mac
Botnet	Flashback
Malware
Botnet/malware group
Exploit kits
Services
Feature
Distribution vector
Target
Origin
Campaign
Operation/Working group
Vulnerability
CCProtocol
Date	2012 / 2012-09-19
Editor/Conference	ESET
Link	http://www.eset.com/us/resources/white-papers/osx flashback.pdf (Archive copy)
Author	Pierre-Marc Bureau
Type	White paper

Abstract

“ The Apple OS X operating system, like all operating systems, can become a

victim of malicious software. Before OSX/Flashback there had been a few documented cases of malware targeting OS X, but so far OSX/Flashback has claimed the greatest number of victims. In this article we describe the most interesting technical characteristics of this threat, particularly its method of spying on network communications and its algorithms for dynamically generating domain names. We also summarize the significant timeline milestones of this malware whose life cycle has persisted over several months.

Bibtex

 @misc{2012BFR2038,
   editor = {ESET},
   author = {Pierre-Marc Bureau},
   title = {OSX/Flashback - The first malware to infect hundreds of thousands of Apple Mac},
   date = {19},
   month = Sep,
   year = {2012},
   howpublished = {\url{http://www.eset.com/us/resources/white-papers/osx_flashback.pdf}},
 }