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Titre: [SecListe]New MacOS X backdoor variant used in APT attacks
Posté par: igor51 le juillet 08, 2012, 17:33:00
New MacOS X backdoor variant used in APT attacks

Two days ago we intercepted a new APT campaign using a new MacOS X backdoor variant targeted at Uyghur activists.

  But before we go into details, let’s start with a quiz:

-    The Dalai Lama walks into an Apple Store. Why?

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A possible answer is, “to buy one of the new MacBook Pro’s with the Retina display!” (speaking of which, I would very much like to buy one of those as well, but it’s kind of difficult to justify the hit to the family budget)

Joke aside, actually Dalai Lama is a well known Mac user. Here’s a photo of him using a Mac during a conf call:


Source: New MacOS X backdoor variant used in APT attacks (http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193616/New_MacOS_X_backdoor_variant_used_in_APT_attacks)