Threat Category: Unix and macOS malware | Page 11

Earlier today there have been a couple of reports about a MacOSX trojan on the MacRumors forum. We’ve been able to obtain a sample and take a look.

This morning a new worm for Linux appeared on the Internet. This is the second worm in the last couple of months.

We are receiving an increasing number of infection reports by Linux.Lupper, a Linux worm which spreads using a vulnerability in ‘xmlrpc.php’, a popular script found on various Linux distributions.

Viruses: not a Linux problem?

During the past few months Kaspersky Lab analysts have observed a surge in the number of rootkits detected. What has caused this growth and what risks do rootkits pose to users?

A professional malware market started to emerge at the very end of 2003, gained ground during 2004, and was well established by the beginning of 2005.

About Sun Microsystems’ initiative to give away Solaris 10 free and a link to Sadmind, the only known Solaris worm.

Reports

Kaspersky researchers analyze EAGERBEE backdoor modules, revealing a possible connection to the CoughingDown APT actor.

While investigating an incident involving the BellaCiao .NET malware, Kaspersky researchers discovered a C++ version they dubbed “BellaCPP”.

Lazarus targets employees of a nuclear-related organization with a bunch of malware, such as MISTPEN, LPEClient, RollMid, CookieTime and a new modular backdoor CookiePlus.

Kaspersky researchers analyze 2019, 2022 and 2024 attacks attributed to Careto APT with medium to high confidence.

Unix and macOS malware

“Leap” of Faith

New worm for Linux

Linux.Lupper reports

Viruses: not a Linux problem?

Rootkits and how to combat them

Watershed in malicious code evolution

OS wars and Solaris

Reports

EAGERBEE, with updated and novel components, targets the Middle East

BellaCPP: Discovering a new BellaCiao variant written in C++

Lazarus group evolves its infection chain with old and new malware

Careto is back: what’s new after 10 years of silence?

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