Security News > 2017 > February > XAgentOSX Mac malware linked to Russian hacking group (Help Net Security)
2017-02-15 18:27
Researchers have discovered and analyzed a new piece of Mac malware that is believed to be used by the Sofacy (aka Fancy Bear, aka Pawn Storm, aka APT28) hacking group. XAgentOSX “The backdoor Trojan authors have called it XAgentOSX, which shares the name XAgent with one of Sofacy’s Windows-based Trojan and references Apple’s previous name for macOS, OS X,” Palo Alto Networks researchers have shared. They have also found project paths within the tool that … More →
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