New Mac virus making the rounds, uses MaControl backdoor

Earlier this year, Macs around the world were infected by a malware called Flashback and it looks like there’s another one on the way. Kaspersky Lab has now detected a malware that seems to be targeted at Uyghur activists using Macs. Kaspersky Lab is terming the attack as an APT (advanced persistent threat). It appears the virus spreads via email. Victims get a mail with a zip file in it, the zip file contains a JPG image and a Mac OS X application. The application present in the zip file is a MaControl backdoor and it infects both i386 and PowerPC Macs. Once the user runs the application, the virus is connected to a control server on the internet from which it is sent commands. Other operations such as listing and transferring files can also be done. Remote command orders can also be sent from the control server. Kaspersky detects the virus under the alias - Backdoor.OSX.MaControl.b.  

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