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PUA.MacOS.CONNECTWISE.A

October 04, 2023
 Analysis by: Raighen Sanchez
 PLATFORM:

MacOS

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Potentially Unwanted Application

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware

This Potentially Unwanted Application arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

114,304 bytes

File Type:

Mach-O

Initial Samples Received Date:

25 Sep 2023

Arrival Details

This Potentially Unwanted Application arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Other Details

This Potentially Unwanted Application does the following:

  • These files are bundled with the ScreenConnect remote access app by ConnectWise
  • These library files are components of the ScreenConnect remote access app by ConnectWise:
    • libscnative_libzstd.dylib → Detected as PUA.MacOS.CONNECTWISE.A
    • libscnative_10_8.dylib → Detected as PUA.MacOS.CONNECTWISE.A
    • libscnative.dylib → Detected as PUA.MacOS.CONNECTWISE.A

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.800

SSAPI PATTERN File:

1.844.00

SSAPI PATTERN Date:

28 Sep 2023

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as PUA.MacOS.CONNECTWISE.A. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check the following Trend Micro Support pages for more information:


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