Analysis by: Warren Adam Sto. Tomas
 PLATFORM:

MacOS

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel: Dropped by other malware, Propagates via flashdrives

This Trojan 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: 4,979,136 bytes
File Type: Other
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 29 Mar 2023
Payload: Collects system information

Arrival Details

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

Information Theft

This Trojan gathers the following data:

  • Product Version
  • System Information

Other Details

This Trojan does the following:

  • It is a trojanized library for Mac Operating System.
  • It also connects randomly to one of these encrypted embedded domains:
    • {BLOCKED}ageazure.com/analysis
    • {BLOCKED}storagebox.com/api/biosync
    • {BLOCKED}studiofactory.com/groupcore
    • {BLOCKED}eploystore.com/cloud/images
    • {BLOCKED}ageboxes.com/xbox
    • {BLOCKED}addons.com/quality
    • {BLOCKED}slabs.com/status
    • {BLOCKED}ryblogs.com/xmlquery
    • {BLOCKED}udeservices.com/network
    • {BLOCKED}nenetwork.com/phone
    • {BLOCKED}techcloudservices.com/v2/fileapi
    • {BLOCKED}nlinestorage.com/google/storage
    • {BLOCKED}packageinfo.com/ms-webview
    • {BLOCKED}dservice.com/v1/status
    • {BLOCKED}rces.com/queue

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.800

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Trojan.MacOS.FAKE3L3CTRON.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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