ATT&CKReferencesTrendMicro MacOS April 2018

TrendMicro MacOS April 2018

Horejsi, J. (2018, April 04). New MacOS Backdoor Linked to OceanLotus Found. Retrieved November 13, 2018.

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Not cited by any technique.

Groups0

None recorded.

Software1

Campaigns0

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Procedure examples11

TechniqueUsed byProcedure example
T1016
System Network Configuration Discovery
MalwareOSX_OCEANLOTUS.D

OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D can collect the network interface MAC address on the infected host.

T1027.013
Encrypted/Encoded File
MalwareOSX_OCEANLOTUS.D

OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D encrypts its strings in RSA256 and encodes them in a custom base64 scheme and XOR.

T1059.001
PowerShell
MalwareOSX_OCEANLOTUS.D

OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D uses PowerShell scripts.

T1059.005
Visual Basic
MalwareOSX_OCEANLOTUS.D

OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D uses Word macros for execution.

T1070.004
File Deletion
MalwareOSX_OCEANLOTUS.D

OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D has a command to delete a file from the system. OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D deletes the app bundle and dropper after execution.

T1082
System Information Discovery
MalwareOSX_OCEANLOTUS.D

OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D collects processor information, memory information, computer name, hardware UUID, serial number, and operating system version. OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D has used the ioreg command to gather some of this information.

T1105
Ingress Tool Transfer
MalwareOSX_OCEANLOTUS.D

OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D has a command to download and execute a file on the victim’s machine.

T1543.001
Launch Agent
MalwareOSX_OCEANLOTUS.D

OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D can create a persistence file in the folder /Library/LaunchAgents.

T1543.004
Launch Daemon
MalwareOSX_OCEANLOTUS.D

If running with root permissions, OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D can create a persistence file in the folder /Library/LaunchDaemons.

T1560.002
Archive via Library
MalwareOSX_OCEANLOTUS.D

OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D scrambles and encrypts data using AES256 before sending it to the C2 server.

T1564.001
Hidden Files and Directories
MalwareOSX_OCEANLOTUS.D

OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D sets the main loader file’s attributes to hidden.

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