OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D — Malware Profile
OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D is a macOS backdoor used by APT32. First discovered in 2015, APT32 has continued to make improvements using a plugin architecture to extend capabilities, specifically using `.dylib` files. OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D can also determine it's permission level and execute according to access type (`root` or `user`).
MITRE ATT&CK techniques (28)
- T1005 Data from Local System
- T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery
- T1027.002 Software Packing
- T1027.013 Encrypted/Encoded File
- T1036.004 Masquerade Task or Service
- T1036.008 Masquerade File Type
- T1059.001 PowerShell
- T1059.004 Unix Shell
- T1059.005 Visual Basic
- T1070.004 File Deletion
- T1070.006 Timestomp
- T1071.001 Web Protocols
- T1082 System Information Discovery
- T1095 Non-Application Layer Protocol
- T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
- T1129 Shared Modules
- T1132.001 Standard Encoding
- T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
- T1222.002 Linux and Mac Permissions
- T1497.001 System Checks
- T1543.001 Launch Agent
- T1543.004 Launch Daemon
- T1553.001 Gatekeeper Bypass
- T1560.002 Archive via Library
- T1560.003 Archive via Custom Method
- T1564.001 Hidden Files and Directories
- T1571 Non-Standard Port
- T1573.001 Symmetric Cryptography