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New Mac malware in the wild, Backdoor.MAC.Elanor – can steal data, execute code, control webcam

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<p>After the first ever example of <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2016/03/06/first-os-x-ransomware-detected-in-the-wild-will-maliciously-encrypt-hard-drives-on-infected-macs/" target="_blank">Mac ransomware[/url] was found in the wild earlier this year, Bitdefender Labs has found (https://labs.bitdefender.com/2016/07/new-mac-backdoor-nukes-os-x-systems/) what it tells us is only the second example of true Mac malware to enter circulation this year, which it has dubbed Backdoor.MAC.Elanor. The malware application was available on a number of (<a href="https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/2015/11/has-macupdate-fallen-to-the-adware-plague/" target="_blank">formerly?[/url]) reputable download sites such as MacUpdate.</p>

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The backdoor is embedded into a fake file converter application that is accessible online on reputable sites offering Mac applications and software. The EasyDoc Converter.app poses as a drag-and-drop file converter, but has no real functionality – it simply downloads a malicious script.</span></p>
<p class="p1">This is a nasty backdoor that can steal data, execute remote code and access the webcam, among other things …</p>

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