Cyberespionage group uses port of Windows backdoor to attack OS X<article>
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A group of hackers known for past cyberespionage attacks against the U.S. Defense Industrial Base, as well as companies from the electronics and engineering sectors, has recently started using a backdoor program to target Mac OS X systems.</p><p>
“The backdoor code was ported to OS X from a Windows backdoor that has been used extensively in targeted attacks over the past several years, having been updated many times in the process,” security researchers from FireEye said Thursday in a
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The malicious program is dubbed XSLCmd and is capable of opening a reverse shell, listing and transferring files and installing additional malware on an infected computer. The OS X variant can also log keystrokes and capture screen shots, the FireEye researchers said.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2603440/cyberespionage-group-starts-using-new-mac-os-x-backdoor-program.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Cyberespionage group uses port of Windows backdoor to attack OS X
