OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D
Essential information
- Confidence
- 100/100
- Is family
- Yes
- Published
- 30/01/2019 20:18
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:06
- Revoked
- No
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
- Related entities
- 28 attack patterns (mitre), 1 intrusion sets (apt)
Aliases
Backdoor.MacOS.OCEANLOTUS.F
Description
[OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0352) is a macOS backdoor used by [APT32](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0050). First discovered in 2015, [APT32](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0050) has continued to make improvements using a plugin architecture to extend capabilities, specifically using `.dylib` files. [OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0352) can also determine it's permission level and execute according to access type (`root` or `user`).(Citation: Unit42 OceanLotus 2017)(Citation: TrendMicro MacOS April 2018)(Citation: Trend Micro MacOS Backdoor November 2020)
Marking (TLP)
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