Security researchers have identified multiple samples of the recently discovered "KitM" spyware for Mac OS X, including one dating back to December 2012 and targeting German-speaking users.
KitM (Kumar in the Mac), also known as HackBack, is a backdoor-type program that takes unauthorized screen shots and uploads them to a remote command-and-control (C&C) server. It also opens a reverse shell that allows attackers to execute commands on the infected computers.
The malware was initially discovered last week on the Mac laptop of an Angolan activist at the Oslo Freedom Forum, a human rights conference in Norway, by security researcher and privacy activist Jacob Appelbaum.
The most interesting aspect of KitM is that it was signed with a valid Apple Developer ID, a code-signing certificate, issued by Apple to someone named "Rajinder Kumar." Applications signed with a valid Apple Developer ID bypass the Gatekeeper security feature in Mac OS X Mountain Lion, which verifies the origin of files to determine whether they pose any risks to the system.
The first two KitM samples found last week connected back to C&C servers hosted in the Netherlands and Romania. Researchers from security vendor Norman Shark linked the domain names of those servers to the attack infrastructure of a large cyberespionage campaign of Indian-origin dubbed "Operation Hangover."
On Wednesday, F-Secure researchers obtained more KitM variants from a Germany-based investigator. These samples were used in targeted attacks between December and February and were distributed via spear-phishing emails carrying .zip archives, the F-Secure researchers said in a blog post.
Read more: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/052313-researchers-find-more-versions-of-270088.html?hpg1=bn
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