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Thursday, 30 August 2012 12:16

Trojan steals passwords from Mac and Linux

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Dr Web, a Russian AV software company, says it has spotted a piece of malware that - unusually - targets Linux and Mac OS X.

Named Wirenet.1 by Dr Web, this newly discovered piece of malware apparently provides its masters with a backdoor into infected systems.

It also steals password entered by the user in several popular browsers (Chrome, Chromium, Firefox and Opera) or stored in other applications including Pidgin, SeaMonkey and Thunderbird.

And as if that wasn't enough, it includes a keylogger to capture the user's keystrokes.
Wirenet.1 installs itself into the user's home directory using the name WIFIADAPT.

The company is still investigating how the malware is being spread.

Wirenet.1 is detected and removed by Dr Web's AV products for Mac and Linux, and presumably other vendors will follow suit.

One mitigation is to block communication with 212.7.208.65, which is the control server used by the attackers.

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Stephen Withers

Stephen Withers is one of Australia¹s most experienced IT journalists, having begun his career in the days of 8-bit 'microcomputers'. He covers the gamut from gadgets to enterprise systems. In previous lives he has been an academic, a systems programmer, an IT support manager, and an online services manager. Stephen holds an honours degree in Management Sciences and a PhD in Industrial and Business Studies.

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