{"id":11641,"date":"2013-03-08T12:15:47","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T20:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=11641"},"modified":"2016-10-06T11:54:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T18:54:29","slug":"new-sabpab-backdoor-variant-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/new-sabpab-backdoor-variant-found\/","title":{"rendered":"New Sabpab Backdoor Variant Found"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and again, we&#8217;ll see new variants of popular malware families, especially when those malware families are commonly used in targeted attacks. Today&#8217;s new variant is from the Sabpab family that has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/new-sabpab-variant-uses-word-files-to-infect-macs\/\">previously been used to target Tibetan activists<\/a>. This time it was found on VirusTotal as a Java archive, which acts as a dropper. Once run, it creates a backdoor on the machine that connects to a remote site (www.coremail.info) to await commands.<\/p>\n<p>The trojan creates a LaunchAgent in an affected user&#8217;s Library folder to persist after reboot. It uses the same file name as previous variants:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>com.apple.PubSabAgent.plist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/new-sabpab-backdoor-variant-found\/sabpab-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11643\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11643\" title=\"SabPab\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/SabPab.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"328\" height=\"63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/SabPab.png 328w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/SabPab-150x28.png 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/SabPab-300x57.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It also copies itself inside the user&#8217;s Preferences folder using the following file name:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>com.apple.PubSabAgent.pfile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One notable piece of behavior is that this backdoor trojan will take screenshots and post them, encrypted, on Microsoft&#8217;s public developer network forums.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11657\" title=\"MSDN\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MSDN.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MSDN.png 600w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MSDN-150x33.png 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MSDN-300x66.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This new variant is detected with existing virus definitions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/virusbarrier\">Intego VirusBarrier<\/a> users with up-to-date virus definitions will detect and remove the SabPab backdoor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and again, we&#8217;ll see new variants of popular malware families, especially when those malware families are commonly used in targeted attacks. Today&#8217;s new variant is from the Sabpab family that has previously been used to target Tibetan activists. 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