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Detect Banshee Stealer: Stealthy Apple macOS Malware Evades Detection Using XProtect Encryption

Category Details
Threat Actors Likely Russian-speaking cybercriminal groups (suspected origin).
Campaign Overview Targeting macOS users globally, leveraging advanced evasion techniques and fraudulent GitHub repositories.
Target Regions (Victims) Global macOS users; originally excluded Russian systems but recently expanded to all regions.
Methodology Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS), fraudulent GitHub repositories, evasion using string encryption techniques.
Product Targeted macOS systems (Banshee Stealer), Windows systems (via Lumma Stealer).
Malware Reference Banshee Stealer, Lumma Stealer.
Tools Used String encryption mimicking Apple’s XProtect, GitHub repositories for distribution.
Vulnerabilities Exploited Human factors (trust in fraudulent repositories), reliance on static detection methods.
TTPs Credential theft, crypto wallet theft, file exfiltration, obfuscation, and bypassing static defenses.
Attribution Linked to Russian-speaking groups; original developers may differ from current operators.
Recommendations Use advanced detection tools, monitor GitHub repositories, update defenses against new evasion tactics, and analyze IOCs.
Source SOC Prime

Read full article: https://socprime.com/blog/banshee-stealer-macos-malware-detection/

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Source: SOC Prime

Published on: January 15, 2025

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