{"id":39672,"date":"2021-02-22T00:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T00:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/malware-monsters-target-apples-m1-silicon-with-silver-sparrow\/"},"modified":"2021-02-22T00:00:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T00:00:21","slug":"malware-monsters-target-apples-m1-silicon-with-silver-sparrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/malware-monsters-target-apples-m1-silicon-with-silver-sparrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Malware monsters target Apple\u2019s M1 silicon with \u2018Silver Sparrow\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US security consultancy Red Canary says it\u2019s found MacOS malware written specifically for the shiny new M1 silicon that Apple created to power its post-Intel Macs.<\/p>\n<p>Red Canary has named the malware \u201cSilver Sparrow\u201d and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redcanary.com\/blog\/clipping-silver-sparrows-wings\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says<\/a> it had found its way onto almost 30,000 MacOS devices as of February 17th.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",button,mpu,\" data-sm=\",button,mpu,\" data-md=\",button,banner_plus,mpu\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YDNNRjlPnSWLY-UiJjE0bQAAAEQ&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YDNNRjlPnSWLY-UiJjE0bQAAAEQ&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>Red Canary\u2019s post says it has analysed two samples of the malware, one targeting x86 and the other targeting X86 and Apple\u2019s own M1 silicon. The form says both samples \u201cleverage the macOS Installer JavaScript API to execute suspicious commands.\u201d That\u2019s not unusual behaviour for a legitimate software installer package, but Red Canary says it\u2019s not spotted it in malware before.<\/p>\n<p>Once the scripts run, a Mac will have two new and nasty files one of which phones home to the malware\u2019s authors to report it was installed.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",button,mpu_plusplus,\" data-sm=\",button,mpu_plusplus,\" data-md=\",button,mpu_plusplus,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YDNNRjlPnSWLY-UiJjE0bQAAAEQ&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YDNNRjlPnSWLY-UiJjE0bQAAAEQ&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"promo_article\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2021\/02\/04\/shutetrstock_libreoffice.jpg?x=174&amp;y=115&amp;crop=1\" width=\"174\" height=\"115\" alt=\"A chart in LibreOffice Calc 7.1\"><\/p>\n<h2 title=\"Community? 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This is a label on the name, nothing else'\">LibreOffice 7.1 Community released with support for M1 Arm Mac and &#8216;user interface variants&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2021\/02\/04\/libreoffice_71_released_with_user\/\"><span>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The other script is driven by a persistent LaunchAgent that runs it hourly to connect with a server and request more information from whoever controls the malware.<\/p>\n<p>Red Canary says that hourly request \u201ctells <code>launchd<\/code> to execute a shell script that downloads a JSON file to disk, converts it into a <code>plist<\/code>, and uses its properties to determine further actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The firm\u2019s researchers ran the malware for a week and never saw that request result in a download, leading them to suggest the malware currently lacks a payload.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",button,dbutton,mpu_plus,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",button,dbutton,mpu_plus,dmpu,\" data-md=\",button,dbutton,mpu_plus,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YDNNRjlPnSWLY-UiJjE0bQAAAEQ&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YDNNRjlPnSWLY-UiJjE0bQAAAEQ&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>How the malware is distributed remains a mystery, but Red Canary\u2019s researchers have divined that it uses resources in AWS and Akamai\u2019s content distribution network. The firms suggests Silver Canary\u2019s authors therefore appear to have a decent understanding of how working in a public cloud and CDN makes it harder to defend against malware because organisations often have very good reasons to welcome traffic from large public clouds. \u00ae<\/p>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.com\/feed\/www.theregister.com\/2021\/02\/22\/silver_sparrow_malware_for_apple_m1_silicon\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Behaves like a legit software installer and phones home for instructions, but lacks a payload US security consultancy Red Canary says it\u2019s found MacOS malware written specifically for the shiny new M1 silicon that Apple created to power its post-Intel Macs.\u2026  READ MORE 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