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WindShift  (Back to overview)

aka: Windy Phoenix

In August of 2018, DarkMatter released a report entitled “In the Trails of WINDSHIFT APT”, which unveiled a threat actor with TTPs very similar to those of Bahamut. Subsequently, two additional articles were released by Objective-See which provide an analysis of some validated WINDSHIFT samples targeting OSX systems. Pivoting on specific file attributes and infrastructure indicators, Unit 42 was able to identify and correlate additional attacker activity and can now provide specific details on a targeted WINDSHIFT attack as it unfolded at a Middle Eastern government agency.


Associated Families
osx.windtail

References
2022-07-18 ⋅ Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 ⋅ Unit 42
Windy Phoenix
WindShift
2019-12-12 ⋅ Virus Bulletin ⋅ Patrick Wardle
Cyber espionage in the Middle East: unravelling OSX.WindTail
WindTail
2019-04-24 ⋅ SpecterOps ⋅ Richie Cyrus
Introducing Venator: A macOS tool for proactive detection
AppleJeus WindTail
2019-04-08 ⋅ SANS Cyber Security Summit ⋅ Taha Karim
Trails of WindShift
WindTail ZhMimikatz
2019-02-21 ⋅ Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 ⋅ Adran McCabe
Shifting in the Wind: WINDSHIFT Attacks Target Middle Eastern Governments
WindShift
2019-01-15 ⋅ Obective See ⋅ Patrick Wardle
Middle East Cyber-Espionage: analyzing WindShift's implant: OSX.WindTail (part 2)
WindTail
2018-12-20 ⋅ Objective-See ⋅ Patrick Wardle
Middle East Cyber-Espionage: analyzing WindShift's implant: OSX.WindTail (part 1)
WindTail
2018-08-30 ⋅ Forbes ⋅ Thomas Brewster
Hackers Are Exposing An Apple Mac Weakness In Middle East Espionage
WindTail
2018-01-01 ⋅ DarkMatter ⋅ Taha K.
IN THE TRAILS OF WINDSHIFTAPT
WindTail WindShift

Credits: MISP Project