TF-MAL-osx.gimmick
📛 Threat Title
Malware family: GIMMICK
Description
ThreatFox malware family `osx.gimmick`. Printable name: GIMMICK.
Indicators of Compromise (1)
Each indicator is enriched from the IOC database, threat-intel feed corroboration (Threat Hunt) and VirusTotal. Click one to expand.
domain
osx.gimmick
VT: VT base fetch failed: HTTPError: 429 Client Error: Too Many Requests for url: https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/domains/osx.gimmick
IOC database
- Type
- domain
- Value
osx.gimmick- First seen
- Last seen
- Attached to this threat
- Appears in
- 1 threat
- Description
- Extracted from Threat TF-MAL-osx.gimmick
Threat Hunt — feed corroboration
Not present in any configured threat-intel feed.
Details From VirusTotal
VirusTotal: VT base fetch failed: HTTPError: 429 Client Error: Too Many Requests for url: https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/domains/osx.gimmick
References (1)
- ThreatFox: IOCs for this family ThreatFox Malwares
Remediations (10)
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web:consumer.ftc.gov
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web:cybernews.com
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web:learn.microsoft.com
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web:malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de
This multi-platform malware is a ObjectiveC written macOS variant dubbed GIMMICK by Volexity. This malware is a file-based C2 implant used by Storm Cloud.
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web:windowsforum.com
The emergence of RESURGE signals more than just another entry in a long line of malware threats. According to CISA, RESURGE contains advanced persistence features inherited from the SPAWNCHIMERA malware family—a group notorious for its ability to survive system reboots and avoid simplistic remediation .
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web:www.breachsense.com
Complete malware remediation now requires addressing both the infected endpoint and the stolen authentication data. Your malware incident response playbook must account for both.
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web:www.cisa.gov
It highlights technical approaches to uncovering malicious activity and includes mitigation steps according to best practices. The purpose of this report is to enhance incident response among partners and network administrators along with serving as a playbook for incident investigation.
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web:www.nature.com
This study proposes a hierarchical deep learning framework for Portable Executable (PE) malware detection and family categorization, underpinned by a novel Doubly Regularized Binary Cross-Entropy ...
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web:www.ncsc.gov.uk
How to defend organisations against malware or ransomware attacks.
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web:www.securityweek.com
Gimmick , the researchers note, is a complex malware family , mainly due to its asynchronous design, and its porting to macOS suggests that Storm Cloud - which is the only threat actor observed using it - is a well-resourced and versatile adversary.
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