[clamav-users] Fwd: [clamav-virusdb] Signatures Published daily - 24065

[Alain Zidouemba]

They were replaced with:

Osx.Malware.Proton-6377366-1

- Alain


On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 7:08 AM, Al Varnell <alvarnell at mac.com> wrote:

> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: noreply at sourcefire.com
> > Subject: [clamav-virusdb] Signatures Published daily - 24065
> > Date: November 22, 2017 at 5:10:11 PM PST
> > To: clamav-virusdb at lists.clamav.net
> >
> > Dropped Detection Signatures:
> >
> >   * Osx.Trojan.Proton-6352640-0
> >
> >   * Osx.Trojan.Proton-6352641-0
> >
> >   * Osx.Trojan.Proton-6352642-0
> >
> >   * Osx.Trojan.Proton-6352643-0
>
> I'm quite confused and concerned about why these are being dropped. All
> added in daily - 23973, 20 Oct.
>
> > $ sigtool -fOsx.Trojan.Proton-6352640-0
> > [daily.hsb] cc3297083ad89cabfd58d251cbbe3ca9:44592:Osx.Trojan.Proton-
> 6352640-0:73
> > $ sigtool -fOsx.Trojan.Proton-6352641-0
> > [daily.hsb] 5f145ed27ec88add379676729cbad15f:2056450:Osx.Trojan.Proton-
> 6352641-0:73
> > $ sigtool -fOsx.Trojan.Proton-6352642-0
> > [daily.hsb] 0ca749b61c7e76e6ec07c33aab01aab3:1175737:Osx.Trojan.Proton-
> 6352642-0:73
> > $ sigtool -fOsx.Trojan.Proton-6352643-0
> > [daily.hsb] ff80d97674e148687affd6a4e3ccf00a:44592:Osx.Trojan.Proton-
> 6352643-0:73
>
> Two of these are a perfect match for samples I personally have of the
> hijacked Elmedia Player that installed OSX.Proton.C as described in this
> Intego blog:
> <https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/osxproton-
> malware-is-back-heres-what-mac-users-need-to-know/> and this Malwarebytes
> blog:
> <https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/2017/10/mac-
> malware-osx-proton-strikes-again/>, among others.
>
> They are all broadly detected on VirusTotal by 30 or more scanners.
>
> VirusTotal
> > <https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/2e6bb8fd7f983dd06fa0c5314a7b10
> 5354888f63c60a3205ade6d467cc620dc5/analysis/>
> > <https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/2ec4b1705b690ab8c558e3e8ead8bb
> d34b1fb1b260a27f40b34718be3b71a3a7/analysis/>
> > <https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/553496aa878821295de7acdd20d637
> 7d39e304651bdd1281c7a7ff15b8f43cad/analysis/>
> > <https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/4d33f4a3c1cbf9cded6a3a096025d0
> b44905e0308bd3662a496a0701f2ec942d/analysis/>
>
> Can somebody explain why they are being dropped at this time?
>
> -Al-
> --
> Al Varnell
> Mountain View, CA
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