Surveillence outfit Hacking Team may have released a new piece of OS X malware

Security researchers have identified a new piece of OS X malware that may come from Hacking Team, the controversial Italian company that sells surveillance software to governments.

The malware is a “dropper,” which is used to plant other software onto a computer. In this case, it appears intended to install Hacking Team’s Remote Control System (RCS).

“The dropper is using more or less the same techniques as older Hacking Team RCS samples, and its code is more or less the same,” wrote Pedro Vilaca, an OS X security expert with SentinelOne, on his blog.

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