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Researchers warn of rising #Geacon (a Golang Cobalt Strike variant) payloads on VirusTotal. Red teaming or malicious attacks?

Either way, it's time to tighten your #macOS defenses.

Read details here: https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/hackers-using-golang-variant-of-cobalt.html

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Hackers Using Golang Variant of Cobalt Strike to Target Apple macOS Systems

A Golang variant of Cobalt Strike, known as Geacon, is drawing attention in the cybersecurity world due to a rise in Geacon payloads.

The Hacker News
Geacon Brings Cobalt Strike Capabilities to macOS Threat Actors

An uptick in malicious macOS payloads contain Cobalt Strike Beacons written in Go and derived from a Chinese open-source repository.

SentinelOne

「オープンソースのCobalt Strikeポート「Geacon」がmacOS攻撃に使用される 」: BLEEPINGCOMPUTER

「Geacon は、広く悪用されている侵入テスト スイート Cobalt Strike のビーコンを Go ベースで実装したもので、macOS デバイスをターゲットに使用されることが増えています。

Geacon と Cobalt Strike はどちらも、正規の組織がネットワークに対する攻撃をシミュレートし、防御を強化するために使用するユーティリティですが、脅威アクターもこれらを攻撃に利用しています。 」

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/open-source-cobalt-strike-port-geacon-used-in-macos-attacks/

#prattohome #BLEEPINGCOMPUTER #CobaltStrike #Geacon #Mac

Open-source Cobalt Strike port 'Geacon' used in macOS attacks

Geacon, a Go-based implementation of the beacon from the widely abused penetration testing suite Cobalt Strike, is being used more and more to target macOS devices.

BleepingComputer