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A strain of malware which targets Mac machines has been spotted in the wild, and while new, makes use of antiquated code to target biomedical facilities.

This week, researchers from Malwarebytes said the malware, dubbed Quimitchin, was discovered after an IT administrator detected unusual traffic flowing out of a computer based on Apple's Mac OS X operating system.

According to the team, Quimitchin has been "in existence, undetected, for some time" and has been primarily used to target biomedical research centers.

Quimitchin is named after ancient Aztec spies and suits as the malicious code's primary purpose is to spy on victims, although it is also registered by Apple as Fruitfly.

The malware is able to perform various tasks including grabbing screen sizes and mouse cursor positions, taking screenshots, simulating mouse clicks and key presses, as well as rudimentary remote control functions.

 

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