Janicab

MITRE ATT&CK: S0163 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Janicab

First seen
2013-07-01 00:00:00
Malware type
trojan
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
macos
Profile updated
2026-07-07 15:30:14

Targeted industries: media-and-entertainment

Context

Janicab is an OS X trojan that relied on a valid developer ID and oblivious users to install it.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 22 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Cron (attack-pattern)
  • Audio Capture (attack-pattern)
  • Code Signing (attack-pattern)
  • Screen Capture (attack-pattern)

Detection rules

  • SIGNATURE_BASE_MAL_Janicab_LNK (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0163 (report)
  • web.archive.org — New Signed Malware Called Janicab (report)

External references