CloudMensis

Aliases: BadRAT

First seen
2022-03-15 00:00:00
Malware type
rat, spyware
Family
Malware family
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:35:47

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications media-and-entertainment

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:gb country_code:ca

Context

CloudMensis, also known as BadRAT, is a malware family targeting macOS systems. It is primarily used for espionage activities, exploiting cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities to retrieve sensitive information from targeted systems.

Detection coverage

  • 2 YARA rules

Detection rules

  • SEKOIA_Apt_Cloudmensis_Downloader_Strings (yara-rule)
  • SEKOIA_Apt_Cloudmensis_Spyagent_Strings (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Osx.Cloud Mensis (report)
  • twitter.com — 1575103839115804672 (report)
  • ESET — I See What You Did There Look Cloudmensis Macos Spyware (report)

External references