FlashBack
Aliases: FakeFlash
- First seen
- 2011-09-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- trojan
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 14:35:34
Targeted industries: technology-and-telecommunications
Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:ru
Context
FlashBack is a family of Mac OS X malware that masquerades as a legitimate Adobe Flash Player installer. It primarily targets users through drive-by downloads and exploits, aiming to create a botnet for various malicious activities.
Reports & references
- alienvault.com — Os X Malware Samples Analyzed (report)
- CrowdStrike — How Crowdstrike Analyzes Macos Malware To Optimize Automated Detection Capabilities (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Osx.Flashback (report)
- Wikipedia — Flashback (Trojan) (report)
- contagiodump.blogspot.com — Osxflashbacko Sample Some Domains (report)
- contagiodump.blogspot.com — Osxflashbackk Sample Mac Os Malware (report)
- web-assets.esetstatic.com — Osx Flashback (report)
- news.drweb.com — Show (report)