Crisis/MORCUT Malware on OS X: Why Should Users Care?

We’ve encountered new malware for Mac OS X systems, which we detect as OSX_MORCUT.A. We found this just as a new Mac OS X version, Mountain Lion (10.8), was being released via the Mac App Store. OSX_MORCUT.A acts as a backdoor into the remote system, giving attackers remote access to infected systems. From there, its…