https://github.com/PaloAltoNetworks/WireLurkerDetector
Script for detecting the WireLurker malware family
https://github.com/PaloAltoNetworks/WireLurkerDetector
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Script for detecting the WireLurker malware family
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/PaloAltoNetworks/WireLurkerDetector
- Owner: PaloAltoNetworks
- License: isc
- Archived: true
- Created: 2014-11-04T23:09:15.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2022-08-15T17:07:39.000Z (about 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-18T15:51:40.665Z (7 months ago)
- Language: Python
- Homepage: http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2014/11/wirelurker-new-era-os-x-ios-malware/
- Size: 12.7 KB
- Stars: 413
- Watchers: 42
- Forks: 72
- Open Issues: 9
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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WireLurker Detector
===================
## Description ##
This project provides script and/or tool to detect the WireLurker malware family found by Palo Alto Networks in Nov 2014.
For details of the WireLurker:
- http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2014/11/wirelurker-new-era-os-x-ios-malware/
- http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2014/11/wirelurker-windows/
## Usage for OS X users ##
1. Open the Terminal application in your OS X system;
2. Execute this command to download the script:
```
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PaloAltoNetworks/WireLurkerDetector/master/WireLurkerDetectorOSX.py
```
3. Run the script in the Terminal:
```
python WireLurkerDetectorOSX.py
```
4. Read the output messages and detection result.
## For Windows users ##
We described how to technically detect the Windows variant of WireLurker in this document: [HOWTO-Windows.md](https://github.com/PaloAltoNetworks/WireLurkerDetector/blob/master/HOWTO-Windows.md) . Please take a look at it if you would like to contribute on it.
Here are some Windows detection tools developed by others. Remember to thanks them!
- https://github.com/ltfish/WireLurkerCleaner by ltfish
- https://github.com/kaustubhsant/WireLurkerDetector by kaustubhsant
## Issues ##
For any issue on the code and its result, please create a issue here: https://github.com/PaloAltoNetworks/WireLurkerDetector/issues