The OsInfo function in Komplex collects the current running username.3
tool
Komplex S0162
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- macOS
- Created
- 14 December 2017
- Last modified
- 25 April 2025
Komplex is a backdoor that has been used by APT28 on OS X and appears to be developed in a similar manner to XAgentOSX [1] [2].
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference S0162
The OsInfo function in Komplex collects a running process list.4
The Komplex trojan creates a persistent launch agent called with $HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.updates.plist with launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.updates.plist.7
The Komplex payload is stored in a hidden directory at /Users/Shared/.local/kextd.8
Standing S0162
Reach is how much of ATT&CK this tool touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 825 ATT&CK software entries only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.
Reach
33rd percentile · 67% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more Enterprise techniques.
41st percentile · 59% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more tactics spanned.
61% of the population shares a single value across only 22 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
85% of the population shares a single value across only 8 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Coverage
18th percentile · 82% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more detection rules per technique.
Detection coverage S0162
157 distinct rules cover the 7 techniques recorded for this tool. The 159 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 157 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 106 Sigma · 51 Splunk.
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