
As for the native library differences between Windows and MacOS, the mono framework supports DLL mapping to support Windows-only dependencies to their MacOS counterparts." "In this case, however, the bundling of the files with the said framework becomes a workaround to bypass the systems given EXE is not a recognized binary executable by MacOS' security features. Normally, a mono framework installed in the system is required to compile or load executables and libraries," researchers explained. "Currently, running EXE on other platforms may have a bigger impact on non-Windows systems such as MacOS. Interestingly, the security researchers could not get the same malicious EXE file to run on Windows-attempting to run the file on Windows resulted in an error, which means that this malware has been designed to target macOS users specifically.



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