{'created': '2017-12-14T16:46:06.044Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': '**This technique has been deprecated and should no longer be '
                'used.**\n'
                '\n'
                'As of OS X 10.8, mach-O binaries introduced a new header '
                'called LC_MAIN that points to the binary’s entry point for '
                'execution. Previously, there were two headers to achieve this '
                'same effect: LC_THREAD and LC_UNIXTHREAD  (Citation: Prolific '
                'OSX Malware History). The entry point for a binary can be '
                'hijacked so that initial execution flows to a malicious '
                'addition (either another section or a code cave) and then '
                'goes back to the initial entry point so that the victim '
                'doesn’t know anything was different  (Citation: Methods of '
                'Mac Malware Persistence). By modifying a binary in this way, '
                'application whitelisting can be bypassed because the file '
                'name or application path is still the same.',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1149',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1149'},
                         {'description': 'Bit9 + Carbon Black Threat Research '
                                         'Team. (2015). 2015: The Most '
                                         'Prolific Year in History for OS X '
                                         'Malware. Retrieved July 8, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'Prolific OSX Malware History',
                          'url': 'https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2459197/bit9-carbon-black-threat-research-report-2015.pdf'},
                         {'description': 'Patrick Wardle. (2014, September). '
                                         'Methods of Malware Persistence on '
                                         'Mac OS X. Retrieved July 5, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'Methods of Mac Malware Persistence',
                          'url': 'https://www.virusbulletin.com/uploads/pdf/conference/vb2014/VB2014-Wardle.pdf'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--a0a189c8-d3bd-4991-bf6f-153d185ee373',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'defense-evasion'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:10.098Z',
 'name': 'LC_MAIN Hijacking',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_deprecated': True,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': False,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['macOS'],
 'x_mitre_version': '2.1'}