The panels also contain Thai JavaScript comments and the domain names also contain references to Thai food , a tactic commonly employed to entice users to click/visit these C2 panels without much disruption . BARIUM begins its attacks by cultivating relationships with potential victims—particularly those working in Business Development or Human Resources—on various social media platforms . This technique also allows the attackers to cover their tracks , as having the C&C server in the victims ’ corporate networks means very little C&C traffic leaves them . The new campaign , which we call FakeSG , also relies on hacked WordPress websites to display a custom landing page mimicking the victim 's browser .


In this case , a URL used to download the PowerShell component shared a naming convention found in the IBM report , http://69.87.223.26:8080/eiloShaegae1 and connected to the IP address used by the previous three samples .


In July 2017 , INDRIK SPIDER joined the movement of targeted ransomware with BitPaymer . Silence is a group of Russian-speaking hackers , based on their commands language , the location of infrastructure they used , and the geography of their targets ( Russia , Ukraine , Belarus , Azerbaijan , Poland , and Kazakhstan ) .


Sending text “ call on ” will activate the USSD payment confirmation service . We expect APT34 will continue to evolve their malware and tactics as they continue to pursue access to entities in the Middle East region . It is hard for the targets to identify legitimate and malicious traffic to cloud provider infrastructure . Mandiant has observed UNC2970 , APT43 , and UNC4899 all utilize similar infrastructure .


OnionDuke first caught our attention because it was being spread via a malicious Tor exit node .


Later stages of the intrusions rely upon Winnti for persistent access .


Users rarely check the full URL associated with short links , so threat groups can use URL-shortening services to effectively hide malicious URLs .


The lure documents analyzed by Cybereason in this attack concentrate on the following themes :


What ’ s more interesting , and much less common , is the inclusion of the com.xiaomi.smarthome.receive_alarm intent filter . We suggest that APT41 sought to target in-game currency but found they could not monetize the specific targeted game , so the group resorted to ransomware to attempt to salvage their efforts and profit from the compromise . Finally , the use of recent domestic events and a prominent US military exercise focused on deterring Russian aggression highlight APT28 's ability and interest in exploiting geopolitical events for their operations .


TrickMo ’ s Persistence Capabilities When it comes to Android-based devices , many applications must find a way to run on the device after a system reboot . The group also uses the SQL injection (SQLi) tools Havij Advanced SQL Injection Tool and SQLi Dumper version 7.0 (Figure 4) to scan for and exploit vulnerabilities in targeted eCommerce sites . In the past , we had primarily associated the OilRig campaign with using the Clayslide documents to deliver as a payload a Trojan we named Helminth ; in this instance , the payload was instead a variant of the ISMDoor Trojan with significant modifications which we are now tracking as ISMAgent .


10001580: Init 10001620: InternetExchange 10001650: SendData This external library implements a simple Wininet-based transport for the main module .


Figure 6 . ScarCruft has a keen interest in North Korean affairs , attacking those in the business sector who may have any connection to North Korea , as well as diplomatic agencies around the globe . If the victim appears valuable to the attackers , a GRIFFON implant installer is pushed to the victim’s workstation . Cisco Talos researchers recently discovered Greatness , one of the most advanced phishing - as - a - service tools ever seen in the wild .


Once executed , the module attempts to get root privileges on the device by exploiting the following vulnerabilities : CVE-2013-2094 CVE-2013-2595 CVE-2013-6282 CVE-2014-3153 ( futex aka TowelRoot ) CVE-2015-3636 Exploitation process After an in-depth look , we found that the exploit payload code shares several similarities with the public project android-rooting-tools . The last process is utilized as part of the loading process for Cotx RAT and involves the legitimate Symantec binary noted above . Turla : Waterbug , WhiteBear , VENOMOUS BEAR , Snake , Krypton .


The following screenshots show what type of information is collected in both steps of the overlay attack : Ginp overlaysGinp overlaysGinp overlaysGinp overlays Based on Anubis Once the Anubis bot code got leaked , it was just a matter of time before new banking Trojans based on Anubis would surface . This sample , similar to other Trochilus samples , was deployed using a DLL sideloading method utilizing three files , uploaded to the same folder on the victim machine as identified in US-CERT advisory TA17-117A last revised on December 20 , 2018 . We examined the sample described in the report as Hdoor and found it ’s a previous version of the NamelessHdoor we discovered in the Minzen sample , but without support for DLL injection .


In this case , like others before , the event of a popular game release became an opportunity to trick unsuspecting users into downloading the RAT . The APT actor , active since 2008 , has been seen targeting organizations in the financial services , telecoms , government , and defense sectors . 3.doc : d4eb4035e11da04841087a181c48cd85f75c620a84832375925e6b03973d8e48 . The second , CVE-2022 - 41080 , has not been publicly detailed but its CVSS score of 8.8 is the same as CVE-2022 - 41040 used in the ProxyNotShell exploit chain , and it has been marked “ exploitation more likely . ”


Meanwhile in early-to-mid 2017 , SPLM / CHOPSTICK / XAgent detections in Central Asia provided a glimpse into ongoing focus on ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia .


This technique makes use of debuggers and software breakpoints useless . Organizations in the government , energy , and technology sectors have been targeted by Magic Hound , specifically organizations based in or doing business in Saudi Arabia . While continuing to monitor activity of the OceanLotus APT Group , BlackBerry Cylance researchers uncovered a novel payload loader that utilizes steganography to read an encrypted payload concealed within a .png image file . An example of these log entries can be found below : By correlating the user , IP address and GUID from the Remote PowerShell HTTP logs to the Exchange frontend , CrowdStrike found a request using the mailbox to the following OWA URL , , corresponding to the IIS log entry below : The backend request for the new exploitation chain is similar to the example shown below : This request seemed to show a novel , previously undocumented , way to reach the PowerShell remoting service through the OWA frontend endpoint , instead of leveraging the endpoint .


DNS queries distribution over time The campaign does n't seem to be growing at a fast pace . The 13th FYP was released in March 2016 and the sectors and organisations known to be targeted by APT10 are broadly in line with the strategic aims documented in this plan . OceanLotus : SOFTWARE\App\AppX06c7130ad61f4f60b50394b8cba3d35f\Applicationz 7244 . Consider correlation with process monitoring and command line to detect anomalous processes execution and command line arguments associated to traffic patterns ( e.g. monitor anomalies in use of files that do not normally initiate connections for respective protocol(s ) ) .


It spreads under the name AvitoPay.apk ( or similar ) and downloads from websites with names like youla9d6h.tk , prodam8n9.tk , prodamfkz.ml , avitoe0ys.tk , etc . Carbanak is a backdoor used by the attackers to compromise the victim . We analyzed a new RATANKBA variant ( BKDR_RATANKBA.ZAEL–A ) , discovered in June 2017 , that uses a PowerShell script instead of its more traditional PE executable form—a version that other researchers also recently identified .


This time , however , attackers opportunistically used spear-phishing emails with a Microsoft Word attachment exploiting the recently patched CVE-2017-0199 to deploy the ZeroT Trojan , which in turn downloaded the PlugX Remote Access Trojan ( RAT ) . Some of the known filenames for Gray Lambert are mwapi32.dll and poolstr.dll – it should be pointed though that the filenames used by the Lamberts are generally unique and have never been used twice .


In the case of CVE-2010-0232 , the exploit appears to be based directly on the proof of concept code published by security researcher Tavis Ormandy when he disclosed the vulnerability .


The group attempted to deploy this spearphish attachment to push a small 30kb backdoor known as GAMEFISH to targets in Europe at the beginning of 2017 .


This does however still rule out the possibility that the Dukes simply obtained copies of the exploit binaries described by FireEye and repurposed them .


According to FireEye , the admin@338 sent out emails containing malicious documents designed to exploit Microsoft Office vulnerabilities in an effort to deliver a piece of malware dubbed LOWBALL . The documents attached to spear-phishing e-mails used in both attacks contain code that exploits CVE-2012-0158 , which despite its age remains one of the most common Microsoft Word vulnerabilities being exploited by multiple threat actors .


Figure 6 : bit.ly statistics for the fake Bank Austria Android app download link From this small sample , we see that 7 % of visitors clicked through to download the application , which is actually a version of the Marcher banking Trojan named “ BankAustria.apk ” , continuing the fraudulent use of the bank ’ s branding to fool potential victims . The threat actors were able to maintain long term persistent access to many of these networks by utilizing compromised credentials . APT3 is a China based threat group that researchers have attributed to China's Ministry of StateSecurity .


The following IP addresses are believed to have been used by the actor for command and control ( C2 ) during these intrusions :


To overcome this issue , “ Agent Smith ” found another solution . The first encounter with Buhtrap was registered back in 2014 . If the process is not halted , Dexphot decompresses the password-protected ZIP archive from the MSI package . However , the template source code is quite different and the payload delivery uses different infrastructure .


TG-3390 : apigmail.com .


HenBox has ties to infrastructure used in targeted attacks with a focus on politics in South East Asia . The delivery of KopiLuwak in this instance is currently unknown as the MSIL dropper has only been observed by Proofpoint researchers on a public malware repository . Researchers have pointed out that it is not uncommon for admin@338 to target Hong Kong media organizations , particularly ones whose reporting focuses on the pro-democracy movement .


Something that makes Ginp special is that all of its overlay screens for banking apps are consist of multiple steps , first stealing the victim ’ s login credentials , then stealing the credit card details ( to “ validate ” the user identity ) , as shown in the screenshots hereafter : The following code snippet shows that after the second overlay is filled-in and validated , it disappears and the targeted application is added to the list of packages names to be ignored for future overlays attacks . Recorded Future’s Insikt Group has actively tracked APT10 for several years , focusing specifically on the group’s targeting of MSPs and global internet infrastructure providers since the Operation Cloud Hopper report in 2017 . The oldest code we could identify was hosted on a famous Chinese source code sharing site since 2005 .


SuperService also tracks its own status and relaunches if stopped . The archive contains an .exe file , sometimes disguised as a Microsoft Word file , a video , or another file format , using the corresponding icon . The worm leverages an SMBv1 exploit that originates from tools released by the Shadow Brokers threat group in April .


The njRAT used in this cyber attack was built from this builder kit .


The group has used phishing emails with Flash animation attachments to download and execute Daserf malware , and has also leveraged Flash exploits for SWC attacks . The primary backdoor used in the Epic attacks is also known as " WorldCupSec " , " TadjMakhal " , " Wipbot " or " Tavdig " .


The new text ( in Chinese , about relations between China , Japan and the disputed “ Senkaku Islands / Diaoyudao Islands / Diaoyutai Islands ” ) is shown to the victims and reads as following : When opened in a browser , this is what the command-and-control index page looks like : The text on the top means “ Title Title Title ” in Chinese , while the other strings appear to be random characters typed from the keyboard . If the document was delivered with macros instead of exploits ( CVE-2012-0158 , CVE-2013-3906 or CVE-2014-1761 ) , then the document contained instructions for enabling macros . All 13 countries where Kaspersky reportedly observed BlackOasis activity are connected to Saudi Arabia in one of three ACTs : economically ; from a national security perspective ; or due to established policy agreements .


We found get.adobe.go-microstf.com hosted at 104.218.120.128 around the time this campaign was ongoing , November 2016 .


The admin@338 started targeting Hong Kong media companies , probably in response to political and economic challenges in Hong Kong and China . he Trojan , a hybrid of Nymaim and Gozi malware , initially formed in April and thrives on carrying out redirection attacks via DNS poisoning .


The executable file , xxxx.exe in this case , is then executed .


Once started , the code in the main thread resolves the basic API functions it needs and loads an additional library from the following location : “ %TEMP%\tf394kv.dll ” .


A few days back , we wrote about an Android Marcher trojan variant posing as the Super Mario Run game for Android . The admin@338 started targeting Hong Kong media companies , probably in response to political and economic challenges in Hong Kong and China . Morphisec researchers began investigating the attacks on April 24 and continue to uncover more details . As we commonly see in the ransomware space , this threat is delivered through a variety of mechanisms which can include phishing and being dropped as secondary payloads from command and control ( C2 ) frameworks like Cobalt Strike .


Threat actors continue to exploit the CVE-2019-0604 vulnerability to compromise SharePoint servers , which is a vulnerability that Microsoft released a patch for in March 2019 .


A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player ( <=17.0.0.134 ) when parsing malformed FLV objects .


The malware simulates clicks on app advertisements provided by legitimate ad networks and forces the app to install on a device . APT39 's focus on the telecommunications and travel industries suggests intent to perform monitoring , tracking , or surveillance operations against specific individuals , collect proprietary or customer data for commercial or operational purposes that serve strategic requirements related to national priorities , or create additional accesses and vectors to facilitate future campaigns . the pattern matching function replaces dword_745BB58C * ( dword_745BB58C – 1 ) Investigate anomalous activity and correlate findings with process telemetry .


Chunghwa Post - The government-owned corporation Chunghwa is the official postal service of Taiwan . 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 . The GCMAN group has moved beyond banks and is now targeting the budgeting and accounting departments in any organization of interest to them , using the same APT-style tools and techniques .


Targeting antivirus companies appears to have been the primary goal of Fxmps' latest network intrusions . The PassCV group typically utilized publicly available RATs in addition to some custom code , which ultimately provided backdoor functionality to affected systems via phony resumes and curriculum vitae ( CVs ) .


This indicates that the authors are trying to hide some messages showed by the system during the setup process . The resume contained the PupyRAT backdoor , which communicated with known APT35 infrastructure . Performing the same steps in CyberChef , it is possible to decode the encrypted payload , which should yield x86 shellcode , starting with a call immediate opcode sequence . If the main function is called with only , it will only perform its cleanup routine and immediately terminate .


] 205 [ . The Dukes actively targeted Ukraine before the crisis , at a time when Russia was still weighing her options , but once Russia moved from diplomacy to direct action , Ukraine was no longer relevant to the Dukes in the same way . It should be noted that the contents of o402ek2m.php were updated by the attackers to reference different pastebin uploads throughout this campaign . JumpCloud confirmed the commands framework was used for malicious data injections in their security incident disclosure .


We were also able to find a related webshell based on the threat group ’s tool reuse , specifically a custom Mimikatz sample .


For example , when a button is clicked , a view is focused , etc . The second group , known as DragonOK , targets high-tech and manufacturing companies in Japan and Taiwan . ShadowHammer : https://liveupdate01s.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Apps_for_Win8/LiveUpdate/Liveupdate_Test_VER359.zip . Umbrella , Cisco ’s secure internet gateway ( SIG ) , blocks users from connecting to malicious domains , IPs and URLs , whether users are on or off the corporate network .


The number at the end of the password corresponds to the year of the intrusion .


However , his study results are out of the scope of our research . The malware appends encrypted data files with the .WCRY extension , drops and executes a decryptor tool , and demands $300 or $600 USD (via Bitcoin) to decrypt the data . SHA256 : 94113c9968db13e3412c1b9c1c882592481c559c0613dbccfed2fcfc80e77dc5 .


Lookout Discovers Phishing Sites Distributing New IOS And Android Surveillanceware April 8 , 2019 For the past year , Lookout researchers have been tracking Android and iOS surveillanceware , that can exfiltrate contacts , audio recordings , photos , location , and more from devices . 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 . Over the past year , we've seen the group extensively targeting a wide gamut of entities in various sectors , including Governments , Academy , Crypto-Currency , Telecommunications and the Oil sectors .


The report authors renamed the malware " FriedEx " . ScarCruft has a keen interest in North Korean affairs , attacking those in the business sector who may have any connection to North Korea , as well as diplomatic agencies around the globe .


Figure 11 . We have also observed them using virtual private network services that use IPs based in numerous countries to ensure anonymity and obfuscate criminal operations . SHA256 : 69a9d7aa0cb964c091ca128735b6e60fa7ce028a2ba41d99023dd57c06600fe0 .


Kaspersky Lab has detected a new method of first infection that uses a drive-by-download with a flash exploit ( CVE-2015-5119 , the one leaked from The Hacking Team incident ) . ALLANITE activity closely resembles Palmetto Fusion described by the US Department of Homeland Security .


If a typical user tries to get rid of the malicious app , chances are that only the shortcut ends up getting removed . However , the unique malware variant , BlackEnergy 3 , reemerged in Ukraine early in 2015 , where we had first found Sandworm Team . The RAT has remained under the Radar for multiple years .


While analyzing a campaign run by the Gamaredon group , FortiGuard Labs discovered the tools they used to prepare the attack and found artifacts left behind by the actors that allowed us to perform a large amount of forensic analysis . The Emissary Panda threat group loaded the China Chopper webshell onto SharePoint servers at two Government organizations in the Middle East , which we believe with high confidence involved exploiting a remote code execution vulnerability in SharePoint tracked in CVE-2019-0604 . The files uploaded to this webshell included the same compiled python script that would scan remote systems that were vulnerable to CVE-2017-0144 ( EternalBlue ) that we saw uploaded to the other errr.aspx webshell . According to Microsoft’s advisory , this vulnerability was patched on March 12 , 2019 and we first saw the webshell activity on April 1 , 2019 . We believe the actors pivoted to other systems on the network using stolen credentials and by exploiting the CVE-2017-0144 ( EternalBlue ) vulnerability patched in MS17-010 . Once the adversary established a foothold on the targeted network , they used China Chopper and other webshells to upload additional tools to the SharePoint server to dump credentials , perform network reconnaissance and pivot to other systems . We also observed Emissary Panda uploading legitimate tools that would sideload DLLs , specifically the Sublime Text plugin host and the Microsoft’s Create Media application , both of which we had never seen used for DLL sideloading before . Consequently , the Linux malware ecosystem is plagued by financial driven crypto-miners and DDoS botnet tools which mostly target vulnerable servers . We also observed the actors uploading legitimate tools that would sideload DLLs , specifically the Sublime Text plugin host and the Microsoft’s Create Media application , both of which we had never seen used for DLL sideloading before . It has been active since at least 2013 , and has targeted individuals likely involved with the Ukrainian government . The group’s implants are characterized by the employment of information stealing tools among them being screenshot and document stealers delivered via a SFX , and made to achieve persistence through a scheduled task . The finding shows that EvilGnome operates on an IP address that was controlled by the Gamaredon group two months ago . FIN7 operations are linked to numerous intrusion attempts having targeted hundreds of companies since at least as early as 2015 . The FIN7 intrusion set continued its tailored spear phishing campaigns throughout last year . In addition , during the investigation , we discovered certain similarities to other attacker groups that seemed to share or copy the FIN7 TTPs in their own operations . In 2018-2019 , researchers of Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team analyzed various campaigns that used the same Tactics Tools and Procedures (TTPs) as the historic FIN7 , leading the researchers to believe that this threat actor had remained active despite the 2018 arrests . One of the domains used by FIN7 in their 2018 campaign of spear phishing contained more than 130 email APTes , leading us to think that more than 130 companies had been targeted by the end of 2018 . Interestingly , following some open-source publications about them , the FIN7 operators seems to have developed a homemade builder of malicious Office document using ideas from ThreadKit , which they employed during the summer of 2018 . The first module downloaded by the GRIFFON malware to the victim’s computer is an information-gathering JScript , which allows the cybercriminals to understand the context of the infected workstation . The new GRIFFON implant is written to the hard drive before each execution , limiting the file-less” aspect of this method . Given FIN7’s previous use of false security companies , we decided to look deeper into this one . This activity cluster , which Kaspersky Lab has followed for a few years , uses various implants for targeting mainly banks , and developers of banking and money processing software solutions . FIN7’s last campaigns were targeting banks in Europe and Central America . After a successful penetration , FIN7 uses its own backdoors and the CobaltStrike framework or Powershell Empire components to hop to interesting parts of the network , where it can monetize its access . AveMaria is a new botnet , whose first version we found in September 2018 , right after the arrests of the FIN7 members . This threat actor stole suspected of stealing €13 million from Bank of Valetta , Malta earlier this year . In fact , AveMaria is a classic infostealer bot that collects all possible credentials from various types of software: browsers , email clients , messengers , etc. , and can act as a keylogger . They also use AutoIT droppers , password-protected EXE files and even ISO images . To deliver their malware , the cyber criminals use spearphishing emails with various types of attachments: MS Office documents or spreadsheet files exploiting some known vulnerability like CVE-2017-11882 , or documents with Ole2Link and SCT . Interestingly , this actor targeted financial entities and companies in one African country , which lead us to think that CopyPaste was associated with cybermercenaries or a training center . At the end of 2018 , while searching for new FIN7 campaigns via telemetry , we discovered a set of activity that we temporarily called CopyPaste” from a previously unknown APT . FIN7 and Cobalt used decoy 302 HTTP redirections too , FIN7 on its GRIFFON C2s before January 2018 , and Cobalt , on its staging servers , similar to CopyPaste . Quite recently , FIN7 threat actors typosquatted the brand Digicert” using the domain name digicert-cdn[.]com , which is used as a command and control server for their GRIFFON implants . The first of them is the well-known FIN7 , which specializes in attacking various companies to get access to financial data or PoS infrastructure . 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 . we observe , with various level of confidence , that there are several interconnected groups using very similar toolkits and the same infrastructure to conduct their cyberattacks . The last piece is the newly discovered CopyPaste group , who targeted financial entities and companies in one African country , which lead us to think that CopyPaste was associated with cybermercenaries or a training center . At the end of 2018 , the cluster started to use not only CobaltStrike but also Powershell Empire in order to gain a foothold on the victims’ networks . FIN7 thus continues to use effective spearphishing campaigns in conjunction with well-known MS Office exploits generated by the framework . MuddyWater is widely regarded as a long-lived APT group in the Middle East . From February to April 2019 , MuddyWater launched a series of spear-phishing attacks against governments , educational institutions , financial , telecommunications and defense companies in Turkey , Iran , Afghanistan , Iraq , Tajikistan and Azerbaijan . FIN7 thus continue to use effective spearphishing campaigns in conjunction with well-known MS Office exploits generated by the framework . We also unearthed and detailed our other findings on MuddyWater , such as its connection to four Android malware variants and its use of false flag techniques , among others , in our report New MuddyWater Activities Uncovered: Threat Actors Used Multi-Stage Backdoors , False Flags , Android malware , and More . Instead , the campaign used compromised legitimate accounts to trick victims into installing malware . Notably , the group’s use of email as infection vector seems to yield success for their campaigns . We also observed MuddyWater’s use of multiple open source post-exploitation tools , which they deployed after successfully compromising a target . The attacker also connected to the compromised servers from IP addresses that were linked to dynamic domain names used as C&Cs by the delivered payloads . The main payload is usually Imminent Monitor RAT ; however , at the beginning of 2018 , we also observed the use of LuminosityLink RAT , NetWire RAT , and NjRAT . In a case in June 2019 , we also noticed Warzone RAT being used . Xpert RAT reportedly first appeared in 2011 . The first version of Proyecto RAT” was published at the end of 2010 . But with the West African gang we’ve named Scattered Canary , we have a deeper look at how business email compromise is connected to the rest of the cybercrime .


Cannon runs the downloaded file from the specified path .


For example , the Ztorg Trojan has been uploaded to Google Play almost 100 times since September 2016 . Hackers used the remote access to detect servers of their interest in the internal network . An additional module written by the group called ScreenBooking is used to capture credit card data . # 147 : The dangers of " Mercenary " groups and the spyware they create Upcoming events where you can find Talos “ Most prevalent malware files ” is taking a break this week for maintenance .


Lastly , the entire json object is encoded with Base64 and undergoes another stage of encryption , and then sent to the server :


] com w3.changeip [ . APT41 also deploys the SOGU and CROSSWALK malware families as means to maintain presence . In addition to the notably overt and large-scale campaigns with CozyDuke and CloudDuke , the Dukes also continued to engage in more covert , surgical campaigns using CosmicDuke .


The next step for the actor was to build MitM servers that impersonated legitimate services to capture user credentials . Due to tools and tactics in use we attribute the campaign to LuckyMouse Chinese-speaking actor ( also known as EmissaryPanda and APT27 ) .


CTU researchers infer intent by aggregating observations , analyzing a threat group's activity , and placing the information in a wider context .


This software is free and distributed under LGPL license . No zero-day vulnerabilities were used to breach targeted networks , instead " TG-3390 relied on old vulnerabilities such as CVE-2011-3544 " — a near-year-old Java security hole — " and CVE-2010-0738 to compromise their targets " , Dell SecureWorks' researchers reported . In May 2016 , two apparently unrelated activity groups , PROMETHIUM and NEODYMIUM , conducted attack campaigns in Europe that used the same zeroday exploit while the vulnerability was publicly unknown .


Further analysis of the iOS app “ Concipit1248 ” showed that the server used , spy [ . A second group , which we call GCMAN because the malware is based on code compiled on the GCC compiler , emerged recently using similar techniques to the Metel Group to infect banking institutions and attempt to transfer money to e-currency services . in block number 7 but the edi value is assigned in block number 1 and 2 . As we ’ve already previously discussed in our 2017 predictions , these groups will constantly evolve and employ unique and advanced attack techniques .


Click fraud PHAs simulate user clicks on ads instead of simply displaying ads and waiting for users to click them . A report published by Kaspersky Labs in 2011 on NetTraveler also mentions the C2 servers were being hosted by Krypt Technolgies . The DPP is part of the pan-green coalition that favors Taiwanese independence over reunification with the mainland , and the party ’s victory would represent a shift away from the ruling Kuomintang ’s closer ties with the PRC . Chinese state - sponsored actors reportedly accessed email accounts belonging to several U.S.-based organizations and federal government agencies , including the State Department .


Why you need the Bank Austria Security App : Due to outdated technology of the mobile network important data such as mTan SMS and online banking connections are transmitted unencrypted . Obtaining access to this ccTLD registrars would have allowed attackers to hijack any domain that used those ccTLDs . The group conducted a campaign in May 2016 and has heavily targeted Turkish victims .


A very unique technique is being used to inject this Trojan into an Android system where an attacker places a component of it into the boot partition of the file system and modify the 'init ' script ( initialize the operating system ) to re-load the malware as you switch on your android . The decoy slideshows all contain photos from very meaningful events to individuals in Thailand , suggesting that the actors continually look for impactful events to use to disguise their attacks . The nature of “ Unit 61398 ’s ” work is considered by China to be a state secret ; however , we believe it engages in harmful “ Computer Network Operations. ” Unit 61398 is partially situated on Datong Road in Gaoqiaozhen , which is located in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai . According to HTTP headers of the server , the applet was uploaded on February 11 , 2013 , one month after the Metasploit code was published and two days before Oracle issued a security alert regarding the vulnerability .


The recent activity X-Force IRIS is seeing from the Shamoon attackers has so far been detected in two waves , but those are likely to subside following the public attention the cases have garnered since late 2016 .


Analysis of one of the threat actor ’s documents found that if the macro executes , it launches two separate PowerShell Scripts .


Some hackers even went onto use the Cisco exploits in the wild . Over the months following the elections , the accounts of Iranians that had been compromised by the actors were then used for spreading the malware .


Our eyes fell on the latest version of the Trojan , which is designed to steal money from owners of Android devices connected to the mobile banking service of one of Russia ’ s largest banks . To better understand how the adversary was operating and what other actions they had performed , CTU researchers examined cmd.exe and its supporting processes to uncover additional command line artifacts . As we ’ve observed with cybercriminal groups that aim to maximize profits for every campaign , silence does n’t necessarily mean inactivity . None LIGHTWORK is a disruption tool written in C++ that implements the IEC-104 protocol to modify the state of RTUs over TCP .


Finally , research yielded a relatively unique sample .


REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES - make a request to install packages . ined in the archive is called DriverInstallerU.exe but its metadata shows that its original name is Interenet Assistant.exe . All of the Emissary we've collected are written in Traditional Chinese , which is used primarily in Taiwan and Hong Kong .


Geo-location . Specifically , Suckfly used a specially crafted web page to deliver an exploit for the Microsoft Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability ( CVE-2014-6332 ) , which affects specific versions of Microsoft Windows . In early May 2016 , both PROMETHIUM and NEODYMIUM started conducting attack campaigns against specific individuals in Europe .


If the mobile operator does n't enforce proper client isolation , it is possible that the infected devices are also exposed to the rest of the cellular network . While we know the attackers used a custom dropper to install the back door , we do not know the delivery vector . An .mp3 file of a song by the famous Syrian singer Asala Nasri ( song name : Fen Habibi , translation : “ where is my loved one? ” ) 4583b49086c7b88cf9d074597b1d65ff33730e1337aee2a87b8745e94539d964 . Since the beginning of 2023 , the majority of observed KillNet targeting has focused on the U.S. , Europe , and international institutions such as NATO .


] zqo-japan [ . After compromising a political organization , APT28 will steal internal data . The controller responds with the 253.25.42.87 A record . CrowdStrike incident responders found that renamed Plink and AnyDesk executable creation timestamps on affected backend Exchange servers were closely correlated with PowerShell execution events in the Remote PowerShell logs , indicating the threat actor leveraged the newly discovered exploit chain to drop other tooling for persistent access to the affected Exchange servers .


Most of these data-stealing capabilities were present in the oldest variants of CARBANAK that we have seen and some were added over time . Operation Daybreak appears to have been launched by ScarCruft in March 2016 and employs a previously unknown ( 0-day ) Adobe Flash Player exploit .


We have previously detected groups we suspect are affiliated with the North Korean government compromising electric utilities in South Korea , but these compromises did not lead to a disruption of the power supply . Recently , Trend Micro researchers came across a new mobile malware family which we have called GnatSpy .


In this case , however , the hacktool had an unusual characteristic not typically seen with this type of file ; it was signed with a valid code-signing certificate .


The targeting of private sector interests by APT32 is notable and FireEye believes the actor poses significant risk to companies doing business in , or preparing to invest in , the country . Since last week , iSIGHT Partners has worked to provide details on the power outage in Ukraine to our global customers .


'' This DLL contains one root class called " eClient , '' which is the core of the trojan . Cisco Talos discovered significant China Chopper activity over a two-year period beginning in June 2017 , which shows that even nine years after its creation , attackers are using China Chopper without significant modifications . The Elfin espionage group ( aka APT33 ) has remained highly active over the past three years , attacking at least 50 organizations in Saudi Arabia , the United States , and a range of other countries .


He posted a tweet to The New York Times report , sarcastically writing , " If only two people had called this company out for their backdoors several times over the last few years . The analyzed RTF files share the same object dimension (objw2180\objh300) used to track the RTF weaponizer in our previous report , however , the sample was not exploiting CVE-2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802 . Gh0stRAt Downloader : e34f4a9c598ad3bb243cb39969fb9509427ff9c08e63e8811ad26b72af046f0c .


Given this , and the naming convention of the submissions ( .virus ) , the submitter hash most likely belongs to an AV vendor or sandboxing environment that automatically submits samples to online malware databases . One is called XAgent detected as IOS_XAGENT.A and the other one uses the name of a legitimate iOS game , MadCap detected as IOS_ XAGENT.B . ClearSky 's September 2014 blog post first described active attacks using a piece of malware they dubbed ' Gholee ' ( as appears in a malicious payload export function , potentially named after a popular Iranian singer9 ) .


] netupload404 [ . Unit 42 published a blog at the beginning of May titled " Prince of Persia " , in which we described the discovery of a decade-long campaign using a formerly unknown malware family , Infy , that targeted government and industry interests worldwide . However , we have evidence to suggest that APT1 is running hundreds , and likely thousands , of other servers ( see the Domains section below ) . Adversaries may also attempt to hide artifacts associated with malicious behavior by creating computing regions that are isolated from common security instrumentation , such as through the use of virtualization technology.[4 ] Bundlore uses the mktemp utility to make unique file and directory names for payloads , such as TMP_DIR=`mktemp


We identified a malware testing environment that we assess with high confidence was used to refine some TEMP.Veles tools .


NTDS.dit contains Active Directory data , including password hashes for all users on a domain .


The string of comma separated hexadecimal values is passed as a parameter when loading the SWF file downloaded in ‘ onload2 ’ .


Most samples of the malware reportedly function as a basic reconnaissance tool and downloader .


It was implemented by sending an SMS message containing a one-time password ( OTP ) to the client ’ s mobile device . The group uses legitimate administration tools to fly under the radar in their post-exploitation phase , which makes detection of malicious activity , as well as attribution more complicated . ] com , which we previously identified in October 2017 to be an OilRig C2 .


This version has some small modifications which seems to be unused , as the malware behaviour is the same as the previous version . The backdoor was deployed using the Notepad++ updater and sideloading malicious DLL , as noted in APT10’s targeting of Japanese corporations in July 2018 . These threats shared infrastructure between July 2012 and April 2013 .


The system service ‘ AccountManagerService ’ looks for the application that can process this request . " Buhgalter " means " accountant " in Russian . The files are given new , random names , which are generated by concatenating words and numbers based on the time of execution ( for example , C:\Users\<user>\Favorites\\Res.Center.ponse\<numbers> ) . Compromised websites ( WordPress appears to be the top target ) are injected with a code snippet that replaces the current webpage with the aforementioned fake updates templates .


The indicators associated with the blog article are available in the ThreatConnect Technical Blogs and Reports source here .


We observe similar keyboard patterns in other samples : “ 567%^& ” , “ zxc!@#ASD ” .


Once in a while , it sends a packet to its C & C server containing the collected device data along with all the saved SMS messages . LATINUM makes a concerted effort to hide their infection tracks , by self-deleting malicious components , or by using server side logic in ' one shot mode ' where remotely hosted malicious components are only allowed to load once . The email had no subject and what initially drew our attention to OilRig 's attack was the content of the spear phishing email .


In a case in June 2019 , we also noticed Warzone RAT being used . According to Deepen , APT6 has been using spear phishing in tandem with malicious PDF and ZIP attachments or links to malware infected websites that contains a malicious SCR file .


And TikTok is no exception . The initial infection vector used by the threat actor also changed over time , during 2018 we have seen multiple uses of self-extracting archives instead of malicious documents with AutoHotKey , which displayed a decoy image to the user . Ids.me .


TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES OF THE DUKES .


Download additional payloads .


As the pattern of chemical industry targets emerged , we internally code-named the attack campaign Nitro .


myyoula.ru sell-avito.ru sell-youla.ru sentel8ju67.com subito-li.pw subitop.pw web-gumtree.com whitehousejosh.com whitekalgoy3.com youlaprotect.ru Examples of malware 0497b6000a7a23e9e9b97472bc2d3799caf49cbbea1627ad4d87ae6e0b7e2a98 417fc112cd0610cc8c402742b0baab0a086b5c4164230009e11d34fdeee7d3fa Trend Micro also reported MuddyWater’s use of a new multi-stage PowerShell-based backdoor called POWERSTATS v3 . In this campaign , the malware author uses the following name: Pyongyang Directory Group email April 2017 RC_Office_Coordination_Associate.scr. The decoy document shown after infection is an Office document containing email addresses , phone numbers and contacts of members of official organizations such as the United Nations , UNICEF , Embassies linked to North Korea .


This file discusses the supposed announcement banning the rival Fatah political party , which controls the West Bank , from Gaza .


When a victim tries to access the URL in the SMS body , the C2 will check if the mobile device meets the criteria to receive the malware ( see infrastructure section ) . APT10 withdrew from direct targeting using Poison Ivy in 2013 and conducted its first known retooling operation , upgrading its capabilities and replatforming to use PlugX . OceanLotus : background.ristians.com:8888 11b4 . They contain some invalid URLs and IPs .


CTU researchers found no evidence of multiple operators working simultaneously against a single organization .


URL Status IP Domain registration date http : //ora.studiolegalebasili [ . As Proofpoint has not yet observed this attack in the wild it is likely that there is an additional component that leads to the execution of the MSIL payload . FireEye 's publication of " Operation Saffron Rose " report , which described Flying Kitten 's operations against aviation firms , led to the dismantling of Flying Kitten 's infrastructure and the apparent end of its activities .


Windows Defender ATP provides extensive information about activity groups responsible for the attacks , enabling customers to understand aspects of the attack that may not be obtained by network and endpoint sensors , such as common social engineering lures and the regional nature of an attack .


String Resources Used to Store App Data Red Alert 2.0 stores its data in an atypical location ( inside the Strings.xml file embedded in the app ) to fetch its critical data , such as the C2 address . However , we asses with medium confidence that NavRAT is linked to Group123 . was applied to APT10 ANEL and Dharma ransomware packer . Another area where we may want to consider this motivation is the human factor .


While both RTM and Buhtrap are looking for a quite similar process list , the infection vectors are quite different . Based on analysis of the data and malware samples we have collected , Unit 42 believes the attacks described herein are the work of a group or set of cooperating groups who have a single mission , collecting information on minority groups who reside in and around northwestern China .


The main purpose of this module is to exfiltrate Skype call recordings . In mid-September , an app named ‘Network Speed Master’ stood out on our radar with its rather unusual behavior patterns . Leviathan : TEMP.Jumper , APT40 , TEMP.Periscope .


The payment portal was initially similar to the one used by Locky and Bart .


SHA256 : 905f6a62749ca6f0fd33345d6a8b1831d87e9fd1f81a59cd3add82643b367693 .


Botnets can make considerably more money than autonomous Trojans . TAA not only flagged this malicious use of PsExec , it also told us what the attackers were using it for . Since this compilation timestamp dates back two weeks before this campaign , it ’s likely that it has n’t been tampered with by the attackers . An example of these log entries can be found below : By correlating the user , IP address and GUID from the Remote PowerShell HTTP logs to the Exchange frontend , CrowdStrike found a request using the mailbox to the following OWA URL , , corresponding to the IIS log entry below : The backend request for the new exploitation chain is similar to the example shown below : This request seemed to show a novel , previously undocumented , way to reach the PowerShell remoting service through the OWA frontend endpoint , instead of leveraging the endpoint .


Like the photo displayed in the first decoy file we found , this document references the death of Mazen Fuqaha .


PROMETHIUM and NEODYMIUM both used an exploit for CVE-2016-4117 , a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player that , at the time , was both unknown and unpatched . If the hypothesis is correct and the Turla threat group is using Kazuar , we believe they may be using it as a replacement for Carbon and its derivatives .


http://188.241.58.170/live/owa/office.dotm .


In fact , AveMaria is a classic infostealer bot that collects all possible credentials from various types of software: browsers , email clients , messengers , etc , and can act as a keylogger . So far , it appears threat actors have deployed the Bookworm Trojan primarily in attacks on targets in Thailand .


The malicious application da.hao.pao.bin ( Chunghwa Post ) loads a library file libmsy.so used to execute the packed mycode.jar file . 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 . Overall , in spite of the lack of sophistication in Gorgon Group 's activity , they were still relatively successful ; once again proving that simple attacks on individuals without proper protections , work .


Next , the malware enumerates all .exe programs in the % System % folder and looks for an original signed Windows binary that imports from at least one KnownDll and from a library that is not in the KnownDll directory . The connections associated with these profiles indicate the threat actor began using the persona to target organizations in April 2016 . Some of these names include processes related to security software : Ashley Madison ’s long - suspected army of fake female accounts came to the fore in August 2012 after the former sex worker turned activist and blogger Maggie McNeill published screenshots apparently taken from Ashley Madison ’s internal systems suggesting that a large percentage of the female accounts on the service were computer - operated bots .


Many of these servers are control panels for video surveillance systems developed by the Italian company eSurv , based in Catanzaro , in Calabria , Italy . Taidoor actively sent out malicious documents and maintained several IP addresses for command and control . This is why we chose to name the malware Pierogi , after the popular East European dish . Talos discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Foxit PDF Reader that could allow an adversary to execute , arbitrary code on the targeted machine .


In the case of this ransomware , using the model would ensure that its ransom note—typically fake police notice or explicit images supposedly found on the device—would appear less contrived and more believable , increasing the chances of the user paying for the ransom . In this report , we present the historical intelligence we have gathered on the Ke3chang campaign , as well as an in-depth assessment of the ongoing Syrian-themed attacks against these MFAs . New patterns and data-flow tracking for opaque predicates . An adversary could potentially instruct a control systems device to perform an action that will cause an Impact


Although Poison Ivy has been a proven threat for some time , the delivery mechanism for this backdoor uses recent publicly available techniques that differ from previously observed campaigns .


If the device does not meet the criteria , it wo n't receive any data , otherwise , it will be redirected to a second server to receive a copy of the malware to install on their device . It is highly likely that this is due to the release of the 2013 FireEye report . OceanLotus : enum.arkoorr.com:8531 11b4 . Open Babel allows users to “ search , convert , analyze , or store data from molecular modeling , chemistry , solid - state materials , biochemistry , or related areas , ” according to its website , and is used in other popular pieces of software in the science field .


Shutdown / restart the computer .


The examples below show the plaintext key “ TEST ” to decrypt encoded hexadecimal strings ( jUtils.decrypt ( ) ) . Interestingly , this actor targeted financial entities and companies in one African country , which lead us to think that CopyPaste was associated with cybermercenaries or a training center . Ke3chang attackers are operating within China .


GeminiDuke and CozyDuke on the other hand appear to have been less used in actual operations , but did undergo much more significant development .


'' Package permissions The trojan declares numerous permissions in the manifest , from which we should highlight the BIND_DEVICE_ADMIN , which provides nearly full control of the device to the trojan . The attacker obtains the required privileges and launches a few other tools to modify the access control lists (ACLs) of all websites running on the affected server . While not conclusive by itself , the use of publicly available Iranian hacking tools and popular Iranian hosting companies may be a result of APT33 's familiarity with them and lends support to the assessment that APT33 may be based in Iran .


] today shop [ . The name Mofang is based on the Mandarin verb , which means to imitate . Backdoor.APT.Aumlib : In subsequent investigations , we observed malicious files created by w3wp.exe , the process responsible for the Exchange Server web front - end .


Germany 's Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) :


Wells Fargo Mobile com.whatsapp WhatsApp com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.mail Yahoo Mail – Organized Email fr.banquepopulaire.cyberplus Banque Populaire fr.creditagricole.androidapp Ma Banque jp.co.rakuten_bank.rakutenbank 楽天銀行 -個人のお客様向けアプリ mobi.societegenerale.mobile.lappli L ’ Appli Société Générale net.bnpparibas.mescomptes Mes Comptes BNP Paribas org.telegram.messenger Telegram Triout - Spyware Framework SectorJ04 used the spear phishing email to spread malicious Excel or malicious Word files , and downloaded the MSI files from the attacker’s server when the malicious documents were run . Carbanak is a backdoor used by the attackers to compromise the victim .


All of these connected domains follow a pattern similar to phishing attacks masquerading as legitimate services – in this case “ online.verify.paypal ” ( 588 ) and “ hmrc.secure.refund ” ( 1021 ) .


A search of the name IT Worx brings up a global software professional services organization headquartered in Egypt .


We would like to emphasize that this method of attack only works on Windows XP and Android versions prior to 2.2 . TClient is actually one of Tropic Trooper 's other backdoors . Even though it ’s probably coincidental , the date within the config corresponds to the date of the first detection of this sample at the corresponding university . 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 .


Multiple factors suggest that this activity is Russian in origin and associated with CNIIHM .


Depending on the intent triggered , one of two Receivers would be called , in this instance they are called Boot or Time but the name is somewhat immaterial . We believe these operations include broadly malicious activity that can enable further operations , such as targeting game source code and compromising digital certificates , while other activities are explicitly financially motivated , such as abusing in-game currency mechanics . Since releasing our 2014 report , we continue to assess that APT28 is sponsored by the Russian government .


Figure 3 . Additionally , the targeting of a French diplomat based in Taipei , Taiwan aligns with previous targeting by these actors , as does the separate infrastructure . The C&C server was not responding during our analysis . A typical web request to the frontend to exploit the SSRF vulnerability on CVE-2022 - 41040 involves some variation of path confusion that references the endpoint as shown below : The backend request for a typical ProxyNotShell exploitation is shown below : Once the PowerShell remoting service can be reached , the second step involves vulnerability CVE-2022 - 41082 being exploited in order to execute arbitrary commands .


Wolf Research claimed to shut down their operations but we clearly see that their previous work continues under another guise . Subdomains at phmail.us have been linked to malicious activity dating back as far as December 2011 . Similarly , the public disclosure of APT12 ’s intrusion at the New York Times also led to only a brief pause in the threat group ’s activity and immediate changes in TTPs . However , the template source code is quite different and the payload delivery uses different infrastructure .


APT33 's focus on aviation may indicate the group 's desire to gain insight into regional military capabilities to enhance Iran 's aviation capabilities or to support Iran 's military and strategic decision making . One possible hit was triggered when we observed Mevade , an unusual piece of malware that appeared late in 2013 .


However , their strategy , tactics , techniques , and procedures in this particular attack emphasize the importance of rigorous patching regimens for all organizations .


The downloaded file is an archive file ( .r23 ) , that contains a Windows executable file with the same name as the PDF and with a fake Microsoft Word icon .


] top/ Oct 23 , 2017 hxxp : //online.bankaustria.at.id8817465 [ . Captured legitimate user credentials when users interacted with these actor - controlled servers . PittyTiger is a threat group believed to operate out of China that uses multiple different types of malware to maintain command and control .


The creators of the Spark backdoor use several techniques to evade detection and stay under the radar .


It is dropped by at least one of the weaponised documents17 used in the MONSOON campaign where it is embedded inside another executable . Chapter 7 explains the working of Mofang 's preferred tools : ShimRat and SimRatReporter .


Jaff was not dramatically different from other ransomware strains .


In addition , just as uncovering new characteristics is important , finding ones we ’ ve also seen in a different malware family like FakeSpy also provides valuable insight . APT28 's malware settings suggest that the developers have done the majority of their work in a Russian language build environment during Russian business hours , which suggests that the Russian government is APT28 's sponsor . Similar to PoisonFrog , the last digit of the received file name determines how the content of the file is . Imagine you got an email that looked like it was from a friend .


July 11 Two new Flash zero-day vulnerabilities , CVE-2015-5122 and CVE-2015-5123 , were found in the hacking team dump . The hacking group misused Cobalt Strike , for instance , to perpetrate ATM cyber heists and target financial institutions across Europe , and interestingly , Russia . as the result was not correct in MMAT_CALLS ( detecting call arguments ) 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 .


This data structure is 24 bytes and is composed of some fixed fields and a variable portion that depends on the opcode . The Lotus Blossom largely targets military or government , with some cases of higher education and high tech companies . Winnti : dac0bd8972f23c9b5f7f8f06c5d629eac7926269 Tue Nov 27 03:05:16 2018 1729131071 8272c1f4 . According to Kaspersky telemetry , targeted organizations included think tanks and individuals working in various areas related to security and geopolitics .


The main bot is responsible for persistence , the downloading of additional modules , loading affiliate payloads , and loading updates for the malware .


Malware that enslaves devices to form botnets needs to be able to receive updated instructions . In November 2015 , the group started to focus on North American users , mostly in the United States . However , from this it 's only clear that Lazarus might have attacked Polish banks .


Mitigations XLoader will not download malicious apps if the Android device uses a mobile data connection . In order to permit their fraudulent withdrawals from ATMs , Lazarus inject a malicious Advanced Interactive eXecutive (AIX) executable into a running , legitimate process on the switch application server of a financial transaction network , in this case a network handling ATM transactions . The peculiarity of this recent attack wave is it actually hit a company not strictly in the Banking or Retail sector , as they recently did , suggesting the threat group could be potentially widening their current operations .


Whitefly configures multiple C&C domains for each target . FireEye iSIGHT Intelligence confirmed that since at least November 2017 , APT37 exploited a zero-day Adobe Flash vulnerability , CVE-2018-4878 , to distribute DOGCALL malware to South Korean victims .


Figure 4 . One of the most notable functions of the initial dropper is to bypass Windows UAC ( User Account Control ) in order to execute the next payload with higher privileges . We were able to obtain four different modules during the investigation . Ransomware - as - a - service is a relatively new version of these commodity groups , such as DarkSide , known for the cyber attack in 2021 that disrupted the Colonial oil pipeline and made gas more expensive for thousands of U.S. consumers .


These 2 techniques have also been previously used by this actor .


This blunder made by the company has been frustrating to many developers . TG-3390 's activities indicate a preference for leveraging SWCs and scan-and-exploit techniques to compromise target systems . In November 2019 , we discovered a new campaign run by the Winnti Group against two Hong Kong universities . The discovery of COSMICENERGY illustrates that the barriers to entry for developing offensive OT capabilities are lowering as actors leverage knowledge from prior attacks to develop new malware .


Figure 9 . In a recent attack , APT33 sent spear-phishing emails to workers in the aviation industry . It’s worth noting that the XOR key is not hardcoded , but instead is read from the first byte of the C:\Windows\system.ini file . Based on these findings , CrowdStrike assesses it is highly likely that the OWA technique employed is in fact tied to CVE-2022 - 41080 .


The macro executes this payload in a rather interesting way by loading the dropped ~temp.docm document and calling a function within its embedded macro to run the payload .


IOCs SHA256 0ca09d4fde9e00c0987de44ae2ad51a01b3c4c2c11606fe8308a083805760ee7 4378f3680ff070a1316663880f47eba54510beaeb2d897e7bbb8d6b45de63f96 76c9d8226ce558c87c81236a9b95112b83c7b546863e29b88fec4dba5c720c0b 7cc2d8d43093c3767c7c73dc2b4daeb96f70a7c455299e0c7824b4210edd6386 We also believe that both clusters of activity have links to attacks with likely Indian origins , the CONFUCIUS_A attacks are linked to the use of SNEEPY/BYEBYESHELL and the CONFUCIUS_B have a loose link to Hangover . We believe APT40 's emphasis on maritime issues and naval technology ultimately support China 's ambition to establish a blue-water navy .


We analyzed the document to determine the reason that the malicious Flash object only ran when the user scrolled to the third page .


By comparison , the DataLust ransomware demanded merely $ 15 . Silence 's main targets are located in Russia , Ukraine , Belarus , Azerbaijan , Poland , and Kazakhstan . Since the beginning of 2019 , we have collected more than 1300 samples and extracted more than 130 C2s . Monitor for contextual data about an account , which may include a username , user ID , environmental data that may attempt to hide artifacts associated with their behaviors to evade detection .


We observed actors installing webshells to the SharePoint server that they use to run commands and upload additional tools to in order to dump credentials and move laterally to other systems on the network .


Post-April 2019 : Starting from early 2019 , the new infection rate of “ Agent Smith ” dropped significantly . At first glance CONFUCIUS_B looks very similar to CONFUCIUS_A , and they are also packaged in plain SFX binary files . Dexphot : 65eac7f9b67ff69cefed288f563b4d77917c94c410c6c6c4e4390db66305ca2a . Last week , the Biden administration released its formal roadmap for its national cybersecurity initiative meant to encourage greater investment in cybersecurity and strengthen the U.S. ’s critical infrastructure security ( and more ) .


In March and April 2018 , Volexity identified multiple spear phishing campaigns attributed to Patchwork , an Indian APT group also known as Dropping Elephant . he Tibetan community has been targeted for over a decade by espionage operations that use malware to infiltrate communications and gather information .


This organization is also working on interception technology . And , finally , with the upcoming Creators Update , Windows Defender ATP will provide additional capabilities for detecting threats such as Winnti , as well as centralized response options , such as machine isolation and file blocking , that will enable fast containment of known attack jump off points . Every IXESHE case we examined revealed that the original infection vector was a targeted email with a PDF exploit as attachment . Compromised websites ( WordPress appears to be the top target ) are injected with a code snippet that replaces the current webpage with the aforementioned fake updates templates .


The diagram below illustrates how we believe the actors behind the Sea Turtle campaign used DNS hijacking to achieve their end goals . Upon decrypting and executing , it drops two additional files wsc_proxy.exe” (legitimate Avast executable) and a malicious DLL wsc.dll” in the %TEMP% folder .


The report specifies the Magic Hound targeted political , military and defense industry in the US , UK and Israel . The link to the final payload of KerrDown was still active during the time of analysis and hence we were able to download a copy which turned out to be a variant of Cobalt Strike Beacon .


The dark ways of the Triada Once downloaded and installed , the Triada Trojan first tries to collect some information about the system — like the device model , the OS version , the amount of the SD card space , the list of the installed applications and other things . Operation Daybreak appears to have been launched by ScarCruft in March 2016 and employs a previously unknown ( 0-day ) Adobe Flash Player exploit . Over the course of the attack campaign , we have observed two different variations of the Helminth backdoor , one written in VBScript and PowerShell that was delivered via a macro within Excel spreadsheets and the other a standalone Windows executable .


FinFisher is not afraid of using all kinds of tricks , ranging from junk instructions and “ spaghetti code ” to multiple layers of virtual machines and several known and lesser-known anti-debug and defensive measures . The group 's capabilities are more than the much discussed CVE-2012-0158 exploits over the past few years . This simple backdoor has only four commands that can be used by the attacker : In the listed indicators of compromise , we noticed domains that we had seen used in a distinct skimming campaign which did n't seem to be documented yet .


sepolicy-inject_arm 2019-01-08 04:55:00 47449a612697ad99a6fbd6e02a84e957557371151f2b034a411ebb10496648c8 sepolicy-inject_arm64 2019-01-08 04:55:00 824ad333320cbb7873dc49e61c14f749b0e0d88723635524463f2e6f56ea133a sepolicy-inject_i686 2019-01-08 04:55:00 13ec6cec511297ac3137cf7d6e4a7c4f5dd2b24478a06262a44f13a3d61070b6 In August 2018 , Unit 42 observed OilRig targeting a government organization using spear-phishing emails to deliver an updated version of a Trojan known as BONDUPDATER . However , the attacker can easily create new accounts and update the malicious files in order to still work . LIGHTWORK ( filename : OT_T855_IEC104_GR.exe ) ( MD5 : 7b6678a1c0000344f4faf975c0cfc43d ) is a disruption tool written in C++ that implements the IEC-104 protocol to modify the state of RTUs over TCP .


This method is design to bypass the automatic Google Play protection mechanism called Bouncer . If the lateral movement with credentials fails , then the malware uses PingCastle MS17-010 scanner (PingCastle is a French Active Directory security tool) to scan that particular host to determine if its vulnerable to EternalBlue , and uses it to spread to that host . In 2012 , the Molerats attacks appeared to rely heavily on the XtremeRAT , a freely available tool that is popular with attackers based in the Middle East .


Following a network compromise , the threat actors typically delete their tools and processes .


TUESDAY , APRIL 9 , 2019 Gustuff banking botnet targets Australia EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Cisco Talos has uncovered a new Android-based campaign targeting Australian financial institutions . 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 . This DLL is stored in the launcher’s resources and compressed with LZMA . Does your organization support the U.S. Military An example would be supply chain management or manufacturing of parts that could be used by the military WarDefense


Package Name SHA256 digest SHA1 certificate com.network.android 98ca5f94638768e7b58889bb5df4584bf5b6af56b188da48c10a02648791b30c 516f8f516cc0fd8db53785a48c0a86554f75c3ba com.network.android 5353212b70aa096d918e4eb6b49eb5ad8f59d9bec02d089e88802c01e707c3a1 Within a year APT40 was observed masquerading as a UUV manufacturer , and targeting universities engaged in naval research . Winnti : bugcheck.xigncodeservice.com 167.99.106.49 , 178.128.180.206 DigitalOcean . In September , the Department of the Treasury issued an advisory strongly discouraging consumers and organizations from making payments based on extortion attempts and encouraging them to strengthen their defense measures .


] com hxxp : //mailsa-wqq [ . The espionage group , which according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) is linked to the Russian government , returned to low-key intelligence-gathering operations during 2017 and into 2018 , targeting a range of military and government targets in Europe and South America . With regard to detection, several methods can be used to identify this type of C2 . During the course of researching the Winnti group , we came across previously unreported malware samples that we attributed to the group based on the malware arsenal and the use of registered domains as attack infrastructure .


Trend Micro researchers found a new variant that uses a different way to lure users . According to FireEye , the attackers sent out emails containing malicious documents designed to exploit Microsoft Office vulnerabilities in an effort to deliver a piece of malware dubbed LOWBALL . test5.hta 80.82.67.42 . Would you click on the links in the email , even if it came from an address you did nt recognize If you have old vacation pictures on Facebook , a determined hacker could use them to write such an email , and cyber criminals are starting to use that kind of information to craft targets specifically for their victims .


Dvmap : the first Android malware with code injection 08 JUN 2017 In April 2017 we started observing new rooting malware being distributed through the Google Play Store . Hackers first actively spread bots using the Niteris exploit , and then search for infected devices at banks amongst their bots by analyzing IP addresses , cracked passwords and results of the modules performance . The attached file , Reserva Advogados Associados.docx ( Attorneys Associates Reservation.docx ) , is a malicious Word file that drops a remote OLE object via template injection to execute macro code . Though few details are currently available about CVE-2023 - 37450 , Apple indicated it had been exploited in the wild and could be triggered by a vulnerable browser processing specially crafted web content .


We infer that CNIIHM likely maintains the institutional expertise needed to develop and prototype TRITON based on the institute ’s self-described mission and other public information .


In this example , the server response contains several values for Thai carriers . To compromise the utility , Kaspersky Lab determined that Barium used stolen digital certificates used by ASUS to sign legitimate binaries , and altered older versions of ASUS software to inject their own malicious code . The ZxShell service is installed as usual , and the in-execution dropper is deleted permanently using the special handle value 0x22222222 for the WriteFile API call . Ransomware builders usually have a user interface that allows users to choose the underlying features and customize the configurations to build a new ransomware binary executable without exposing the source code or needing a compiler installed .


TG-3390 : 208.115.242.38 .


The PassCV group continues to be one of the most successful and active threat groups that leverage a wide array of stolen Authenticode-signing certificates . this SWC was used to specifically target Turkish goverment .


) The RCSAndroid code can be considered one of the most professionally developed and sophisticated Android malware ever exposed . BRONZE BUTLER compromises organizations to conduct cyberespionage , primarily focusing on Japan . For brevity I will quickly cover some key points to understand the algorithm at a high level . When the victim opened an archive , a second stage dropper executed and a WAV file played like a real voicemail .


public passive DNS data , in 2017 was used to host the domain server1cs.exodus.connexxa.it . For more in-depth analysis of TRITON and other cyber threats , consider subscribing to FireEye Cyber Threat Intelligence . Specifically , it looks for antivirus and other security products . Attribution to the Dukes was made partly on the LNK file structure and other TTPs , including the targets of the attack .


When presented with TG-4127 's spoofed login page , victims might be convinced it was the legitimate login page for their hillaryclinton.com email account .


This most recent FakeSpy campaign appears to target users of postal services around the world . 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 . Periodically , researchers at Palo Alto Networks hunt through WildFire execution reports , using AutoFocus , to identify untagged samples ' artifacts in the hopes of identifying previously undiscovered malware families , behaviors , and campaigns .


the C : path , save it to the file in json format and zip it nggstart_screen nggstop_screen Enable/disable screenshot module . The SDK , named SWAnalytics is integrated into seemingly innocent Android applications published on major 3rd party Chinese app stores such as Tencent MyApp , Wandoujia , Huawei App Store , and Xiaomi App Store . The group has been active since at least 2008 and has targeted the restaurant , gaming , and hotel industries .


Standard Encryption Frequently , Bread apps take advantage of standard crypto libraries in ` java.util.crypto ` . The group uses website and web-server compromise as a means of attack and leverages an enormous cache of tools in its campaigns , to include exploits that take advantage of known CVE software vulnerabilities . Execute Run a program in the remote host . The actor hunts for confidential information stored in the networks of governmental organizations , political groups and think tanks , as well as various individuals involved in defense and geopolitical related research .


They represent features and can be turned on and off from the command-and-control ( C & C ) server or by an SMS message , effectively instructing the malware to execute certain tasks . Ploutus-D will load KXCashDispenserLib” library implemented by Kalignite Platform (K3A.Platform.dll) to interact with the XFS Manager and control the Dispenser (see Figure 13) . HELIX KITTEN is likely an Iranian-based adversary group , active since at least late 2015 , targeting organizations in the aerospace , energy , financial , government , hospitality and telecommunications business verticals .


As shown within the timeline above , the WINDSHIFT activity observed by Unit 42 falls between January and May of 2018 . The group has used phishing emails with Flash animation attachments to download and execute Daserf malware , and has also leveraged Flash exploits for SWC attacks .


These files were most likely delivered via spear phishing emails to lure employees into unwittingly launching the malicious payload .


The Silence.Main Trojan , which is the main stage of the attack , has a full set of commands to control a compromised computer . The June 2017 sample of Clayslide contained the same OfficeServicesStatus.vbs file found in the ISMAgent Clayslide document , but instead of having the payload embedded in the macro as segregated base64 strings that would be concatenated , this variant obtained its payload from multiple cells within the " Incompatible " worksheet .


The group is leveraging less secure hotel Wi-Fi networks to steal credentials and a NetBIOS Name Service poisoning utility to escalate privileges .


http : //www.himobilephone [ . While investigating a 2016 intrusion , Secureworks incident responders identified BRONZE BUTLER exploiting a then-unpatched remote code execution vulnerability ( CVE-2016-7836 ) in SKYSEA Client View , a popular Japanese product used to manage an organization . Seedworm then uses open-source tools such as LaZagne and Crackmapexec to obtain Windows authorization credentials .


It opens the service thread of the service process and uses the ZwQueueApcThread native API to inject an APC . An Iranian hacking group formerly named Ajax Security ( code-named ' Flying Kitten ' by CrowdStrike ) engaged in active spear phishing attacks on Iranian dissidents ( those attempting to circumvent government traffic monitoring ) . In addition to Denes and Remy backdoors , at least two different communication modules were observed with different versions of this launcher – DNSProvider and HTTPProv . The ThreatConnect Platform also offers workflows and lowcode automation to automate the analysis and response process of reported emails .


The C2 S-TOOL server responds using the same format and serialization/encryption/encoding .


This malware is responsible for decrypting the WFC.cfg file in the same folder with a hardcoded 20-byte XOR key .


US intelligence agencies pinned the breach on North Korea ( one of the hacking group 's demands was that Sony pull The Interview , Seth Rogan 's comedy about a plot to assassinate Kim Jong-Un ) . The spear-phishing infection vector is still the most popular ACT to initiate targeted campaigns .


Zebrocy is delivered primarily via phishing attacks that contain malicious Microsoft Office documents with macros as well as simple executable file attachments .


This report details some of the technical findings of the Lazarus Group’s malware , observed by Novetta during Operation Blockbuster . In 2019 , Group-IB also observed the use of a new fileless PowerShell loader called Ivoke .


Windows Defender ATP timeline can pinpoint the service DLL side-loading trick ( in this example , using fltlib.dll ) . The use of the Mia Ash persona demonstrates the creativity and persistence that threat actors employ to compromise targets . If the names differ , the malware will simply exit without touching the payload . If you receive such an email , just delete it and do n’t give it a second thought .


The malware uses the function sendAll to send messages that spread the malware to other devices . We also observed Emissary Panda uploading legitimate tools that would sideload DLLs , specifically the Sublime Text plugin host and the Microsoft’s Create Media application , both of which we had never seen used for DLL sideloading before . In this report , we present the historical intelligence we have gathered on the Ke3chang campaign , as well as an in-depth assessment of the ongoing Syrian-themed attacks against these MFAs .


By using access to additional computers through the currently logged on user or cracked passwords through dumped hashes , the attackers then began traversing the network infecting additional computers .


The Sogu gang use a custom developed threat – Backdoor.Sogu , whereas the group described in this document use an off the shelf threat – Poison Ivy .


Originally targeting Western European banks , it has since been developed into a robust global botnet that is comprised of several modules , each of which equips Emotet with different spamming , email logging , information stealing , bank fraud , downloading , and DDoS , among others . In all emails sent to these government officials , the actor used the same attachment : a malicious Microsoft Word document that exploited the CVE-2012-0158 vulnerability to drop a malicious payload .


] ponethus [ . These operations involved highly targeted email lures with repurposed content and attachments that contained an updated version of KeyBoy . As long as these actors regularly achieve their objective ( stealing sensitive data ) , they are not motivated to update or rethink their techniques , tactics , or procedures ( TTPs ) . Malwarebytes 's EDR shows the full attack chain ( please click to enlarge ): The NetSupport RAT files are hosted on the same compromised WordPress site used earlier to download the Internet shortcut .


The first known Suckfly campaign began in April of 2014 .


Critically however , the first sample of the OnionDuke dropper , which we have observed being used only with components of this toolset , was compiled on the 17th of February 2013 .


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 . The documents that exploit CVE-2017-11882 download another payload — an HTML Application ( HTA ) file toting a malicious Visual Basic ( VBS ) script — from the server , which is executed accordingly by the command-line tool mshta.exe .


The last sample discussed may be malware-0 or at least part of the overall development and subsequent deployment of tools used to install Shamoon on Saudi systems .


This threat group has conducted broad targeting across a variety of industries , including financial , government , energy , chemical , and telecommunications . We observed the attacker targeting both Windows and Mac OS X in the same spam mail on June 9 , 2017 .


HawkEye is a versatile Trojan used by diverse actors for multiple purposes . We have reasons to believe that the operators of the APT28 network are either Russian citizens or citizens of a neighboring country that speak Russian .


Traps blocks the Sofacy delivery documents and the SofacyCarberp payload .


The configuration file is loaded from the same directory as the module and is expected to have a name “ NvCpld.dat “ .


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In this case , FrozenCell has primarily netted the actors behind it with recorded outbound calls followed closely by images and recorded incoming calls . The malicious samples we found are the early stage malware most often delivered by spear-phishing e-mails . APT1 intruders often use the FQDNs that are associated with legitimate websites hosted by their hop points . Though Google meant to have this parameter be used to mention the page the user visited , we used it to exfiltrate the user name and password data encoded in base64 .


We look at how these activity groups introduce the implant to various targets and techniques used by Microsoft researchers to track the implant .


changeActivity : This command will set up the webview to overlay any of the target activities . Analysts in our DeepSight Managed Adversary and Threat Intelligence ( MATI ) team have found a new backdoor , Backdoor.Powemuddy , new variants of Seedworm 's Powermud backdoor ( aka POWERSTATS ) , a GitHub repository used by the group to store their scripts , as well as several post-compromise tools the group uses to exploit victims once they have established a foothold in their network . KHRAT : Compile Date and Time : 2018-05-02 05:22:23 PM . It now appears those attacks were perpetrated by Harrison , who sent emails from different accounts at the free email service Vistomail pretending to be Bradshaw , his then - girlfriend and their friends .


The Sofacy group also leveraged the recent Lion Air disaster as a lure in one of these attacks , which continues to show a willingness to use current events in their social engineering themes .


The app then continues to run in the background without the user ’ s knowledge . The initial indicator of the attack was a malicious web shell that was detected on an IIS server , coming out of the w3wp.exe process . An explanation could be the fact that the campaign was very limited nature , which does not arouse suspicion .


The TRITON malware contained the capability to communicate with Triconex SIS controllers . Documents with the flash exploit managed to evade static defenses and remain undetected as an exploit on VirusTotal .


Country selection The administration console screenshots also show the ability to filter the results by country . For example , PwC UK has observed APT10 compiling DLLs out of tools , such as Mimikatz and PwDump6 , and using legitimate , signed software , such as Windows Defender to load the malicious payloads . We were able to extract more than 600 unique MAC addresses from over 200 samples used in this attack . COSMICENERGY ’s capabilities and overall attack strategy appear reminiscent of the , which issued IEC-104 ON / OFF commands to interact with RTUs and , according to one , may have made use of an MSSQL server as a conduit system to access OT .


And , of course , remember to always be wary of unsolicited , unusual text messages and installing apps from third-party sources on your Android smartphone . In this instance , Symantec identified the specific PowerShell commands used by Gallmaker as being suspicious , leading to the discovery of this new campaign . After the modification , Akamai notes that they identified multiple compromised websites that had similarities .


The short URL redirects to the application page at Google Play . In addition to focused targeting of the private sector with ties to Vietnam , APT32 has also targeted foreign governments , as well as Vietnamese dissidents and journalists since at least 2013 . However , numerous Ursnif variants were hosted on the bevendbrec.com site during this campaign . Now , consider a cyber threat detection system that takes a comprehensive and holistic approach to analyzing user behavior and computing interactions .


This sample , similar to other Trochilus samples , was deployed using a DLL sideloading method utilizing three files , uploaded to the same folder on the victim machine as identified in US-CERT advisory TA17-117A last revised on December 20 , 2018 . This powerful backdoor can receive commands from the attackers , enabling it to exﬁltrate ﬁles from the system it is running on , execute additional scripts , delete ﬁles , and more .


Other variations of parking point the IP address to Google 's recursive name server 8.8.8.8 , an address belonging to Confluence , or to other non-routable addresses .


This , in itself , does not prove that the perpetrators of the malware campaign are based in Russia , but it certainly sounds as if that is a strong possibility . The fact that Gallmaker appears to rely exclusively on LotL tactics and publicly available hack tools makes its activities extremely hard to detect . validating a block comparison variable , The goal of this type of threat is often to shame or embarrass .


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 . Our analysis shows that actors attempted to exploit CVE-2012-0158 to install NetTraveler Trojan .


downloader , Newer version of SOURFACE , Sofacy .


In fact , AveMaria is a classic infostealer bot that collects all possible credentials from various types of software: browsers , email clients , messengers , etc , and can act as a keylogger . The documents attached to spear-phishing e-mails used in both attacks contain code that exploits CVE-2012-0158 , which despite its age remains one of the most common Microsoft Word vulnerabilities being exploited by multiple threat actors .


Sometimes , they aim at establishing a foothold on the target 's computer to gain access into their organization , but , based on our data , this is usually not their main objective , as opposed to other Iranian threat groups , such as Oilrig1 and CopyKittens2 . The attackers actively sent out malicious documents and maintained several IP addresses for command and control .


On the C2 panel , we found a potential link between Wolf Research and another Cyprus organization named Coralco Tech . LEAD and BARIUM are not known for large-scale spear-phishing , so it is unlikely that SOC personnel would have to deal with multiple machines having been compromised by these groups at the same time . The IXESHE attackers also used an exploit that affected Microsoft Excel — CVE-2009-3129 . The themed " updates " look very professional and are more up to date than its SocGholish counterpart .


While investigating a 2016 intrusion , Secureworks incident responders identified BRONZE BUTLER exploiting a then-unpatched remote code execution vulnerability ( CVE-2016-7836 ) in SKYSEA Client View , a popular Japanese product used to manage an organization . By relying on a native PDF command to navigate to a new URL , Zirconium successfully circumvented Chrome 's anti-redirect protection .


Windows Defender ATP is also capable of detecting previously unknown attacks by monitoring system behavior indicative of hostile activity , including :


Group-IB has also detected recon emails sent out to New Zealand . We also identified another sample of ThreeDollars , created on January 15 , 2017 with the file name strategy preparation.dot .


BRONZE PRESIDENT installs PlugX using DLL side-loading .


In addition to the look and feel of DroidVPN , this HenBox variant also contained a legitimate DroidVPN app within its APK package as an asset , which could be compared to a resource item within a Windows Portable Executable ( PE ) file . One government official puts it very matter-of-factly: Winnti is very specific to Germany . The new campaigns mark the first significant stirrings from the APT12 since it went silent in January in the wake of a detailed expose of the group and its exploits — and a retooling of what security researchers believe is a massive spying operation based in China .


The China Chopper actor activity starts with the download and execution of two exploit files which attempt to exploit the Windows vulnerabilities CVE-2015-0062 , CVE-2015-1701 and CVE-2016-0099 to allow the attacker to modify other objects on the server . As observed previously with CVE-2017-11882 and CVE-2018-0802 , the weaponizer was used exclusively by Chinese Cyber Espionage actors for approximately one year December 2017 through December 2018 , after which cybercrime actors began to incorporate it in their malicious activity .


] site , and mms4you [ . Using a U.S.-based C2 infrastructure ( see Figure 7 ) to compromise targets in the U.S. helps TG-3390 actors avoid geo-blocking and geo-flagging measures used in network defense . S-SHA2init . 93ce211a71867017723cd78969aa4cac9d21c3d8f72c96ee3e1b2712c0eea494 For example , in its 2020 Internet Crime Report released in March , the FBI confirmed the total cost of attacks reported to the bureau in 2020 amounted to 29.1 million , an increase of more than 200 from the year before .


This ability is further demonstrated by analysis of interactions between TG-3390 operators and a target environment .


The email stealer collects connection protocol information and account information , such as SMTP , IMAP , and POP3 , which are stored in the registry by Outlook and Thunderbird mail clients and sends them to the attacker server in a specific format . Kaspersky Lab has detected a new method of first infection that uses a drive-by-download with a flash exploit ( CVE-2015-5119 , the one leaked from The Hacking Team incident ) .


In July of 2015 , we identified a full e-mail uploaded to an antivirus scanning service that carried a Scarlet Mimic exploit document . However , in September last year , our friends at CSIS published a blog detailing a new Carbanak variant affecting one of its customers .


At other times , Bread appears to abandon hope of making a variant successful and we see a gap of a week or longer before the next variant . BLACKGEAR is an espionage campaign which has targeted users in Taiwan for many years . The first 8 bytes of data are static . On June 27 , 2023 , at 18:51:57 UTC , Mandiant identified a malicious Ruby script executed via the JumpCloud agent at a downstream customer ( a software solutions entity ) .


Figure 1 describes this infection process and the main behaviors of RuMMS . NEODYMIUM is an activity group that , like PROMETHIUM , conducted an attack campaign in early May 2016 . Basic Information on the “ .dot ” ﬁle are provided : The ransom note also makes reference to 3AM


Figure 10 : The algorithm of the malicious update , while “ Agent Smith ” updates application If all that has failed , “ Agent Smith ” turns to Man-in-the-Disk vulnerability for ‘ SHAREit ’ or ‘ Xender ’ applications . The second , aptly titled " kontrakt87.doc " , copies a generic telecommunications service contract from MegaFon , a large Russian mobile phone operator . The decrypted data contains three executables . There are different installation flows for this campaign , but we will focus on the one that uses a URL shortcut .


Like Vcrodat , Nibatad is also a loader that leverages search order hijacking , and downloads an encrypted payload to the infected computer . 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 ) .


'' The latest samples attributed to this campaign were discovered by security researchers from ClearSky . Mandiant has observed APT29 using a stealthy backdoor that we call POSHSPY . The second payload , downloaded via the DownloadData method , is a Ursnif executable . Additional investigation will reveal more about the goals of Charming Kitten regarding the medical sector .


The information gathered from these engagements , combined with information from prior Dridex IR engagements , provides insight into how INDRIK SPIDER deploys and operates both Dridex and BitPaymer . We also discovered an interesting piece of rare malware created by this threat actor – a Bluetooth device harvester .


] 208 attiva.exodus.esurv [ . My understanding is FireEye labels entities where definitive attribution is not yet possible with the " TEMP " moniker ( hence , TEMP.Veles ) – yet in this case FireEye developed and deployed the label , then appeared to move away from it in subsequent reporting . in the Middle East since 2012 . But on Mar. 5 , 2014 , Harrison committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a handgun .


The above code allows DealersChoice to load a second SWF object , specifically loading it with an argument that includes a C2 URL of “ http://ndpmedia24.com/0pq6m4f.m3u8 ” .


network.exe submitting to the server code snippet Code similarities We found some code similarities between the implant for Windows and other public accessible projects . By listing sub-folders , SWAnalytics is able to infer QQ accounts which have never been used on the device . Machete : El Machete .


For example , it could be used to display unwanted and annoying advertisements on a device , or potentially , to download and deploy a payload that steals credentials from an infected device . The group 's persistent use of spear phishing tactics ( phishing attempts aimed at specific individuals ) and access to previously undiscovered zero-day exploits have made it a highly resilient threat . In order to gain any further credentials , APT10 will usually deploy credential theft tools such as mimikatz or PwDump , sometimes using DLL load order hijacking , to use against a domain controller , explained further in Annex B .


Most recently , the ransomware known as Ryuk came to market in August 2017 and has netted its operators , tracked by Falcon Intelligence as GRIM SPIDER , a significant ( and immediate ) profit in campaigns also targeting large organizations . Although Silence 's phishing emails were also sent to bank employees in Central and Western Europe , Africa , and Asia ) .


The message translates roughly to “ You got a photo in MMS format : hxxp : //yyyyyyyy.XXXX.ru/mms.apk. ” So far we identified seven different URLs being used to spread RuMMS in the wild . Attackers using several locations in China have leveraged C&C servers on purchased hosted services in the United States and compromised servers in the Netherlands to wage attacks against global oil , gas , and petrochemical companies , as well as individuals and executives in Kazakhstan , Taiwan , Greece , and the United States to acquire proprietary and highly confidential information . The fact that the “ 28847.exe ” ﬁle can be opened makes us understand that the “ 28847 ” ﬁle is another SFX ﬁle . LotLBin techniques also make it difficult for defenders to detect threat activity as they need to not only remain vigilant for new files introduced to their environments , but also for modifications to files already present within their installed OT applications and services .


There was no activity from the group on weekends .


FireEye network devices blocked infection attempts at over a dozen victims primarily in Germany , Japan , and the U.S until Oct. 24 at 15:00 UTC , when the infection attempts ceased and attacker infrastructure – both 1dnscontrol.com and the legitimate websites containing the rogue code – were taken offline . During a recent campaign , APT32 leveraged social engineering emails with Microsoft ActiveMime file attachments to deliver malicious macros .


[ True/False ] Signal strength Screen active [ True/False ] Orientation Was accessibility permission granted ? In this case , a small group reusing exploit code , some powershell-based malware and mostly social engineering has been able to steal sensitive documents and data from victims since at least November 2015 . 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 .