The information given dates back to 2011 and nothing else has been published since . FireEye believes that two actors – Turla and an unknown financially motivated actor – were using the first EPS zero-day CVE-2017-0261 , and APT28 was using the second EPS zero-day CVE-2017-0262 along with a new Escalation of Privilege (EOP) zero-day CVE-2017-0263 .


The PLATINUM tool is , to our knowledge , the first malware sample observed to misuse chipset features in this way . The attacks were traced back to a computer system that was a virtual private server ( VPS ) located in the United States .


This is a PowerShell script that downloads and runs the ZeroT payload cgi.exe .


PLATINUM often spear phishes its targets at their non-official or private email accounts , to use as a stepping stone into the intended organization 's network . Unit 42 's analysis shows that NetTraveler attempted to exploit CVE-2012-0158 to install NetTraveler Trojan .


Stealing and Concealing SMS Messages As some banks still use SMS-based transaction authorization , TrickMo is configured to automatically steal all SMS messages that are stored on the device . Like many such groups , PLATINUM seeks to steal sensitive intellectual property related to government interests , but its range of preferred targets is consistently limited to specific governmental organizations , defense institutes , intelligence agencies , diplomatic institutions , and telecommunication providers in South and Southeast Asia . During the past month , Unit 42 observed several attacks against a Middle Eastern government leveraging an updated version of the BONDUPDATER malware , which now includes the ability to use TXT records within its DNS tunneling protocol for its C2 communications .


If the targeted device is not vulnerable to these exploits , then the app attempts to use a superuser binary pre-positioned at /system/csk to elevate privileges . The Leviathan also occasionally used macro-laden Microsoft Word documents to target other US research and development organizations during this period . A semicolon-separated list of executable filenames . COSMICENERGY is the latest example of specialized OT malware capable of causing cyber physical impacts , which are rarely discovered or disclosed .


The same event interception is used to place the webview overlay when the user tries to access the targeted applications , allowing it to display its overlay , thus intercepting the credentials . In addition to DustySky , the attackers use publicly available tools such as the following Remote Administration Tools ( RAT ) : Poison Ivy , Nano Core , XtremeRAT , DarkComet and Spy-Net . In addition , we discovered the group using Derusbi , which is a malware family believed to be unique to a small subset of Chinese cyber espionage groups . A month later , GReAT discovered two more previously unknown infection mechanisms for MiniDuke , which relied on Java and Internet Explorer vulnerabilities to infect the victim ’s PC .


After we blocked those samples , they moved a significant portion of malicious functionality into the native library , which resulted in a rather peculiar back and forth between Dalvik and native code : COMMAND & CONTROL Dynamic Shortcodes & Content Early versions of Bread utilized a basic command and control infrastructure to dynamically deliver content and retrieve billing details . Our initial observation of the Bahamut group originated from in-the-wild attempts to deceive targets into providing account passwords through impersonation of platform providers . It adds the SeLoadDriver privilege to its access token and proceeds to install the driver as a fake disk filter driver . In its spear phish , CloudLook also used a self - extracting archive containing a PDF file that lured its victims with information regarding world terrorism .


This reconnaissance malware has been used by Group 74 for years and it is composed of 2 files : a dropper and a payload .


Since at least 2007 , APT28 has engaged in extensive operations in support of Russian strategic interests .


Researching the domain go-microstf.com , hosted at 45.63.10.99 , revealed yet another iteration of malicious executables .


This backdoor first emerged in January 2019 and has been continuously active since then .


In this context , there is indeed no need to execute the stage 4 malware . The campaigns delivered PupyRAT , an open-source cross-platform remote access trojan ( RAT ) . The main differences are : The social media platform says it tied the groups malware samples to a specific Iranianbased IT contractor called Mahak Rayan Afraz , which has previously provided malware to the IRGC , indicating a link between the Tortoiseshell group and the Iranian government .


The RC4 key is hardcoded in EventBot . Unlike earlier attacks when Bemstour was delivered using Buckeye's Pirpi backdoor , in this attack Bemstour was delivered to the victim by a different backdoor Trojan (Backdoor.Filensfer) . The Magic Hound campaign used Word and Excel documents containing malicious macros as a delivery method , specifically attempting to load MagicHound.Rollover .


Falcon Intelligence has observed MYTHIC LEOPARD using this technique for several years to install multiple first-stage implants and downloaders , including the isqlmanager and Waizsar RAT malware families . PLATINUM has used several zero-day exploits against their victims .


If the value does not match , the app skips the “ disclosure ” page and billing process and brings the user straight to the app content . In the 2017 ShadowPad attack , the update mechanism for Korean server management software provider NetSarang was compromised to serve up an eponymous backdoor . ObReferenceObjectByHandle is a Kernel routine designed to validate a target object and return the pointer to its object body ( and even its handle information ) , starting from the object handle ( even the user-mode one ) . 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 .


The dates on the “ x ” axis show the dates when we first saw these apps in the wild . Recent investigations by FireEye 's Mandiant incident response consultants combined with FireEye iSIGHT Threat Intelligence analysis have given us a more complete picture of a suspected Iranian threat group , that we believe has been operating since at least 2014 . The more recent document is from mid-January and alleged to be from a United Arab Emirate organization . Babuk , a Russian ransomware group that emerged in 2021 , has conducted a series of high - profile ransomware attacks across various industries , including government , healthcare , logistics , and professional services .


The Sofacy group uses such tools as well .


Rather than being written to disk as individual script files , the PowerShell payloads were stored in the registry .


In the past , XLoader showed the ability to mine cryptocurrency on PCs and perform account phishing on iOS devices . FireEye analysts documented the admin@338 group 's activities in a previous paper titled Poison Ivy : Assessing Damage and Extracting Intelligence paper . Our first post about analyzing malware with DNS tunneling capabilities focuses on how the PoisonFrog malware uses DNS tunneling to send and receive victim information and commands . If this is a potential threat vector for the organization , dual controls need to be put in place .


The output in Figure 3 shows the Process ID ( PID ) of the csrss.exe process to be 716 .


COZY BEAR ( also referred to in some industry reports as CozyDuke or APT 29 ) is the adversary group that last year successfully infiltrated the unclassified networks of the White House , State Department , and US Joint Chiefs of Staff .


The desktop components of this attack , previously discovered by Palo Alto Network , are known as KasperAgent and Micropsia . Attackers went on to use the Trojan to steal $4 million from 24 banks , including 22 in the United States and two in Canada , in just two weeks . However , the first compile time35 we have for WEBC2 is 2004-01-23 , suggesting that APT1 has been crafting WEBC2 backdoors since early 2004 . The samples we have observed seemed not to be malware targeted for the game fans but a malware module which accidentally got into [ the ] wrong place .


Backdoor.SofacyX ( also known as X-Agent ) is a second stage piece of malware , capable of stealing information from the infected computer .


Although Downeks has been publicly examined to some extent , our analysis found several features not previously described .


JUNE AND SEPTEMBER 2014 , APT28 employed “ Sedkit ” in conjunction with strategic web compromises to deliver “ Sofacy ” malware on Polish Government websites , and the websites of Polish energy company Power Exchange .


The threat actors work to overcome existing security controls , or those put in place during an engagement , to complete their mission of exfiltrating intellectual property .


Cannon acknowledges the receipt of file path by sending an email to sahro.bella7@post.cz with s.txt ( contains {SysPar = 65} string ) as the attachment , ok3 within the body and a subject with the unique system identifier via SMTPS from one of the three accounts from Step 1 .


The target is encouraged to download an archive file in a rar or zip format that contains an executable file masquerading as a Microsoft Word document .


FireEye Labs recently identified a previously unobserved version of Ploutus , dubbed Ploutus-D , that interacts with KAL’s Kalignite multivendor ATM platform . Figure 9a , below , shows detections of encounters with the Barium actors and their infrastructure , including infected computers located in Virginia , and Figure 9b , below , shows detections of encounters throughout the United States .


This will be the trigger for the service to start the beaconing . In September 2018 , we found evidence of Seedworm and the espionage group APT28 ( aka Swallowtail , Fancy Bear ) , on a computer within the Brazil-based embassy of an oil-producing nation . DDKONG Plugin : SHA256 : 0EB1D6541688B5C87F620E76219EC5DB8A6F05732E028A9EC36195D7B4F5E707 . There is high turnover of staff , especially in entrylevel positions , which makes it difficult to ensure all staff have cybersecurity training .


In such cases , utilizing purely technical approaches for differentiation ( an issue I lightly touched on in a recent post ) becomes problematic , especially when trying to define attribution to specific , “ who-based ” entities ( such as a Russian research institute ) .


While it ’s possible that this is a coincidence , the rest of the evidence makes it unlikely for these two malware to target the same organizations by chance .


The CrowdStrike has been tracking this particular unit since 2012 , under the codename PUTTER PANDA , and has documented activity dating back to 2007 . In March 2014 , the gang behind Potao started using a new infection vector .


It collects information about the smartphone ( IMEI , country , service provider , operating system language ) and sends it to the host via the HTTP POST request . Turla is a notorious group that has been targeting government officials . The IoCs are also available in our GitHub repository . Other big stories in June include a suspected LockBit affiliate arrest , the Royal ransomware gang toying with a new encryptor , and a notable increase in attacks on the Manufacturing sector .


Figure 1 shows a sample phishing email used by HawkEye operators in this latest campaign . APT28 espionage activity has primarily targeted entities in the U.S. , Europe , and the countries of the former Soviet Union , including governments and militaries , defense attaches , media entities , and dissidents and figures opposed to the current Russian government .


Giving an attacker access to a mobile device can have severe business consequences , especially if the end user is using their mobile device to discuss sensitive business topics or access enterprise financial information . In July of 2015 , we identified a full e-mail uploaded to an antivirus scanning service that carried a Scarlet Mimic exploit document . This report is an initial public release of research PwC UK and BAE Systems have conducted into new , sustained global campaigns by an established threat actor against managed IT service providers and their clients as well as several directly targeted organisations in Japan .


In the following image , we can see how the malware receives a JSON object from the C & C server containing the command to start recording , the targeted apps and the recorded video size ratio . Georgian military security issues , particularly with regard to U.S. cooperation and NATO , provide a strong incentive for Russian state-sponsored threat actors to steal information that sheds light on these topics . Another such an exceptional espionage platform is " ProjectSauron , also known as " Strider " .


We believe that this is the reason the DEFENSOR ID trojan requests the user to allow “ Modify system settings ” . In the campaign that targeted Japan , Philippines , and Argentina on June 20 , we found what seems to be a new , undisclosed malware , which we named Gelup . The Lazarus Group 's objective was to gain access to the target 's environment and obtain key military program insight or steal money .


Similar to other malware seen in the past , Charger checks the local settings of the device and does not run its malicious logic if the device is located in Ukraine , Russia , or Belarus . In two months , the group returned to their proven method and withdrew funds again through ATMs . During the investigation into FIN7 , our threat-hunting systems found an interesting overlap in between the infrastructure of FIN7 and AveMaria . It even can restrict forms to be sent only to specific hosts , using the form - action directive .


It encodes strings into binary arrays , making it hard to inspect them . We conclude that the actor behind the attack is Silence group , a relatively new threat actor that's been operating since mid-2016 . Thirty percent of the targets were small and medium-sized companies that were suppliers or service providers for bigger players and 21% were various types of manufacturing companies . Looking at the top 3 M domains , only 210 K use CSP .


Since then , the number and diversity of components has increased drastically .


Symantec tracks the group behind this activity as Blackfly and detects the malware they use as Backdoor.Winnti .


TG-3390 actors frequently change the C2 domain's A record to point to the loopback IP address 127.0.0.1 , which is a variation of a technique known as " parking " .


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 RAT , however , had a multitude of functionalities (as listed in the table below) such as to download and execute , compress , encrypt , upload , search directories , etc .


The end of January 2015 saw the start of the most high- volume Duke campaign seen thus far , with thousands of recipients being sent spear-phishing emails that contained links to compromised websites hosting CozyDuke .


Figure 2 below shows how the delivery document initially looks and the transformation the content undergoes as the macro runs .


The FBI has publicly attributed this activity to a nation-state actor and took subsequent actions to disrupt this botnet , although the devices would remain vulnerable to re-infection unless proper firmware or security controls were put in place by the user .


This command can be used not just to update the app but to install any other software on the infected device . Their next move was to list any remote shared drives and then attempt to access remote shares owned by the specific government office they were targeting , again attempting to extract all Word documents . As of early June 2018 , the server hosted 112 files in a subdirectory that could be accessed through a public web shell planted by the Leafminer .


One of the tell-tale signs of an obfuscated malware is the absence of code that defines the classes declared in the manifest file . During our period of visibility into the BS2005 " moviestar " campaign against various ministries of foreign affairs in Europe , FireEye discovered that the Ke3chang had initially tested the malware in virtual machines , prior to compromising actual targets . We spotted a courier themed spam campaign on our Secure Email Gateway (SEG ) cloud . After further research , we were able to link Hack520 to different network administration activities , notably with a Virtual Private Server ( VPS ) hosting service .


] it Firenze server2mi.exodus.connexxa [ . Dragos identified several compromises of ICS vendors and manufacturers in 2018 by activity associated with XENOTIME , providing potential supply chain threat opportunities and vendor-enabled access to asset owner and operator ICS networks . URL : http://nicoledotson.icu/debby/weatherford/Ekspertyza . Once they successfully breached a network , MuddyWater attempted to steal credentials and move laterally .


We believe that during the spring of 2010 , the credential and file stealing capabilities of PinchDuke were slowly ported to CosmicDuke , effectively making PinchDuke obsolete .


PICKPOCKET is a credential theft tool that dumps the user's website login credentials from Chrome , Firefox , and Internet Explorer to a file . Bookworm 's functional code is radically different from PlugX and has a rather unique modular architecture that warranted additional analysis by Unit 42 .


The malware was first seen packed with VMProtect; when unpacked the sample didn’t show any similarities with previously known malware . Previously , Cloud Atlas dropped its validator” implant named PowerShower” directly , after exploiting the Microsoft Equation vulnerability CVE-2017-11882 mixed with CVE-2018-0802 .


Yes , we are talking about SuperMarioRun , which was recently launched by Nintendo only for iOS users . A BASF spokeswoman tells us in an email that in July 2015 , hackers had successfully overcome the rst levels” of defense . Rather , the Gallmaker 's attack activity we observed is carried out exclusively using LotL tactics and publicly available hack tools .


Although something had already been published , we decided to do something different with the data we acquired . On April 24 , 2019 , Fxmsp claimed to have secured access to three leading antivirus companies . This malware uses the public privilege escalation exploit code CVE-2018-8120 or UACME which is normally used by legitimate red teams . We will continue to monitor these campaigns and in particular SocGholish to see if the web delivery landscape changes .


We believe that an industry-wide collaboration and information-sharing is important in defending customers against this complex piece of malware . In 2011 , three years after the most recent release of PIVY , attackers used the RAT to compromise security firm RSA and steal data about its SecureID authentication system . While we are still in the process of analyzing this backdoor’s full functionality , it seems to be similar to the Remy backdoor described in our previous whitepaper on OceanLotus malware . The group behind the Winnti malware ( which we will call the Winnti group for brevity ) sprung up as a band of traditional cyber crooks , comprising black hats whose technical skills were employed to perpetrate financial fraud .


Orangeworm 's secondary targets include Manufacturing , Information Technology , Agriculture , and Logistics . We chose the name ' MoonWind ' based on debugging strings we saw within the samples , as well as the compiler used to generate the samples .


APT32 actors continue to deliver the malicious attachments via spear-phishing emails . This focus on training aligns with LYCEUM’s targeting of executives , HR staff , and IT personnel .


Since then we have identified a number of attacks over a two-year period , beginning in April 2014 , which we attribute to Suckfly .


As a result of a lot of hard work done by our security research teams , we revealed today a new and alarming malware campaign . APT38 's operations began in February 2014 and were likely influenced by financial sanctions enacted in March 2013 that blocked bulk cash transfers and restricted North Korea 's access to international banking systems . Rolles also provides an overview of each obfuscation technique in the same post . Hildegard has used an IRC channel for C2 communications.[6 ]


In some of the latest samples of BalkanDoor detected in 2019 , the malware is distributed as an ACE archive , disguised as a RAR archive (i.e , not an executable file) , specially crafted to exploit the WinRAR ACE vulnerability CVE-2018-20250 . CVE-2018-0798 is an RCE vulnerability , a stack buffer overflow that can be exploited by a threat actor to perform stack corruption .


BRONZE PRESIDENT Targets NGOs .


Call Command Figure 9 : The calling functionality . CVE-2017-0143 was also used by two other exploit tools—EternalRomance and EternalSynergy—that were released as part of the Shadow Brokers leak in April 2017 . Threat Group-3390 is a Chinese threat group that extensively used strategic Web compromises to target victims .


POWRUNER was delivered using a malicious RTF file that exploited CVE-2017-0199 . The detection evasion techniques we observed in the Okrum malware include embedding the malicious payload within a legitimate PNG image , employing several anti-emulation and anti-sandbox tricks , as well as making frequent changes in implementation .


] 175 [ . On May 16 , 2019 FireEye 's Advanced Practices team attributed the remaining " suspected APT33 activity " to APT33 , operating at the behest of the Iranian government . Mechanisms vary for different OS . How to locate where stack strings are decoded Every Block of stack strings ends with followed by a .


Enable a secure lock screen : Pick a PIN , pattern , or password that is easy for you to remember and hard for others to guess . This means that the Leafminer group is targeting electric utilities . The embedded payload data has a specific structure , that is parsed by the added unpacking code . Rhysida ’s encryption algorithm is relatively straightforward and uses the ChaCha20 encryption algorithm .


That is actually how the bad guys decided to monetize the Trojan . Researchers at Kaspersky Lab privately disclosed the flaw to Adobe after exploits against the zero-day were used in March by the ScarCruft APT gang in what Kaspersky Lab is calling Operation Daybreak . The two variants of Helminth do require different delivery methods , with the script variant relying on an Excel spreadsheet for delivery , while the executable variant is more traditional in the fact that it can be installed without a delivery document .


The Trojan displays a phishing page ( bank.html ) prompting the user to enter their bank card details . We identified an overlap in the domain voguextra.com , which was used by Bahamut within their " Devoted To Humanity " app to host an image file and as C2 server by the PrayTime iOS app mentioned in our first post . This means that the Leafminer group is targeting electric utilities .


Throughout the final quarter of 2016 and first month of 2017 , FireEye Dynamic Threat Intelligence (DTI) observed consistent Magnitude EK hits from several customers , the majority of whom reside in the APAC region . Per the complaint , the email account watsonhenny@gmail.com was used to send LinkedIn invitations to employees of a bank later targeted by APT38 .


The path that is used for the uploads is : http : // /apps/d/p/op.php The communication looks like this : First Phase The first phase of the app ’ s attack flow collects device information and a list of apps installed on the device . We assess the targeting of multiple companies with aviation-related partnerships to Saudi Arabia indicates that APT33 may possibly be looking to gain insights on Saudi Arabia 's military aviation capabilities to enhance Iran 's domestic aviation capabilities or to support Iran 's military and strategic decision making vis a vis Saudi Arabia . This blogpost is based in our original report shared with our APT Intelligence Reporting customers last November 2018 . That 's because a new ransomware called BlackSuit had appeared which shared 98 percent of its code with the infamous Royal ransomware .


The backdoor was delivered via a malicious .rtf file that exploited CVE-2017-0199 . Once BARIUM has established rapport , they spear-phish the victim using a variety of unsophisticated malware installation vectors , including malicious shortcut ( .lnk ) files with hidden payloads , compiled HTML help ( .chm ) files , or Microsoft Office documents containing macros or exploits .


NetWire , DarkComet , NanoCore , LuminosityLink , Remcos and Imminent Monitor are all designed to provide remote access to compromised systems . Given our increased confidence that Bahamut was responsible for targeting of Qatari labor rights advocates and its focus on the foreign policy institutions other Gulf states , Bahamut 's interests are seemingly too expansive to be limited one sponsor or customer .


In one case from 2013 , the target was sent a malicious document through a spear phishing email message . The group 's spearphish toolset includes PDF exploits , Adobe Flash Player exploits , and the common CVE-2012-0158 Word exploits including those generated from the infamous " Tran Duy Linh " kit .


Error Registration Ok Empty SendSMS RequestGoogleCC Wipe OpenBrowser SendUSSD RequestSMSList RequestAppList RequestLocation ShowNotification SetLockPassword LockNow MuteSound LoadScript LoadPlugin ServerChange StartApp CallPhone SetPingTimer SMSBroadcast RequestContacts AddInject RemoveInject Evaluate Another feature of this trojan is the ability to register injects , which are JavaScript snippets of code . In May 2019 , the threat group launched a campaign against oil and gas organizations in the Middle East . Based on observed activity , we judge that APT38 's primary mission is targeting financial institutions and manipulating inter-bank financial systems to raise large sums of money for the North Korean regime .


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 . It was during operator X 's network monitoring that the attackers placed Naikon proxies within the countries ' borders , to cloak and support real-time outbound connections and data Exfiltration from high-profile victim organizations .


This technique bypasses AppLocker restrictions and permits the execution of code within the SCT file .


This tool has been used by several Chinese-affiliated threat actors , such as APT 27 and APT 40 . Clever Kitten actors have a strong affinity for PHP server-side attacks to make access ; this is relatively unique amongst targeted attackers who often favor targeting a specific individual at a specific organization using social engineering .


The GolfSpy malware embedded in the apps is hardcoded with an internal name used by the attacker . Nevertheless , resourceful threat actors such as ScarCruft will probably continue to deploy zero-day exploits against their high profile targets . The second one , which in many cases is an Office document protected with a trivial password , such as “ 12345 ” , “ 1234 ” , etc. , uses macros to execute a GRIFFON implant on the target’s computer . Whether known as commodity malware or “ as - a - service , ” threat actors have long been turning to their fellow adversaries in the hopes of selling off their tools and opening a new stream of revenue .


This connection suggests that the group uses phishing emails with ZIP attachments that contain LNK files as an initial access vector .


We decided to spend some time to investigate around this malware and found out that it was used exclusively by a single group of attackers . Myanmar has been the target of Mofang 's attacks for years before the campaign related to the sez .


Comparing the GeminiDuke compilation timestamps , which always reference the time in the UTC+0 timezone , with the local time timestamps used as mutex names , and adjusting for the presumed timezone difference , we note that all of the mutex names reference a time and date that is within seconds of the respective sample ’s compilation timestamp .


The list of information collected includes :


MITRE ATT & CK techniques Tactic ID Name Description Initial Access T1475 Deliver Malicious App via Authorized App Store The malware impersonates legitimate services on Google Play Persistence T1402 App Auto-Start at Device Boot An Android application can listen for the BOOT_COMPLETED broadcast , ensuring that the app 's functionality will be activated every time the device starts Impact T1472 Generate Fraudulent Advertising Revenue Generates revenue by automatically displaying ads The Rotexy mobile Trojan – banker and ransomware 22 NOV 2018 On Whitefly first infects its victims using a dropper in the form of a malicious.exe or .dll file that is disguised as a document or image . Therefore , it is possible that additional HIDDEN COBRA malware may be present on network infrastructure compromised with Volgmer .


There are several strings and labels still mentioning 'test ' or 'testcc ' — even the URL used for the credit card data exfiltration is named " testcc.php . The developer consistently used Accept-Enconding” (note the extra ‘n’) in all DanBot samples analyzed by CTU researchers . APT38 also targeted financial transaction exchange companies likely because of their proximity to banks .


In activity analyzed by CTU researchers , TG-3390 executed the Hunter web application scanning tool against a target server running IIS .


In this way , the malware authors can submit their app and add the malicious capabilities only after their app is live on the Play Store . During that phase , the APT32 operated a fileless PowerShell-based infrastructure , using customized PowerShell payloads taken from known offensive frameworks such as Cobalt Strike , PowerSploit and Nishang . Chafer used Remexi malware to spy on Iran-based foreign diplomatic entities Throughout the autumn of 2018 we analyzed a long-standing (and still active at that time) cyber-espionage campaign that was primarily targeting foreign diplomatic entities based in Iran . STRATOFEAR ( com.google.kservice , us.zoom . ZoomService )


] fun , you-foto [ . TG-3390 SWCs may be largely geographically independent , but the group 's most frequently used C2 registrars and IP net blocks are located in the U.S . 0c458dfe0a2a01ab300c857fdc3373b75fbb8ccfa23d16eff0d6ab888a1a28f6 The utility is located in the “ \sc\prog\exec ” folder within the MicroSCADA installation directory , amongst other utilities , libraries , and resources used by MicroSCADA .


Another profile using the handle on a Russian social network currently shows multiple photos of the user in proximity to Moscow for the entire history of the profile .


TEMP.Periscope BackgroundActive since at least 2013 , TEMP.Periscope has primarily focused on maritime-related targets across multiple verticals , including engineering firms , shipping and transportation , manufacturing , defense , government offices , and research universities . Recreating and maintaining fake bank sites can be an arduous task , but Kessem claims the GozNym group appears up to the task .


] 205 [ . We are however only aware of one instance - the exploitation of CVE-2013-0640 to deploy MiniDuke - where we believe the exploited vulnerability was a zero-day at the time that the group acquired the exploit . The script will take an embedded PE file that has been base64 encoded and inject that into the current PowerShell process . Mandiant identified UNC4899 targeting MacOS keychains and reconnaissance data associated with executives and internal security teams .


Cannon takes a screenshot and saves it to a file named ops .


Highlights Samples of the malicious code found in BrainTest have been found on Google Play , and its creator has used multiple methods to evade detection by Google including Bypassing Google Bouncer by detecting if the malware is being run from an IP or domain mapped to Google Bouncer and , if so , it will not perform its intended malicious activities . We believe that the Carbanak campaign is a clear indicator of a new era in cybercrime in which criminals use APT techniques directly against the financial industry instead of through its customers . APT10 achieves persistence on its targets primarily by using scheduled tasks or Windows services in order to ensure the malware remains active regardless of system reboots .


The Sofacy group continues their targeted attack campaigns in 2018 .


The malware was initially distributed through a compromised software update system and then self-propagated through stolen credentials and SMB exploits , including the EternalBlue exploit used in the WannaCry attack from May 2017 . Carbanak has its origin in more common financial fraud including theft from consumer and corporate bank accounts in Europe and Russia , using standard banking malware , mainly Carberp .


Snake Wine was first publicly disclosed by FireEye in this report . In July of 2015 , we identified a full e-mail uploaded to an antivirus scanning service that carried a Scarlet Mimic exploit document .


These signatures and rules should be used to supplement analysis and should not be used as a sole source of attributing this activity to HIDDEN COBRA actors .


These campaigns are specifically directed at entities and individuals in the Palestinian territories .


The initial sample we intercepted was a Microsoft Word document ( SHA256 : 2cfc4b3686511f959f14889d26d3d9a0d06e27ee2bb54c9afb1ada6b8205c55f ) with the filename crash list ( Lion Air Boeing 737 ).docx using the author name Joohn .


Whitefly has consistently used a technique known as search order hijacking to run Vcrodat . 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 .


Such an action can be performed at any moment , regardless of the current application or user location in that application . We do not know whether using PIVY is an attempt by those behind the Molerats campaign to frame China-based threat actors for their attacks or simply evidence that they have added another effective , publicly-available RAT to its arsenal . In late June 2018 , Unit 42 revealed a previously unknown cyber espionage group we dubbed Rancor , which conducted targeted attacks in Southeast Asia E-LOC throughout 2017 and 2018 . The session takeovers bypassed password and multi - factor authentication .


Additional capabilities of the More_eggs malware include the download and execution of files and scripts and running commands using cmd.exe . The two malware families themselves are also very similar , and therefore we think that the shared technique is an indication of a single developer , or development company , behind both CONFUCIUS_A and CONFUCIUS_B .


Data from the early part of this year shows that the Taidoor attackers rampantly used malicious.DOC files to exploit a Microsoft Common Controls vulnerability , CVE-2012-0158 . Also our visibility as a vendor does not cover every company in the world ( at least so far ; ) ) and the Kaspersky Security Network ( KSN ) did not reveal other attacks except those against gaming companies .


MainService is the brain of this spyware and controls almost everything—from stealing the victim 's data to deleting it . SPEAR has observed numerous different XOR keys utilized by Ghost Dragon . Before acting on the request , Winnti will validate the third DWORD contains the magic value 0xABC18CBA before executing tasking .


Threat groups outside of China are unlikely to target the Uyghur people .


A company representative declined to comment for this post . This new campaign , dubbed HaoBao , resumes Lazarus ' previous phishing emails , posed as employee recruitment , but now targets Bitcoin users and global financial organizations . LaZagne ( SecurityRisk.LaZagne ) : A login/password retrieval tool . Talos provided a highly informative article on the PREDATOR commercial spyware , which has been around since 2019 .


Notice notice the use of the mistaken “ Word ” instead of “ World ” : “ On behalf of all at the Word Uyghur Congress ( WUC ) , the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization ( UNPO ) and the Society for Threatened Peoples ( STP ) , Human Rights in China : Implications for East Turkestan , Tibet and Southern Mongolia In what was an unprecedented coming-together of leading Uyghur , Mongolian , Tibetan and Chinese activists , as well as other leading international experts , we were greatly humbled 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 . In the spring of 2014 , we noticed an increase in the volume of attack activity by the Naikon APT .


The core malware extracts the device ’ s installed app list . The campaign code " 20150920 " is associated with this decoy , which is a week prior to media articles announcing that the Crown Price of Thailand Maha Vajiralongkorn will lead the Bike for Dad 2015 event . Dexphot then used fileless techniques to run malicious code directly in memory , leaving only a few traces that can be used for forensics . APT29 has also used legitimate web services such as Dropbox and Constant Contact in their operations .


The raw wave audio buffer frame can be dumped in the getNextBuffer ( ) function . Charming Kitten is an Iranian cyberespionage group operating since approximately 2014 . the v3 and v7 variables are assigned to the block comparison variable ( b_cmp ) Function has a couple of Anti debugging Anti Emulation checks .


To make the fraudulent withdrawals , Lazarus first breaches targeted banks' networks and compromises the switch application servers handling ATM transactions . In 2016 , CTU researchers observed the group using native system .


'' Strazzere says he also failed to reach MediaTek , a Taiwanese fabless semiconductor manufacturer whose chipsets that powered BLU phones also contained Adups software . CVE-2018-0798 is an RCE vulnerability , a stack buffer overflow that can be exploited by a threat actor to perform stack corruption . C2 : lywjrea.gmarketshop.net .


Our analysis shows the DEFENSOR ID trojan can execute 17 commands received from the attacker-controlled server such as uninstalling an app , launching an app and then performing any click/tap action controlled remotely by the attacker ( see Figure 5 ) . On June 17 , we observed the campaign’s spam emails delivering malware-embedded Excel files directly as an attachment . McAfee Advanced Threat Research ( ATR ) analysts have discovered an aggressive Bitcoin-stealing phishing campaign by the international cybercrime group Lazarus that uses sophisticated malware with long-term impact .


After installing this AntSword webshell , the actor no longer uses the Awen webshell and issues the first command to AntSword 35 seconds after the last command issued to the Awen webshell .


zygotedaemoni686 2019-01-08 04:55:00 3c9f08b3280851f54414dfa5a57f40d3b7be7b73736fa0ba21b078e75ce54d33 sapp.apk 2019-01-08 04:53:00 4bf1446c412dd5c552539490d03e999a6ceb96ae60a9e7846427612bec316619 placeholder 2018-03-29 16:31:00 e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855 During the past month , Unit 42 observed several attacks against a Middle Eastern government leveraging an updated version of the BONDUPDATER malware , which now includes the ability to use TXT records within its DNS tunneling protocol for its C2 communications . JhoneRAT : 29886dbbe81ead9e9999281e62ecf95d07acb24b9b0906b28beb65a84e894091 . Adversaries may perform data destruction over the course of an operation .


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 . 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 .


This bait document , or email attachment , appears to be a standard Word document , but is in fact an CVE-2012-0158 exploit , an executable with a double extension , or an executable with an RTLO filename , so it can execute code without the user 's knowledge or consent . According to ClearSky , the suspected Lazarus operatives looked to leverage a vulnerability in outdated WinRAR file-archiving software that hackers have been exploiting since it was disclosed last month .


To enable connections to the infected computer using the Remote Desktop Protocol ( RDP ) , Carbanak sets Termservice service execution mode to Auto . Another set of attacks called Operation Erebus leverages another flash exploit , CVE-2016-4117 , and relies on watering hole attacks as a means of propagation .


Another option is to simply halt and quarantine the Winnti implant itself , stopping the intrusion on a single machine .


If the user unlocks their device , they will see a black screen while the app drops the call , resets call settings and prepares for the user to interact with the device normally . Active since at least 2013 , TEMP.Periscope has primarily focused on maritime-related targets across multiple verticals , including engineering firms , shipping and transportation , manufacturing , defense , government offices , and research universities . The rest of the content is a byte for byte copy . The new exploit method bypasses URL rewrite mitigations for the endpoint provided by Microsoft in response to •


The setup code receives an installation command from the previous stage . APT35 has historically used unsophisticated tools like those listed below in Figure 3 . Both values are supplied from an array of 256 pseudo-random bytes hardcoded in the binary’s .rdata section . Methods of manipulating control can include changes to set point values , tags , or other parameters .


Instances of this spyware were found on the Google Play Store , disguised as service applications from mobile operators . APT34 uses a mix of public and non-public tools ( Fig.2 ) and often uses compromised accounts to conduct spear-phishing operations . The first is responsible for checking if the system has the targeted keyboard layout — this is exclusively in Arabic-speaking countries . Our 2023 Ransomware Report unpacks the action in four zones : the US , Germany , France , and the UK .


In this case Attackers again spoofed an email id associated with Indian Ministry of Home Affairs and the mail was sent on September 1,2016 to an email id associated Thailand Indian embassy , this email was later forwarded on Oct 24th,2016 from a spoofed email of Thailand Indian embassy to various email recipients connected to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs ( MEA ) .


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Several other hacker groups have also begun targeting some of the same chemical companies in this time period .


This translates to “ The Complete Details of Fuqaha ’s Assassination ”


Rotexy will perform further actions after it receives the corresponding commands : START , STOP , RESTART — start , stop , restart SuperService . We had previously observed this author name in use once before , in the very first ThreeDollars document we collected that we had reported on in August 2017 . There are several indicators , which have led CTU researchers to believe with high confidence that NICKEL ACADEMY is behind the current spearphishing campaign .


The top level malware , CE8B99DF8642C065B6AF43FDE1F786A3 ( named by its authors “ msdeltemp.dll ” according to internal strings , and compiled July 28th , 2015 ) is a rare type of the Sofacy AZZY implant .


The Trojan works by creating an overlay whenever the user launches the banking application . ScarCruft is a relatively new APT group , victims have been observed in Russia , Nepal , South Korea , China , India , Kuwait and Romania . Among the artifacts related to malware authors, we found in the binaries a .pdb path containing the Windows user name “Mohamadreza . 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 .


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 . Prior to that report , we published detail analysis on malware exploiting CVE-2018-8414 vulnerability (remote code execution in SettingContent-ms) , which is believed a work of DarkHydrus .


The creators of the Spark backdoor use a few techniques that are intended to keep the backdoor under-the-radar , including :


android.intent.action.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE System notification that a change in network connectivity has occurred , either lost or established . APT41 has blatantly engaged in financially motivated activity targeting the video game industry , including manipulating virtual currencies . The primary targets of APT28 are potential victims in several countries such as Ukraine , Spain , Russia , Romania , the United States and Canada .


Cybercriminals also exploit the Master Key vulnerability and have learned to embed unsigned executable files in Android installation packages . If the address falls within ranges that the attackers are interested in , the malicious site waits for their next page view to drop an exploit on the desirable target 's PC . After having been decrypted , ShadowPad ’s shellcode is executed . But then , following an upsurge in attacks in the second half of 2014 , GReAT characterized MiniDuke , CosmicDuke and the actor ’s Nemesis Gemina project - targeting government , diplomatic , energy , military and telecom operators - as ‘ one of the world ’s most unusual APT operations ’ due to : • Its use of a customized backdoor written in Assembler using ‘ old school ’ virus writing techniques and habits • Stealthy transfer of updates as executables hidden inside GIF files ( a form of steganography )


We watched WolfRAT evolve through various iterations which shows that the actor wanted to ensure functional improvements — perhaps they had deadlines to meet for their customers , but with no thought given to removing old code blocks , classes , etc . It is highly likely MoonWind is yet another new tool being used by the group or groups responsible for that activity , indicating they are not only still active but continuing to evolve their playbook . These changes may be temporary and FireEye believes they are aimed at decreasing detection of their tools until a more permanent and effective TTP change can be implemented ( e.g. , WATERSPOUT ) . The threat actors are distributing NetSupport RAT either as a zipped download or via an Internet shortcut .


HenBox appears to primarily target the Uyghurs – a minority Turkic ethnic group that is primarily Muslim and lives mainly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in North West China . This full-blown spying framework consists of two packages named ‘Tokyo’ and ‘Yokohama’ . The APT actor , active since 2008 , has been seen targeting organizations in the financial services , telecoms , government , and defense sectors .


It then loads the contents of the encrypted file and injects it into the explorer.exe and iexplore.exe processes .


Alpha’s early role was fairly simple: engage with individuals , who he chose based on the goods they were selling , and then provide personal shipping addresses back to Omega . In this report , we'll review how the actors attempted to exploit CVE-2012-0158 to install the NetTraveler Trojan .


In Clever Kitten 's attacks , the goal is lateral movement ; this is an attempt to move further into the target environment in order to begin intelligence collection . CTU researchers have observed the Threat Group-3390 obtaining information about specific U.S. defense projects that would be desirable to those operating within a country with a manufacturing base , an interest in U.S. military capability , or both .


Upon further inspection , we have observed that this RAT extracts WhatsApp data too . An APT gang linked to China and alleged to be responsible for targeted attacks against foreign governments and ministries , has now pointed its focus inward at China autonomous territory Hong Kong . Name SHA256 . If more groups start adopting CL0P 's zero - day exploitation techniques , the ransomware landscape could tilt from service - oriented attacks to a more aggressive , vulnerability - focused model — a move that could skyrocket the impact of attacks .


The domain was registered on March 8th , 2013 : Registration Service Provided By : SHANGHAI MEICHENG TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT CO. , LTD. Domain Name : DLMDOCUMENTSEXCHANGE.COM Registration Date : 08-Mar-2013 Expiration Date : 08-Mar-2014 Status : LOCKED The domain registration data indicates the following owner : Registrant Contact Details : peng jia peng jia ( bdoufwke123010 @ gmail.com ) beijingshiahiidienquc.d beijingshi beijing,100000 While we were unable to recover the initial vulnerability used , it is possibly the same CVE-2014-0515 Adobe Flash exploit first reported by Cisco TRAC in late July . The discovery by Kaspersky marks at least the fifth zero-day exploit used by BlackOasis and exposed by security researchers since June 2015 .


] com nampriknum [ . In August and October 2016 we observed a malware operation targeting members of the Tibetan Parliament ( the highest legislative organ of the Tibetan government in exile , formally known as Central Tibetan Administration ) . These threat actors ’ tactics follow the same principles of evolution – successful techniques propagate , and unsuccessful ones are abandoned . The RAT 's main binary is launched from " C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\BranScale\client32.exe " .


C & C Communications Exfiltrating Device Data To communicate with its master , TrickMo ’ s code contains a hardcoded URL of the C & C server . Emotet is a type of general-purpose malware that evolved from a well-known banking Trojan , " Cridex " , which was first discovered in 2014 . During the summer of 2018 , HELIX KITTEN actors were observed targeting entities in the Middle East — of note , targets appeared to be located in Bahrain and Kuwait .


In addition to the continued evolution of the group ’s first stage tools , we have also noted APT28 : Leveraging zero-day vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player , Java , and Windows , including CVE-2015-1701 , CVE-2015-2424 , CVE-2015-2590 , CVE-2015-3043 , CVE-2015-5119 , and CVE-2015-7645 .


No other parts of the C2 infrastructure amongst these domains contained any overlapping artifacts .


One of these files was deployed in a TEMP.Veles target ’s network .


On January 10 , 2020 , we used Shodan to search for Internet accessible servers running versions of SharePoint vulnerable to CVE-2019-0604 .


The actor can even take his malicious activities to the next level by installing a remote application from a designated server , thus allowing him to install new malware once it is required . Gallmaker used lure documents attempt to exploit the Microsoft Office Dynamic Data Exchange ( DDE ) protocol in order to gain access to victim machines . By targeting all of these organizations together , Suckfly could have had a much larger impact on India and its economy .


The following are the DBs created and maintained by the RAT . The agroup targeting Hong Kong media outlets is called admin@338 and is known to researchers for using publicly available remote access Trojans such as Poison Ivy to attack government and financial firms specializing in global economic policy . 558.doc , 2.doc: 2869664d456034a611b90500f0503d7d6a64abf62d9f9dd432a8659fa6659a84 . CrowdStrike researchers replicated the exploit method attack on Exchange systems that had not received the November 8 , 2022 patch KB5019758 , but could not replicate the attack on systems that had received that patch .


The main reason for developers to choose SMS over traditional payments via Internet is that in the case with SMS no Internet connection is required . Another set of attacks called Operation Erebus leverages another Flash exploit , CVE-2016-4117 , and relies on watering hole attacks as a means of propagation . Additionally , the scope of organizations targeted by this group has expanded to not only include organizations within Saudi Arabia , but also a company in Qatar and government organizations in Turkey , Israel and the United States .


The OilRig group conducts operations primarily in the Middle East , targeting financial , government , energy , chemical , telecommunications and other industries . " IRIDIUM has hit more than 200 government agencies , oil and gas companies and technology companies , including Citrix Systems Inc " , they said .


However , several of the collected samples were a C++ variant of the Zebrocy downloader tool .


Then it adds onTouchListener to this textView and is able to process every user tap . Volgmer is a backdoor Trojan designed to provide covert access to a compromised system . APT33 : 94526e2d1aca581121bd79a699a3bf5e4d91a4f285c8ef5ab2ab6e9e44783997 S-SHA2 PowerShell downloader ( registry.ps1 ) . Ideology


However , our data suggests that there have been at least 2,729 infections between January 2016 and early April 2016 , with a peak in March of more than 1,100 infections . The Operation Aurora , named by McAfee and announced in January 2010 , and the WikiLeaks document disclosures of 2010 have highlighted the fact that external and internal threats are nearly impossible to prevent . Ssdeep : 24576:zXwOrRsTQlIIIIwIEuCRqKlF8kmh/ZGg4kAL/WUKN7UMOtcv : zgwR/lIIIIwI6RqoukmhxGgZ+WUKZUMv . Mandiant has tracked KillNet activity back to January 2022 , despite a claim by the collective ’s alleged founder that it began operations in 2021 .


It is unclear whether this means early samples were targeting Arabic speakers or if the developers behind it are fluent in Arabic . For a long time the Winnti group had been considered as a Chinese threat actor targeting gaming companies specifically . The buffer containing the ZxShell Dll in the new location is freed using the VirtualFree API function . FREEFIRE communicates to a hard - coded channel to retrieve commands and upload responses .


ORat — CTU researchers have only observed this basic loader tool in the context of BRONZE PRESIDENT intrusions .


For Google , Android security issues - even if not in the core operating code - are a reputation threat , and for Amazon , a product quality issue . 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 . C2 : psfir.sacreeflame.com .


The first sighting of three of the nine stolen certificates being used maliciously occurred in early 2014 .


Having the ability to move code from desktops to mobile platforms with no effort , like the eCommon.DLL demonstrates that malicious actors can create hybrid threats faster and with fewer resources involved than ever before . Password spraying , DNS tunneling , social engineering , and abuse of security testing frameworks are common tactics , particularly from threat groups operating in the Middle East . While North Korean cyber operations against specific countries may have been driven by diplomatic factors and perceived insults against Pyongyang , the application of increasingly restrictive and numerous financial sanctions against North Korea probably contributed to the formation of APT38 .


Nowadays , script kiddies can build a piece of malware that can create real havoc . Hackers are targeting high-tech companies as well as chemical and pharmaceutical companies . CopyKittens often uses the trial version of Cobalt Strike , a publicly available commercial software for " Adversary Simulations and Red Team Operations " .


This group has used a large array of infection vectors , mostly revolving around drive-by downloads and spam . In the past , Scarlet Mimic has primarily targeted individuals who belong to these minority groups as well as their supporters , but we've recently found evidence to indicate the group also targets individuals working inside government anti-terrorist organizations .


The last step of the activation cycle is the download of a password-protected ZIP file . The group mainly targets the telecommunications and IT services sectors . Derusbi : Compile Date and Time : 2012-09-14 09:20:12 AM . But then , following an upsurge in attacks in the second half of 2014 , GReAT characterized MiniDuke , CosmicDuke and the actor ’s Nemesis Gemina project - targeting government , diplomatic , energy , military and telecom operators - as ‘ one of the world ’s most unusual APT operations ’ due to : • Its use of a customized backdoor written in Assembler using ‘ old school ’ virus writing techniques and habits • Stealthy transfer of updates as executables hidden inside GIF files ( a form of steganography )


Each time a rented malware reaches the end of its life it provides the opportunity for other actors a to take over the malware rental market-share . Attackers take advantage of that , along with their knowledge of military jargon and etiquette , to craft very convincing phishing emails . Based on details published in the DOJ complaint against North Korean programmer Park Jin Hyok , we know that APT38 and other cyber operators linked to TEMP.Hermit are associated with Lab 110 , an organization subordinate to or synonymous with the 6th Technical Bureau in North Korea 's Reconnaissance General Bureau ( RGB ) .


In the 2016 incident , the victim was compromised after connecting to a hotel Wi-Fi network .


Mozilla ( Windows NT 6.1 ; WOW64 ) WinHttp/1.6.3.8 ( WinHTTP/5.1 ) like Gecko .


] 205 [ . As we now know , by February 2013 the Dukes group had been operating MiniDuke and other toolsets for at least 4 and a half years . The first payload that is downloaded via the DownloadString method highlighted above , is a PowerShell one-liner that uses an IF statement to evaluate the architecture of the compromised system , and then downloads a additional payload from pastebin.com . In the case of the exploit method described here as OWASSRF , the endpoint is not used , in lieu , and the request will not be dropped .


The geographic distribution of these IP addresses ( image 8 , page 13 ) further supports our theory that the purpose of this OnionDuke variant was not targeted attacks against high-profile targets .


Antonov's group included Ivan Sergeyevich Yermakov and Senior Lieutenant Aleksey Viktorovich Lukashev , according to the indictment , and they were responsible for targeting the email accounts that were exposed on the " DCLeaks " site prior to the election operations .


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 . The executable would install the real Ammyy product , but would also launch a file called either AmmyyService.exe or AmmyySvc.exe which contained the malicious payload .


] cashnow [ . RATs such as NjRat and infostealers like Lokibot were leveraging the same C2 infrastructure as that of the targeted attacks . Some functions in the ANEL sample utilize this , As these attacks continue to grow , security teams need tools to help save time and address the threats more effectively .


] ir . In recent APT incidents , Dark Hydruns tend to adopt Office VBA macro instead of Office 0day vulnerability in the consideration of cost reduction . ScarCruft tools : 22aaf617a86e026424edb7c868742495 AV Remover .


During one intrusion , the threat actors gained administrator access to all systems within a targeted business unit and installed their remote access tools on 80% of the hosts .


The threat actors used two publicly available techniques , an AppLocker whitelisting bypass and a script to inject shellcode into the userinit.exe process . The Windows 10 Creators Update will bring several enhancements to Windows Defender ATP that will provide SOC personnel with options for immediate mitigation of a detected threat .


The function “ NvMswt ” is a wrapper for the API function MsgWaitForMultipleObjects .


Apps of the Android/AdDisplay.Ashas family reported to Google by ESET Figure 2 . ESET recently uncovered a new addition to OceanLotus’s toolset targeting Mac OS . This URI is used with a new feature implemented in this version: the malware is able to perform screenshot (thanks to the GDI API) and uploads it thank to this URL .


Although the complete list of Shamoon ’s victims is not public , Bloomberg reported that in one case , thousands of computers were destroyed at the headquarters of Saudi ’s General Authority of Civil Aviation , erasing critical data and bringing operations to a halt for several days .


We were also able to link the FrozenCell 's Android infrastructure to numerous desktop samples that are part of the larger multi-platform attack . Symantec during 2012 linked the Elderwood Project to Operation Aurora ; Trojan.Naid and Backdoor.Moudoor were also used in Aurora , by the Elderwood Gang , and by Hidden Lynx . Because the commands are usually encoded and difficult to spell from memory , APT1 intruders typically do not type these strings , but instead copy and paste them into the HTML files . Instead , they can make money by marketing their services to other bad actors for a fee .


It appears to have started in December 2015 and is still ongoing as of July 2016 . The name Mofang is based on the Mandarin verb , which means to imitate .


The malicious apps reached an astonishing spread between 4.5 million and 18.5 million downloads . The samples Novetta obtained from the active Axiom infection were compiled in mid- to late 2014 and represent what Novetta is referring to as version 3.0 of the Winnti lineage . Otherwise , the plugin is added to an internal list . The directory choices and naming conventions of the Ruby script and second stage payloads indicated the threat actor placed significant priority into masquerading as legitimate files and applications .


The samples sharing this overlap are modified versions of an open source Jabber/XMPP client called “ Conversations ” with some code additions . BlackEnergy is a highly dynamic threat actor and the current attacks in Ukraine indicate that destructive actions are on their main agenda , in addition to compromising industrial control installations and espionage activities . The fact that this victim visits North Korea makes its special and suggests that it may have valuable information about North Korean affairs .


If root access is obtained , the application downloads a malicious .apk file ( The Backdoor ) from the server and installs it as system application . Older documents used by Patchwork focused on the CVE-2017-0261 vulnerability , however in late January 2018 when , paradoxically , newer documents abandoned this vulnerability to attack the older CVE-2015-2545 vulnerability . APT10 is a constantly evolving , highly persistent China-based threat actor that has an ambitious and unprecedented collection programme against a broad spectrum of sectors , enabled by its strategic targeting .


It has not been confirmed whether these are from test devices or the devices of victims . The above network shows relationships between three tools used by Hidden Lynx during its VOHO campaign : Trojan.Naid , Backdoor.Moudoor , and Backdoor.Hikit . We have observed APT1 intruders logging in to WEBC2 servers and manually editing the HTML pages that backdoors will download . Usually , they ’d have to hope a successful attack leads to a ransom payment or some sort of other financial windfall .


If the response code from the C2 server is 200 , the malware decrypts the payload and loads it in memory .


The adversaries modify publicly available tools such as ASPXSpy to remove identifying characteristics that network defenders use to identify web shells .


Additional digests with links to Chrysaor As a result of our investigation we have identified these additional Chrysaor-related apps . We believe APT40 's emphasis on maritime issues and naval technology ultimately support China 's ambition to establish a blue-water navy . Winnti : infestexe.com 2018-11-07 08:46:44 https://www.facebook.com/infest.in.th . • Unauthorized network connections to MSSQL servers ( TCP/1433 ) and irregular or unauthorized authentication .


DLL side loading is often used to maintain persistence on the compromised system .


com.comarch.mobile com.jpm.sig.android com.konylabs.cbplpat by.belinvestbank no.apps.dnbnor com.arkea.phonegap com.alseda.bpssberbank com.belveb.belvebmobile com.finanteq.finance.ca pl.eurobank pl.eurobank2 pl.noblebank.mobile com.getingroup.mobilebanking hr.asseco.android.mtoken.getin pl.getinleasing.mobile com.icp.ikasa.getinon Operator X also took advantage of cultural idiosyncrasies in its target countries , for example , the regular and widely accepted use of personal Gmail accounts for work . Cyberwarfare : A deep dive into the latest Gamaredon Espionage Campaign . The memory dump file can be processed offline by the threat actor to extract credentials .


We believe that the Carbanak campaign is a clear indicator of a new era in cybercrime in which criminals use APT techniques directly against the financial industry instead of through its customers . In some cases , such as Russia , the target appears to be an embassy from one of the countries of this list .


We deployed our IR team and technology and immediately identified two sophisticated adversaries on the network – COZY BEAR and FANCY BEAR .


His repository proves that he is indeed an Android developer , but it contained no publicly available code of the Ashas adware at the time of writing of this blogpost . The malware continues by creating a service named mssecsvc2.0 with a binary path pointing to the running module with the arguments -m security . SHA256 : 56f159cde3a55ae6e9270d95791ef2f6859aa119ad516c9471010302e1fb5634 .


henbox_2 Figure 1 Uyghurapps [ . These could be tools to circumvent internet censorship , such as Softether VPN 4.12” and psiphon3” , or Microsoft Office activators” . APT12 's targets are consistent with larger People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) goals .


This is due to the fact that the implant needs to escalate privileges before performing social payload actions . Group's targets include high-profile entities such as parliaments , senates , top state offices and officials , political science scholars , military and intelligence agencies , ministries , media outlets , research centers , election commissions , Olympic organizations , large trading companies , and other unknown entities . Turla ’s espionage platform is mainly used against Windows machines , but has also been seen used against macOS and Linux machines .


sms_grab : to upload periodically the SMS messages in the inbox to C2 server . Less than a week after Microsoft issued a patch for CVE-2017-11882 on Nov. 14 , 2017 , FireEye observed an attacker using an exploit for the Microsoft Office vulnerability to target a government organization in the Middle East . The RAT attempts to download additional payloads and upload the information gathered during the reconnaissance phase . Possible locations are “ Config ” , “ Static ” , or “ Path ” followed by a file path .


After achieving root access , Gooligan downloads a new , malicious module from the C & C server and installs it on the infected device . Kaspersky found the BlackOasis group was exploiting a Adobe Flash Player zero-day vulnerability ( CVE-2016-4117 ) to remotely deliver the latest version of " FinSpy " malware , according to a new blog post published Monday . the variable v5 in pseudocode is a register operand ( cl ) Recently , concerns have grown regarding the rapid growth of commercial spyware tools , and the way in which they are being used against their intended victims .


The most widely infected major Android versions are KitKat with 50 percent , followed by Jelly Bean with 40 percent . If the DoublePulsar backdoor does not exist , then the SMB worm attempts to compromise the target using the Eternalblue SMBv1 exploit . APT33 : 64.251.19.231 [REDACTED].ddns.net . Adversaries may manipulate control systems devices or possibly leverage their own , to communicate with and command physical control processes .


The MoleRATs group have been known to use this packer in previous attacks .


Unit 42 's analysis shows that NetTraveler attempted to exploit CVE-2012-0158 to install NetTraveler Trojan . As recently as this past week , researchers observed Chinese hackers escalating cyber-attack efforts to steal military research secrets from US universities .


When this HTTP request completes , the event listener will call the ‘ onload1 ’ function .


Method onPostExecute parses the response from the above HTTP session and executes the commands provided by the remote attacker . The group behind the OilRig campaign continues to leverage spear-phishing emails with malicious Microsoft Excel documents to compromise victims . Today , Cisco Talos is unveiling the details of a new RAT we have identified we 're calling " JhoneRAT " . Lateral Movement to SCADA Hypervisor and OT Attack Execution


The reverse DNS history of this IP brought “ ads.i * * * e.com ” into our attention . The reason for this is likely the availability of exploits against web browsers , which for a variety of reasons allows an attacker to bypass security features such as Data Execution Prevention ( DEP ) or Address Space Layout Randomization ( ASLR ) . As a final fail-safe , Dexphot uses schtasks.exe to create scheduled tasks . We also utilized this data to build higher - fidelity detections of web server process chains .


Insikt Group analysis of network metadata to and from the VPN endpoint IPs revealed consistent connectivity to Citrix-hosted infrastructure from all eight VPN endpoint IPs starting on August 17 , 2018 — the same date the first authenticated login to Visma’s network was made using stolen credentials . Tweety Chat 's Android version can record audio , too .


Specifically , one organization is geographically located in Europe and the other in North America .


Allows an application to collect battery statistics Allows an app to access precise location . By the end of 2016 , the CIA's hacking division , which formally falls under the agency's Center for Cyber Intelligence (CCI) , had over 5000 registered users and had produced more than a thousand hacking systems , trojans , viruses , and other weaponized malware . APT32 is a threat group that has been active since at least 2014 .


COVERAGE Cisco Cloud Web Security ( CWS ) or Web Security Appliance ( WSA ) web scanning prevents access to malicious websites and detects malware used in these attacks . Observed Seedworm victims were located primarily in Pakistan and Turkey , but also in Russia , Saudi Arabia , Afghanistan , Jordan , and elsewhere . This VBScript is obfuscated and contains packed data that is used to infect a target with multiple chained persistent artifacts . This third - stage backdoor is tracked as DOUBLEBACK .


I decided to debug the macro and see exactly what it ’s doing before I made any decisions .


The WIZARD SPIDER threat group is the Russia-based operator of the TrickBot banking malware . FireEye 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 .


The malicious macro code first decodes a string which contains a reference to the pastebin url .


Using the Dynamic Threat Intelligence Cloud ( DTI ) , FireEye researchers detected a pattern of attacks beginning on April 13th , 2015 .


Now we dig deep in the C2 to explain how it work and how i created the agent based on the function available in the C2 .


Some of the more interesting commands include : SMS Control Update the address of the C & C server — SMS starting with “ http : // ” Send AES-encrypted SMS message back to sender — SMS starting with “ sms : // ” Update service wake-up interval — “ 2 ” Kill switch — “ 4 ” C & C Control Update the address of the C & C server — “ 1 ” Update service wake-up interval — “ 2 ” Lock the screen — “ 5 ” Display a picture in a WebView from an arbitrary URL — “ 11 ” Send an arbitrary SMS message — “ 8 ” Steal images But according to Gnosticplayers , his foray into a public marketplace like Dream has two goals --besides the first and obvious one being money . Additionally , Starloader was also observed deploying additional tools used by the attackers , such as credential dumpers and keyloggers .


As can be observed , the possibilities offered by the bot are pretty common . Our research from 2017 concluded that Guangdong ITSEC (and therefore the MSS) directed the activities of a company named Boyusec , which was identified as a shell company for APT3 . Though we don’t know the targets of these malware samples at the time of writing this article , we suspect the same group is behind these threats for a number of reasons .


PLATINUM configures its backdoor malware to restrict its activities to victims ' working hours , in an attempt to disguise post-infection network activity within normal user traffic . If KeyBoy is a single component of a larger espionage toolkit , the developers may have realized that this older , static-key based , configuration encoding algorithm was inadvertently providing a link between disparate components of their malware suite .


The documents that exploit CVE2017-11882 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 second Windows vulnerability ( CVE-2017-0143 ) was patched in March 2017 after it was discovered to have been used by two exploit tools—EternalRomance and EternalSynergy—that were also released as part of the Shadow Brokers leak .


The code is heavily obfuscated and made unreadable through name mangling and use of meaningless variable names : Decryption with a twist The malware uses an interesting decryption routine : the string values passed to the decryption function do not correspond to the decrypted value , they correspond to junk code to simply hinder analysis . ministries of foreign affairs in Europe have been targeted and compromised by a threat actor we call Ke3chang . Suspicious message body: The attachment was mentioned in the message body twice, making sure to direct the reader’s attention towards the . The arrest makes him the third LockBit affiliate charged in the US since November .


Dell Secureworks analysts recently concluded that domains discussed in the IBM report were linked to the Iranian PuppyRAT .


Following screenshot shows this functionality in action : Other functions In addition to the functionalities we ’ ve described , the SpyNote RAT was exhibiting many other behaviors that make it more robust than most off-the-shelf malware . On 24 March 2019 , Silence.ProxyBot (MD5 2fe01a04d6beef14555b2cf9a717615c) was uploaded to VirusTotal from an IP address in Sri Lanka . The leader of the crime gang behind the Carbanak and Cobalt malware attacks targeting over a 100 financial institutions worldwide has been arrested in Alicante , Spain , after a complex investigation conducted by the Spanish National Police .


The developers of Charger gave it everything they had to boost its evasion capabilities and so it could stay hidden on Google Play for as long as possible . An interesting point in the Silence attack is that the cybercriminals had already compromised banking infrastructure in order to send their spear-phishing emails from the addresses of real bank employees and look as unsuspicious as possible to future victims . We analyzed AveMaria targets during February and March of 2019 . As Google Analytics is allowed in the CSP configuration of many major sites , this demo shows how an attacker can bypass this security protection and steal data .


This particular case is not an exception . In the early part of 2017 , Group123 started the " Evil New Year " campaign . For example , The Regin malware platform supports many standard protocols , including SMB.[10 ] Rocke issued wget requests from infected systems to the C2.[11 ] Siloscape connects to an IRC server for C2.[12 ]


The Windows 10 Creators Update will bring several enhancements to Windows Defender ATP that will provide SOC personnel with options for immediate mitigation of a detected threat . The infection vector is similar , it uses a similar modified mimikatz application , and it uses a third-party remote access tool , changes system settings to allow concurrent RDP sessions , and so on .


Monitoring Broadcast Events XLoader registers many broadcast receivers in the payload dynamically ( to monitor broadcast events sent between system and applications ) . Two unique malware frameworks , EHDevel and yty , are developed by attackers . The crucial file , at this point of the infection , is the SFX executable named “ uninstall.exe ” .


The Magnitude EK landing page consisted of CVE-2016-0189 , which was first reported by FireEye as being used in Neutrino Exploit Kit after it was patched . In May 2017 , APT37 used a bank liquidation letter as a spear phishing lure against a board member of a Middle Eastern financial company .


] 205 [ . Importantly , PinchDuke trojan samples always contain a notable text string , which we believe is used as a campaign identifier by the Dukes group to distinguish between multiple attack campaigns that are run in parallel . A previous blog post by enigma0x3 , detailed how this CLSID can be leveraged to instantiate the ShellBrowserWindow object and call the ShellExecute method , which is the same approach that was taken by the attackers . An adversary could potentially instruct a control systems device to perform an action that will cause an Impact


The loader first dynamically rebuilds a simple import address table ( IAT ) , resolving all the API needed from Kernel32 and NtDll libraries . The Magic Hound campaign used Word and Excel documents containing malicious macros as a delivery method , specifically attempting to load MagicHound.Rollover . Winnti : bb4ab0d8d05a3404f1f53f152ebd79f4ba4d4d81 2018-10-10 09:57:31 http://checkin.travelsanignacio.com . Developed in - house using C++ , the NoEscape ransomware uses a hybrid approach to encryption , combining ChaCha20 and RSA encryption algorithms for file encryption and key protection .


In this case , we can see that the HTML code of the overlay is stored in the C2 infrastructure . As MuddyWater has consistently been using POWERSTATS as its main tool , they are relatively easy to distinguish from other actors . This DLL requires the loading executable to include a 32-byte key on the command line to be able to decrypt the embedded payload , which unfortunately we do not have . Sandworm later conducted a second disruptive event by deploying a new variant of CADDYWIPER in the victim ’s IT environment .


Sample 2 , has the package name cn.android.setting masquerading as Android ’ s Settings app , which has a similar package name ( com.android.settings ) . For example , Donot and Bitter disguised as Kashmiri Voice to attack Pakistan , Transparent Tribe attacked India with decoy document regarding terrorist attacks in Kashmir . TG-0416 is a stealthy and extremely successful Advanced Persistent Threat ( APT ) group known to target a broad range of verticals since at least 2009 , including technology , industrial , manufacturing , human rights groups , government , pharmaceutical , and medical technology .


Office 365 ATP blocks unsafe attachments , malicious links , and linked-to files using time-of-click protection . Poison Ivy is a remote access tool that is freely available for download from its official web site at www.poisonivy-rat.com . OceanLotus : {68DDB1F1-E31F-42A9-A35D-984B99ECBAAD} registry path varies SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{57C3E2E2-C18F-4ABF-BAAA-9D17879AB029} . Mandiant is investigating intrusions across multiple verticals , including legal and professional services , technology , and government organizations .


2015-01-20 to present time http : //217.194.13.133/190/configurazione/vodafone/smartphone/Vodafone % 20Configuratore.apk http : //217.194.13.133/190/configurazione/vodafone/smartphone/index.html currently active http : //vodafoneinfinity.sytes.net/tim/internet/Configuratore_TIM.apk http : //vodafoneinfinity.sytes.net/tim/internet/ 2015-03-04 http : //vodafoneinfinity.sytes.net/190/configurazione/vodafone/smartphone/VODAFONE Data points span from September 2018 to January 2019 where we observed over 17 million downloads in just five months . APT1 is a Chinese threat group that has been attributed to the 2nd Bureau of the People ’s Liberation Army ( PLA ) General Staff Department ’s ( GSD ) 3rd Department , commonly known by its Military Unit Cover Designator ( MUCD ) as Unit 61398 .


The Cobalt Strike tool has malleable C2 profiles .


The incomplete iOS codes used in this campaign may have been bought while other capabilities appear to have been added . of attacks performed by members of Gorgon Group targeting governmental organizations in the United Kingdom , Spain , Russia , and the United States . The modified code checks the tail instruction and if the true case destination is a control flow dispatcher , JumpCloud reported this unauthorized access impacted fewer than five customers and less than 10 devices .


The newer version of FakeSpy uses new URL addresses for malicious communication with FakeSpy . They also use AutoIT droppers , password-protected EXE files and even ISO images . Furthermore , FireEye has presented evidence indicating that the Ke3chang attackers have been active since at least 2010 and have attacked targets related to G20 meetings in the past .


The first signed hacktool we identified in late 2015 was a digitally signed brute-force server message block ( SMB ) scanner .


Thanks to this data leak , we were able to confirm that the malware really worked as designed : the attacker had access to the victims ’ entered credentials , displayed or written emails and messages , etc . In 2018 , Kaspersky Labs published a report that analyzed a Turla PowerShell loader that was based on the open-source project Posh-SecMod . FALLCHILL typically infects a system as a file dropped by other HIDDEN COBRA malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting sites compromised by HIDDEN COBRA actors .


Additionally , we can see there were at least 3 very large campaigns where Palo Alto Networks saw activity to these sites in July .


We have noticed that hundreds of the email addresses are associated with enterprise accounts worldwide . APT38 's increasingly aggressive targeting against banks and other financial institutions has paralleled North Korea 's worsening financial condition . During the callback , It incorporates the capabilities of the FULLHOUSE tunneler in addition to supporting backdoor commands including shell command execution , file transfer , file management , and process injection .


Some of them are iOS versions of the ones removed from Google Play , but none contain adware functionality . The usefulness of flare-qdb can be seen in cases such as loops dealing with strings . SHA256 : 553a475f72819b295927e469c7bf9aef774783f3ae8c34c794f35702023317cc .


The Shadow Brokers first emerged in August , when they posted links to a selection of NSA exploits and hacking tools onto Github and other websites . Taiwan has been a regular target of Cyber Espionage threat actors for a number of years .


While our systems are great at automatically detecting and protecting against PHAs , we believe the best security comes from the combination of automated scanning and skilled human review . The first attack in the US that Group-IB attributes to this group was conducted in the spring of 2016 : money was stolen from the bank by gaining access to First Data 's " STAR " network operator portal . The successful exploitation of both vulnerabilities led to the delivery of either a downloader that we refer to as IRONHALO , or a backdoor that we refer to as ELMER . This second , partially obfuscated web shell , named iisstart.aspx ( MD5 : 0fd9bffa49c76ee12e51e3b8ae0609ac ) , was more advanced and contained functions to interact with the file system .


However , binding a shell on all available interfaces will obviously make it accessible to anyone who is sharing at least a local network with an infected device . Suckfly conducted a multistage attack against an e-commerce organization based in India . potentially leaked Hamas document detailing Hamas 32nd anniversary expenses in different regions in the Palestinian Territories 932ecbc5112abd0ed30231896752ca471ecd0c600b85134631c1d5ffcf5469fb . • Other actors merged into this group : 6 UNC1878 is a financially motivated group that monetizes their intrusions by extorting their victims following the deployment of RYUK ransomware .


Overlay attack Ginp uses the Accessibility Service to check which application runs is the foreground . The Visma group operates across the entire Nordic region along with Benelux , Central , and Eastern Europe . It opens a TCP port and receives commands from a remote attacker .


] com/gate_cb8a5aea1ab302f0_c online 185.158.248 [ . The tool does all that a typical Trojan needs to accomplish: upload , download and execute files , fingerprint target systems . menuPass typically makes use of a mix of DDNS and actor-registered domains in their attack campaigns .


Successful execution of the macro within the malicious document results in the installation of APT28 ’s signature GAMEFISH malware .


According to the security firm , this campaign targeted Indian military officials via spear-phishing emails , distributing spyware to its victims via an Adobe Reader vulnerability . it reports to was created on August 10 , 2011 .


Domain Name : Spoofed Site ntg-sa.com The domain ntg-sa.com appears to spoof the legit domain ntg.sa.com associated with the Namer Trading Group .


Activation cycle As we have explained above , the malware has several defence mechanisms . The Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 research team recently came across a series of malicious files which were almost identical to those targeting the Saudi Arabian government previously discussed by MalwareBytes . The script is downloading a second stage payload via the Microsoft tool msiexec . YARA Rules


Payload : The malware ; software that will enable the attacker to make use of ( control , exfiltrate data from , or download more software to ) the target computer .


However , the existence of threats like ViperRAT and Pegasus , the most sophisticated piece of mobile surveillanceware we ’ ve seen to date , are evidence that attackers are targeting mobile devices . this library includes two drivers compiled on August 22 and September 4 , 2014 . ZxShell plugins are parsed and loaded with the AnalyseAndLoadPlugins function . OilRig uses two initial access vectors spearphishing and through ITbrain , which is a remote administration software , used in conjunction with the remote access tool TeamViewer .


Instead of compiling a different server for each client , our server uses the code from within the client to communicate with it .


] 26/html2/arc92/au483x.zip hxxp : //94.130.106 [ . Based on these observations , as well as MuddyWater 's history of targeting Turkey-based entities , we assess with moderate confidence that this campaign is associated with the MuddyWater threat actor group . Rancor , a cyber espionage group active since at least 2017 , continues to conduct targeted attacks in Southeast Asia E-LOC and has been found using an undocumented , custom malware family – which we ’ve dubbed Dudell – to download a second stage payload once its malicious macro is executed . Based on these findings , CrowdStrike assesses it is highly likely that the OWA technique employed is in fact tied to CVE-2022 - 41080 .


Targeting individuals linked to presidential campaigns could represent an intelligence ‘ long game ,' as establishing access to potential U.S. administration staff before they are appointed could be easier than targeting them when they are established in the White House .


Deceptively , the app was listed in the Education section . It fetches the same FlawedAmmyy downloader .msi file , then downloads the FlawedAmmyy payload . The Lazarus Group employs a variety of RATs that operate in both client mode and server mode .


RuMMS Code Analysis All RuMMS samples share the same behaviors , major parts of which are shown in Figure 1 . This realization suggests that the OilRig threat group will continue to use their delivery documents for extended periods with subtle modifications to remain effective . The below image shows the information about the sample before and after the cleaning . The challenge of investigating a vulnerable appliance for the exploitation CVE-2023 - 4966 is that the webserver running on the appliance does not record requests ( or errors ) to the vulnerable endpoint .


However , it has begun to target users all around the world , especially users in countries like China , Taiwan , France , Switzerland , Germany , United Kingdom , United States , and others . Rapid7 discovered that additional data was placed into the Dropbox accounts under control of the APT10 during the compromise and was able to attribute data that was placed into it as being owned by Visma . The group has carried out attacks most months since December 2017 .


Filename : ntslwin.exe MD5 : a13c864980159cd9bdc94074b2389dda Filename : ~de03fc12a.docm MD5 : 9d703d31795bac83c4dd90527d149796 .


The Sofacy group ( AKA APT28 , Fancy Bear , STRONTIUM , Sednit , Tsar Team , Pawn Storm ) is a well-known adversary that remains highly active in the new calendar year of 2018 .


Strazzere 's colleague , Jon Sawyer , suggested on Twitter that the vulnerabilities might have not been there by mistake , but rather included as intentionally coded backdoors . We believe the groups moved to use CVE-2018-0798 instead of the other Microsoft Equation Editor Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities because the former is more reliable as it works on all known versions of Equation Editor . Gh0stRAt Downloader : ce47e7827da145823a6f2b755975d1d2f5eda045b4c542c9b9d05544f3a9b974 .


FireEye Labs detects this phishing attack and customers will be protected against the usage of these sites in possible future campaigns . According to statistics , Corkow primarily targets users in Russia and the CIS , but it is worth noting that in 2014 the amount of attacks targeting the USA increased by 5 times , in comparison with 2011 .


Given the use of lure documents designed with social engineering in mind , it is likely that MuddyWater use phishing or spam to target users who are unaware of these documents ' malicious nature . After app installation , whenever SWAnalytics senses victims opening up infected applications or rebooting their phones , it silently uploads their entire contacts list to Hangzhou Shun Wang Technologies controlled servers .


This list is expected to expand : Package name Application name com.android.vending Play Market com.boursorama.android.clients Boursorama Banque com.caisseepargne.android.mobilebanking Banque com.chase.sig.android Chase Mobile com.clairmail.fth Fifth Third Mobile Banking com.connectivityapps.hotmail Connect for Hotmail com.google.android.gm Gmail com.imo.android.imoim imo free video calls and chat com.infonow.bofa Bank of America This allows them to expand their range of targets of hacking activities for financial profit , and in this regard , SectorJ04 group has been found to have hacked into a company’s internal network by using a spear phishing email targeting executives and employees of certain South Korean companies around February 2019 . Symantec discovered the most recent wave of Tick attacks in July 2015 , when BRONZE BUTLER compromised three different Japanese websites with a Flash ( .swf ) exploit to mount watering hole attacks .


The group 's capabilities are more than the much discussed CVE-2012-0158 exploits over the past few years . Thus , Turla operators had access to some highly sensitive information ( such as emails sent by the German Foreign Office staff ) for almost a year .


Use mobile threat detection solutions for enhanced security . The malicious attachments purported to be invitations or drafts of the agenda for the conference . The threat actors associated with DRAGONFISH have previously focused their campaigns on targets in Southeast Asia , specifically those located in countries near the South China Sea .


First of all the new package name is com.google.services , which can easily be confused with a legitimate Google service . " With our latest research we now see how Greenbug has shifted away from HTTP-based C2 communication with Ismdoor . The THREEBYTE spear phishing incident ( while not yet attributed ) shared the following characteristics with the above HIGHTIDE campaign attributed to APT12 : The THREEBYTE backdoor was compiled two days after the HIGHTIDE backdoors ; Encrypted Channel APT29 has used multiple layers of encryption within malware to protect C2 communication .


RCSession — This basic RAT is installed via DLL side-loading , and CTU researchers observed BRONZE PRESIDENT installing it on multiple hosts during intrusions .


In addition , we uncovered the IMEIs of the targeted individuals ( IMEIs will not be shared publicly for the privacy and safety of the victims ) as well as the types of exfiltrated content . Recently , we found several new versions of Carbon , a second stage backdoor in the Turla group arsenal . At startup , Svchost.exe checks the services part of the registry and constructs a list of services to load . At the end of There is a call to the main function of the malware that contains all its functionality .


This is a very simple process , which is replacing their update file on SD card with its own malicious payload . In addition to built-in functionalities , the operators of Careto can upload additional modules which can perform any malicious task . Unlike the files described earlier , these executables are never written to the filesystem . The decoy installer ( Install%20Updater%20(V104.25.151)-stable.url ) is an Internet shortcut downloaded from another compromised WordPress site .


The detection evasion techniques we observed in the Okrum malware include embedding the malicious payload within a legitimate PNG image , employing several anti-emulation and anti-sandbox tricks , as well as making frequent changes in implementation . Clever Kitten 's goal is to eventually be able to masquerade as a legitimate user by compromising credentials either through a pass-the-hash attack , or by dumping password hashes from a compromised host .


Data from the early part of this year shows that the Taidoor attackers rampantly used malicious.DOC files to exploit a Microsoft Common Controls vulnerability , CVE-2012-0158 . In that case , we observed Buhtrap using a local privilege escalation exploit , CVE-2019-1132 , against one of its victims .


Thanks to that project , we were able to extract his Facebook profile – which lists his studies at the aforementioned university . The attachment in these emails is a weaponized Microsoft Office document containing a malicious macro that – when enabled – leads to the download of Hancitor . SHA256 : 4585584fe7e14838858b24c18a792b105d18f87d2711c060f09e62d89fc3085b .


CozyDuke is not simply a malware toolset ; rather , it is a modular malware platform formed around a core backdoor component .


Like the ChinaChopper web shell , the OwaAuth web shell requires a password .


More details on the new USB stealers are available in the section on technical analysis .


In addition to being signed with a stolen certificate , the identified hacktools had been used in suspicious activity against a US based health provider operating in India .


Compromising safety systems provides little value outside of disrupting operations .


Public cloud infrastructure is one of the main targets for Rocke . The victims for the 2014-2015 versions are generally IT and real estate/investment companies and in both cases , a small number of computers have been infected throughout Wild Neutron .


The packer , besides making the static analysis more complex , will break the standard debugger . The threat actor 's known working hours align to Chinese Standard Time ( CST ) and its targeting corresponds to that of other known China-based threat actors , which supports our assessment that these campaigns are conducted by APT10 . Recently , our colleagues from ESET wrote about another supply chain attack in which BARIUM was also involved , that we believe is connected to this case as well . CrowdStrike Falcon will detect the OWASSRF exploit method described in this blog , and will block the method if the prevention setting for • None Monitor Exchange servers for signs of exploitation visible in IIS and Remote PowerShell logs using this script developed by CrowdStrike Services • None Consider application - level controls such as web application firewalls .