Hermes is commodity ransomware that has been observed for sale on forums and used by multiple threat actors . Next , in an effort to demonstrate it wasn't relegated to China , we exposed Clever Kitten , an actor we track out of Iran who leverages some very distinct TTPs when viewed next to a more visible adversary .


By going on the offensive and hunting the attackers , our team was able to unearth the early stages of what may be a very dangerous mobile malware . Around the same time , WildFire also captured an e-mail containing a Word document ( " hello.docx " ) with an identical hash as the earlier Word document , this time sent to a U.S. Government recipient . 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 .


The first timer will be fired on the configured interval ( 20 seconds in this case ) , pinging the command and control ( C2 ) server . In addition , the anonymous cybersecurity experts referenced in the article connected the malicious Gamaredon Group actors with Russian state-sponsored hackers . It is possible that APT37 's distribution of KARAE malware via torrent websites could assist in creating and maintaining botnets for future distributed denial-of-service ( DDoS ) attacks , or for other activity such as financially motivated campaigns or disruptive operations .


This is significant because it suggests that OnionDuke was under development before any part of the Duke operation became public .


APT35 also installed BROKEYOLK , a custom backdoor , to maintain persistence on the compromised host . One of the primary targets of the Taidoor campaign appeared to be the Taiwanese government .


Users can not rely on the official app stores for their safety , and should implement advanced security protections capable of detecting and blocking zero-day mobile malware . However , full details on ALLANITE and other group tools , techniques , procedures , and infrastructure is available to network defenders via Dragos WorldView . Then the connection is retried . Figure 2 : Historical Russia - nexus activity impacting OT


In the 2018 public posting announcing TEMP.Veles , FireEye researchers noted that the institute in question at least supported TEMP.Veles activity in deploying TRITON , with subsequent public presentations at Cyberwarcon and the Kaspersky Lab sponsored Security Analyst Summit essentially linking TRITON and the research institute ( and therefore TEMP.Veles ) as one in the same .


The SMS message will be instantly sent to the server , informing the malware operator of executed tasks . The PLATINUM tool is , to our knowledge , the first malware sample observed to misuse chipset features in this way . For example , in September 2016 , Sowbug infiltrated an organization in Asia , deploying the Felismus backdoor on one of its computers , Computer A , using the file name adobecms.exe in CSIDL_WINDOWS\debug .


On Tuesday , Arbor Networks said that it has new leads on a credential stealing remote access Trojan ( RAT ) called Ismdoor , possibly used by Greenbug to steal credentials on Shamoon 's behalf . TG-3390 uses DLL side loading , a technique that involves running a legitimate , typically digitally signed , program that loads a malicious DLL .


Zen uses root permissions on a device to automatically enable a service that creates fake Google accounts . In 2017 , the number of attacks has remained the same with 8 US banks , 1 law firm and 1 bank in Russia being targeted . As shown in Figure 1, the emails originated from the Yahoo ! email address mts03282000@yahoo.co.jp , and contained the subject “ Sending of New Year . While the use of web shells is common amongst threat actors , the parent processes , timing , and victim(s ) of these files clearly indicate activity that commenced with the abuse of Microsoft Exchange .


This APT attack was analyzed and attributed upon the detection and 360 Core Security now confirmed its association with the APT-C-06 Group . In their current campaign , APT32 has leveraged ActiveMime files that employ social engineering methods to entice the victim into enabling macros .


The following are the three files:Defender.sct – The malicious JavaScript based scriptlet file . PIVY also played a key role in the 2011 campaign known as Nitro that targeted chemical makers , government agencies , defense contractors , and human rights groups.10,11 Still active a year later , the Nitro attackers used a zero-day vulnerability in Java to deploy PIVY in 2012 .


The techniques , tools , and procedures used in this campaign bear great resemblance to previous attacks attributed to the MoleRATs Group ( aka Gaza Cybergang Group ) , an Arabic-speaking , politically motivated group that has operated in the Middle East since 2012 .


This third campaign is consistent with two previously reported attack campaigns in terms of targeting : the targets were government organizations dealing with foreign affairs .


Hacking Team has been known to use both CVE-2014-3153 and CVE-2013-6282 in their attacks . 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 . This is further detailed below . In 2009 , the Winnti group shifted to targeting gaming companies in South Korea using a self - named data- and file - stealing malware .


This campaign primarily affected the government sector in the Middle East , U.S. , and Japan . The Poseidon Group actively targets this sort of corporate environment for the theft of intellectual property and commercial information , occasionally focusing on personal information on executives .


The INI file contains the Base64 encoded PowerShell command , which will be decoded and executed by PowerShell using the command line generated by the VBS file on execution using WScript.exe . POWRUNER was delivered using a malicious RTF file that exploited CVE-2017-0199 .


This feature added automatic error checking to critical parts of the program ’s execution at the cost , from a malware perspective , of providing additional hints that make the malware ’s functionality easier for reverse engineers to understand .


Similar to previous malware which infiltrated Google Play , such as FalseGuide and Skinner , Judy relies on the communication with its Command and Control server ( C & C ) for its operation . The Winnti umbrella and linked groups' initial targets are gaming studios and high tech businesses . The data is decrypted , the remote host list is parsed and verified using the BuildTargetIpListStruct function . So , when LockBit , the most active ransomware group in the world , is hitting three times as many victims as the next most active gang , you need to know how to prepare .


Cisco Cloud Web Security ( CWS ) or Web Security Appliance ( WSA ) web scanning prevents access to malicious websites and detects malware used in these attacks . Previous versions were described by Kaspersky in 2014 and Cylance in 2017 . Per the complaint , the email account watsonhenny@gmail.com was used to send LinkedIn invitations to employees of a bank later targeted by APT38 .


Indicators of Compromise ( IoCs ) hxxp : //mcsoft365.com/c hxxp : //pingconnect.net/c Hashes MD5 : 5c749c9fce8c41bf6bcc9bd8a691621b SHA256 : 284bd2d16092b4d13b6bc85d87950eb4c5e8cbba9af2a04d76d88da2f26c485c MD5 : b264af5d2f3390e465052ab502b0726d 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 . In March 2016 , Symantec published a blog on Suckfly , an advanced cyberespionage group that conducted attacks against a number of South Korean organizations to steal digital certificates .


The information is then stored in local app database as well as sent to the backend . The threat actors use a commercial installation tool called Smart Installer Maker to encapsulate and execute a self-extracting RAR archive and in some cases a decoy slideshow or Flash installation application . U.S . cybersecurity firm FireEye also recently captured BlackOasis activity as part of a similar incident where the group relied on a different zero-day exploit — more specifically , a SOAP WSDL I-TOOL parser I-VULNAME E-TOOL code injection vulnerability — to install FinSpy onto a small number of devices . Emotet has used HTTP over ports such as 20 , 22 , 7080 , and 50000 , in addition to using ports commonly associated with HTTP / S.[13 ] FIN7 has used port - protocol mismatches on ports such as 53 , 80 , 443 , and 8080 during C2.[14 ]


But that does n't mean companies and organizations are out of the woods . 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 . OceanLotus : 0ee693e714be91fd947954daee85d2cd8d3602e9d8a840d520a2b17f7c80d999 Loader #1 . None PIEHOP is a disruption tool written in Python and packaged with PyInstaller that is capable of connecting to a user - supplied remote MSSQL server for uploading files and issuing remote commands to a RTU .


Update as of July 23 , 2015 1:00 AM PDT ( UTC-7 ) We have added a link to a previous report discussing this threat . 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 . If the code can’t determine the mapping in later maturity levels , It is thought they were likely targeted because they might have information on foreign policy of countries towards Iran , negotiations over Irans nuclear program , or information about Iranian dissidents .


] 102 2020-03-29 http : //ora.blindsidefantasy [ . The PowerShell version of the Trojan also has the ability to get screenshots . There is not much public information about the APT campaign called menuPass ( also known as Stone Panda and APT10 ) .


Historically , the majority of their targeting has been focused on the South Korean government , military , and defense industrial base . 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 .


The dynamically-loaded code is also flooded with meaningless commands that mask the actual commands passing through . As shown above , the threat runs several native binaries to collect useful information for its recon phase . Most AveMaria targets ( 72% ) were in the EU . We took google - analytics as an example , but other services can also be used .


In October 2014 , FireEye released APT28 : A Window into Russia ’s Cyber Espionage Operations? , and characterized APT28 ’s activity as aligning with the Russian Government ’s strategic intelligence requirements .


The dropped “ tf394kv.dll ” file is an external C&C communications library , compiled on July 24th , 2015 and used by the main backdoor for all Internet-based communications .


The new GRIFFON implant is written to the hard drive before each execution , limiting the file-less” aspect of this method . As we have noted in many earlier reports , attackers commonly use decoy files to trick victims into thinking a malicious document is actually legitimate .


this RTF exploits again the CVE-2017_1882 on eqnedt32.exe . Several times , APT5 has targeted organizations and personnel based in Southeast Asia .


This and following versions were masquerading as fake “ Adobe Flash Player ” apps . The OSB functions as the interface between CIA operational staff and the relevant technical support staff . CopyKittens is an Iranian cyber espionage group that has been operating since at least 2013 .


] 26 192 [ . In 2017 , APT37 expanded its targeting beyond the Korean peninsula to include Japan , Vietnam and the Middle East , and to a wider range of industry verticals , including chemicals , electronics , manufacturing , aerospace , automotive and healthcare entities . For newer operating systems, events.exe creates task.xml . We have not observed indications that the group claiming to be REvil that took part in the attack on the EIB was connected to the widely known ransomware group .


Sofacy selectively used SPLM / CHOPSTICK modules as second stage implants to high interest targets for years now .


Application lifecycle Application Lifecycle Google Bouncer Bypass On start , the application checks if it is executed on one of the Google servers : IP ranges 209.85.128.0-209.85.255.255 , 216.58.192.0-216.58.223.255 , 173.194.0.0-173.194.255.255 , 74.125.0.0-74.125.255.255 or if it is executed on IP hosted domain that contains the following strings : “ google ” , ” android ” , ” 1e100 ” . The group has demonstrated access to zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-0802) , and the ability to incorporate them into operations . and as discovered later , even the U.S. and UK governments .


We believe this activity , which dates back to at least July 2017 , was intended to target travelers to hotels throughout Europe and the Middle East .


] websiteaccounts-fb [ . In order to initially compromise the designated targets , Infy typically distributed specifically-crafted malicious documents containing Infy through spearphishing attacks . On the site “ www.china-one.org , ” the email address “ lfengg@163.com ” appears as the contact for the Shanghai Kai Optical Information Technology Co. , Ltd. , a website production company located in a part of Shanghai that is across the river from PLA Unit 61398 . Designed to guard against XSS attacks , CSP helps control which domains can be accessed as part of a page and therefore restricts which domains to share data with .


Though the encryption and ransom functionality of BitPaymer was not technically sophisticated , the malware contained multiple anti-analysis features that overlapped with Dridex . ScarCruft uses a multi-stage binary infection scheme .


As soon as the user picks up the device , the implant will detect a motion event and execute the “ tk1 ” and “ input keyevent 3 ” commands . This attack resembles previous attacks by HIDDEN COBRA conducted against the SWIFT . APT33 : 018360b869d8080cf5bcca1a09eb8251558378eb6479d8d89b8c80a8e2fa328c S-SHA2 Remcos . The Twitter handle used by Hack520 indicates also an “ est ” portion .


After the server returns the solution , the app enters it into the appropriate text field to complete the CAPTCHA challenge . Secondly , when the emails were being sent to a broad set of recipients , the mails purported to be a necessary security update . After discovering the BLACKCOFFEE activity , the FireEye-Microsoft team encoded a sinkhole IP address into the profile pages and forum threads and locked the accounts to prevent the threat actors from making any changes . Since the original announcement , we have observed several new attacks using the same exploit ( CVE-2013 - 0640 ) which drop other malware .


During our investigation into the activity , FireEye identified a direct overlap between BADRABBIT redirect sites and sites hosting a profiler we’ve been tracking as BACKSWING . 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 .


Nbtscan has been used by APT10 in Operation Cloud Hopper to search for services of interest across the IT estate and footprint endpoints of interest . 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 .


Creation date is a week before the start of the tournament . APT32 operations are characterized through deployment of signature malware payloads including WINDSHIELD , KOMPROGO , SOUNDBITE , and PHOREAL . The Ursnif variants were primarily grouped by C2 infrastructure . Companies conducing a risk analysis would be well served to consider such motivations when evaluating their exposure .


With the enhanced post-breach detection capabilities of Windows Defender ATP , SOC personnel are able to reduce this period to hours or even minutes , significantly lessening the potential impact of persistent attacker access to their network .


Some of the documents exploited CVE-2017-0199 to deliver the payload . targeted attacks .


Our logs show a number of simultaneous Red Alert 2.0 campaigns in operation , many ( but not all ) hosted on dynamic DNS domains . The majority of APT37 activity continues to target South Korea , North Korean defectors , and organizations and individuals involved in Korean Peninsula reunification efforts . The vast majority of the users targeted by this new variant of Remexi appear to have Iranian IP . The infection starts with a malicious email containing a link that downloads a JS file that used to download DLL .


Lookout has determined ViperRAT is a very sophisticated threat that adds to the mounting evidence that targeted mobile attacks against governments and business is a real problem . Kaspersky APT Intelligence Reporting subscription , customers received an update in mid-February 2017 . Therefore , separate services can run , depending on how and where Svchost.exe is started . The second step is simply the same exploit used in the second step of ProxyNotShell , allowing code execution through PowerShell remoting .


In August 2015 , the threat actors sent spear phishing emails to a number of Hong Kong-based media organizations , including newspapers , radio , and television . Their primary interest appears to be gathering intelligence .


During this process , an amount of money , configured by the malicious operator , is requested to the user . Once the ITG08 established a foothold on the network , they employed WMI and PowerShell techniques to perform network reconnaissance and move laterally within the environment . In November 2017 , Talos observed the latest Group123 campaign of the year , which included a new version of ROKRAT being used in the latest wave of attacks .


Going one step further , we rebuilt the malware to execute the apparent functionality of generating a payload , but discovered that the APK stored in the /res/raw/ directory is empty . 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 . This script identifies infected hosts by first sending a custom hello packet , immediately followed by an encoded request for host information , and then parsing the response .


System owners are also advised to run the YARA tool on any system they suspect to have been targeted by HIDDEN COBRA actors .


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This code will then download further payloads through a POST request to various websites .


We anticipate this malware to continue to evolve with additional new features ; the only question now is when we will see the next wave . While this criminal organization’s activities now center around BEC , and extend to romance scams , credit card fraud , check fraud , fake job listings , credential harvesting , tax schemes , and more , these actors came from much humbler beginnings , starting with basic Craigslist scams in 2008 . The DeltaCharlie DDoS bot was originally reported by Novetta in their 2016 Operation Blockbuster Malware Report .


HIDDEN COBRA IOCs related to DeltaCharlie are provided within the accompanying .csv and .stix files of this alert .


With the previous iterations of DealersChoice samples , the Flash object would immediately load and begin malicious tasks .


A single compromised account could allow TG-4127 to achieve its operational goals .


We first detected members of this family back in March 2018 . In one of these campaigns , Waterbug used a USB stealer that scans removable storage devices to identify and collect files of interest . They then use additional social engineering to prompt the target to open a .scr file , display a decoy document to the users , and finally execute the malware on the victim's machine .


Interestingly , the fact that the attack was blocked didn’t appear to stop the Sofacy team .


Ensure event logging , including applications , events , login activities , and security attributes , is turned on or monitored for identification of security issues .


Thus respected journalists ( at least by me ) conflate the “ TRITON actor is active at another site ” with “ TRITON malware was identified at another site ” .


Server-side Carrier Checks In the JavaScript bridge API obfuscation example covered above , the server supplied the app with the necessary strings to complete the billing process . NetSarang , which has headquarters in South Korea and the United States , removed the backdoored update , but not before it was activated on at least one victim 's machine in Hong Kong . It filters each attempt to open the ZxShell protected driver or the main DLL , returning a reference to the “ netstat.exe ” file . Figure 11 : Sandworm TANKTRAP GPO 2


In this case , “ Agent Smith ” is being used to for financial gain through the use of malicious advertisements . Unit 42 recently published a blog on a newly identified Trojan called Bookworm , which discussed the architecture and capabilities of the malware and alluded to Thailand being the focus of the threat actors' campaigns . An advanced persistent threat group , previously identified by Microsoft and codenamed Neodymium , is closely associated with BlackOasis ’ operations . Sandworm Team has used port 6789 to accept connections on the group 's SSH server.[34 ] Silence has used port 444 when sending data about the system from the client to the server.[35 ] StrongPity has used HTTPS over port 1402 in C2 communication.[36 ] SUGARUSH has used port 4585 for a TCP connection to its C2 .


Just a few months later , in February 2015 , we announced the discovery of Carbanak , a cyber-criminal gang that used custom malware and APT techniques to steal millions of dollars while infecting hundreds of financial institutions in at least 30 countries . In the past , we have seen the group using open-source password dumpers such as Mimikatz .


Nevertheless , resourceful threat actors such as ScarCruft will probably continue to deploy zero-day exploits against their high profile targets . APT5 has targeted or breached organizations across multiple industries , but its focus appears to be on telecommunications and technology companies , especially information about satellite communications .


Simple Backdoor Exploit to Hack Android Devices All you need to do to gain root access of an affected Android device is… Send the text " rootmydevice '' to any undocumented debugging process . BRONZE UNION actors leveraged initial web shell access on Internet-facing systems to conduct internal reconnaissance . Outlaw : 104.236.192.6 . CrowdStrike incident responders found that renamed Plink and AnyDesk executable creation timestamps on affected backend Exchange servers were closely correlated with PowerShell execution events in the Remote PowerShell logs , indicating the threat actor leveraged the newly discovered exploit chain to drop other tooling for persistent access to the affected Exchange servers .


Through the exploitation of the HTA handler vulnerability described in CVE-2017-1099 , the observed RTF attachments download . We also believe that both clusters of activity have links to attacks with likely Indian origins , the CONFUCIUS_A attacks are linked to the use of SNEEPY/BYEBYESHELL and the CONFUCIUS_B have a loose link to Hangover .


According to the FBI , the SNAKEMACKEREL threat group "is part of an ongoing campaign of cyber-enabled operations directed at the United States government and its citizens .


Recently , we discovered a campaign launched at various Ministries of Foreign Affairs around the world .


This quest to determine the currently running application is a hallmark of overlay malware , so we thought we ’ d take a closer look at how it ’ s done . Operation Daybreak appears to have been launched by unknown attackers to infect high profile targets through spear-phishing e-mails . Defeating Compiler-Level Obfuscations Used in APT10 Malware . The group , which was primarily motivated by profit , is noted for utilizing self - developed technically - proficient tools for their attacks .


The request codes are actually replies to the C2 action requests , which are actually called " responses . The LYCEUM threat group targets organizations in sectors of strategic national importance , including oil and gas and possibly telecommunications . Because APT38 is backed by ( and acts on behalf of ) the North Korean regime , we opted to categorize the group as an " APT " instead of a " FIN " .


BRONZE PRESIDENT has demonstrated intent to steal data from organizations using tools such as Cobalt Strike , PlugX , ORat , and RCSession .


The binary infection procedure in the Windows system differed from the previous case .


Beginning in mid-January 2019 , TA542 distributed millions of Emotet-laden emails in both English and German . Despite being an older vulnerability , many threat actors continue to leverage CVE-2012-0158 to exploit Microsoft Word .


In addition , Kaspersky discovered that the Winnti group uses a popular backdoor known as PlugX which also has Chinese origins . It was reported by Symantec to Microsoft in September 2018 and was patched on March 12 , 2019 . How Buckeye obtained Equation Group tools at least a year prior to the Shadow Brokers leak remains unknown .


In some instances , APT41 leveraged POISONPLUG as a first-stage backdoor to deploy the HIGHNOON backdoor in the targeted environment . The sctrls backdoor we came across is delivered via RTF files exploiting CVE-2015-1641 .


Instead , OurMine had managed to alter WikiLeaks 's DNS records ( held by a third-party registrar ) to direct anyone who tried to visit wikileaks.org to visit a different IP address which definitely wasn't under the control of Julian Assange and his cronies . He is responsible for developing tools for conducting attacks and is also able to modify complex exploits and third party software .


Trojan.SH.MALXMR.UWEJP : 1800de5f0fb7c5ef3c0d9787260ed61bc324d861bc92d9673d4737d1421972aa .


Facebook phishing One of the interesting features of this spyware is the ability to steal Facebook credentials using a fake login page , similar to phishing . Between June and September 2017 , Bemstour was also used against targets in the Philippines and Vietnam . The group was first seen in June 2016 .


Some of the group's phishing lures suggest an interest in national security , humanitarian , and law enforcement organizations in the East , South , and Southeast Asia ( see Figure 1 ) .


These samples would also contain artefacts of functionality from the earliest CosmicDuke samples from 2010 .


The algorithm for generating the lowest-level domain name was hardwired in the Trojan ’ s code . Documents with the Flash exploit managed to evade static defenses and remain undetected as an exploit on VirusTotal . The cybercriminal group Lazarus has a history of attacking financial organizations in Asia and Latin America .


Cannon logs into the secondary email account via POP3S looking for emails with a subject that matches the unique system identifier .


Much of the information being stolen appear to be military-related . These codes are often leveraged in the malware used by coordinated targeted attackers to differentiate victims that were successfully compromised from different target sets . FIN7 operations are linked to numerous intrusion attempts having targeted hundreds of companies since at least as early as 2015 . They used their unauthorized access to obtain digital certificates that were later exploited in malware campaigns targeting other industries and political activists .


Vulnerabilities Reported BLU Products , founded in 2009 , makes lower-end Android-powered smartphones that sell for as little as $ 50 on Amazon . Rapid7 discovered that additional data was placed into the Dropbox accounts under control of the attacker during the compromise and was able to attribute data that was placed into it as being owned by Visma . Invader : 0df20ccd074b722d5fe1358b329c7bdebcd7e3902a1ca4ca8d5a98cc5ce4c287 .


XENOTIME used credential capture and replay to move between networks , Windows commands , standard command-line tools such as PSExec , and proprietary tools for operations on victim hosts . ( Full reports detailing XENOTIME ’s tool techniques , and procedures are available to Dragos WorldView customers . ) Because the TRISIS malware framework was highly tailored , it would have required specific knowledge of the Triconex ’s infrastructure and processes within a specific plant .


Despite being an older vulnerability , many threat actors continue to leverage CVE-2012-0158 to exploit Microsoft Word . The authors of that report identify three primary tools used in the campaigns attributed to Hidden Lynx : Trojan.Naid , Backdoor.Moudoor , and Backdoor.Hikit .


Government agencies and enterprises should look at this threat as an example of the kind of spying that is now possible given how ubiquitous mobile devices are in the workplace . Now GozNym is now targeting 13 banks and subsidiaries in Germany , Limor Kessem , Executive Security Advisor at IBM , said Tuesday . The standard , non-WEBC2 APT1 backdoor typically communicates using the HTTP protocol ( to blend in with legitimate web traffic ) or a custom protocol that the malware authors designed themselves . In addition to stealing digital certificates , the Winnti gang 's campaign appears to be motivated by the desire to manipulate in - game currency , such as " runes " or " gold , " that can in many cases be converted into real currency .


We believe the 2013 , 2015 , and 2016 KeyBoy samples provide evidence of a development effort focused on changing components that would be used by researchers to develop detection signatures . The CVE-2012-0773 was originally discovered by VUPEN and has an interesting story .


On multiple dates in 2017 , TEMP.Veles struggled to execute this utility on multiple victim systems , potentially due to AV detection .


The Trojan uses this counter to activate the bot - if aforementioned step counter hits the pre-configured threshold it considers running on the device to be safe . It can be seen that after the code leakage , the CEO of the HackingTeam organization said that the leaked code is only a small part is based on the facts , which also reflects that the network arms merchants have lowered the threshold of APT attacks to a certain extent , making more uncertainties of cyber attacks . Remexi is a basic back door Trojan that allows attackers to open a remote shell on the computer and execute commands .


However , at the time of writing , we were unable to identify relevant conversations about the EventBot malware . The delivery of KopiLuwak in this instance is currently unknown as the MSIL dropper has only been observed by Proofpoint researchers on a public malware repository . Magic Hound will often find simpler ACTs for effective compromise , such as creative phishing and simple custom malware .


The “ InternetExchange ” export closes the established connection and frees associated handles .


Conclusion Gooligan has breached over a million Google accounts . BRONZE BUTLER has used phishing emails with Flash animation attachments to download and execute Daserf malware , and has also leveraged Flash exploits for SWC attacks . we never get the pointer . Second , as COSMICENERGY was potentially developed as part of a red team , this discovery suggests that the barriers to entry are lowering for offensive OT threat activity since we normally observe these types of capabilities limited to well resourced or state sponsored actors .


Reverse Proxy .


The sample we analyzed in October , for example , contains a plugin that is able to spy on internet connections , and can even divert some SSL connections and steal data from encrypted traffic . There is not much public information about the APT campaign called menuPass ( also known as Stone Panda and APT10 ) . After the content of resource 0xC8 is decompressed , another function from the backdoor DLL is used to load the C2 communication module to the memory and call its " CreateInstance " export . The group , which was primarily motivated by profit , is noted for utilizing self - developed technically - proficient tools for their attacks .


Associated indicators and screenshots of the decoy documents are all available here in the ThreatConnect platform .


APT28 espionage activity has primarily targeted entities in the U.S. , Europe , and the countries of the former Soviet Union , including governments , militaries , defense attaches , media entities , and dissidents and figures opposed to the current Russian Government . 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 .


The source process writes the native shellcode into the memory region allocated by mmap . Since March 2015 , ESET has detected Potao binaries at several high-value Ukrainian targets that include government and military entities and one of the major Ukrainian news agencies . APT17 : 0370002227619c205402c48bde4332f6 . It consists of two frames , one for loading the decoy web page from a legitimate website ( copied from http://www.albannagroup.com/business-principles.html ) , and another for performing malicious activities ( hxxp://[c2_hostname]/groups / sidebar.html )


Living Off the Land .


The malicious documents seen in recent activity refer to a number of topics , including recent military promotions within the Pakistan Army , information related to the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission , as well as Pakistan 's Ministry of the Interior . This sample was also found to be deployed using the CVE-2012-0158 vulnerability .


- There were two interesting sub-classes found inside Main Activity : Receiver and Sender . According to local media reports , in 2019 Silence successfully withdrew money from the Bangladeshi bank twice within 2 months . The organised crime group started its high-tech criminal activities in late 2013 by launching the Anunak malware campaign that targeted financial transfers and ATM networks of financial institutions around the world .


An expected break following the 2016-2017 winter holidays turned into an unexplained three-month hiatus for TA505 .


Permissions in the manifest This malware is designed to avoid detection and analysis . This operation has targeted managed IT service providers , the compromise of which provides APT10 with potential access to thousands of further victims . Although precise attribution is not available at the moment , certain evidence we have collected allows us to link this attack to the ShadowPad incident from 2017 . Most fraudsters create one - time email addresses or use stolen email addresses , both of which are easy to create or obtain .


These are adapted to the information the malicious operator wants to retrieve . We attribute this activity to TEMP.Zagros ( reported by Palo Alto Networks and Trend Micro as MuddyWater ) , an Iran-nexus actor that has been active since at least May 2017 . Sample ( SHA256 : bc1c3e754be9f2175b718aba62174a550cdc3d98ab9c36671a58073140381659 ) has the same export entry name and is also a reverse shell . An adversary may also destroy data backups that are vital to recovery after an incident .


It will also take a photo using the device ’ s front camera when the user wakes the device . The ScarCruft group keeps expanding its exfiltration targets to steal further information from infected hosts and continues to create tools for additional data exfiltration . The second module is used by the operators to execute an obfuscated PowerShell script , which contains a Meterpreter downloader widely known as “ Tinymet “ . For the actors and groups who originally created the malware , it is a more reliable income stream for them .


This joint Technical Alert ( TA ) is the result of analytic efforts between the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) .


We have only seen CVE-2015-1701 in use in conjunction with the Adobe Flash exploit for CVE-2015-3043 .


Once started , it downloads additional malware from the C2 and also uploads some basic system information , stealing , among other things , the user 's Google Chrome credentials . These samples were contained in exploit documents containing distinct lure content , one having a Tibetan nexus , the other an Indian nexus .


Attackers can now communicate with the compromised machine and remotely execute commands on it .


The reply , if its length is not equal to six and its contents do not contain “ OK ” is returned back to the caller .


360 Helios Team captured the first Trojan of the Poison Ivy Group in December 2007 . In the last few weeks , FormBook was seen downloading other malware families such as NanoCore .


During this time , “ Agent Smith ” hackers eventually built up a vast number of app presence on 9Apps , which later would serve as publication channels for evolved droppers . The group still uses the Badnews malware , a backdoor with information-stealing and file-executing capabilities , albeit updated with a slight modification in the encryption routine at the end of 2017 , when they added Blowfish encryption on top of their custom encryption described in our former Patchwork blogpost . For Dexphot , machine learning-based detections in the cloud recognize and block the DLLs loaded by rundll32.exe , stopping the attack chain in its early stages . We recommend checking the following for potential evidence of compromise : • Child processes of on Exchange Servers , particularly .


] 205 [ . Mandiant has observed Russian nation-state attackers APT29 employing domain fronting techniques for stealthy backdoor access to victim environments for at least two years . This variant ( the metadata for which is listed below ) is Gandcrab version . Cisco , Microsoft , and other tech companies have joined in supporting Meta 's lawsuit against the NSO Group referenced above through court filings .


CSIS provided a ( sanitised ) version of a typical message to warn users what to look out for : “ You have received a multimedia message from + [ country code ] [ sender number ] Follow the link http : //www.mmsforyou [ . Back in 2013 , CopyKittens used several Facebook profiles to spread links to a website impersonating Haaretz news , an Israeli newspaper . event ( according to Hex-Rays , The four - byte value at offset 0x416 ( 0x3e8 or decimal 1000 ) is the backdoor ’s version number .


10 million Android phones infected by all-powerful auto-rooting apps First detected in November , Shedun/HummingBad infections are surging . Around 55% of the victims of Lazarus were located in India and neighboring countries . APT33 : 8.26.21.120 [REDACTED].ddns.net . Through this entry , in which we take a closer look at an individual who we believe might be connected to the Winnti group , we hope to give both ordinary users and organizations better insights into some of the tools – notably the server infrastructures- these kinds of threat actors use , as well as the scale in which they operate .


This diagram illustrates the whole process . The PassCV group continues to be one of the most successful and active threat groups that leverage a wide array of stolen Authenticode-signing certificates . APT17 : 121.101.73.231 . Clients using Internet Explorer version 8 are served with “ about.htm ” , for other versions of the browser and for any other browser capable of running Java applets , the JavaScript code loads “ JavaApplet.html ” .


The multi-step malware framework caused industrial systems in a Middle Eastern industrial facility to shut down .


Additionally , it also writes addresses of dlopen , dlsym , and dlclose into the same region , so that they can be used by the shellcode . As confirmation that the malware writers are still very active even at the time of this writing , ESET detected a new Potao sample compiled on July 20 , 2015 . APT17 : ac169b7d4708c6fa7fee9be5f7576414 . The second webpage , “ sidebar.html ” contains 88 lines , mostly JavaScript code , and works as a primitive exploit pack .


Whitelisting is one of the best security strategies because it allows only specified programs to run while blocking all others , including malicious software .


However , thanks to the infrastructure sharing and forgotten panel names , we assess with high confidence that this actor is still active , it is still developing malware and has been using it from mid-June to today . 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 . It should also be noted that this campaign used CVE-2009-4324 and CVE-2011-0609 exploits when these were still unpatched or considered zero-day vulnerabilities . FakeSG has different browser templates depending on which browser the victim is running .


Unfortunately , without the email message , we don’t know if there are any instructions for the user , if there is any further social engineering , or if it relies solely on the victim ’s curiosity .


SHA256 : 1ac624aaf6bbc2e3b966182888411f92797bd30b6fcce9f8a97648e64f13506f .


It only has two parts , the method indicated by word “ info ” and the victim identifier . Since our first published analysis of the OilRig campaign in May 2016 , we have continued to monitor this group for new activity . Gamaredon : http://masseffect.space/ . Researchers at Cisco Talos recently wrote an ‘ On the Radar ’ article about the growth of spyware - based intelligence providers , without legal or ethical supervision .


All recent FakeSpy versions contain the same code with minor changes . Recorded Future has been monitoring APT33 activity , beginning with research published in October 2017 , which revealed new infrastructure , malware hashes , and TTPs relating to the threat actor(s) . During that time they poked 70 internal hosts , compromised 56 accounts , making their ACT from 139 attack sources ( TOR and compromised home routers ) .


The number of supported commands has increased over time , with the latest version of the backdoor having more than thirty .


In 2018 , hundreds of thousands of home and small business networking and storage devices were compromised and loaded with the so-called “ VPN Filter ” malware .


Hackers first actively spread bots using the Niteris exploit , and then search for infected devices at banks amongst their bots by analyzing IP addresses , cracked passwords and results of the modules performance . A current round of cyber-attacks from Chinese source groups are targeting the maritime sector in an attempt to steal technology .


This trojan is highly evolved in its design . The Windows branch of the Cloud Atlas intrusion set still uses spear-phishing emails to target high profile victims . North Korean defector and human rights-related targeting provides further evidence that APT37 conducts operations aligned with the interests of North Korea .


] 27 [ . This intelligence has been critical to protecting and informing our clients , exposing this threat , and strengthening our confidence in attributing APT28 to the Russian Government . An exception counter is used to track the number of exceptions and will exit the send loop if a threshold is . In one exchange on Aug. 16 , 2012 , Ashley Madison ’s director of IT was asked to produce a list of all company employees with all - powerful administrator access .


The threat actors used two publicly available techniques , an AppLocker whitelisting bypass and a script to inject shellcode into the userinit.exe process .


This exploration required a look at the suspect cmd.exe 's parent process , shown earlier in the investigation to be ACLIENT.EXE .


We are especially delighted about the platform and programme of work established in the declaration of the conference , upon which we sincerely hope will be built a strong and resolute working relationship on our shared goals for the future . The discovery by Kaspersky marks at least the fifth zero-day exploit used by BlackOasis and exposed by security researchers since June 2015 . More details about the cloak and dagger games between Naikon and Hellsing can be found in our blogpost : " The Chronicles of the Hellsing APT : The Empire Strikes Back " .


This secondary email account is unknown at this time , so we will refer to it as “ secondary email account ” in future steps .


Falcon Intelligence has acquired multiple decryption tools related to BitPaymer , which confirm the theory that a unique key is used for each infection . Currently , the group is engaged in two major operations : Operation Daybreak and Operation Erebus .


Infection chain The threat actors behind this version used several fake websites as their host — copying that of a Japanese mobile phone operator ’ s website in particular — to trick users into downloading the fake security Android application package ( APK ) . This week the experts at FireEye discovered that a group of Chinese-based hackers called admin@338 had sent multiple MH370-themed spear phishing emails , the attackers targeted government officials in Asia-Pacific , it is likely for cyber espionage purpose . 0011.ps1 042F60714E9347DB422E1A3A471DC0301D205FFBD053A4015D2B509DB92029D1 . If the main function is called with only , it will only perform its cleanup routine and immediately terminate .


Extract the calls log . ASERT has learned of an APT campaign , possibly originating from DPRK , we are calling STOLEN PENCIL that is targeting academic institutions since at least May 2018 . Since December 2019 , the Cybereason Nocturnus team has been investigating a campaign targeting Palestinian individuals and entities in the Middle East , mostly within the Palestinian territories . 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 number of victims .


The adware activity impersonates Facebook ( left ) . Through the exploitation of the HTA handler vulnerability described in CVE-2017-1099 , the observed RTF attachments download . Advanced Malware Protection ( AMP ) is ideally suited to prevent the execution of the malware used by these threat actors .


Financially motivated APT groups which focus efforts on targeted attacks on the financial sector such as — Anunak , Corkow , Buhtrap — usually managed botnets using developed or modified banking Trojans . this SWC was used to specifically target Turkish academic networks .


We have not yet identified FIN7’s ultimate goal in this campaign , as we have either blocked the delivery of the malicious emails or our FaaS team detected and contained the attack early enough in the lifecycle before we observed any data targeting or theft . The group previous activities against financial and policy organizations have largely focused on spear phishing emails written in English , destined for Western audiences .


This threat group has conducted broad targeting across a variety of industries , including financial , government , energy , chemical , and telecommunications , and has largely focused its operations within the Middle East . Of all the major browsers , only Safari uses the system ’s certificates .


Emulator and location conditions for the malware ’ s activity Check Point Mobile Threat Prevention customers are protected from Charger and similar malware . Based on file modification dates and timestamps of samples , it appears that the observed campaign was initiated in the middle of February 2016 , with the infrastructure taken offline at the start of March . This set of activity relied on open-source tools , such as Powershell Empire , and well-documented red teaming techniques , in order to get a foothold within the victim’s networks and avoid detection . Unfortunately , the CSP policy ca n’t discriminate based on the Tag ID .


This kind of “ moving target ” behavior made it harder to track their actions . APT34 uses a mix of public and non-public tools , often conducting spear phishing operations using compromised accounts from trusted third parties , sometimes coupled with social engineering tactics . The documents are located on Google Drive . Malwarebytes found that a total of 48 separate ransomware groups attacked the US in the observed period .


] 230 [ . The Dukes continued the expansion of their arsenal in 2011 with the addition of two more toolsets : MiniDuke and CozyDuke . The payloads that are downloaded in the above steps are then executed on the system . While a threat actor can choose only to access a single account from a single source IP address , Mandiant has observed that multiple accounts were accessed within hours from the same source IP address by a threat actor .


Of note , in addition to tracking the compromised device ’ s location , HenBox also harvests all outgoing phone numbers with an “ 86 ” prefix , which is the country code for the People ’ s Republic of China ( PRC ) . Turla is perhaps most notoriously suspected as responsible for the breach of the United States Central Command in 2008 . The admin@338 's Dropbox accounts have also been found to contain a different backdoor dubbed BUBBLEWRAP .


Insikt Group investigated the domain and hosting infrastructure used by the APT33 group . Silence sent out emails to Russian banks .


The company develops mobile apps for both Android and iOS platforms . We assess with high confidence that the attackers discussed here are associated with the Chinese state intelligence apparatus . Otherwise , the ZxShell code closes the socket used and sleeps for 30 seconds . Maybe the text in the email jokes about the trip you took last week and how you came back sunburnt .


By targeting all of these organizations together , Suckfly could have had a much larger impact on India and its economy .


In August 2017 , a new ransomware variant identified as BitPaymer was reported to have ransomed the U.K. 's National Health Service ( NHS ) , with a high ransom demand of 53 BTC ( approximately $200,000 USD ) . The banking malware GozNym has legs ; only a few weeks after the hybrid Trojan was discovered , it has reportedly spread into Europe and begun plaguing banking customers in Poland with redirection attacks .


However , by analyzing the dates when we first saw the certificates paired with hacktools or malware , we can gain insight into when the certificates may have been stolen .


At this stage , we have two similar , parallel constructions of events – the how behind the immediate deployment and execution of TRITON S-MAL/TRISIS – yet dramatically different responses in terms of attribution and labeling .


File collection module ( “ USB Stealer ” ) Internal name : msdetltemp.dll ( from resources ) File size : 50,176 bytes File format : PE32 EXE MD5: 0369620eb139c3875a62e36bb7abdae8 Linker version : 10.0 , Microsoft Visual Studio Linker timestamp : 2015.02.09 11:48:01 ( GMT ) Most of the strings inside the binary are encrypted using 3DES and XOR and reversed .


Most commonly , PowerShell is launched from a Microsoft Office document that uses a VBA macro to launch PowerShell to perform something malicious – typically downloading the “ real ” malware to run .


Most of the compile times are within the past two months , with 6 in August and a couple from as recently as two days ago at the time of this writing . 29c7740f487a461a96fad1c8db3921ccca8cc3e7548d44016da64cf402a475ad 2016-12-10 01 . d5e56b9b5f52293b209a60c2ccd0ade6c883f9d3ec09571a336a3a4d4c79134b 2016-12-10 03 C:\RAMDrive\Charles\heaven\reams\Teac.pdb . dd5f237153856d19cf20e80ff8238ca42047113c44fae27b5c3ad00be2755eea 2016-12-10 16 C:\Cleaner\amuse\rang\AutoPopulate\la.pdb . a5001e9b29078f532b1a094c8c16226d20c03922e37a4fca2e9172350bc160a0 2016-12-20 18 . 8284ec768a06b606044defe2c2da708ca6b3b51f8e58cb66f61bfca56157bc88 2017-07-05 10 . f0ce51eb0e6c33fdb8e1ccb36b9f42139c1dfc58d243195aedc869c7551a5f89 2017-07-09 20 C:\TableAdapter\encyclopedia\Parik.pdb . 145d47f4c79206c6c9f74b0ab76c33ad0fd40ac6724b4fac6f06afec47b307c6 2017-07-10 08 C:\ayakhnin\reprductive\distortedc.pdb . dc8f34829d5fede991b478cf9117fb18c32d639573a827227b2fc50f0b475085 2017-07-11 01 C:\positioning\scrapping\Szets\thi.pdb . 7fe1069c118611113b4e34685e7ee58cb469bda4aa66a22db10842c95f332c77 2017-07-11 02 C:\NeXT\volatile\legacyExchangeDNs.pdb . 5edf117e7f8cd176b1efd0b5fd40c6cd530699e7a280c5c7113d06e9c21d6976 2017-07-12 23 . 2a80fdda87127bdc56fd35c3e04eb64a01a159b7b574177e2e346439c97b770a 2017-07-13 00. a9021e253ae52122cbcc2284b88270ceda8ad9647515d6cca96db264a76583f5 2017-07-18 00 . dd639d76ff6f33bbfaf3bd398056cf4e95e27822bd9476340c7703f5b38e0183 2017-07-18 00 . e5a00b49d4ab3e5a3a8f60278b9295f3d252e3e04dadec2624bb4dcb2eb0fada 2017-07-24 17 . 6263730ef54fbed0c2d3a7c6106b6e8b12a6b2855a03e7caa8fb184ed1eabeb2 2017-07-24 22 C:\Snapshot\Diskette\hiding\ROCKMA.pdb . 43bfaf9a2a4d46695bb313a32d88586c510d040844f29852c755845a5a09d9df 2017-07-25 06 . b41660db6dcb0d3c7b17f98eae3141924c8c0ee980501ce541b42dc766f85628 2017-07-25 06 C:\mdb\Changed\Container\praise.pdb . 9acdad02ca8ded6043ab52b4a7fb2baac3a08c9f978ce9da2eb51c816a9e7a2e 2017-07-25 07 . 2ddaa30ba3c3e625e21eb7ce7b93671ad53326ef8b6e2bc20bc0d2de72a3929d 2017-07-25 20 C:\helpers\better\Expr\Eight\DS.pdb . b836576877b2fcb3cacec370e5e6a029431f59d5070da89d94200619641ca0c4 2017-07-26 12 C:\V\regard\violates\update\AMBW\a.pdb . 0972fc9602b00595e1022d9cfe7e9c9530d4e9adb5786fea830324b3f7ff4448 2017-07-26 20 . 2c258ac862d5e31d8921b64cfa7e5a9cd95cca5643c9d51db4c2fcbe75fa957a 2017-07-27 01 C:\executablery\constructed\IIc.pdb . dd9c558ba58ac81a2142ecb308ac8d0f044c7059a039d2e367024d953cd14a00 2017-07-27 02 . cb3173a820ac392005de650bbd1dd24543a91e72d4d56300a7795e887a8323b2 2017-07-31 14 C:\letterbxing\EVP\Chices\legit.pdb . a636f49814ea6603534f780b83a5d0388f5a5d0eb848901e1e1bf2d19dd84f05 2017-07-31 18 C:\Biomuse\moment\705\cnvincing.pdb . 677dd11912a0f13311d025f88caabeeeb1bda27c7c1b5c78cffca36de46e8560 2017-07-31 21 . fdedf0f90d42d3779b07951d1e8826c7015b3f3e724ab89e350c9608e1f23852 2017-08-01 21 . 142bf7f47bfbd592583fbcfa22a25462df13da46451b17bb984d50ade68a5b17 2017-08-02 09 . 6f4b2c95b1a0f320da1b1eaa918c338c0bab5cddabe169f12ee734243ed8bba8 2017-08-02 12 C:\cataloging\Dr\VarianceShadows11.pdb . fd5fd7058cf157ea249d4dcba71331f0041b7cf8fd635f37ad13aed1b06bebf2 2017-08-04 02 C:\dumplings\That\BIT\Warez\loc.pdb . 5785c2d68d6f669b96c3f31065f0d9804d2ab1f333a90d225bd993e66656b7d9 2017-08-07 12 C:\Lgisys\hypothesized\donatedc.pdb . 675719a9366386034c285e99bf33a1a8bafc7644874b758f307d9a288e95bdbd 2017-08-07 17 C:\work\cr\nata\cpp\seven\seven\release\seven.pdb .


The PowerShell version of the Trojan also has the ability to get screenshots . This blog post examines two similar malware families that utilize the aforementioned technique to abuse legitimate websites , their connections to each other , and their connections to known espionage campaigns .


Its presence on a compromised system allows a threat actor to spawn a reverse shell , upload or download files , and capture keystrokes .


In previous incidents involving this threat actor , we observed them using malicious documents hosted on websites about the Indian Army , instead of sending these documents directly as an email attachment . In most cases , the attackers only had to infect the computer on which the RBS software was installed in order to start stealing the cash .


] today admin [ .databit [ .today cendata [ . In December 2012 Mofang started a campaign against a new target , called ' seg ' for the purpose of this report . The sample cb3dcde34fd9ff0e19381d99b02f9692 connected to documents.myPicture.info and www.documents.myPicture.info and as expected generated the a POST request to /bbs/ info.asp . Related activity may also include a Southeast Asian government and Central Asian telecom .


There is the exploit code and malware used to gain access to systems , the infrastructure that provides command and control to the malware operator , and the human elements – developers who create the malware , operators who deploy it , and analysts who extract value from the stolen information . These sub-domains simulate sub-sections of the main newspapers in Spain plus some international ones like the Guardian and the Washington Post .


Downeks achieves host persistence through either the registry “ run ” key or with a shortcut in the start-up folder .


Once in possession of compromised payment card credentials , these actors use tools commonly known as card generators to generate new card numbers based on the compromised ones , creating additional opportunities for monetization . Although most malware today either seeks monetary gain or conducts espionage for economic advantage , both of these activity groups appear to seek information about specific individuals .


] it Napoli server1rc.exodus.connexxa [ . We identified file creation times for numerous files that TEMP.Veles created during lateral movement on a target 's network . URL : http://nicoledotson.icu/debby/weatherford/Yortysnr The information sent to the C2 includes : One of the most common techniques used by Cuba actors exploited known vulnerabilities .


This variant differed significantly in functionality from the one being spread via the Tor node , further suggesting that different OnionDuke variants are intended for different kinds of victims .


The leaked files show the NSA was allegedly targeting EastNets in Dubai , Belgium , and Egypt . The NetTraveler group has infected victims across multiple establishments in both the public and private sector including government institutions , embassies , the oil and gas industry , research centers , military contractors and activists .


The complete list of apps can be seen below . It employs AES in addition to SID tricks , making it difficult to decrypt sensitive data . FinSpy , a final-stage payload that allows for an attacker to covertly learn what a target is talking about and who they are communicating with , is associated with Gamma Group — which goes by other names , including FinFisher and Lench IT Solutions . An APT32 backdoor can use HTTP over a non - standard TCP port ( e.g 14146 ) which is specified in the backdoor configuration.[5 ]


As seen in Figure 2 , the app tries to open the payload from the /res/raw/ directory and generate an additional Android Package Kit ( APK ) named .app.apk : Decoy Code Figure 2 : The decoy code for the fake TikTok . Through our continuous monitoring of threats during 2018 , we observed a new wave of attacks by Gaza Cybergang Group1 targeting embassies and political personnel . Additionally , the operators could leverage this feature when infecting internet-facing devices in a targeted organization to allow them to reenter a network if evicted from internal hosts .


The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology ( PsyTech ) , which specializes in applied physics , computing science , chemistry , and biology .


Components of TG-4127 operations have been reported under the names APT28 , Sofacy , Sednit , and Pawn Storm .


In Russia , some major banks offer their clients a special service that allows them to transfer money from their bank card to their mobile phone account . Finally , there are many similarities between Gazer and other second stage backdoors used by the Turla group such as Carbon and Kazuar . Winnti : oci.dll . ThreatConnect collects realtime intelligence from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and Google Project Zero , as well as other feeds and sources , enriching it with insights from sources such as the National Vulnerability Database NVD and the global ThreatConnect community .


APT33 's focus on aviation may indicate the group 's desire to gain insight into regional military aviation capabilities to enhance Iran 's aviation capabilities or to support Iran 's military and strategic decision making . It wasn't until August 2014 that we observed something which made us wonder if RedOctober is back for good .


] it Milano server2rc.exodus.connexxa [ . XENOTIME rose to prominence in December 2017 when Dragos and FireEye jointly published details of TRISIS destructive malware targeting Schneider Electric 's Triconex safety instrumented system . Ekspertyza means expertise or examination in Ukranian . Based on evidence of lateral movement , the attacker potentially had access to the SCADA system for up to three months .


There are some interesting facts here .


Moving through the infection process , NetWitness Endpoint detects the initial exploit CVE-2017-1182 in action as the Microsoft Equation Editor , EQNEDT32.exe , scores high for potentially malicious activity . Anomali Researchers were able to identify multiple samples of malicious RTF documents ITW using the same exploit for CVE-2018-0798 .


Unit 26165 appears to be the organization behind at least part of the "threat group" of tools , techniques , and procedures known as " Fancy Bear , " " Sofacy , " " APT28 , " and " Sednit " .


The ‘ onload1 ’ function then sends an HTTP GET request to the C2 domain using the value stored in the ‘ r3 ’ variable as a URL .


While TG-4127 continues to primarily threaten organizations and individuals operating in Russia and former Soviet states , this campaign illustrates its willingness to expand its scope to other targets that have intelligence of interest to the Russian government .


The main goal of Silence.Downloader is to receive an executable file and run it on an infected machine . In early July 2015 , however , Kaspersky Lab found a sample that creates a decryption key with Salt1 , Salt2 , and Salt3 .


In this blog , we will discuss one of the efforts which leveraged tools that have been known to be associated with the Sofacy group .


Each sample contains a userId hardcoded , meaning that each sample can only be used in a victim . The attackers used different command and control servers ( C2s ) for each malware family , a tactic we believe was meant to thwart attempts to tie the attacks together using infrastructure alone . Similar Targets were observed where the threat actors utilized this backdoor : Japanese Tech Company , Taiwanese Government Organizations , Organizations in the Asia-Pacific Region that are of Interest to China . During the SolarWinds Compromise , APT29 used different compromised credentials for remote access and to move laterally .


Harvested credentials provided by an embedded Mimikatz executable facilitate the infection of other systems on the network . The backdoor was delivered via a malicious .rtf file that exploited CVE-2017-0199 .


] top/ Oct 23 , 2017 hxxp : //online.bankaustria.at.id8817466 [ . The diagram below illustrates how we believe the actors behind the Sea Turtle campaign used DNS hijacking to achieve their end goals . Unknown .


] site , photolike [ . TG-3390 is capable of using a C2 infrastructure that spans multiple networks and registrars . Based on a bashtemp directory of the latest sample we found , there are other compiled ELF scripts , named init and init2 , that loops the kit to keep running : However , a log file on the server indicates that the C2 framework has been active since at least September 2017 , and probably " hosted on different servers over time . "


The address , 176.31.112.10 , is a dedicated server provided by the French OVH hosting company , but is apparently operated by an offshore secure hosting company called CrookServers.com .


Notably , cryptocurrency mining malware is being distributed using various tactics , typically in an opportunistic and indiscriminate manner so cyber criminals will maximize their outreach and profits . One of them – ipv4.dll – has been placed by the APT with what is , in fact , a downloader for other malicious components .


167.114.153.55 94.237.37.28 82.118.242.171 31.220.61.251 128.199.199.187 .


Triada steals the money either from the users — if they haven ’ t succeeded in purchasing whatever they wanted , or from the app developers , in case the user has completed the purchase successfully . Wild Neutron 's attack took advantage of a Java zero-day exploit and used hacked forums as watering holes . While the malware deployed is not terribly sophisticated , it uses techniques such as DNS command and control ( C2 ) that allows it to stay under the radar at many establishments .


Using the device accelerometer sensor it implements a simple pedometer that is used to measure movements of the victim . OceanLotus will release malicious sub-packages in the background , receive the remote control command , steal the privacy information of users such as SMS messages , contacts , call records , geographic locations , and browser records . Other groups attributed to Iranian attackers , such as Rocket Kitten , have targeted Iranian individuals in the past , including anonymous proxy users , researchers , journalists , and dissidents .


However , a few PHA authors spend substantial effort , time , and money to create and install their harmful app on one or a very small number of devices . 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 attackers . APT33 : 192.119.15.36 [REDACTED].ddns.net . While a sudden dip in attacks is n't too unusual for top ransomware gangs , it 's worth mentioning that in last month ’s review we speculated that Royal might be going through a rebrand .


In fact , we believe that by the autumn of 2008 , the Dukes were already developing not one but at least two distinct malware toolsets .


We reported the apps to the Google security team and they were swiftly removed . The threat actor behind the campaign , which Kaspersky believes to be the PLATINUM APT group , uses an elaborate , previously unseen , steganographic technique to conceal communication . The library contains the same features as the previous version as well as new ones .


The many changes we see in the way the attacks are performed show that attackers are heavily experimenting to find the best way of infecting a mobile device and abusing existing functionality to perform successful phishing attacks . The new activity described in this blogpost was detected by ESET in Taiwan , where the Plead malware has always been most actively deployed . Advanced persistent threats will remain a problem for companies and organizations of all sizes , especially those with high financial or intellectual property value . We took google - analytics as an example , but other services can also be used .


The formation of the group and the modus operandi changed significantly in early 2017 . The ongoing operation likely began as early as January 2017 and has continued through the first quarter of 2019 .


Traditionally , the Ke3chang attackers have used spear-phishing emails with either a malware attachment or a link to a malicious download . we believe the iOS malware gets installed on already compromised systems , and it is very similar to next stage SEDNIT malware we have found for Microsoft Windows’ systems .


For example , since some banks use anti-fraud solutions that only check device fingerprinting , fraudsters can use the collected information to perform fraudulent transactions from a device that mimics that same fingerprint . The Pitty Tiger group mostly uses spear phishing in order to gain an initial foothold within the targeted environment . BONDUPDATER is a PowerShell-based Trojan first discovered by FireEye in mid-November 2017 , when OilRig targeted a different Middle Eastern governmental organization .


Determining if the two groups are related is difficult , but any relationship appears unlikely .


In addition , to attack Windows users , they have elaborated a multi-stage infection procedure , and significantly changed the final payload .


CozyDuke ’s modular platform approach is a clear break from the designs of the previous Duke toolsets .


CTU researchers have discovered numerous details about TG-3390 operations , including how the adversaries explore a network , move laterally , and exfiltrate data .


After the executable is executed , it downloads Pony and Vawtrak malware variants to steal data . It relies on Homebrew , an open source software package manager to install Golang and Tor .


] ee Backend server ftp [ . On much of the C2 infrastructure we identified several crimeware family samples . Multiple block tracking for getting block comparison variable . None Why are Cyber Criminals More Likely to Target Small to Midsize Businesses "


Increasing reliance on public code depositories , such as Carberp , PowerShell Empire , P.A.S. webshell , Metasploit modules , and others in a likely effort to accelerate their development cycle and provide plausible deniability .


The individuals using Hancitor malware also known by the name Chanitor are no exception and have taken three approaches to deliver the malware in order to ultimately steal data from their victims . The group , believed to be based in China , has also targeted defense contractors , colleges and universities , law firms , and political organizations — including organizations related to Chinese minority ethnic groups .


Suspected TEMP.Veles incidents include malicious activity originating from 87.245.143.140 , which is registered to CNIIHM .


It appeared to be geared exclusively towards high profile targets .


When the group's activities were detected in one incident , it had elevated privileges and had maintained access to the targeted environment for several months .


The executable has a Microsoft Word icon to trick victims into believing they are opening a Word document .


The group 's most frequently used backdoors belong to a malware family that Microsoft has designated Dipsind , although some variants are detected under different names . Kaspersky Lab 's products detect and neutralize the malicious programs and its variants used by the NetTraveler Toolkit , including Trojan-Spy.Win32.TravNet and Downloader.Win32.NetTraveler .


The archive is a ZIP containing several files , which is protected with a password . The threat group in this recently observed campaign – TEMP.Zagros – weaponized their malware using the following techniques . This ensures that only one copy of the malware is running at a time . The standard states that the purpose of threat intelligence should be to “ provide awareness of the organization 's threat environment so that the appropriate mitigation actions can be taken . ”


Other attacks on Bank Austria customers that we observed resolved to the following .top domains : Oct 23 , 2017 hxxp : //online.bankaustria.at.id8817062 [ . If an attacker was able to compromise an organization's network administrator credentials , the attacker would be able to change that particular organization's DNS records at will . Much of the code used by this group was copied and pasted from online forums .


Opening the attachment from the email invokes PowerShell and enables command line access to the compromised machine .


It then continues executing in a spawned new thread that checks if there are additional undesired modules inside its own virtual address space ( for example , modules injected by certain security solutions ) . Many of the Fetch samples we analyzed attempted to obfuscate their functionality by encrypting their embedded strings using AES . Winnti : T1195 Supply Chain Compromise . Someone motivated by money will likely cast a wide net and look for easy targets .


machine code ( same as opcode 0x0 ) 0x18 JGE Jump if greater or equal/Jump if not less 0x19 DEREF Write a register value into a dereferenced pointer 0x1A JMP Special obfuscated “ Jump if below ” opcode 0x1B * Resolve a pointer 0x1C LOAD Load a value into the internal VM descriptor 0x1D JNE Jump if not equal/Jump if not zero 0x1E CALL Call an external function or a function located in the dropper 0x1F MOV Version 2.0 received one update in October 2013 before the malware author released version 3.0 in December 2014 . Winnti : 7cf41b1acfb05064518a2ad9e4c16fde9185cd4b Tue Nov 13 10:12:58 2018 1729131071 8272c1f4 . Simultaneously , a new variant of Monti , based on the Linux platform , has surfaced , demonstrating notable differences from its previous Linux - based versions .


Google and Microsoft have already confirmed the Russian hacker group APT28 used a Flash vulnerability CVE-2016-7855 along with this kernel privilege escalation flaw to perform a targeted attack . At first glance CONFUCIUS_B looks very similar to CONFUCIUS_A , and they are also packaged in plain SFX binary files .


The usage of the PlusShare API in 2020 denotes some unprofessional development , since this is the API to access Google+ . Iranian Threat Agent Greenbug has been registering domains similar to those of Israeli High-Tech and Cyber Security Companies . This malicious Word document had an MD5 of 499bec15ac83f2c8998f03917b63652e and dropped a backdoor to C:\DOCUMENTS and SETTINGS\{user}\LOCAL SETTINGS\Temp\word.exe . During the SolarWinds Compromise , APT29 used scheduler and schtasks to create new tasks on remote host as part of their lateral movement .


In May 2018 , campaigns being conducted by SWEED began leveraging another vulnerability in Microsoft Office: CVE-2017-11882 , a remote code execution bug in Microsoft Office that is commonly observed being leveraged in malicious documents used in commodity malware distribution . 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 ) .


Smartphones are the dominant form of internet access in the region and Xinjiang was recently above the national average of internet users in China . The first confirmed date when TajMahal samples were seen on a victim’s machine is August 2014 . In March 2014 , the admin@338 leveraged the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 to target a government in the Asia-Pacific region and a US-based think tank .


The most recent Scarlet Mimic attacks we have identified were conducted in 2015 and suggest the group has a significant interest in both Muslim activists and those interested in critiques of the Russian government and Russian President Vladimir Putin . Finally , this geo-location supports the likely theory that the attackers behind Kimsuky are based in North Korea .


LAS VEGAS—Today at the Black Hat information security conference , Dell SecureWorks researchers unveiled a report on a newly detected hacking group that has targeted companies around the world while stealing massive amounts of industrial data . FireEye recently published a blog covering the tactics , techniques , and procedures ( TTPs ) for the " TRITON actor " when preparing to deploy the TRITON/TRISIS malware framework in 2017 .


This vulnerability was found in a document named Trump's_Attack_on_Syria_English.docx” . OutExtra.exe is a signed legitimate application from Microsoft named finder.exe .


The latter implements the entire spyware program . Charming kitten regularly target international media outlets with Persian-language services . This part takes 90% of the whole launcher code and includes over 11 , 000 modifications . The second , CVE-2022 - 41080 , has not been publicly detailed but its CVSS score of 8.8 is the same as CVE-2022 - 41040 used in the ProxyNotShell exploit chain , and it has been marked “ exploitation more likely . ”


Examples of file names that are used include : %Temp%\happiness.txt , %Temp%\xxxx.exe .


Based on dynamic and static analysis of the malware sample associated with the supservermgr.com domain however , we were able to determine several unique artifacts which allowed us to expand our dataset and discover additional findings .


Extract information on pictures from the Gallery . Remsec uses a Lua interpreter to run Lua modules which perform various functions . In particular , these campaigns appear to be related to attacks carried out by a group called MoleRATs ( aka , Gaza Cyber Gang , Moonlight ) , an Arabic-speaking , politically motivated group that has been operating in the Middle East since 2012 . One can only guess how they will be used .


By performing a deep analysis of the malware , we were able to extract the unpacked JAR file mycode.jar and reveal some very interesting code . We also observed the actors uploading the HyperBro backdoor to one of the webshells , as well as legitimate executables that would sideload malicious DLLs that have overlapping code associated with known Emissary Panda activity . From our analysis , Honeybee submitted most of these documents from South Korea , indicating that some of the targeting was in South Korea .


How did Gooligan emerge ? APT38 . the lowest bit of the negated value becoming 1 . On 24 February , a cyber - attack against Viasat began approximately 1 hour before Russia launched its major invasion of Ukraine .


After further analysis , it was discovered that the RTF files were exploiting the CVE-2018-0798 vulnerability in Microsoft’s Equation Editor (EQNEDT32) . LuckyMouse has been spotted using a widely used Microsoft Office vulnerability ( CVE-2017-11882 ) .


Some of its main areas of interest include nuclear physics , computer science and instrumentation , robotics and engineering , and electrical engineering , among others .


APT39 has prioritized the telecommunications sector , with additional targeting of the travel industry and IT firms that support it and the high-tech industry . Just like with RedOctober , the top target of Cloud Atlas is Russia , followed closely by Kazakhstan , according to data from the Kaspersky Security Network ( KSN ) .


During one session , the C2 server commanded our emulated device to send four different SMS messages to four different phone numbers , all of which were associated with Russian financial institutions . A cursory review of BlackOasis ' espionage campaign suggests there is some overlap between the group 's actions and Saudi Arabia 's geopolitical interests . Hash : c1524a4573bc6acbe59e559c2596975c657ae6bbc0b64f943fffca663b98a95f . HHS HC3 pointed out that some emails included a subject line Victim Organization Date Business Review and gave the user the impression they were opening a secure email from their organization .


The SLUB malware was delivered through watering hole websites that were injected with exploits for CVE-2018-8174 or CVE-2019-0752 . Development of Bemstour has continued into 2019 .


‘ SimBad ’ has capabilities that can be divided into three groups – Show Ads , Phishing , and Exposure to other applications . To enable connections to the infected computer using the Remote Desktop Protocol ( RDP ) , Carbanak sets Termservice service execution mode to Auto . Most of the group 's attacks are focused on government or technology related companies and organizations .


It ’ s been SophosLabs ’ observation that Red Alert Trojans usually have a randomized internal name like this . APT38 is a financially motivated North Korean regime-backed group responsible for conducting destructive attacks against financial institutions , as well as some of the world . is a RAT program used by APT10 and observed in Japan uniquely . This is a form of cyber attack used to gain an advantage over a competing organization .


According to several timestamps , this payload is used by implant versions created since 2016 . COCCOC is a Vietnam was founded in 2013 . Due to overlapping TTPs , including similar custom tools , Moafee is thought to have a direct or indirect relationship with the threat group DragonOK .


Starting in February 2018 , Palo Alto identified a campaign of attacks performed by members of Gorgon Group targeting governmental organizations in the United Kingdom , Spain , Russia , and the United States . Analysis of the emails has shown that the attachment contains an exploit for the CVE-2017-11882 vulnerability .


Dragos does not corroborate nor conduct political attribution to threat activity .


New FakeSpy campaign applications leveraging fake postal services apps . We assess that the recent reporting on links between the Nasr Institute and Kavosh Security Group , as well as technical and persona analysis , overlaps among APT33 , APT35 , and MUDDYWATER , and is probably a result of the tiered structure that Iran utilizes to manage cyber operations . The GCMAN group used an MS SQL injection in commercial software running on one of bank 's public web services , and about a year and a half later , they came back to cash out .


If it does , it will commence with the billing process . That said , the " fingerprints " left on the samples by the attackers – including techniques used to achieve unauthorized code execution – suggest that the BARIUM APT is behind the effort , according to the researchers . The ZxShell hook code knows that and intercept it . None The discovery was part of recent CrowdStrike Services investigations into several Play ransomware intrusions where the common entry vector was confirmed to be Microsoft Exchange .


If the user long-presses the icon , the name of the app responsible for the activity is revealed ( right ) . In early May , the phishing lures leveraged RTF attachments that exploited the Microsoft Windows vulnerability described in CVE-2017-0199 . CWS or WSA web scanning prevents access to malicious websites and detects malware used in these attacks .


From mTAN to pushTAN In the past few years , some banks in Europe , especially in Germany , stopped using SMS-based authentication and switched to dedicated pushTAN applications for 2FA schemes . Mandiant consultants suspect that APT32 was monitoring web logs to track the public IP address used to request remote images . APT34 uses a mix of public and non-public tools and often uses compromised accounts to conduct spear-phishing operations .


If it is the first execution , and if the app ’ s path does not contain “ /system/app ” ( i.e . Although APT41 initially targeted the parent company , 30 percent of the victimized hosts were related to a subsidiary specialized in manufacturing medical devices . After compromising a victim organization , APT28 will steal internal data that is then leaked to further political narratives aligned with Russian interests .


However , they have started changing their macOS malware .


Of course , this does not mean the digital signature of the software developer can be used . TAA leverages advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning that combs through Symantec 's data lake of telemetry in order to spot patterns associated with targeted attacks . This version embeds the 17 modules listed in the following table : An attacker could place HTML containing executable JavaScript inside element attributes .


The malware also sends regular telemetry back to its C2 server about the infected device in the form of an HTTP POST to its C2 server . APT38 has pursued their main objective of targeting banks and financial entities since at least 2014 . but the introduced IDA Pro plugin HexRaysDeob didn’t work for one of the obfuscated ANEL samples because the tool was made for another variant of the obfuscation . Mandiant observed log entries in jcagent.log that indicated a directive named “ Runworkflow ” triggered execution on the system :


The document exploited CVE-2012-0158 and will decode and write an executable to disk upon infection . They download and install an archive containing executables and trivially modified source code of the password-stealing tool Mimikatz Lite as GetPassword.exe .


The proliferation of Android devices – from smartphones to tablets and smart TVs – has opened up new possibilities for malware developers , as all these devices pack microphones , cameras and location-tracking hardware they can turn into the perfect spy tools . SectorJ04 group carried out hacking activities targeting financial institutions located in Italy and other countries around May 2019 . To enable connections to the infected computer using the Remote Desktop Protocol ( RDP ) , Carbanak sets Termservice service execution mode to Auto .


Attackers relied on Microsoft Equation Editor exploit CVE-2018-0798 to deliver a custom malware that Proofpoint researchers have dubbed Cotx RAT Maudi Surveillance Operation which was previously reported in 2013 . We have not found evidence of Bahamut engaging in crime or operating outside its limited geographic domains , although this narrow perspective could be accounted for by its compartmentalization of operations .


The targeting of private sector interests by APT32 is notable and FireEye believes the actor poses significant risk to companies doing business in , or preparing to invest in , the country . That changed on Jan. 25 , 2019 , when security firm CrowdStrike published a blog post listing virtually every Internet address known to be ( ab )used by the espionage campaign to date .


While they have been quiet since our June analysis , we observed an increase in the group ’s activities in December , with updates on the kits ’ capabilities reminiscent of their previous attacks .


Tricky Configurations TrickMo uses the shared preferences mechanism to store settings and data that the malware uses at runtime . After the executable is executed , it downloads Pony and Vawtrak malware variants to steal data . These samples appeared to have been created by OilRig during their development and testing activities , all of which share many similarities with the delivery document used in the recent OilRig attack against a Middle Eastern government , N56.15.doc ( 7cbad6b3f505a199d6766a86b41ed23786bbb99dab9cae6c18936afdc2512f00 ) that we have also included in Table 1 .


One such email that we were able to obtain was targeting users in Turkey , as shown in Figure 4:Figure 4: Sample spear phishing email containing macro-based document attachment The malicious Microsoft Office attachments that we observed appear to have been specially crafted for individuals in four countries: Turkey , Pakistan , Tajikistan and India . This blog covers the changes , improvements , and Indicators of Compromise (IOC) of Ploutus-D in order to help financial organizations identify and defend against this threat .


Map of potential targets Early samples of FrozenCell used an online service for storing geolocation information of infected devices . Using Recorded Future , we quickly built a timeline of the reported use of those tools in major security incidents , finding many events prior to the early 2013 exposé on Hidden Lynx . As covered in the previous “ Attack Lifecycle ” section , WEBC2 backdoor variants download and interpret data stored between tags in HTML pages as commands . When they pay for someone else ’s malware kit , whether it be ransomware or a phishing bot , they do n’t have to invest time , money or labor to write their own malicious code or tools and instead can hop right into deploying the malware .


These dumpers create log files indicating the presence or absence of potential databases to dump :


While ESET telemetry data indicates that this URL was delivered by spearphishing emails , we don’t have a sample of such an email .


The Trojan intercepts incoming SMSs and can receive the following commands from them : “ 3458 ” — revoke device administrator privileges from the app ; “ hi ” , “ ask ” — enable and disable mobile internet ; “ privet ” , “ ru ” — enable and disable Wi-Fi ; “ check ” — send text “ install : [ device IMEI ] ” to phone number from which SMS was sent ; “ stop_blocker ” — stop displaying all blocking HTML pages ; “ 393838 ” — change C & C address to that specified in the Thrip was attempting to remotely install a previously unknown piece of malware ( Infostealer.Catchamas ) on computers within the victim 's network . Leafminer is a highly active group , responsible for targeting a range of organizations across the Middle East .


TeamViewer has also been used in the " Sheldor " attack campaign , which was detected between 2010 and 2011 , and which resulted in assets stolen at the value of $600k and $832k . PLATINUM 's persistent use of spear phishing tactics ( phishing attempts aimed at specific individuals ) and access to previously undiscovered zero-day exploits have made it a highly resilient threat .


TA505 operates a variety of C&C servers , allowing it to be resilient in the case of takedowns , sinkholes , and other defensive operations .


At the time this malware was reported by several security vendors , and attributed to different malware families like Ghostpush , MonkeyTest , and Xinyinhe . APT38 's targeting of financial institutions is most likely an effort by the North Korean government to supplement their heavily-sanctioned economy . OR by -2 ( 0xFFFFFFFE ) But as a new documentary series on Hulu reveals [ SPOILER ALERT ! ] , there was just one problem with that theory : Their top suspect had killed himself more than a year before the hackers began publishing stolen user data .


module for submitting all exfiltrated data to the server . With default settings , SWAnalytics will scan through an Android device’s external storage , looking for directory tencent/MobileQQ/WebViewCheck” . Lotus Blossom : DRAGONFISH , Spring Dragon .


Mobile ViceLeaker The following table shows meta information on the observed samples , including compiler timestamps : MD5 Package Compiler C2 51df2597faa3fce38a4c5ae024f97b1c com.xapps.SexGameForAdults dexlib 2.x 188.165.28 [ . Previous reports have discussed Bisonal malware used in attacks against Japan , South Korea and Russia . In order to evade network level detection , the downloader uses steganography .


spear phishing : analytics-google.org : 69/checkFile.aspx .


Trend of the year : mobile banking Trojans 2013 was marked by a rapid rise in the number of Android banking Trojans . TClient , for instance , uses DLL hijacking and injection that may not be as noticeable to others . The path to wmplayer.exe is provided by the Config module . Additionally , Mandiant has observed the use of the SoftPerfect network scanner ( netscan.exe ) to perform internal network enumeration .


Use of legitimate site ( Pastebin ) to host malicious code ( to bypass security monitoring ) .


In theory , the additional modules can do virtually anything on the victim system .


They have largely targeted organizations involved in financial , economic and trade policy , typically using publicly available RATs such as Poison Ivy , as well some non-public backdoors . The authors of that report identify three primary tools used in the campaigns attributed to Hidden Lynx : Trojan.Naid , Backdoor.Moudoor , and Backdoor.Hikit .


Downeks makes a POST request to dw.downloadtesting.com , resulting in the installation of the Quasar RAT on the victim machine .


Configure network logs to provide adequate information to assist in quickly developing an accurate determination of a security incident .


This time the group chose a national data center as its target from an unnamed country in Central Asia in an attempt to gain " access to a wide range of government resources at one fell swoop " . This seems confusing as FireEye earlier publicly declared the " TRITON actor " as a discrete entity , linked to a Russian research institution , and christened it as " TEMP.Veles " .


from only one misconfigured command and control server ( out of over 37 servers ) . By the end of April , GozNym had redirection instructions for 17 Polish banks in its repertoire , along with an extra 230 URLs designed to assist attackers in targeting community banks and email service providers in the Eastern European country . APT1 maintains an extensive infrastructure of computers around the world . This is when threat actors create a suite of malware tools and offer them up for sale on illicit websites .


] top/ Oct 23 , 2017 hxxp : //online.bankaustria.at.id8817469 [ . As of early 2019 , the only evidence of the spear-phishing threat vector came from a compromised organization's public disclosure . Release_Time : unknow Report_URL : https://attack.mitre.org/groups/ APT19 ： Codoso , C0d0so0 , Codoso Team , Sunshop Group .


Poison Ivy includes features common to most Windows-based RATs , including key logging , screen capturing , video capturing , file transfers , system administration , password theft , and traffic relaying . Overall , the Bookworm infrastructure overlaps with the infrastructure hosting C2 servers used by various attack tools , including FFRAT , Poison Ivy , PlugX , and others .


The stolen data is sent to the C2 server using the URL ending with /servlet/xx . Figure 9 shows a code comparison between the PYTHON33.dll (right) and inicore_v2.3.30.dll (left) (SHA256: 4d65d371a789aabe1beadcc10b38da1f998cd3ec87d4cc1cfbf0af014b783822) , which was sideloaded to run the SysUpdate tool in a previous Emissary Panda campaign . FireEye gained visibility into one of 23 known command-and-control ( CnC ) servers operated by the Ke3chang actor for about one week .


This file is decrypted and injected into an instance of InstallUtiil.exe , and functions as a Tor anonymizer . In one of the samples received for analysis , the US-CERT Code Analysis Team observed botnet controller functionality .


Cobalt Strike appears to be one of BRONZE PRESIDENT 's preferred remote access tools .


] 204 [ . Komplex shares a significant amount of functionality and traits with another tool used by Sofacy – the Carberp variant that Sofacy had used in previous attack campaigns on systems running Windows . It is clear that the text is a base64 encoded command , that is then executed by the above VBScript . Mandiant has observed an increase in financially motivated operations by DPRK actors in the past year , particularly those focused on the cryptocurrency industry .


It requests permission to access the additional storage . Some of the samples share delivery mechanisms and infrastructure with samples which are detected by a few antivirus vendors as Gamaredon . and the destination of goto jump instruction are updated . Symantec has identified MuddyWater as responsible for a new cyberespionage campaign targeting telecommunication and IT service providers in Asia and the Middle East for over six months .


Otherwise , in the case of conditional opcodes , the variable part can contain the next JIT packet ID or the next relative virtual address ( RVA ) where code execution should continue . In addition to the malware evolution , the actors also shifted from solely spear-phishing targets with attachments to also compromising legitimate websites to host malware . Winnti : dde82093decde6371eb852a5e9a1aa4acf3b56ba https://bugcheck.xigncodeservice.com/Common/Lib/common.php . LockBit reportedly squeezed about $ 91 million out of US organizations with around 1,700 attacks since 2020 , according to a June report by CISA .


Shamoon2 : 45.63.10.99 .


Every five minutes it collects basic system information and sends it to the C2 server .


However , an investigation by Symantec has found that Butterfly has been active since at least March 2012 and its attacks have not only continued to the present day , but have also increased in number . The dropper first appeared in mid-July , suggesting that this APT activity is potentially ongoing , with Turla actively targeting G20 participants and/or those with interest in the G20 , including member nations , journalists , and policymakers . Turla is a well-documented , long operating APT group that is widely believed to be a Russian state-sponsored organization . Turla is perhaps most notoriously suspected as responsible for the breach of the United States Central Command in 2008 . More recently Turla was accused of breaching RUAG , a Swiss technology company , in a public report published by GovCERT.ch . The delivery of KopiLuwak in this instance is currently unknown as the MSIL dropper has only been observed by Proofpoint researchers on a public malware repository . Assuming this variant of KopiLuwak has been observed in the wild , there are a number of ACTs it may have been delivered including some of Turla’s previous attack methods such as spear phishing or via a watering hole . This could include diplomats , experts in the LOCs of interest related to the Digital Economy Task Force , or possibly even journalists . Turla's goal could include diplomats , experts in the LOCs of interest related to the Digital Economy Task Force , or possibly even journalists . The earliest step in any possible attack(s) involving this variant of KopiLuwak of which Proofpoint researchers are currently aware begin with the MSIL dropper . The basic chain of events upon execution of the MSIL dropper include dropping and executing both a PDF decoy and a Javascript (JS) dropper . As explained in further detail below , the JS dropper ultimately installs a JS decryptor onto an infected machine that will then finally decrypt and execute the actual KopiLuwak backdoor in memory only . As Proofpoint has not yet observed this attack in the wild it is likely that there is an additional component that leads to the execution of the MSIL payload . The newer variant of KopiLuwak is now capable of exfiltrating files to the C&C as well as downloading files and saving them to the infected machine . Despite the added capabilities , we still agree with Kaspersky that this backdoor is likely used as an initial reconnaissance tool and would probably be used as a staging point to deploy one of Turla’s more fully featured implants . Turla is a complex cyberattack platform focused predominantly on diplomatic and government-related targets , particularly in the Middle East , Central and Far East Asia , Europe , North and South America and former Soviet bloc nations . We didn’t choose to name it after a vegetable; the .NET malware developers named it Topinambour themselves . The role of the .NET module is to deliver the known KopiLuwak JavaScript Trojan . Moreover , Turla now also has a heavily obfuscated PowerShell Trojan that is similar to KopiLuwak .


Secure both the operating system and the application .


) “ % USERNAME % , ti ho inviato il pagamento subitop [ . FireEye has observed other suspected North Korean threat groups such as TEMP.Hermit employ wiper malware in disruptive attacks . This ID is generated based on the installation date of the system .


Earlier Downeks samples were all written in native code .