Figure 4 shows MyReceiver in action where it eventually calls the MainService service . The second Windows vulnerability (CVE-2017-0143) was patched in March 2017 after it was discovered to have been used by two exploit tools—EternalRomance and EternalSynergy—that were also released as part of the Shadow Brokers leak . The group primarily targets Japanese organizations , particularly those in government , biotechnology , electronics manufacturing , and industrial chemistry .


Following the MiniDuke expose , CosmicDuke in turn got its moment of fame when F-Secure published a whitepaper about it on 2nd July 2014 .


We were able to collect a second delivery document that shared the Joohn author from the crash list ( Lion Air Boeing 737 ).docx document , as well as the 188.241.58.170 C2 IP to host its remote template .


After compromising a victim organization , APT28 will steal internal data that is then leaked to further political narratives aligned with Russian interests .


Vigilance Following Soleimani ’s Assassination : One of the lure documents mentions sources in Lebanon that report a state of alert and vigilance amongst Iranian , Syrian , and Lebasense militias following Soleimani ’s assassination .


The “ Agent Smith ” campaign serves as a sharp reminder that effort from system developers alone is not enough to build a secure Android eco-system . 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 . However , there is a small difference between the domain used to send the email and the real one . Apple initially released a Rapid Security Response patch for iPhones and iPads on July 11 to fix CVE-2023 - 37450 , a remote code execution vulnerability in the WebKit browser engine that Safari and other web browsers use .


What makes OnionDuke especially curious is an infection vector it began using during the summer of 2013 .


This is what the spear phishing e-mail looked like : In regards to the message text above , multiple activist groups have recently organized a human rights conference event in Geneva . It came in the form of a " Tran Duy Linh " CVE-2012-0158 exploit kit document MD5 : de8a242af3794a8be921df0cfa51885f61 and was observed on April 10 , 2014 . This bait document , or email attachment , appears to be a standard Word document , but is in fact an CVE-2012-0158 exploit , an executable with a double extension , or an executable with an RTLO filename , so it can execute code without the user 's knowledge or consent .


The provider ’ s website described how the code 7494 can be used to provide a series of payment-related capabilities . The vulnerability exists in the old Equation Editor ( EQNEDT32.EXE ) , a component of Microsoft Office that is used to insert and evaluate mathematical formulas . Instead , the detection must be based on the behaviour on the operating system . For this reason it is important to note that some organizations and systems may simply be convenient targets which enable and facilitate attackers actions .


Other ransomware families use infinite loops of drawing non-system windows , but in between drawing and redrawing , it ’ s possible for users to go to settings and uninstall the offending app . This key was also used in the Honeybee campaign and appears to have been used since August 2017 . The command will instruct the code to execute only opaque predicates deobfuscation in the current selected function . No More Ransom now includes 185 partners from the public sector , private industry , law enforcement , and academia .


Over the past few years , Animal Farm has targeted a wide range of global organizations . Carbanak is also aware of the IFOBS banking application and can , on command , substitute the details of payment documents in the IFOBS system .


Barring authorized access to the victim ’s machine , the attacker would have to find some other means , such as crafting a new Flash exploit , to deliver a CVE-2015-1701 payload .


One bulk card-checking tool this group uses is Testador Amazon.com v1.1 ( Figure 8 ) . Attackers using several locations in China have leveraged C&C servers on purchased hosted services in the United States and compromised servers in the Netherlands to wage attacks against global oil , gas , and petrochemical companies , as well as individuals and executives in Kazakhstan , Taiwan , Greece , and the United States to acquire proprietary and highly confidential information .


However , it could easily be used for far more intrusive and harmful purposes such as banking credential theft . Leader is Bookworm 's main module and controls all of the activities of the Trojan , but relies on the additional DLLs to provide specific functionality . Last year , Microsoft researchers described Neodymium ’s behavior as unusual : “ unlike many activity groups , which typically gather information for monetary gain or economic espionage , PROMETHIUM and NEODYMIUM appear to launch campaigns simply to gather information about certain individuals . TEMP.Veles has used port - protocol mismatches on ports such as 443 , 4444 , 8531 , and 50501 during C2 .


ALLANITE uses email phishing campaigns and compromised websites called watering holes to steal credentials and gain access to target networks , including collecting and distributing screenshots of industrial control systems . 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 .


It requires attention and action from system developers , device manufacturers , app developers , and users , so that vulnerability fixes are patched , distributed , adopted and installed in time . Moreover , the number of Corkow incidents detected in Q1 2015 in the United States exceeds the number of those in the CIS countries . This spear-phishing message , written in Portuguese , has a malicious file attached misusing the name of a real attorney office , while the domain sender of the message was registered one day before , using a typo-squatting domain . However , users reported that the fix was causing Safari to not connect correctly to major websites like Facebook , Instagram and Zoom , leading Apple to pull back the patch .


Both the redirect code on the compromised site and the exploit code appear and disappear , indicating that the adversaries add the code when they want to leverage the SWC and remove the code when it is not in use to limit the visibility of their operations .


Pony is another loader with information stealing capabilities while Kegotip is an credential and email address harvesting malware strain that would appear in a small number of TA505 campaigns the following year as the primary payload .


Mobile users are called on to be on top of this news and be on guard for signs of monitoring . Artifacts indicated the involvement of the Cobalt that , according to Positive Technologies information , from August to October had performed similar successful attacks in Eastern Europe , and it 's likely that this group may will soon become active in the West . in MMAT_LOCOPT . Simultaneously , a threat researcher outside of CrowdStrike discovered an attacker ’s tooling via an open repository , downloaded all of the tools , and made them available through a MegaUpload link in a Twitter post.2


The data exfiltrated by this threat actor , in conjunction with the TTPs and tools used , allowed us to determine with a very high probability that the threat actor behind these malicious operations is backed by a nation state , and is affiliated with China . One narrowly-targeted spearphishing from Infy was sent from the compromised account of a political activist promoting participation inside of Iran , claiming to be a set of images of a British-Iranian dual national that has been held in Evin Prison for five years on espionage charges .


For example , the actors behind FrozenCell used a spoofed app called Tawjihi 2016 , which Jordanian or Palestinian students would ordinarily use during their general secondary examination . When we last heard from the Trojan , its operators were seen launching redirection attacks on four large , U.S. banks in June . When network defenders see the communications between these backdoors and their C2 servers , they might easily dismiss them as legitimate network traffic . Think of cloud storage solutions like Dropbox or Plex , for example .


Project Spy uses the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as a lure , posing as an app called Coronavirus Updates . The earliest discovered sample ( based on compile times and sandbox submission times ) distributed by this threat group resembles the descriptions of Gamaredon provided by Symantec and Trend Micro . The original implementation supports the following two cases of flattened blocks to find a block comparison variable for the next block ( the cases are then simplified ) One interesting detail about Hack520 is his apparent love for pigs , as seen in his use of the word in his email addresses .


BRONZE PRESIDENT is a likely People's Republic of China ( PRC )-based targeted cyberespionage group that uses both proprietary and publicly available tools to target NGO networks .


Analysis of these cryptcat binaries indicates that the actor continually modified them to decrease AV detection rates .


The group 's primary goal is demonstrating to companies that they have weak security . An interesting point in the Silence attack is that the cybercriminals had already compromised banking infrastructure in order to send their spear-phishing emails from the addresses of real bank employees and look as unsuspicious as possible to future victims .


In addition to built-in functionalities , the operators of Careto can upload additional modules which can perform any malicious task . The first encounter with Buhtrap was registered back in 2014 .


After reentering an environment , the threat actors focus on obtaining the active directory contents .


In our research we identified tens of fake applications that were infected with this malware . During one reported incident , APT38 caused an outage in the bank 's essential services . The optinsn_t : :f unc callback function is called in maturity levels from MMAT_ZERO ( microcode does not exist ) Viasat has said that “ tens of thousands of terminals have been damaged , made inoperable and can not be repaired . ”


The SHAPESHIFT wiper is capable of wiping disks and volumes , as well as deleting files . Chitpas is heavily involved with Thailand politics and was a core leader of the People 's Committee for Absolute Democracy ( PCAD ) , which is an organization that staged anti-government campaigns in 2013 and 2014 .


The new payload is decrypted , remapped , and executed in memory , and represents the installation and persistence stage of the malware . POWRUNER was delivered using a malicious RTF file that exploited CVE-2017-0199 . To encode a byte of the payload , the first three bits ( 0-2 ) are stored in the red color , the next three bits ( 3-5 ) are stored in the green color , and the final two bits ( 6-7 ) are stored in the blue color . This type of vulnerability is known as a server - side request forgery ( SSRF ) .


HummingBad attempted to override security protections by exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities that gave the malware root privileges in older versions of Android . The persistence functionality of KiloAlfa allows the malware to self-install on a victim 's machine when activated ( described below ) . This protection successfully protected the targeted organization from being compromised . Prior to Citrix ’s publication and our development of a PoC , we believed the session takeovers were the result of zero - day exploitation of an unknown vulnerability .


In the example server response below , the green fields show text to be shown to the user . One curious trait of Bahamut is that it develops fully-functional applications in support of its espionage activities , rather than push nonfunctional fake apps or bundle malware with legitimate software . It then adds the “ Loveusd.sys ” extracted driver name to the upper filter list . In the case of ProxyNotShell , the targeted backend service is the Remote PowerShell service .


China seems to a mass victim of this kind of malware having a 92 % share . At first look , it pretends to be a Java related application but after a quick analysis , it was obvious this was something more than just a simple Java file . PLA Unit 61398 is also located in precisely the same area from which APT1 activity appears to originate . The web page “ JavaApplet.html ” loads “ JavaApplet.class ” that implements a Java exploit for the recently discovered vulnerability CVE-2013 - 0422 .


These persistence components appear to be uniquely customized for use with GeminiDuke , but they use many of the same techniques as CosmicDuke persistence components .


These “ extended-capability ”


The nature of the Suckfly attacks suggests that it is unlikely that the threat group orchestrated these attacks on their own .


Running the strings utility against the dumped ACLIENT.EXE binary revealed evidence that the file was the Altiris agent .


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 . All attackers simply moved to new C2 infrastructure , based largely around dynamic DNS domains , in addition to making minimal changes to the malware in order to evade signature-based detection .


Another interesting feature in FakeSpy ’ s code is the collection of the device 's IMEI ( International Mobile Station Equipment Identity ) number and all installed applications using the function upAppinfos . It has been active since at least 2013 , and has targeted individuals likely involved with the Ukrainian government . Traditionally , the Ke3chang attackers have used spear-phishing emails with either a malware attachment or a link to a malicious download .


The CrowdStrike Intelligence team has been tracking this particular unit since 2012 , under the codename PUTTER PANDA , and has documented activity dating back to 2007 . 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 .


A company involved in the design and manufacture of motor vehicles .


The number continues to rise at an additional 13,000 breached devices each day . APT37 , another North Korean state-sponsored group , targeted a Middle Eastern financial company , but there was no evidence of financial fraud . optinsn_t for defeating opaque predicates ( defined as ObfCompilerOptimizer ) Depending on the platform and on how the code is compiled , these vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution : Talos is disclosing these vulnerabilities despite no official fix from Open Babel .


Again , the concept is that new victims are more likely to install the malware if the SMS comes from someone they know . Due to the scale of the threat actor 's operations throughout 2016 and 2017 , we similarly assess it currently comprises multiple teams , each responsible for a different section of the day-to-day operations , namely domain registration , infrastructure management , malware development , target operations , and analysis . OceanLotus : manongrover.com 7244 . The arrest makes him the third LockBit affiliate charged in the US since November .


TA542 , the primary actor behind Emotet , is known for the development of lures and malicious mail specific to given regions . The Magnitude EK landing page consisted of CVE-2016-0189 , which was first reported by FireEye as being used in Neutrino Exploit Kit after it was patched .


Unit 42 believes this group is previously unidentified and therefore have we have dubbed it " RANCOR " . The tool investigates the Local Security Authority Subsystem memory space in order to find , decrypt and display retrieved passwords .


HIDDEN COBRA actors commonly target systems running older , unsupported versions of Microsoft operating systems .


Perkele and Wroba Foreign users have also been on the receiving end of several malicious innovations targeting bank accounts . For years , Turla has relied , among other impersonations , on fake Flash installers to compromise victims . ZxShell has been around since 2004 . Monitor systems with access to OT resources for the creation of legitimate temporary folders , files , artifacts , and external libraries required as evidence of the execution of packaged Python scripts .


This sample displayed ads from various sources . Unit 42 recently identified a targeted attack against an individual working for the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan in China . The threat actors likely compromised the legitimate site and attempted to use it as a staging server for second-stage payloads . If you believe your Exchange Server was compromised , we recommend investigating to determine the scope of the attack and dwell time of the threat actor .


Data acquired from mike.jar 's extraction modules is normally XORed and stored in a folder named .lost+found on the SD card . Since then we have identified a number of attacks over a two-year period , beginning in April 2014 , which we attribute to Suckfly . Announcement about a new regulation regarding internet usage in Palestinian government institutions . A Cl0p representative confirmed that they had been testing the vulnerability since July 2021 and that they had decided to deploy it over the Memorial Day weekend .


" BLU said they had no security department when I emailed them . The earliest use of the exploit ITW we were able to identify and confirm is a sample (e228045ef57fb8cc1226b62ada7eee9b) dating back to October 2018 (VirusTotal submission of 2018-10-29) with the RTF creation time 2018-10-23 . HomamDownloader : a624d2cd6dee3b6150df3ca61ee0f992e2d6b08b3107f5b00f8bf8bcfe07ebe7 .


SMS . Catchamas is a custom Trojan designed to steal information from an infected computer and contains additional features designed to avoid detection . Leafminer appears to be based in Iran and seems to be eager to learn from and capitalize on tools and techniques used by more advanced threat actors .


The library is an older version of the “ DWN_DLL_MAIN.dll ” ( md5: ce8b99df8642c065b6af43fde1f786a3 ) .


1.6 1.9 Myanmar 234,338 9,729,572 1.5 1.4 1.9 “ Agent Smith ” Timeline Early signs of activity from the actor behind “ Agent Smith ” can be traced back to January 2016 . Periodically , the malware tries to contact the Command-and-Control ( C&C ) server with the username encoded into parameters . After a few months of monitoring , we were able to identify around 200 unique Dexphot domains . Per Microsoft ’s blog , they have identified additional post - exploitation activities , including : • Compression of data for exfiltration via 7 - Zip . • Use of Exchange PowerShell Snap - ins to export mailbox data .


What made this particular case interesting was that instead of the usual dull PDF file , the decoy was a Flash video file , more specifically a Super Bowl advertisement from 2007 purporting to show monkeys at an office .


] net adminsysteminfo [ . Explicit financially-motivated targeting is unusual among Chinese statesponsored threat groups , and evidence suggests APT41 has conducted simultaneous cyber crime and cyber espionage operations from 2014 onward . Mandiant has observed APT29 using a stealthy backdoor that we call POSHSPY .


What Does SimBad Do ? If found on the target system , Carbanak will try to exploit a known vulnerability in Windows XP , Windows Server 2003 , Windows Vista , Windows Server 2008 , Windows 7 , Windows 8 , and Windows Server 2012 , CVE-2013-3660 , for local privilege escalation . Suckfly conducted a multistage attack against an e-commerce organization based in India .


These apps appear legitimate due to their app logo , UI appearance , and redirects to the carrier webpage -- all luring end users to believe it ’ s the original one . Xpert RAT reportedly first appeared in 2011 . cyber actors of the North Korean to target the media , aerospace , financial , and critical infrastructure sectors in the United States and globally .


The CozyDuke activity continues one of the long-running trends of the Dukes operations , the use of multiple malware toolsets against a single target .


Targeted sectors of Molerats include governmental and diplomatic institutions , including embassies ; companies from the aerospace and defence Industries ; financial institutions ; journalists ; software developers . The malware was first seen packed with VMProtect; when unpacked the sample didn’t show any similarities with previously known malware .


Furthermore , Dragos ’ analysis of the TRISIS event continues as we recover additional data surrounding the incident .


The campaign appeared to consist of two distinct waves of spear-phishing , one during the first days of July and the other starting from the 20th of the month .


In order to upload the file , the app uses a basic REST communication with the server , checking if the file exists and uploading it if it isn ’ t . More recently , in May 2017 , APT33 appeared to target organizations in Saudi and South Korea using a malicious file that attempted to entice victims with job vacancies . Kaspersky Lab products detect the malware described in this report as Trojan.Win32.Remexi and Trojan.Win32.Agent . The chain of evidence suggests that the threat actor ’s motives are financially driven .


In this blog , FireEye Labs dissects this new ATM malware that we have dubbed RIPPER (due to the project name ATMRIPPER” identified in the sample) and documents indicators that strongly suggest this piece of malware is the one used to steal from the ATMs at banks in Thailand . Thus , Turla operators had access to some highly sensitive information ( such as emails sent by the German Foreign Office staff ) for almost a year .


The infection has not spread very widely at the time of writing , but we ’ ve seen that many users have already received its SMS content . The admin@338 used the popular Poison Ivy RAT and WinHTTPHelper malware to compromise the computers of government officials . A Glimpse into Glimpse For the second blog post in our series, the IronNet Threat Research Team examines the Glimpse malware that is written in PowerShell and has been associated with OilRig S-APT/APT34 . Instead , it ’s likely that Royal is simply testing a new encryptor — especially considering that BlackSuit was used in just two attacks last month — and that this lull can be explained as more or less of a research period for them .


Downeks.NET is obfuscated using “ Yano ” and can be easily de-obfuscated using the de4dot utility .


Due to TG-3390 's determination , organizations should formulate a solid eviction plan before engaging with the threat actors to prevent them from reentering the network .


During our investigation of TEMP.Veles activity , we found multiple unique tools that the group deployed in the target environment .


INDICATORS OF COMPROMISE ( IOCS ) Domains Facebook-photos-au.su Homevideo2-12l.ml videohosting1-5j.gq URLs hxxp : //88.99.227 [ . Between February and March 2019 , probable MuddyWater-associated samples indicated that BlackWater established persistence on the compromised host , at used PowerShell commands to enumerate the victim 's machine and contained the IP address of the actor 's command and control ( C2 ) . It beacons to domain connect.bafunpda.xyz and attempts to connect to TCP port 4433 . They once attacked a game server to illicitly farm in - game currency ( “ gaming gold ” , which also has real - world value ) and stole source codes of online game projects .


This specific variant of Zebrocy will also send a screenshot of the victim host as a JPEG image to the C2 server .


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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 . Dragos identified several compromises of ICS vendors and manufacturers in 2018 by activity associated with XENOTIME , providing potential supply chain threat opportunities and vendor-enabled access to asset owner and operator ICS networks .


The longer a Trojan “ lives ” on a smartphone , the more money it will make for the owner . Dell SecureWorks researchers unveiled a report on Threat Group-3390 that has targeted companies around the world while stealing massive amounts of industrial data . The decompiled function responsible for patching the parent process . In fact , they often drive one another to complete more complicated hacks .


The Android developer documentation describes the accessibility event class as a class that " represents accessibility events that are seen by the system when something notable happens in the user interface . and as discovered later , even the U.S. and UK governments . ShadowHammer : https://liveupdate01s.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Apps_for_Win8/LiveUpdate/Liveupdate_Test_VER360.zip . Because phishing often leverages the impersonation of trusted associates from highlevel executives to legitimate vendors and partner organizations and includes personal details skimmed from social media or other publicly available information , its tempting to call them sophisticated .


Security experts have long warned of the ability of advanced adversaries to subvert hardware and software supply chains . If the macros in SPK KANUN DEĞİŞİKLİĞİ GİB GÖRÜŞÜ.doc” are enabled , an embedded payload is decoded and saved in the %APPDATA% directory with the name CiscoAny.exe . The group has conducted activity on hotel and business center Wi‑Fi and physical connections as well as peer-to-peer and file sharing networks .


X-Force IRIS discovered that the threat actor was hosting at least one malicious executable on a server hosted on ntg-sa.com .


This section describes some of the tools used by the group . In this report , we'll review how the actors attempted to exploit CVE-2012-0158 to install the NetTraveler Trojan .


At least three of the messages were intended to check a user ’ s account balance at the institution ( we could not confirm the purpose of the fourth ) .Through additional research , we identified several forum posts where victims complained of funds ( up to 600 rubles ) were transferred out of their accounts after RuMMS infected their phones . Kaspersky 's research notes that BlackOasis hacked into computers based in Saudi Arabia . Threat : Gamaredon Pteranodon implant SFX archive . COSMICENERGY Possibly Associated With Russian Government - Funded Power Disruption and Emergency Response Exercises During our analysis of COSMICENERGY , we identified a comment in the code that indicated the sample uses a module associated with a project named “ Solar Polygon ” ( Figure 2 ) .


Once inside networks , the group generally targeted Windows network domain controllers and Exchange e-mail servers , targeting user credentials to allow them to move to other systems throughout the targeted network . Based on information gained from discussion with the initial TRITON/TRISIS responders and subsequent work on follow-on activity by this entity , Dragos developed a comprehensive ( public ) picture of adversary activity roughly matching FireEye 's analysis published in April 2019 , described in various media .


Tools and capabilities used by HIDDEN COBRA actors include DDoS botnet S-ACTs , keyloggers , remote access tools ( RATs ) , and wiper malware .


Running Volatility 's vaddump plugin on this process allowed CTU researchers to obtain the Virtual Address Descriptor ( VAD ) sections .


Symantec discovered Suckfly , an advanced threat group , conducting targeted attacks using multiple stolen certificates , as well as hacktools and custom malware . Group-IB specialists have established that the aim of the attack was to deliver and launch the second stage of Silence’s Trojan , known as Silence.MainModule .


In some cases , malicious components are dynamically downloaded onto a device after an infected app is installed . WannaCry leverages an exploit , codenamed " EternalBlue " , that was released by the Shadow Brokers on April 14 , 2017 . APT33 : 64.251.19.216 [REDACTED].myftp.org . Notably , there were no overlaps in infrastructure between these clusters of activity .


The primary goal of sux appears to be steal messages and other data from popular messaging and social media apps specified within the HenBox sample . Either APT41 is operating outside of state control but still working with other Chinese APT malware actors , tools , and infrastructure on a parttime or contractual basis , or APT41 is a full-time . Once a foothold is established , Sofacy trys to upload more backdoors , USB stealers as well as other hacking tools such as " Mimikatz " for lateral movement .


Infrastructure While investigating HenBox we discovered infrastructure ties to other malware families associated with targeted attacks against Windows users – notable overlaps included PlugX , Zupdax , 9002 , and Poison Ivy . We observed APT41 using a compromised account to create a scheduled task on a system , write a binary component of HIGHNOON containing the payload and C&C information to disk , and then modify the legitimate Windows WMI Performance Adaptor (wmiApSrv) to execute the HIGHNOON payload . The Dukes continued the expansion of their arsenal in 2011 with the addition of two more toolsets : MiniDuke and CozyDuke .


The most common registrar used by the adversary is HiChina Zhicheng Technology Ltd .


Table 1 highlights some recent examples of this activity .


In the case of TA505 , while most elements of the framework are well-developed , their reliance on the Necurs botnet for the sending high-volume malicious spam - a key component of the Vector element above - appears to be their Achilles heel .


Consequently , the data and lastsize fields are mangled .


Conclusion Typically masquerading as legitimate Android system apps , and sometimes embedding legitimate apps within them , the primary goal of the malicious HenBox appears to be to spy on those who install them . Via the BalkanDoor backdoor , the attacker sends a backdoor command to unlock the screen… and using BalkanRAT , they can do whatever they want on the computer . From mid-2016 through early 2017 , APT33 compromised a U.S. organization in the aerospace sector and targeted a business conglomerate located in Saudi Arabia with aviation holdings .


The jpg pulled from treestower.com displays a graphic picture of a dead man , which also appeared on a Palestinian news website discussing the death of Hamas military leader Mazen Fuqaha .


This could essentially allow for external devices to act as a trigger to execute the malicious HenBox code , or perhaps afford additional data HenBox can collect and exfiltrate . As demonstrated in operations targeting the video game industry , APT41 leverages a variety of TTPs to access production environments where they can inject malicious code into legitimate files . The group spearphished targets in several waves with Flash exploits leading to their Carberp based JHUHUGIT downloaders and further stages of malware .


Symantec detects this threat as Backdoor.Nidiran .


It allows threat actors to execute additional tools and perform post-intrusion actions on compromised systems .


All three files are required for the malware to run correctly .


While these industries may appear to be unrelated , we found them to have multiple links to healthcare , such as large manufacturers that produce medical imaging devices sold directly into healthcare firms , IT organizations that provide support services to medical clinics , and logistical organizations that deliver healthcare products . The attackers compromised two legitimate Thai websites to host the malware , which is a tactic this group has used in the past .


While discussions of threats in this region often focus on " North America " generally or just the United States , nearly 100 campaigns during this period were either specifically targeted at Canadian organizations or were customized for Canadian audiences . DanderSpritz is the framework for controlling infected machines , different from FuZZbuNch as the latter provides a limited toolkit for the post-exploitation stage with specific functions such as DisableSecurity and EnableSecurity for DarkPulsar .


We used a sample app named “ org.starsizew ” with an MD5 of d8caad151e07025fdbf5f3c26e3ceaff to analyze RuMMS ’ s code . In recent attacks they set up a fake VPN Web Portal and targeted at least five Israeli IT vendors , several financial institutes , and the Israeli Post Office . After that , the malware checks if the existence of the ﬁles “ ExcelMyMacros.txt ” and “ wordMacros.txt ” in the same path where it is executed : if true then it reads their contents otherwise it will exit . 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 .


During our analysis , we observed this DDE downloading and executing a Zebrocy AutoIt downloader f27836430742c9e014e1b080d89c47e43db299c2e00d0c0801a2830b41b57bc1 , configured to attempt to download an additional payload from 220.158.216.127 .


However , many users are in no hurry to update the operating systems of their products . Once inside networks , the group generally targeted Windows network domain controllers and Exchange e-mail servers , targeting user credentials to allow them to move to other systems throughout the targeted network . To avoid suspicion , this service name , as well as the executable name , were chosen to look similar to the name of a Microsoft .NET optimiza S-IDTYtion Service . Nevertheless , previous analyses by CERT - UA and FortiGuard Labs indicate that final payloads , which included AgentTesla and Cobalt Strike , were used for information theft and remote access to infected systems .


Tap Menu > Play Protect . Based on data collected from Palo Alto Networks AutoFocus threat intelligence , we discovered continued operations of activity very similar to the Roaming Tiger attack campaign that began in the August 2015 timeframe , with a concentration of attacks in late October and continuing into December . The sole indicator on the source host that at.exe had been run was an application Prefetch file ( C:\Windows\Prefetch\AT.EXE-BB02E639.pf ) that was created when the tool was executed . The Metasploit code was released on December 29 , 2012 and the vulnerability was officialy fixed on January 14 , 2013 ( MS13 - 008 ) while the page with the exploit was uploaded on February 11 , 2013 .


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Decrypted EventBot configuration Decrypted EventBot configuration returned from the C2 . Filensfer is a family of malware that has been used in targeted attacks since at least 2013 . The loader 's main goal was to run a PowerShell command to execute shellcode .


The implant shared certain similarities with the old Miniduke implants .


Ginning the ratings FURTHER READING 1 million Google accounts compromised by Android malware called Gooligan To implement the VM feature , the malicious APK installation dropper used by HummingWhale uses DroidPlugin , an extension originally developed by developers from China-based company Qihoo 360 , Check Point said . This report will explore the various installers , uninstallers and loaders Novetta has observed the Lazarus Group using . Remcos ( Backdoor.Remvio ) : A commodity remote administration tool ( RAT ) that can be used to steal information from an infected computer . If implemented correctly , PIEHOP can connect to a user supplied remote MSSQL server for uploading LIGHTWORK and issuing remote commands specifically targeting RTU , and then delete itself .


Digital Attack on German Parliament: Investigative Report on the Hack of the Left Party Infrastructure in Bundestag .


The JHUHUGIT implant became a relatively popular first stage for the Sofacy attacks and was used again with a Java zero-day ( CVE-2015-2590 ) in July 2015 .


Technical analysis Obfuscation On top of recreating ransomware behavior in ways we haven ’ t seen before , the Android malware variant uses a new obfuscation technique unique to the Android platform . The Ke3chang attackers used the older MyWeb malware family from 2010 to 2011 . Here we will examine an example of an oddly formatted ZIP archive hiding the NanoCore . The group 's 91 attacks come not long after their extensive GoAnywhere campaign in March , when they hit over 100 organizations using a nasty zero - day .


Thus far , Bahamut 's campaigns have appeared to be primarily espionage or information operations – not destructive attacks or fraud . TG-3390 operates a broad and long-running campaign of SWCs and has compromised approximately 100 websites as of this publication .


Malware code showing initializing broadcast receiver Figure 15 . cyber actors of the North Korean to target the media , aerospace , financial , and critical infrastructure sectors in the United States and globally . At figure 2, the second EOCD indicates that its only central directory is located at file offset 0xd148f whereas it is at 0xd40d41. (The size of the first But while it was clear earlier on that attackers were actively exploiting CVE-2023 - 34362 , it was only a few days later that it became clear that Cl0p was behind the attacks .


We will provide an analysis of the HyperBro tool in an upcoming section . To better understand how the adversary was operating and what other actions they had performed , CTU researchers examined cmd.exe and its supporting processes to uncover additional command line artifacts .


The code never informed phone users that it was collecting that data , a behavior uniformly viewed by many as a serious security concern . APT10 used the same method of lateral movement by mounting the remote drive on a system , copying 1.bat to it , using task scheduler to execute the batch script , and finally , deleting the batch script . Daserf : 21111136d523970e27833dd2db15d7c50803d8f6f4f377d4d9602ba9fbd355cd .


It was a secondary payload downloaded by Rockloader , the initial payload in a large email campaign using zipped JavaScript attachments .


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The analyzed implant has a complex structure , and for now we have observed two modules . The attackers behind Operation GhostSecret used a similar infrastructure to earlier threats , including SSL certificates used by FakeTLS in implants found in the Destover backdoor variant known as Escad , which was used in the Sony Pictures attack . Activity continued throughout April where additional versions of DarkComet , POSHC2 implants , and an AutoIt backdoor were deployed along with further credential dumping activities . Cisco Secure Endpoint ( formerly AMP for Endpoints ) is ideally suited to prevent the execution of the malware detailed in this post .


Thursday 's Flash Player update patched 36 vulnerabilities in total including the zero day CVE-2016-4171 . According to Deepen , APT6 has been using spear phishing in tandem with malicious PDF and ZIP attachments or links to malware infected websites that contains a malicious SCR file .


Upon further analysis it became clear this application was as malicious as they come and initially resembled the CopyCat malware , discovered by Check Point Research back in April 2016 . Analysis of compromised systems seen communicating with Bookworm C2 servers also confirms our speculation on targeting with a majority of systems existing within Thailand . In addition , Saudi Arabia is a known customer of spyware and has used the technology domestically , according to Citizen Lab , a cybersecurity and human-rights focused research laboratory . Properly configure firewalls and proxies to limit outgoing traffic to only necessary ports for that particular network segment .


With these details , we will then draw some conclusions about the operators of CARBANAK . CapabilitiesFormBook is a data stealer , but not a full-fledged banker .


Aside from a change in its deployment techniques , a few changes in its code set it apart from its previous versions . Researchers have pointed out that it is not uncommon for China-based threat groups to target Hong Kong media organizations , particularly ones whose reporting focuses on the pro-democracy movement . SHA256: 5ac61ea5142d53412a251eb77f2961e3334a00c83da9087d355a49618220ac43 . The IP range for “ PIG GOD ” is 43[.]255[.]188.0/22 , which appears to be hosted in Hong Kong as seen in the information we found : The domain 66[.]to leads to another website that shows Hack520 ’s pet pig .


The attackers invested significant effort in attempting to hide the tool by changing the source code of the RAT and the RAT server , and by using an obfuscator and packer .


We identified a notable lack of sophistication in this investigation such as copy/paste , unstable code , dead code and panels that are freely open . During these intrusions , LEAD 's objective was to steal sensitive data , including research materials , process documents , and project plans . The attackers ’ deliberate use of compromised machines and dynamic Domain Name System ( DNS ) services allows them to hide traces of their presence by confusing their activities with data belonging to legitimate individuals . The threat actors are distributing NetSupport RAT either as a zipped download or via an Internet shortcut .


Due to this Cerberus will come in handy for actors that want to focus on performing fraud without having to develop and maintain a botnet and C2 infrastructure . Since it was active in 2012 , it has been carrying out attacks against sensitive targets in China and is one of the most active APT attack organizations targeting mainland China in recent years . APT39 's focus on the widespread theft of personal information sets it apart from other Iranian groups FireEye tracks , which have been linked to influence operations , disruptive attacks , and other threats .


Initiating the MQTT client . We assess APT33 works at the behest of the Iranian government . The malware can exfiltrate keystrokes, screenshots, browser-related data like cookies and history, decrypted when . One of the problems with relying entirely on one security solution is that the cyber threat landscape changes rapidly .


The threat actors have evolved to whitelisting IP addresses and only delivering the exploit and payload to specific targets of interest .


Trend Micro detects these as ANDROIDOS_XLOADER.HRX . DoNot Team’s confirmed use of this IP dates back to September 2018 , with a six-month gap until it was used to host doppelganger domains for the LUCKY ELEPHANT campaign in early February . Surprisingly , the source code is composed by more than 1600 lines of code and it is highly obfuscated .


According to the German press , the intruders used the Winnti family of malware as their main implant , giving them persistent access to the conglomerate ’s network as early as February 2016 .


It is the only activity group intentionally compromising and disrupting industrial safety instrumented systems , which can lead to scenarios involving loss of life and environmental damage .


The Trojan sends these digits to the C & C , which in turn sends a command to display a fake data entry window to check the four digits . Threat actors may use the date string hardcoded into each Bookworm sample as a build identifier . Between August 2 and 4 , the actor sent targeted spearphishing emails containing malicious URLs linking to documents to multiple defense contractors .


FireEye observed a high volume of activity associated with the exploitation of CVE-2017-10271 following the public posting of proof of concept code in December 2017 . One of the attacks used Tropic Trooper 's known Yahoyah malware , but the other attack deployed the widely available Poison Ivy RAT .


Of these modifications , arguably the most important were the ones done to the loader .


Since 2013 Carbanak has successfully gained access to networks of more than 50 banks and 5 payment systems . Thus , it is clear they are trying to be as stealthy as possible by hiding in the network traffic of the targeted organizations .


Depending on the Trojan version , dynamically generated subdomains can also be used . In May 2018 , Trend Micro found a new sample ( Detected as W2KM_DLOADR.UHAOEEN ) that may be related to this campaign . Last week Microsoft , working together with Facebook , took strong steps to protect our customers and the internet from ongoing attacks by the Lazarus Group .


On opening the app , two pop-up messages appear on screen : Change SMS App : This sets permissions to intercept every SMS received on the device and send a copy of these messages to the C2 server . If the attack had succeeded , it would have given hackers control over the ATM network , while money mules would have been standing by the ATM machines at pre-set time intervals to cash them out . This Gorgon Group campaign leveraged spear phishing emails with Microsoft Word documents exploiting CVE-2017-0199 .


Some applications rely on SMS when it comes to in-app purchases — the transaction data is transferred via a short text message . Kaspersky speculates that ScarCruft could also be behind another zero-day , CVE-2016-0147 , a vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services that was patched in April . Since our first published analysis of the OilRig campaign in May 2016 , we have continued to monitor this group for new activity .


Contacting the C2 server for instructions . 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 . The body of the macro can be logically divided into two distinct parts : The Monti ransomware collective has restarted their operations , focusing on institutions in the legal and governmental fields .


For instance , the Trojan could automatically reply to an SMS and immediately delete it . The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team discovered a previously unknown data-gathering implant that surfaced in mid-February 2018 . simultaneous use of the detected Win32/KillDisk.NBO variants .


The notification was intended to be used for system alerts or errors , but Android threats misused it to force the attacker-controlled UI to fully occupy the screen , blocking access to the device . Ultimately , this lead us to the conclusion that several of Gorgon Group 's members have a nexus in Pakistan . using the following IDAPython command in Output window : The attackers then ran reconnaissance commands such as whoami , netstat , quser , and net share , and tried to enumerate other servers for lateral movement with the quser and net view commands .


TG-3390 : 208.115.242.36 .


This trick – posing as a part of a legitimate Google service – may help avoid scrutiny . APT32 actors continue to deliver the malicious attachments via spear-phishing emails . The Network Security protection of IPS and NGFW have up-to-date signatures to detect malicious network activity by threat actors .


It turns out , that Trojans behave quite the same way . To further exemplify the proficiency of the attackers leveraging the Lamberts toolkit , deployment of Black Lambert included a rather sophisticated TTF zero day exploit , CVE-2014-4148 . Taking a step back , as discussed in the Appendix in our initial OilRig blog , Clayslide delivery documents initially open with a worksheet named " Incompatible " that displays content that instructs the user to " Enable Content " to see the contents of the document , which in fact runs the malicious macro and compromises the system .


Trojan.Sofacy ( also known as Seduploader ) performs basic reconnaissance on an infected computer and can download further malware .


When executed , the Poison Ivy threat , or Backdoor.Odivy , connects to a command and control ( C&C ) server over TCP port 80 .


This is why we recently released Cybereason Mobile , a new offering that strengthens the Cybereason Defense Platform by bringing prevention , detection , and response capabilities to mobile devices . Each of the spear phishing attacks contained links to .doc files , which were really RTF documents that attempt to exploit CVE-2017-8570 ( Composite Moniker ) . Given the level of client network access MSPs have , once APT10 has gained access to a MSP , it is likely to be relatively straightforward to exploit this and move laterally onto the networks of potentially thousands of other victims .


Of particular note is their use of tools to identify systems vulnerable to CVE-2017-0144 , which is the same vulnerability exploited by EternalBlue that is best known for its use in the WannaCry attacks of 2017 . 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 .


If the user enables macro to open the xlsm file , it will then drop the legitimate script engine AutoHotkey along with a malicious script file . However , Beginning on 25 June 2019 , we started observing multiple commodity campaigns Mostly dropping AsyncRAT using the updated RTF weaponizer with the same exploit ( CVE-2018-0798 ) .


Now , using these strings method1 can use reflection to call sendTextMessage and process the payment . As we wrote then , compared to Kingphish , Bahamut operates as though it were a generation ahead in terms of professionalism and ambition . The functionality ( connect or bind ) depends on the data contained within the named pipe . This has been coined as the Mark Heptad yes after this author and creator .


While continuing to monitor activity of the OceanLotus APT Group , Cylance researchers uncovered a novel payload loader that utilizes steganography to read an encrypted payload concealed within a .png image file . The Winnti group’s Opsec was dismal to say the least . This mode of operation is typical of many hacker groups—and especially of Winnti .


However , it does n't request permissions like BIND_ADMIN . Since exposure of its operations in 2013 , APT10 has made a number of significant changes intended to thwart detection of its campaigns . The malicious updaters were hosted on the official liveupdate01s.asus.com and liveupdate01.asus.com ASUS update servers . Given the widespread adoption of Citrix in enterprises globally , we suspect the number of impacted organizations is far greater and in several sectors .


Figure 1 . OceanLotus was another actor active during this period , using a new downloader called KerrDown , as reported by Palo Alto . A new URI is available: <c2-domain>/uploadtm.php .


CTU researchers assess with high confidence that the threat actors follow an established playbook during an intrusion .


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Figure 2 : Bit.ly statistics for a phishing landing page targeting Bank Austria customers The actor appears to have recently begun using “ .top ” top-level domains ( TLDs ) for their phishing landing pages and have implemented a consistent naming structure as shown below . The threat actors behind the Sea Turtle campaign show clear signs of being highly capable and brazen in their endeavors . Patchwork is a cyberespionage group that was first observed in December 2015 .


] com 54.71.249 [ . Dragos leveraged identified behaviors to consistently refer to an activity group , XENOTIME . The threat actors behind the campaign use social engineering to infect their victims with the Pierogi backdoor for cyber espionage purposes . Two days following the OT activity , Sandworm deployed a new variant of CADDYWIPER throughout the IT environment .


Of the various binaries downloaded , the most interesting are null , which serves as a local and reverse shell , and rootdaemon , which takes care of privilege escalation and data acquisition . First identified in January 2015 , Orangeworm has also conducted targeted attacks against organizations in related industries as part of a larger supply-chain attack in order to reach their intended victims . JhoneRAT : 7e1121fca3ac7c2a447b61cda997f3a8202a36bf9bb08cca3402df95debafa69 . Antivirus software identifies threats by matching a particular piece of softwares code to programs it has identified as malicious in its database .


Cybereason estimates that the files are specifically meant to lure and appeal to victims from the Middle East , especially towards individuals and entities in the Palestinian territories likely related to the Palestinian government or the Fatah movement .


However , to increase success rates APT20 can use zero-day exploits , so even a properly patched system would be compromised . The Chinese intelligence apparatus has been reported on under many names , including Winnti , PassCV , APT17 , Axiom , LEAD , Barium , Wicked Panda , and GREF .


Some variants have gone so far as to use a different key for the strings of each class . APT5 targeted the network of an electronics firm that sells products for both industrial and military applications . TermSvc Terminal service configuration ( working on Win Xp/2003 ) . None Follow Microsoft recommendations to disable remote PowerShell for non - administrative users where possible .


SMS messages . POWRUNER was delivered using a malicious RTF file that exploited CVE-2017-0199 . Data about Wingbird activity indicate that it is typically used to attack individual computers instead of networks .


SNAKEMACKEREL operations continue to be some of the most far-reaching and sophisticated cyber espionage and intelligence campaigns to date .


These attacks are primarily targeting private industry in search of key intellectual property for competitive advantage , military institutions , and governmental organizations often in search of documents related to current political events and human rights organizations . Based on BRONZE UNION 's targeting activity , CTU researchers assess it is highly likely that the group focuses on political and defense organization networks .


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The callee then invokes the getAction method to get the decrypted content . which provides a range of services to UK Government . Looking deeper into the structure of SHIPPING_MX00034900_PL_INV_pdf.zip , the attachment has two . Indicators of attack are not so much a static description of the attacker , but a dynamic profile of how an attacker interacts with your technologies and users .


This belief is based on the observation that in all of the other PinchDuke samples we have analyzed , the date of the campaign identifier has been within a day of the compilation date .


Additionally the reports on Carbanak show a different picture , where banks targeted outside of Russia , specifically Europe , USA and Japan are mentioned , which does not match our research . Kaspersky Lab documented this behavior in 2014 .


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The blog post said HummingBad " uses a completely different infrastructure with little in common '' with Shedun . simultaneous use of the detected Win32/KillDisk.NBO variants . APT33 : 5.187.21.71 backupnet.ddns.net . In some instances , two randomly generated bytes are added to the end of the file , which invalidates the detection of the dropped files using simple checksum - based techniques .


Given the many artifacts we discovered in the malware code , as well as infrastructure analysis , we are pretty confident that the developer of the Skygofree implants is an Italian IT company that works on surveillance solutions , just like HackingTeam . Additionally , we discovered a new DNS hijacking technique that we assess with moderate confidence is connected to the actors behind Sea Turtle . The admin@338 linked to China and alleged to be responsible for targeted attacks against foreign governments and ministries , has now pointed its focus inward at China autonomous territory Hong Kong .


Code contained inside one of the slides triggers an exploit for CVE-2017-8759 , a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft .NET framework . The decoy documents dropped suggest that the targets are likely to be politically or militarily motivated , with subjects such as Intelligence reports and political situations being used as lure documents .


In other words , it goes through every object on the screen and saves its text data . The APT28 , which is linked to the Russian government , returned to low-key intelligence-gathering operations during 2017 and into 2018 , targeting a range of military and government targets in Europe and South America . Forensic analysis indicates that the APT has been operational since at least June 2011 and was still active in 2016 .


In addition to the US government , they have targeted organizations across the Defense , Energy , Extractive , Financial , Insurance , Legal , Manufacturing Media , Think Tanks , Pharmaceutical , Research and Technology industries , along with Universities .


Based on these , we assess with high confidence that the actor delivered the manipulated installer using the Telegram messenger .


Enlarge / Top 20 countries targeted by Hummingbad/Shedun . Today , the governments of the United States , United Kingdom , Australia , Canada , New Zealand and Japan have all announced that the government of North Korea is responsible for the activities of ZINC/Lazarus . APT33 : 8.26.21.223 [REDACTED].ddns.net . But on Mar. 5 , 2014 , Harrison committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a handgun .


The limited use of these tools by APT41 suggests the group reserves more advanced TTPs and malware only for high-value targets . Hackers use the exploits " Nitris Exploit Kit " ( earlier known as CottonCastle ) , which is not available in open sources and sold only to trusted users .


The U.S. Government refers to the malicious cyber activity by the North Korean government as HIDDEN COBRA .


Based on the command capabilities of the Taidoor malware , we were able to determine that data theft and data destruction was possible . At the moment , the group is known to target Russian and Ukrainian banks .


The actors frequently use the stolen data to create cloned physical cards , which they use to attempt to withdraw funds from ATMs . The attackers sent multiple emails containing macro-enabled XLS files to employees working in the banking sector in the Middle East .


The first is a set of campaigns from the 16th and 17th of April , 2009 , that targeted a US based foreign policy think tank , as well as government institutions in Poland and the Czech Republic .


] commydriveweb [ . The attackers upload data to the account , which is downloaded by the implant , decrypted and interpreted . For example , the following command , which was issued by an APT1 actor , will listen for incoming connections on port 443 on the hop and automatically proxy them to the Shanghai IP address 58.247.242.254 on port 443 . Any Greatness affiliates do n’t need a specific set of skills .


The ShadowBrokers is a group of hackers known for leaking exclusive information about the National Security Agency – NSA 's hacking tools and tactics . Samples and resource names contained the family names of prominent Iranians , and several of these individuals received the malware located in their respective folder .


Dropper variants are usually barely functioning photo utility , games , or sex related apps . A Trojan sending a build identifier to its C2 server is quite common , as it notifies the threat actors of the specific version of the Trojan in which they are interacting . We observed as the new threat attempted to deploy files that changed every 20-30 minutes on thousands of devices . During the SolarWinds Compromise , APT29 added their own devices as allowed IDs for active sync using Set - CASMailbox , allowing it to obtain copies of victim mailboxes .


Using Reflection , the server can load the assembly of the client to find the relevant functions and passwords .


The two executables related to Hermes are bitsran.exe and RSW7B37.tmp . Operation Daybreak appears to have been launched by ScarCruft in March 2016 and employs a previously unknown ( 0-day ) Adobe Flash Player exploit .


Between August 2 and 4 , the Leviathan sent targeted spearphishing emails containing malicious URLs linking to documents to multiple defense contractors . The POST message is sent to the same site as the fake login page—which an attacker can control inside the Tor network .


Last year , Microsoft researchers described Neodymium 's behavior as unusual : " unlike many activity groups , which typically gather information for monetary gain or economic espionage , PROMETHIUM and NEODYMIUM appear to launch campaigns simply to gather information about certain individuals . Targeting a safety system indicates significant damage and loss of human life were either intentional or acceptable goals of the attack , a consequence not seen in previous disruptive attacks such as the 2016 CRASHOVERRIDE malware that caused a power loss in Ukraine .


Ploutus-D also allows the attackers to enter the amount to withdraw (billUnits – 4 digits) and the number of cycles (billCount – 2 digits) to repeat the dispensing operation (see Figure 10) . BLACKGEAR is an espionage campaign which has targeted users in Taiwan for many years .


Initial request by EventBot Initial request by EventBot to run as a service . In a more recent version of the modified Gh0st RAT malware , Ghost Dragon implemented dynamic packet flags which change the first five bytes of the header in every login request with the controller . Regardless of causation , the rapid development of new versions of Emissary suggests that the malware authors are making frequent modifications to evade detection , which as a corollary suggests the Lotus Blossom are actively using the Emissary Trojan as a payload in attacks .


Adversaries also changed some constants , such as the XOR key used in the previous version .


In this blog , we also document other 2017 activity so far by this attack group , including their distribution of ZeroT malware and secondary payloads PCrat S-VULNAME/Gh0st .


On June 24 , we found another campaign targeting Lebanon with the ServHelper malware . Like PLEAD , Shrouded Crossbow uses spear-phishing emails with backdoor-laden attachments that utilize the RTLO technique and accompanied by decoy documents .


FakeSpy Chunghwa Post version installation process and application UI . Bitdefender’s investigation shows the attackers’ main methods remain to quietly infiltrate the infrastructure by establishing a foothold on an employee’s system , then move laterally across the infrastructure or elevate privileges to find critical systems that manage financial transactions or ATM networks . Ultimately , this lead us to the conclusion that several of Gorgon Group 's members have a nexus in Pakistan .


The provided information is then passed to a CreateProcessAsUserA call and the specified command is executed .


BalkanRAT enables the attacker to remotely control the compromised computer via a graphical interface , i.e , manually; BalkanDoor enables them to remotely control the compromised computer via a command line , i.e , possibly en masse . In 2013 , Rapid7 reported on a series of relatively amateur attacks against Pakistani targets .


It is possible that CVE-2017-8759 was being used by additional actors . Probably the most high-profile attack that GandCrab was behind is a series of infections at customers of remote IT support firms in the month of February .


TG-3390 actors have used Java exploits in their SWCs .


Extract data from WeChat app . In a number of the cases we analyzed , ProjectSauron deployed malicious modules inside the custom network encryption 's software directory , disguised under similar filenames and accessing the data placed beside its own executable . In most cases , the downloaded file is either an executable that masquerades as a Microsoft Word document or a weaponized Microsoft Word document . According to a recent study by Trellix and the Center for Strategic and International Studies CSIS , 86 of organizations believe they have been targeted by a nationstate threat actor .


Version 0.3.0.1 includes Italian and Spanish language compatibility within the resources section . The main delivery method of this type of backdoor is spear phishing emails or spam that uses social engineering to manipulate targets into enabling malicious documents . While having access to the organization 's environment , the Magic Hound targeted data related to entities in the Middle East .


The process starts when an SMS phishing message arrives at a user ’ s phone . We have identified the tools , techniques , and network activities used in these continuing attacks—which we have dubbed Night Dragon—as originating primarily in China . At this point , the batch script renames the “ 28847 ” ﬁle in “ 28847.exe ” , opens it using “ pﬂjk ,fkbcerbgblfhs ” as password and the ﬁle contained inside the “ 28847.exe ” ﬁle will be renamed in “ WuaucltIC.exe ” . Instead , it appeared that corresponding requests were made directly through the Outlook Web Application ( OWA ) endpoint , indicating a previously undisclosed exploit method for Exchange .


“ Agent Smith ” repacks its prey apps at smali/baksmali code level . The final remaining known decoy includes photos of Chitpas Tant Kridakon ( Figure 7 ) , who is known as heiress to the largest brewery in Thailand . If not stopped , Dexphot ultimately ran a cryptocurrency miner on the device , with monitoring services and scheduled tasks triggering re-infection when defenders attempt to remove the malware . Cloud API APT29 has leveraged the Microsoft Graph API to perform various actions across Azure and M365 environments .


While the “ core ” module resides inside the APK file , it is encrypted and disguised as a JPG file – the first two bytes are actually the magic header of JPG files , while the rest of the data is encoded with an XOR cipher . At the moment , the group is known to target Russian and Ukrainian banks . 5 、An encrypted data file that holds three additional executables that are loaded into system processes via process hollowing . Enterprise T1649 Steal or Forge Authentication Certificates APT29 has abused misconfigured AD CS certificate templates to impersonate admin users and create additional authentication certificates .


To date , Whitefly has attacked organizations in the healthcare , media , telecommunications , and engineering sectors . El Machete is one of these threats that was first publicly disclosed and named by Kaspersky here .


The Right App at the Right Time The malicious HenBox and embedded DroidVPN app combination is one instance of the type of legitimate apps the attackers choose to mimic to compromise their victims . The hackers behind Winnti have also set their sights on Japan’s biggest chemical company , Shin-Etsu Chemical . On the same date that APT16 targeted Taiwanese media , suspected Chinese APT actors also targeted a Taiwanese government agency , sending a lure document that contained instructions for registration and subsequent listing of goods on a local Taiwanese auction website .


Powershell version of credential theft tool MimiKatz was also used by the actors to facilitate credential acquisition for lateral movement purposes .


The complexity and continual development of these tools indicates a mature development process .


We found that there was only one difference between the macros besides the random function name and random cell values that the Luckystrike tool generates for each created payload .


remit , SVR , the primary foreign intelligence agency , and the aforementioned GRU .


This happens because the IDE executes the code from the Android debug bridge ( ADB ) by calling the activity declared in the manifest by name . DragonOK appears to operate out of China 's Jiangsu Province . To check this , it compares MAC addresses of all adapters to a list of predefined values hardcoded in the malware and alerts if a match was found . COSMICENERGY is the latest example of specialized OT malware capable of causing cyber physical impacts , which are rarely discovered or disclosed .


In 2018 , Kaspersky published a report on one of their campaigns , named Operation AppleJeus .


Newer HttpBrowser versions use SSL with self-signed certificates to encrypt network communications .


The first time this happened was at the beginning of the month , when Proofpoint researchers blew the lid off a cyber-espionage campaign named Operation Transparent Tribe , which targeted the Indian embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan . PLATINUM is known to have used a number of zero-day exploits , for which no security update is available at the time of transmission , in these attempts .


In this case , the threat actors used compromised credentials to log into an Internet-facing Citrix server to gain access to the network .


One is an open source utility used to remotely issue commands on a Windows host from a Linux host .


What we do know is that several of the malicious files were submitted to a public malware analysis site from the Palestinian Territories .


For full details , please reference our 2014 report , APT28 : A Window into Russia ’s Cyber Espionage Operations ? APT28 employs a suite of malware with features indicative of the group ’s plans for continued operations , as well as the group ’s access to resources and skilled developers .


Upload data was queued and transmitted via HTTP PUT requests to an endpoint on the C2 . 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 . MuddyWater has been active since at least November 2017 and has been known to primarily target entities in the Middle East .


In addition , OceanLotus is also known to use ‘watering hole attacks’ , which involve the compromise of a website that the victim is likely to visit . As early as March 4 , 2017 , malicious documents exploiting CVE-2017-0199 were used to deliver the LATENTBOT malware .


Instead , we observed the two Russian espionage groups compromise the same systems and engage separately in the theft of identical credentials .


Older samples connecting to eSurv Finally , Google shared with us some older samples of Exodus One ( with hashes 2055584625d24687bd027a63bc0b8faa7d1a854a535de74afba24840a52b1d2f and a37f5d2418c5f2f64d06ba28fe62edee1293a56158ddfa9f04020e316054363f ) which are not obfuscated and use the following disguise : The configuration of these older samples Sometimes , however , certain samples made use of domain names for HTTP communication . Uploads files to the attackers ’ server . cmd /c " D:\pack


In personally responding to several incidents across multiple industry sectors since early 2018 matching TTPs from the TRITON S-MAL/TRISIS event , these items proved consistent and supported the creation of the XENOTIME activity group .


EventBot is particularly interesting because it is in such early stages . The above network shows relationships between three tools used by Hidden Lynx during its VOHO campaign : Trojan.Naid , Backdoor.Moudoor , and Backdoor.Hikit . The group 's capabilities are more than the much discussed CVE-2012-0158 exploits over the past few years .


This helps the C2 define what actions it can do before being detected on the mobile device . Primarily focused on governments and military operations of countries with interests in the South China Sea , Moafee likely chooses its targets based on region 's rich natural resources . ShadowHammer : 141.105.71.116 . The first , CVE-2022 - 41123 , has been revealed by ZDI to be DLL hijacking3 due to the loading of a non - existent component by a privileged executed command .


It was made clear during communications that INDRIK SPIDER is not willing to negotiate on the ransom amount , explicitly stating that the victim can use multiple Bitcoin exchanges to obtain the number of BTC required , and the exchange rate should be calculated based on the rate posted on the cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex . The ScarCruft APT gang has made use of a Flash zero day patched Thursday by Adobe to attack more than two dozen high-profile targets in Russia and Asia primarily .


The menus for PlugX 's server-side component are written exclusively in Standard Chinese ( Mandarin ) , suggesting that PlugX operators are familiar with this language .


All encrypted archives can be divided into two groups : the first comprises Game321.res , Game322.res , Game323.res and Game642.res – and these are used in the initial phase of infection , while the second group : Game324.res and Game644.res , are used in the main phase . Given the group 's specific interest in infrastructure operations , rapidly improving capabilities , and history of aggressive targeting , Dragos considers this group a primary threat to the ICS industry . Some criminals also sell remote access to these systems , acting as a concierge for other cybercriminals by giving them permanent access to steal new data by themselves . A Polish student used a remote controller device to interface with the Lodz city tram system in Poland .


We have observed this recent wave of Zyklon malware being delivered primarily through spam emails . This Gorgon Group campaign leveraged spear phishing emails with Microsoft Word documents exploiting CVE-2017-0199 .


update.exe module and Xenotix Python Keylogger code comparison ‘ addStartup ’ method from msconf.exe module ‘ addStartup ’ method from Xenotix Python Keylogger Distribution We found several landing pages that spread the Android implants . Whenever users reboot their device or open up Network Speed Master , SWAnalytics will fetch the latest configuration file from http[:]//mbl[.]shunwang[.]com/cfg/config[.]json” . It has previously used newsworthy events as lures to deliver malware and has primarily targeted organizations involved in financial , economic , and trade policy , typically using publicly available RATs such as PoisonIvy , as well as some non-public backdoors .


The lack of any significant evidence of shared code between any of these backdoor families is another clue as to the scope of the resources on which the activity group is able to draw , and the precautions the group is willing and able to take in order to avoid losing its ability to conduct its espionage operations . In this report , we'll review how NetTraveler attempted to exploit CVE-2012-0158 to install the NetTraveler Trojan .


Using the C&C server , the attackers then instructed the compromised computer to provide the infected computer ’s IP address , the names of all other computers in the workgroup or domain , and dumps of Windows cached password hashes .


] qwq-japan [ . Over the past two years , Russia appears to have increasingly leveraged APT28 to conduct information operations commensurate with broader strategic military doctrine . When the send loop has fewer than 60 bytes to send (e.g., a small file or the last part of a file), the send function transmits the remaining bytes with a shorter data . Typically , they steal information , including intellectual property , personally identifying information , and money to fund or further espionage and exploitation causes .


PLEAD also uses CVE-2017-7269 , a buffer overflow vulnerability Microsoft Internet Information Services ( IIS ) 6.0 to compromise the victim 's server . ALLANITE activity closely resembles Palmetto Fusion described by the US Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) .


The majority of NewsBeef targets that Kaspersky researchers have observed are located in SA . 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 .


This was followed by additional details from Kaspersky in a blog post published on 16th July .


One of the differences was a particularly clever evasion technique : to our knowledge this has never been observed in use .


] top/ Oct 17 , 2017 hxxp : //online.bankaustria.at.id87726 [ . In some cases , the victims were redirected to these actor-controlled servers displaying the stolen certificate . This group reportedly compromised the Hillary Clinton campaign , the Democratic National Committee , and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2016 in an attempt to interfere with the U.S. presidential election .


It seems , however , if the same victim has more than one device the malware can be reused since the IMEI is sent along with each data exfiltration . Further research led us to additional MoonWind samples using the same C2 ( dns.webswindows.com ) but hosted on a different compromised but legitimate website . The WATERSPOUT backdoor was written to the same file path as the HIGHTIDE backdoors : C:\DOCUMENTS and SETTINGS\{user}\LOCAL SETTINGS\Temp\word.exe , C:\DOCUMENTS and SETTINGS\{user}\LOCAL SETTINGS\Temp\winword.exe . Over 5 years ago , we began tracking a new campaign that we called FakeUpdates ( also known as SocGholish ) that used compromised websites to trick users into running a fake browser update .


These actors scan websites for vulnerabilities to exploit to illicitly access databases . APT10 is known to have exfiltrated a high volume of data from multiple victims , exploiting compromised MSP networks , and those of their customers , to stealthily move this data around the world .


A university class student list including the C & C domain registrant Due to poor privacy practices on the part of our culprit ’ s university , we now know his date of birth ( probably : he seemingly used his birth year as part of his Gmail address , as further partial confirmation ) , we know that he was a student and what university he attended . Figure 1 shows a sample phishing email used by HawkEye operators in this latest campaign . File type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 , for MS Windows .


The targeted individuals did not follow any significant pattern , and the email addresses were found easily using web search engines .


At the same time , it 's extremely flexible , making it a very effective tool for malicious actors . Further analysis of the BITTER APT’s infrastructure uncovered a broader phishing campaign targeting other government sites and state-owned enterprises in China . APT33 registered multiple domains that masquerade as Saudi Arabian aviation companies and Western organizations that together have partnerships to provide training , maintenance and support for Saudi 's military and commercial fleet .


] today This is the first version that shows the code organization evolution that will continue to be used on all other functions throughout this malware . Symantec telemetry identified Cadelle and Chafer activity dating from as far back as July 2014 , however , it's likely that activity began well before this date . Both backdoors were dropped from malicious documents built utilizing the “ Tran Duy Linh ” exploit kit , which exploited CVE-2012-0158 . BADCALL communicates on ports 443 and 8000 with a FakeTLS method.[6 ] Bankshot binds and listens on port 1058 for HTTP traffic while also utilizing a FakeTLS method.[7 ] BendyBear has used a custom RC4 and XOR encrypted protocol over port 443 for C2.[8 ]


After the profile is downloaded , the iOS system will first ask users to review the profile in their settings if they want to install it . On November 26 , 2015 , a suspected China-based APT16 sent Japanese defense policy-themed spear phishing emails to multiple Japanese financial and high-tech companies . The malware sends another TXT query with the receiver . The new year is almost upon us , and 2022 has been a game of ransomware hardball .


] infoacount-manager [ . Attacks using this tool were still active as of April 2016 . WEBC2 variants may include a server component that provides a simple C2 interface to the intruder . For Greatness specifically , anyone implementing multi - factor authentication should opt for code - based authentication through their MFA app of choice , such as Cisco Duo , rather than the easier - to - break method of a simple “ yes ” or “ no ” push notification .


This separate malware was installed by an unknown attack as “ AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\msdeltemp.dll ” ( md5: CE8B99DF8642C065B6AF43FDE1F786A3 ) .


We found 280 such apps in the past three months . Our analysis of this malware shows that it belongs to Hussarini , also known as Sarhust , a backdoor family that has been used actively in APT attacks targeting countries in the ASEAN region since 2014 . This group was previously tracked under two distinct groups , APT34 and OilRig , but was combined due to additional reporting giving higher confidence about the overlap of the activity .


In June and August 2019 , BRONZE PRESIDENT delivered PlugX via government and law enforcement-themed phishing lures .


During our investigation , we observed the C2 server sending multiple “ balance ” commands to different institutions , presumably to query the victim ’ s financial account balances . The OilRig group ( AKA APT34 , Helix Kitten ) is an adversary motivated by espionage primarily operating in the Middle East region . Moreover , this kind of infrastructure uses HTTPS and the flow is encrypted that makes man-in-the-middle interception more complicated for the defender . Indicators of attack are similar to IOCs , but rather than focusing on forensic analysis of a compromise that has already taken place , indicators of attack focus on identifying attacker activity while an attack is in process .


There the user is prompted to download and install a Trojan imitating an Adobe Flash Player update . Turla is a notorious group that has been targeting governments . We will continue to monitor new activities of the Winnti Group and will publish relevant information on our blog . Revenge intrinsic Disgruntled employees or former employees are those that typically commit the lions share of revengebased cyberattacks .


A graphical representation of the data structure used to store each VM opcode The VM handler is completely able to generate different code blocks and deal with relocated code due to address space layout randomization ( ASLR ) . Magic Hound has primarily targeted organizations in the energy , government , and technology sectors that are either based or have business interests in Saudi Arabia . Payload Samples ( Win32/Winnti.AG ) Surprisingly enough , it does not take very long to get some information about Hack520 : someone with this handle runs a blog and a Twitter account ( with a handle close to Hack520 ) that is also directly linked to the blog .


At this point we had collected nearly thirty samples of Zebrocy in relation to the original sample and its associated C2 domain .


It ’ s interesting that Triout , which is detected by Bitdefender ’ s machine learning algorithms , was first submitted from Russia , and most scans/reports came from Israel . Spam emails targeting email accounts used in the integrated mail service of public officials were also found in the hacking activity . Existing telemetry indicates that the Carbanak attackers are trying to expand operations to other Baltic and Central Europe countries , the Middle East , Asia and Africa .


With much of our research , our initial direction and discovery of emerging threats is generally some combination of previously observed behavioral rulesets or relationships .


The decompiled code shows the decryption routine that unpacks the embedded Spark backdoor .


So we recommend installing an anti-virus solution on your Android device . At this time , we do not believe that the attackers found a new ASA exploit . The vulnerability exists in the old Equation Editor ( EQNEDT32.EXE ) , a component of Microsoft Office that is used to insert and evaluate mathematical formulas .


Service , the Achilles ’ heel of Android security 22 May 2020 - 03:00PM ESET researchers have analyzed an extremely dangerous Android app that can perform a host of nefarious actions , notably wiping out the victim ’ s bank account or cryptocurrency wallet and taking over their email or social media accounts . In the past , Sednit used a similar technique for credential phishing . The persistence functionality of KiloAlfa allows the malware to self-install on a victim 's machine when activated ( described below ) .


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The screenshot below shows SpyNote RAT scanning for Wi-Fi and enabling it if a known channel is found : Additional features - SpyNote RAT could click photos using the device 's camera , based on commands from C & C . Group-IB experts established that the server 185.20.187.89 started functioning no later than 28 January 2019 . Since 2013 , the cybercrime gang have attempted to attack banks , e-payment systems and financial institutions using pieces of malware they designed , known as Carbanak and Cobalt .


The espionage group , which according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) is linked to the Russian government , returned to low-key intelligence-gathering operations during 2017 and into 2018 , targeting a range of military and government targets in Europe and South America .


APT28 targets Russian rockers and dissidents Pussy Riot via spear-phishing emails . We are confident the Callisto Group used this type of access to a target 's email account for the purposes of sending spear phishing to other targets .


This research led them to believe that the actor using Shamoon in recent attacks relied heavily on weaponized documents built to leverage PowerShell to establish their initial network foothold and subsequent operations :


ChopShop1 is a new framework developed by the MITRE Corporation for network-based protocol decoders that enable security professionals to understand actual commands issued by human operators controlling endpoints . Technical analysis of COVELLITE malware indicates an evolution from known LAZARUS toolkits .


This division of labor among the cybercriminals can also be seen in the behavior of their Trojans . Due to tools and tactics in use we attribute the campaign to LuckyMouse Chinese-speaking actor ( also known as EmissaryPanda and APT27 ) . Additionally , we published a blog post on a new backdoor named skip-2.0 that targets Microsoft SQL Server . This fact was apparently unknown to Biderman and other Ashley Madison executives more than a year later when their July 2015 hack was first revealed .


Like other Zebrocy samples , this Trojan collects system specific information it will send to the C2 server by running the command SYSTEMINFO & TASKLIST on the command line and by enumerating information about connected storage devices .


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 . Barium has targeted Microsoft customers both in Virginia , the United States , and around the world .


In February , PINCHY SPIDER released version 5.2 of GandCrab , which is immune to the decryption tools developed for earlier versions of GandCrab and in fact , was deployed the day before the release of the latest decryptor . Symantec has to date discovered 49 different organizations in more than 20 countries that have been attacked by Butterfly .


Both attachments are malicious Word documents that attempt to exploit the Windows OLE Automation Array Remote Code Execution Vulnerability tracked by CVE-2014-6332 . In early 2018 , multiple media claimed that Turla operators used mail attachments to control infected machines .


The infected app steals contacts and SMS messages from the user ’ s device and asks for admin permissions . 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 threat actor stole suspected of stealing €13 million from Bank of Valetta , Malta earlier this year . Monitor for changes made to files that may attempt to hide artifacts associated with their behaviors to evade detection .


Tactic #1: Delivering the miner directly to a vulnerable serverSome tactics we've observed involve exploiting CVE-2017-10271 , leveraging PowerShell to download the miner directly onto the victim’s system (Figure 1) , and executing it using ShellExecute() . The ScarCruft APT gang has made use of a Flash zero day patched Thursday by Adobe to attack more than two dozen high-profile targets in Russia and Asia primarily .


The overlay consisted of a generic credit card grabber targeting social and utility apps , such as Google Play , Facebook , WhatsApp , Chrome , Skype , Instagram and Twitter . The Honeycomb toolserver receives exfiltrated information from the implant; an operator can also task the implant to execute jobs on the target computer , so the toolserver acts as a C2 (command and control) server for the implant . Tick Group Continues Attacks .


When using email scams , SilverTerrier actors preferred to use large target audiences , which maximized the likelihood of success with very little risk . The attackers behind Epic Turla have infected several hundred computers in more than 45 countries , including embassies .


] 711231 [ . APT28 spearphished targets in several waves with Flash exploits leading to their Carberp based JHUHUGIT downloaders and further stages of malware . This campaign has been discussed at a high level by other researchers publicly . None LIGHTWORK is a disruption tool written in C++ that implements the IEC-104 protocol to modify the state of RTUs over TCP .


Svpeng does this to check if the cards from these banks are attached to the number of the infected phone and to find out the account balance . The attackers behind Epic Turla have infected several hundred computers in more than 45 countries , including government institutions . Winnti : C&C : w[org_name].dnslookup.services : 443 . Analysis into the malware and its functionality reveals that its capabilities are comparable to those employed in previous incidents and malware , such as and , which were both malware variants deployed in the past to impact electricity transmission and distribution via IEC-104 .


COBALT GYPSY 's continued social media use reinforces the importance of recurring social engineering training . we identified two methods to deliver the KerrDown downloader to targets .


] com . If it did , the malware downloaded additional modules , including ones allowing for the automatic creation of unauthorized payment orders , changing details in legal payment orders , etc . Upon installation , the malware starts communicating with one of its C&C servers . We will continue to monitor these campaigns and in particular SocGholish to see if the web delivery landscape changes .


GlobeImposter is another ransomware strain that saw relatively small-scale distribution until TA505 began including it in malicious spam campaigns at the end of July 2017 .


This is most probably how the application spreads . Symantec has found evidence of Starloader files being named AdobeUpdate.exe , AcrobatUpdate.exe , and INTELUPDATE.EXE among others . The Leafminer 's post-compromise toolkit suggests that Leafminer is looking for email data , files , and database servers on compromised target systems .


As with many other attackers who use spear-phishing to infect victims , Scarlet Mimic makes heavy use of " decoy " files . The majority of APT37 activity continues to target South Korea , North Korean defectors , and organizations and individuals involved in Korean Peninsula reunification efforts .


Hanieh_will_remain_abroad_and_Hamas_steps_up_in_Gaza.exe :


Please install the app immediately to avoid blocking your account . In one of the more recent campaigns on March 27 , 2019 , the threat actors targeted the Sweden-based consulting firm Cafax . The group has a history of using information exfiltrated from victims to blackmail victim companies into contracting the Poseidon Group as a security firm .


Usually , this message targets four or five people at a time . PwC UK has been engaged in supporting investigations linked to APT10 compromises . OceanLotus : kermacrescen.com 7244 . Not only can email accounts contain access to sensitive data , they can provide an even more convincing persona that is used to execute BEC campaigns impersonating other users to further collect credentials and potentially gain access to other systems .


Once exploit has been achieved , Nidiran is delivered through a self-extracting executable that extracts the components to a .tmp folder after it has been executed .


Lookout uncovered nine secondary payload applications : * These apps have not been previously reported and were discovered using data from the Lookout global sensor network , which collects app and device information from over 100 million sensors to provide researchers and customers with a holistic look at the mobile threat ecosystem today . In early 2018 , multiple media claimed that Turla operators used mail attachments to control infected machines . These 2 values , ServiceDll and ServiceDllUnloadOnStop are needed for services that run in a shared process . Postintrusion activities include lateral movement , as well as data collection and exfiltration via browserdata theft and a keylogger .


] today svc [ . From the configuration it can be determined that the company was running F-Secure Antivirus and Mofang registered the domain to not appear suspicious . Backdoor.APT.Ixeshe : Microsoft reported the exploitation occurred together and is linked to a single group of actors tracked as “ HAFNIUM ” , a group that has previously targeted the US - based defense companies , law firms , infectious disease researchers , and think tanks .


THREAT ANALYSIS Initial Access Though EventBot is not currently on the Google Play Store , we were able to find several icons EventBot is using to masquerade as a legitimate application . Kaspersky Lab 's products detect the Microsoft Office exploits used in the spear-phishing attacks , including Exploit.MSWord.CVE-2010-333 , Exploit.Win32.CVE-2012-0158 . Lotus Blossom was attempting to exploit CVE-2014-6332 to install a new version of the Emissary Trojan , specifically version 5.3 .


The name of the window is Spark4.2 .


This moniker is linked to a Russia based person active in Russian information security communities since at least 2011 .


Release_Time : 2018-02-28


Two recurring characteristics of the Sofacy group that we keep seeing in its attacks are speed and the use of multi-backdoor packages for extreme resilience .


samples called out to an additional command and control domain , stikerscloud.com .


If any of these conditions is true , the application does not continue to execute the malicious flow . FireEye observed a high volume of activity associated with the exploitation of CVE-2017-10271 following the public posting of proof of concept code in December 2017 . The second group , known as DragonOK , targets high-tech and manufacturing companies in Japan and Taiwan .


The payload dropped to the system ( SHA256 : 6ad3eb8b5622145a70bec67b3d14868a1c13864864afd651fe70689c95b1399a ) is a UPX packed Zebrocy variant written in the Delphi language .


After the infection stage , criminals move laterally with the help of legitimate and pentesting tools , stealing passwords from their initial victims ( entry point ) to gain access to the computers within the organization that have access to money transactions . Based on this information , CTU researchers assess that TG-3390 aims to collect defense technology and capability intelligence , other industrial intelligence , and political intelligence from governments and NGOs .


We believe that these industries have also been targeted as part of a larger supply-chain attack in order for Orangeworm to get access to their intended victims related to healthcare . From September 2016 through late November 2016 , a threat actor group used both the Trochilus RAT and a newly idenfied RAT we've named MoonWind to target organizations in Thailand , including a utility organization .


2015–2016 Starting from mid-2015 , the Trojan began using the AES algorithm to encrypt data communicated between the infected device and the C & C : Also starting with the same version , data is sent in a POST request to the relative address with the format “ / [ number ] ” ( a pseudo-randomly generated number in the range 0–9999 ) . WannaCry appends encrypted data files with the .WCRY extension , drops and executes a decryptor tool , and demands $300 or $600 USD ( via Bitcoin ) to decrypt the data . The backdoors Lazarus are deploying are difficult to detect and a significant threat to the privacy and security of enterprises , allowing attackers to steal information , delete files , install malware , and more .


The source process looks at its own memory to calculate the offset between the beginning of the libc library and the mmap address . The attacks were initially discovered while investigating a phishing attack that targeted political figures in the MENA region . BLACKCOFFEE supports an initial set of fifteen commands , including creating a reverse shell , uploading and downloading files , and enumerating files and processes . The attackers left a small clue in the code , in the form of the number 666 ( 0x29A hex ) before one of the decryption subroutines : • By analysing the logs from the command servers , we have observed 59 unique victims in 23 countries : For the detailed analysis and information on how to protect against the attack , please read :


A review of the bit.ly statistics for these campaigns shows that they were at least as effective in driving end-user clicks as the Bank Austria campaign analyzed above . A number of the CIA's electronic attack methods are designed for physical proximity . Deep Panda also appears to be known as Black Vine based on the attribution of both group names to the Anthem intrusion .


Targets held the following titles :