Due to this change , the fundamental compromise mechanism is different as the payload is executed in a standalone mode .


If KeyBoy is a single component of a larger espionage toolkit , the developers may have realized that this older , static-key based , configuration encoding algorithm was inadvertently providing a link between disparate components of their malware suite . We initially became aware of Careto when we observed attempts to exploit a vulnerability in our products to make the malware " invisible " in the system .


The reality is that the RAT permissions can be implemented just with the permissions declared on the manifest , thus there is no need for higher permissions . The affected organizations we were able to identify are mostly based in the Middle East . The blog highlighted that the backdoor was utilized in campaigns from March 2011 till May 2014 . MoonWind communicates over ports 80 , 443 , 53 , and 8080 via raw sockets instead of the protocols usually associated with the ports.[25 ] njRAT has used port 1177 for HTTP C2 communications.[26 ] During Operation Wocao , the threat actors used uncommon high ports for its backdoor C2 , including ports 25667 and 47000.[27 ]


This time , however , TA459 opportunistically used spear-phishing emails with a Microsoft Word attachment exploiting the recently patched CVE-2017-0199 to deploy the ZeroT Trojan , which in turn downloaded the PlugX Remote Access Trojan ( RAT ) . Wild Neutron 's attack took advantage of a Java zero-day exploit and used hacked forums as watering holes .


] com ’ as an ad-related SDK . 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 . It has conducted attacks on similar organizations in Saudi Arabia , likely because of the access that those organizations have .


An updated library name is generated by calculating the md5sum of several device properties , while concatenating the build model twice in case of an update to the library . Moving through the infection process , NetWitness Endpoint detects the initial exploit CVE-2017-1182 in action as the Microsoft Equation Editor , 'EQNEDT32.exe' , scores high for potentially malicious activity . Since at least 2013 , the Iranian threat group FireEye tracks as APT33 has carried out a Cyber Espionage operation to collect information from defense , aerospace and petrochemical organizations .


As with many other attackers who use spear-phishing to infect victims , Scarlet Mimic makes heavy use of " decoy " files . All of them lie in ranges of the Jilin Province Network and Liaoning Province Network , in China .


Code improvements , new capabilities , anti-emulation techniques , and new , global targets all suggest that this malware is well-maintained by its authors and continues to evolve . CTU researchers observed likely unsuccessful phishing campaigns being followed by highly targeted spearphishing and social engineering attacks from a threat actor using the name Mia Ash . In this instance , Symantec identified the specific PowerShell commands used by Gallmaker as being suspicious , leading to the discovery of this new campaign .


Once on the device , as installed by a duped user , the TrickMo component opens and sends an intent to start the accessibility settings activity , coercing the user to grant it with accessibility permissions . We have also observed them using virtual private network services that use IPs based in numerous countries to ensure anonymity and obfuscate criminal operations . The payload embedded within the ISMInjector sample delivered in this attack is a variant of the ISMAgent backdoor that we had discussed in detail in our blog discussing a targeted attack on a Saudi Arabian technology company .


This time , however , TA459 opportunistically used spear-phishing emails with a Microsoft Word attachment exploiting the recently patched CVE-2017-0199 to deploy the ZeroT Trojan , which in turn downloaded the PlugX Remote Access Trojan ( RAT ) . Lurk uses a form of steganography : that's where one file is hidden aACT inside another file of a completely different sort , such as an image , audio , or video file .


An interesting difference we found in this newest campaign was that the attacks using Zebrocy cast a far wider net within the target organization : the attackers sent phishing emails to a an exponentially larger number of individuals .


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


As noted earlier , the stolen certificates Symantec identified in this investigation were used to sign both hacking tools and malware .


In another similarity between both variants , Dowenks assesses the victim ’s external IP using an HTTP request to .


3ee3a973c62ba5bd9eab595a7c94b7a26827c5fa5b21964d511ab58903929ec5 47449a612697ad99a6fbd6e02a84e957557371151f2b034a411ebb10496648c8 48a7dd672931e408662d2b5e1abcd6ef00097b8ffe3814f0d2799dd6fd74bd88 824ad333320cbb7873dc49e61c14f749b0e0d88723635524463f2e6f56ea133a Meanwhile , parallel work at Dragos ( my employer , where I have performed significant work on the activity described above ) uncovered similar conclusions concerning TTPs and behaviors , for both the 2017 event and subsequent activity in other industrial sectors . In part two of this research , we examined the Pierogi B-ACT S-MAL campaign . The Loader usage is to perform a lot of Antidebug , AntiVM and Antiemulation checks to make it harder for automated analysis and inject the core module .


Quick , easy access to sensitive data on mobile devices connected to enterprises and government agencies around the globe is extremely attractive to cybercriminals and hacktivists . Ransomware that has been publicly named " WannaCry " , " WCry " or " WanaCrypt0r " ( based on strings in the binary and encrypted files ) has spread to at least 74 countries as of Friday 12 May 2017 , reportedly targeting Russia initially , and spreading to telecommunications , shipping , car manufacturers , universities and health care industries , among others . APT33 : 64.251.19.217 [REDACTED].myftp.org . STRATOFEAR also contains strings that are used to report a module ’s location .


This component can be instructed by the C&C server to download and execute arbitrary modules , and it is these modules that provide CozyDuke with its vast array of functionality .


Volatility 's procdump command was used to dump the executable from memory .


If a device isn ’ t rooted , it downloads from the server an exploit pack and executes it to obtain root on device . The DLL exploited another previously unknown vulnerability ( designated CVE-2015-2546 ) in the Windows kernel , which enabled it to elevate privileges for the Word executable and subsequently install a backdoor through the application . Its targets include the military organizations and governments of countries with national interests in the South China Sea , including some within the U.S. defense industrial base .


CNIIHM has at least two research divisions that are experienced in critical infrastructure , enterprise safety , and the development of weapons/military equipment :


These malicious modules report to the attackers about every step they are going to make . El Machete is one of these threats that was first publicly disclosed and named by Kaspersky here . From our unique vantage point responding to victims , we tracked APT1 back to four large networks in Shanghai , two of which are allocated directly to the Pudong New Area . The page hxxp://[c2_hostname]/groups / business - principles.html is used as an starting point for the attack .


We then discuss how centralized response options , provided as enhancements to Windows Defender ATP with the Windows 10 Creators Update , can be used to quickly stop threats , including stopping command and control ( C&C ) communication and preventing existing implants from installing additional components or from moving laterally to other computers on the network .


RECEIVE_SMS - allow the application to receive text messages . As can be observed in the illustration above , the makeself script is instructed to run ./setup.sh after unpacking . The Lotus Blossom largely targets military or government , with some cases of higher education and high tech companies .


in the background . In recent OilRig attacks , the threat actors purport to be legitimate service providers offering service and technical troubleshooting as a social engineering theme in their spear-phishing attacks . For a better comprehension we will be considering only one macro and in the speciﬁc case we will analyze “ wordMacros.txt ” ones . After encryption , the malware attempts to run the following command to delete volume shadow backup copies "


Once the victim finished downloading the file and executed it , the wrapper would infect the victim ’s computer with OnionDuke before executing the original legitimate executable .


Figure 3 . It appears that the group values hardcoded into the malware is associated with the targeted organization , as several are Saudi Arabian organizations within the telecommunications and defense industries . However , the introduction of a .Net component is a novelty compared to previous Pterodon samples . • Unauthorized network connections to MSSQL servers ( TCP/1433 ) and irregular or unauthorized authentication .


HenBox checks whether this execution is its first by using Android ’ s shared preferences feature to persist XML key-value pair data . Unlike other observed Chinese espionage operators , APT41 conducts explicit financially motivated activity , which has included the use of tools that are otherwise exclusively used in campaigns supporting state interests . Over the past two years , Russia appears to have increasingly leveraged APT28 to conduct information operations commensurate with broader strategic military doctrine .


) Following is the snippet of code in these older Exodus One samples showing the connection to the Command & Control : Below is the almost identical composition of the request to the Command & Control server in mike.jar ( also containing the path 7e661733-e332-429a-a7e2-23649f27690f ) : To further corroborate the connection of the Exodus spyware with eSurv , the domain attiva.exodus.esurv.it resolves to the IP 212.47.242.236 which , according to In our most recent analysis , we attributed the intrusion activity that led to the deployment of TRITON to a Russian government-owned technical research institute in Moscow . In addition to spy features , the backdoor also implements a few checks to ensure it is running in a safe environment . The new documentary , The Ashley Madison Affair , begins airing today on Hulu in the United States and on Disney+ in the United Kingdom .


Actors Still Exploiting SharePoint Vulnerability to Attack Middle East Government Organizations .


Talos assess with high confidence that this campaign is targeting Australian financial institutions based on several factors . APT10 has been observed to exfiltrate stolen intellectual property via the MSPs , hence evading local network defences . OceanLotus : background.ristians.com:8531 11b4 . Copies of the site at archive.org show it was the work of someone calling themselves “ The Chaos Creator . ”


In reality , this downloaded app is a fake app that asks for credentials and Android permissions ( including camera and phone permissions ) , resulting in the user being bombarded with advertisements . Gamaredon Group has been active since at least 2013 , and has targeted individuals likely involved with the Ukrainian government . This modification likely serves to simplify the operator ’s sample configuration process by not having to denote specific ports to hide .


The method of delivery has changed over time as the attackers have changed targets .


Not only do they have overlapping areas of responsibility , but also rarely share intelligence and even occasionally steal sources from each other and compromise operations .


This exploit is triggered when a potential victim browses to a malicious page using Internet Explorer , which can allow the attacker to execute code with the same privileges as the currently logged-in user .


INDEX MNEMONIC DESCRIPTION 0x0 JMP Special obfuscated conditional Jump ( always taken or always ignored ) 0x1 JMP Jump to a function ( same as opcode 0x10 ) 0x2 CALL Call to the function pointed by the internal VM value 0x3 CALL Optimized CALL function ( like the 0x1E opcode of the 32-bit VM ) 0x4 EXEC Execute code and move to the next packet 0x5 JMP Jump to an internal function 0x6 NOP No operation , move to the The OilRig group conducts operations primarily in the Middle East , targeting financial , government , energy , chemical , telecommunications and other industries . After obtaining the size , the malware will allocate an appropriate memory buffer and proceed to decode the remaining payload byte by byte . “ n.bat ” , which likely runs the native scilc.exe utility


This request is only made upon installation , but there is no guarantee that it will be installed . APT10 has , in the past , primarily been known for its targeting of government and US defence industrial base organisations , with the earliest known date of its activity being in December 2009 . Operation ShadowHammer . At this time , it is unknown how Sandworm gained initial access to the victim .


Since at least 2013 , the Iranian threat group that FireEye tracks as APT33 has carried out a cyber espionage operation to collect information from defense , aerospace and petrochemical organizations . Resecurity says that IRIDIUM " has hit more than 200 government agencies , oil and gas companies , and technology companies including Citrix .


As mentioned previously , the beaconing is done every 60 seconds . We found new variants of the Powermud backdoor , a new backdoor ( Backdoor.Powemuddy ) , and custom tools for stealing passwords , creating reverse shells , privilege escalation , and the use of the native Windows cabinet creation tool , makecab.exe , probably for compressing stolen data to be uploaded . DDKONG Plugin : Compile Date and Time : 2017-02-17 08:33:45 AM . Therefore , having access to such code allows threat actors with minimum programming knowledge to modify and compile their own ransomware variants .


Twelve hours after the victim initially connected to the publicly available Wi-Fi network , APT28 logged into the machine with stolen credentials .


They will leverage legitimate remote access solutions for entry and valid system administrator tools for lateral movement , if possible .


Manifest activity declaration Class list inside the dex file The main malware classes are packed , to a point where the class defined in the manifest has a handler for the MAIN category that does not exist in the DEX file . APT10 ( MenuPass Group ) is a Chinese cyber espionage group that FireEye has tracked since 2009 . It should be noted that the numbers are also highly influenced by the distribution of Kaspersky users around the world . The U.S. government is taking additional measures to fight against ransomware attacks through methods such as hacking cybercriminals back .


] ru/7 * * * * * 3 ” or “ % USERNAME % , accept 25,000 on Youla youla-protect [ . While reviewing a 2015 report⁵ of a Winnti intrusion at a Vietnamese gaming company , we identified a small cluster of Winnti⁶ samples designed specifically for Linux⁷ . The different versions contain copy/pasted code from previous versions .


While it lacks more advanced functionality like screen capturing , it is still able to carry out most tasks desired by threat actors : exfiltration of files , ability to download and execute additional payloads , and gain remote shell access . Due to these changes without a new date string , we believe the date codes are used for campaign tracking rather than a Bookworm build identifier .


] biz adminloader [ . The group’s financially motivated activity has primarily focused on the video game industry , where APT41 has manipulated virtual currencies and even attempted to deploy ransomware . FireEye assesses that APT32 leverages a unique suite of fully-featured malware , in conjunction with commercially-available tools , to conduct targeted operations that are aligned with Vietnamese state interests .


The background service uses the reflection technique ( a feature that allows the inspection and modification of Java-based programs ’ internal properties ) to invoke the method com.Loader.start in the payload . In the latest attack , Donot group is targeting Pakistani businessman working in China . The “ -p ” parameter , indeed , specify the password of the archive to be extracted .


Cobalt Strike download location : 116.93.154.250 .


After the February campaigns , MiniDuke activity appeared to quiet down , although it did not fully stop , for the rest of 2013 .


Location of the c2 infrastructure .


This time , however , TA459 opportunistically used spear-phishing emails with a Microsoft Word attachment exploiting the recently patched CVE-2017-0199 to deploy the ZeroT Trojan , which in turn downloaded the PlugX Remote Access Trojan ( RAT ) . The Axiom group has been presented as an advanced Chinese threat actor carrying out cyber-espionage attacks against a whole range of different industries .


This extracted information is concatenated together to make a single variable .


From our analysis , it is apparent that TrickMo is designed to help TrickBot break the most recent methods of TAN-based authentication . APT38 , in particular , is strongly distinguishable because of its specific focus on financial institutions and operations that attempt to use SWIFT fraud to steal millions of dollars at a time . The attacks targeted high-profile targets , including government and commercial organizations .


Proofpoint researchers have observed a well-known Russian-speaking APT actor usually referred to as Turla using a new .NET/MSIL dropper for an existing backdoor called JS/KopiLuwak . Both attachments are malicious Word documents that attempt to exploit the Windows OLE Automation Array Remote Code Execution Vulnerability tracked by CVE-2014-6332 .


Accessing the same malicious site would redirect its user to another malicious website ( hxxp : //apple-icloud [ . APT1 has used and steadily modified BISCUIT since as early as 2007 and continues to use it presently . If no directory or lock file is found, Glimpse creates . While a top attack vector for Cuba is the exploitation of known vulnerabilities , the actors techniques also include phishing campaigns , compromised credentials , and remote desktop protocol exploits .


These attackers can potentially grab sensitive online banking information and other personal data , and even provided support for multifactor authentication and OTP . Confucius targeted a particular set of individuals in South Asian countries , such as military personnel and businessmen , among others .


] top/ Oct 17 , 2017 hxxp : //online.bankaustria.at.id58729 [ . The next step for the actor was to build MitM servers that impersonated legitimate services to capture user credentials . Some analysts track APT19 S-APT and Deep Panda as the same group , but it is unclear from open source information if the groups are the same .


One of the side effects of this packer is the inability of Android Studio IDE to debug the code . Moafee may have chosen its targets based on the rich resources of South China Sea region – the world 's second business sea-lane , according to Wikipedia – including rare earth metals , crude oil , and natural gas . We’ve also created a tool which can be run to determine if your computer has been one of the surgically selected targets of this attack . Regardless of the cause , these leaks are having a significant effect on the threat landscape , making it easier for novice or unskilled actors to develop their own ransomware variants without much effort or knowledge .


The Leviathan generally emailed Microsoft Excel documents with malicious macros to US universities with military interests , most frequently related to the Navy . We decoded the data section and found not only the account and password , but that it also fingerprinted the user ’s browser and system information .


Internet users should keep on securing their activities with good security solutions for both computers and mobile devices. ” Hashes : E5212D4416486AF42E7ED1F58A526AEF77BE89BE A9891222232145581FE8D0D483EDB4B18836BCFC AFF9F39A6CA5D68C599B30012D79DA29E2672C6E Insidious Android malware gives up all malicious features but one to gain stealth ESET researchers detect a new way of misusing Accessibility Three years ago , the Sednit group unleashed new components targeting victims in various countries in the Middle East and Central Asia . The design of KiloAlfa is broken down into two basic components : the persistence functionality and the keylogging functionality .


This finding indicates the group's effectiveness at maintaining long-term access to a targeted network .


The threat actors tend to install malware on a large proportion of hosts during their intrusions .


Winnti is no exception , and so , during Winnti ’s installation process , Windows Defender ATP is able to raise behavioral alerts .


Allows an application to read from external storage . Such attacks highlight the need for caution before downloading files from unknown sources and enabling macro for files from unknown sources . While Naikon shares some characteristics with APT30 , the two groups do not appear to be exact matches .


In addition to official banking applications , the target list includes 111 other global financial applications for banking and credit card management , money transfers , and cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges . And the dropper execute the iassvcs.exe to make a side loading and make the persistence . The Magic Hound attack campaign is an active and persistent espionage motivated adversary operating in the Middle East region .


It steals logins and passwords to online banking accounts by substituting he window displayed by the bank application . We also observed exploits against older ( patched ) vulnerabilities , social engineering techniques and watering hole strategies in these attacks . This group is sophisticated , well funded , and exclusively targets high profile organizations with high value intellectual property in the manufacturing , industrial , aerospace , defense , and media sector . None PIEHOP is a disruption tool written in Python and packaged with PyInstaller that is capable of connecting to a user - supplied remote MSSQL server for uploading files and issuing remote commands to a RTU .


The malware can execute a variety of arbitrary commands , including ( for example ) intercepting or sending text messages without the user ’ s knowledge , obtaining a copy of the victim ’ s Address Book , or call or text message logs , or sending phone network feature codes ( also known as USSD codes ) . APT38 shares malware code and other development resources with TEMP.Hermit North Korean cyber espionage activity , although we consider APT38 . Opaque predicate is a programming term that refers to decision making where there is actually only one path . Compromise usually refers to insider threats .


This leads us to believe that their attack attempts are likely still succeeding , even with the wealth of threat intelligence available in the public domain .


It is the first plain stage that does not employ a VM or obfuscation . FireEye has identified APT35 operations dating back to 2014 . Windows converts the .png pixel RGBA value to an ARGB encoding via the GdpiBitmapGetPixel API . Notably , the main function contains logic flaws that cause it to only be able to connect to an MSSQL server and upload ( LIGHTWORK ) to it , before immediately attempting to clean itself up .


Enterprise and government employees all use these devices in their day-to-day work , which means IT and security leaders within these organizations must prioritize mobile in their security strategies . Conversely , LokiBot and Agent Tesla are new malware tools . The registry value contains the plugin file name . This can lead to a ransom situation where hackers demand money from the company in exchange for not releasing their data onto the internet or for unlocking their systems .


This sample , like the early PinchDuke samples , appears to already be a “ fully-grown ” sample , which is why we believe GeminiDuke was under development by the autumn of 2008 .


System operators should follow these secure logging practices .


Extract events from the Calendar app . Additionally , Starloader was also observed deploying additional tools used by the attackers , such as credential dumpers and keyloggers . New Cyber Espionage Campaigns Targeting Palestinians - Part 2 : The Discovery of the New , Mysterious Pierogi backdoor . When the marital infidelity website AshleyMadison.com learned in July 2015 that hackers were threatening to publish data stolen from 37 million users , the company ’s then - CEO Noel Biderman was quick to point the finger at an unnamed former contractor .


Early versions of the Android application used infrastructure which belonged to a company named Connexxa S.R.L . The leader of the crime gang behind the Carbanak and Cobalt malware attacks targeting over a 100 financial institutions worldwide has been arrested in Alicante , Spain , after a complex investigation conducted by the Spanish National Police . The threat group in this recently observed campaign – TEMP.Zagros – weaponized their malware using the following techniques .


Obtaining credentials through fabricated Google App authorization and Oauth access requests that allow the group to bypass two-factor authentication and other security measures .


When the document was opened in Word , PLATINUM exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in the Microsoft Office PostScript interpreter ( designated CVE-2015-2545 ) that enabled it to execute the attacker 's code and drop an attacker-generated malicious DLL onto the computer . The group had also targeted three different telecoms operators , all based in Southeast Asia .


] net , at the time of writing . Winnti is attacking companies in Japan , France , the U.S. and Germany . 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 .


Finding the web shells inaccessible , the adversaries search google.co.jp for remote access solutions .


After achieving root access the app tries to replace the framework.jar file on the system partition . Historically , Nitro is known for targeted spear phishing campaigns and using Poison Ivy malware , which was not seen in these attacks . A different group , known as admin@338 , used LOWBALL malware during its Hong Kong activity . # 147 : The dangers of " Mercenary " groups and the spyware they create Upcoming events where you can find Talos “ Most prevalent malware files ” is taking a break this week for maintenance .


Beginning in the Spring of 2016 , APT28 sent spear-phishing emails to political targets including members of the Democratic National Committee ( DNC ) .


The payload contains an exploit for the unpatched local privilege escalation vulnerability CVE-2015-1701 in Microsoft Windows .


] com , which resolved to the IP address 222.239.91 [ . The latter is especially notable because APT41 has repeatedly returned to targeting the video game industry and we believe these activities were formative in the group’s later espionage operations . In 2015 and 2016 , two Vietnamese media outlets were targeted with malware that FireEye assesses to be unique to APT32 .


THURSDAY , OCTOBER 11 , 2018 GPlayed Trojan - .Net playing with Google Market Introduction In a world where everything is always connected , and mobile devices are involved in individuals ' day-to-day lives more and more often , malicious actors are seeing increased opportunities to attack these devices . The campaign targeting accountants in the Balkans shows some similarities with a campaign aimed at Ukrainian notaries reported in 2016 . APT33 may possibly be looking to gain insights on Saudi Arabia 's military aviation capabilities to enhance Iran 's domestic aviation capabilities or to support Iran 's military and strategic decision making vis a vis Saudi Arabia .


] com/api/ads/ which is used for obtaining a link to APK file . The group has demonstrated the ability to identify a significant zero-day vulnerability within a popular Japanese corporate tool and then use scan-and-exploit techniques to indiscriminately compromise Japanese Internet-facing enterprise systems . Seedworm likely functions as a cyber espionage group to secure actionable intelligence that could benefit their sponsor 's interests .


The dropper automatically decrypts and installs its core malware APK which later conducts malicious patching and app updates . Due to these changes without a new date string , we believe the date codes are used for campaign tracking rather than a Bookworm build identifier . We gave the threat the name “ Dexphot , ” based on certain characteristics of the malware code . Device Registration APT29 has enrolled a device in MFA to an Azure AD environment following a successful password guessing attack against a dormant account .


Based on the ScarCruft’s recent activities , Kaspersky strongly believes that this ScarCruft group is likely to continue to evolve . The analyzed RTF files share the same object dimension (objw2180\objh300) used to track the RTF weaponizer in our previous report , however , the sample was not exploiting CVE-2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802 . After further analysis , it was discovered that the RTF files were exploiting the CVE-2018-0798 vulnerability in Microsoft ’s Equation Editor ( EQNEDT32 ) .


Both malware have similar targets .


The user needs to press the " close '' button to finish the installation . FIN7 is a threat actor group that is financially motivated with targets in the restaurant , services and financial sectors . Pivoting off the filename and directory , we discovered a similar VBS script used by the Rancor actors that might give us some clues on what the contents of tmp.vbs would resemble . To say ransomware gangs have been unkind to the US in the past year is an understatement .


The connection between the two campaigns remains unclear , and it is possible that one borrowed code from the other , knowingly or unknowingly . The Winnti and Axiom group names were created by Kaspersky Lab and Symantec , respectively , for their 2013/2014 reports on the original group . This function is at the core of the RAT ’s network communication . Other interesting anomalies in June include 47 attacks on the Manufacturing industry ( which usually averages around 20 attacks a month ) and notable increases in attacks on Switzerland ( 14 ) and Brazil ( 13 ) , both of which are normally attacked only two or three times a month .


It is evident that the ultimate goal of this program is to steal information . Wapack labs also observed a similar sample targeting Japan in November . Such an obfuscation method makes it difficult to spot it in the code . Additional protections with context to your specific environment and threat data are available from the Firewall Management Center .


At some point during 2013 , the Sofacy group expanded its arsenal and added more backdoors and tools , including CORESHELL , SPLM ( aka Xagent , aka CHOPSTICK ) , JHUHUGIT ( which is built with code from the Carberp sources ) , AZZY ( aka ADVSTORESHELL , NETUI , EVILTOSS , and spans across four to five generations ) and a few others .


The configuration of Quasar is stored in the Settings object , which is encrypted with a password which is itself stored unencrypted .


This posting is a follow-up of my previous work on this subject in


The attacker gained access to the victim’s internet-accessible Citrix systems and authenticated to them from networks associated with low-cost VPN providers owned by VPN Consumer Network . For example , Bisonal malware in 2012 used send() and recv() APIs to communicate with its C2. This Bisonal variant used in the latest attack communicates with one of the following hard-coded C2 addresses by using the HTTP POST method on TCP PROT 443 .


Additional Insights on Shamoon2 .


We observed legitimate exfiltrated files of the following types of data : Contact information Compressed recorded audio in the Adaptive Multi-Rate ( amr ) file format Images captured from the device camera Images stored on both internal device and SDCard storage that are listed in the MediaStore Device geolocation information SMS content Chrome browser search history and bookmarks Call log information Cell tower information Device network metadata ; such as phone number , device software version , network country , network operator , SIM country , SIM operator , SIM serial , IMSI , voice mail number , phone If the hypothesis is correct and the Turla threat group is using Kazuar , we believe they may be using it as a replacement for Carbon and its derivatives . Subsequently , it calls the FreeLibrary function to free its own DLL buffer located at its original address . • new UK and US intelligence suggests Russia was behind an operation targeting commercial communications company Viasat in Ukraine • incident on 24 February caused outages for several thousand Ukrainian customers , and impacted windfarms and internet users in central Europe • cyber security leaders from the 5 Eyes , EU and other international allies meet at the NCSC ’s Cyber UK conference in Newport today to discuss shared threats Russia has been behind a series of cyber - attacks since the start of the renewed invasion of Ukraine , the EU , UK , US and other allies have announced today ( 10 May ) .


The Perkele Android Trojan not only attacks Russian users but also clients of several European banks . Turla merely uses the Adobe brand to trick users into downloading the malware . There are a lot of versions available in the underground market . Evernote is a popular app in the healthcare community for data sharing files , notes , schedules , etc . across phones and other devices .


] com also resolved to the same IP address , suggesting that these two domains are associated with the same threat actors . APT41 often relies on spear-phishing emails with attachments such as compiled HTML (.chm) files to initially compromise their victims . APT32 operations are characterized through deployment of signature malware payloads including WINDSHIELD , KOMPROGO , SOUNDBITE , and PHOREAL .


Meanwhile , connectivity to the Windows Defender ATP service is maintained .


It is a text file that may contain the following configuration parameters :


This information can give the attacker access to personal and business bank accounts , personal and business data , and more . X-Force IRIS determined that the More_eggs backdoor later downloaded additional files , including a signed binary shellcode loader and a signed Dynamic Link Library (DLL) , as described below , to create a reverse shell and connect to a remote host . The Poison Ivy builder kit allows attackers to customize and build their own PIVY server , which is delivered as mobile code to a target that has been compromised , typically using social engineering .


Then , it traverses the filesystem of the volume looking for files .


However , the threat actors' ability to reuse these assets and credentials , sometimes weeks or months after the initial compromise , indicates the group is disciplined and well organized .


XENOTIME rose to prominence in December 2017 when Dragos and FireEye jointly published details of TRISIS destructive malware targeting Schneider Electric ’s Triconex safety instrumented system .


Once again , it does n't seem to actually be in use . In October 2015 the Callisto Group targeted a handful of individuals with phishing emails that attempted to obtain the target 's webmail credentials . The MD5 of the exploit document was e009b95ff7b69cbbebc538b2c5728b11 . They have also utilized AADInternals PowerShell Modules to access the API .003 Compromise Accounts : Cloud Accounts APT29 has used residential proxies , including Azure Virtual Machines , to obfuscate their access to victim environments .


It appears that Sofacy may have used an open-source tool called Luckystrike to generate the delivery document and/or the macro used in this attack .


By “ all ” we mean all security mechanisms guarding the official Android app store ( including the detection engines of the members of the App Defense Alliance ) and all security vendors participating in the VirusTotal program ( see Figure 1 ) . Since we published out last report on SLUB , the backdoor has been updated and several improvements were implemented . These tools often lay the groundwork for further malicious activity , such as the targeting of antivirus capabilities and the disabling of firewalls , both of which are very fundamental defensive measures .


For example , ORat uses a WMI event consumer to maintain its presence on a compromised host .


The document , when opened , used an embedded ActiveX control to download a JavaScript file from a remote site that used a previously unknown vulnerability in some versions of Windows ( later designated CVE-2013-7331 ) to read information about the browser 's installed components . Armed with this information about the malware and living off the land tactics being used by this group of attackers whom we named Thrip , we broadened our search to see if we could find similar patterns that indicated Thrip had been targeting other organizations .


EventBot Logcat from the infected device Logcat from the infected device . Insikt Group analysis of network metadata to and from the VPN endpoint IPs revealed consistent connectivity to Citrix-hosted infrastructure from all eight VPN endpoint IPs starting on August 17 , 2018 — the same date the first authenticated login to Visma’s network was made using stolen credentials . APT33 leverages a mix of public and non-public tools and often conducts spear-phishing operations using a built-in phishing module from " ALFA TEaM Shell " , a publicly available web shell .


The recovered shared SSL certificate , obtained by a public internet-wide scanning initiative , at the time had the following attributes :


The dotted arrows represent the use of a particular C2 server by a specific app to send information and fetch instructions . APT34 are involved in long-term cyber espionage operations largely focused on the Middle East . The author of the document asks to enable editing in English and in Arabic . Such non - native files and other data may be removed over the course of an intrusion to maintain a small footprint or as a standard part of the post - intrusion cleanup process .


The folders seem to contain information about the company 's development documentation , artificial intelligence model , web security software , and antivirus software base code . The PassCV group continues to be one of the most successful and active threat groups that leverage a wide array of stolen Authenticode-signing certificates .


Malware code showing loading of decrypted dex file Figure 12 . APT15 then used a tool known as RemoteExec ( similar to Microsoft . It connects to its command and control server at 194.5.98.85 on port . Take the case of a research and development firm .


Threat actors can register subdomains through the hosting provider and use the provider ’ s services for a short-period campaign . The actor then made subtle modifications to the file and uploaded the newly created file to the same popular antivirus testing website in order to determine how to evade detection . The “ ExcelMyMacros.txt ” and “ wordMacros.txt ” ﬁles contain further macro script , described next . k 32 Base64 characters , referred to as Access key in the ransom note


It ’ s possible the threat actors use this list to find running antivirus or banking applications . We also identified another sample of ThreeDollars , created on January 15 , 2017 with the file name strategy preparation.dot . CTU researchers have observed NICKEL ACADEMY ( Lazarus ) copying and pasting job descriptions from online recruitment sites in previous campaigns .


Check code for emulators As part of its defense , the malware payload first checks for emulators to prevent analysis on sandboxes . Both Moafee and DragonOK favor spear-phishing emails as an attack vector , often employing a decoy to deceive the victim . If you discover that you have been targeted by this operation , please e-mail us at : shadowhammer@kaspersky.com . 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 .


This figure demonstrates the following interesting information : The time range when threat actors distributed RuMMS on those shared-hosting websites is from January 2016 to March 2016 . Join us in a live webinar as we discuss this threat group whom we assess to be working on behalf of the Iranian Government , with a mission that would benefit nation-state geopolitical and economic needs . The author blurred the content and asks the user to enable editing to see the content . Legacy Task Name QcWBX Command to Run C:\Windows\msserver.exe


] 759383 [ . Their evolving and modified SPLM , CHOPSTICK , XAgent code is a long-standing part of Sofacy activity , however much of it is changing . In this campaign the attackers used a MS Word document ( .doc format ) to deliver the initial stages . None Use of open source libraries for protocol implementation : The availability of open source projects that implement OT protocols can lower the barrier of entry for actors attempting to interact with OT devices .


IoCs C & C 100.51.100.00 108.62.118.131 172.81.134.165 172.86.120.207 185.212.128.152 185.212.128.192 185.61.000.108 185.61.138.108 185.61.138.37 188.209.52.101 5.206.225.57 alr992.date avito-app.pw backfround2.pw background1.xyz blacksolider93.com blass9g087.com brekelter2.com broplar3hf.xyz buy-youla.ru LuckyMouse activity detected by Palo Alto involved the attackers installing web shells on SharePoint servers to compromise government organizations in the Middle East . This implies that the malware targeted the same people as the previous version and they are designed to work together .


We found evidence that Suckfly used hacktools to move latterly and escalate privileges .


BLOCKER_STOP – block display of all HTML pages . 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 . Commands found in a readme text that was stored in a ZIP archive together with the hacktool THC Hydra in Leafminer 's tool arsenal represent online dictionary attacks on Microsoft Exchange and Remote Desktop Protocol services of regional government servers in Saudi Arabia .


We still know surprisingly few specifics about the Dukes group ’s activities during 2012 .


While we know the attackers used a custom dropper to install the back door , we do not know the delivery vector .


The basic idea is to hook the voice call process in mediaserver . We have no evidence of compromises against banks in Western Europe or United States , but it should be noted that the attackers methods could be utilized against banks outside of Russia as well . . Given the evolving state of ransomware payout demands , government regulations are already underway to help public and private companies prevent and respond to ransomware attacks .


Once the C2 connection is established , malware used by the Rocke group downloads shell script named as " a7 " to the victim machine . Wild Neutron 's tools include a password harvesting trojan , a reverse-shell backdoor and customized implementations of OpenSSH , WMIC and SMB .


] ml/mms3/download_3.php IP addresses 78.46.201.36 88.99.170.84 88.99.227.26 94.130.106.117 88.99.174.200 88.99.189.31 Hash 369fcf48c1eb982088c22f86672add10cae967af82613bee6fb8a3669603dc48 b2d4fcf03c7a8bf135fbd3073bea450e2e6661ad8ef2ab2058a3c04f81fc3f3e The attackers appeared to be Chinese-speaking and targeted mainly top-level government agencies and civil and military organizations in countries such as the Philippines , Malaysia , Cambodia , Indonesia , Vietnam , Myanmar , Singapore , Nepal , Thailand , Laos and China . Rancor : 0D61D9BAAB9927BB484F3E60384FDB6A3709CA74BC6175AB16B220A68F2B349E . The 2015 and 2016 Ukraine blackout events each featured several discrete disruptive events against the OT environment ( e.g. , disabling UPS systems , bricking serial - to - ethernet converters , conducting a DoS attack against a SIPROTEC relay , wiping OT systems , etc . ) .


Facebook page managed by the C & C domain registrant uses the same base domain name ( minigameshouse ) and phone number as the registered malicious C & C used by the Ashas adware Of interest is that on the Minigameshouse Facebook page , the malicious developer promotes a slew of games beyond the Ashas family for download on both Google Play and the App Store . FireEye Labs recently identified a previously unobserved version of Ploutus , dubbed Ploutus-D , that interacts with KAL’s Kalignite multivendor ATM platform . Feedback from our Smart Protection Network revealed that apart from attacks in North America ( mainly the U.S. ) , Europe , and South America , the campaign also noticeably affected enterprises in Taiwan , Hong Kong , China , and Bahrain .


The timer triggers additional thread which makes a request to the server . APT28 spearphished targets in several waves with Flash exploits leading to their Carberp based JHUHUGIT downloaders and further stages of malware . The MuddyWater attacks are primarily against Middle Eastern nations .


The Android malware Android.Oldboot is almost impossible to remove , not even with formatting your device . Contextually relevant emails are sent to specific targets with attached documents that are packed with exploit code and Trojan horse programmes designed to take advantage of vulnerabilities in software installed on the target 's computer . A backdoor is software that allows an intruder to send commands to the system remotely . The PE file also appeared to be a modification of the Miniduke 's main backdoor module that uses the same Twitter URL as the Java payload .


This report provides a technical overview of a BREXIT-themed lure Microsoft Office document that is used to drop a Delphi version of the Zekapab first-stage malware which has been previously reported by iDefense analysts .


Earlier SPLM activity deployed 32-bit modules over unencrypted http ( and sometimes smtp ) sessions .


CVE-2016-1019 : Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.197 Vulnerability .


Recent DRIDEX activity began following a disclosure on April 7 , 2017 . The group 's persistent use of spear phishing tactics ( phishing attempts aimed at specific individuals ) and access to previously undiscovered zero-day exploits have made it a highly resilient threat .


The exploit installs Silence’s loader , designed to download backdoors and other malicious programs . After this , the App Store on the system will be removed , followed by a full screen fake OS X update screen .


The Charming Kitten' focus appears to be individuals of interest to Iran in the fields of academic research . Unit 42 published a blog at the beginning of May titled " Prince of Persia " , in which we described the discovery of a decade-long campaign using a formerly unknown malware family , Infy , that targeted government and industry interests worldwide .


Technical details Please note that our research is not about the legitimate Netflix app on Google Play . The threat actor’s emails usually contain a picture or a link without a malicious payload and are sent out to a huge recipient database of up to 85 , 000 users . We have no evidence of compromises against banks in Western Europe or United States , but it should be noted that the attackers methods could be utilized against banks outside of Russia as well .


Luckystrike , which was presented at DerbyCon 6 in September 2016 , is a Microsoft PowerShell based tool that generates malicious delivery documents by allowing a user to add a macro to an Excel or Word document to execute an embedded payload .


Our research shows fresh developments in the malware ’ s code and sophistication , as well as an expansion to target Europe and North America . We also observed MuddyWater’s use of multiple open source post-exploitation tools , which they deployed after successfully compromising a target . There are many articles and researches online about APT15 and their activities , the most recent one by NCC Group .


The following factors show the level of sophistication and reveals the attackers intention to remain stealthy and to gain long-term access by evading anti-virus , sandbox and security monitoring at both the desktop and network levels .


User must scroll to page three of the document , which will run the DealersChoice Flash object ;


encoded . APT38 is a financially motivated group linked to North Korean cyber espionage operators , renown for attempting to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and their brazen use of destructive malware . Blackfly began with a campaign to steal certificates , which were later used to sign malware used in targeted attacks .


Figure 4 shows the download prompt for this fake app ; an English translation follows . In another case , the attackers were able to compromise NetNod , a non-profit , independent internet infrastructure organization based in Sweden . PLATINUM is an activity group that has targeted victims since at least 2009 .


The earliest activity we have been able to definitively attribute to the Dukes are two PinchDuke campaigns from November 2008 .


Both adversaries engage in extensive political and economic espionage for the benefit of the government of the Russian Federation and are believed to be closely linked to the Russian government ’s powerful and highly capable intelligence services .


Based on the organization website , it also proposes services and developed zero-day vulnerabilities to test their own products : Zero-day research from lokd.com We can see that the organization owner still has an interest in Android devices . This event significantly affected the Russian cybercriminal world as the gang had stolen hundreds of millions of rubles during a few years of activity , and was considered a " leader " among cybercriminals . In order for the malware to survive rebooting , it normally creates the following registry run key : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run . Fake browser updates are a very common decoy used by malware authors .


] comlagertha-lothbrok [ . Prior to the distribution of new versions of the agent , the Infy developers appear to consistently conduct tests from local hosts , which indicates that the control and maintenance of the software occurs in the Khorasan Razavi province of Iran , potentially in the city of Mashhad . However , we believe that the hundreds of FQDNs within these zones were created for the purpose of APT1 intrusions . ( Note : these themes are not unique to APT1 or even APT in general . ) The news-themed zones include the names of well-known news media outlets such as CNN , Yahoo and Reuters . By analyzing field data we see a gap in the implementation of CSP , and even for sites that do use it correctly , this creates an open window to exfiltrate data .


Since we identified these attacks in the early stages , we have not been able to conclusively determine what STRONTIUM ’s ultimate objectives were in these intrusions .


As seen from the code in Figure 5 , the commands RuMMS supports right now include : install_true : to modify app preference to indicate that the C2 server received the victim device ’ s status . In addition to these instances , multiple Qatari organizations were the subject to spear phishing attacks carrying Helminth samples earlier this year . This new RAT is dropped to the victims via malicious Microsoft Office B-IDTY I-TOOL docume S-TOOLnts . It will then attempt to wipe the physical drive partition itself .


The group also uses the all.bat batch script to collect all files stored on a specific user's desktop .


Moreover , the Trojan intercepts SMS from the bank that contain one-time passwords and information about the balance of the linked bank card . They then identify the Exchange server and attempt to install the OwaAuth web shell . Save for a few iteration updates , combinations from previous deployments , and using the routines repetitively for every campaign , we found very little changes in the group ’s toolkit , which allowed various honeypots across the Eastern European region to detect many of the sent binaries . The NCSC also assesses that it is almost certain Russia was responsible for the subsequent cyber - attack impacting Viasat on 24 February .


. During this time they were able to steal digital certificates from South Korean companies and launch attacks against Indian and Saudi Arabian government organizations . Employee-entitlements-2020.doc : What makes COSMICENERGY unique is that based on our analysis , a contractor may have developed it as a red teaming tool for simulated power disruption exercises hosted by Rostelecom - Solar , a Russian cyber security company .


We judge that CNIIHM likely possesses the necessary institutional knowledge and personnel to assist in the orchestration and development of TRITON and TEMP.Veles operations .


Also , the botnet IDs increment over time as they are submitted . We believe the iOS malware gets installed on already compromised systems , and it is very similar to next stage SEDNIT malware we have found for Microsoft Windows’ systems . The report specifies the Magic Hound targeted political , military and defense industry in the US , UK and Israel .


In this case , " AU '' is the code shown , which is Australia . During our analysis of victim networks , we were able to observe APT10 once again initiate a retooling cycle in late 2016 . Of course , there might be other samples out there with different MAC addresses in their list . Monitor and analyze traffic patterns and packet inspection associated to protocol(s ) , leveraging SSL / TLS inspection for encrypted traffic , that do not follow the expected protocol standards and traffic flows ( e.g extraneous packets that do not belong to established flows , gratuitous or anomalous traffic patterns , anomalous syntax , or structure ) .


After collecting the changed PIN code , it is sent back to the C2 . The link to the final payload of KerrDown was still active during the time of analysis and hence we were able to download a copy which turned out to be a variant of Cobalt Strike Beacon . COBALT GYPSY has used spearphishing to target telecommunications , government , defense , oil , and financial services organizations based in or affiliated with the MENA region , identifying individual victims through social media sites .


We believe that the Carbanak campaign is a clear indicator of a new era in cybercrime in which criminals use APT techniques directly against the financial industry instead of through its customers . In the case of Octopus , DustSquad used Delphi as their programming language of choice , which is unusual for such an actor .


They are interested in users of remote banking systems ( RBS ) , mainly in Russia and neighboring countries . The attacks we attribute to Scarlet Mimic have primarily targeted Uyghur and Tibetan activists as well as those who are interested in their causes .


To achieve this , “ Agent Smith ” utilizes a series of 1-day vulnerabilities , which allows any application to run an activity inside a system application , even if this activity is not exported . Estimating the damages is challenging , but as we learned , the criminals are siphoning off assets in transactions that do not exceed $15,000 each . The ZIP archive usually contains three files : the loader DLL , an encrypted data file ( usually named bin.dat ) , and , often , one clean unrelated DLL , which is likely included to mislead detection . FakeSG has different browser templates depending on which browser the victim is running .


Hacking Team Spying Tool Listens to Calls By : Trend Micro July 21 , 2015 Following news that iOS devices are at risk of spyware related to the Hacking Team , the saga continues into the Android sphere . While investigating a 2016 intrusion , Secureworks identified BRONZE BUTLER exploiting a then-unpatched remote code execution vulnerability ( CVE-2016-7836 ) in SKYSEA Client View , a popular Japanese product used to manage an organization . The original implementation calls the optblock_t : :f unc callback function in MMAT_LOCOPT ( local optimization and graphing are complete ) Today ’s announcement comes as cyber security leaders from the 5 Eyes , EU and international allies meet at the NCSC ’s Cyber UK conference in Newport to discuss the cyber threats facing the world .


After fundamental reconnaissance , the malware operator implanted the delivered payload by manually using the following commands :


PittyTiger has also been seen using Heartbleed vulnerability in order to directly get valid credentials . A new version of ShimRat was built on the 7th of September , uploaded to the server and only days later used in a new campaign .


This assertion of time zone is also supported by timestamps found in many GeminiDuke samples , which similarly suggest the group work in the Moscow Standard Time timezone , as further detailed in the section on the technical analysis of GeminiDuke .


This RAT records all the calls and stores the recording to an “ .amr ” file . We observed the admin@338 upload a second stage malware , known as BUBBLEWRAP ( also known as Backdoor.APT.FakeWinHTTPHelper ) to their Dropbox account along with the following command . For security purposes , Morphisec is not revealing these names . We have seen this algorithm deployed by other groups before , either as a standalone encryption algorithm or as part of a more custom approach .


During our analysis , we were unable to coerce the C2 into providing a malicious SWF or payload .


To confirm our suspicions , we generated a malicious Excel file with Luckystrike and compared its macro to the macro found within Sofacy ’s delivery document .


Other common functionalities include executing commands received from the attacker , taking screenshots of the victim 's device , fetching locations , stealing SMS messages and most common features that every spyware may poses . This IP is very interesting because it connects with tele.zyns.com and old infrastructures used by chinese APT or DDOS Chinese team against the ancient soviet republics . OilRig is a suspected Iranian threat group that has targeted Middle Eastern and international victims since at least 2014 .


Russian cyber espionage actors use zero-day exploits in addition to less complex measures . Further tracking of the Lazarus’s activities has enabled Kaspersky researchers to discover a new operation , active since at least November 2018 , which utilizes PowerShell to control Windows systems and Mac OS malware to target Apple customers .


This technique is precise and praiseworthy – yet at the same time , appears so rigorous as to impose limitations on the ability to dynamically adjust and adapt to emerging adversary activity . ( Or for that matter , even categorize otherwise well-known historical actors operating to the present day , such as Turla . ) FireEye ’s methodology may have particular limitations in instances where adversaries ( such as XENOTIME and presumably TEMP.Veles ) rely upon extensive use of publicly-available , commonly-used tools with limited amounts of customization .


The Trojan can also leverage keylogging to broaden the attack scope . Backdoors are installed in infected systems and SectorJ04 also distributed email stealers , botnet malware and ransomware through those backdoors . REDBALDKNIGHT , also known as BRONZE BUTLER and Tick , is a cyberespionage group known to target Japan such as government agencies as well as those in biotechnology , electronics manufacturing , and industrial chemistry .


TA505 almost exclusively hosts malware in this way , although they vary the means of installing their final payloads on victim machines .


Although the developers of Bookworm have included only keylogging functionality in Bookworm as a core ability , as suggested in Table 1 , several of the embedded DLLs provide Leader with cryptographic and hashing functions , while others support Leader 's ability to communicate with its C2 server . As noted in our previous blog on Buhtrap , this gang has been actively targeting Russian businesses , mostly through spear-phishing .


The Marcher banking malware uses two main attack vectors . Like PLEAD , Shrouded Crossbow uses spear-phishing emails with backdoor-laden attachments that utilize the RTLO technique and accompanied by decoy documents . In the malware , if a domain is configured , it will retrieve domain.tld / . Designed to guard against XSS attacks , CSP helps control which domains can be accessed as part of a page and therefore restricts which domains to share data with .


Trojan.Linux.SSHBRUTE.B : 620635aa9685249c87ead1bb0ad25b096714a0073cfd38a615c5eb63c3761976 .


msconf.exe is the main module that provides control of the implant and reverse shell feature . Among the targets of this campaign is the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) . RTM is a cybercriminal group that has been active since at least 2015 and is primarily interested in users of remote banking systems in Russia and neighboring countries .


The initial powershell agent POC i created can bypass the AV including Kaspersky , Trendmicro .


This lockdown screen includes two parts : A WebView containing a background picture loaded from a predefined URL . Instead , OurMine had managed to alter WikiLeaks 's DNS records ( held by a third-party registrar ) to direct anyone who tried to visit wikileaks.org to visit a different IP address which definitely wasn't under the control of Julian Assange and his cronies . The Remsec malware used by Strider has a modular design .


If a user visits the profile host website and allows the installer to download , the iOS system will go directly to the “ Install Profile ” page ( which shows a verified safety certificate ) , and then request the users ’ passcode for the last step of installation . Between November 26 , 2015 , and December 1 , 2015 , known and suspected China-based APT16 launched several spear phishing attacks targeting Japan and Taiwan in the high-tech , government services , media and financial services industries . In our sample traffic, the TXT resource record returned contained: . The constant integers are obfuscated using structures and loops to get the right offset .


System : Presence of the following artifacts .


The spyware also appears to have an additional payload stored under the /res/raw/ directory . Gaza Cybergang has been seen employing phishing , with several chained stages to evade detection and extend command and control server lifetimes . While the outbound communication mechanisms are well documented , less attention has been paid to a feature of recent versions of Winnti we came across in the Linux variant ( as well as Windows ) that allows the operators to initiate a connection directly to an infected host , without requiring a connection to a control server .


Targeted individuals that enabled macros in a malicious Microsoft Word document may have been infected with Poison Ivy , a popular remote access tool ( RAT ) that has been used for nearly a decade for key logging , screen and video capture , file transfers , password theft , system administration , traffic relaying , and more .


DanaBot is a Trojan that includes banking site web injections and stealer functions . PLEAD uses spear-phishing emails to deliver and install their backdoor , either as an attachment or through links to cloud storage services .


Seeing as the system loader of the DEX files ( ART ) fully ignores everything that goes after the data section , the patcher writes all of its resources right there . For now , we can call RTM one of the most active financial Trojans . The password to this archive is within the MSI package . As a result , we decided to call this variant FakeSG .


Gobelin Panda , a.k.a Goblin Panda , is a group that has been identified by CrowdStrike as a Chinese threat actor . They are a very , very persistent group , ” says Costin Raiu , who has been watching Winnti since 2011 .


With the capabilities of showing out-of-scope ads , exposing the user to other applications , and opening a URL in a browser , ‘ SimBad ’ acts now as an Adware , but already has the infrastructure to evolve into a much larger threat . While the group has not yet demonstrated an ICS capability , RASPITE 's recent targeting focus and methodology are clear indicators of necessary activity for initial intrusion operations into an IT network to prepare the way for later potential ICS events . Ongoing activity from attack groups like TA459 who consistently target individuals specializing in particular LOCs of research and expertise further complicate an already difficult security situation for organizations dealing with more traditional malware threats , phishing campaigns , and socially engineered threats every day .


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However , in order to block Janus abuse , app developers need to sign their apps with the new scheme so that Android framework security component could conduct integrity checks with enhanced features . Back in February , we noted the similarities between the Patchwork and Confucius groups and found that , in addition to the similarities in their malware code , both groups primarily went after targets in South Asia . The URLs used for hosting all follow a similar pattern . This was likely to establish both persistence and secondary access , as in other environments .


These are then uploaded to the C & C HTTP server . APT33 may possibly be looking to gain insights on Saudi Arabia 's military aviation capabilities to enhance Iran 's domestic aviation capabilities or to support Iran 's military and strategic decision making vis a vis Saudi Arabia . The main tool used in this campaign is an updated version of the Remexi malware, publicly reported by Symantec back in 2015 . They work to bypass traditional security barriers on the Android operating system and provide a variety of information stealing , surveillance and remote access capabilities .


The stylistic differences between CozyDuke and its older siblings are further exemplified by the way it was coded .


Lookout has shared information about this family with Apple , and they have revoked the affected certificates . The actors attempted to exploit CVE-2014-6332 using a slightly modified version of the proof-of-concept ( POC ) code to install a Trojan called Emissary , which is related to the Operation Lotus Blossom campaign . Based on these observations , as well as MuddyWater 's history of targeting Turkey-based entities , we assess with moderate confidence that this campaign is associated with the MuddyWater threat actor group .


With these event handlers created , the ActionScript starts by gathering system data from the flash.system.Capabilities.serverString property ( just like in the original DealersChoice.B samples ) and issues an HTTP GET with the system data as a parameter to the C2 URL that was passed as an argument to the embedded SWF when it was initially loaded .


It has been modified to drop a separate C&C helper , ( md5: 8C4D896957C36EC4ABEB07B2802268B9 ) as “ tf394kv.dll “ .


HammerDuke is however interesting because it is written in .NET , and even more so because of its occasional use of Twitter as a C&C communication channel .


Some of the techniques used by Slingshot , such as the exploitation of legitimate , yet vulnerable drivers has been seen before in other malware , such as White and Grey Lambert . Despite the initial perception that the maldoc sample was intended for ICS or OT staff , LYCEUM has not demonstrated an interest in those environments .


In this latest incident , Transparent Tribe registered a fake news domain , timesofindiaa.in , on May 18 , 2016 , and then used it to send spear phishing emails to Indian government officials on the same day . One of the favorite methods used by the Pitty Tiger group to infect users is to use a Microsoft Office Word document which exploits a specific vulnerability ( CVE-2012-0158 ) .


AMP Threat Grid helps identify malicious binaries and build protection into all Cisco Security products . In this latest activity , BlackWater first added an obfuscated Visual Basic for Applications ( VBA ) script to establish persistence as a registry key . The technique is described by MITRE S-SECTEAM ATT&CK IDT1084 . The actors appear to target victims in Kuwait , as the ransom note demands payment in Kuwaiti dinar before translating that sum to its U.S. dollar equivalent in Bitcoin .


CLOUDDUKE : First known activity June 2015 , Most recent known activity Summer 2015 , Other names MiniDionis , CloudLook , C&C communication methods HTTP(S) , Microsoft OneDrive , Known toolset components Downloader , Loader , Two backdoor variants .


The Pastebin userid matched with the email ID mentioned by this individual in the YouTube video description section .


This functionality can be seen in Figure 6 . Beginning in March 2016 , Buckeye began using a variant of DoublePulsar (Backdoor.Doublepulsar) , a backdoor that was subsequently released by the Shadow Brokers in 2017 . Sandworm Team : Quedagh , VOODOO BEAR .


In addition , we did not see traces of the Smali injection . However , as the shift in targets occurred before the source code leak , we assess with high confidence that the same people behind the first Buhtrap malware attacks against businesses and banks are also involved in targeting governmental institutions . The Konni malware was disguised as a North Korean news item in a weaponized documents ( the name of the document was “ Why North Korea slams South Korea ’s recent defense talks with U.S-Japan.zip ” ) This is not the first time we have seen an overlap of ScarCruft and DarkHotel actors .


During the final update installation process , it relies on the Janus vulnerability to bypass Android ’ s APK integrity checks . These images were associated with the Bookworm campaign code " 20150905 " . In the months that followed , we closely tracked the threat and witnessed the attackers upgrade the malware , target new processes , and work around defensive measures . They have also utilized AADInternals PowerShell Modules to access the API .003 Compromise Accounts : Cloud Accounts APT29 has used residential proxies , including Azure Virtual Machines , to obfuscate their access to victim environments .


Reusing our deobfuscation tool and some other tricks , we have been able to reverse and analyze these opcodes and map them to a finite list that can be used later to automate the analysis process with some scripting . Lotus Blossom targeted the government , higher education , and high tech companies . Perhaps that’s the reason multiple groups target software developers : compromising the vendor results in a botnet as popular as the software that is hacked . But on Mar. 5 , 2014 , Harrison committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a handgun .


The developer simply has to register and receive a unique ID for his applications . This suggests to us that Thrip 's motives go beyond spying and may also include disruption . In contrast , the variants we described in our white paper did n’t even have that module embedded . Now , there are some key differences to note in the newest versions of Foudre


In this attack , the targets are lured to open a document or a link attached to an email .


The actor uses the Awen webshell to run various commands to do an initial discovery on the system and network , including user accounts ( T1033 and T1087 ) , files and folders ( T1083 ) , privileged groups ( T1069 ) , remote systems ( T1018 ) and network configuration ( T1016 ) .


It may even allow them to sell ad space directly to application developers . In 2016 , Group-IB identified 10 attacks conducted by MoneyTaker ; 6 attacks on banks in the US , 1 attack on a US service provider , 1 attack on a bank in the UK and 2 attacks on Russian banks . Based on the email address naming convention and message subject , the threat actors may have tried to make the message appear to be a legitimate communication from the Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) , Taiwan ’s opposition party . To me , simply asking critical infrastructure to consider these factors as part of their normal processes seems like a non - issue , but the U.S. Appeals Court has put a hold on this rule for the time being ( though it did n’t give a precise reason at the time of its ruling ) .


First off , it registers the infected device in the administrative panel by sending a GET request to the relative address gate.php ( in later versions gating.php ) with the ID ( device identifier generated by the setPsuedoID function in a pseudo-random way based on the device IMEI ) and screen ( shows if the device is active , possible values are “ on ” , “ off ” , “ none ” ) parameters . In April 2015 , FireEye uncovered the malicious efforts of APT30 , a suspected China-based threat group . The malware author changed the malware architecture , this version is divided in two binaries: conhote.dll , winnit.exe .


PUTTER PANDA are a determined adversary group who have been operating for several years , conducting intelligence-gathering operations with a significant focus on the space sector . Initial reports about HIGHNOON and its variants reported publicly as Winnti dating back to at least 2013 indicated the tool was exclusive to a single group , contributing to significant conflation across multiple distinct espionage operations .


The threat actors behind the Sea Turtle campaign were successful in compromising entities by manipulating and falsifying DNS records at various levels in the domain name space . The archive in Mac OS X looks like this :


Those three certificates were the only ones used in 2014 , making it likely that the other six were not compromised until 2015 .


Attackers study the network by connecting to additional systems and locating critical servers .


Suckfly isn’t the only attack group to use certificates to sign malware but they may be the most prolific collectors of them .


It can save an SMS message on the device , marking with “ internal ” in the phone number field . The updated tool has only been seen in a handful of victim computers within organizational networks in Southeast Asia—PLATINUM is known to customize tools based on the network architecture of targeted organizations . Sowbug 's next move was to list any remote shared drives and then attempt to access remote shares owned by the specific government office they were targeting , again attempting to extract all Word documents .


Overall , SofacyCarberp does initial reconnaissance by gathering system information and sending it to the C2 server prior to downloading additional tools to the system .


Curiously , the spear-phishing emails were strikingly similar to the e-fax themed spam usually seen spreading ransomware and other common crimeware .


brother.apk ( SHA256 : 422fec2e201600bb2ea3140951563f8c6fbd4f8279a04a164aca5e8e753c40e8 ) : The package name – com.android.system.certificate . In 2016 , an attack campaign by this group was recorded in early May that made use of an exploit for CVE-2016-4117 , a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player , which at the time was both unknown and unpatched . We observed Moafee running HTRAN proxies on their multiple Command and Control ( C2 ) servers – all operated on CHINANET , and hosted in Guangdong Province .


This example code shows a JSON reply returned by the C & C server . Today Kaspersky Lab 's team of experts published a new research report about NetTraveler , which is a family of malicious programs used by APT actors to successfully compromise more than 350 high-profile victims in 40 countries . Compromising these Taiwanese news organizations would also allow the actors to gain access to informants or other protected sources , who might then be targeted for further intelligence collection or even retribution . ( Vox , USA Today )


Our team was also able to test other commands in the lab either by tampering with the HTTP traffic from the C & C or by sending crafted SMS messages . APT38 is a financially motivated North Korean regime-backed group responsible for conducting destructive attacks against financial institutions , as well as some of the world 's largest cyber heists . Attackers have been known to distribute malicious files masquerading as the legitimate iviewers.dll file and then use DLL load hijacking to execute the malicious code and infect the computer .


This is done using the ptrace syscall . Examples of notable Potao dissemination techniques , some of which were previously unseen , or at least relatively uncommon , include the use of highly-targeted spear-phishing SMS messages to drive potential victims to malware download sites and USB worm functionality that tricked the user into ' willingly ' executing the trojan . APT17 : 110.45.151.43 . The exploits are located in separate web pages .


APRIL - MAY 2016 , Researchers at Trend Micro observed APT28 establish a fake CDU email server and launch phishing emails against CDU members in an attempt to obtain their email credentials and access their accounts .


Just a few months later , in February 2015 , we announced the discovery of Carbanak , a cyber-criminal gang that used custom malware and APT techniques to steal millions of dollars while infecting hundreds of financial institutions in at least 30 countries . Thursday 's Flash Player update patched 36 vulnerabilities in total including the zero day CVE-2016-4171 .


The Spark campaign detailed in this blog demonstrates how the tense geopolitical climate in the Middle East is used by threat actors to lure victims and infect them with the Spark backdoor for cyber espionage purposes .


It has been active for around one month . By March 2016 , one of Scattered Canary’s members had built enough trust with a romance victim—who we’ll call Jane—that she became a frequent source of new mule accounts for the group . In all of these incidents , the Lazarus utilized similar toolsets , including KillDisk that was executed on compromised machines .


In early May , the phishing lures leveraged RTF attachments that exploited the Microsoft Windows vulnerability described in CVE-2017-0199 . During these intrusions , LEAD 's objective was to steal sensitive data , including research materials , process documents , and project plans .


This person ’s online activity shows significant links to CNIIHM .


Comparing strings from an old FakeSpy sample to a new one . FIN7 and Cobalt used decoy 302 HTTP redirections too , FIN7 on its GRIFFON C2s before January 2018 , and Cobalt , on its staging servers , similar to CopyPaste . which provides a range of services to UK Government .


Forward incoming phone calls to intercept voice-based two-factor authentication . 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 . Analyzing the content of “ templates.vbs ” it is possible to notice that it deﬁne a variable containing a URL like “ http://geticons.ddns.net/ADMIN-PC_E42CAF54//autoindex . ]php ” obtained from “ hxp://get-icons.ddns . ]net/ ” & NlnQCJG & “ _ ” & uRDEJCn & “ //autoindex . ]php ” , where “ NlnQCJG ” is the name that identiﬁes the computer on the network and “ uRDEJCn ” is the serial number of drive in hexadecimal encoding . In October , U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Deborah Ross introduced the Ransom Disclosure Act , with the goal of better understanding how cybercriminals are operating .


PwC UK and BAE Systems assess it is highly likely that APT10 is a China-based threat actor with a focus on espionage and wide ranging information collection . In our most recent analysis , we attributed the intrusion activity that led to the deployment of TRITON to a Russian government-owned technical research institute in Moscow .


On November 10 , 2015 , threat actors sent a spear-phishing email to an individual at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs . However , since they can inject code into the webpage , it means they have the ability to do this as well .


Beginning in mid-January 2019 , TA542 distributed millions of Emotet-laden emails in both English and German . The police suspected Lurk of stealing nearly three billion rubles , using malicious software to systematically withdraw large sums of money from the accounts of commercial organizations , including banks .


Lookout notified Google of the finding and Google removed the app immediately while also taking action on it in Google Play Protect . Variants of malware and tools used by HIDDEN COBRA actors include Destover and Hangman . No error or warning was prompted during the . Ideology is a motivation that makes the threat a little trickier .


URL — update C & C address . The June 2017 sample of Clayslide contained the same OfficeServicesStatus.vbs file found in the ISMAgent Clayslide document , but instead of having the payload embedded in the macro as segregated base64 strings that would be concatenated , this variant obtained its payload from multiple cells within the " Incompatible " worksheet . CTU researchers also identified components in the custom C2 protocol being used which they have seen utilized by Nickel Academy ( Lazarus ) previously .


If the command and control ( C2 ) server is taken down , the malicious operator can still recover the malware control by sending SMS messages directly to the infected devices . APT10 , a name originally coined by FireEye , is also referred to as Red Apollo by PwC UK , CVNX by BAE Systems , Stone Panda by CrowdStrike , and menuPass Team more broadly in the public domain . OceanLotus : 478cc5faadd99051a5ab48012c494a807c7782132ba4f33b9ad9229a696f6382 Loader #2 . Rhysida , a new ransomware gang claiming to be a " cybersecurity team , " has been in operation since May 17 , 2023 , making headlines for their high - profile attack against the Chilean Army .


PittyTiger could also use CVE-2014-1761 , which is more recent . In addition to banks , the MoneyTaker group has attacked law firms and also financial software vendors .


banking app used by the user . In November 2017 , Talos observed the Group123 , which included a new version of ROKRAT being used in the latest wave of attacks . As you can see the attacker has went to great lengths to disguise his service as a legitimate Antivirus Service by using the name 'Anti virus service.lnk' .


In a surprising turn of events , in September 2013 a CosmicDuke campaign was observed targeting Russian speakers involved in the trade of illegal and controlled substances .


ALLANITE operations limit themselves to information gathering and have not demonstrated any disruptive or damaging capabilities . My understanding is FireEye labels entities where definitive attribution is not yet possible with the " TEMP " moniker ( hence , TEMP.Veles ) – yet in this case FireEye developed and deployed the label , then appeared to move aACT from it in subsequent reporting .


There was code to download a decoy document from the Internet and open it in a second winword.exe process using the Start-Process cmdlet . The computers of diplomats , military attachés , private assistants , secretaries to Prime Ministers , journalists and others are under the concealed control of unknown assailant (s ) .


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Attacks involving Marcher have become increasingly sophisticated , with documented cases involving multiple attack vectors and a variety of targeted financial services and communication platforms [ 1 ] [ 2 ] . According to ClearSky , the suspected Lazarus operatives looked to leverage a vulnerability in outdated WinRAR file-archiving software that hackers have been exploiting since it was disclosed last month . Leafminer is an Iranian threat group that has targeted government organizations and business entities in the Middle East since at least early 2017 .


Overview The malware was first detected on a Nexus 5 smartphone , and although the user attempted to remove the infected app , the malware reappeared on the same device shortly thereafter . The document , when opened , used an embedded ActiveX control to download a JavaScript file from a remote site that used a previously unknown vulnerability in some versions of Windows ( later designated CVE-2013-7331 ) to read information about the browser 's installed components . APT10 has , in the past , primarily been known for its targeting of government and US defence industrial base organisations , with the earliest known date of its activity being in December 2009 .


The Microsoft Security Team is working on a fix for CVE-2015-1701 .


Ginp ’ s unusual target selection is not just about its focus on Spanish banks but also the wide selection of targeted apps per bank . Rapid7’s investigation revealed the law firm was first targeted in late 2017 , followed by the apparel company a few months later , and finally , the Visma attack in August 2018 . In addition to the infrastructure , the attacker also shared code .


Figure 8 . Interestingly , the targeted organization in the January 16 attack had already been targeted by the OilRig group a year ago on January 2017 . A WMIC command is executed to get this information on the targeted system . Mandiant identified sh3.exe as a utility suspected to run the Mimikatz LSADUMP command .


The targeting of this individual suggests the actors are interested in breaching the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs itself or gaining insights into relations between France and Taiwan . Taidoor spoofed Taiwanese government email addresses to send out socially engineered emails in the Chinese language that typically leveraged Taiwan-themed issues .


It sends a smishing message to the entire contact list of the infected device along with the malicious link to the FakeSpy installation page . Consequently , the Linux malware ecosystem is plagued by financial driven crypto-miners and DDoS botnet tools which mostly target vulnerable servers . Ke3chang attackers have used spear-phishing emails .


In April 2019 , several national security organizations released alerts on CVE-2019-0604 exploitation , including the Saudi Arabian National Cyber Security Center and the Canadian Center for Cyber Security . As can be observed in the illustration above , the makeself script is instructed to run ./setup.sh after unpacking .


Our investigation showed that these attacks were targeted , and that the threat actor sought to steal communications data of specific individuals in various countries . The Infy malware was seen targeting Iranians again in June 2015 , when it was shared with researchers after being sent to a broadcast journalist at BBC Persian with a generic introduction and a PowerPoint presentation attached titled " Nostalogy " ( sic ) .


We would also like to mention that if you come across an app hiding it 's icon , always try to search for the app in your device settings ( by going to Settings - > Apps - > Search for icon that was hidden ) . The story continued in late 2016 , when we discovered a new , previously unknown backdoor that we named Okrum . Kimsuky : Velvet Chollima .


In the summer of 2014 , BlackEnergy caught our attention when we noticed that samples of it were now tailored to target Ukrainian government institutions . The group previous activities against financial and policy organizations have largely focused on spear phishing emails written in English , destined for Western audiences .


As shown , the delivery of the next-stage malware is dependent on the information collected .


Sometimes Patchwork send an MS PowerPoint document instead , which exploits CVE-2014-6352 . AA triggered an alert at a large telecoms operator in Southeast Asia .


The FuzzBunch and DanderSpritz frameworks are designed to be flexible and to extend functionality and compatibility with other tools . While the machine is in isolation , SOC personnel can direct the infected machine to collect live investigation data , such as the DNS cache or security event logs , which they can use to verify alerts , assess the state of the intrusion , and support follow-up actions .


Custom Encryption Other variants have used custom-implemented encryption algorithms . APT5 has been active since at least 2007 . CA Clone user account . That 's because a new ransomware called BlackSuit had appeared which shared 98 percent of its code with the infamous Royal ransomware .


This research gives a rare look into the process improvements malware authors make when optimizing before launch . One e-mail carried a Microsoft PowerPoint file named " thanks.pps " ( VirusTotal ) , the other a Microsoft Word document named " request.docx " . Instead , the Spring Dragon group is known to have employed spearphish exploits , strategic web compromises , and watering holes attack .


eSurv 's logo is identical to the Command & Control server favicon . As part of their social engineering ploy , the Taidoor attackers attach a decoy document to their emails that , when opened , displays the contents of a legitimate document but executes a malicious payload in the background . Collects information about the infected machine . Cisco Secure Firewall ( formerly Next - Generation Firewall and Firepower NGFW ) appliances such as Threat Defense Virtual , Adaptive Security Appliance and Meraki MX can detect malicious activity associated with this threat .


In that case , we observed Buhtrap using a local privilege escalation exploit , CVE-2019-1132 , against one of its victims . In contrast to many other APT campaigns , which tend to rely heavily on spear phishing to gain victims , " th3bug " is known for compromising legitimate websites their intended visitors are likely to frequent .


For example , the DEX file is packed with garbage strings and/or operations , and contains a key to decipher the main executable file from the APK . POWRUNER was delivered using a malicious RTF file that exploited CVE-2017-0199 . 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 .


An example of FinFisher ’ s spaghetti code is shown below . iDefense assesses with high confidence that this campaign is associated with the threat group DRAGONFISH ( also known as Lotus Blossom and Spring Dragon ) . cscsrv.dll dwmsvc.dll iassrv.dll mprsvc.dll nlasrv.dll powfsvc.dll racsvc.dll slcsvc.dll snmpsvc.dll sspisvc.dll . Indicators of compromise act as breadcrumbs that lead infosec and IT pros to detect malicious activity early in the attack sequence .


ussd : to call a C2-specified phone number . APT34 uses a mix of public and non-public tools , often conducting spear phishing operations using compromised accounts , sometimes coupled with social engineering tactics . The campaign shows an actor that developed a homemade RAT that works in multiple layers hosted on cloud providers . There is evidence to suggest that in 2010 Harrison was directed to harass the owner of Ashleymadisonsucks.com into closing the site or selling the domain to Ashley Madison .


Trojan architecture and capabilities This malware is written in .NET using the Xamarin environment for mobile applications . China Chopper is a tool that has been used by some state-sponsored actors such as Leviathan and Threat Group-3390 , but during our investigation we've seen actors with varying skill levels . APT33 's focus on aviation may indicate the group 's desire to gain insight into regional military aviation capabilities to enhance Iran 's aviation capabilities or to support Iran 's military and strategic decision making .


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The most common of these , the 4H RAT and the 3PARA RAT , have been documented previously by CrowdStrike in previous CrowdStrike Intelligence reporting . RocketMan!” (probably a reference to Donald Trump’s nickname for Kim Jong Un) and MiamiBeach” serve as the first beacon messages from the victim to the control server .


The toolset includes reams of documentation explaining how the cyber weapons work , as well as details about their use in highly classified intelligence operations abroad . The malware tools used by BLACKGEAR can be categorized into three categories : binders , downloaders and backdoors .


During this period of CosmicDuke testing and development , the Duke authors also started experimenting with the use of privilege escalation vulnerabilities .


At the cost of possibly being overly verbose , following is the output of an nmap scan of the infected Android device from a laptop in the same local network , which further demonstrantes the availability of the same open TCP ports that we have mentioned thus far : Identification of eSurv Presence of Italian language At a first look , the first samples of the spyware we obtained did not show immediately evident connections to any company . We believe that Suckfly will continue to target organizations in India and similar organizations in other countries in order to provide economic insight to the organization behind Suckfly 's operations . A statement of the Ministry of Finance on civil and military employee benefits and salaries , discussing the conterversial issue Palestinian Authority employees that have not been paid or paid in full their salaries b33f22b967a5be0e886d479d47d6c9d35c6639d2ba2e14ffe42e7d2e5b11ad80 . The first suspicious activity from the threat actor involved the use of the gpresult command to dump the policy settings enforced on the computer for a specified user .


FireEye Labs recently identified a previously unobserved version of Ploutus , dubbed Ploutus-D , that interacts with KAL’s Kalignite multivendor ATM platform . Given our increased confidence that Bahamut was responsible for targeting of Qatari labor rights advocates and its focus on the foreign policy institutions other Gulf states , Bahamut 's interests are seemingly too expansive to be limited one sponsor or customer .


] infoupload999 [ . Other samples were found bearing a compilation time as early as June 2012 and version 00002 . The person who registered “ hugesoft.org ” may add as many subdomains as they wish and controls the IP resolutions of these FQDNs . Monitor for changes made to files that may attempt to hide artifacts associated with their behaviors to evade detection .


The same subnet ( 87.236.215.0 / 24 ) also hosts several known or suspected APT28 domains .


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Once Chrysaor is installed , a remote operator is able to surveil the victim 's activities on the device and within the vicinity , leveraging microphone , camera , data collection , and logging and tracking application activities on communication apps such as phone and SMS . Some of the documents exploited CVE-2017-0199 to deliver the payload . Variable ( t ) used to determine the time to sleep in milliseconds before continuing the execution . However , com.docker.vmnat was removed from the system .


This is a bit more complicated since the SMS commands are encrypted and encoded with base64 . 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 . activity originated from three separate IP addresses , all located in Chengdu , China .


Again , GlobeImposter is not particularly innovative but TA505 elevated the ransomware from a regional variant to a major landscape feature during roughly six weeks of large campaigns .


There have been reports of real-time phishing in the wild as early as 2010 . The usefulness of flare-qdb can be seen in cases such as loops dealing with strings .


In addition , by using VBA2Graph , we were able to visualize the VBA call graph in the macros of each document . We assume that RunPow stands for run PowerShell , ” and triggers the PowerShell code embedded inside the .dll file .