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16.8k
MAL
legitimate domains
0.901131
776
In addition, we observed a TTP shift post publication with regards to their malware delivery; they started using compromised but legitimate domains to serve their malware .
2,087
MAL
Emissary
0.904039
777
All of the Emissary we've collected are written in Traditional Chinese, which is used primarily in Taiwan and Hong Kong .
2,088
LOC
Chinese,
0.888594
777
All of the Emissary we've collected are written in Traditional Chinese, which is used primarily in Taiwan and Hong Kong .
2,089
LOC
Taiwan
0.912394
777
All of the Emissary we've collected are written in Traditional Chinese, which is used primarily in Taiwan and Hong Kong .
2,090
LOC
Hong Kong
0.9053
777
All of the Emissary we've collected are written in Traditional Chinese, which is used primarily in Taiwan and Hong Kong .
2,091
MAL
Emissary
0.912887
778
One of the most interesting observations made during this analysis is that the amount of development effort devoted to Emissary significantly increased after we published our B- I- I- report in June 2015, resulting in many new versions of the Emissary Trojan .
2,092
TIME
June 2015,
0.898507
778
One of the most interesting observations made during this analysis is that the amount of development effort devoted to Emissary significantly increased after we published our B- I- I- report in June 2015, resulting in many new versions of the Emissary Trojan .
2,093
MAL
Emissary Trojan
0.890962
778
One of the most interesting observations made during this analysis is that the amount of development effort devoted to Emissary significantly increased after we published our B- I- I- report in June 2015, resulting in many new versions of the Emissary Trojan .
2,094
MAL
Emissary
0.912814
780
Our evidence suggests that malware authors created Emissary as early as 2009, which suggests that B-Hack I-Hack have relied on this tool as a payload in B- I- for many years .
2,095
TIME
2009,
0.919803
780
Our evidence suggests that malware authors created Emissary as early as 2009, which suggests that B-Hack I-Hack have relied on this tool as a payload in B- I- for many years .
2,096
ACT
B-Hack
0.381022
780
Our evidence suggests that malware authors created Emissary as early as 2009, which suggests that B-Hack I-Hack have relied on this tool as a payload in B- I- for many years .
2,097
ACT
exfiltration
0.630877
781
While it lacks more advanced functionality like screen capturing, it is still able to carry out most tasks desired by B-Hack I-Hack: exfiltration of files, ability to download and execute additional payloads, and gain remote shell access .
2,098
MAL
Emissary Trojan
0.889031
782
The timeline in Figure 2 shows that the Emissary Trojan was first created (version 1.0) in May 2009 and quickly received an update that resulted in version 1.1 in June 2009 .
2,099
TIME
May 2009
0.926285
782
The timeline in Figure 2 shows that the Emissary Trojan was first created (version 1.0) in May 2009 and quickly received an update that resulted in version 1.1 in June 2009 .
2,100
TIME
June 2009
0.925232
782
The timeline in Figure 2 shows that the Emissary Trojan was first created (version 1.0) in May 2009 and quickly received an update that resulted in version 1.1 in June 2009 .
2,101
TIME
August
0.921638
783
Between August and November 2015 the malware author creates several new versions of Emissary, specifically 5.0, 5.1, 5.3 and 5.4 in a much more rapid succession compared to development process in earlier versions .
2,102
TIME
November 2015
0.923254
783
Between August and November 2015 the malware author creates several new versions of Emissary, specifically 5.0, 5.1, 5.3 and 5.4 in a much more rapid succession compared to development process in earlier versions .
2,103
MAL
Emissary,
0.913076
783
Between August and November 2015 the malware author creates several new versions of Emissary, specifically 5.0, 5.1, 5.3 and 5.4 in a much more rapid succession compared to development process in earlier versions .
2,104
TIME
October 2013
0.927361
784
Version 2.0 received one update in October 2013 before the malware author released version 3.0 in December 2014 .
2,105
TIME
December 2014
0.927197
784
Version 2.0 received one update in October 2013 before the malware author released version 3.0 in December 2014 .
2,106
MAL
Elise Trojan
0.884003
785
While this may be coincidental, the out-of-sequence version 3.0 sample was created ten days after we published the B- I- I- paper that exposed the Elise Trojan that is closely related to Emissary .
2,107
MAL
Emissary
0.913546
785
While this may be coincidental, the out-of-sequence version 3.0 sample was created ten days after we published the B- I- I- paper that exposed the Elise Trojan that is closely related to Emissary .
2,108
MAL
Emissary
0.914294
787
The use of Emissary appears to be focused only on Taiwan and Hong Kong, with regular malware updates to avoid detection and to increase the odds of success .
2,109
LOC
Taiwan
0.922106
787
The use of Emissary appears to be focused only on Taiwan and Hong Kong, with regular malware updates to avoid detection and to increase the odds of success .
2,110
LOC
Hong Kong,
0.908974
787
The use of Emissary appears to be focused only on Taiwan and Hong Kong, with regular malware updates to avoid detection and to increase the odds of success .
2,111
MAL
Emissary
0.910647
788
The B-Hack I-Hack I-Hack using Emissary have been active for at least seven years in Southeast Asia .
2,112
LOC
Southeast Asia
0.898687
788
The B-Hack I-Hack I-Hack using Emissary have been active for at least seven years in Southeast Asia .
2,113
LOC
Saudi Arabia
0.902851
789
Magic Hound has primarily targeted organizations in the B-, B-, and B- I- that are either based or have business interests in Saudi Arabia .
2,114
MAL
Emissary
0.912618
790
Regardless of causation, the rapid development of new versions of Emissary suggests that the malware authors are making frequent modifications to evade detection, which as a corollary suggests the B-Hack I-Hack are actively using the Emissary Trojan as a payload in B- .
2,115
MAL
Emissary Trojan
0.884471
790
Regardless of causation, the rapid development of new versions of Emissary suggests that the malware authors are making frequent modifications to evade detection, which as a corollary suggests the B-Hack I-Hack are actively using the Emissary Trojan as a payload in B- .
2,116
APT
B-Hack
0.886206
792
In addition to the malware evolution, the B-Hack also shifted from solely spear-phishing targets with attachments to also compromising legitimate websites to host malware .
2,117
ACT
spear-phishing
0.917827
792
In addition to the malware evolution, the B-Hack also shifted from solely spear-phishing targets with attachments to also compromising legitimate websites to host malware .
2,118
ACT
B-Hack I-Hack
0.848333
793
It is highly likely the B-Hack I-Hack used B- I- containing links to these malicious documents as a delivery mechanism .
2,119
VULNAME
exploit
0.732626
795
The B- I- I- did not rely on exploit code to compromise targeted systems, instead relying on Excel and Word documents containing malicious macros .
2,120
ACT
Excel
0.895451
795
The B- I- I- did not rely on exploit code to compromise targeted systems, instead relying on Excel and Word documents containing malicious macros .
2,121
ACT
Word documents
0.903552
795
The B- I- I- did not rely on exploit code to compromise targeted systems, instead relying on Excel and Word documents containing malicious macros .
2,122
MAL
MPK bot
0.853668
796
The MPK bot is not publicly available and had previously been attributed to an adversary B-Hack called " B-Hack I-Hack " which has often been thought to be a state sponsored adversary operating in the Middle East region .
2,123
APT
B-Hack I-Hack
0.712935
796
The MPK bot is not publicly available and had previously been attributed to an adversary B-Hack called " B-Hack I-Hack " which has often been thought to be a state sponsored adversary operating in the Middle East region .
2,124
LOC
Middle East
0.849912
796
The MPK bot is not publicly available and had previously been attributed to an adversary B-Hack called " B-Hack I-Hack " which has often been thought to be a state sponsored adversary operating in the Middle East region .
2,125
TOOL
Python
0.910993
797
One payload was a Python based open source remote administration tool (RAT) called Pupy .
2,126
MAL
remote administration tool (RAT)
0.793157
797
One payload was a Python based open source remote administration tool (RAT) called Pupy .
2,127
MAL
Pupy
0.916451
797
One payload was a Python based open source remote administration tool (RAT) called Pupy .
2,128
ACT
Word
0.823186
798
The B- I- I- used Word and Excel documents containing malicious macros as a delivery method, specifically attempting to load MagicHound.Rollover .
2,129
ACT
Excel
0.88608
798
The B- I- I- used Word and Excel documents containing malicious macros as a delivery method, specifically attempting to load MagicHound.Rollover .
2,130
MAL
MagicHound.Rollover
0.926583
798
The B- I- I- used Word and Excel documents containing malicious macros as a delivery method, specifically attempting to load MagicHound.Rollover .
2,131
MAL
AES
0.931808
799
Many of the Fetch samples we analyzed attempted to obfuscate their functionality by encrypting their embedded strings using AES .
2,132
MAL
PowerShell command
0.71714
800
The loader's main goal was to run a PowerShell command to execute shellcode .
2,133
FILE
c:\temp\rr.exe
0.912752
801
To set up persistence, the loader writes a file to " c:\temp\rr.exe " and executes it with specific command line arguments to create auto run registry keys .
2,134
MAL
custom dropper
0.913581
802
The B- I- I- was also discovered using a custom dropper tool, which we have named MagicHound.DropIt .
2,135
FILE
MagicHound.DropIt
0.925833
802
The B- I- I- was also discovered using a custom dropper tool, which we have named MagicHound.DropIt .
2,136
MAL
DropIt
0.918489
803
We have also seen Magic Hound using DropIt as a binder, specifically dropping a legitimate decoy executable along with the malicious executable onto the target host .
2,137
MAL
IRC bot
0.862375
804
We also found a second IRC bot called MPK using the same IP for its C2 server that a Leash sample was hosted on .
2,138
MAL
MPK
0.907948
804
We also found a second IRC bot called MPK using the same IP for its C2 server that a Leash sample was hosted on .
2,139
PROT
IP
0.941085
804
We also found a second IRC bot called MPK using the same IP for its C2 server that a Leash sample was hosted on .
2,140
TOOL
C2
0.900127
804
We also found a second IRC bot called MPK using the same IP for its C2 server that a Leash sample was hosted on .
2,141
MAL
Leash sample
0.861951
804
We also found a second IRC bot called MPK using the same IP for its C2 server that a Leash sample was hosted on .
2,142
ACT
B-Hack
0.508931
805
The B- I- I- I- is an active and persistent B-Hack motivated adversary operating in the Middle East region .
2,143
LOC
Middle East
0.876531
805
The B- I- I- I- is an active and persistent B-Hack motivated adversary operating in the Middle East region .
2,144
LOC
Saudi Arabia
0.913488
806
Organizations in the B-, B-, and B- I- have been targeted by Magic Hound, specifically organizations based in or doing business in Saudi Arabia .
2,145
MAL
Retriever
0.924159
807
At a high level, Retriever is a .NET downloader that downloads secondary payloads from servers associated with Magic Hound .
2,146
MAL
.NET downloader
0.784948
807
At a high level, Retriever is a .NET downloader that downloads secondary payloads from servers associated with Magic Hound .
2,147
MAL
DropIt sample
0.890179
808
For example, we analyzed a DropIt sample (SHA256: cca268c13885ad5751eb70371bbc9ce8c8795654fedb90d9e3886cbcfe323671) that dropped two executables, one of which was saved to "%TEMP%\flash_update.exe " that was a legitimate Flash Player installer .
2,148
SHA2
cca268c13885ad5751eb70371bbc9ce8c8795654fedb90d9e3886cbcfe323671)
0.929906
808
For example, we analyzed a DropIt sample (SHA256: cca268c13885ad5751eb70371bbc9ce8c8795654fedb90d9e3886cbcfe323671) that dropped two executables, one of which was saved to "%TEMP%\flash_update.exe " that was a legitimate Flash Player installer .
2,149
FILE
"%TEMP%\flash_update.exe
0.92412
808
For example, we analyzed a DropIt sample (SHA256: cca268c13885ad5751eb70371bbc9ce8c8795654fedb90d9e3886cbcfe323671) that dropped two executables, one of which was saved to "%TEMP%\flash_update.exe " that was a legitimate Flash Player installer .
2,150
MAL
Flash Player installer
0.881006
808
For example, we analyzed a DropIt sample (SHA256: cca268c13885ad5751eb70371bbc9ce8c8795654fedb90d9e3886cbcfe323671) that dropped two executables, one of which was saved to "%TEMP%\flash_update.exe " that was a legitimate Flash Player installer .
2,151
SECTEAM
M-Trends
0.918502
809
M-Trends 2018 can arm security teams with the knowledge they need to defend against today's most often used B- I-, as well as lesser seen and emerging threats .
2,152
TIME
2018
0.894864
809
M-Trends 2018 can arm security teams with the knowledge they need to defend against today's most often used B- I-, as well as lesser seen and emerging threats .
2,153
SECTEAM
FireEye
0.917144
810
FireEye tracks thousands of B-Hack I-Hack, but pays special attention to state-sponsored B-Hack who carry out advanced persistent threat (B-Hack) B- .
2,154
APT
B-Hack
0.882914
810
FireEye tracks thousands of B-Hack I-Hack, but pays special attention to state-sponsored B-Hack who carry out advanced persistent threat (B-Hack) B- .
2,155
TIME
2014,
0.926196
811
Since at least 2014, B-Hack, also known as the B-Hack I-Hack, has targeted B- I- with investments in Vietnam, B- I-, B-, and Vietnamese B- .
2,156
APT
B-Hack,
0.676222
811
Since at least 2014, B-Hack, also known as the B-Hack I-Hack, has targeted B- I- with investments in Vietnam, B- I-, B-, and Vietnamese B- .
2,157
LOC
Vietnam,
0.753279
811
Since at least 2014, B-Hack, also known as the B-Hack I-Hack, has targeted B- I- with investments in Vietnam, B- I-, B-, and Vietnamese B- .
2,158
LOC
Vietnamese
0.727788
811
Since at least 2014, B-Hack, also known as the B-Hack I-Hack, has targeted B- I- with investments in Vietnam, B- I-, B-, and Vietnamese B- .
2,159
ACT
social engineering
0.89753
812
During a recent B-, B-Hack leveraged social engineering emails with Microsoft ActiveMime file attachments to deliver malicious macros .
2,160
TOOL
emails
0.91308
812
During a recent B-, B-Hack leveraged social engineering emails with Microsoft ActiveMime file attachments to deliver malicious macros .
2,161
FILE
Microsoft ActiveMime file
0.926782
812
During a recent B-, B-Hack leveraged social engineering emails with Microsoft ActiveMime file attachments to deliver malicious macros .
2,162
ACT
B-Hack
0.456092
813
Evidence also suggests that B-Hack has targeted B- I- and B- I- I- with connections to foreign investors .
2,163
TIME
2014,
0.923736
814
Since at least 2014, B-Hack, also known as the B-Hack I-Hack, has targeted B- I- foreign B- .
2,164
SECTEAM
FireEye
0.924503
815
FireEye asesses that B-Hack I-Hack may be aligned with the national interests of Vietnam .
2,165
LOC
Vietnam
0.909199
815
FireEye asesses that B-Hack I-Hack may be aligned with the national interests of Vietnam .
2,166
APT
B-Hack
0.685896
816
B-Hack poses a threat to companies doing business or preparing to invest in Vietnam .
2,167
LOC
Vietnam
0.917904
816
B-Hack poses a threat to companies doing business or preparing to invest in Vietnam .
2,168
LOC
Vietnam
0.899043
817
We believe recent B- targeting private interests in Vietnam suggests that B-Hack poses a threat to companies doing business or preparing to invest in the country .
2,169
APT
B-Hack
0.85189
817
We believe recent B- targeting private interests in Vietnam suggests that B-Hack poses a threat to companies doing business or preparing to invest in the country .
2,170
MAL
DROPSHOT
0.91515
818
DROPSHOT is a notable piece of malware used to deliver variants of the TURNEDUP backdoor .
2,171
MAL
malware
0.918499
818
DROPSHOT is a notable piece of malware used to deliver variants of the TURNEDUP backdoor .
2,172
APT
B-Hack
0.895762
819
Additionally, there is evidence to suggest B-Hack targeted Saudi Arabia .
2,173
LOC
Saudi Arabia
0.873048
819
Additionally, there is evidence to suggest B-Hack targeted Saudi Arabia .
2,174
APT
B-Hack
0.825626
820
B-Hack often conducts spear-phishing operations using a built-in phishing module .
2,175
ACT
spear-phishing
0.921709
820
B-Hack often conducts spear-phishing operations using a built-in phishing module .
2,176
ACT
phishing module
0.913771
820
B-Hack often conducts spear-phishing operations using a built-in phishing module .
2,177
APT
B-Hack
0.797979
821
Additionally, there is evidence to suggest B-Hack targeted Saudi Arabian and Western organizations that provide training, maintenance and support for Saudi Arabia's B- and B- fleets .
2,178
LOC
Saudi Arabian
0.904267
821
Additionally, there is evidence to suggest B-Hack targeted Saudi Arabian and Western organizations that provide training, maintenance and support for Saudi Arabia's B- and B- fleets .
2,179
LOC
Western
0.904304
821
Additionally, there is evidence to suggest B-Hack targeted Saudi Arabian and Western organizations that provide training, maintenance and support for Saudi Arabia's B- and B- fleets .
2,180
LOC
Saudi Arabia's
0.887591
821
Additionally, there is evidence to suggest B-Hack targeted Saudi Arabian and Western organizations that provide training, maintenance and support for Saudi Arabia's B- and B- fleets .
2,181
APT
B-Hack
0.759807
822
Although we have only observed B-Hack use DROPSHOT to deliver TURNEDUP, we have identified multiple DROPSHOT samples in the wild that delivered wiper malware we call SHAPESHIFT .
2,182
MAL
DROPSHOT
0.904039
822
Although we have only observed B-Hack use DROPSHOT to deliver TURNEDUP, we have identified multiple DROPSHOT samples in the wild that delivered wiper malware we call SHAPESHIFT .
2,183
MAL
DROPSHOT samples
0.898237
822
Although we have only observed B-Hack use DROPSHOT to deliver TURNEDUP, we have identified multiple DROPSHOT samples in the wild that delivered wiper malware we call SHAPESHIFT .
2,184
MAL
SHAPESHIFT
0.91286
822
Although we have only observed B-Hack use DROPSHOT to deliver TURNEDUP, we have identified multiple DROPSHOT samples in the wild that delivered wiper malware we call SHAPESHIFT .
2,185
MAL
SHAPESHIFT wiper
0.887911
823
The SHAPESHIFT wiper is capable of wiping disks and volumes, as well as deleting files .
2,186