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MAL
DNS
0.852697
1,136
The Helminth executable variant is very similar in functionality to its script-based counterpart, as it also communicates with its C2 server using both HTTP and DNS queries .
3,035
MAL
Helminth
0.918034
1,137
Helminth executable samples send artifacts within network beacons to its C2 server that the Trojan refers to as a' Group' and' Name' .
3,036
ACT
network beacons
0.926179
1,137
Helminth executable samples send artifacts within network beacons to its C2 server that the Trojan refers to as a' Group' and' Name' .
3,037
TOOL
C2
0.922301
1,137
Helminth executable samples send artifacts within network beacons to its C2 server that the Trojan refers to as a' Group' and' Name' .
3,038
MAL
Trojan
0.918383
1,137
Helminth executable samples send artifacts within network beacons to its C2 server that the Trojan refers to as a' Group' and' Name' .
3,039
LOC
Saudi Arabian
0.918877
1,138
It appears that the B-Hack values hardcoded into the malware is associated with the targeted organization, as several are Saudi Arabian organizations within the B- and B- I- .
3,040
LOC
Saudi Arabian
0.918877
1,139
It appears that the B-Hack values hardcoded into the malware is associated with the targeted organization, as several are Saudi Arabian organizations within the B- and B- I- .
3,041
TOOL
email
0.892492
1,141
The email address edmundj@chmail.ir and the geolocation of Tehran, Iran, being of note .
3,042
LOC
Tehran, Iran,
0.887895
1,141
The email address edmundj@chmail.ir and the geolocation of Tehran, Iran, being of note .
3,043
LOC
Tehran, IR
0.832292
1,142
The registrant information for kernel.ws also provided a geolocation of Tehran, IR and the B- I- for the address used in checkgoogle.org was the same used for mydomain1607.com, chmail.ir .
3,044
LOC
Tehran
0.900462
1,143
The mydomain1110.com domain did not appear to reuse any of the previously observed WHOIS data artifacts, but did still give a geolocation of Tehran in addition to the use of an email address linked to other domains thematically similar to the know command and control domains and are potentially related .
3,045
TOOL
email
0.914962
1,143
The mydomain1110.com domain did not appear to reuse any of the previously observed WHOIS data artifacts, but did still give a geolocation of Tehran in addition to the use of an email address linked to other domains thematically similar to the know command and control domains and are potentially related .
3,046
LOC
Saudi Arabian
0.897206
1,144
While researching the B- I-, we have seen two waves of B- I- on Saudi Arabian organizations in which a B-Hack of B-Hack I-Hack delivered the Helminth Trojan as a payload .
3,047
ACT
B-Hack
0.72311
1,144
While researching the B- I-, we have seen two waves of B- I- on Saudi Arabian organizations in which a B-Hack of B-Hack I-Hack delivered the Helminth Trojan as a payload .
3,048
ACT
Helminth
0.906836
1,144
While researching the B- I-, we have seen two waves of B- I- on Saudi Arabian organizations in which a B-Hack of B-Hack I-Hack delivered the Helminth Trojan as a payload .
3,049
MAL
Trojan
0.922566
1,144
While researching the B- I-, we have seen two waves of B- I- on Saudi Arabian organizations in which a B-Hack of B-Hack I-Hack delivered the Helminth Trojan as a payload .
3,050
MAL
Helminth
0.914584
1,145
The two variants of Helminth do require different delivery methods, with the script variant relying on an Excel spreadsheet for delivery, while the executable variant is more traditional in the fact that it can be installed without a delivery document .
3,051
ACT
Excel spreadsheet
0.905454
1,145
The two variants of Helminth do require different delivery methods, with the script variant relying on an Excel spreadsheet for delivery, while the executable variant is more traditional in the fact that it can be installed without a delivery document .
3,052
ACT
executable variant
0.935222
1,145
The two variants of Helminth do require different delivery methods, with the script variant relying on an Excel spreadsheet for delivery, while the executable variant is more traditional in the fact that it can be installed without a delivery document .
3,053
TIME
May 2016,
0.925262
1,146
Since our first published analysis of the B- I- in May 2016, we have continued to monitor this B-Hack for new B- .
3,054
ACT
B-Hack
0.460582
1,147
Additionally, the scope of organizations targeted by this B-Hack has expanded to not only include organizations within Saudi Arabia, but also a company in Qatar and B- I- in Turkey, Israel and the United States .
3,055
LOC
Saudi Arabia,
0.905542
1,147
Additionally, the scope of organizations targeted by this B-Hack has expanded to not only include organizations within Saudi Arabia, but also a company in Qatar and B- I- in Turkey, Israel and the United States .
3,056
LOC
Qatar
0.907617
1,147
Additionally, the scope of organizations targeted by this B-Hack has expanded to not only include organizations within Saudi Arabia, but also a company in Qatar and B- I- in Turkey, Israel and the United States .
3,057
LOC
Turkey, Israel
0.913915
1,147
Additionally, the scope of organizations targeted by this B-Hack has expanded to not only include organizations within Saudi Arabia, but also a company in Qatar and B- I- in Turkey, Israel and the United States .
3,058
LOC
United States
0.865095
1,147
Additionally, the scope of organizations targeted by this B-Hack has expanded to not only include organizations within Saudi Arabia, but also a company in Qatar and B- I- in Turkey, Israel and the United States .
3,059
ACT
B-Hack
0.740099
1,148
The B-Hack behind the B- I- continues to leverage spear-phishing emails with malicious Microsoft Excel documents to compromise victims .
3,060
ACT
spear-phishing
0.925683
1,148
The B-Hack behind the B- I- continues to leverage spear-phishing emails with malicious Microsoft Excel documents to compromise victims .
3,061
TOOL
emails
0.91608
1,148
The B-Hack behind the B- I- continues to leverage spear-phishing emails with malicious Microsoft Excel documents to compromise victims .
3,062
ACT
Microsoft Excel documents
0.908721
1,148
The B-Hack behind the B- I- continues to leverage spear-phishing emails with malicious Microsoft Excel documents to compromise victims .
3,063
MAL
B- I-
0.709957
1,149
In addition to these instances, multiple B- I- were the subject to B- I- I- carrying Helminth samples earlier this year .
3,064
FILE
B- I- I-
0.622788
1,149
In addition to these instances, multiple B- I- were the subject to B- I- I- carrying Helminth samples earlier this year .
3,065
MAL
Helminth samples
0.882648
1,149
In addition to these instances, multiple B- I- were the subject to B- I- I- carrying Helminth samples earlier this year .
3,066
ACT
DNS command and control
0.753199
1,150
While the malware deployed is not terribly sophisticated, it uses techniques such as DNS command and control (C2) that allows it to stay under the radar at many establishments .
3,067
TOOL
(C2)
0.45544
1,150
While the malware deployed is not terribly sophisticated, it uses techniques such as DNS command and control (C2) that allows it to stay under the radar at many establishments .
3,068
IDTY
B-
0.54816
1,151
Less than a week after B- issued a patch for CVE-2017-11882 on Nov.
3,069
VULID
CVE-2017-11882
0.9143
1,151
Less than a week after B- issued a patch for CVE-2017-11882 on Nov.
3,070
TIME
Nov.
0.77599
1,151
Less than a week after B- issued a patch for CVE-2017-11882 on Nov.
3,071
TIME
14, 2017,
0.856376
1,152
14, 2017, FireEye observed an B-Hack using an exploit for the Microsoft Office vulnerability to target a B- I- in the Middle East .
3,072
SECTEAM
FireEye
0.925662
1,152
14, 2017, FireEye observed an B-Hack using an exploit for the Microsoft Office vulnerability to target a B- I- in the Middle East .
3,073
APT
B-Hack
0.525779
1,152
14, 2017, FireEye observed an B-Hack using an exploit for the Microsoft Office vulnerability to target a B- I- in the Middle East .
3,074
VULNAME
exploit
0.904938
1,152
14, 2017, FireEye observed an B-Hack using an exploit for the Microsoft Office vulnerability to target a B- I- in the Middle East .
3,075
TOOL
Microsoft Office
0.889797
1,152
14, 2017, FireEye observed an B-Hack using an exploit for the Microsoft Office vulnerability to target a B- I- in the Middle East .
3,076
LOC
Middle East
0.890282
1,152
14, 2017, FireEye observed an B-Hack using an exploit for the Microsoft Office vulnerability to target a B- I- in the Middle East .
3,077
LOC
Iranian
0.510314
1,153
We assess this B- was carried out by a suspected Iranian B-Hack I-Hack I-Hack I-Hack, whom we refer to as B-Hack, using a custom PowerShell backdoor to achieve its objectives .
3,078
MAL
custom PowerShell backdoor
0.862285
1,153
We assess this B- was carried out by a suspected Iranian B-Hack I-Hack I-Hack I-Hack, whom we refer to as B-Hack, using a custom PowerShell backdoor to achieve its objectives .
3,079
LOC
Middle East
0.870204
1,154
This B-Hack I-Hack has conducted broad targeting across a variety of industries, including B-, B-, B-, B-, and B-, and has largely focused its operations within the Middle East .
3,080
APT
B-Hack
0.922308
1,155
We assess that B-Hack works on behalf of the Iranian government based on infrastructure details that contain references to Iran, use of Iranian infrastructure, and targeting that aligns with nation-state interests .
3,081
LOC
Iranian
0.81115
1,155
We assess that B-Hack works on behalf of the Iranian government based on infrastructure details that contain references to Iran, use of Iranian infrastructure, and targeting that aligns with nation-state interests .
3,082
LOC
Iran,
0.908707
1,155
We assess that B-Hack works on behalf of the Iranian government based on infrastructure details that contain references to Iran, use of Iranian infrastructure, and targeting that aligns with nation-state interests .
3,083
APT
B-Hack
0.482111
1,156
B-Hack uses a mix of public and non-public tools, often conducting spear phishing operations using compromised accounts, sometimes coupled with social engineering tactics .
3,084
MAL
public and non-public tools,
0.89645
1,156
B-Hack uses a mix of public and non-public tools, often conducting spear phishing operations using compromised accounts, sometimes coupled with social engineering tactics .
3,085
ACT
spear phishing operations
0.889686
1,156
B-Hack uses a mix of public and non-public tools, often conducting spear phishing operations using compromised accounts, sometimes coupled with social engineering tactics .
3,086
MAL
compromised accounts,
0.898668
1,156
B-Hack uses a mix of public and non-public tools, often conducting spear phishing operations using compromised accounts, sometimes coupled with social engineering tactics .
3,087
ACT
social engineering tactics
0.923591
1,156
B-Hack uses a mix of public and non-public tools, often conducting spear phishing operations using compromised accounts, sometimes coupled with social engineering tactics .
3,088
ACT
B-Hack
0.720856
1,157
We believe B-Hack is involved in a long-term cyber espionage operation largely focused on reconnaissance efforts to benefit Iranian nation-state interests and has been operational since at least 2014 .
3,089
ACT
cyber espionage
0.913351
1,157
We believe B-Hack is involved in a long-term cyber espionage operation largely focused on reconnaissance efforts to benefit Iranian nation-state interests and has been operational since at least 2014 .
3,090
LOC
Iranian
0.914835
1,157
We believe B-Hack is involved in a long-term cyber espionage operation largely focused on reconnaissance efforts to benefit Iranian nation-state interests and has been operational since at least 2014 .
3,091
TIME
2014
0.919658
1,157
We believe B-Hack is involved in a long-term cyber espionage operation largely focused on reconnaissance efforts to benefit Iranian nation-state interests and has been operational since at least 2014 .
3,092
TIME
May 2016,
0.91741
1,158
In May 2016, we published a blog detailing a B- I- I- targeting B- in the Middle East region that used macro-enabled attachments to distribute POWBAT malware .
3,093
LOC
Middle East
0.88362
1,158
In May 2016, we published a blog detailing a B- I- I- targeting B- in the Middle East region that used macro-enabled attachments to distribute POWBAT malware .
3,094
MAL
POWBAT malware
0.918397
1,158
In May 2016, we published a blog detailing a B- I- I- targeting B- in the Middle East region that used macro-enabled attachments to distribute POWBAT malware .
3,095
TIME
July 2017,
0.92367
1,159
In July 2017, we observed B-Hack targeting a Middle East organization using a PowerShell-based backdoor that we call POWRUNER and a downloader with domain generation algorithm functionality that we call BONDUPDATER, based on strings within the malware .
3,096
APT
B-Hack
0.572783
1,159
In July 2017, we observed B-Hack targeting a Middle East organization using a PowerShell-based backdoor that we call POWRUNER and a downloader with domain generation algorithm functionality that we call BONDUPDATER, based on strings within the malware .
3,097
LOC
Middle East
0.860004
1,159
In July 2017, we observed B-Hack targeting a Middle East organization using a PowerShell-based backdoor that we call POWRUNER and a downloader with domain generation algorithm functionality that we call BONDUPDATER, based on strings within the malware .
3,098
MAL
PowerShell-based backdoor
0.873234
1,159
In July 2017, we observed B-Hack targeting a Middle East organization using a PowerShell-based backdoor that we call POWRUNER and a downloader with domain generation algorithm functionality that we call BONDUPDATER, based on strings within the malware .
3,099
MAL
POWRUNER
0.90447
1,159
In July 2017, we observed B-Hack targeting a Middle East organization using a PowerShell-based backdoor that we call POWRUNER and a downloader with domain generation algorithm functionality that we call BONDUPDATER, based on strings within the malware .
3,100
MAL
BONDUPDATER,
0.906399
1,159
In July 2017, we observed B-Hack targeting a Middle East organization using a PowerShell-based backdoor that we call POWRUNER and a downloader with domain generation algorithm functionality that we call BONDUPDATER, based on strings within the malware .
3,101
SECTEAM
B-Hack
0.402308
1,160
B-Hack loosely aligns with public reporting related to the B-Hack " B-Hack " .
3,102
FILE
.rtf file
0.905693
1,161
The backdoor was delivered via a malicious .rtf file that exploited CVE-2017-0199 .
3,103
VULID
CVE-2017-0199
0.91348
1,161
The backdoor was delivered via a malicious .rtf file that exploited CVE-2017-0199 .
3,104
TOOL
Microsoft Office
0.903041
1,162
In this latest B-, B-Hack leveraged the recent Microsoft Office vulnerability CVE-2017-11882 to deploy POWRUNER and BONDUPDATER .
3,105
VULID
CVE-2017-11882
0.916202
1,162
In this latest B-, B-Hack leveraged the recent Microsoft Office vulnerability CVE-2017-11882 to deploy POWRUNER and BONDUPDATER .
3,106
MAL
POWRUNER
0.914951
1,162
In this latest B-, B-Hack leveraged the recent Microsoft Office vulnerability CVE-2017-11882 to deploy POWRUNER and BONDUPDATER .
3,107
MAL
BONDUPDATER
0.913135
1,162
In this latest B-, B-Hack leveraged the recent Microsoft Office vulnerability CVE-2017-11882 to deploy POWRUNER and BONDUPDATER .
3,108
IDTY
B-
0.601573
1,163
The vulnerability was patched by B- on Nov 14, 2017 .
3,109
TIME
Nov 14, 2017
0.92982
1,163
The vulnerability was patched by B- on Nov 14, 2017 .
3,110
MAL
Equation Editor (EQNEDT32.EXE),
0.582595
1,164
The vulnerability exists in the old Equation Editor (EQNEDT32.EXE), a component of Microsoft Office that is used to insert and evaluate mathematical formulas .
3,111
IDTY
Microsoft
0.917843
1,164
The vulnerability exists in the old Equation Editor (EQNEDT32.EXE), a component of Microsoft Office that is used to insert and evaluate mathematical formulas .
3,112
APT
B-Hack
0.412392
1,165
During the past few months, B-Hack has been able to quickly incorporate exploits for at least two publicly vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-0199 and CVE-2017-11882) to target organizations in the Middle East .
3,113
LOC
Middle East
0.866533
1,165
During the past few months, B-Hack has been able to quickly incorporate exploits for at least two publicly vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-0199 and CVE-2017-11882) to target organizations in the Middle East .
3,114
LOC
Middle East
0.865781
1,166
The B-Hack I-Hack (AKA B-Hack, B-Hack I-Hack) is an adversary motivated by B-Hack primarily operating in the Middle East region .
3,115
APT
B-Hack
0.837576
1,167
We expect B-Hack will continue to evolve their malware and tactics as they continue to pursue access to entities in the Middle East region .
3,116
LOC
Middle East
0.84259
1,167
We expect B-Hack will continue to evolve their malware and tactics as they continue to pursue access to entities in the Middle East region .
3,117
LOC
Middle East
0.865781
1,168
The B-Hack I-Hack (AKA B-Hack, B-Hack I-Hack) is an adversary motivated by B-Hack primarily operating in the Middle East region .
3,118
TIME
mid-2016,
0.924328
1,169
We first discovered this B-Hack in mid-2016, although it is possible their operations extends earlier than that time frame .
3,119
TIME
May
0.916701
1,170
Between May and June 2018, Unit 42 observed multiple B- by the B-Hack I-Hack appearing to originate from a B- I- in the Middle East .
3,120
TIME
June 2018,
0.920663
1,170
Between May and June 2018, Unit 42 observed multiple B- by the B-Hack I-Hack appearing to originate from a B- I- in the Middle East .
3,121
SECTEAM
Unit 42
0.865486
1,170
Between May and June 2018, Unit 42 observed multiple B- by the B-Hack I-Hack appearing to originate from a B- I- in the Middle East .
3,122
LOC
Middle East
0.847931
1,170
Between May and June 2018, Unit 42 observed multiple B- by the B-Hack I-Hack appearing to originate from a B- I- in the Middle East .
3,123
MAL
script-based backdoors
0.896576
1,171
The use of script-based backdoors is a common technique used by the B-Hack I-Hack as we have previously documented .
3,124
ACT
B-Hack I-Hack
0.852103
1,171
The use of script-based backdoors is a common technique used by the B-Hack I-Hack as we have previously documented .
3,125
APT
B-
0.482877
1,172
The B- delivered a PowerShell backdoor called QUADAGENT, a tool attributed to the B-Hack I-Hack by both ClearSky Cyber Security and FireEye .
3,126
MAL
PowerShell backdoor
0.860811
1,172
The B- delivered a PowerShell backdoor called QUADAGENT, a tool attributed to the B-Hack I-Hack by both ClearSky Cyber Security and FireEye .
3,127
MAL
QUADAGENT,
0.91252
1,172
The B- delivered a PowerShell backdoor called QUADAGENT, a tool attributed to the B-Hack I-Hack by both ClearSky Cyber Security and FireEye .
3,128
SECTEAM
ClearSky Cyber Security
0.904963
1,172
The B- delivered a PowerShell backdoor called QUADAGENT, a tool attributed to the B-Hack I-Hack by both ClearSky Cyber Security and FireEye .
3,129
SECTEAM
FireEye
0.919466
1,172
The B- delivered a PowerShell backdoor called QUADAGENT, a tool attributed to the B-Hack I-Hack by both ClearSky Cyber Security and FireEye .
3,130
MAL
B-Hack I-Hack
0.900576
1,173
A closer examination revealed the obfuscation used by the B-Hack I-Hack in these QUADAGENT samples were likely the result of using an open-source toolkit called Invoke-Obfuscation .
3,131
MAL
QUADAGENT samples
0.894521
1,173
A closer examination revealed the obfuscation used by the B-Hack I-Hack in these QUADAGENT samples were likely the result of using an open-source toolkit called Invoke-Obfuscation .
3,132
MAL
Invoke-Obfuscation
0.915036
1,173
A closer examination revealed the obfuscation used by the B-Hack I-Hack in these QUADAGENT samples were likely the result of using an open-source toolkit called Invoke-Obfuscation .
3,133
ACT
spear phishing
0.871644
1,174
All three waves involved a single spear phishing email that appeared to originate from a B- I- based in the Middle East .
3,134