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VULNAME
exploit
0.915758
1,558
the backdoor is packaged together with the CVE-2013-5065 EoP exploit and heavily obfuscated .
3,950
MAL
Epic backdoor
0.909962
1,559
Once a victim is confirmed as " interesting ", the attackers upload another Epic backdoor which has a unique ID used to control this specific victim .
3,951
MAL
Epic Turla
0.890072
1,560
Our analysis indicates this is a sophisticated multi-stage infection; which begins with Epic Turla .
3,952
SECTEAM
Kaspersky Lab
0.868608
1,561
this B- against a Kaspersky Lab user on August 5, 2014 .
3,953
TIME
August 5, 2014
0.674032
1,561
this B- against a Kaspersky Lab user on August 5, 2014 .
3,954
LOC
Russia-based
0.895987
1,562
B-Hack I-Hack is an advanced, Russia-based adversary that's been active since at least 2004 .
3,955
TIME
2004
0.916455
1,562
B-Hack I-Hack is an advanced, Russia-based adversary that's been active since at least 2004 .
3,956
ACT
novel methods
0.853817
1,563
B-Hack I-Hack has deployed malware to targets using several novel methods .
3,957
APT
B-Hack
0.64395
1,564
For years, B-Hack has relied, among other impersonations, on fake Flash installers to compromise victims .
3,958
MAL
fake Flash installers
0.836528
1,564
For years, B-Hack has relied, among other impersonations, on fake Flash installers to compromise victims .
3,959
ACT
B-Hack
0.509276
1,565
B-Hack merely uses the Adobe brand to trick users into downloading the malware .
3,960
APT
B-Hack
0.908442
1,566
By looking at our telemetry, we found evidence that B-Hack installers were exfiltrating information to get.adobe.com URLs since at least July 2016 .
3,961
TIME
July 2016
0.9241
1,566
By looking at our telemetry, we found evidence that B-Hack installers were exfiltrating information to get.adobe.com URLs since at least July 2016 .
3,962
ACT
network traffic
0.919171
1,567
Thus, it is clear they are trying to be as stealthy as possible by hiding in the network traffic of the targeted organizations .
3,963
MAL
B-Hack malware
0.853111
1,568
Finally, some of the victims are also infected with other B-Hack malware such as ComRAT or Gazer .
3,964
MAL
ComRAT
0.91782
1,568
Finally, some of the victims are also infected with other B-Hack malware such as ComRAT or Gazer .
3,965
MAL
Gazer
0.917718
1,568
Finally, some of the victims are also infected with other B-Hack malware such as ComRAT or Gazer .
3,966
SECTEAM
Kaspersky Lab
0.862124
1,569
Kaspersky Lab documented this behavior in 2014 .
3,967
TIME
2014
0.923448
1,569
Kaspersky Lab documented this behavior in 2014 .
3,968
APT
Turla
0.920673
1,570
It is not a new tactic for Turla to rely on fake Flash installers to try to trick the user to install one of their backdoors .
3,969
MAL
fake Flash installers
0.852659
1,570
It is not a new tactic for Turla to rely on fake Flash installers to try to trick the user to install one of their backdoors .
3,970
APT
Turla
0.918676
1,571
Turla operators could use an already-compromised machine in the network of the victim's organization to perform a local B- I- .
3,971
TIME
January 2018
0.920602
1,572
Our January 2018 white paper was the first public analysis of a B- I- called B- .
3,972
ACT
B-Hack
0.423234
1,573
It is not the first time B-Hack has used generic tools .
3,973
MAL
generic tools
0.889113
1,573
It is not the first time B-Hack has used generic tools .
3,974
MAL
open-source password dumpers
0.884946
1,574
In the past, we have seen the group using open-source password dumpers such as Mimikatz .
3,975
MAL
Mimikatz
0.927976
1,574
In the past, we have seen the group using open-source password dumpers such as Mimikatz .
3,976
TIME
March 2018,
0.905985
1,575
Starting in March 2018, we observed a significant change in the B-: it now leverages the open source exploitation framework Metasploit before dropping the custom Mosquito backdoor .
3,977
MAL
Metasploit
0.916233
1,575
Starting in March 2018, we observed a significant change in the B-: it now leverages the open source exploitation framework Metasploit before dropping the custom Mosquito backdoor .
3,978
FILE
malicious file
0.91948
1,576
Even an experienced user can be fooled by downloading a malicious file that is apparently from adobe.com, since the URL and the IP address correspond to Adobe's legitimate infrastructure .
3,979
ACT
adobe.com,
0.940761
1,576
Even an experienced user can be fooled by downloading a malicious file that is apparently from adobe.com, since the URL and the IP address correspond to Adobe's legitimate infrastructure .
3,980
PROT
IP
0.943933
1,576
Even an experienced user can be fooled by downloading a malicious file that is apparently from adobe.com, since the URL and the IP address correspond to Adobe's legitimate infrastructure .
3,981
APT
Turla
0.921198
1,577
However, to our knowledge, this is the first time Turla has used Metasploit as a first stage backdoor, instead of relying on one of its own tools such as Skipper .
3,982
MAL
Metasploit
0.913949
1,577
However, to our knowledge, this is the first time Turla has used Metasploit as a first stage backdoor, instead of relying on one of its own tools such as Skipper .
3,983
MAL
Skipper
0.911592
1,577
However, to our knowledge, this is the first time Turla has used Metasploit as a first stage backdoor, instead of relying on one of its own tools such as Skipper .
3,984
APT
Turla's
0.917739
1,578
Traffic was intercepted on a node between the end machine and the Adobe servers, allowing Turla's operators to replace the legitimate Flash executable with a trojanized version .
3,985
ACT
replace the legitimate Flash executable with a
0.824678
1,578
Traffic was intercepted on a node between the end machine and the Adobe servers, allowing Turla's operators to replace the legitimate Flash executable with a trojanized version .
3,986
TIME
March 2018,
0.856534
1,579
At the beginning of March 2018, as part of our regular tracking of B-Hack's B-, we observed some changes in the B- I- .
3,987
APT
Turla's
0.928932
1,582
Turla's B- still relies on a fake Flash installer but, instead of directly dropping the two malicious DLLs, it executes a Metasploit shellcode and drops, or downloads from Google Drive, a legitimate Flash installer .
3,988
ACT
B-
0.320334
1,582
Turla's B- still relies on a fake Flash installer but, instead of directly dropping the two malicious DLLs, it executes a Metasploit shellcode and drops, or downloads from Google Drive, a legitimate Flash installer .
3,989
TOOL
Flash
0.9306
1,582
Turla's B- still relies on a fake Flash installer but, instead of directly dropping the two malicious DLLs, it executes a Metasploit shellcode and drops, or downloads from Google Drive, a legitimate Flash installer .
3,990
MAL
Metasploit shellcode
0.885347
1,582
Turla's B- still relies on a fake Flash installer but, instead of directly dropping the two malicious DLLs, it executes a Metasploit shellcode and drops, or downloads from Google Drive, a legitimate Flash installer .
3,991
APT
Turla
0.924779
1,583
The Turla espionage group has been targeting various institutions for many years .
3,993
MAL
Carbon,
0.913866
1,584
Recently, we found several new versions of Carbon, a second stage backdoor in the Turla group arsenal .
3,994
APT
Turla
0.923942
1,584
Recently, we found several new versions of Carbon, a second stage backdoor in the Turla group arsenal .
3,995
APT
Turla
0.922151
1,585
The Turla group is known to be painstaking and work in stages, first doing reconnaissance on their victims' systems before deploying their most sophisticated tools such as Carbon .
3,996
MAL
Carbon
0.915397
1,585
The Turla group is known to be painstaking and work in stages, first doing reconnaissance on their victims' systems before deploying their most sophisticated tools such as Carbon .
3,997
SECTEAM
Kaspersky APT Intelligence Reporting subscription,
0.901564
1,586
Kaspersky APT Intelligence Reporting subscription, customers received an update in mid-February 2017 .
3,998
TIME
mid-February 2017
0.790829
1,586
Kaspersky APT Intelligence Reporting subscription, customers received an update in mid-February 2017 .
3,999
MAL
WhiteBear
0.920203
1,587
Like previous B- I-, WhiteBear leverages compromised websites and hijacked satellite connections for command and control (C2) infrastructure .
4,000
ACT
compromised websites
0.87709
1,587
Like previous B- I-, WhiteBear leverages compromised websites and hijacked satellite connections for command and control (C2) infrastructure .
4,001
MAL
WhiteBear
0.909618
1,588
WhiteBear is a parallel project or second stage of the Skipper Turla cluster of B- documented in another private intelligence report " Skipper Turla – the White Atlas framework " from mid-2016 .
4,002
MAL
Skipper Turla
0.881515
1,588
WhiteBear is a parallel project or second stage of the Skipper Turla cluster of B- documented in another private intelligence report " Skipper Turla – the White Atlas framework " from mid-2016 .
4,003
MAL
White Atlas
0.824968
1,588
WhiteBear is a parallel project or second stage of the Skipper Turla cluster of B- documented in another private intelligence report " Skipper Turla – the White Atlas framework " from mid-2016 .
4,005
TIME
mid-2016
0.915443
1,588
WhiteBear is a parallel project or second stage of the Skipper Turla cluster of B- documented in another private intelligence report " Skipper Turla – the White Atlas framework " from mid-2016 .
4,006
MAL
WhiteBear
0.913127
1,589
However, despite the similarities to previous B- I-, we believe that WhiteBear is a distinct project with a separate focus .
4,007
TIME
February
0.917832
1,590
From February to September 2016, B- I- was narrowly focused on B- and consular operations around the world .
4,008
TIME
September 2016,
0.921907
1,590
From February to September 2016, B- I- was narrowly focused on B- and consular operations around the world .
4,009
TIME
June 2017
0.91974
1,591
Continued B- I- later shifted to include B- I- into June 2017 .
4,010
MAL
WhiteBear
0.912673
1,592
All of these early WhiteBear targets were related to B- and diplomatic/foreign affair organizations .
4,011
APT
B-Hack
0.912112
1,593
Thus, B-Hack operators had access to some highly sensitive information (such as emails sent by the B- I- I- I-) for almost a year .
4,012
TOOL
emails
0.919143
1,593
Thus, B-Hack operators had access to some highly sensitive information (such as emails sent by the B- I- I- I-) for almost a year .
4,013
TOOL
email
0.932508
1,594
Our investigation also led to the discovery of dozens of email addresses registered by Turla operators for this B- and used to receive exfiltrated data from the victims .
4,014
APT
Turla
0.924081
1,594
Our investigation also led to the discovery of dozens of email addresses registered by Turla operators for this B- and used to receive exfiltrated data from the victims .
4,015
IDTY
Microsoft
0.896434
1,595
It mainly targets Microsoft Outlook, a widely used mail client, but also targets The Bat!, a mail client very popular in Eastern Europe .
4,016
TOOL
Outlook,
0.895072
1,595
It mainly targets Microsoft Outlook, a widely used mail client, but also targets The Bat!, a mail client very popular in Eastern Europe .
4,017
APT
B-Hack
0.505465
1,596
First, B-Hack steals emails by forwarding all outgoing emails to the attackers .
4,018
TOOL
emails
0.912886
1,596
First, B-Hack steals emails by forwarding all outgoing emails to the attackers .
4,019
MAL
PDF documents
0.838338
1,598
What actually happens is that the malware is able to decode data from the PDF documents and interpret it as commands for the backdoor .
4,021
TIME
2018,
0.878776
1,599
In early 2018, multiple B- claimed that Turla operators used mail attachments to control infected machines .
4,022
APT
Turla
0.873622
1,599
In early 2018, multiple B- claimed that Turla operators used mail attachments to control infected machines .
4,023
ACT
mail attachments
0.912237
1,599
In early 2018, multiple B- claimed that Turla operators used mail attachments to control infected machines .
4,024
TOOL
emails
0.91375
1,600
As detailed in the previous section, this malware is able to manipulate and exfiltrate emails .
4,025
APT
Turla
0.922049
1,601
To our knowledge, Turla is the only espionage group that currently uses a backdoor entirely controlled by emails, and more specifically via PDF attachments .
4,026
TOOL
emails,
0.913251
1,601
To our knowledge, Turla is the only espionage group that currently uses a backdoor entirely controlled by emails, and more specifically via PDF attachments .
4,027
MAL
PDF attachments
0.903865
1,601
To our knowledge, Turla is the only espionage group that currently uses a backdoor entirely controlled by emails, and more specifically via PDF attachments .
4,028
TIME
March 2017
0.915013
1,602
The attackers first infected in March 2017 .
4,029
APT
Turla
0.927007
1,603
Our research shows that compromised organizations are at risk of not only being spied on by the Turla group who planted the backdoor, but also by other attackers .
4,030
MAL
Kazuar,
0.919738
1,604
The developers refer to this tool by the name Kazuar, which is a Trojan written using the Microsoft.NET Framework that offers actors complete access to compromised systems targeted by its operator .
4,031
MAL
Trojan
0.91211
1,604
The developers refer to this tool by the name Kazuar, which is a Trojan written using the Microsoft.NET Framework that offers actors complete access to compromised systems targeted by its operator .
4,032
APT
actors
0.906914
1,604
The developers refer to this tool by the name Kazuar, which is a Trojan written using the Microsoft.NET Framework that offers actors complete access to compromised systems targeted by its operator .
4,033
MAL
Kazuar tool
0.881022
1,605
We suspect the Kazuar tool may be linked to the Turla threat actor group (also known as B-Hack and B-Hack), who have been reported to have compromised B-, B- I-, B- I-, and B- I- across the globe .
4,034
APT
Turla
0.89682
1,605
We suspect the Kazuar tool may be linked to the Turla threat actor group (also known as B-Hack and B-Hack), who have been reported to have compromised B-, B- I-, B- I-, and B- I- across the globe .
4,035
APT
B-Hack
0.915259
1,605
We suspect the Kazuar tool may be linked to the Turla threat actor group (also known as B-Hack and B-Hack), who have been reported to have compromised B-, B- I-, B- I-, and B- I- across the globe .
4,036
APT
B-Hack),
0.910563
1,605
We suspect the Kazuar tool may be linked to the Turla threat actor group (also known as B-Hack and B-Hack), who have been reported to have compromised B-, B- I-, B- I-, and B- I- across the globe .
4,037
MAL
full-featured backdoor
0.896532
1,606
This is also a full-featured backdoor controlled by email, and which can work independently of any other Turla component .
4,038
ACT
email,
0.777537
1,606
This is also a full-featured backdoor controlled by email, and which can work independently of any other Turla component .
4,039
APT
Turla
0.919106
1,606
This is also a full-featured backdoor controlled by email, and which can work independently of any other Turla component .
4,040
APT
Turla
0.873514
1,607
A hallmark of Turla operations is iterations of their tools and code lineage in Kazuar can be traced back to at least 2005 .
4,041
MAL
Kazuar
0.900163
1,607
A hallmark of Turla operations is iterations of their tools and code lineage in Kazuar can be traced back to at least 2005 .
4,042
TIME
2005
0.929626
1,607
A hallmark of Turla operations is iterations of their tools and code lineage in Kazuar can be traced back to at least 2005 .
4,043
APT
B-Hack
0.924785
1,608
If the hypothesis is correct and the B-Hack threat group is using Kazuar, we believe they may be using it as a replacement for Carbon and its derivatives .
4,044
MAL
Kazuar,
0.914241
1,608
If the hypothesis is correct and the B-Hack threat group is using Kazuar, we believe they may be using it as a replacement for Carbon and its derivatives .
4,045
MAL
Carbon
0.906047
1,608
If the hypothesis is correct and the B-Hack threat group is using Kazuar, we believe they may be using it as a replacement for Carbon and its derivatives .
4,046
MAL
NoFuserEx, ConfuserEx Fixer, ConfuserEx Switch Killer,
0.845733
1,609
We used a combination of tools such as NoFuserEx, ConfuserEx Fixer, ConfuserEx Switch Killer, and de4d0t in order to deobfuscate the code for in depth analysis .
4,047
MAL
de4d0t
0.894343
1,609
We used a combination of tools such as NoFuserEx, ConfuserEx Fixer, ConfuserEx Switch Killer, and de4d0t in order to deobfuscate the code for in depth analysis .
4,048
SECTEAM
Kazuar
0.691486
1,610
Kazuar generates its mutex by using a process that begins with obtaining the MD5 hash of a string " [username]=>singleton-instance-mutex " .
4,049
ENCR
MD5
0.922737
1,610
Kazuar generates its mutex by using a process that begins with obtaining the MD5 hash of a string " [username]=>singleton-instance-mutex " .
4,050
ACT
API access,
0.921709
1,613
Also, by creating this type of API access, Turla could use one accessible server as a single point to dump data to and exfiltrate data from .
4,051
APT
Turla
0.924097
1,613
Also, by creating this type of API access, Turla could use one accessible server as a single point to dump data to and exfiltrate data from .
4,052