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values | Text stringlengths 1 236 | Score float64 0.22 0.96 | Original Sentence ID int64 0 6.64k | Original Sentence stringlengths 6 383 | __index_level_0__ int64 0 16.8k |
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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 |
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