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LOC
China,
0.901024
1,668
Periscope's B- has previously been suspected of being linked to China, but now researchers believe their evidence links the operation to the Chinese state .
4,154
LOC
Chinese
0.666016
1,668
Periscope's B- has previously been suspected of being linked to China, but now researchers believe their evidence links the operation to the Chinese state .
4,155
APT
B-Hack
0.921613
1,669
B-Hack is described as a moderately sophisticated cyber-espionage group which combines access to significant development resources with the ability to leverage publicly available tools .
4,156
MAL
publicly available tools
0.881797
1,669
B-Hack is described as a moderately sophisticated cyber-espionage group which combines access to significant development resources with the ability to leverage publicly available tools .
4,157
MAL
CVE software vulnerabilities
0.88293
1,670
Anchor Panda uses website and web-server compromise as a means of attack and leverages an enormous cache of tools in its B-, to include exploits that take advantage of known CVE software vulnerabilities .
4,158
ACT
phishing
0.562531
1,671
Like many B- I-, much of B-Hack's B- begins by attempting to trick targets with phishing emails, before deploying malware such as the Gh0st RAT trojan to maintain persistence on a compromised network .
4,159
TOOL
emails,
0.921108
1,671
Like many B- I-, much of B-Hack's B- begins by attempting to trick targets with phishing emails, before deploying malware such as the Gh0st RAT trojan to maintain persistence on a compromised network .
4,160
MAL
Gh0st RAT trojan
0.834061
1,671
Like many B- I-, much of B-Hack's B- begins by attempting to trick targets with phishing emails, before deploying malware such as the Gh0st RAT trojan to maintain persistence on a compromised network .
4,161
MAL
CVE software vulnerabilities
0.890484
1,672
The group uses website and web-server compromise as a means of attack and leverages an enormous cache of tools in its B-, to include exploits that take advantage of known CVE software vulnerabilities .
4,162
APT
B-Hack
0.918653
1,674
B-Hack has been active since at least 2007 .
4,163
TIME
2007
0.912438
1,674
B-Hack has been active since at least 2007 .
4,164
APT
B-Hack
0.738777
1,675
B-Hack has targeted or breached organizations across multiple industries, but its focus appears to be on B- and B- I-, especially information about B- I- .
4,165
ACT
B-Hack
0.707646
1,676
B-Hack targeted the network of an B- I- that sells products for both B- and B- applications .
4,166
TIME
late 2014,
0.914353
1,678
In one case in late 2014, APT5 breached the network of an B- I- I- .
4,167
LOC
Asia's
0.433293
1,680
APT5 also targeted the networks of some of Southeast Asia's major B- I- with Leouncia malware .
4,168
MAL
Leouncia malware
0.917038
1,680
APT5 also targeted the networks of some of Southeast Asia's major B- I- with Leouncia malware .
4,169
SECTEAM
FBI
0.600764
1,682
The FBI said the " B-Hack I-Hack I-Hack I-Hack I-Hack " (known as B-Hack or B-Hack) used dedicated top-level domains in conjunction with the command and control servers to deliver " customized malicious software " to government computer systems .
4,170
MAL
customized malicious software
0.860714
1,682
The FBI said the " B-Hack I-Hack I-Hack I-Hack I-Hack " (known as B-Hack or B-Hack) used dedicated top-level domains in conjunction with the command and control servers to deliver " customized malicious software " to government computer systems .
4,171
SECTEAM
Deepen
0.921791
1,683
Deepen told Threatpost the group has been operating since at least since 2008 and has targeted B- I- I- I- I-, Defense Department entities, and B- I- within the B- I- .
4,172
TIME
2008
0.896564
1,683
Deepen told Threatpost the group has been operating since at least since 2008 and has targeted B- I- I- I- I-, Defense Department entities, and B- I- within the B- I- .
4,173
IDTY
Defense Department
0.856691
1,683
Deepen told Threatpost the group has been operating since at least since 2008 and has targeted B- I- I- I- I-, Defense Department entities, and B- I- within the B- I- .
4,174
TIME
2011,
0.928655
1,684
B- I- said they knew the initial B- occurred in 2011, but are unaware of who specifically is behind the B- .
4,175
SECTEAM
Deepen,
0.911226
1,685
According to Deepen, B-Hack has been using spear phishing in tandem with malicious PDF and ZIP attachments or links to malware infected websites that contains a malicious SCR file .
4,176
APT
B-Hack
0.902338
1,685
According to Deepen, B-Hack has been using spear phishing in tandem with malicious PDF and ZIP attachments or links to malware infected websites that contains a malicious SCR file .
4,177
ACT
spear phishing
0.91938
1,685
According to Deepen, B-Hack has been using spear phishing in tandem with malicious PDF and ZIP attachments or links to malware infected websites that contains a malicious SCR file .
4,178
MAL
PDF
0.867869
1,685
According to Deepen, B-Hack has been using spear phishing in tandem with malicious PDF and ZIP attachments or links to malware infected websites that contains a malicious SCR file .
4,179
MAL
ZIP
0.884157
1,685
According to Deepen, B-Hack has been using spear phishing in tandem with malicious PDF and ZIP attachments or links to malware infected websites that contains a malicious SCR file .
4,180
FILE
SCR file
0.927517
1,685
According to Deepen, B-Hack has been using spear phishing in tandem with malicious PDF and ZIP attachments or links to malware infected websites that contains a malicious SCR file .
4,181
MAL
Poison Ivy malware
0.862513
1,687
The B- discussed in this blog are related to an B- I- commonly referred to as " th3bug ", named for the password the actors often use with their Poison Ivy malware .
4,182
ACT
spear phishing
0.915321
1,689
In contrast to many other B- I-, 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 .
4,183
VULID
CVE-2014-0515
0.918924
1,690
While we were unable to recover the initial vulnerability used, it is possibly the same CVE-2014-0515 Adobe Flash exploit first reported by Cisco TRAC in late July .
4,184
TOOL
Adobe Flash
0.907261
1,690
While we were unable to recover the initial vulnerability used, it is possibly the same CVE-2014-0515 Adobe Flash exploit first reported by Cisco TRAC in late July .
4,185
VULNAME
exploit
0.91791
1,690
While we were unable to recover the initial vulnerability used, it is possibly the same CVE-2014-0515 Adobe Flash exploit first reported by Cisco TRAC in late July .
4,186
SECTEAM
Cisco TRAC
0.902431
1,690
While we were unable to recover the initial vulnerability used, it is possibly the same CVE-2014-0515 Adobe Flash exploit first reported by Cisco TRAC in late July .
4,187
TIME
late July
0.91258
1,690
While we were unable to recover the initial vulnerability used, it is possibly the same CVE-2014-0515 Adobe Flash exploit first reported by Cisco TRAC in late July .
4,188
ACT
B-Hack
0.307174
1,691
However, to increase success rates B-Hack can use zero-day exploits, so even a properly patched system would be compromised .
4,189
VULNAME
zero-day
0.913094
1,691
However, to increase success rates B-Hack can use zero-day exploits, so even a properly patched system would be compromised .
4,190
ACT
B- I-
0.31123
1,692
Our direct observation of in-the-wild B- I- staged by the Bahamut group have been solely attempts to deceive targets into providing account passwords through impersonation of notices from B- I- .
4,191
TIME
January 2017
0.90868
1,693
Bahamut was first noticed when it targeted a B- I- I- I- I- in the first week of January 2017 .
4,192
LOC
Iranian actors,
0.879933
1,694
Later that month, the same tactics and patterns were seen in attempts against an B- I- I- I- – an B- commonly targeted by Iranian actors, such as Charming Kitten and the B- I- documented in our 2016 Black Hat talk .
4,193
TIME
2016
0.913049
1,694
Later that month, the same tactics and patterns were seen in attempts against an B- I- I- I- – an B- commonly targeted by Iranian actors, such as Charming Kitten and the B- I- documented in our 2016 Black Hat talk .
4,194
TIME
June
0.902375
1,695
In June we published on a previously unknown group we named " B-Hack ", a strange B- of phishing and malware apparently focused on the Middle East and South Asia .
4,195
APT
B-Hack
0.917665
1,695
In June we published on a previously unknown group we named " B-Hack ", a strange B- of phishing and malware apparently focused on the Middle East and South Asia .
4,196
ACT
phishing
0.87292
1,695
In June we published on a previously unknown group we named " B-Hack ", a strange B- of phishing and malware apparently focused on the Middle East and South Asia .
4,197
LOC
Middle East
0.877184
1,695
In June we published on a previously unknown group we named " B-Hack ", a strange B- of phishing and malware apparently focused on the Middle East and South Asia .
4,198
LOC
South Asia
0.892448
1,695
In June we published on a previously unknown group we named " B-Hack ", a strange B- of phishing and malware apparently focused on the Middle East and South Asia .
4,199
ACT
B-Hack
0.859512
1,696
Once inside a network, B-Hack uses credential-harvesting tools to gain usernames and passwords, allowing it to expand its reach across the network and move laterally through an environment as it moves to towards the ultimate goal of stealing data .
4,200
MAL
credential-harvesting tools
0.898909
1,696
Once inside a network, B-Hack uses credential-harvesting tools to gain usernames and passwords, allowing it to expand its reach across the network and move laterally through an environment as it moves to towards the ultimate goal of stealing data .
4,201
APT
B-Hack
0.917447
1,697
B-Hack was shown to be resourceful, not only maintaining their own Android malware but running propaganda sites, although the quality of these B- varied noticeably .
4,202
OS
Android
0.890966
1,697
B-Hack was shown to be resourceful, not only maintaining their own Android malware but running propaganda sites, although the quality of these B- varied noticeably .
4,203
MAL
malware
0.871744
1,697
B-Hack was shown to be resourceful, not only maintaining their own Android malware but running propaganda sites, although the quality of these B- varied noticeably .
4,204
TIME
June
0.902375
1,698
In June we published on a previously unknown group we named " B-Hack ", a strange B- of phishing and malware apparently focused on the Middle East and South Asia .
4,205
APT
B-Hack
0.917665
1,698
In June we published on a previously unknown group we named " B-Hack ", a strange B- of phishing and malware apparently focused on the Middle East and South Asia .
4,206
ACT
phishing
0.87292
1,698
In June we published on a previously unknown group we named " B-Hack ", a strange B- of phishing and malware apparently focused on the Middle East and South Asia .
4,207
LOC
Middle East
0.877184
1,698
In June we published on a previously unknown group we named " B-Hack ", a strange B- of phishing and malware apparently focused on the Middle East and South Asia .
4,208
LOC
South Asia
0.892448
1,698
In June we published on a previously unknown group we named " B-Hack ", a strange B- of phishing and malware apparently focused on the Middle East and South Asia .
4,209
APT
B-Hack
0.426315
1,699
Several times, B-Hack has targeted B- and B- based in Southeast Asia .
4,210
LOC
Southeast Asia
0.911095
1,699
Several times, B-Hack has targeted B- and B- based in Southeast Asia .
4,211
ACT
spearphishing
0.92479
1,700
However, in the same week of September a series of spearphishing attempts once again targeted a set of otherwise unrelated individuals, employing the same tactics as before .
4,212
MAL
domains
0.913042
1,703
In the Bahamut report, we discussed two domains found within our search that were linked with a custom Android malware agent .
4,213
MAL
custom Android malware agent
0.846402
1,703
In the Bahamut report, we discussed two domains found within our search that were linked with a custom Android malware agent .
4,214
MAL
Khuai
0.91277
1,704
After the publication of the original report, these sites were taken offline despite the fact that one agent was even updated a six days prior to our post (the " Khuai " application).
4,215
IDTY
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
0.879829
1,705
FIF is notable for its links to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist organization, which has committed mass-casualty attacks in India in support of establishing Pakistani control over the disputed Jammu and Kashmir border region .
4,216
LOC
India
0.88568
1,705
FIF is notable for its links to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist organization, which has committed mass-casualty attacks in India in support of establishing Pakistani control over the disputed Jammu and Kashmir border region .
4,217
MAL
legitimate software
0.896201
1,708
One curious trait of Bahamut is that it develops fully-functional applications in support of its espionage activities, rather than push nonfunctional fake apps or bundle malware with legitimate software .
4,218
ACT
phishing
0.862728
1,709
Curiously, Bahamut appears to track password attempts in response to failed phishing attempts or to provoke the target to provide more passwords .
4,219
ACT
spearphishing
0.91866
1,710
Bahamut spearphishing attempts have also been accompanied with SMS messages purporting to be from B- about security issues on their account, including a class 0 message or " flash text " .
4,220
IDTY
B-
0.757711
1,710
Bahamut spearphishing attempts have also been accompanied with SMS messages purporting to be from B- about security issues on their account, including a class 0 message or " flash text " .
4,221
TOOL
flash
0.618691
1,710
Bahamut spearphishing attempts have also been accompanied with SMS messages purporting to be from B- about security issues on their account, including a class 0 message or " flash text " .
4,222
TOOL
email
0.90698
1,711
These text messages did not include links but are intended to build credibility around the fake service notifications later sent to the target's email address .
4,223
APT
B-Hack
0.611808
1,712
We have not found evidence of B-Hack engaging in crime or operating outside its limited geographic domains, although this narrow perspective could be accounted for by its compartmentalization of operations .
4,224
APT
B-Hack's
0.918061
1,713
Thus far, B-Hack's B- have appeared to be primarily espionage or information operations – not B- I- or fraud .
4,225
LOC
South Asia
0.900179
1,714
The targets and themes of Bahamut's B- have consistently fallen within two regions – South Asia (primarily Pakistan, specifically Kashmir) and the Middle East (from Morocco to Iran).
4,226
LOC
Pakistan,
0.8279
1,714
The targets and themes of Bahamut's B- have consistently fallen within two regions – South Asia (primarily Pakistan, specifically Kashmir) and the Middle East (from Morocco to Iran).
4,227
LOC
Kashmir)
0.796587
1,714
The targets and themes of Bahamut's B- have consistently fallen within two regions – South Asia (primarily Pakistan, specifically Kashmir) and the Middle East (from Morocco to Iran).
4,228
LOC
Middle East
0.895911
1,714
The targets and themes of Bahamut's B- have consistently fallen within two regions – South Asia (primarily Pakistan, specifically Kashmir) and the Middle East (from Morocco to Iran).
4,229
LOC
Morocco
0.898498
1,714
The targets and themes of Bahamut's B- have consistently fallen within two regions – South Asia (primarily Pakistan, specifically Kashmir) and the Middle East (from Morocco to Iran).
4,230
LOC
Iran).
0.900733
1,714
The targets and themes of Bahamut's B- have consistently fallen within two regions – South Asia (primarily Pakistan, specifically Kashmir) and the Middle East (from Morocco to Iran).
4,231
OS
Android
0.925252
1,715
Our prior publication also failed to acknowledge immensely valuable input from a number of colleagues, including Nadim Kobeissi's feedback on how the API endpoints on the Android malware were encrypted .
4,232
MAL
malware
0.818905
1,715
Our prior publication also failed to acknowledge immensely valuable input from a number of colleagues, including Nadim Kobeissi's feedback on how the API endpoints on the Android malware were encrypted .
4,233
ACT
B-Hack
0.740976
1,716
B-Hack targeted similar Qatar-based individuals during their B- .
4,234
LOC
Qatar-based
0.900876
1,716
B-Hack targeted similar Qatar-based individuals during their B- .
4,235
SECTEAM
Bellingcat
0.926272
1,717
Bellingcat also reported the domain had been used previously to host potential decoy documents as detailed in VirusTotal here using hxxp://voguextra.com/decoy.doc .
4,236
FILE
decoy documents
0.920522
1,717
Bellingcat also reported the domain had been used previously to host potential decoy documents as detailed in VirusTotal here using hxxp://voguextra.com/decoy.doc .
4,237
TOOL
VirusTotal
0.864673
1,717
Bellingcat also reported the domain had been used previously to host potential decoy documents as detailed in VirusTotal here using hxxp://voguextra.com/decoy.doc .
4,238
FILE
hxxp://voguextra.com/decoy.doc
0.925448
1,717
Bellingcat also reported the domain had been used previously to host potential decoy documents as detailed in VirusTotal here using hxxp://voguextra.com/decoy.doc .
4,239
APT
BARIUM
0.574948
1,718
The China-backed BARIUM APT is suspected to be at the helm of the project .
4,240
SECTEAM
Kaspersky Lab
0.848432
1,719
Trojanized versions of the utility were then signed with legitimate certificates and were hosted on and distributed from official ASUS update servers – which made them mostly invisible to the vast majority of protection solutions, according to Kaspersky Lab .
4,241
SECTEAM
Kaspersky Lab
0.88136
1,720
Kaspersky Lab To compromise the utility, Kaspersky Lab determined that the cyberattackers used stolen digital certificates used by ASUS to sign legitimate binaries, and altered older versions of ASUS software to inject their own malicious code .
4,243
SECTEAM
Kaspersky Lab
0.88585
1,721
To compromise the utility, Kaspersky Lab determined that Barium used stolen digital certificates used by ASUS to sign legitimate binaries, and altered older versions of ASUS software to inject their own malicious code .
4,244
APT
Barium
0.918799
1,721
To compromise the utility, Kaspersky Lab determined that Barium used stolen digital certificates used by ASUS to sign legitimate binaries, and altered older versions of ASUS software to inject their own malicious code .
4,245
APT
B-Hack,
0.852258
1,722
B-Hack, a Chinese state player that also goes by B-Hack, B-Hack and B-Hack B-Hack, was previously linked to the ShadowPad and CCleaner incidents, which were also B- I- that used software updates to sneak onto machines .
4,246
LOC
Chinese state
0.888596
1,722
B-Hack, a Chinese state player that also goes by B-Hack, B-Hack and B-Hack B-Hack, was previously linked to the ShadowPad and CCleaner incidents, which were also B- I- that used software updates to sneak onto machines .
4,247
APT
B-Hack
0.434746
1,722
B-Hack, a Chinese state player that also goes by B-Hack, B-Hack and B-Hack B-Hack, was previously linked to the ShadowPad and CCleaner incidents, which were also B- I- that used software updates to sneak onto machines .
4,248
MAL
ShadowPad
0.883343
1,722
B-Hack, a Chinese state player that also goes by B-Hack, B-Hack and B-Hack B-Hack, was previously linked to the ShadowPad and CCleaner incidents, which were also B- I- that used software updates to sneak onto machines .
4,249
MAL
CCleaner
0.476741
1,722
B-Hack, a Chinese state player that also goes by B-Hack, B-Hack and B-Hack B-Hack, was previously linked to the ShadowPad and CCleaner incidents, which were also B- I- that used software updates to sneak onto machines .
4,250
MAL
software updates
0.894057
1,722
B-Hack, a Chinese state player that also goes by B-Hack, B-Hack and B-Hack B-Hack, was previously linked to the ShadowPad and CCleaner incidents, which were also B- I- that used software updates to sneak onto machines .
4,251
APT
B-Hack I-Hack
0.923285
1,723
That said, the " fingerprints " left on the samples by the attackers – including techniques used to achieve unauthorized code execution – suggest that the B-Hack I-Hack is behind the effort, according to the researchers .
4,252
TIME
2017
0.921605
1,724
In the 2017 B- I-, the update mechanism for Korean B- I- I- I- NetSarang was compromised to serve up an eponymous backdoor .
4,253
TIME
2017,
0.903806
1,725
In the next incident, also in 2017, software updates for the legitimate computer cleanup tool CCleaner was found to have been compromised by hackers to taint them with the same ShadowPad backdoor .
4,254