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MAL
software updates
0.882532
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 .
4,255
MAL
ShadowPad backdoor
0.899455
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 .
4,256
LOC
South Korea
0.895033
1,726
NetSarang, which has headquarters in South Korea and the United States, removed the backdoored update, but not before it was activated on at least one victim's machine in Hong Kong .
4,257
LOC
United States,
0.893831
1,726
NetSarang, which has headquarters in South Korea and the United States, removed the backdoored update, but not before it was activated on at least one victim's machine in Hong Kong .
4,258
LOC
Hong Kong
0.893082
1,726
NetSarang, which has headquarters in South Korea and the United States, removed the backdoored update, but not before it was activated on at least one victim's machine in Hong Kong .
4,259
LOC
Qatari
0.918918
1,727
Given our increased confidence that Bahamut was responsible for targeting of Qatari B- I- I- and its focus on the B- I- I- other Gulf states, Bahamut's interests are seemingly too expansive to be limited one sponsor or customer .
4,260
APT
Barium
0.920863
1,728
Barium specializes in targeting high value organizations holding sensitive data, by gathering extensive information about their B- through publicly available information and B- I-, using that information to fashion B- I- intended to trickthose B- into compromising their computers and networks .
4,261
APT
B-Hack
0.917272
1,729
We identified an overlap in the domain voguextra.com, which was used by B-Hack within their " Devoted To Humanity " app to host an image file and as C2 server by the PrayTime iOS app mentioned in our first post .
4,262
FILE
Devoted To Humanity
0.917541
1,729
We identified an overlap in the domain voguextra.com, which was used by B-Hack within their " Devoted To Humanity " app to host an image file and as C2 server by the PrayTime iOS app mentioned in our first post .
4,263
TOOL
C2
0.914862
1,729
We identified an overlap in the domain voguextra.com, which was used by B-Hack within their " Devoted To Humanity " app to host an image file and as C2 server by the PrayTime iOS app mentioned in our first post .
4,264
TOOL
e-mail
0.896649
1,730
Althoughthe BariumDefendants have relied on differentand distinct infrastructures in an effortto evade detection, Bariumused the same e-mail address (hostay88@gmail.com) to register malicious domains used in connection with at least two toolsets that B-Hack has employed to compromise victim computers .
4,265
APT
B-Hack
0.356389
1,730
Althoughthe BariumDefendants have relied on differentand distinct infrastructures in an effortto evade detection, Bariumused the same e-mail address (hostay88@gmail.com) to register malicious domains used in connection with at least two toolsets that B-Hack has employed to compromise victim computers .
4,266
MAL
ShadowPad
0.908507
1,731
The second method, described in Part D.2, below, involves the " ShadowPad " malware, which the B-Hack Defendants have distributed via a B- I- I-'s compromised update .
4,267
APT
B-Hack
0.866622
1,731
The second method, described in Part D.2, below, involves the " ShadowPad " malware, which the B-Hack Defendants have distributed via a B- I- I-'s compromised update .
4,268
FILE
B- I-
0.686391
1,732
To enhance the effectiveness of B- I- into the organization, B-Hack will collect additional background informationfrom B- I- sites .
4,269
APT
B-Hack
0.665808
1,732
To enhance the effectiveness of B- I- into the organization, B-Hack will collect additional background informationfrom B- I- sites .
4,270
ACT
spear phishing
0.923955
1,733
Employing a technique known as " spear phishing ", B-Hack has heavily targeted individuals within HumanResources or Business Developmentdepartments ofthe targeted organizations in order to compromise the computers ofsuch individuals .
4,271
MAL
Barlaiy
0.91558
1,734
The first method, described in Part D.l, below, involves the " Barlaiy " and " PlugXL " malware, which the Barium Defendants propagate using phishing techniques .
4,272
MAL
PlugXL
0.914857
1,734
The first method, described in Part D.l, below, involves the " Barlaiy " and " PlugXL " malware, which the Barium Defendants propagate using phishing techniques .
4,273
APT
Barium
0.914309
1,734
The first method, described in Part D.l, below, involves the " Barlaiy " and " PlugXL " malware, which the Barium Defendants propagate using phishing techniques .
4,274
ACT
phishing techniques
0.90197
1,734
The first method, described in Part D.l, below, involves the " Barlaiy " and " PlugXL " malware, which the Barium Defendants propagate using phishing techniques .
4,275
APT
B-Hack
0.856444
1,735
Using the information gathered from its reconnaissance on B- I- sites, B-Hack packages the phishing e-mail in a way that gives the e-mail credibility to the target user, often by making the e-mail appear as ifit were sent from an organization known to and trusted by the victim or concerning a topic of interest to the v...
4,276
ACT
phishing
0.514931
1,735
Using the information gathered from its reconnaissance on B- I- sites, B-Hack packages the phishing e-mail in a way that gives the e-mail credibility to the target user, often by making the e-mail appear as ifit were sent from an organization known to and trusted by the victim or concerning a topic of interest to the v...
4,277
TOOL
e-mail
0.91339
1,735
Using the information gathered from its reconnaissance on B- I- sites, B-Hack packages the phishing e-mail in a way that gives the e-mail credibility to the target user, often by making the e-mail appear as ifit were sent from an organization known to and trusted by the victim or concerning a topic of interest to the v...
4,280
APT
B-Hack
0.605872
1,736
B-Hack Defendants install the malicious " Win32/Barlaiy " malware and the malicious " Win32/PlugX.L " malware on victim computers using the means described above .
4,281
MAL
Win32/Barlaiy
0.9235
1,736
B-Hack Defendants install the malicious " Win32/Barlaiy " malware and the malicious " Win32/PlugX.L " malware on victim computers using the means described above .
4,282
MAL
Win32/PlugX.L
0.926981
1,736
B-Hack Defendants install the malicious " Win32/Barlaiy " malware and the malicious " Win32/PlugX.L " malware on victim computers using the means described above .
4,283
MAL
Win32/Barlaiy
0.911736
1,737
Both Win32/Barlaiy & Win32/PlugX.L are remote access " trojans ", which allow B-Hack to gather a victim's information, control a victim's device, install additional malware, and exfiltrate information fi-om a victim's device .
4,284
MAL
Win32/PlugX.L
0.899656
1,737
Both Win32/Barlaiy & Win32/PlugX.L are remote access " trojans ", which allow B-Hack to gather a victim's information, control a victim's device, install additional malware, and exfiltrate information fi-om a victim's device .
4,285
APT
B-Hack
0.897718
1,737
Both Win32/Barlaiy & Win32/PlugX.L are remote access " trojans ", which allow B-Hack to gather a victim's information, control a victim's device, install additional malware, and exfiltrate information fi-om a victim's device .
4,286
APT
B-Hack
0.743636
1,738
B-Hack Defendants install the malicious credential stealing and injection tool known as " Win32/RibDoor.A!dha " .
4,287
MAL
Win32/RibDoor.A!dha
0.919642
1,738
B-Hack Defendants install the malicious credential stealing and injection tool known as " Win32/RibDoor.A!dha " .
4,288
APT
B-Hack
0.359102
1,739
While not detected at the time, B-'s antivirus and security products now detect this B-Hack malicious file and flag the file as " Win32/ShadowPad.A " .
4,289
FILE
Win32/ShadowPad.A
0.923686
1,739
While not detected at the time, B-'s antivirus and security products now detect this B-Hack malicious file and flag the file as " Win32/ShadowPad.A " .
4,290
FILE
MXI Player
0.910254
1,740
MXI Player appears to be a version of the Bahamut agent, designed to record the phone calls and collect other information about the user (com.mxi.videoplay).
4,291
DOM
(com.mxi.videoplay).
0.879258
1,740
MXI Player appears to be a version of the Bahamut agent, designed to record the phone calls and collect other information about the user (com.mxi.videoplay).
4,292
APT
Barium
0.92301
1,741
Figure 9a, below, shows detections of encounters with the Barium actors and their infrastructure, including infected computers located in Virginia, and Figure 9b, below, shows detections of encounters throughout the United States .
4,293
APT
B-Hack
0.499953
1,742
B-Hack has targeted B- I- both in Virginia, the United States, and around the world .
4,294
APT
Barium
0.924167
1,743
Once the Barium Defendants have access to a victim computer through the malware described above, they monitor the victim's B- and ultimately search for and steal sensitive documents (for example, exfiltration of intellectual property regarding B- has been seen), and personal information fi"om the victim's network .
4,295
ACT
exfiltration
0.531194
1,743
Once the Barium Defendants have access to a victim computer through the malware described above, they monitor the victim's B- and ultimately search for and steal sensitive documents (for example, exfiltration of intellectual property regarding B- has been seen), and personal information fi"om the victim's network .
4,296
LOC
Chinese government's intelligence apparatus,
0.898771
1,744
According to a 49-page report published Thursday, all of the attacks are the work of Chinese government's intelligence apparatus, which the report's authors dub the B-Hack I-Hack .
4,297
APT
B-Hack I-Hack
0.724882
1,744
According to a 49-page report published Thursday, all of the attacks are the work of Chinese government's intelligence apparatus, which the report's authors dub the B-Hack I-Hack .
4,298
LOC
Japan, South Korea,
0.895084
1,746
It targets organizations in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, leveling its B- on B- I- I- and B- and other B- I- .
4,299
LOC
Taiwan,
0.897644
1,746
It targets organizations in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, leveling its B- on B- I- I- and B- and other B- I- .
4,300
TIME
2016,
0.922636
1,747
In 2016, for instance, we found their B- attacking Japanese organizations with various malware tools, notably the Elirks backdoor .
4,301
APT
B-
0.774829
1,747
In 2016, for instance, we found their B- attacking Japanese organizations with various malware tools, notably the Elirks backdoor .
4,302
MAL
Elirks backdoor
0.879562
1,747
In 2016, for instance, we found their B- attacking Japanese organizations with various malware tools, notably the Elirks backdoor .
4,303
TOOL
email
0.882975
1,749
Blackgear's B- also use email as an entry point, which is why it's important to secure the email gateway .
4,305
MAL
B- I-
0.82264
1,751
Our research indicates that it has started targeting B- I- .
4,306
ACT
B-
0.391129
1,752
The malware tools used by B- can be categorized into three categories: binders, downloaders and backdoors .
4,307
MAL
binders, downloaders
0.906389
1,752
The malware tools used by B- can be categorized into three categories: binders, downloaders and backdoors .
4,308
MAL
backdoors
0.910606
1,752
The malware tools used by B- can be categorized into three categories: binders, downloaders and backdoors .
4,309
MAL
Binders
0.91122
1,753
Binders are delivered by B- vectors (such as phishing and B- I- I-) onto a machine .
4,310
ACT
phishing
0.816141
1,753
Binders are delivered by B- vectors (such as phishing and B- I- I-) onto a machine .
4,311
TOOL
C&C
0.902196
1,754
Based on the mutexes and domain names of some of their C&C servers, BlackTech's B- are likely designed to steal their target's technology .
4,312
TIME
2012,
0.911411
1,756
Active since 2012, it has so far targeted Taiwanese B- I- and private organizations .
4,313
APT
B-
0.264507
1,757
B- uses spear-phishing emails to deliver and install their backdoor, either as an attachment or through links to cloud storage services .
4,314
ACT
spear-phishing
0.9173
1,757
B- uses spear-phishing emails to deliver and install their backdoor, either as an attachment or through links to cloud storage services .
4,315
TOOL
emails
0.916589
1,757
B- uses spear-phishing emails to deliver and install their backdoor, either as an attachment or through links to cloud storage services .
4,316
MAL
cloud storage services
0.873585
1,757
B- uses spear-phishing emails to deliver and install their backdoor, either as an attachment or through links to cloud storage services .
4,317
APT
B-
0.747796
1,758
B- also dabbled with a short-lived, fileless version of their malware when it obtained an exploit for a Flash vulnerability (CVE-2015-5119) that was leaked during the Hacking Team breach .
4,318
VULNAME
exploit
0.9201
1,758
B- also dabbled with a short-lived, fileless version of their malware when it obtained an exploit for a Flash vulnerability (CVE-2015-5119) that was leaked during the Hacking Team breach .
4,319
TOOL
Flash
0.893621
1,758
B- also dabbled with a short-lived, fileless version of their malware when it obtained an exploit for a Flash vulnerability (CVE-2015-5119) that was leaked during the Hacking Team breach .
4,320
ACT
B-
0.477688
1,759
B- also uses CVE-2017-7269, a buffer overflow vulnerability Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 to compromise the victim's server .
4,321
VULID
CVE-2017-7269,
0.912573
1,759
B- also uses CVE-2017-7269, a buffer overflow vulnerability Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 to compromise the victim's server .
4,322
IDTY
Microsoft
0.929213
1,759
B- also uses CVE-2017-7269, a buffer overflow vulnerability Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 to compromise the victim's server .
4,323
TOOL
Internet Information Services (IIS)
0.842893
1,759
B- also uses CVE-2017-7269, a buffer overflow vulnerability Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 to compromise the victim's server .
4,324
APT
B-,
0.389948
1,760
This B-, first observed in 2010, is believed to be operated by a well-funded group given how it appeared to have purchased the source code of the BIFROST backdoor, which the operators enhanced and created other tools from .
4,325
TIME
2010,
0.922115
1,760
This B-, first observed in 2010, is believed to be operated by a well-funded group given how it appeared to have purchased the source code of the BIFROST backdoor, which the operators enhanced and created other tools from .
4,326
MAL
BIFROST-derived backdoors: BIFROSE, KIVARS,
0.905391
1,762
B- I- employs three BIFROST-derived backdoors: BIFROSE, KIVARS, and XBOW .
4,327
MAL
XBOW
0.907458
1,762
B- I- employs three BIFROST-derived backdoors: BIFROSE, KIVARS, and XBOW .
4,328
ACT
spear-phishing
0.918333
1,763
Like B-, B- I- uses spear-phishing emails with backdoor-laden attachments that utilize the RTLO technique and accompanied by decoy documents .
4,329
TOOL
emails
0.908449
1,763
Like B-, B- I- uses spear-phishing emails with backdoor-laden attachments that utilize the RTLO technique and accompanied by decoy documents .
4,330
MAL
RTLO technique
0.905069
1,763
Like B-, B- I- uses spear-phishing emails with backdoor-laden attachments that utilize the RTLO technique and accompanied by decoy documents .
4,331
FILE
decoy documents
0.901133
1,763
Like B-, B- I- uses spear-phishing emails with backdoor-laden attachments that utilize the RTLO technique and accompanied by decoy documents .
4,332
MAL
BIFROSE
0.911701
1,764
XBOW's capabilities are derived from BIFROSE and KIVARS; B- I- gets its name from its unique mutex format .
4,333
MAL
KIVARS;
0.912311
1,764
XBOW's capabilities are derived from BIFROSE and KIVARS; B- I- gets its name from its unique mutex format .
4,334
ACT
PLEAD
0.90135
1,765
While PLEAD and KIVARS are most likely to be used in first phase B-, B- can be seen as a secondary backdoor installed after attackers have gained a certain level of privilege .
4,335
ACT
KIVARS
0.872908
1,765
While PLEAD and KIVARS are most likely to be used in first phase B-, B- can be seen as a secondary backdoor installed after attackers have gained a certain level of privilege .
4,336
FILE
B-
0.524728
1,765
While PLEAD and KIVARS are most likely to be used in first phase B-, B- can be seen as a secondary backdoor installed after attackers have gained a certain level of privilege .
4,337
SECTEAM
JPCERT
0.912758
1,766
Recently, the JPCERT published a thorough analysis of the Plead backdoor, which, according to Trend Micro, is used by the cyberespionage group BlackTech .
4,338
MAL
Plead backdoor,
0.886519
1,766
Recently, the JPCERT published a thorough analysis of the Plead backdoor, which, according to Trend Micro, is used by the cyberespionage group BlackTech .
4,339
SECTEAM
Trend Micro,
0.888489
1,766
Recently, the JPCERT published a thorough analysis of the Plead backdoor, which, according to Trend Micro, is used by the cyberespionage group BlackTech .
4,340
LOC
Changing Information Technology Inc.
0.63669
1,767
Despite the fact that the Changing Information Technology Inc.
4,341
TIME
July
0.546087
1,768
certificate was revoked on July 4, 2017, the BlackTech group is still using it to sign their malicious tools .
4,342
TIME
2017,
0.413285
1,768
certificate was revoked on July 4, 2017, the BlackTech group is still using it to sign their malicious tools .
4,343
LOC
Asia
0.916034
1,769
The BlackTech group is primarily focused on cyberespionage in Asia .
4,344
SECTEAM
ESET
0.845598
1,770
The new B- described in this blogpost was detected by ESET in Taiwan, where the Plead malware has always been most actively deployed .
4,345
LOC
Taiwan,
0.922703
1,770
The new B- described in this blogpost was detected by ESET in Taiwan, where the Plead malware has always been most actively deployed .
4,346
MAL
Plead malware
0.922541
1,770
The new B- described in this blogpost was detected by ESET in Taiwan, where the Plead malware has always been most actively deployed .
4,347
OS
Windows
0.915674
1,771
Attackers are targeting Windows platform and aiming at B- I- as well as big companies in Colombia .
4,348
LOC
Colombia
0.932021
1,771
Attackers are targeting Windows platform and aiming at B- I- as well as big companies in Colombia .
4,349
ACT
spear-fishing email
0.904936
1,772
Attackers like to use spear-fishing email with password protected RAR attachment to avoid being detected by the email gateway .
4,350
MAL
RAR
0.910279
1,772
Attackers like to use spear-fishing email with password protected RAR attachment to avoid being detected by the email gateway .
4,351
TOOL
email
0.903133
1,772
Attackers like to use spear-fishing email with password protected RAR attachment to avoid being detected by the email gateway .
4,352
TIME
April 2018
0.911608
1,773
The first sample being captured was in April 2018 and since that we observed a lot more related ones .
4,353
LOC
Colombia
0.896303
1,774
After performing investigations on the classified victims, we find the attacker targets big companies and B- I- in Colombia .
4,354
SECTEAM
360 Threat Intelligence Center
0.833484
1,775
After monitoring and correlating the B- I-, 360 Threat Intelligence Center discovered multiple related emails to attack Colombian B- I-, B- I- and large B- .
4,355
TOOL
emails
0.905654
1,775
After monitoring and correlating the B- I-, 360 Threat Intelligence Center discovered multiple related emails to attack Colombian B- I-, B- I- and large B- .
4,356
TIME
November 2013
0.917415
1,776
The oldest sample we've seen up to now is from November 2013 .
4,357