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16.8k
APT
B-Hack
0.87499
2,816
During this operation (dubbed ‘Cloud Hopper” because of the group’s use of popular western cloud-based services), B-Hack utilized both new malware (Quasar RAT, Trochilus, RedLeaves, ChChes as well as some familiar old tools .
6,584
MAL
(Quasar RAT, Trochilus, RedLeaves, ChChes
0.87094
2,816
During this operation (dubbed ‘Cloud Hopper” because of the group’s use of popular western cloud-based services), B-Hack utilized both new malware (Quasar RAT, Trochilus, RedLeaves, ChChes as well as some familiar old tools .
6,585
TIME
December 20, 2018,
0.898943
2,817
Most recently, on December 20, 2018, the U.S.
6,586
LOC
U.S.
0.92555
2,817
Most recently, on December 20, 2018, the U.S.
6,587
IDTY
Department of Justice
0.80998
2,818
Department of Justice charged two B-Hack associated with the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) with global computer intrusion campaigns targeting intellectual property .
6,588
IDTY
Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS)
0.737043
2,818
Department of Justice charged two B-Hack associated with the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) with global computer intrusion campaigns targeting intellectual property .
6,589
APT
B-Hack,
0.924425
2,819
This indictment attributed the intrusions to B-Hack, a group that had been conducting the malicious activities for over a decade on behalf of the MSS, China’s civilian human intelligence agency .
6,590
IDTY
MSS,
0.892042
2,819
This indictment attributed the intrusions to B-Hack, a group that had been conducting the malicious activities for over a decade on behalf of the MSS, China’s civilian human intelligence agency .
6,591
LOC
China’s
0.49194
2,819
This indictment attributed the intrusions to B-Hack, a group that had been conducting the malicious activities for over a decade on behalf of the MSS, China’s civilian human intelligence agency .
6,592
IDTY
civilian human intelligence agency
0.85879
2,819
This indictment attributed the intrusions to B-Hack, a group that had been conducting the malicious activities for over a decade on behalf of the MSS, China’s civilian human intelligence agency .
6,593
APT
B-Hack
0.920374
2,820
The B-Hack group operates across the entire Nordic region along with Benelux, Central, and Eastern Europe .
6,594
LOC
Benelux, Central,
0.844039
2,820
The B-Hack group operates across the entire Nordic region along with Benelux, Central, and Eastern Europe .
6,595
LOC
Eastern Europe
0.896047
2,820
The B-Hack group operates across the entire Nordic region along with Benelux, Central, and Eastern Europe .
6,596
SECTEAM
Recorded Future
0.852464
2,821
Recorded Future has actively tracked B-Hack for several years, focusing specifically on the group’s targeting of MSPs and global internet infrastructure providers since the Operation Cloud Hopper report in 2017 .
6,597
APT
B-Hack
0.843258
2,821
Recorded Future has actively tracked B-Hack for several years, focusing specifically on the group’s targeting of MSPs and global internet infrastructure providers since the Operation Cloud Hopper report in 2017 .
6,598
IDTY
MSPs
0.884537
2,821
Recorded Future has actively tracked B-Hack for several years, focusing specifically on the group’s targeting of MSPs and global internet infrastructure providers since the Operation Cloud Hopper report in 2017 .
6,599
IDTY
internet infrastructure providers
0.777764
2,821
Recorded Future has actively tracked B-Hack for several years, focusing specifically on the group’s targeting of MSPs and global internet infrastructure providers since the Operation Cloud Hopper report in 2017 .
6,600
TIME
2017
0.894059
2,821
Recorded Future has actively tracked B-Hack for several years, focusing specifically on the group’s targeting of MSPs and global internet infrastructure providers since the Operation Cloud Hopper report in 2017 .
6,601
IDTY
customers
0.608402
2,822
We were particularly interested in identifying whether any customers of the targeted MSPs were subsequently compromised by B-Hack, given their potential access through compromised B- networks .
6,602
IDTY
MSPs
0.891329
2,822
We were particularly interested in identifying whether any customers of the targeted MSPs were subsequently compromised by B-Hack, given their potential access through compromised B- networks .
6,603
APT
B-Hack,
0.570183
2,822
We were particularly interested in identifying whether any customers of the targeted MSPs were subsequently compromised by B-Hack, given their potential access through compromised B- networks .
6,604
SECTEAM
Recorded Future’s
0.849108
2,823
Recorded Future’s Insikt Group has actively tracked APT10 for several years, focusing specifically on the group’s targeting of B- and global internet B- I- since the Operation Cloud Hopper report in 2017 .
6,605
APT
Insikt
0.709103
2,823
Recorded Future’s Insikt Group has actively tracked APT10 for several years, focusing specifically on the group’s targeting of B- and global internet B- I- since the Operation Cloud Hopper report in 2017 .
6,606
APT
APT10
0.920994
2,823
Recorded Future’s Insikt Group has actively tracked APT10 for several years, focusing specifically on the group’s targeting of B- and global internet B- I- since the Operation Cloud Hopper report in 2017 .
6,607
TIME
2017
0.914266
2,823
Recorded Future’s Insikt Group has actively tracked APT10 for several years, focusing specifically on the group’s targeting of B- and global internet B- I- since the Operation Cloud Hopper report in 2017 .
6,608
TIME
September 2018,
0.917621
2,824
In September 2018, one of our clients (and a supplier as well), Visma, reached out to us for assistance in investigating an incident uncovered on their network following a breach notification by B-Hack .
6,609
MAL
Visma
0.692028
2,825
This was followed by an initial exploitation, network enumeration, and malicious tool deployment on various Visma endpoints within two weeks of initial access .
6,610
TIME
August 30, 2018,
0.929088
2,826
On August 30, 2018, B-Hack deployed their first modified version of Trochilus that had its C2 communications encrypted using Salsa20 and RC4 ciphers instead of the more common RC4-encrypted Trochilus variant seen in the wild .
6,611
APT
B-Hack
0.892074
2,826
On August 30, 2018, B-Hack deployed their first modified version of Trochilus that had its C2 communications encrypted using Salsa20 and RC4 ciphers instead of the more common RC4-encrypted Trochilus variant seen in the wild .
6,612
MAL
Trochilus
0.920545
2,826
On August 30, 2018, B-Hack deployed their first modified version of Trochilus that had its C2 communications encrypted using Salsa20 and RC4 ciphers instead of the more common RC4-encrypted Trochilus variant seen in the wild .
6,613
TOOL
C2
0.916033
2,826
On August 30, 2018, B-Hack deployed their first modified version of Trochilus that had its C2 communications encrypted using Salsa20 and RC4 ciphers instead of the more common RC4-encrypted Trochilus variant seen in the wild .
6,614
ENCR
Salsa20
0.87914
2,826
On August 30, 2018, B-Hack deployed their first modified version of Trochilus that had its C2 communications encrypted using Salsa20 and RC4 ciphers instead of the more common RC4-encrypted Trochilus variant seen in the wild .
6,615
ENCR
RC4
0.821837
2,826
On August 30, 2018, B-Hack deployed their first modified version of Trochilus that had its C2 communications encrypted using Salsa20 and RC4 ciphers instead of the more common RC4-encrypted Trochilus variant seen in the wild .
6,616
ENCR
RC4-encrypted
0.723527
2,826
On August 30, 2018, B-Hack deployed their first modified version of Trochilus that had its C2 communications encrypted using Salsa20 and RC4 ciphers instead of the more common RC4-encrypted Trochilus variant seen in the wild .
6,617
MAL
Trochilus variant
0.683397
2,826
On August 30, 2018, B-Hack deployed their first modified version of Trochilus that had its C2 communications encrypted using Salsa20 and RC4 ciphers instead of the more common RC4-encrypted Trochilus variant seen in the wild .
6,618
FILE
sample,
0.822174
2,827
This sample, similar to other Trochilus samples, was deployed using a DLL sideloading method utilizing three files, uploaded to the same folder on the victim machine as identified in US-CERT advisory TA17-117A last revised on December 20, 2018 .
6,619
FILE
Trochilus
0.896258
2,827
This sample, similar to other Trochilus samples, was deployed using a DLL sideloading method utilizing three files, uploaded to the same folder on the victim machine as identified in US-CERT advisory TA17-117A last revised on December 20, 2018 .
6,620
TOOL
DLL
0.860621
2,827
This sample, similar to other Trochilus samples, was deployed using a DLL sideloading method utilizing three files, uploaded to the same folder on the victim machine as identified in US-CERT advisory TA17-117A last revised on December 20, 2018 .
6,621
FILE
configuration file
0.91949
2,828
The configuration file then loads the Trochilus payload into memory by injecting it into a valid system process .
6,622
APT
B-Hack
0.602663
2,829
B-Hack also used WinRAR and cURL for Windows, both often renamed, to compress and upload the exfiltrated files from the Visma network to the Dropbox API .
6,623
MAL
WinRAR
0.473118
2,829
B-Hack also used WinRAR and cURL for Windows, both often renamed, to compress and upload the exfiltrated files from the Visma network to the Dropbox API .
6,624
TOOL
cURL
0.557924
2,829
B-Hack also used WinRAR and cURL for Windows, both often renamed, to compress and upload the exfiltrated files from the Visma network to the Dropbox API .
6,625
OS
Windows,
0.891646
2,829
B-Hack also used WinRAR and cURL for Windows, both often renamed, to compress and upload the exfiltrated files from the Visma network to the Dropbox API .
6,626
MAL
Visma
0.770911
2,829
B-Hack also used WinRAR and cURL for Windows, both often renamed, to compress and upload the exfiltrated files from the Visma network to the Dropbox API .
6,627
TOOL
Dropbox
0.740484
2,829
B-Hack also used WinRAR and cURL for Windows, both often renamed, to compress and upload the exfiltrated files from the Visma network to the Dropbox API .
6,628
APT
B-Hack
0.778161
2,830
In order to exfiltrate the compromised data, B-Hack employed custom malware that used Dropbox as its C2 .
6,629
MAL
Dropbox
0.852599
2,830
In order to exfiltrate the compromised data, B-Hack employed custom malware that used Dropbox as its C2 .
6,630
TOOL
C2
0.907188
2,830
In order to exfiltrate the compromised data, B-Hack employed custom malware that used Dropbox as its C2 .
6,631
TOOL
WinRAR
0.91662
2,831
They also used WinRAR and cURL for Windows, both often renamed, to compress and upload the exfiltrated files from the Visma network to the Dropbox API .
6,632
TOOL
cURL
0.876233
2,831
They also used WinRAR and cURL for Windows, both often renamed, to compress and upload the exfiltrated files from the Visma network to the Dropbox API .
6,633
OS
Windows,
0.92674
2,831
They also used WinRAR and cURL for Windows, both often renamed, to compress and upload the exfiltrated files from the Visma network to the Dropbox API .
6,634
TOOL
Visma
0.472335
2,831
They also used WinRAR and cURL for Windows, both often renamed, to compress and upload the exfiltrated files from the Visma network to the Dropbox API .
6,635
TOOL
Dropbox
0.895319
2,831
They also used WinRAR and cURL for Windows, both often renamed, to compress and upload the exfiltrated files from the Visma network to the Dropbox API .
6,636
SECTEAM
Rapid7
0.921224
2,832
Our research partner Rapid7 investigated the Dropbox use and found that the B-Hack had used the same account to store exfiltrated data from a global apparel company .
6,637
TOOL
Dropbox
0.898406
2,832
Our research partner Rapid7 investigated the Dropbox use and found that the B-Hack had used the same account to store exfiltrated data from a global apparel company .
6,638
APT
B-Hack
0.504194
2,832
Our research partner Rapid7 investigated the Dropbox use and found that the B-Hack had used the same account to store exfiltrated data from a global apparel company .
6,639
IDTY
apparel company
0.744044
2,832
Our research partner Rapid7 investigated the Dropbox use and found that the B-Hack had used the same account to store exfiltrated data from a global apparel company .
6,640
LOC
U.S
0.660378
2,833
They also identified broadly similar TTPs being used in the B- I- a U.S law firm specializing in intellectual property law .
6,641
SECTEAM
Rapid7’s
0.873472
2,834
Rapid7’s investigation revealed the B- I- was first targeted in late 2017, followed by the apparel company a few months later, and finally, the B- I- in August 2018 .
6,642
TIME
2017,
0.682114
2,834
Rapid7’s investigation revealed the B- I- was first targeted in late 2017, followed by the apparel company a few months later, and finally, the B- I- in August 2018 .
6,643
TIME
August 2018
0.850533
2,834
Rapid7’s investigation revealed the B- I- was first targeted in late 2017, followed by the apparel company a few months later, and finally, the B- I- in August 2018 .
6,644
SECTEAM
Rapid7
0.912784
2,835
In one of the attacks, Rapid7 identified the B-Hack escaping a Citrix application in order to run the payload script on the victim desktop .
6,645
FILE
B-Hack
0.554008
2,835
In one of the attacks, Rapid7 identified the B-Hack escaping a Citrix application in order to run the payload script on the victim desktop .
6,646
TOOL
Citrix
0.582448
2,835
In one of the attacks, Rapid7 identified the B-Hack escaping a Citrix application in order to run the payload script on the victim desktop .
6,647
TOOL
DLL
0.906459
2,836
Additionally, the same DLL sideloading technique observed in the Visma attack was used, and many of the tools deployed by the B-Hack shared naming similarities as well 1.bat, cu.exe, ss.rar, r.exe, pd.exe .
6,648
MAL
Visma
0.875299
2,836
Additionally, the same DLL sideloading technique observed in the Visma attack was used, and many of the tools deployed by the B-Hack shared naming similarities as well 1.bat, cu.exe, ss.rar, r.exe, pd.exe .
6,649
ACT
B-Hack
0.679756
2,836
Additionally, the same DLL sideloading technique observed in the Visma attack was used, and many of the tools deployed by the B-Hack shared naming similarities as well 1.bat, cu.exe, ss.rar, r.exe, pd.exe .
6,650
MAL
1.bat, cu.exe, ss.rar, r.exe, pd.exe
0.863211
2,836
Additionally, the same DLL sideloading technique observed in the Visma attack was used, and many of the tools deployed by the B-Hack shared naming similarities as well 1.bat, cu.exe, ss.rar, r.exe, pd.exe .
6,651
SECTEAM
Rapid7
0.920608
2,837
Most interestingly, Rapid7 observed the use of the Notepad++ updater gup.exe as a legitimate executable to sideload a malicious DLL (libcurl.dll) in order to deploy a variant of the UPPERCUT backdoor also known as ANEL .
6,652
FILE
gup.exe
0.918886
2,837
Most interestingly, Rapid7 observed the use of the Notepad++ updater gup.exe as a legitimate executable to sideload a malicious DLL (libcurl.dll) in order to deploy a variant of the UPPERCUT backdoor also known as ANEL .
6,653
TOOL
DLL
0.931826
2,837
Most interestingly, Rapid7 observed the use of the Notepad++ updater gup.exe as a legitimate executable to sideload a malicious DLL (libcurl.dll) in order to deploy a variant of the UPPERCUT backdoor also known as ANEL .
6,654
MAL
ANEL
0.901525
2,837
Most interestingly, Rapid7 observed the use of the Notepad++ updater gup.exe as a legitimate executable to sideload a malicious DLL (libcurl.dll) in order to deploy a variant of the UPPERCUT backdoor also known as ANEL .
6,655
SECTEAM
B-Hack
0.718981
2,838
B-Hack used this approach to deploy UPPERCUT when targeting B- I- in July 2018 .
6,656
MAL
UPPERCUT
0.910943
2,838
B-Hack used this approach to deploy UPPERCUT when targeting B- I- in July 2018 .
6,657
TIME
July 2018
0.888509
2,838
B-Hack used this approach to deploy UPPERCUT when targeting B- I- in July 2018 .
6,658
APT
B-Hack
0.915119
2,839
B-Hack actors gained initial access to the Visma network around August 17, 2018 .
6,659
MAL
Visma
0.544028
2,839
B-Hack actors gained initial access to the Visma network around August 17, 2018 .
6,660
TIME
August 17, 2018
0.922868
2,839
B-Hack actors gained initial access to the Visma network around August 17, 2018 .
6,661
APT
B-Hack actors
0.717931
2,840
While we are confident that B-Hack actors gained access to the B- network in August using stolen employee Citrix remote desktop credentials, it is not clear how or when these credentials were initially compromised .
6,662
TIME
August
0.909146
2,840
While we are confident that B-Hack actors gained access to the B- network in August using stolen employee Citrix remote desktop credentials, it is not clear how or when these credentials were initially compromised .
6,663
MAL
Citrix
0.391345
2,840
While we are confident that B-Hack actors gained access to the B- network in August using stolen employee Citrix remote desktop credentials, it is not clear how or when these credentials were initially compromised .
6,664
APT
B-Hack
0.466078
2,841
B-Hack I-Hack analysis of network metadata to and from the VPN endpoint IPs revealed consistent connectivity to Citrix-hosted infrastructure from all eight VPN endpoint IPs starting on August 17, 2018 — the same date the first authenticated login to Visma’s network was made using stolen credentials .
6,665
FILE
Citrix-hosted
0.918071
2,841
B-Hack I-Hack analysis of network metadata to and from the VPN endpoint IPs revealed consistent connectivity to Citrix-hosted infrastructure from all eight VPN endpoint IPs starting on August 17, 2018 — the same date the first authenticated login to Visma’s network was made using stolen credentials .
6,667
TOOL
VPN
0.905658
2,841
B-Hack I-Hack analysis of network metadata to and from the VPN endpoint IPs revealed consistent connectivity to Citrix-hosted infrastructure from all eight VPN endpoint IPs starting on August 17, 2018 — the same date the first authenticated login to Visma’s network was made using stolen credentials .
6,668
TIME
August 17, 2018
0.868457
2,841
B-Hack I-Hack analysis of network metadata to and from the VPN endpoint IPs revealed consistent connectivity to Citrix-hosted infrastructure from all eight VPN endpoint IPs starting on August 17, 2018 — the same date the first authenticated login to Visma’s network was made using stolen credentials .
6,669
TIME
August 30, 2018,
0.879276
2,842
After almost two weeks, on August 30, 2018, B-Hack attackers used their access to the network to move laterally and made their first deployment of an RC4- and Salsa20-encrypted variant of the Trochilus malware using a previously associated DLL sideloading techniquE .
6,670
APT
B-Hack attackers
0.900966
2,842
After almost two weeks, on August 30, 2018, B-Hack attackers used their access to the network to move laterally and made their first deployment of an RC4- and Salsa20-encrypted variant of the Trochilus malware using a previously associated DLL sideloading techniquE .
6,671
ENCR
RC4-
0.82857
2,842
After almost two weeks, on August 30, 2018, B-Hack attackers used their access to the network to move laterally and made their first deployment of an RC4- and Salsa20-encrypted variant of the Trochilus malware using a previously associated DLL sideloading techniquE .
6,672
ENCR
Salsa20-encrypted
0.832747
2,842
After almost two weeks, on August 30, 2018, B-Hack attackers used their access to the network to move laterally and made their first deployment of an RC4- and Salsa20-encrypted variant of the Trochilus malware using a previously associated DLL sideloading techniquE .
6,673
MAL
Trochilus malware
0.920248
2,842
After almost two weeks, on August 30, 2018, B-Hack attackers used their access to the network to move laterally and made their first deployment of an RC4- and Salsa20-encrypted variant of the Trochilus malware using a previously associated DLL sideloading techniquE .
6,674
TOOL
DLL
0.902914
2,842
After almost two weeks, on August 30, 2018, B-Hack attackers used their access to the network to move laterally and made their first deployment of an RC4- and Salsa20-encrypted variant of the Trochilus malware using a previously associated DLL sideloading techniquE .
6,675
APT
B-Hack
0.920758
2,843
This means that B-Hack actors had two separate access points into the Visma network .
6,676
MAL
Visma
0.898466
2,843
This means that B-Hack actors had two separate access points into the Visma network .
6,677
ACT
B-Hack
0.922964
2,844
This slight delay may point to the handing over of active exploitation duties to other operator(s) in a multi-team B-Hack effort within the Ministry of State Security for the attack .
6,678
IDTY
Ministry of State Security
0.539798
2,844
This slight delay may point to the handing over of active exploitation duties to other operator(s) in a multi-team B-Hack effort within the Ministry of State Security for the attack .
6,679
DOM
internet.bs
0.814095
2,845
Other examples of malicious infrastructure registered with internet.bs include domains for B-Hack VPNFilter malware campaign and the registration of the cyber-berkut .
6,680
ACT
B-Hack
0.521985
2,845
Other examples of malicious infrastructure registered with internet.bs include domains for B-Hack VPNFilter malware campaign and the registration of the cyber-berkut .
6,681
MAL
VPNFilter
0.536483
2,845
Other examples of malicious infrastructure registered with internet.bs include domains for B-Hack VPNFilter malware campaign and the registration of the cyber-berkut .
6,682
LOC
Russian
0.83471
2,846
org domain that was affiliated with the pro-Russian and potentially Russian state-linked threat actor B-Hack .
6,683
APT
B-Hack
0.831685
2,846
org domain that was affiliated with the pro-Russian and potentially Russian state-linked threat actor B-Hack .
6,684