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Chinese statesponsored threat groups,
0.850225
3,141
Explicit financially-motivated targeting is unusual among Chinese statesponsored threat groups, and evidence suggests B-Hack has conducted simultaneous cyber crime and cyber espionage operations from 2014 onward .
7,398
APT
B-Hack
0.912926
3,141
Explicit financially-motivated targeting is unusual among Chinese statesponsored threat groups, and evidence suggests B-Hack has conducted simultaneous cyber crime and cyber espionage operations from 2014 onward .
7,399
ACT
cyber espionage
0.886101
3,141
Explicit financially-motivated targeting is unusual among Chinese statesponsored threat groups, and evidence suggests B-Hack has conducted simultaneous cyber crime and cyber espionage operations from 2014 onward .
7,400
TIME
2014
0.915318
3,141
Explicit financially-motivated targeting is unusual among Chinese statesponsored threat groups, and evidence suggests B-Hack has conducted simultaneous cyber crime and cyber espionage operations from 2014 onward .
7,401
ACT
B-Hack
0.911577
3,142
B-Hack operations against B- I-, B- I-, and B- I- provide some indication that the group also tracks individuals and conducts surveillance .
7,402
APT
B-Hack
0.791045
3,144
B-Hack has established and maintained strategic access to organizations in the B-, B-, and B- B- .
7,403
ACT
B-Hack
0.554599
3,146
In another instance, B-Hack targeted a hotel’s reservation systems ahead of Chinese officials staying there, suggesting the group was tasked to reconnoiter the facility for security reasons .
7,404
ACT
supply chain compromise
0.797941
3,147
These supply chain compromise tactics have also been characteristic of B-Hack best known and most recent espionage campaigns .
7,405
APT
B-Hack
0.640742
3,147
These supply chain compromise tactics have also been characteristic of B-Hack best known and most recent espionage campaigns .
7,406
ACT
espionage campaigns
0.77591
3,147
These supply chain compromise tactics have also been characteristic of B-Hack best known and most recent espionage campaigns .
7,407
ACT
B-Hack
0.836756
3,148
Interestingly, despite the significant effort required to execute supply chain compromises and the large number of affected organizations, B-Hack limits the deployment of follow-on malware to specific victim systems by matching against individual system identifiers .
7,408
TIME
2012
0.902612
3,149
Mapping the group’s activities since 2012 (Figure 2) also provides some indication that B-Hack primarily B- financially motivated operations outside of their normal day jobs .
7,409
APT
B-Hack
0.914333
3,149
Mapping the group’s activities since 2012 (Figure 2) also provides some indication that B-Hack primarily B- financially motivated operations outside of their normal day jobs .
7,410
APT
B-Hack
0.807857
3,150
The latter is especially notable because B-Hack has repeatedly returned to targeting the B- I- I- and we believe these activities were formative in the group’s later espionage operations .
7,411
MAL
malware families
0.816861
3,151
B-Hack leverages an arsenal of over 46 different malware families and tools to accomplish their missions, including publicly available utilities, malware shared with other Chinese espionage operations, and tools unique to the B-Hack .
7,413
APT
B-Hack
0.914476
3,151
B-Hack leverages an arsenal of over 46 different malware families and tools to accomplish their missions, including publicly available utilities, malware shared with other Chinese espionage operations, and tools unique to the B-Hack .
7,414
APT
B-Hack
0.710658
3,153
B-Hack often relies on spear-phishing emails with attachments such as compiled HTML (.chm) files to initially compromise their victims .
7,415
ACT
spear-phishing
0.915115
3,153
B-Hack often relies on spear-phishing emails with attachments such as compiled HTML (.chm) files to initially compromise their victims .
7,416
TOOL
emails
0.912305
3,153
B-Hack often relies on spear-phishing emails with attachments such as compiled HTML (.chm) files to initially compromise their victims .
7,417
TOOL
HTML
0.871128
3,153
B-Hack often relies on spear-phishing emails with attachments such as compiled HTML (.chm) files to initially compromise their victims .
7,418
FILE
(.chm)
0.452545
3,153
B-Hack often relies on spear-phishing emails with attachments such as compiled HTML (.chm) files to initially compromise their victims .
7,419
APT
B-Hack
0.558527
3,154
B-Hack has also deployed rootkits and Master Boot Record (MBR) bootkits on a limited basis to hide their malware and maintain persistence on select victim systems .
7,420
TOOL
Master Boot Record (MBR)
0.914162
3,154
B-Hack has also deployed rootkits and Master Boot Record (MBR) bootkits on a limited basis to hide their malware and maintain persistence on select victim systems .
7,421
APT
B-Hack
0.90813
3,155
The limited use of these tools by B-Hack suggests the group reserves more advanced TTPs and malware only for high-value targets .
7,422
APT
B-Hack
0.889153
3,156
Like other Chinese espionage operators, B-Hack appears to have moved toward strategic intelligence collection and establishing access and away from direct intellectual property theft since 2015 .
7,423
TIME
2015
0.923366
3,156
Like other Chinese espionage operators, B-Hack appears to have moved toward strategic intelligence collection and establishing access and away from direct intellectual property theft since 2015 .
7,424
APT
B-Hack
0.845296
3,157
This shift, however, has not affected the B-Hack consistent interest in targeting the B- I- I- for financially motivated reasons .
7,425
FILE
BalkanRAT
0.917148
3,158
BalkanRAT enables the attacker to remotely control the compromised computer via a graphical interface, i.e, manually; BalkanDoor enables them to remotely control the compromised computer via a command line, i.e, possibly en masse .
7,426
FILE
BalkanDoor
0.91763
3,158
BalkanRAT enables the attacker to remotely control the compromised computer via a graphical interface, i.e, manually; BalkanDoor enables them to remotely control the compromised computer via a command line, i.e, possibly en masse .
7,427
TOOL
emails,
0.917485
3,159
With the contents of the emails, included links and decoy PDFs all involving taxes, the B-Hack are apparently targeting the B- departments of organizations in the Balkans region .
7,428
APT
B-Hack
0.919917
3,159
With the contents of the emails, included links and decoy PDFs all involving taxes, the B-Hack are apparently targeting the B- departments of organizations in the Balkans region .
7,429
IDTY
B-
0.612613
3,159
With the contents of the emails, included links and decoy PDFs all involving taxes, the B-Hack are apparently targeting the B- departments of organizations in the Balkans region .
7,430
LOC
Balkans
0.899834
3,159
With the contents of the emails, included links and decoy PDFs all involving taxes, the B-Hack are apparently targeting the B- departments of organizations in the Balkans region .
7,431
SECTEAM
Serbian security provider
0.689465
3,160
Some parts of the campaign were briefly described by a Serbian security provider in 2016 and the Croatian CERT in 2017 .
7,432
TIME
2016
0.91134
3,160
Some parts of the campaign were briefly described by a Serbian security provider in 2016 and the Croatian CERT in 2017 .
7,433
SECTEAM
CERT
0.349499
3,160
Some parts of the campaign were briefly described by a Serbian security provider in 2016 and the Croatian CERT in 2017 .
7,434
TIME
2017
0.900281
3,160
Some parts of the campaign were briefly described by a Serbian security provider in 2016 and the Croatian CERT in 2017 .
7,435
APT
B-
0.901786
3,161
The B- has been active at least from January 2016 to the time of writing the most recent detections in our telemetry are from July 2019 .
7,436
TIME
January 2016
0.916523
3,161
The B- has been active at least from January 2016 to the time of writing the most recent detections in our telemetry are from July 2019 .
7,437
TIME
July 2019
0.913192
3,161
The B- has been active at least from January 2016 to the time of writing the most recent detections in our telemetry are from July 2019 .
7,438
ACT
B-Hack
0.358387
3,162
Our findings show that the mentioned B-Hack have been orchestrated and we consider them a single long-term campaign that spans Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina .
7,439
LOC
Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro,
0.924218
3,162
Our findings show that the mentioned B-Hack have been orchestrated and we consider them a single long-term campaign that spans Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina .
7,440
LOC
Bosnia
0.927214
3,162
Our findings show that the mentioned B-Hack have been orchestrated and we consider them a single long-term campaign that spans Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina .
7,441
LOC
Herzegovina
0.875722
3,162
Our findings show that the mentioned B-Hack have been orchestrated and we consider them a single long-term campaign that spans Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina .
7,442
APT
B-Hack
0.886574
3,163
We’ve discovered a new version of B-Hack with a new method for execution/installation: an exploit of the WinRAR ACE vulnerability CVE-2018-20250 .
7,443
VULNAME
exploit
0.929534
3,163
We’ve discovered a new version of B-Hack with a new method for execution/installation: an exploit of the WinRAR ACE vulnerability CVE-2018-20250 .
7,444
TOOL
WinRAR
0.911749
3,163
We’ve discovered a new version of B-Hack with a new method for execution/installation: an exploit of the WinRAR ACE vulnerability CVE-2018-20250 .
7,445
VULID
CVE-2018-20250
0.918993
3,163
We’ve discovered a new version of B-Hack with a new method for execution/installation: an exploit of the WinRAR ACE vulnerability CVE-2018-20250 .
7,446
FILE
BalkanRAT
0.917961
3,164
Both BalkanRAT and BalkanDoor spread in Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina .
7,447
FILE
BalkanDoor
0.916541
3,164
Both BalkanRAT and BalkanDoor spread in Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina .
7,448
LOC
Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro,
0.928923
3,164
Both BalkanRAT and BalkanDoor spread in Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina .
7,449
LOC
Bosnia
0.933112
3,164
Both BalkanRAT and BalkanDoor spread in Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina .
7,450
LOC
Herzegovina
0.927892
3,164
Both BalkanRAT and BalkanDoor spread in Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina .
7,451
TIME
2016,
0.917994
3,165
According to our telemetry, the B- spreading these tools has been live since 2016, with the most recent detections as late as in July 2019 .
7,452
TIME
July 2019
0.923642
3,165
According to our telemetry, the B- spreading these tools has been live since 2016, with the most recent detections as late as in July 2019 .
7,453
FILE
BalkanDoor
0.919482
3,166
In some of the latest samples of BalkanDoor detected in 2019, the malware is distributed as an ACE archive, disguised as a RAR archive (i.e, not an executable file), specially crafted to exploit the WinRAR ACE vulnerability CVE-2018-20250 .
7,454
TIME
2019,
0.906578
3,166
In some of the latest samples of BalkanDoor detected in 2019, the malware is distributed as an ACE archive, disguised as a RAR archive (i.e, not an executable file), specially crafted to exploit the WinRAR ACE vulnerability CVE-2018-20250 .
7,455
VULNAME
exploit
0.94094
3,166
In some of the latest samples of BalkanDoor detected in 2019, the malware is distributed as an ACE archive, disguised as a RAR archive (i.e, not an executable file), specially crafted to exploit the WinRAR ACE vulnerability CVE-2018-20250 .
7,456
TOOL
WinRAR
0.905537
3,166
In some of the latest samples of BalkanDoor detected in 2019, the malware is distributed as an ACE archive, disguised as a RAR archive (i.e, not an executable file), specially crafted to exploit the WinRAR ACE vulnerability CVE-2018-20250 .
7,457
VULID
CVE-2018-20250
0.919415
3,166
In some of the latest samples of BalkanDoor detected in 2019, the malware is distributed as an ACE archive, disguised as a RAR archive (i.e, not an executable file), specially crafted to exploit the WinRAR ACE vulnerability CVE-2018-20250 .
7,458
FILE
BalkanDoor
0.922959
3,167
Via the BalkanDoor backdoor, the B-Hack sends a backdoor command to unlock the screen… and using BalkanRAT, they can do whatever they want on the computer .
7,459
MAL
B-Hack
0.69212
3,167
Via the BalkanDoor backdoor, the B-Hack sends a backdoor command to unlock the screen… and using BalkanRAT, they can do whatever they want on the computer .
7,460
FILE
BalkanRAT,
0.910221
3,167
Via the BalkanDoor backdoor, the B-Hack sends a backdoor command to unlock the screen… and using BalkanRAT, they can do whatever they want on the computer .
7,461
FILE
BalkanDoor
0.930984
3,168
The BalkanDoor backdoor does not implement any exfiltration channel .
7,462
ACT
B-Hack
0.763985
3,169
B-Hack leveraged ADORE.XSEC, a Linux backdoor launched by the Adore-NG rootkit, throughout an organization's Linux environment .
7,463
MAL
ADORE.XSEC,
0.930354
3,169
B-Hack leveraged ADORE.XSEC, a Linux backdoor launched by the Adore-NG rootkit, throughout an organization's Linux environment .
7,464
OS
Linux
0.916057
3,169
B-Hack leveraged ADORE.XSEC, a Linux backdoor launched by the Adore-NG rootkit, throughout an organization's Linux environment .
7,465
TOOL
Adore-NG
0.427206
3,169
B-Hack leveraged ADORE.XSEC, a Linux backdoor launched by the Adore-NG rootkit, throughout an organization's Linux environment .
7,466
FILE
backdoor
0.77568
3,170
The backdoor can connect to any of the C&Cs from a hardcoded list – a measure to increase resilience .
7,468
FILE
BalkanRAT malware
0.879082
3,171
The main part of the BalkanRAT malware is a copy of the Remote Utilities software for B- I- .
7,469
MAL
B-Hack POISONPLUG malware samples
0.850843
3,172
Interestingly, some of the B-Hack POISONPLUG malware samples leverage the Steam Community website associated with Valve, a video game developer and publisher .
7,470
TOOL
Steam
0.750394
3,172
Interestingly, some of the B-Hack POISONPLUG malware samples leverage the Steam Community website associated with Valve, a video game developer and publisher .
7,471
IDTY
Valve,
0.938406
3,172
Interestingly, some of the B-Hack POISONPLUG malware samples leverage the Steam Community website associated with Valve, a video game developer and publisher .
7,472
IDTY
accountants
0.890566
3,173
The B- targeting accountants in the Balkans shows some similarities with a campaign aimed at Ukrainian notaries reported in 2016 .
7,473
IDTY
notaries
0.859293
3,173
The B- targeting accountants in the Balkans shows some similarities with a campaign aimed at Ukrainian notaries reported in 2016 .
7,474
TIME
2016
0.9184
3,173
The B- targeting accountants in the Balkans shows some similarities with a campaign aimed at Ukrainian notaries reported in 2016 .
7,475
TIME
May 2019
0.913236
3,174
Based on the Let’s Encrypt certificate issuance date, we believe this B- to be active from May 2019 .
7,476
SECTEAM
CERT 360
0.897059
3,175
One of the domains uncovered during the investigation was identified by the Chinese security vendor CERT 360 as being part of the B-Hack I-Hack campaign in May 2019 .
7,477
ACT
B-Hack I-Hack campaign
0.903531
3,175
One of the domains uncovered during the investigation was identified by the Chinese security vendor CERT 360 as being part of the B-Hack I-Hack campaign in May 2019 .
7,478
TIME
May 2019
0.905307
3,175
One of the domains uncovered during the investigation was identified by the Chinese security vendor CERT 360 as being part of the B-Hack I-Hack campaign in May 2019 .
7,479
ACT
phishing campaign
0.80017
3,176
Further analysis of the B-Hack I-Hack infrastructure uncovered a broader phishing campaign targeting other B- I- and state-owned B- in China .
7,480
LOC
China
0.754321
3,176
Further analysis of the B-Hack I-Hack infrastructure uncovered a broader phishing campaign targeting other B- I- and state-owned B- in China .
7,481
LOC
B- of China
0.575007
3,177
Further investigation revealed approximately 40 additional sites, all of which appear to be targeting the B- of China and other B- in China .
7,482
LOC
B-
0.768709
3,177
Further investigation revealed approximately 40 additional sites, all of which appear to be targeting the B- of China and other B- in China .
7,483
LOC
China
0.802478
3,177
Further investigation revealed approximately 40 additional sites, all of which appear to be targeting the B- of China and other B- in China .
7,484
LOC
B- of China
0.76614
3,178
We expect to see B-Hack I-Hack continuing to target the B- of China by employing spoofed login pages designed to steal user credentials and obtain access to privileged account information .
7,485
SECTEAM
360-CERT
0.924508
3,179
This domain and IP address has been previously associated with the B-Hack I-Hack and targeting B- I- in China with B- I-, based on reporting from 360-CERT .
7,486
APT
B-Hack I-Hack
0.893855
3,180
At the time of analysis, the subdomains did not host a website; however, based on B-Hack I-Hack group’s targeting patterns, it is highly likely that they were created to host faux login phishing pages designed to steal user’s credentials .
7,487
ACT
B-Hack I-Hack campaigns
0.891857
3,181
B-Hack I-Hack campaigns are primarily targeting China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia historically .
7,488
LOC
China, Pakistan
0.924389
3,181
B-Hack I-Hack campaigns are primarily targeting China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia historically .
7,489
LOC
Saudi Arabia
0.909899
3,181
B-Hack I-Hack campaigns are primarily targeting China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia historically .
7,490
SECTEAM
Anomali Threat Research
0.833913
3,182
As part of its ongoing research initiatives, the Anomali Threat Research Team has discovered a new B- B- leveraging spoof sites that seem to be designed to steal email credentials from the target victims within the government of the People’s Republic of China .
7,491
TOOL
email
0.920263
3,182
As part of its ongoing research initiatives, the Anomali Threat Research Team has discovered a new B- B- leveraging spoof sites that seem to be designed to steal email credentials from the target victims within the government of the People’s Republic of China .
7,492
IDTY
government
0.862491
3,182
As part of its ongoing research initiatives, the Anomali Threat Research Team has discovered a new B- B- leveraging spoof sites that seem to be designed to steal email credentials from the target victims within the government of the People’s Republic of China .
7,493
IDTY
People’s Republic
0.827514
3,182
As part of its ongoing research initiatives, the Anomali Threat Research Team has discovered a new B- B- leveraging spoof sites that seem to be designed to steal email credentials from the target victims within the government of the People’s Republic of China .
7,494
LOC
China
0.718693
3,182
As part of its ongoing research initiatives, the Anomali Threat Research Team has discovered a new B- B- leveraging spoof sites that seem to be designed to steal email credentials from the target victims within the government of the People’s Republic of China .
7,495
SECTEAM
360 Threat Intelligence Center
0.904709
3,183
360 Threat Intelligence Center has reported on related indicators being attributed to B-Hack I-Hack a South Asian country suspected Indian APT in open source reporting .
7,496
APT
B-Hack I-Hack
0.930551
3,183
360 Threat Intelligence Center has reported on related indicators being attributed to B-Hack I-Hack a South Asian country suspected Indian APT in open source reporting .
7,497
LOC
South Asian
0.821844
3,183
360 Threat Intelligence Center has reported on related indicators being attributed to B-Hack I-Hack a South Asian country suspected Indian APT in open source reporting .
7,498
MAL
China Chopper
0.843765
3,184
China Chopper is a tool that has been used by some state-sponsored actors such as B-Hack and B-Hack I-Hack, but during our investigation we've seen actors with varying skill levels .
7,499