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16.8k
ACT
ZIP archive
0.92709
3,771
Attachments are typically sent as an executable file embedded in a ZIP archive or a password-protected Microsoft Office document .
9,234
ACT
password-protected Microsoft Office document
0.917785
3,771
Attachments are typically sent as an executable file embedded in a ZIP archive or a password-protected Microsoft Office document .
9,235
MAL
PIVY
0.910982
3,772
This blog post analyzes several recent B- I- that deployed PIVY against targets in the Middle East and in the U.S.
9,236
LOC
Middle East
0.890109
3,772
This blog post analyzes several recent B- I- that deployed PIVY against targets in the Middle East and in the U.S.
9,237
LOC
U.S.
0.899051
3,772
This blog post analyzes several recent B- I- that deployed PIVY against targets in the Middle East and in the U.S.
9,238
LOC
Egypt
0.919194
3,773
We also examine additional B- I- that leverage Arabic-language content related to the ongoing crisis in Egypt and the wider Middle East to lure targets into opening malicious files .
9,239
LOC
Middle East
0.874463
3,773
We also examine additional B- I- that leverage Arabic-language content related to the ongoing crisis in Egypt and the wider Middle East to lure targets into opening malicious files .
9,240
FILE
malicious files
0.907325
3,773
We also examine additional B- I- that leverage Arabic-language content related to the ongoing crisis in Egypt and the wider Middle East to lure targets into opening malicious files .
9,241
FILE
.exe file,
0.92848
3,774
The archive contains an .exe file, sometimes disguised as a Microsoft Word file, a video, or another file format, using the corresponding icon .
9,242
FILE
Microsoft Word file,
0.924647
3,774
The archive contains an .exe file, sometimes disguised as a Microsoft Word file, a video, or another file format, using the corresponding icon .
9,243
SECTEAM
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42
0.894629
3,775
The Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 research team recently came across a series of malicious files which were almost identical to those targeting the Saudi Arabian B- previously discussed by MalwareBytes .
9,244
FILE
malicious files
0.91549
3,775
The Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 research team recently came across a series of malicious files which were almost identical to those targeting the Saudi Arabian B- previously discussed by MalwareBytes .
9,245
LOC
Saudi Arabian
0.923174
3,775
The Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 research team recently came across a series of malicious files which were almost identical to those targeting the Saudi Arabian B- previously discussed by MalwareBytes .
9,246
SECTEAM
MalwareBytes
0.917344
3,775
The Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 research team recently came across a series of malicious files which were almost identical to those targeting the Saudi Arabian B- previously discussed by MalwareBytes .
9,247
MAL
Powermud backdoor,
0.903907
3,776
We found new variants of the Powermud backdoor, a new backdoor (Backdoor.Powemuddy), and custom tools for stealing passwords, creating reverse shells, privilege escalation, and the use of the native Windows cabinet creation tool, makecab.exe, probably for compressing stolen data to be uploaded .
9,248
MAL
custom tools
0.886666
3,776
We found new variants of the Powermud backdoor, a new backdoor (Backdoor.Powemuddy), and custom tools for stealing passwords, creating reverse shells, privilege escalation, and the use of the native Windows cabinet creation tool, makecab.exe, probably for compressing stolen data to be uploaded .
9,249
OS
Windows
0.898128
3,776
We found new variants of the Powermud backdoor, a new backdoor (Backdoor.Powemuddy), and custom tools for stealing passwords, creating reverse shells, privilege escalation, and the use of the native Windows cabinet creation tool, makecab.exe, probably for compressing stolen data to be uploaded .
9,250
FILE
makecab.exe,
0.919415
3,776
We found new variants of the Powermud backdoor, a new backdoor (Backdoor.Powemuddy), and custom tools for stealing passwords, creating reverse shells, privilege escalation, and the use of the native Windows cabinet creation tool, makecab.exe, probably for compressing stolen data to be uploaded .
9,251
SECTEAM
DeepSight Managed Adversary and Threat Intelligence (MATI)
0.902038
3,777
Analysts in our DeepSight Managed Adversary and Threat Intelligence (MATI) team have found a new backdoor, Backdoor.Powemuddy, new variants of B-Hack's Powermud backdoor (aka POWERSTATS), a GitHub repository used by the B-Hack to store their scripts, as well as several post-compromise tools the B-Hack uses to exploit v...
9,252
FILE
Backdoor.Powemuddy,
0.932329
3,777
Analysts in our DeepSight Managed Adversary and Threat Intelligence (MATI) team have found a new backdoor, Backdoor.Powemuddy, new variants of B-Hack's Powermud backdoor (aka POWERSTATS), a GitHub repository used by the B-Hack to store their scripts, as well as several post-compromise tools the B-Hack uses to exploit v...
9,253
APT
B-Hack's
0.925572
3,777
Analysts in our DeepSight Managed Adversary and Threat Intelligence (MATI) team have found a new backdoor, Backdoor.Powemuddy, new variants of B-Hack's Powermud backdoor (aka POWERSTATS), a GitHub repository used by the B-Hack to store their scripts, as well as several post-compromise tools the B-Hack uses to exploit v...
9,254
FILE
Powermud backdoor
0.930502
3,777
Analysts in our DeepSight Managed Adversary and Threat Intelligence (MATI) team have found a new backdoor, Backdoor.Powemuddy, new variants of B-Hack's Powermud backdoor (aka POWERSTATS), a GitHub repository used by the B-Hack to store their scripts, as well as several post-compromise tools the B-Hack uses to exploit v...
9,255
MAL
POWERSTATS),
0.906954
3,777
Analysts in our DeepSight Managed Adversary and Threat Intelligence (MATI) team have found a new backdoor, Backdoor.Powemuddy, new variants of B-Hack's Powermud backdoor (aka POWERSTATS), a GitHub repository used by the B-Hack to store their scripts, as well as several post-compromise tools the B-Hack uses to exploit v...
9,256
APT
B-Hack
0.919598
3,777
Analysts in our DeepSight Managed Adversary and Threat Intelligence (MATI) team have found a new backdoor, Backdoor.Powemuddy, new variants of B-Hack's Powermud backdoor (aka POWERSTATS), a GitHub repository used by the B-Hack to store their scripts, as well as several post-compromise tools the B-Hack uses to exploit v...
9,257
VULNAME
exploit
0.932018
3,777
Analysts in our DeepSight Managed Adversary and Threat Intelligence (MATI) team have found a new backdoor, Backdoor.Powemuddy, new variants of B-Hack's Powermud backdoor (aka POWERSTATS), a GitHub repository used by the B-Hack to store their scripts, as well as several post-compromise tools the B-Hack uses to exploit v...
9,259
TOOL
Microsoft Word
0.895838
3,778
Like the previous B-, these samples again involve a Microsoft Word document embedded with a malicious macro that is capable of executing PowerShell (PS) scripts leading to a backdoor payload .
9,260
TOOL
PowerShell
0.92273
3,778
Like the previous B-, these samples again involve a Microsoft Word document embedded with a malicious macro that is capable of executing PowerShell (PS) scripts leading to a backdoor payload .
9,261
TIME
May 2018,
0.921486
3,779
In May 2018, Trend Micro found a new sample (Detected as W2KM_DLOADR.UHAOEEN) that may be related to this B- .
9,262
SECTEAM
Trend Micro
0.858946
3,779
In May 2018, Trend Micro found a new sample (Detected as W2KM_DLOADR.UHAOEEN) that may be related to this B- .
9,263
MAL
W2KM_DLOADR.UHAOEEN)
0.903338
3,779
In May 2018, Trend Micro found a new sample (Detected as W2KM_DLOADR.UHAOEEN) that may be related to this B- .
9,264
TIME
May 2018,
0.921486
3,780
In May 2018, Trend Micro found a new sample (Detected as W2KM_DLOADR.UHAOEEN) that may be related to this B- .
9,265
SECTEAM
Trend Micro
0.858946
3,780
In May 2018, Trend Micro found a new sample (Detected as W2KM_DLOADR.UHAOEEN) that may be related to this B- .
9,266
MAL
W2KM_DLOADR.UHAOEEN)
0.903338
3,780
In May 2018, Trend Micro found a new sample (Detected as W2KM_DLOADR.UHAOEEN) that may be related to this B- .
9,267
FILE
bait document,
0.895695
3,781
This bait document, or email attachment, appears to be a standard Word document, but is in fact an CVE-2012-0158 exploit, an executable with a double extension, or an executable with an RTLO filename, so it can execute code without the user's knowledge or consent .
9,268
ACT
email attachment,
0.919939
3,781
This bait document, or email attachment, appears to be a standard Word document, but is in fact an CVE-2012-0158 exploit, an executable with a double extension, or an executable with an RTLO filename, so it can execute code without the user's knowledge or consent .
9,269
TOOL
Word
0.909069
3,781
This bait document, or email attachment, appears to be a standard Word document, but is in fact an CVE-2012-0158 exploit, an executable with a double extension, or an executable with an RTLO filename, so it can execute code without the user's knowledge or consent .
9,270
VULID
CVE-2012-0158
0.924808
3,781
This bait document, or email attachment, appears to be a standard Word document, but is in fact an CVE-2012-0158 exploit, an executable with a double extension, or an executable with an RTLO filename, so it can execute code without the user's knowledge or consent .
9,271
VULNAME
exploit,
0.802515
3,781
This bait document, or email attachment, appears to be a standard Word document, but is in fact an CVE-2012-0158 exploit, an executable with a double extension, or an executable with an RTLO filename, so it can execute code without the user's knowledge or consent .
9,272
SECTEAM
B-Hack
0.44791
3,782
Taking a step back, as discussed in the Appendix in our initial B-Hack blog, Clayslide delivery documents initially open with a worksheet named " Incompatible " that displays content that instructs the user to " Enable Content " to see the contents of the document, which in fact runs the malicious macro and compromises...
9,273
FILE
Clayslide delivery documents
0.909114
3,782
Taking a step back, as discussed in the Appendix in our initial B-Hack blog, Clayslide delivery documents initially open with a worksheet named " Incompatible " that displays content that instructs the user to " Enable Content " to see the contents of the document, which in fact runs the malicious macro and compromises...
9,274
FILE
.rtf file
0.905693
3,783
The backdoor was delivered via a malicious .rtf file that exploited CVE-2017-0199 .
9,275
VULID
CVE-2017-0199
0.91348
3,783
The backdoor was delivered via a malicious .rtf file that exploited CVE-2017-0199 .
9,276
MAL
Equation Editor (EQNEDT32.EXE),
0.582595
3,784
The vulnerability exists in the old Equation Editor (EQNEDT32.EXE), a component of Microsoft Office that is used to insert and evaluate mathematical formulas .
9,277
IDTY
Microsoft
0.917843
3,784
The vulnerability exists in the old Equation Editor (EQNEDT32.EXE), a component of Microsoft Office that is used to insert and evaluate mathematical formulas .
9,278
FILE
ThreeDollars delivery document,
0.938467
3,785
The B- I- I- used a variant of the ThreeDollars delivery document, which we identified as part of the B-Hack toolset based on B- that occurred in August 2017 .
9,279
APT
B-Hack
0.816039
3,785
The B- I- I- used a variant of the ThreeDollars delivery document, which we identified as part of the B-Hack toolset based on B- that occurred in August 2017 .
9,280
TIME
August 2017
0.925109
3,785
The B- I- I- used a variant of the ThreeDollars delivery document, which we identified as part of the B-Hack toolset based on B- that occurred in August 2017 .
9,281
ACT
email
0.67537
3,786
The email contained an attachment named Seminar-Invitation.doc, which is a malicious Microsoft Word document we track as ThreeDollars .
9,282
FILE
Seminar-Invitation.doc,
0.920037
3,786
The email contained an attachment named Seminar-Invitation.doc, which is a malicious Microsoft Word document we track as ThreeDollars .
9,283
TOOL
Microsoft Word
0.904095
3,786
The email contained an attachment named Seminar-Invitation.doc, which is a malicious Microsoft Word document we track as ThreeDollars .
9,284
MAL
ThreeDollars
0.917416
3,786
The email contained an attachment named Seminar-Invitation.doc, which is a malicious Microsoft Word document we track as ThreeDollars .
9,285
MAL
ThreeDollars,
0.915689
3,787
We also identified another sample of ThreeDollars, created on January 15, 2017 with the file name strategy preparation.dot .
9,286
TIME
January 15, 2017
0.653282
3,787
We also identified another sample of ThreeDollars, created on January 15, 2017 with the file name strategy preparation.dot .
9,287
FILE
preparation.dot
0.911893
3,787
We also identified another sample of ThreeDollars, created on January 15, 2017 with the file name strategy preparation.dot .
9,288
FILE
ThreeDollars document
0.910787
3,788
We had previously observed this author name in use once before, in the very first ThreeDollars document we collected that we had reported on in August 2017 .
9,289
TIME
August 2017
0.912405
3,788
We had previously observed this author name in use once before, in the very first ThreeDollars document we collected that we had reported on in August 2017 .
9,290
TIME
June 2017
0.924578
3,789
The June 2017 sample of Clayslide contained the same OfficeServicesStatus.vbs file found in the ISMAgent Clayslide document, but instead of having the payload embedded in the macro as segregated base64 strings that would be concatenated, this variant obtained its payload from multiple cells within the " Incompatible " ...
9,291
MAL
Clayslide
0.915876
3,789
The June 2017 sample of Clayslide contained the same OfficeServicesStatus.vbs file found in the ISMAgent Clayslide document, but instead of having the payload embedded in the macro as segregated base64 strings that would be concatenated, this variant obtained its payload from multiple cells within the " Incompatible " ...
9,292
FILE
OfficeServicesStatus.vbs file
0.923263
3,789
The June 2017 sample of Clayslide contained the same OfficeServicesStatus.vbs file found in the ISMAgent Clayslide document, but instead of having the payload embedded in the macro as segregated base64 strings that would be concatenated, this variant obtained its payload from multiple cells within the " Incompatible " ...
9,293
MAL
ISMAgent Clayslide document,
0.887691
3,789
The June 2017 sample of Clayslide contained the same OfficeServicesStatus.vbs file found in the ISMAgent Clayslide document, but instead of having the payload embedded in the macro as segregated base64 strings that would be concatenated, this variant obtained its payload from multiple cells within the " Incompatible " ...
9,294
TOOL
C2
0.900469
3,790
During this testing, we saw document filenames that contain the C2 we witnessed in the B- I- above, specifically the filenames XLS-withyourface.xls and XLS-withyourface – test.xls .
9,295
FILE
XLS-withyourface.xls
0.920905
3,790
During this testing, we saw document filenames that contain the C2 we witnessed in the B- I- above, specifically the filenames XLS-withyourface.xls and XLS-withyourface – test.xls .
9,296
FILE
XLS-withyourface – test.xls
0.9202
3,790
During this testing, we saw document filenames that contain the C2 we witnessed in the B- I- above, specifically the filenames XLS-withyourface.xls and XLS-withyourface – test.xls .
9,297
APT
B-Hack
0.924043
3,791
These samples appeared to have been created by B-Hack during their development and B- I-, all of which share many similarities with the delivery document used in the recent B- I- against a Middle Eastern B-, N56.15.doc (7cbad6b3f505a199d6766a86b41ed23786bbb99dab9cae6c18936afdc2512f00) that we have also included in Tabl...
9,298
LOC
Middle Eastern
0.889478
3,791
These samples appeared to have been created by B-Hack during their development and B- I-, all of which share many similarities with the delivery document used in the recent B- I- against a Middle Eastern B-, N56.15.doc (7cbad6b3f505a199d6766a86b41ed23786bbb99dab9cae6c18936afdc2512f00) that we have also included in Tabl...
9,299
FILE
N56.15.doc
0.924928
3,791
These samples appeared to have been created by B-Hack during their development and B- I-, all of which share many similarities with the delivery document used in the recent B- I- against a Middle Eastern B-, N56.15.doc (7cbad6b3f505a199d6766a86b41ed23786bbb99dab9cae6c18936afdc2512f00) that we have also included in Tabl...
9,300
SHA2
(7cbad6b3f505a199d6766a86b41ed23786bbb99dab9cae6c18936afdc2512f00)
0.807525
3,791
These samples appeared to have been created by B-Hack during their development and B- I-, all of which share many similarities with the delivery document used in the recent B- I- against a Middle Eastern B-, N56.15.doc (7cbad6b3f505a199d6766a86b41ed23786bbb99dab9cae6c18936afdc2512f00) that we have also included in Tabl...
9,301
APT
B-Hack
0.832287
3,792
The B-Hack sent multiple emails containing macro-enabled XLS files to B- I- I- I- I- I- in the Middle East .
9,302
TOOL
emails
0.909509
3,792
The B-Hack sent multiple emails containing macro-enabled XLS files to B- I- I- I- I- I- in the Middle East .
9,303
FILE
XLS files
0.881907
3,792
The B-Hack sent multiple emails containing macro-enabled XLS files to B- I- I- I- I- I- in the Middle East .
9,304
LOC
Middle East
0.856186
3,792
The B-Hack sent multiple emails containing macro-enabled XLS files to B- I- I- I- I- I- in the Middle East .
9,305
TIME
May 2016,
0.907534
3,793
In the first week of May 2016, FireEye's DTI identified a wave of emails containing malicious attachments being sent to multiple B- in the Middle East region .
9,306
SECTEAM
FireEye's DTI
0.888183
3,793
In the first week of May 2016, FireEye's DTI identified a wave of emails containing malicious attachments being sent to multiple B- in the Middle East region .
9,307
TOOL
emails
0.919708
3,793
In the first week of May 2016, FireEye's DTI identified a wave of emails containing malicious attachments being sent to multiple B- in the Middle East region .
9,308
FILE
malicious attachments
0.903901
3,793
In the first week of May 2016, FireEye's DTI identified a wave of emails containing malicious attachments being sent to multiple B- in the Middle East region .
9,309
LOC
Middle East
0.842368
3,793
In the first week of May 2016, FireEye's DTI identified a wave of emails containing malicious attachments being sent to multiple B- in the Middle East region .
9,310
FILE
Word documents
0.918167
3,794
Their next move was to list any remote shared drives and then attempt to access remote shares owned by the specific B- I- they were targeting, again attempting to extract all Word documents .
9,311
TIME
September 2016,
0.915015
3,795
For example, in September 2016, B-Hack infiltrated an organization in Asia, deploying the Felismus backdoor on one of its computers, Computer A, using the file name adobecms.exe in CSIDL_WINDOWS\debug .
9,312
APT
B-Hack
0.899099
3,795
For example, in September 2016, B-Hack infiltrated an organization in Asia, deploying the Felismus backdoor on one of its computers, Computer A, using the file name adobecms.exe in CSIDL_WINDOWS\debug .
9,313
LOC
Asia,
0.910461
3,795
For example, in September 2016, B-Hack infiltrated an organization in Asia, deploying the Felismus backdoor on one of its computers, Computer A, using the file name adobecms.exe in CSIDL_WINDOWS\debug .
9,314
MAL
Felismus backdoor
0.898786
3,795
For example, in September 2016, B-Hack infiltrated an organization in Asia, deploying the Felismus backdoor on one of its computers, Computer A, using the file name adobecms.exe in CSIDL_WINDOWS\debug .
9,315
FILE
adobecms.exe
0.913805
3,795
For example, in September 2016, B-Hack infiltrated an organization in Asia, deploying the Felismus backdoor on one of its computers, Computer A, using the file name adobecms.exe in CSIDL_WINDOWS\debug .
9,316
FILE
CSIDL_WINDOWS\debug
0.918274
3,795
For example, in September 2016, B-Hack infiltrated an organization in Asia, deploying the Felismus backdoor on one of its computers, Computer A, using the file name adobecms.exe in CSIDL_WINDOWS\debug .
9,317
SECTEAM
Symantec
0.904456
3,796
Symantec has found evidence of Starloader files being named AdobeUpdate.exe, AcrobatUpdate.exe, and INTELUPDATE.EXE among others .
9,318
FILE
Starloader files
0.926509
3,796
Symantec has found evidence of Starloader files being named AdobeUpdate.exe, AcrobatUpdate.exe, and INTELUPDATE.EXE among others .
9,319
FILE
AdobeUpdate.exe, AcrobatUpdate.exe,
0.922466
3,796
Symantec has found evidence of Starloader files being named AdobeUpdate.exe, AcrobatUpdate.exe, and INTELUPDATE.EXE among others .
9,320
FILE
INTELUPDATE.EXE
0.921434
3,796
Symantec has found evidence of Starloader files being named AdobeUpdate.exe, AcrobatUpdate.exe, and INTELUPDATE.EXE among others .
9,321
FILE
cmd.exe,
0.91753
3,797
The attackers then began to perform reconnaissance B- on Computer A via cmd.exe, collecting system-related information, such as the OS version, hardware configuration, and network information .
9,322
TIME
September 2015,
0.930278
3,798
In September 2015, Kaspersky Lab's Anti-Targeted Attack Platform discovered anomalous network traffic in a B- I- network .
9,323
SECTEAM
Kaspersky Lab's
0.848782
3,798
In September 2015, Kaspersky Lab's Anti-Targeted Attack Platform discovered anomalous network traffic in a B- I- network .
9,324
FILE
anomalous network traffic
0.926184
3,798
In September 2015, Kaspersky Lab's Anti-Targeted Attack Platform discovered anomalous network traffic in a B- I- network .
9,325
SECTEAM
Symantec
0.907057
3,799
Symantec detects this threat as Backdoor.Nidiran .
9,326
FILE
Backdoor.Nidiran
0.928238
3,799
Symantec detects this threat as Backdoor.Nidiran .
9,327
FILE
malicious files
0.920664
3,800
Attackers have been known to distribute malicious files masquerading as the legitimate iviewers.dll file and then use DLL load hijacking to execute the malicious code and infect the computer .
9,328
MAL
iviewers.dll file
0.908148
3,800
Attackers have been known to distribute malicious files masquerading as the legitimate iviewers.dll file and then use DLL load hijacking to execute the malicious code and infect the computer .
9,329
MAL
DLL load hijacking
0.896819
3,800
Attackers have been known to distribute malicious files masquerading as the legitimate iviewers.dll file and then use DLL load hijacking to execute the malicious code and infect the computer .
9,330
VULNAME
exploit
0.920445
3,801
Once exploit has been achieved, Nidiran is delivered through a self-extracting executable that extracts the components to a .tmp folder after it has been executed .
9,331
MAL
Nidiran
0.919662
3,801
Once exploit has been achieved, Nidiran is delivered through a self-extracting executable that extracts the components to a .tmp folder after it has been executed .
9,332
MAL
self-extracting executable
0.89202
3,801
Once exploit has been achieved, Nidiran is delivered through a self-extracting executable that extracts the components to a .tmp folder after it has been executed .
9,333
FILE
.tmp
0.904817
3,801
Once exploit has been achieved, Nidiran is delivered through a self-extracting executable that extracts the components to a .tmp folder after it has been executed .
9,334