From 2013 Carbanak intensified its activity focused on banks and electronic payment systems in Russia and in the post-Soviet space . The initially-observed " thanks.pps " example tricks the user into running the embedded file named ins8376.exe which loads a payload DLL named mpro324.dll .


The threat actor made some modifications to the original source code of hTran . Since early 2013 , we have observed activity from a unique threat actor group , which we began to investigate based on increased activities against human right activists in the beginning of 2015 .


] cc/TiktokPro . Gamaredon Group is an alleged Russian threat group . Unlike standard Azazel which is configured to hide network activity based on port ranges , the Winnti modified version keeps a list of process identifiers and network connections associated with the malware ’s activity .


FireEye has not identified APT33 using SHAPESHIFT , but APT33 is the only group FireEye has seen to use DROPSHOT . As the CnC server , Silence use CnC-3 server running Windows , from which they send commands to download additional modules .


The activity discussed in this blog revolves around two of the multitude of weaponized documents that we collected .


URI TERROR ATTACK & KASHMIR PROTEST THEMED SPEAR PHISHING emails TARGETING INDIAN EMBASSIES AND INDIAN MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS - CYSINFO .


In this blog we provide insight into the tactics , techniques and procedures (TTPs) of a Brazilian cyber crime group that specializes in payment card fraud operations . On November 10 , 2015 , threat actors sent a spear-phishing email to an individual at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs .


This means the attackers can steal the victim ’ s credentials for logging into apps , SMS and email messages , displayed cryptocurrency private keys , and even software-generated 2FA codes . It later delivered an information stealer named EmailStealer , ” which stolesimple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) credentials and email addresses in the victim’s machine . While some members within the Romeo and Sierra groups may not implement sound authentication strategies , shift their design focus in abrupt and unusual manners , and fail to understand the pitfalls of distributed command networks , on the whole the families within the Lazarus Group 's collection of RATs and staging malware perform their tasks with surprising effectiveness .


We are actively researching and will update this blog in the event we discover the malicious Flash object and payload delivered in this attack .


Kaspersky Lab mobile products prevented 2,500 infections by banking Trojans . In early August , Unit 42 identified two attacks using similar techniques . In addition to ShadowPad , the Winnti malware was found on some machines at these two universities at the end of October ( i.e . two weeks before ShadowPad ) in the file C:\Windows\System32\oci.dll and is detected by ESET products as Win64/Winnti.CA . Organizations evaluating their security posture and developing a risk based security framework would be well served to consider the various potential motivational related threats .


The malware creates an Intent inside the decryption function using the string value passed as the name for the Intent . During our brief window of visibility into one of the known 22 CnC nodes , FireEye observed the Ke3chang conducting reconnaissance and moving laterally throughout the compromised networks . The ZIP file had a file size significantly greater than that of its uncompressed . These threats can come from internal employees , vendors , a contractor or a partnerand are viewed as some of the greatest cyber security threats to organizations .


The " source process '' refers to the Zen trojan running as root , while the " target process '' refers to the process to which the code is injected and [ pid ] refers to the target process pid value . We found that the group behind this campaign targeted mainly industrial , engineering and manufacturing organizations in more than 30 countries . APT17 went further to obfuscate their C2 IP address and employed a multi-layered approach for the malware to finally beacon the true C2 IP . These accounts were created by MiniDuke - s Command and Control ( C2 ) operators and the tweets maintain specific tags labeling encrypted URLs for the backdoors .


Figure 5 . We believe APT34 is involved in a long-term cyber espionage operation largely focused on reconnaissance efforts to benefit Iranian nation-state interests and has been operational since at least 2014 . JhoneRAT is developed in python but not based on public source code , as it is often the case for this type of malware . In that campaign , the attackers also targeted the government of a Middle Eastern country , a multinational electronics manufacturer , and a hospital in Southeast Asia .


Leafminer also utilized Process Doppelganging , a detection evasion technique first discussed at the Black Hat EU conference last year . The pop-out window is just smoke and mirrors , where nothing actually happens once the countdown timer reaches zero .


If Google Play Protect detects one of these apps , Google Play Protect will show a warning to users . The first new connection SPEAR identified was derived from an email address listed in Blue Coat Systems' original report on PassCV . The threat actors then installed the hcdLoader RAT , which installs as a Windows service and provides command line access to the compromised system . That DLL file is the main module of Miniduke , and it uses the URL http://twitter.com/TamicaCGerald to fetch commands .


Once installed , HenBox steals information from the devices from a myriad of sources , including many mainstream chat , communication , and social media apps . The dropper first appeared in mid-July , suggesting that this APT activity is potentially ongoing , with Turla actively targeting G20 participants and/or those with interest in the G20 , including member nations , journalists , and policymakers . According to FireEye , the admin@338 sent out emails containing malicious documents designed to exploit Microsoft Office vulnerabilities in an effort to deliver a piece of malware dubbed LOWBALL .


] com hxxp : //mailsa-qaw [ . Our investigation of APT28 's compromise of WADA 's network , and our observations of the surrounding events reveal how Russia sought to counteract a damaging narrative and delegitimize the institutions leveling criticism . Glimpse added the ability to use an alternate DNS resource record type (TXT) as opposed to solely relying on A resource records for DNS . None Deploy advanced endpoint detection and response ( EDR ) tools to all endpoints to detect web services spawning PowerShell or command line processes .


Nonetheless , these spam emails were not delivered to the UAE or Arabic-speaking users , but to banks in Asian countries such as India , Indonesia , and the Philippines . The self-extracting RAR writes a legitimate executable , an actor-created DLL called Loader.dll and a file named readme.txt to the filesystem and then executes the legitimate executable .


Attacks launched by Scarlet Mimic were publicly exposed on 2013 in a Trend Micro report about the FakeM Trojan . The tool does all that a typical Trojan needs to accomplish: upload , download and execute files , fingerprint target systems .


Dragos has reported that XENOTIME , the APT group behind the TRISIS (aka TRITON and HatMan) attack on a Saudi Arabian petro-chemical facility in 2017 , has expanded its focus beyond the oil and gas industries . According to Kessem the malware has redirection instructions for 17 banks , and features an additional 230 URLs to assist attackers in targeting community banks and email service providers in Poland .


he Tibetan community has been targeted for over a decade by espionage operations that use malware to infiltrate communications and gather information . After compromising an initial victim 's system ( patient 0 ) , the threat actors use the Baidu search engine to search for the victim 's organization name .


As already stated in the ‘ malware features ’ part , there are multiple giveaways in the code . This post was our first analysis of the first Panda Banker campaign that we’ve seen to target financial institutions in Japan . In August 2015 , the admin@338 sent spear phishing emails to a number of Hong Kong-based media organizations , including newspapers , radio , and television .


Of these , the campaign with the identifier “ kaz_2010_07_30 ” , which possibly targeted Kazakhstan , is of note because it is the last PinchDuke campaign we have observed .


To sum up , the HBO hacker - Behzad Mesri is a member of Turk Black Hat along with ArYaIeIrAn , who provides infrastructure for Charming Kitten activity via PersianDNS / Mahanserver together with Mohammad Rasoul Akbari , who is a Facebook friend of Behzad Mesri 's . As part of their social engineering ploy , the Taidoor attackers attach a decoy document to their emails that , when opened , displays the contents of a legitimate document but executes a malicious payload in the background .


Indicators of Compromise ( IoCs ) SHA256 Detection e394e53e53cd9047d6cff184ac333ef7698a34b777ae3aac82c2c669ef661dfe AndroidOS_SpyAgent.HRXB e8d4713e43241ab09d40c2ae8814302f77de76650ccf3e7db83b3ac8ad41f9fa AndroidOS_ProjectSpy.HRX 29b0d86ae68d83f9578c3f36041df943195bc55a7f3f1d45a9c23f145d75af9d The GCMAN group has moved beyond banks and is now targeting the budgeting and accounting departments in any organization of interest to them , using the same APT-style tools and techniques . . On April 16 , 2022 , KillNet dedicated its attack on a U.S. energy company to REvil .


cv.doc : f4d18316e367a80e1005f38445421b1f . cv_itworx.doc : 45b0e5a457222455384713905f886bd4 . cv_mci.doc : f4d18316e367a80e1005f38445421b1f . discount_voucher_codes.xlsm : 19cea065aa033f5bcfa94a583ae59c08 .


Back then it was detected as Trojan-Spy.AndroidOS.SmsThief , but later versions were assigned to another family – Trojan-Banker.AndroidOS.Rotexy . In fact , REDBALDKNIGHT has been targeting Japan as early as 2008 , based on the file properties of the decoy documents they've been sending to their targets . DHS and FBI are distributing this MAR to enable network defense and reduce exposure to North Korean government malicious cyber activity .


Figure 1 shows the infection rate for each of the targets .


We classify this 40-month period into three main stages . This function is similar to the various versions of backdoors ( such as sctrls and sip_telephone ) that we analyzed in our previous blog post and whitepaper . Dexphot is not the type of attack that generates mainstream media attention ; it ’s one of the countless malware campaigns that are active at any given time . • Use of additional offensive security tools Covenant , Nishang , and PowerCat for remote access .


The group uses legitimate administration tools to fly under the radar in their post-exploitation phase , which makes detection of malicious activity , as well as attribution more complicated . Attackers using several locations in China have leveraged C&C servers on purchased hosted services in the United States and compromised servers in the Netherlands to wage attacks against global oil , gas , and petrochemical companies , as well as individuals and executives in Kazakhstan , Taiwan , Greece , and the United States to acquire proprietary and highly confidential information .


Also , the NCSC advisory mentioned that the actors used a file name stylecss.aspx for their webshell , which is the same filename we saw associated with China Chopper . Data from the early part of this year shows that the Taidoor attackers rampantly used malicious.DOC files to exploit a Microsoft Common Controls vulnerability , CVE-2012-0158 .


“ Agent Smith ” currently uses its broad access to the device ’ s resources to show fraudulent ads for financial gain . The developers designed Bookworm to be a modular Trojan not limited to just the initial architecture of the Trojan , as Bookworm can also load additional modules provided by the C2 server . It ’s unclear whether the hackers are purchasing the exploits and spyware together , directly from Gamma Group , or if they were able to acquire some of the tools through other avenues . “ BlackOasis ’ interests span a wide gamut of figures involved in Middle Eastern politics and verticals disproportionately relevant to the region . MoonWind communicates over ports 80 , 443 , 53 , and 8080 via raw sockets instead of the protocols usually associated with the ports.[25 ] njRAT has used port 1177 for HTTP C2 communications.[26 ] During Operation Wocao , the threat actors used uncommon high ports for its backdoor C2 , including ports 25667 and 47000.[27 ]


Facebook profile of the C & C domain registrar ( cover picture and profile picture edited out ) Linked on the malicious developer ’ s Facebook profile , we discovered a Facebook page , Minigameshouse , and an associated domain , minigameshouse [ . Upon execution , it will communicate with an attacker-controller website to download a variant of the Pony malware , pm.dll” along with a standard Vawtrak trojan . SHA256 : 39bc918f0080603ac80fe1ec2edfd3099a88dc04322106735bc08188838b2635 .


Messages sent from ORat to its command and control ( C2 ) server start with the string "VIEWS0018x" .


Once granted permission , it hides its icon from the launcher application list then starts a service that it keeps running in the background . Spear phishing emails with vulnerable Office documents or malicious macros are sent to victims . These parameters are needed to self-decrypt the “ uninstall.exe ” file which is again another SFX archive .


It impersonates a porn player app or MMS application but without having their functionality . By all accounts , late 2015 was the beginning of BEC for Scattered Canary . This recent attack against an online casino in Central America suggests that hacking tools from the Lazarus toolset are recompiled with every attack ( we didn't see these exact samples anywhere else ) .


These routines are indicative of the group ’s aim to get quantitative returns through varied cybercriminal profit streams .


We therefore believe that the Dukes group simply failed to update the computer they were using to compile GeminiDuke samples , so that the timestamps seen in later samples still appear to follow the old definition of Moscow Standard Time .


The past iteration of SLUB spread from a unique watering hole website exploiting CVE-2018-8174 , a VBScript engine vulnerability . Careto 's Mask campaign we discovered relies on spear-phishing e-mails with links to a malicious website .


According to trusted third-party reporting , HIDDEN COBRA actors have likely been using FALLCHILL malware since 2016 to target the aerospace , telecommunications , and finance industries . Palo Alto Networks has noted and described the differences of two malware agents developed in parallel , with commonalities in behavior but differing functionalities ; families described as Infy and Infy M. Our primary observation was of the Infy ( non-M ) malware , which primarily functions as a keylogger for the collection of account credentials .


The campaign identifiers found in these two samples are respectively , “ alkavkaz.com20081105 ” and “ cihaderi.net20081112 ” .


In this case the persistence is achieved by loading the original explorer.exe from its startup location and , using DLL side-loading , passing the execution control to the stage 4 malware ( discussed in next section ) . While having access to the organization 's environment , the Magic Hound targeted data related to entities in the Middle East . 4c02b13441264bf18cc63603b767c3d804a545a60c66ca60512ee59abba28d4d Malware/Backdoor 658 KB ( 674 , 304 bytes ) PE32 executable for MS Windows ( DLL ) ( console ) Intel 80386 32-bit September 2018 . COSMICENERGY lacks discovery capabilities , which implies that to successfully execute an attack the malware operator would need to perform some internal reconnaissance to obtain environment information , such as MSSQL server IP addresses , MSSQL credentials , and target IEC-104 device IP addresses .


Timing of the spear phishing emails sent to the victims .


The CIA also runs a very substantial effort to infect and control Microsoft Windows users with its malware . There is the exploit code and malware used to gain access to systems , the infrastructure that provides command and control to the malware operator , and the human elements – developers who create the malware , operators who deploy it , and analysts who extract value from the stolen information .


As we now know , by February 2013 the Dukes group had been operating MiniDuke and other toolsets for at least 4 and a half years .


What it does FrozenCell masquerades as fake updates to chat applications like Facebook , WhatsApp , Messenger , LINE , and LoveChat . The method , which technically redirects users through local DNS poisoning , requires a fair bit of work ; recreating and maintaining fake bank sites can be an arduous task , but Kessem claims the group behind GozNym – Nymaim – appear up to the task . APT1 has used and steadily modified BISCUIT since as early as 2007 and continues to use it presently . Whether known as commodity malware or “ as - a - service , ” threat actors have long been turning to their fellow adversaries in the hopes of selling off their tools and opening a new stream of revenue .


The previous two volumes of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report explored the activities of two such groups , code-named STRONTIUM and PLATINUM , which used previously unknown vulnerabilities and aggressive , persistent techniques to target specific individuals and institutions — often including military installations , intelligence agencies , and other government bodies . The attacks appear to be geopolitically motivated and target high profile organizations .


Some of the checks performed previously are immediately sent to the C2 , like the safetyNet , admin and defaultSMSApp . Operating since 2012 , the Molerats group 's activity has been reported by Norman , Kaspersky , FireEye , and PwC . DUDELL : SHA256 : 0d61d9baab9927bb484f3e60384fdb6a3709ca74bc6175ab16b220a68f2b349e . The vulnerability , which could allow attackers to gain escalated privileges and unauthorized access to an environment , was first disclosed on May 31st in a security bulletin released by Progress .


This feature is implemented using another open-source software package that can be found here . To further exemplify the proficiency of the attackers leveraging the Lamberts toolkit , deployment of Black Lambert included a rather sophisticated TTF zero day exploit , CVE-2014-4148 . APT12 's targets are consistent with larger People's Republic of China ( PRC ) goals . Adversaries may make changes to the standard port used by a protocol to bypass filtering or muddle analysis / parsing of network data .


While actors from China , Iran , Russia , and North Korea remain the most active cyber espionage threats tracked and responded to by FireEye , APT32 reflects a growing host of new countries that have adopted this dynamic capability . The most recent Scarlet Mimic attacks we have identified were conducted in 2015 and suggest the group has a significant interest in both Muslim activists and those interested in critiques of the Russian government and Russian President Vladimir Putin .


For example , if a victim has Viber on their device , it will choose to retrieve the Viber Update second stage . The attackers first infected in March 2017 . This function is the entry point of the service . As nations committed to upholding the rules - based international order in cyberspace , the United States and its allies and partners are taking steps to defend against Russia ’s irresponsible actions .


spear phishing : 5.254.100.200 .


therefore , those using CosmicDuke to target drug dealers and those targeting governments are two separate entities .


In later versions , instead of the name of the command , its numerical code was transmitted . CTU researchers have observed the TG-3390 employing legitimate Kaspersky antivirus variants in analyzed samples . Since discovering the operations of this group in 2018 , Outlaw continues to use scripts , codes , and commands that have been previously used and deployed . For Snort coverage that can detect the exploitation of these vulnerabilities , download the latest rule sets from Snort.org , and our latest Vulnerability Advisories are always posted on Talos Intelligence ’s website .


Based on our investigations into OnionDuke , we believe that for about 7 months , from April 2014 to when Leviathan published their blog post in October 2014 , the Tor exit node identified by the researchers was being used to wrap executables on-the-fly with OnionDuke ( image 7 , page 13 ) .


) As of this writing , no files were hosted at any of the links . In addition , the attackers employed hacking tools of Chinese origin and that are prevalent on Chinese underground hacking forums . Threat : Gamaredon Pteranodon implant SFX archive . Adversaries may utilize command - line interfaces ( CLIs ) to interact with systems and execute commands .


Once X-Agent was implanted on the DNC and DCCC networks , Second Lieutenant Artem Malyshev ( AKA " djangomagicdev " and " realblatr " ) monitored the implants through the command and control network configured for the task .


The legitimate version of this app is also available on Google Play . Kaspersky will continue to monitor the BlackEnergy attacks in Ukraine and update our readers with more data when available . ScarCruft infected this victim on September 21, 2018 .


During the investigations , Mandiant observed that FIN7 used a custom shim database to patch both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of services.exe with their CARBANAK payload . The attackers used the popular Poison Ivy RAT and WinHTTPHelper malware to compromise the computers of government officials .


For now , the best protection is to avoid any APK attachments that arrive on mobile phones via e-mail . In August 2014 , some of our users observed targeted attacks with a variation of CVE-2012-0158 and an unusual set of malware . We collected two sets of Clayslide samples that appear to be created during the OilRig actor 's development phase of their attack lifecycle .


At the beginning of February 2018 , we discovered an attack targeting two government institutions related to foreign affairs .


The cluster on the right is actually collapsing one collection of entities due to the sheer size of it .


McAfee Advanced Threat Research analysts have uncovered a global data reconnaissance campaign assaulting a wide number of industries including critical infrastructure , entertainment , finance , health care , and telecommunications . Our observation of Infy 's campaigns , primarily through the lens of spearphishing attacks against Iranian civil society and media organizations , indicates a wandering focus on particular demographics on a strategic basis over time .


It searches for mobile banking applications , removes them and uploads counterfeit versions . However , to our knowledge , this is the first time Turla has used Metasploit as a first stage backdoor , instead of relying on one of its own tools such as Skipper . To copy memory , the memcpy function is invoked . The code hunted for several security products to evade – including Kaspersky .


Therefore , if we convince the attacker to request the file “ secret_info.doc ( 20KB ) ” , we can instead return to the server any file of our choice , of any size or type .


The tool investigates the Local Security Authority Subsystem memory space in order to find , decrypt and display retrieved passwords . Zahlungsinformationen digitec.zip .


109.248.148.42 /agr-enum/progress-inform/cube.php?res= .


Buried among this new treasure trove , there are several mentions of previously disclosed NSA top secret programs and software such as " STRAITBIZARRE " , used to control implants remotely , and " JEEPFLEA " , a project to hack the money transferring system SWIFT . One of the IP addresses , 128.127.105.13 , was previously used by the DoNot Team (aka APT-C-35 ) , a suspected Indian APT group .


The stream of bytes is encrypted ( in some versions there is also optional compression step ) .


The Trojan stores information about C & C servers and the data harvested from the infected device in a local SQLite database . In May 2018 , Trend Micro found a new sample ( Detected as W2KM_DLOADR.UHAOEEN ) that may be related to this campaign . We concluded that Lazarus Group was responsible for WannaCry , a destructive malware .


However , additional research on the C2 server 109.248.148.42 revealed a new .NET version of Zekapab that is designed for the same purpose . iDefense analysts recently came across the following malicious document that is purportedly related to the recent BREXIT negotiations between the UK and the EU .


Per their webpage , NTG “ was established primarily to cater the growing demands of Petrochemicals waste management within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ” . maps-modon.club : The maps-modon.club domain appears to spoof maps.modon.gov.sa , which is associated with the Saudi Industrial Property Authority , an organization “ responsible for the development of industrial cities with integrated infrastructure and services ” .


Functionality After starting , DEFENSOR ID requests the following permissions : allow modify system settings permit drawing over other apps , and activate accessibility services . TA505 used Wizard (.wiz) files in this campaign , with FlawedAmmyy RAT as the final payload . The most common communication mode for a RAT is to act as a client to a remote server .


Most websites compromised by TG-3390 actors are affiliated with five types of organizations around the world :


Who is behind Judy ? In October 2017 , a DHS advisory documented ALLANITE technical operations combined with activity with a group Symantec calls Dragonfly ( which Dragos associates with DYMALLOY ) . The string is sent to the remote host and the response is checked to see if the first byte of the response is 0xF4, an arbitrary byte . The form also contains legitimate macro code modified by the attacker to call malicious subroutines .


This file duped targets into believing it was a Flash player installer that would drop a Windows batch to invoke PowerShell into the same C2 communications .


The honeynet graphs , which show activity peaks associated with specific actions , also suggest that the scans were timed .


This framework enables attackers to operate in robust , horizontally segmented ecosystems , specializing in developing certain parts of the framework , and selling or leasing to others ; such frameworks are resistant to takedowns and individual component failures .


The Silence.Main Trojan , which is the main stage of the attack , has a full set of commands to control a compromised computer . Kaspersky Lab also found some watering hole attacks , including one on a website belonging to a prominent member of the Japanese government .


The delivery document used in this attack was last modified by a user named ‘ Nick Daemoji ’ , which provides a linkage to previous Sofacy related delivery documents .


In their latest leak , they have released the UNITEDRAKE NSA exploit , which is a remote access and control tool that can remotely target Windows-based systems to capture desired information and transfer it to a server . While the Sima moniker could similarly originate from software labels , it is a common female Persian name and a Persian-language Word for " visage " or " appearance " . Given its use in more advanced social engineering campaigns against women 's rights activists , the label seem particularly apt .


The Pitty Tiger group mostly uses spear phishing in order to gain an initial foothold within the targeted environment . To ensure persistence in the system MoneyTaker relies on PowerShell and VBS scripts - they are both difficult to detect by antivirus and easy to modify .


If an attacker was able to compromise an organization's network administrator credentials , the attacker would be able to change that particular organization's DNS records at will . we detected an ongoing campaign targeting a national data center .


Visually , this can be represented as follows : Android ID When combined with our analysis of indexed directories on C2 infrastructure , we were able to easily automate the generation of the password used by each device and , in turn , successfully decompress all exfiltrated content from compromised devices . Resecurity says that IRIDIUM " has hit more than 200 government agencies , oil and gas companies , and technology companies including Citrix . Finally , some zones used by APT1 reflect a business theme . As an example , we took the twitter login page , which implemented the following CSP rule ( which contains ): The following short JS code inserted into the site will send the credentials to google - analytics console controlled by us : The UA-#######- # parameter is the tag ID owner that Google Analytics uses to connect the data to a specific account .


The earliest identified sample , however , can be traced back to Jan. 18 , 2016 . NEODYMIUM also used the exact same CVE-2016-4117 exploit code that PROMETHIUM used , prior to public knowledge of the vulnerability 's existence . Threat : Gamaredon Pteranodon loader dot ﬁle . This type of vulnerability is known as a server - side request forgery ( SSRF ) .


This is likely done to keep the developers from being prosecuted in their own countries or being extradited between countries . In September 2017 , we discovered a new targeted attack on financial institutions . Basically , two servers in the same IP range and AS14576 ( autonomous system ) share a non-standard SSH port , which is 222 . These restrictions are specified by a list of allowed URIs .


It 's probable that Patchwork uses this package to facilitate server installation when using a Windows environment . The Tibetan community has been targeted for over a decade by espionage operations that use malware to infiltrate communications and gather information .


] it server1na.exodus.connexxa [ . Custom payloads utilized by TEMP.Veles in investigations conducted by Mandiant are typically weaponized versions of legitimate open-source software , retrofitted with code used for command and control . Sending machine information and a heartbeat to the C2 : The group has since earned infamy for being involved in malicious activities associated with targeted attacks , such as deploying spear - phishing campaigns and building a backdoor .


While Google did not share with us the total number of infected devices , they confirmed that one of these malicious apps collected over 350 installations through the Play Store , while other variants collected few dozens each , and that all infections were located in Italy . Clearly , OilRig incorporates a testing component within their development process , as we have previously observed OilRig performing testing activities on their delivery documents and their TwoFace webshells . The first trick is the check of the serial number of the disk . Between April 2022 and March 2023 , 39 % of the gang 's attacks hit education , compared to an average of just 4 % across all the other ransomware groups tracked by Malwarebytes .


ThreatConnect has identified a KASPERAGENT malware campaign leveraging decoy Palestinian Authority documents .


It seems the actor wants to execute the final payload very carefully , and wants to evade detection by behavior-based detection solutions .


) are filled in and verified . So far , it appears threat actors have deployed the Bookworm Trojan primarily in attacks on targets in Thailand . Zero-days can be highly disruptive because they provide a window of time for an attacker to breach victims before the vendor is able to apply a software update to address the specific security hole . Derusbi has used unencrypted HTTP on port 443 for C2.[12 ]


To continue my analysis , I shifted focus to Maltego so as to visually graph the infrastructure .


APT34 often uses compromised accounts to conduct spear-phishing operations . The packer is the same but the malware tries to exploit the undiscovered bug in the UPX library that causes unpack failure .


We attribute the attacks on these customers using three popular IoT devices to an activity group that Microsoft refers to as STRONTIUM .


The beaconing will only start after the application is removed from the background , ultimately stopping it . The DNSMessenger malware is a shared tool , used by FIN7 , MuddyWater and perhaps other groups . If the file tmp.vbs does in fact contain similar content as that of office.vbs , then it could be another method for downloading payloads onto the target . The Malware contains some other commands to do but not all of them are implemented yet .


This is a notable behavior that is characteristic of this ransomware family . The Ke3chang group also used keyloggers and their own .NET tool to enumerate folders and dump data from Microsoft Exchange mailboxes . This serves as a decoy, an attempt to hide the content of the other ZIP . Does your organization possess any PII or regulated data such as payment card data , health care data , social security numbers or bank accounts Financially motivated attacks


The group , almost certainly compromised of a sophisticated and prolific set of developers and operators , has historically collected intelligence on defense and geopolitical issues .


Strategic threat intelligence includes an assessment of the ongoing threat posed by the threat group .


In order to collect even more information , from time to time the Zebrocy operators upload and use dumpers on victims ’ machines .


To install Chrysaor , we believe an attacker coaxed specifically targeted individuals to download the malicious software onto their device . The attachments exploited CVE-2017-8759 which was discovered and documented only five days prior to the campaign . C&C server URL . New technologies are constantly introduced within the industry , and healthcare has experienced a rapid transition to use of connected devices , which puts stress on security teams to keep up .


Configuration file received from the C & C server As for stealth and resilience , the attacker uses a number of tricks . Group-IB has uncovered a hacker group , MoneyTaker , attacking banks in the USA and Russia . Download a file from the Internet .


A number of different C&C domains and IP addresses were identified .


Research on the malicious IP address 109.248.148.42 revealed two different .dotm components :


As the research progressed , it started to reveal unique characteristics which made us believe we were looking at an all-new malware campaign found in the wild . As mentioned in our previous blog on Bookworm , the Trojan sends a static date string to the C2 server that we referred to as a campaign code . Kaspersky ’s research notes that BlackOasis hacked into computers based in Saudi Arabia . Analyze packet contents to detect communications that do not follow the expected protocol behavior for the port that is being used .


More importantly , the Command & Control server ( 176.31.112.10 ) also appears to be using an outdated version of OpenSSL and be vulnerable to Heartbleed attacks .


Research presented in this report shows that the PUTTER PANDA operators are likely members of the 12th Bureau , 3rd General Staff Department ( GSD ) of the People 's Liberation Army ( PLA ) , operating from the unit 's headquarters in Shanghai with MUCD 61486 . 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 .


Additionally , the use of what appear to be carefully crafted documents at the very least designed to look like official government correspondence suggests the malware may have been intended for a government employee or contractor who would be interested in the documents ’ subject matter .


This adversary has a wide range of implants at their disposal , which have been developed over the course of many years and include Sofacy , X-Agent , X-Tunnel , WinIDS , Foozer and DownRage droppers , and even malware for Linux , OSX , IOS , Android and Windows Phones .


Umbrella , our secure internet gateway ( SIG ) , blocks users from connecting to malicious domains , IPs , and URLs , whether users are on or off the corporate network . Talos has uncovered documents that we assess with moderate confidence are associated with suspected persistent threat actor MuddyWater . This particular MOF file creates a timer event that is triggered every five seconds . The adversary may drop or create malware , tools , or other non - native files on a target system to accomplish this , potentially leaving behind traces of malicious activities .


Figure 19 : C & C infrastructure diagram The Infection Landscape “ Agent Smith ” droppers show a very greedy infection tactic . Clever Kitten 's goal is to eventually be able to masquerade as a legitimate user by compromising credentials either through a pass-the-hash attack , or by dumping password hashes from a compromised host . They automatically update all of Dexphot ’s components , both upon system reboot as well as every 90 or 110 minutes while the system is running . Based on our telemetry , we have identified an array of affected victims including US - based retailers , local governments , a university , and an engineering firm .


The DDE instructions also included another command that it did not run , which suggests it is an artifact of a prior version of this delivery document .


In case of Uri Terror Report.doc the malicious activity triggered when the document was either closed or when the show document button was clicked , when any of these event occurs a malicious obfuscated function ( chugnnarabashkoim() ) gets called .


This actor has shown a surprising level of amateur actions , including code overlaps , open-source project copy/paste , classes never being instanced , unstable packages and unsecured panels . All of them lie in ranges of the Jilin Province Network and Liaoning Province Network , in China . This campaign is notable for targeting East Asian governments , electronics manufacturers , and a telecommunications company . A possible solution would come from adaptive URLs , adding the ID as part of the URL or subdomain to allow admins to set CSP rules that restrict data exfiltration to other accounts .


Figure 10 . CTU researchers have observed multiple COBALT GYPSY campaigns since 2015 and consider it highly likely that the group is associated with Iranian government-directed cyber operations . Upon execution , the malware will first decrypt a string from its resources and compare it against the name of the parent process . During the course of researching the Winnti group , we came across previously unreported malware samples that we attributed to the group based on the malware arsenal and the use of registered domains as attack infrastructure .


SimBad : A Rogue Adware Campaign On Google Play March 13 , 2019 Check Point researchers from the Mobile Threat Team have discovered a new adware campaign on the Google Play Store . As previously mentioned , we assess with high confidence that APT38 's mission is focused on targeting financial institutions and financial systems to raise money for the North Korean regime . While there have been several Suckfly campaigns that infected organizations with the group 's custom malware Backdoor.Nidiran , the Indian targets show a greater amount of post-infection activity than targets in other regions .


We believe the initial versions of this malware were created at least three years ago – at the end of 2014 . Most recently MuddyWater were connected to a campaign in March that targeted organizations in Turkey , Pakistan , and Tajikistan . The group 's TTPs overlap extensively with another group , Magic Hound , resulting in reporting that may not distinguish between the two groups' activities .


Red Alert 2.0 IoCs list C2 addresses 103.239.30.126:7878 146.185.241.29:7878 146.185.241.42:7878 185.126.200.3:7878 185.126.200.12:7878 185.126.200.15:7878 185.126.200.18:7878 185.165.28.15:7878 185.243.243.241:7878 185.243.243.244:7878 185.243.243.245:7878 Domains Malware source Web hosts Since at least the beginning of 2014 , APT38 operations have focused almost exclusively on developing and conducting financially motivated campaigns targeting international entities , whereas TEMP.Hermit is generally linked to operations focused on South Korea and the United States . Microcode Explorer and so on ) The most recent attack on communications company Viasat in Ukraine had a wider impact across the continent , disrupting wind farms and internet users in central Europe .


The use of weaponized legitimate documents is a longstanding operational standard of this group . The first attack started in early July with a ShimRatReporter payload .


If the connection to the C2 fails , it will continue to retry until it is successful . 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 . APT34 often uses compromised accounts to conduct spear-phishing operations .


DoublePulsar is then used to inject a secondary payload , which runs in memory only . Anomali Researchers were able to identify multiple samples of malicious RTF documents ITW using the same exploit for CVE-2018-0798 .


During the app execution , the malware contacts C2 domain for further instructions . APT38 is a financially motivated group linked to North Korean cyber espionage operators , renown for attempting to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and their brazen use of destructive malware . this can be seen as calculating a value that will always return True . We also reveal what ransomware gangs are now experimenting with to break into your company — including their offers to “ recruit ” employees as insider threats .


Again , this package source code is publicly available and can be found here . Based on our analysis of Callisto Group 's usage of RCS Galileo , we believe the Callisto Group did not utilize the leaked RCS Galileo source code , but rather used the leaked readymade installers to set up their own installation of the RCS Galileo platform . When the file is opened , it drops HIGHTIDE in the form of an executable file onto the infected system . Additional Email Delegate Permissions APT29 has used a compromised global administrator account in Azure AD to backdoor a service principal with ApplicationImpersonation rights to start collecting emails from targeted mailboxe .


It ’ s also possible that the apps are being used to test other possible techniques . Technical analysis on some of the attacks as well as attribution links with Pakistan actors have been already depicted by 360 and Tuisec , in which they found interesting connections to a larger group of attackers Unit 42 researchers have been tracking , which we are calling Gorgon Group . in all cases explained here , This plan should outline specific actions and procedures for attack mitigation and remediation , including guidelines for addressing extortion demands .


Unlike previously discovered non Google Play centric campaigns whose victims almost exclusively come from less developed countries and regions , “ Agent Smith ” successfully penetrated into noticeable number of devices in developed countries such as Saudi Arabia , UK and US . Overall , the Bookworm infrastructure overlaps with the infrastructure hosting C2 servers used by various attack tools , including FFRAT , Poison Ivy , PlugX , and others . Our close monitoring of Dexphot helped us ensure that our customers were protected from the evolving threat . Hybrid Identity APT29 has edited the Microsoft.IdentityServer.Servicehost.exe.config file to load a malicious DLL into the AD FS process , thereby enabling persistent access to any service federated with AD FS for a user with a specified User Principal Name .


According to our telemetry , that was the year the distribution campaign was at its most active . This backdoor has some features similar to a previously discovered version of the Muddywater backdoor . Cobalt Group : Cobalt Gang , Cobalt Spider .


In these attacks , the delivery documents used to install Zebrocy used remote templates , which increases the difficulty to analyze the attack as an active C2 server is needed to obtain the macro-enabled document .


email as a C2 channel is not a new tactic , but it is generally not observed in the wild as often as HTTP or HTTPS .


The code is obfuscated but not packed . Black Lambert was seen only briefly and we assume it was " retired " from the arsenal after being discovered by FireEye in 2014 . The attackers referred to as APT12 ( also known as IXESHE , DynCalc , and DNSCALC ) recently started a new campaign targeting organizations in Japan and Taiwan . Adversaries may communicate using a protocol and port pairing that are typically not associated .


, including : searching for , listing , deleting , and renaming files as well as downloading a file into and retrieving a file from the device ; taking screenshots ; installing other application packages ( APK ) ; recording audio and video ; and updating the malware . It is also possible that ScarCruft deployed another zero day exploit , CVE-2016-0147 , which was patched in April . One of the domains used by the attackers in their 2018 campaign of spear phishing contained more than 130 email aliases , leading us to think that more than 130 companies had been targeted by the end of 2018 . In addition to stealing digital certificates , the Winnti gang 's campaign appears to be motivated by the desire to manipulate in - game currency , such as " runes " or " gold , " that can in many cases be converted into real currency .


The document files exploit at least three known vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office , which we discuss in the Infection Techniques section . If the address falls within ranges that the attackers are interested in , the malicious site waits for their next page view to drop an exploit on the desirable target 's PC .


This adds an extra layer against detection . They have largely targeted organizations involved in financial , economic and trade policy , typically using publicly available RATs such as Poison Ivy , as well some non-public backdoors . As mentioned above, one of the parameters passed to the AdrGen function is the action . The attacks used a multistage infection chain initiated with malicious Microsoft Office documents , most commonly using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint file formats .


At the same time , multinational organizations like the financial services firms targeted here must be acutely aware of the threats from state-sponsored actors working with sophisticated malware to compromise users and networks .


By 2011 , the Dukes had already developed at least 3 distinct malware toolsets , including a plethora of supporting components such as loaders and persistence modules .


Keep Google Play Protect on . In this case , the file used the software name " Cyberlink " , and a description of " CLMediaLibrary Dynamic Link Library " and listing version 4.19.9.98 . Organizations located in Myanmar and targeted by Spring Dragon have gone unmentioned .


We found no other information stolen from the victims to be accessible . Also , some code pieces are directly re-used in the analyzed campaigns , such as the i.cmd and exit.exe files , and , at the same time , some new components have been introduced , for instance the rtegre.exe” and the veter1605_MAPS_10cr0.exe file . The malware is a fully functional RAT with multiple commands that the actors can issue from a command and control ( C2 ) server to a victim 's system via dual proxies .


READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - Allows the application to read from external storage . One of the most prolific APT-style cyberattacks , specifically targeting the financial sector , is known as Carbanak . One interesting note about the criminal activity of Gorgon Group is their usage of Bitly .


The timeframe maps to the second half of the workday in China .


In a previous campaign reported by JPCERT , mobile users were alerted by phishy messages containing “ delivery updates ” purportedly from Sagawa Express . Almost 60% of the suspected APT33 domains that were classified to malware families related to njRAT infections , a RAT not previously associated with APT33 activity . It is highly likely that this threat is far more widespread and we urge financial institutions around the world to scan their networks for signs of the Metel malware .


Continued mirroring suggests it is likely a regularly cleaned staging server . A researcher has attributed a recently publicized attack on Citrix' internal network to the Iranian-linked group known as IRIDIUM – and said that the data heist involved 6 terabytes of sensitive data . aoldaily.com aunewsonline.com canadatvsite.com canoedaily.com cnndaily.com cnndaily.net cnnnewsdaily.com defenceonline.net freshreaders.net giftnews.org reutersnewsonline.com rssadvanced.org saltlakenews.org sportreadok.net todayusa.org usapappers.com usnewssite.com yahoodaily.com . Our gathered field data shows the following statistics on CSP usage across the Internet ( based on HTTPArchive March 2020 scan ):


With Cybereason Mobile , analysts can address mobile threats in the same platform as traditional endpoint threats , all as part of one incident . The first , st07383.en17.docx , continues by utilizing 32 or 64 bit versions of CVE-2017-0001 to escalate privileges before executing a final JavaScript payload containing a malware implant known as SHIRIME . APT10 is known to have exfiltrated a high volume of data from multiple victims , exploiting compromised MSP networks , and those of their customers , to stealthily move this data around the world .


PINCHDUKE : First known activity November 2008 , Most recent known activity Summer 2010 , C&C communication methods HTTP(S) , Known toolset components Multiple loaders , Information stealer .


In one of their more intriguing cases , the Dukes have appeared to also target entities involved in the trafficking of illegal drugs .


The Event Action Trigger module triggers malicious actions based on certain events . The Charming Kitten' focus appears to be individuals of interest to Iran in the fields of academic research . However the values are dependent on opaque predicates results . Mandiant observed UNC4899 utilize various VPN providers as a final hop , the most common being ExpressVPN , but connections to NordVPN , TorGuard and many other providers have also been observed .


CNIIHM ’s characteristics are consistent with what we might expect of an organization responsible for TEMP.Veles activity .


The cyber industry of mobile malware is becoming more focused on making profits more effectively , i.e. , mobile phishing , theft of credit card information , money transfers from bank cards to mobile phones and from phones to the criminalas ’ e-wallets . The backdoor noted by other security researchers was encoded with different algorithms and configured with different parameter names in 2016 , for instance . Once ShadowPad is injected into wmplayer.exe , the Online module will contact the C&C server using the URL specified in the configuration . A riskaverse actor , Iran generally seeks to avoid direct military confrontation against conventionally superior foes .


The goal of this code is to get information from the properties of the document ( "Subject" , "Company" , "Category" , "Hyperlink base" and finally "Comments" ) .


All Lookout customers are protected from this threat . In April , shortly after the Trojan 's discovery , researchers observed a massive GozNym campaign targeting 24 North American banks . The BISCUIT backdoor ( so named for the command “ bdkzt ” ) is an illustrative example of the range of commands that APT1 has built into its “ standard ” backdoors . Kaspersky has more here .


] net linkdatax [ . For example , the group has repeatedly targeted call record information at telecom companies . In the investigations Mandiant has conducted , it appeared that APT29 deployed POSHSPY as a secondary backdoor for use if they lost access to their primary backdoors .


FireEye believes that two actors – Turla and an unknown financially motivated actor – were using the first EPS zero-day CVE-2017-0261 , and APT28 was using the second EPS zero-day CVE-2017-0262 along with a new Escalation of Privilege (EOP) zero-day CVE-2017-0263 . Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered an espionage campaign that has targeted a national data center of an unnamed central Asian country in order to conduct watering hole attacks .


Just to highlight its capabilities , TajMahal is able to steal data from a CD burnt by a victim as well as from the printer queue . The OSX_DOK malware ( Detected by Trend Micro as OSX_DOK.C ) showcases sophisticated features such as certificate abuse and security software evasion that affects machines using Apple ’s OS X operating system .


After installation , the user needs to run the application . When we looked at the cluster of activity which consisted of what appeared to be espionage-focused attacks in the Middle East , we were somewhat confused as the previous public reporting had attributed these attacks to FIN7 . Our systems were able to record the hash of file tmp.vbs , but the contents of the file are no longer available . The code is obfuscated , using an obfuscator script , based on the fact that some comments the actor did n’t strip are also obfuscated when the words written in the comments are not recognized as a part of the VBA syntax .


'Improvise' is a toolset for configuration , post-processing , payload setup and execution vector selection for survey/exfiltration tools supporting all major operating systems like Windows (Bartender) , MacOS (JukeBox) and Linux (DanceFloor) . The well-crafted and socially engineered malicious documents then become the ﬁrst stage of a long and mainly ﬁleless infection chain that eventually delivers POWERSTATS , a signature PowerShell backdoor of this threat group .


Scarlet Mimic has carried out attacks using both spear-phishing and watering holes since at least 2009 with increasingly advanced malware , and has deployed malware to attack multiple operating systems and platforms . Targeted sectors of Molerats include governmental and diplomatic institutions , including embassies ; companies from the aerospace and defence Industries ; financial institutions ; journalists ; software developers .


It is quite unusual to find an actual organization behind mobile malware , as most of them are developed by purely malicious actors . ALLANITE operations limit themselves to information gathering and have not demonstrated any disruptive or damaging capabilities . It will then retry the connection with the next remote host , if there is one . Sandworm ’s Threat Activity Reveals Insights into Russia ’s Offensive Cyber Capabilities


Based on this , we believe the Rancor attackers were targeting political entities . Let’s take a closer look at ITG08’s TTPs that are relevant to the campaign we investigated , starting with its spear phishing and intrusion tactics and covering information on its use of the More_eggs backdoor .


The configuration file contains a list of financial applications that can be targeted by EventBot . While Symantec has never observed the use of Filensfer alongside any known Buckeye tools , information shared privately by another vendor included evidence of Filensfer being used in conjunction with known Buckeye malware (Backdoor.Pirpi) . To set up persistence , the loader writes a file to " c:\temp\rr.exe " and executes it with specific command line arguments to create auto run registry keys .


Additionally , early variants of KASPERAGENT used “ Chrome ”


Secure logs in a centralized location and protect them from modification .


Riltok mobile Trojan : A banker with global reach 25 JUN 2019 Riltok is one of numerous families of mobile banking Trojans with standard ( for such malware ) functions and distribution methods . Symantec did not observe the initial access point and the close timeframe between Waterbug observed activity on the victim’s network and its observed use of Crambus infrastructure suggests that Waterbug may have used the Crambus infrastructure as an initial access point . The current version of the malware allows the operator to steal files , keystrokes , perform screenshots , and execute arbitrary code on the infected host .


To date , Sowbug appears to be focused mainly on government entities in South America and Southeast Asia and has infiltrated organizations in Argentina , Brazil , Ecuador , Peru , Brunei and Malaysia . While the machine is in isolation , SOC personnel can direct the infected machine to collect live investigation data , such as the DNS cache or security event logs , which they can use to verify alerts , assess the state of the intrusion , and support follow-up actions .


The chat application acts as a dropper for this second-stage payload app . Since the Bangladesh incident there have been just a few articles explaining the connection between Lazarus Group and the Bangladesh bank heist . Elfin : Relentless Espionage Group Targets Multiple Organizations in Saudi Arabia and U.S . KillNet ’s targeting has consistently aligned with established and emerging Russian geopolitical priorities , which suggests that at least part of the influence component of this hacktivist activity is intended to directly promote Russia 's interests within perceived adversary nations vis - a - vis the invasion of Ukraine .


Figure 3: Embedded URL in OLE object CVE-2017-11882 Similarly , we have also observed actors leveraging another recently discovered vulnerability (CVE-2017-11882) in Microsoft Office . Tropic Trooper is also still exploiting CVE-2012-0158 , as are many threat actors .


It also drops decoy documents in an attempt to camouflage the attack .


However , we can reassemble the whole infection procedure based on our telemetry .


Upon clicking the ads , the malware author receives payment from the website developer , which pays for the illegitimate clicks and traffic . ALLANITE activity closely resembles Palmetto Fusion described by the US Department of Homeland Security . with the server . This is analogous to antivirus solutions using known virus signatures to determine if a computing interaction suggests virus installation or malware delivery across the network .


TG-1314 was mapping network drives using a compromised Altiris account to connect to additional systems .


XLoader can also hijack the infected device ( i.e. , send SMSs ) and sports self-protection/persistence mechanisms through device administrator privileges . Arbor also published APT research on this group , and named it ‘Donot’ . After that , it executes “ exit.exe ” which launches the “ i.cmd ” batch script .


It constructs this list using the WMI query : “SELECT displayName FROM AntivirusProduct ” .


Hotfixmsupload.com is particularly interesting as it has been identified as a Sofacy C2 domain repeatedly , and was also brought forth by Microsoft in a legal complaint against STRONTIUM ( Sofacy ) as documented here .


CapabilitiesFormBook is a data stealer , but not a full-fledged banker . Although Silence 's phishing emails were also sent to bank employees in Central and Western Europe , Africa , and Asia ) .


Network : Presence of http and DNS traffic to the network IOCs shared above .


We observed all these characteristics in the Bisonal 's attacks against both Russia and South Korea . These attacks have included criminal groups responsible for the delivery of NewPosThings , MalumPOS and PoSeidon point of sale Malware , as well as Carbanak from the Russian criminal organization we track as Carbon Spider .


] somtum [ . The operation against the Tibetan Parliamentarians illustrates the continued use of malicious attachments in the form of documents bearing exploits . But we do know the change was sudden . Beginning in January 2021 , Mandiant Managed Defense observed multiple instances of abuse of Microsoft Exchange Server within at least one client environment .


Jane ’s by IHSMarkit is a well-known supplier of information and analysis often times associated with the defense and government sector .


As part of the disclosure , Ormandy also included the source code for a proof-of- concept exploit for the vulnerability .


Below is a collection of API methods and a brief description around their purpose . e uncovered the activity of a hacking group which has Chinese origins . At this point , the ZxShell library is no longer linked in the module list of the host process . In other highly successful runs , the actor sent out phony Flash videos directly as email attachments .


Hence , we name this new spin-off campaign as Jaguar Kill Switch . The documents that exploit CVE2017-11882 download another payload — an HTML Application ( HTA ) file toting a malicious Visual Basic ( VBS ) script — from the server , which is executed accordingly by the command-line tool mshta.exe . The main attack vector is via email with crafted Word , Excel or PDF documents attached . If you ’re a user in Ukraine or Poland , especially someone working in the government or military sectors , this is a clear - cut example of a spam campaign targeting this population .


These attacks show significant similarities to previously documented attacks attributed to the Arabic-speaking threat actor , commonly referred to as the MoleRATs group ( aka , The Gaza Cybergang , Moonlight , DustySky , Gaza Hacker Team ) .


The usefulness of flare-qdb can be seen in cases such as loops dealing with strings . Hackers use the exploits " Nitris Exploit Kit " ( earlier known as CottonCastle ) , which is not available in open sources and sold only to trusted users .


Below is a description of the most noteworthy : The implant is able to spy on all available device sensors and to log registered events . While the URL acts similarly to how eye-watch.in : 443 delivers payloads , we also saw the URL leveraging and exploiting security flaws in Flash : CVE-2015-8651 , CVE-2016-1019 , and CVE-2016-4117 . APT33 : d5262f1bc42d7d5d0ebedadd8ab90a88d562c7a90ff9b0aed1b3992ec073e2b0 S-SHA2 Quasar RAT . The group itself likes to pretend to be a cybersecurity organization as shown in the ransom note below .


This exercise revealed tons of information about techniques used by FinFisher that we used to make Office 365 ATP more resistant to sandbox detection and Windows Defender ATP to catch similar techniques and generic behaviors . Organizations located in Myanmar and targeted by Spring Dragon have gone unmentioned . The UnInstall command doesn’t remove the malware from the system . While many statesponsored threat actors engage in spear phishing , ransomware is the preferred weapon of these cybercriminals .


Rooting trojans The Zen authors have also created a rooting trojan . In addition , the NetTraveler toolkit was able to install additional info-stealing malware as a backdoor , and it could be customized to steal other types of sensitive information such as configuration details for an application or computer-aided design files . This tactic exploits users ’ reduced vigilance when reading their own personal email , even when using corporate IT equipment to do so . However , users reported that the fix was causing Safari to not connect correctly to major websites like Facebook , Instagram and Zoom , leading Apple to pull back the patch .


Interestingly , we uncovered several expired job posting of Android reverse engineer from the actor ’ s front business published in 2018 and 2019 . Hackers gained access to a computer in the trading system in September 2014 . We monitored the activities of these groups and the new malware they are creating for over a year . “ Microsoft remediated the issue by first blocking tokens issued with the acquired key and then replacing the key to prevent continued misuse , ” the report states .


Unit 42 researchers observed the Quasar RA being prevented from executing on a Traps-protected client in September 2016 .


After app installation , whenever SWAnalytics senses victims opening up infected applications or rebooting their phones , it silently uploads their entire contacts list to Hangzhou Shun Wang Technologies controlled servers . During their previous campaign , we found Confucius using fake romance websites to entice victims into installing malicious Android applications .


National political director Finance director Director of strategic communications Director of scheduling Director of travel Traveling press secretary Travel coordinator .


The infrastructure has several layers , although not being very dynamic , still has several layers each one providing some level of protection . Given the use of lure documents designed with social engineering in mind , it is likely that MuddyWater use phishing or spam to target users who are unaware of these documents ' malicious nature . Looks for a Windows device named \Device\acpi_010221 . n July 2019 , we discovered an interesting VBScript named Chrome.vbs ( SHA256 : 0C3D4DFA566F3064A8A408D3E1097C454662860BCACFB6675D2B72739CE449C2 ) associated with the Rancor group . Following a three - month lull of activity , Cl0p returned with a vengeance in June and beat out LockBit as the month ’s most active ransomware gang .


Figure 3 . In August 2019 , FireEye released the Double Dragon” report on our newest graduated threat group , APT41 . Upload a specific file based on the full path name .


Even if CVE-2015-2546 affected Windows 10 , the exploitation would have required much more technical prowess to succeed ; ultimately , SMEP makes it more difficult for attackers . attacks on the chemical industry are merely their latest attack wave .


The second Project Spy version has similar capabilities to the first version , with the addition of the following : Stealing notification messages sent from WhatsApp , Facebook , and Telegram Abandoning the FTP mode of uploading the recorded images Aside from changing the app ’ s supposed function and look , the second and third versions ’ codes had little differences . In all , Kaspersky Lab discovered Metel in more than 30 financial institutions . For example , According to Kaspersky telemetry , targeted organizations included think tanks and individuals working in various areas related to security and geopolitics .


If the directory creation fails it tries to install into “ %TEMP% ” directory instead .


60 % of devices containing or accessing enterprise data are mobile , and mobile devices tend to include a significant amount of personal and business data , assuming the organization has a bring-your-own-device policy in place . The exploit document carrying this alternate KeyBoy configuration also used a decoy document which was displayed to the user after the exploit launched . On November 10 , 2015 , Lotus Blossom sent a spear-phishing email to an individual at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs .


The primary targets , so far , are based in India though other Asian countries such as Pakistan and Bangladesh are also affected . While we did not discuss the surrounding attacks using Bookworm in detail , we have observed threat actors deploying Bookworm primarily in attacks on targets in Thailand . The post continues , “ during 2016 , we observed a heavy interest in Angola , exemplified by lure documents indicating targets with suspected ties to oil , money laundering , and other illicit activities . PoetRAT used TLS to encrypt communications over port 143 QuasarRAT can use port 4782 on the compromised host for TCP callbacks .


We have previously observed APT19 steal data from law and investment firms for competitive economic purposes . After reviewing all the malware functionalities , we are confident in saying that the attackers look for victims who answer well-defined characteristics and believe that further stages of the attack are delivered only to those who fit the specific victim profile .


It captures information using plugins to compromise webcam and microphone output along with documenting log keystrokes , carrying out surveillance and access external drives . For the sake of narrative we are going to focus exclusively to those samples we identified being used in attacks against Iranian civil society and diaspora .


The collected data can then be used to generate a unique identifier of the bot or for monetization purposes . PittyTiger has also been seen using Heartbleed vulnerability in order to directly get valid credentials . In August 2018 , Unit 42 observed OilRig targeting a government organization using spear-phishing emails to deliver an updated version of a Trojan known as BONDUPDATER .


The credentials they use to register their malware infrastructure are easily associated with their public social media accounts on Google® , Facebook® , MySpace® , Instagram® , and various dating and blogging sites . We suspect the Kazuar tool may be linked to the Turla threat actor group ( also known as Uroburos and Snake ) , who have been reported to have compromised embassies , defense contractors , educational institutions , and research organizations across the globe .


Instead , they opted for minimal downtime and attempted to continue operations , with only minor modifications to the toolset .


cecilia-gilbert [ . It wasn't until August 2014 that we observed something which made us wonder if RedOctober is back for good . As always , keep in mind that these uses are confirmed uses , and likely represent only a small fraction of APT1 ’s total activity . Greatness , for now , is only focused on Microsoft 365 phishing pages , providing its affiliates with an attachment and link builder that creates highly convincing decoy and login pages .


If an attacker wanted to exploit CVE-2015-1701 , they would first have to be executing code on the victim ’s machine .


The kill switch can also be turned on by SMS . APT33 may possibly be looking to gain insights on Saudi Arabia 's military aviation capabilities to enhance Iran 's domestic aviation capabilities or to support Iran 's military and strategic decision making vis a vis Saudi Arabia . Secondary ProjectSauron modules are designed to perform specific functions like stealing documents , recording keystrokes , and hijacking encryption keys from both infected computers and attached USB sticks .


They do this not only to identify whether the use of a particular app may permit them to harvest another credential , but also because each targeted app needs to have an overlay mapped to its design , so the Trojan can intercept and steal user data . Prior to the discovery of Operation Daybreak , we observed the ScarCruft APT launching a series of attacks in Operation Erebus . Activity of the Chafer APT group has been observed since at least 2015 , but based on things like compilation timestamps and C&C registration, it’s possible they have been active for even . McAfee researchers will present their findings at this year 's RSA security conference in San Francisco .


Distinct changes to Azazel by the Winnti developers include the addition of a function named ‘Decrypt2’ , which is used to decode an embedded configuration similar to the core implant . Kaspersky Lab 's products detect the Microsoft Office exploits used in the spear-phishing attacks , including Exploit.MSWord.CVE-2010-333 , Exploit.Win32.CVE-2012-0158 .


However , due to the absence of certification centers verifying the digital signatures of Android programs , nothing prevents criminals from adding their own signature . January 2018 , TAA triggered an alert at a large telecoms operator in Southeast Asia . 100 Root Thu 24 Oct 2019 12:08:27 PM UTC Initial shellcode . 101 Plugins Thu 24 Oct 2019 12:07:02 PM UTC Provides API for the other modules ; loads modules . 102 Config Thu 24 Oct 2019 12:07:09 PM UTC Handles encrypted configuration string pool . 103 Install Thu 24 Oct 2019 12:07:46 PM UTC Achieves persistence . 104 Online Thu 24 Oct 2019 12:07:17 PM UTC Overall communications with the C&C server . 106 ImpUser Thu 24 Oct 2019 12:07:24 PM UTC User impersonation via token duplication . 200 TCP Thu 24 Oct 2019 12:01:01 PM UTC TCP communications . 202 HTTPS Thu 24 Oct 2019 12:01:15 PM UTC HTTPS communications . 207 Pipe Thu 24 Oct 2019 12:01:35 PM UTC Handles named pipes . 300 Disk Thu 24 Oct 2019 12:02:29 PM UTC File system operations . 301 Process Thu 24 Oct 2019 12:02:36 PM UTC Process handling . 302 Servcie Thu 24 Oct 2019 12:02:45 PM UTC Service handling . 303 Register Thu 24 Oct 2019 12:02:52 PM UTC Registry operations . 304 Shell Thu 24 Oct 2019 12:03:00 PM UTC Command line operations . 306 Keylogger Thu 24 Oct 2019 12:03:16 PM UTC Keylogging to file system . 307 Screen Thu 24 Oct 2019 12:03:25 PM UTC Screenshot capture . 317 RecentFiles Thu 24 Oct 2019 12:04:44 PM UTC Lists recently accessed files . Since early 2022 , KillNet has claimed on multiple occasions to be partnering or coordinating with several criminal elements , including multiple occasions in which it claimed to be working with the widely known ransomware group REvil .


This group has been conducting attacks for at least four years using a backdoor Trojan that has been under active development . The APT38 uses DYEPACK to manipulate the SWIFT transaction records and hide evidence of the malicious transactions , so bank personnel are none the wiser when they review recent transactions .


We believe that the Carbanak campaign is a clear indicator of a new era in cybercrime in which criminals use APT techniques directly against the financial industry instead of through its customers . 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 .


We report them to Google and take other steps to disrupt malicious campaigns we discover . In all emails sent to these government officials , the actor used the same attachment : a malicious Microsoft Word document that exploited the CVE-2012-0158 vulnerability to drop a malicious payload . It is suspected that spear phishing is the primary delivery mechanism for Volgmer infections ; however , HIDDEN COBRA actors use a suite of custom tools , some of which could also be used to initially compromise a system .


This leads us to believe that Zen is just part of a larger infection chain . They then moved on to the motor industry in late May . APT17 . A Polish student used a remote controller device to interface with the Lodz city tram system in Poland .


Record surroundings using the built-in microphone in 3gp format . In other attacks , there was evidence that Felismus was installed using a tool known as Starloader ( detected by Symantec as Trojan.Starloader ) . JhoneRAT : https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1kbHVkvPIjX49qJ62TBz6drW2YPiiaX2a . The attackers ' aim is to put the organisation in an unbearable position by stopping it from functioning , and then demanding a ransom that can stretch to millions of dollars .


Among the most popular modern defense mechanisms against APTs are air-gaps — isolated network segments without Internet access , where sensitive data is stored .


However , samples don ’ t have key capabilities to infect innocent apps on victim devices yet . Threat actors like Confucius and Patchwork are known for their large arsenal of tools and ever-evolving techniques that can render traditional security solutions — which are often not designed to handle the persistent and sophisticated threats detailed in this blog — ineffective . Memory scans detect and terminate the loading of malicious code hidden by process hollowing — including the monitoring processes that attempt to update the malware code and re-infect the machine via PowerShell commands . • New , unexpected compiled ASPX files in the directory • Reconnaissance , vulnerability - testing requests to the following resources from an external IP address : In our investigations to date , the web shells placed on Exchange Servers have been named differently in each intrusion , and thus the file name alone is not a high - fidelity indicator of compromise .


The Shadow Brokers first emerged in August , when they posted links to a selection of NSA exploits and hacking tools onto Github and other websites . On April 24 , 2019 , Fxmsp claimed to have secured access to three leading antivirus companies .


Cannon opens the email with the correct subject and saves the attachment named auddevc.txt .


Its functionality includes uploading and downloading files , and it has configurable network protocols .


Fighting organized crime in your phone One of the main problems with Triada is that it can potentially hurt a LOT of people . In that case , we observed Buhtrap using a local privilege escalation exploit , CVE-2019-1132 , against one of its victims . We assess this activity was carried out by a suspected Iranian cyber espionage threat group , whom we refer to as APT34 , using a custom PowerShell backdoor to achieve its objectives .


] top/ Oct 17 , 2017 hxxp : //online.bankaustria.at.id58712 [ . On January 4 , Packet Clearing House , which is not an Internet exchange point but rather is an NGO which provides support to Internet exchange points and the core of the domain name system , provided confirmation of this aspect of the actors’ tactics when it publicly revealed its internal DNS had been briefly hijacked as a consequence of the compromise at its domain registrar . APT19 is a Chinese-based threat group that has targeted a variety of industries , including defense , finance , energy , pharmaceutical , telecommunications , high tech , education , manufacturing , and legal services .


Based on our analysis of Callisto Group 's usage of RCS Galileo , we believe the Callisto Group did not utilize the leaked RCS Galileo source code , but rather used the leaked readymade installers to set up their own installation of the RCS Galileo platform . In activity analyzed by CTU researchers , TG-3390 executed the Hunter web application scanning tool against a target server running IIS .


Secondly , when the emails were being sent to a broad set of recipients , the mails purported to be a necessary security update .


Unlike previous samples , this DealersChoice used a DOCX delivery document that required the user to scroll through the document to trigger the malicious Flash object .


Attacks launched by this group were publicly exposed on 2013 in a Trend Micro report about the FakeM Trojan . Other groups attributed to Iranian attackers , such as Rocket Kitten , have targeted Iranian individuals in the past , including anonymous proxy users , researchers , journalists , and dissidents .


It is possible that TG-3390 is false-flag operation by a threat group outside of China that is deliberately planting indications of a Chinese origin .


The core of this functionality is also based on an open-source project that can be found here . RCS Galileo platform . On Monday August 25, 2014 we observed a different spear phish email sent from lilywang823@gmail.com to a technology company located in Taiwan . Cloud Administration Command APT29 has used Azure Run Command and Azure Admin - on - Behalf - of ( AOBO ) to execute code on virtual machines .


There ’ s an app for just about any facet of one ’ s personal and professional life , from booking travel and managing projects , to buying groceries and binge-watching the latest Netflix series . Silence 2.0: Going Global is an extension of our original report: Silence: Moving into the Darkside which remains the most significant contribution to the research on the group and is the first such report to reveal Silence’s activity . Carbanak has its origin in more common financial fraud including theft from consumer and corporate bank accounts in Europe and Russia , using standard banking malware , mainly Carberp .


” social ” – this command that starts the ‘ AndroidMDMSupport ’ service – this allows the files of any other installed application to be grabbed . However , Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) records also contain links that victims clicked from the Outlook web client outlook.live.com” as well as attachments arriving through the Outlook desktop application . Activity from this group was previously linked to FIN7 , but the group is believed to be a distinct group possibly motivated by espionage .


OnionDuke ’s development therefore could not have been simply a response to the outing of one of the other Duke malware , but was instead intended for use alongside the other toolsets .


PLATINUM uses a number of different custom-developed backdoors to communicate with infected computers . Obviously , the developers behind NetTraveler have taken steps to try to hide the malware 's configuration .


TONEDEAF supports collecting system information , uploading and downloading of files , and arbitrary shell command execution . In order to fight back against this cyber-espionage , Kaspersky Lab will continue its research .


In that case , the only help comes from an antivirus solution , for example , Kaspersky Internet Security for Android . But two tools used were unique to the group : ASPXTool , an Internet Information Services ( IIS ) specific " Web shell " used to gain access to servers inside a target 's network ; and the OwaAuth credential stealing tool and Web shell , used to attack Microsoft Exchange servers running the Web Outlook interface . ShadowPad is a multimodular backdoor where the modules are referenced from the Root module with a circular list from which one can extract the module address , a UNIX timestamp ( probably embedded automatically during the module ’s compilation process ) and a module identifier . DLL sideloading attacks use the DLL search order mechanism in Windows to plant and then invoke a legitimate application that executes a malicious payload .


In the first iteration , the screen recording is started and will only stop when the RAT determines that WhatsApp is not running . These spear phishing emails were crafted to appear highly convincing , including being sent from legitimate email accounts suspected to have been previously compromised by the Callisto Group via credential phishing . The HIGHTIDE backdoor connected directly to 141.108.2.157 . [ 42 ] TYPEFRAME has used ports 443 , 8080 , and 8443 with a FakeTLS method .


TG-3390 is capable of using a C2 infrastructure that spans multiple networks and registrars .


As we 've seen with actors like Dark Caracal , this low cost , low sophistication approach that relies heavily upon social engineering has still been shown to be highly successful for those operating such campaigns . We believe that Lazarus will remain one of the biggest threats to the banking sector , finance , and trading companies , as well as casinos for the next few years . The exploit was used against one target in the chemical sector in Saudi Arabia . csvde.exe


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Through research , 360 Helios Team has found that , since 2007 , the Poison Ivy Group has carried out 11 years of cyber espionage campaigns against Chinese key units and departments , such as national defense , government , science and technology , education and maritime agencies . The malware has started targeting corporate , SMB , investment banking and consumer accounts at banks , including some in Portugal and the U.S. , in addition to Poland , according to researchers at IBM 's X-Force team .


" Emboldened by financial and technological independence , their skillsets will advance–putting end users , enterprises , and government agencies at risk . Just last week Lazarus were found stealing millions from ATMs across Asia and Africa . APT33 : 5.187.21.70 microsoftupdated.com . This seeming “ streamlining ” of activities by DPRK often makes it difficult for defenders to track , attribute , and thwart malicious activities , while enabling this now collaborative adversary to move stealthily and with greater speed .


Command and control API calls ViperRAT samples are capable of communicating to C2 servers through an exposed API as well as websockets . The subject is a series of targeted attacks against private companies . Finally , it spawns the main thread that starts at the original location of ShellMainThread procedure , and terminates . In October 2019 , ESET published “ Operation Ghost ” detailing a set of new trojans used by the Dukes , including PolyglotDuke , RegDuke and FatDuke .


] cendata [ . In addition to banks , the MoneyTaker group has attacked law firms and also financial software vendors . APT16 . The web shell was written to the system by the UMWorkerProcess.exe process , which is associated with Microsoft Exchange Server ’s Unified Messaging service .


A business can obtain access to this program only provided they meet requirements set out by Apple . The worm leverages an SMBv1 exploit that originates from tools released by the Shadow Brokers threat group in April . In March 2018 , Trend Micro provided a detailed analysis of another campaign that bore the hallmarks of MuddyWater .


The C2 for the aforementioned 9002 sample was logitechwkgame [ . Mapping the group’s activities since 2012 (Figure 2) also provides some indication that APT41 primarily conducts financially motivated operations outside of their normal day jobs . In 2014 , APT32 leveraged a spear-phishing attachment titled " Plans to crackdown on protesters at the Embassy of Vietnam.exe , " which targeted dissident activity among the Vietnamese diaspora in Southeast Asia .


After obtaining the desired rights , the Trojan sets itself as the default SMS app ( by independently clicking Yes in AccessibilityService ) , before vanishing from the device screen . In May and June 2017 , FireEye has associated this campaign with APT19 , a group that we assess is composed of freelancers , with some degree of sponsorship by the Chinese government . Indicating that this library was probably used in another campaign .


As early as March 4 , 2017 , malicious documents exploiting CVE-2017-0199 were used to deliver the LATENTBOT malware . The Android version , for instance , can steal SMS messages , accounts , contacts , and files , as well as record audio .


Low-volume campaigns distributed Dridex during much of 2015 Moderate volumes of Dridex appeared from the end of 2015 through February 2016 ; it is worth noting that these “ moderate volume ” campaigns were , at the time , the largest campaigns ever observed .


the backdoor is packaged together with the CVE-2013-5065 EoP exploit and heavily obfuscated . In this campaign , the attackers experimented with publicly available tooling for attack operations .


file Fingerprint the system and check the following registry values : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\MachineGuid should not be “ 6ba1d002-21ed-4dbe-afb5-08cf8b81ca32 ” HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId should not be “ 55274-649-6478953-23109 ” , “ A22-00001 ” , or “ 47220 ” HARDWARE\Description\System\SystemBiosDate should not contain “ 01/02/03 ” Since at least 2014 , APT32 , also known as the OceanLotus Group , has targeted foreign corporations with investments in Vietnam , foreign governments , journalists , and Vietnamese dissidents . The complexity of the shellcode and loaders shows the group continues to invest heavily in development of bespoke tooling . Mandiant directly observed one ( 1 ) variant of STRATOFEAR as a Mach - O executable compiled for ARM64 systems that contained a self - signed certificate with a particular Common Name ( CN ) .


] 230 [ . The Komplex Trojan revealed a design similar to Sofacy 's Carberp variant Trojan , which we believe may have been done in order to handle compromised Windows and OS X systems using the same C2 server application with relative ease . The enumerated methods are stored , then a for loop looks first for the method named DownloadString ( highlighted in blue ) . NoEscape is a new ransomware which been doing the rounds in underground forums since May 2023 .


Fxmsp specialize in breaching highly secure protected networks to access private corporate and government information . BRONZE UNION actors leveraged initial web shell access on Internet-facing systems to conduct internal reconnaissance .


To avoid confusion however , we have decided to continue referring to the loader as the “ MiniDuke loader ” .


Note , however , that based on the leak mail from a customer inquiry , Hacking Team was in the process of developing exploits for Android 5.0 Lollipop . Against targets in the CIS countries , the Cobalt also used their own infrastructure , which included rented dedicated servers . In the example below , The hackers behind the campaign have been identified as Tortoiseshell , which is believed to work on behalf of the Iranian government .


The first module downloaded by the GRIFFON malware to the victim’s computer is an information-gathering JScript , which allows the cybercriminals to understand the context of the infected workstation . Bookworm has little malicious functionality built-in , with its only core ability involving stealing keystrokes and clipboard contents .


The first class , colloquially known as " wipers " , are a class of malware has the primary intent of destroying data on a victim 's machine . Also , Bookworm uses a combination of encryption and compression algorithms to obfuscate the traffic between the system and C2 server .


As security controls have improved , DLL side loading has evolved to load a payload stored in a different directory or from a registry value .


During our research we also found a component called KPWS that turned out to be another downloader for Slingshot components . The most popular targets of SneakyPastes are embassies , government entities , education , media outlets , journalists , activists , political parties or personnel , healthcare and banking .


SMS grabbing : EventBot has the ability to parse SMS messages by using the targeted device ’ s SDK version to parse them correctly . According to ClearSky , the suspected Lazarus operatives looked to leverage a vulnerability in outdated WinRAR file-archiving software that hackers have been exploiting since it was disclosed last month . Additionally , there is evidence to suggest APT33 targeted Saudi Arabia .


The target list and bank specific fake login pages can be dynamically updated via their C2 panel ( dashboard back-end ) which significantly increases the adaptability and scalability of this attack . Despite the fact that the Changing Information Technology Inc. certificate was revoked on July 4 , 2017 , the BlackTech group is still using it to sign their malicious tools . We have written a simple C++ ZxShell Server that implements the communication and the handshake for the version 3.10 and 3.20 of the ZxShell DLL . As Google Analytics is allowed in the CSP configuration of many major sites , this demo shows how an attacker can bypass this security protection and steal data .


The web shell files appeared to be installed during the timeframe that BRONZE PRESIDENT was active on the system .


Despite being an older vulnerability , many threat actors continue to leverage CVE-2012-0158 to exploit Microsoft Word . PittyTiger has also been seen using Heartbleed vulnerability in order to directly get valid credentials .


In this particular case , the bot abuses the accessibility service privilege to obtain the package name of the foreground application and determine whether or not to show a phishing overlay window , as shown in the following code snippet : Targets Some examples of phishing overlays are shown below . A new type of backdoor called AdroMut and a new malware called FlowerPippi was also found coming from SectorJ04 . BRONZE BUTLER has used a broad range of publicly available ( Mimikatz and gsecdump ) and proprietary ( Daserf and Datper ) tools .


The malware starts communicating with the C&C server by sending basic information about the infected machine . One of its file stealers , swissknife2 , abuses a cloud storage service as a repository of exfiltrated files .


This business unit and the eSurv software and brand was sold from Connexxa S.R.L . In one remarkable case , the Carbanak 2.0 gang used its access to a financial institution that stores information about shareholders to change the ownership details of a large company . We attribute this activity to TEMP.Zagros ( reported by Palo Alto Networks and Trend Micro as MuddyWater ) , an Iran-nexus actor that has been active since at least May 2017 .


Looking under the hood we see the VBA code that builds the PowerShell B-FILE S-TOOL command and launches it but something seemed off .


The Android version , for instance , can steal SMS messages , accounts , contacts , and files , as well as record audio . After the source codes of their tools became public in 2016 , the name Buhtrap was used for the financial Trojan .


After all network derived IPs have been processed , the malware generates random IPs and uses the same combination of PingCastle and EternalBlue to spread to that host . Written in pure C language , Canhadr/Ndriver provides full access to the hard drive and operating memory despite device security restrictions , and carries out integrity control of various system components to avoid debugging and security detection .


Sanitize and validate input to ensure that it is properly typed and does not contain escaped code .


During our tests the spyware was upgraded to the second stage on our test device immediately after the first check-ins . However , they later continued by making modifications to the Excel document just prior to the attack on August 26th . ImportError : Unknown magic number 227 in final2 . Therefore can be no leakage on our part .


Behind the scenes , there are number of process occurring simultaneously . makeself.sh is a small shell script that generates a self-extractable compressed tar archive from a directory . For context , embedded Winnti campaign designators have ranged from target names , geographic areas , industry , and profanity .


The Trojan sends an email to sahro.bella7@post.cz with i.ini as the attachment , S_inf within the body and a subject with a unique system identifier via SMTPS from one of the following accounts : Bishtr.cam47 , Lobrek.chizh , Cervot.woprov .


This sample was also found to be deployed using the CVE-2012-0158 vulnerability . In the past they used Adobe Gh0st , Poison Ivy and Torn RAT malware as their primary attack vector is sphere phishing .


TG-4127 created 150 short links targeting this group .


] 230 [ . This assertion of time zone is also supported by timestamps found in many GeminiDuke samples , which similarly suggest the group work in the Moscow Standard Time timezone , as further detailed in the section on the technical analysis of GeminiDuke . The base64 encoded PE file that can be seen in line 2760 of the image above is a GandCrab Variant . Charming Kitten members , claiming to be a senior teaching and research fellow at SOAS university in London sent targeted emails to a select number of victims from fewer than 10 organizations in the US and UK , inviting them to an online conference called The US Security Challenges in the Middle East .


Most of them are almost harmless — all they did until recently was injecting tons of ads and downloading others of their kind . Unit 42 's analysis shows that NetTraveler attempted to exploit CVE-2012-0158 to install NetTraveler Trojan . In recent attacks they set up a fake VPN Web Portal and targeted at least five Israeli IT vendors , several financial institutes , and the Israeli Post Office .


On September 13 , WADA confirmed that APT28 had compromised its networks and accessed athlete medical data .


+86.01078456689 Fax . PLEAD 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 . Unlike many activity groups , which typically gather information for monetary gain or economic espionage , PROMETHIUM and NEODYMIUM appear to launch campaigns simply to gather information about certain individuals .


In a report released on January 7 2017 , the U.S. Directorate of National Intelligence described this activity as an “ influence campaign. ” This influence campaign - a combination of network compromises and subsequent data leaks - aligns closely with the Russian military ’s publicly stated intentions and capabilities .


9b2fd7189395b2f34781b499f5cae10ec86aa7ab373fbdc2a14ec4597d4799ba ac216d502233ca0fe51ac2bb64cfaf553d906dc19b7da4c023fec39b000bc0d7 b1ccb5618925c8f0dda8d13efe4a1e1a93d1ceed9e26ec4a388229a28d1f8d5b ba4beb97f5d4ba33162f769f43ec8e7d1ae501acdade792a4a577cd6449e1a84 The two malware families themselves are also very similar , and therefore we think that the shared technique is an indication of a single developer , or development company , behind both CONFUCIUS_A and CONFUCIUS_B . Within a year APT40 was observed masquerading as a UUV manufacturer , and targeting universities engaged in naval research .


The app that resulted in the largest number of affected users was the click fraud version , which was installed over 170,000 times at its peak in February 2018 . PassCV continues to maintain a heavy reliance on obfuscated and signed versions of older RATs like ZxShell and Ghost RAT , which have remained a favorite of the wider Chinese criminal community since their initial public release . Various artifacts from the initial phases of the incident provided strong indications of the existence of this particular threat group within the client's infrastructure . According to HTTP headers of the server , the applet was uploaded on February 11 , 2013 , one month after the Metasploit code was published and two days before Oracle issued a security alert regarding the vulnerability .


It minimizes the risk of overexposure by specifically targeting Arabic speakers .


This submitter has thousands of other submissions in VirusTotal , however , it is the only one that continues to submit EventBot samples via the VirusTotal API . This post was our first analysis of the first Panda Banker campaign that we’ve seen to target financial institutions in Japan . An Iranian hacking group formerly named Ajax Security ( code-named ' Flying Kitten ' by CrowdStrike ) engaged in active spear phishing attacks on Iranian dissidents ( those attempting to circumvent government traffic monitoring ) .