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	2024-07-24 23:34:10	Onyx Sleet utilise une gamme de logiciels malveillants pour recueillir l'intelligence pour la Corée du Nord Onyx Sleet uses array of malware to gather intelligence for North Korea (lien direct)	#### Targeted Geolocations - India - Korea - United States - Southeast Asia - North America #### Targeted Industries - Information Technology - Defense Industrial Base - Government Agencies & Services ## Snapshot On July 25, 2024, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted an individual linked to the North Korean threat actor that Microsoft tracks as Onyx Sleet. Microsoft Threat Intelligence collaborated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in tracking activity associated with Onyx Sleet. We will continue to closely monitor Onyx Sleet\'s activity to assess changes following the indictment. First observed by Microsoft in 2014, Onyx Sleet has conducted cyber espionage through numerous campaigns aimed at global targets with the goal of intelligence gathering. More recently, it has expanded its goals to include financial gain. This threat actor operates with an extensive set of custom tools and malware, and regularly evolves its toolset to add new functionality and to evade detection, while keeping a fairly uniform attack pattern. Onyx Sleet\'s ability to develop a spectrum of tools to launch its tried-and-true attack chain makes it a persistent threat, particularly to targets of interest to North Korean intelligence, like organizations in the defense, engineering, and energy sectors. Microsoft tracks campaigns related to Onyx Sleet and directly notifies customers who have been targeted or compromised, providing them with the necessary information to help secure their environments. ## Activity Overview ### Who is Onyx Sleet? Onyx Sleet conducts cyber espionage primarily targeting military, defense, and technology industries, predominately in India, South Korea, and the United States. This threat actor has historically leveraged spear-phishing as a means of compromising target environments; however, in recent campaigns, they have mostly exploited N-day vulnerabilities, leveraging publicly available and custom exploits to gain initial access. In October 2023, Onyx Sleet [exploited the TeamCity CVE-2023-42793 vulnerability](https://security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/b4f39b04) [as a part of a targeted attack](https://security.microsoft.com/vulnerabilities/vulnerability/CVE-2023-42793/overview). Exploiting this vulnerability enabled the threat actor to perform a remote code execution attack and gain administrative control of the server. Onyx Sleet develops and uses a spectrum of tools that range from custom to open source. They have built an extensive set of custom remote access trojans (RATs) that they use in campaigns, and routinely developed new variants of these RATs to add new functionality and implement new ways of evading detection. Onyx Sleet often uses leased virtual private servers (VPS) and compromised cloud infrastructure for command-and-control (C2). Onyx Sleet is tracked by other security companies as SILENT CHOLLIMA, Andariel, DarkSeoul, Stonefly, and TDrop2. Affiliations with other threat actors originating from North Korea Onyx Sleet has demonstrated affiliations with other North Korean actors, indicating its integration with a broader network of North Korean cyber operations. Microsoft has observed [an overlap](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/07/14/north-korean-threat-actor-targets-small-and-midsize-businesses-with-h0lygh0st-ransomware/) between Onyx Sleet and [Storm-0530](https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/07/14/north-korean-threat-actor-targets-small-and-midsize-businesses-with-h0lygh0st-ransomware/). Both groups were observed operating within the same infrastructure and were involved in the development and use of ransomware in attacks in late 2021 and 2022. Onyx Sleet targets In pursuit of its primary goal of intelligence collection, Onyx Sleet has focused on targeting entities in the defense and energy industries, predominately in India, South Korea, and the United States. Recent att	Ransomware Malware Tool Vulnerability Threat Industrial Cloud Technical Commercial	APT 38	★★★
	2024-06-05 14:00:00	Phishing pour l'or: cyber-menaces auxquelles sont confrontés les Jeux olympiques de Paris 2024 Phishing for Gold: Cyber Threats Facing the 2024 Paris Olympics (lien direct)	Written by: Michelle Cantos, Jamie Collier Executive Summary Mandiant assesses with high confidence that the Paris Olympics faces an elevated risk of cyber threat activity, including cyber espionage, disruptive and destructive operations, financially-motivated activity, hacktivism, and information operations. Olympics-related cyber threats could realistically impact various targets including event organizers and sponsors, ticketing systems, Paris infrastructure, and athletes and spectators traveling to the event. Mandiant assesses with high confidence that Russian threat groups pose the highest risk to the Olympics. While China, Iran, and North Korea state sponsored actors also pose a moderate to low risk. To reduce the risk of cyber threats associated with the Paris Olympics, organizations should update their threat profiles, conduct security awareness training, and consider travel-related cyber risks. The security community is better prepared for the cyber threats facing the Paris Olympics than it has been for previous Games, thanks to the insights gained from past events. While some entities may face unfamiliar state-sponsored threats, many of the cybercriminal threats will be familiar. While the technical disruption caused by hacktivism and information operations is often temporary, these operations can have an outsized impact during high-profile events with a global audience. Introduction The 2024 Summer Olympics taking place in Paris, France between July and August creates opportunities for a range of cyber threat actors to pursue profit, notoriety, and intelligence. For organizations involved in the event, understanding relevant threats is key to developing a resilient security posture. Defenders should prepare against a variety of threats that will likely be interested in targeting the Games for different reasons: Cyber espionage groups are likely to target the 2024 Olympics for information gathering purposes, due to the volume of government officials and senior decision makers attending. Disruptive and destructive operations could potentially target the Games to cause negative psychological effects and reputational damage. This type of activity could take the form of website defacements, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, the deployment of wiper malware, and operational technology (OT) targeting. As a high profile, large-scale sporting event with a global audience, the Olympics represents an ideal stage for such operations given that the impact of any disruption would be significantly magnified. Information operations will likely leverage interest in the Olympics to spread narratives and disinformation to target audiences. In some cases, threat actors may leverage disruptive and destructive attacks to amplify the spread of particular narratives in hybrid operations. Financially-motivated actors are likely to target the Olympics in v	Ransomware Malware Threat Studies Mobile Cloud Technical	APT 15 APT 31 APT 42	★★
	2024-05-01 23:25:26	Les logiciels malveillants ciblent les routeurs pour voler les mots de passe des demandes Web Malware Targets Routers To Steal Passwords From Web Requests (lien direct)	Les chercheurs ont récemment suivi un nouveau malware, "Sweetfish", qui cible les équipements de mise en réseau, en particulier les petits routeurs de bureau / bureau à domicile (SOHO), pour voler le matériel d'authentification trouvé dans les demandes Web qui transitent le routeur de la locale adjacenteréseau régional (LAN). Lumen Technologies & # 8217;Black Lotus Labs, qui a examiné les logiciels malveillants, a déclaré que la seiche crée un tunnel proxy ou VPN via un routeur compromis pour exfiltrer les données en contournant l'analyse basée sur la connexion anormale, puis utilise des informations d'identification volées pour accéder aux ressources ciblées. Le malware a également la capacité d'effectuer un détournement HTTP et DNS pour les connexions aux adresses IP privées, qui sont normalement associées aux communications dans un réseau interne. Les chercheurs déclarent que la plate-forme de logiciels malveillants de secteur offre une approche zéro clique pour capturer les données des utilisateurs et des appareils derrière le bord du réseau ciblé. «Toutes les données envoyées sur les équipements réseau infiltrés par ce malware sont potentiellement exposés.Ce qui rend cette famille de logiciels malveillants si insidie-the-cuttlefish-malware / "data-wpel-link =" external "rel =" nofollow nopenner noreferrer "> avertir dans un article de blog . «La seiche est en attente, reniflant passivement les paquets, n'agissant que lorsqu'il est déclenché par un ensemble de règles prédéfini.Le renifleur de paquets utilisé par la seiche a été conçu pour acquérir du matériel d'authentification, en mettant l'accent sur les services publics basés sur le cloud. »	Malware Threat Cloud Technical	APT 32	★★★★
	2024-04-25 10:00:00	Pole Voûte: cyber-menaces aux élections mondiales Poll Vaulting: Cyber Threats to Global Elections (lien direct)	Written by: Kelli Vanderlee, Jamie Collier Executive Summary The election cybersecurity landscape globally is characterized by a diversity of targets, tactics, and threats. Elections attract threat activity from a variety of threat actors including: state-sponsored actors, cyber criminals, hacktivists, insiders, and information operations as-a-service entities. Mandiant assesses with high confidence that state-sponsored actors pose the most serious cybersecurity risk to elections. Operations targeting election-related infrastructure can combine cyber intrusion activity, disruptive and destructive capabilities, and information operations, which include elements of public-facing advertisement and amplification of threat activity claims. Successful targeting does not automatically translate to high impact. Many threat actors have struggled to influence or achieve significant effects, despite their best efforts. When we look across the globe we find that the attack surface of an election involves a wide variety of entities beyond voting machines and voter registries. In fact, our observations of past cycles indicate that cyber operations target the major players involved in campaigning, political parties, news and social media more frequently than actual election infrastructure. Securing elections requires a comprehensive understanding of many types of threats and tactics, from distributed denial of service (DDoS) to data theft to deepfakes, that are likely to impact elections in 2024. It is vital to understand the variety of relevant threat vectors and how they relate, and to ensure mitigation strategies are in place to address the full scope of potential activity. Election organizations should consider steps to harden infrastructure against common attacks, and utilize account security tools such as Google\'s Advanced Protection Program to protect high-risk accounts. Introduction The 2024 global election cybersecurity landscape is characterized by a diversity of targets, tactics, and threats. An expansive ecosystem of systems, administrators, campaign infrastructure, and public communications venues must be secured against a diverse array of operators and methods. Any election cybersecurity strategy should begin with a survey of the threat landscape to build a more proactive and tailored security posture. The cybersecurity community must keep pace as more than two billion voters are expected to head to the polls in 2024. With elections in more than an estimated 50 countries, there is an opportunity to dynamically track how threats to democracy evolve. Understanding how threats are targeting one country will enable us to better anticipate and prepare for upcoming elections globally. At the same time, we must also appreciate the unique context of different countries. Election threats to South Africa, India, and the United States will inevitably differ in some regard. In either case, there is an opportunity for us to prepare with the advantage of intelligence.	Ransomware Malware Hack Tool Vulnerability Threat Legislation Cloud Technical	APT 40 APT 29 APT 28 APT 43 APT 31 APT 42	★★★
	2023-11-20 06:31:18	Circonstances d'une attaque exploitant un programme de gestion des actifs (Andariel Group) Circumstances of an Attack Exploiting an Asset Management Program (Andariel Group) (lien direct)	L'équipe d'analyse ASEC a identifié les circonstances du groupe Andariel distribuant des logiciels malveillants via une attaque en utilisant une certaine gestion des actifsprogramme.Le groupe Andariel est connu pour être dans une relation coopérative avec ou une organisation filiale du groupe Lazare.Le groupe Andariel lance généralement des attaques de phishing de lance, d'arrosage ou de chaîne d'approvisionnement pour la pénétration initiale.Il existe également un cas où le groupe a exploité une solution de gestion centrale pendant le processus d'installation de logiciels malveillants.Récemment, le groupe Andariel ... The ASEC analysis team identified the circumstances of the Andariel group distributing malware via an attack using a certain asset management program. The Andariel group is known to be in a cooperative relationship with or a subsidiary organization of the Lazarus group. The Andariel group usually launches spear phishing, watering hole, or supply chain attacks for initial penetration. There is also a case where the group exploited a central management solution during the malware installation process. Recently, the Andariel group...	Malware Technical	APT 38 APT 38	★★★
	2014-11-21 19:36:00	Opération Double Tap Operation Double Tap (lien direct)	apt3 (également connu sous le nom d'UPS), les acteurs responsables de Operation Clandestine Fox a tranquillement continué à envoyer des vagues de messages de spearphish au cours des derniersmois.Cet acteur a lancé sa dernière campagne le 19 novembre 2014 ciblant plusieurs organisations.L'attaquant a exploité plusieurs exploits, ciblant les deux CVE-2014-6332 et CVE-2014-4113 .Le CVE-2014-6332 a été divulgué publiquement le 2014-2011-11 et est une vulnérabilité d'exécution de code à distance de tableau d'automatisation Windows Ole.CVE-2014-4113 est une vulnérabilité d'escalade privilégiée qui était divulgué publiquement le 2014-10-14 . l'utilisation de cve APT3 (also known as UPS), the actors responsible for Operation Clandestine Fox has quietly continued to send waves of spearphishing messages over the past few months. This actor initiated their most recent campaign on November 19, 2014 targeting multiple organizations. The attacker leveraged multiple exploits, targeting both CVE-2014-6332 and CVE-2014-4113. CVE-2014-6332 was disclosed publicly on 2014-11-11 and is a Windows OLE Automation Array Remote Code Execution vulnerability. CVE-2014-4113 is a privilege escalation vulnerability that was disclosed publicly on 2014-10-14. The use of CVE	Vulnerability Technical	APT 3 APT 3	★★★★

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