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2024-05-28 17:37:40 | Faits saillants hebdomadaires, 28 mai 2024 Weekly OSINT Highlights, 28 May 2024 (lien direct) |
## Snapshot Last week\'s OSINT reporting reveals a diverse array of sophisticated cyber threats targeting various sectors, including financial institutions, government entities, and academic organizations. The reports highlight a variety of attack types such as banking trojans, stealers, crypto mining malware, ransomware, and remote access trojans (RATs). Attack vectors include malspam campaigns, spear-phishing emails, search engine advertisements, and trojanized software packages. Threat actors range from financially motivated groups like UAC-0006 and Ikaruz Red Team to state-sponsored entities such as the Chinese-linked "Unfading Sea Haze" and the Iranian Void Manticore. These actors employ advanced techniques like fileless malware, DLL sideloading, and custom keyloggers to achieve persistence and data exfiltration. The targets of these attacks are geographically widespread, encompassing North and South America, the South China Sea region, the Philippines, and South Korea, underscoring the global reach and impact of these threats. ## Description 1. **[Metamorfo Banking Trojan Targets North and South America](https://security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/72f52370)**: Forcepoint reports that the Metamorfo (Casbaneiro) banking trojan spreads through malspam campaigns, using HTML attachments to initiate system metadata collection and steal user data. This malware targets banking users in North and South America by employing PowerShell commands and various persistence mechanisms. 2. **[Unfading Sea Haze Targets South China Sea Military and Government Entities](https://security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/c95e7fd5)**: Bitdefender Labs identified a Chinese-linked threat actor, "Unfading Sea Haze," using spear-phishing emails and fileless malware to target military and government entities in the South China Sea region. The campaign employs tools like SerialPktdoor and Gh0stRAT to exfiltrate data and maintain persistence. 3. **[Acrid, ScarletStealer, and Sys01 Stealers](https://security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/8ca39741)**: Kaspersky describes three stealers-Acrid, ScarletStealer, and Sys01-targeting various global regions. These stealers focus on stealing browser data, cryptocurrency wallets, and credentials, posing significant financial risks by exfiltrating sensitive user information. 4. **[REF4578 Crypto Mining Campaign](https://security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/c2420a77)**: Elastic Security Labs reports on REF4578, an intrusion set leveraging vulnerable drivers to disable EDRs for deploying Monero crypto miners. The campaign\'s GHOSTENGINE module ensures persistence and termination of security agents, targeting systems for crypto mining. 5. **[SmokeLoader Malware Campaign in Ukraine](https://security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/7bef5f52)**: CERT-UA observed the UAC-0006 threat actor distributing SmokeLoader malware via phishing emails in Ukraine. The campaign downloads additional malware like Taleshot and RMS, targeting remote banking systems and increasing fraud schemes. 6. **[Ikaruz Red Team Targets Philippines with Modified Ransomware](https://security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/624f5ce1)**: The hacktivist group Ikaruz Red Team uses leaked LockBit 3 ransomware builders to attack Philippine organizations, aligning with other hacktivist groups like Turk Hack Team. The group engages in politically motivated data leaks and destructive actions. 7. **[Grandoreiro Banking Trojan Campaign](https://security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/bc072613)**: IBM X-Force tracks the Grandoreiro banking trojan, which operates as Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) and targets over 1500 global banks. The malware uses advanced evasion techniques and spreads through phishing emails, aiming to commit banking fraud worldwide. 8. **[Void Manticore\'s Destructive Wiping Attacks](https://security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/d5d5c07f)**: Check Point Research analyzes the Iranian threat actor Void Manticore, conducting destructive wip | Ransomware Malware Hack Tool Threat | APT 34 | ★★★ |
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2024-05-22 15:21:21 | Bad Karma, No Justice: Void Manticore Destructive Activities in Israel (lien direct) | #### Géolocations ciblées - Israël ## Instantané Check Point Research a publié une analyse de l'acteur de menace iranien Void Manticore, l'acteur Microsoft suit en tant que Storm-0842.Affilié au ministère des Intelligences et de la Sécurité (MOIS), le vide Manticore effectue des attaques d'essuyage destructrices combinées à des opérations d'influence.L'acteur de menace exploite plusieurs personnages en ligne, les plus importants d'entre eux étant la justice de la patrie pour des attaques en Albanie et au Karma pour des attaques menées en Israël. ## Description Il y a des chevauchements clairs entre les cibles de vide manticore et de marminé marqué (aka Storm-0861), avec des indications de remise systématique des cibles entre ces deux groupes lorsqu'ils décident de mener des activités destructrices contre les victimes existantes de Manticore marqué.Les procédures de transfert documentées entre ces groupes suggèrent un niveau de planification cohérent et permettent à un accès vide de manticore à un ensemble plus large d'objectifs, facilité par leurs homologues \\ 'avancés.Les postes de collaboration ont annulé Manticore en tant qu'acteur exceptionnellement dangereux dans le paysage des menaces iraniennes. Void Manticore utilise cinq méthodes différentes pour mener des opérations perturbatrices contre ses victimes.Cela comprend plusieurs essuie-glaces personnalisés pour Windows et Linux, ainsi que la suppression manuelle de fichiers et de lecteurs partagés.Dans leurs dernières attaques, Void Manticore a utilisé un essuie-glace personnalisé appelé Bibi Wiper, faisant référence au surnom du Premier ministre d'Israël, Benjamin Netanyahu.L'essorage a été déployé dans plusieurs campagnes contre plusieurs entités en Israël et dispose de variantes pour Linux et Windows. ## Analyse Microsoft Microsoft Threat Intelligence Tracks void Manticore comme [Storm-0842] (https://security.microsoft.com/intel-profiles/0c1349b0f2bd0e545d4f741eeae18dd89888d3c0fbf99540b7cf623ff5bb2bf5) ministère du renseignement et de la sécurité (MOIS).Depuis 2022, Microsoft a observé plusieurs cas où Storm-0842 a déployé un outil destructeur dans un environnement précédemment compromis par [Storm-0861] (https://security.microsoft.com 8DE00), un autre groupe avec des liens avecLes Mois. Depuis 2022, Microsoft a observé que la majorité des opérations impliquant Storm-0842 ont affecté les organisations en [Albanie] (https://security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/5491ec4b) et en Israël.En particulier, Microsoft a observé des opérateurs associés à Storm-0842 de manière opportuniste [déploiez l'essuie-glace de Bibi en réponse à la guerre d'Israël-Hamas.] (Https://security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/cf205f30) ## Détections Microsoft Defender Antivirus détecte plusieurs variantes (Windows et Linux) de l'essuie-glace Bibi comme le malware suivant: - [DOS: WIN32 / WPRBLIGHTRE] (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/therets/malware-encyclopedia-description?name=dos:win32/wprblightre.b!dha& ;theratid=-2147072872)(Les fenêtres) - [dos: lINUX / WPRBLIGHTRE] (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/therets/malware-encycopedia-dercription?name=dos:linux/wprblightre.a& ;threatid = -2147072991) (Linux) ## Recommandations Microsoft recommande les atténuations suivantes pour réduire l'impact de cette menace. - Lisez notre [Ransomware en tant que blog de service] (https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/05/09/ransomware-as-a-service-udentSanding-the-cybercrim-gig-ecoony-and-Comment-protect-vous-soi / # défendant-against-ransomware) pour des conseils sur le développement d'une posture de sécurité holistique pour prévenir les ransomwares, y compris l'hygiène des informations d'identification et les recommandations de durcissement. - Allumez [Protection en cloud-étirement] (https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/configure-lock-at-first-sigh | Ransomware Malware Tool Threat | APT 34 | ★★★ |
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2022-09-13 15:00:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Iran-Albanian Cyber Conflict, Ransomware Adopts Intermittent Encryption, DLL Side-Loading Provides Variety to PlugX Infections, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: China, Cyberespionage, Defense evasion, DDoS, Iran, Ransomware, PlugX, 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
Microsoft Investigates Iranian Attacks Against the Albanian Government
(published: September 8, 2022)
Microsoft researchers discovered that groups working under Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS, tracked as OilRig) attacked the government of Albania. The attackers started with initial intrusion in May 2021, proceeded with mailbox exfiltrations between October 2021 and January 2022, organized controlled leaks, and culminated on July 15, 2022, with disruptive ransomware and wiper attacks. This attack is probably a response to the June 2021 Predatory Sparrow’s anti-Iranian cyber operations promoting the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), an Iranian dissident group largely based in Albania.
Analyst Comment: MOIS attack on Albania uses messaging and targeting similar to the previous MEK-associated attack on Iran. It tells us that Iran has chosen to engage in a form of direct and proportional retaliation as it sees it. Still, the attack and its attribution caused Albania to cut diplomatic ties with Iran and expel the country's embassy staff. Organizations should implement multifactor authentication (MFA) for mailbox access and remote connectivity. Anomali platform users advised to block known OilRig network indicators.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Impair Defenses - T1562 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Indicator Removal on Host - T1070
Tags: OilRig, Helix Kitten, APT34, MOIS, Ministry of Intelligence and Security, Predatory Sparrow, Wiper, CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2019-0604, CVE-2022-28799, Government, Albania, target-country:AL, Iran, source-country:IR, DEV-0842, DEV-0861, DEV-0166, DEV-0133, Europium, APT, detection:Jason, detection:Mellona
BRONZE PRESIDENT Targets Government Officials
(published: September 8, 2022)
Secureworks researchers detected a new campaign by China-sponsored group Mustang Panda (Bronze President). In June and July 2022, the group used spearphishing to deliver the PlugX malware to government officials in Europe, the Middle East, and South America. To bypass mail-scanning antiviruses, the archived email attachment had malware embedded eight levels deep in a sequence of hidden folders named with special characters.
Analyst Comment: Many advanced attacks start with basic techniques such as unwarranted email with malicious attachment that requires the user to open it and enable macros. It is important to teach your users basic online hygiene and phishing awareness.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | |
Ransomware Malware Tool Vulnerability Threat Guideline | APT 27 APT 34 | |
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2022-05-17 15:01:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Costa Rica in Ransomware Emergency, Charming Kitten Spy and Ransom, Saitama Backdoor Hides by Sleeping, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, Conti ransomware, India, Iran, Russia, Spearphishing, 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
COBALT MIRAGE Conducts Ransomware Operations in U.S.
(published: May 12, 2022)
Secureworks researchers describe campaigns by Iran-sponsored group Cobalt Mirage. These actors are likely part of a larger group, Charming Kitten (Phosphorus, APT35, Cobalt Illusion). In 2022, Cobalt Mirage deployed BitLocker ransomware on a US charity systems, and exfiltrated data from a US local government network. Their ransomware operations appear to be a low-scale, hands-on approach with rare tactics such as sending a ransom note to a local printer. The group utilized its own custom binaries including a Fast Reverse Proxy client (FRPC) written in Go. It also relied on mass scanning for known vulnerabilities (ProxyShell, Log4Shell) and using commodity tools for encryption, internal scanning, and lateral movement.
Analyst Comment: However small your government or NGO organization is, it still needs protection from advanced cyber actors. Keep your system updated, and employ mitigation strategies when updates for critical vulnerabilities are not available.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 | [MITRE ATT&CK] OS Credential Dumping - T1003 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Modify Registry - T1112 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Create Account - T1136 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Account Manipulation - T1098 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Proxy - T1090 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486
Tags: Cobalt Mirage, Phosphorous, Cobalt Illusion, TunnelVision, Impacket, wmiexec, Softperfect network scanner, LSASS, RDP, Powershell, BitLocker, Ransomware, Fast Reverse Proxy client, FRP, FRPC, Iran, source-country:IR, USA, target-country:US, Cyberespionage, Government, APT, Go, Log4j2, ProxyShell, CVE-2021-34473, CVE-2021-45046, CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2020-12812, CVE-2021-31207, CVE-2018-13379, CVE-2021-34523, CVE-2019-5591
SYK Crypter Distributing Malware Families Via Discord
(published: May 12, 2022)
Morphisec researchers discovered a new campaign abusing popular messaging platform Discord content distribution network (CDN). If a targeted user activates the phishing attachment, it starts the DNetLoader malware that reaches out to the hardcoded Discord CDN link and downloads a next stage crypter such as newly-discovered SYK crypter. SYK crypter is being loaded into memory where it decrypts its configuration and the next stage payload using hardcoded keys and various encryption methods. It detects and impairs antivirus solutions and checks for d |
Ransomware Malware Tool Vulnerability Threat Conference | APT 35 APT 15 APT 34 | |
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2021-04-13 15:49:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Android Malware, Government, Middle East and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, Cobalt Group, FIN6, NetWalker, OilRig, Rocke Group, 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
Iran’s APT34 Returns with an Updated Arsenal
(published: April 8, 2021)
Check Point Research discovered evidence of a new campaign by the Iranian threat group APT34. The threat group has been actively retooling and updating its payload arsenal to try and avoid detection. They have created several different malware variants whose ultimate purpose remained the same, to gain the initial foothold on the targeted device.
Analyst Comment: Threat actors are always innovating new methods and update tools used to carry out attacks. Always practice Defense in Depth (do not rely on single security mechanisms - security measures should be layered, redundant, and failsafe).
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Command-Line Interface - T1059 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploitation of Remote Services - T1210 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Spearphishing Attachment - T1193 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Custom Cryptographic Protocol - T1024 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Web Service - T1102 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Remote File Copy - T1105 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Scripting - T1064
Tags: OilRig, APT34, DNSpionage, Lab Dookhtegan, TONEDEAF, Dookhtegan, Karkoff, DNSpionage, Government, Middle East
New Wormable Android Malware Spreads by Creating Auto-Replies to Messages in WhatsApp
(published: April 7, 2021)
Check Point Research recently discovered Android malware on Google Play hidden in a fake application that is capable of spreading itself via users’ WhatsApp messages. The malware is capable of automatically replying to victim’s incoming WhatsApp messages with a payload received from a command-and-control (C2) server. This unique method could have enabled threat actors to distribute phishing attacks, spread false information or steal credentials and data from users’ WhatsApp accounts, and more.
Analyst Comment: Users’ personal mobile has many enterprise applications installed like Multifactor Authenticator, Email Client, etc which increases the risk for the enterprise even further. Users should be wary of download links or attachments that they receive via WhatsApp or other messaging apps, even when they appear to come from trusted contacts or messaging groups. The latest security patches should be installed for both applications and the operating system.
Tags: Android, FlixOnline, WhatsApp
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Ransomware Malware Vulnerability Threat Guideline | APT 34 | |
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2021-03-17 18:03:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: APT, Ransomware, Vulnerabilities and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, AlientBot, Clast82, China, DearCry, RedXOR, 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
Google: This Spectre proof-of-concept shows how dangerous these attacks can be
(published: March 15, 2021)
Google has released a proof of concept (PoC) code to demonstrate the practicality of Spectre side-channel attacks against a browser's JavaScript engine to leak information from its memory. Spectre targeted the process in modern CPUs called speculative execution to leak secrets such as passwords from one site to another. While the PoC demonstrates the JavaScript Spectre attack against Chrome 88's V8 JavaScript engine on an Intel Core i7-6500U CPU on Linux, Google notes it can easily be tweaked for other CPUs, browser versions and operating systems.
Analyst Comment: As the density of microchip manufacturing continues to increase, side-channel attacks are likely to be found across many architectures and are difficult (and in some cases impossible) to remediate in software. The PoC of the practicality of performing such an attack using javascript emphasises that developers of both software and hardware be aware of these types of attacks and the means by which they can be used to invalidate existing security controls.
Tags: CVE-2017-5753
Threat Assessment: DearCry Ransomware
(published: March 12, 2021)
A new ransomware strain is being used by actors to attack unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers. Microsoft released patches for four vulnerabilities that are being exploited in the wild. The initial round of attacks included installation of web shells onto affected servers that could be used to infect additional computers. While the initial attack appears to have been done by sophisticated actors, the ease and publicity around these vulnerabilities has led to a diverse group of actors all attempting to compromise these servers.
Analyst Comment: Patch and asset management are a critical and often under-resourced aspect of defense in depth. As this particular set of vulnerabilities and attacks are against locally hosted Exchange servers, organization may want to assess whether a hosted solution may make sense from a risk standpoint
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted - T1022 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 | [MITRE ATT&CK] File and Directory Discovery - T1083 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Email Collection - T1114 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 | [MITRE ATT&CK] System Service Discovery - T1007 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 | |
Ransomware Tool Vulnerability Threat Guideline | Wannacry APT 41 APT 34 | |
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2021-03-02 15:00:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: APT Groups, Cobalt Strike, Russia, Malware, and More (lien direct) |
We are excited to announce Anomali Cyber Watch, your weekly intelligence digest. Replacing the Anomali Weekly Threat Briefing, Anomali Cyber Watch provides summaries of significant cybersecurity and threat intelligence events, analyst comments, and recommendations from Anomali Threat Research to increase situational awareness, and the associated tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to empower automated response actions proactively.
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The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: China, Emotet, Go, Masslogger, Mustang Panda, OilRig, and Vulnerabilities. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to the Weekly Threat Briefing 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
Hypervisor Jackpotting: CARBON SPIDER and SPRITE SPIDER Target ESXi Servers With Ransomware to Maximize Impact
(published: February 26, 2021)
Recent reporting indicates that two prolific cybercrime threat groups, CARBON SPIDER and SPRITE SPIDER, have begun targeting ESXi, a hypervisor developed by VMWare to run and manage virtual machines. SPRITE SPIDER uses PyXie's LaZagne module to recover vCenter credentials stored in web browsers and runs Mimikatz to steal credentials from host memory. After authenticating to vCenter, SPRITE SPIDER enables ssh to permit persistent access to ESXi devices. In some cases, they also change the root account password or the host’s ssh keys. Before deploying Defray 777, SPRITE SPIDER’s ransomware of choice, they terminate running VMs to allow the ransomware to encrypt files associated with those VMs. CARBON SPIDER has traditionally targeted companies operating POS devices, with initial access being gained using low-volume phishing campaigns against this sector. But throughout 2020 they were observed shifting focus to “Big Game Hunting” with the introduction of the Darkside Ransomware. CARBON SPIDER gains access to ESXi servers using valid credentials and reportedly also logs in over ssh using the Plink utility to drop the Darkside
Recommendation: Both CARBON SPIDER and SPRITE SPIDER likely intend to use ransomware targeting ESXi to inflict greater harm – and hopefully realize larger profits – than traditional ransomware operations against Windows systems. Should these campaigns continue and prove to be profitable, we would expect more threat actors to imitate these activities.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Hidden Files and Directories - T1158 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Process Discovery - T1057 | [MITRE ATT&CK] File Deletion - T1107 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Remote Services - T1021 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Scheduled Transfer - T1029 | |
Ransomware Malware Threat | Wannacry Wannacry APT 29 APT 28 APT 31 APT 34 |
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