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2024-07-29 10:58:35 | Weekly OSINT Highlights, 29 July 2024 (lien direct) | ## Snapshot Key trends from last week\'s OSINT reporting include novel malware, such as Flame Stealer and FrostyGoop, the compromise of legitimate platforms like Discord and GitHub, and state-sponsored threat actors conducting espionage and destructive attacks. Notable threat actors, including Russian groups, Transparent Tribe, FIN7, and DPRK\'s Andariel, are targeting a wide range of sectors from defense and industrial control systems to financial institutions and research entities. These attacks exploit various vulnerabilities and employ advanced evasion techniques, leveraging both traditional methods and emerging technologies like AI-generated scripts and RDGAs, underscoring the evolving and persistent nature of the cyber threat landscape. ## Description 1. [Widespread Adoption of Flame Stealer](https://sip.security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/f610f18e): Cyfirma reports Flame Stealer\'s use in stealing Discord tokens and browser credentials. Distributed via Discord and Telegram, this malware targets various platforms, utilizing evasion techniques like DLL side-loading and data exfiltration through Discord webhooks. 2. [ExelaStealer Delivered via PowerShell](https://sip.security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/5b4a34b0): The SANS Technology Institute Internet Storm Center reported a threat involving ExelaStealer, downloaded from a Russian IP address using a PowerShell script. The script downloads two PE files: a self-extracting RAR archive communicating with "solararbx\[.\]online" and "service.exe," the ExelaStealer malware. The ExelaStealer, developed in Python, uses Discord for C2, conducting reconnaissance activities and gathering system and user details. Comments in Russian in the script and the origin of the IP address suggest a Russian origin. 3. [FrostyGoop Disrupts Heating in Ukraine](https://sip.security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/cf8f8199): Dragos identified FrostyGoop malware in a cyberattack disrupting heating in Lviv, Ukraine. Linked to Russian groups, the ICS-specific malware exploits vulnerabilities in industrial control systems and communicates using the Modbus TCP protocol. 4. [Rhysida Ransomware Attack on Private School](https://sip.security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/4cf89ad3): ThreatDown by Malwarebytes identified a Rhysida ransomware attack using a new variant of the Oyster backdoor. The attackers used SEO-poisoned search results to distribute malicious installers masquerading as legitimate software, deploying the Oyster backdoor. 5. [LLMs Used to Generate Malicious Code](https://sip.security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/96b66de0): Symantec highlights cyberattacks using Large Language Models (LLMs) to generate malware code. Phishing campaigns utilize LLM-generated PowerShell scripts to download payloads like Rhadamanthys and LokiBot, stressing the need for advanced detection against AI-facilitated attacks. 6. [Stargazers Ghost Network Distributes Malware](https://sip.security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/62a3aa28): Check Point Research uncovers a network of GitHub accounts distributing malware via phishing repositories. The Stargazer Goblin group\'s DaaS operation leverages over 3,000 accounts to spread malware such as Atlantida Stealer and RedLine, targeting both general users and other threat actors. 7. [Crimson RAT Targets Indian Election Results](https://sip.security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/dfae4887): K7 Labs identified Crimson RAT malware delivered through documents disguised as "Indian Election Results." Transparent Tribe APT, believed to be from Pakistan, targets Indian diplomatic and defense entities using macro-embedded documents to steal credentials. 8. [AsyncRAT Distributed via Weaponized eBooks](https://sip.security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/e84ee11d): ASEC discovered AsyncRAT malware distributed through weaponized eBooks. Hidden PowerShell scripts within these eBooks trigger the AsyncRAT payload, which uses obfuscation and anti-detection techniques to exfiltrate data. | Ransomware Data Breach Spam Malware Tool Vulnerability Threat Legislation Mobile Industrial Medical | APT 28 APT 36 | |
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2024-07-08 14:00:00 | Enhardi et évolutif: un instantané des cyber-menaces auxquelles l'OTAN est confrontée à l'OTAN Emboldened and Evolving: A Snapshot of Cyber Threats Facing NATO (lien direct) |
Written by: John Hultquist
As North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members and partners gather for a historic summit, it is important to take stock of one of its most pressing challenges-the cyber threat. The Alliance faces a barrage of malicious cyber activity from all over the globe, carried out by emboldened state-sponsored actors, hacktivists, and criminals who are willing to cross lines and carry out activity that was previously considered unlikely or inconceivable. In addition to military targets, NATO must consider the risks that hybrid threats like malicious cyber activity pose to hospitals, civil society, and other targets, which could impact resilience in a contingency. The war in Ukraine is undoubtedly linked to escalating cyber threat activity, but many of these threats will continue to grow separately and in parallel. NATO must contend with covert, aggressive malicious cyber actors that are seeking to gather intelligence, preparing to or currently attacking critical infrastructure, and working to undermine the Alliance with elaborate disinformation schemes. In order to protect its customers and clients, Google is closely tracking cyber threats, including those highlighted in this report; however, this is just a glimpse at a much larger and evolving landscape. Cyber Espionage NATO\'s adversaries have long sought to leverage cyber espionage to develop insight into the political, diplomatic, and military disposition of the Alliance and to steal its defense technologies and economic secrets. However, intelligence on the Alliance in the coming months will be of heightened importance. This year\'s summit is a transition period, with the appointment of Mark Rutte as the new Secretary General and a number of adaptations expected to be rolled out to shore up the Alliance\'s defense posture and its long-term support for Ukraine. Successful cyber espionage from threat actors could potentially undermine the Alliance\'s strategic advantage and inform adversary leadership on how to anticipate and counteract NATO\'s initiatives and investments. NATO is targeted by cyber espionage activity from actors around the world with varying capabilities. Many still rely on technically simple but operationally effective methods, like social engineering. Others have evolved and elevated their tradecraft to levels that distinguish themselves as formidable adversaries for even the most experienced defenders. APT29 (ICECAP) Publicly attributed to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Services (SVR) by several governments, APT29 is heavily focused on diplomatic and political intelligence collection, principally targeting Europe and NATO member states. APT29 has been involved in multiple high-profile breaches of technology firms that were designed to provide access to the public sector. In the past year, Mandiant has observed APT29 targeting technology companies and IT service providers in NATO member countries to facilitate third-party and software supply chain compromises of government and poli |
Ransomware Malware Tool Vulnerability Threat Legislation Medical Cloud Technical | APT 29 APT 28 | ★★★ |
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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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