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2023-03-02 07:15:08 | CVE-2023-1151 (lien direct) | A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Electronic Medical Records System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file administrator.php of the component Cookie Handler. The manipulation of the argument userid leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-222163. | Guideline Vulnerability Medical | ||
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2023-02-28 16:15:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Newly-Discovered WinorDLL64 Backdoor Has Code Similarities with Lazarus GhostSecret, Atharvan Backdoor Can Be Restricted to Communicate on Certain Days (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, Backdoors, DLL sideloading, Infostealers, Phishing, Social engineering, and Tunneling. 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
WinorDLL64: A Backdoor From The Vast Lazarus Arsenal?
(published: February 23, 2023)
When the Wslink downloader (WinorLoaderDLL64.dll) was first discovered in 2021, it had no known payload and no known attribution. Now ESET researchers have discovered a Wslink payload dubbed WinorDLL64. This backdoor uses some of Wslink functions and the Wslink-established TCP connection encrypted with 256-bit AES-CBC cipher. WinorDLL64 has some code similarities with the GhostSecret malware used by North Korea-sponsored Lazarus Group.
Analyst Comment: Wslink and WinorDLL64 use a well-developed cryptographic protocol to protect the exchanged data. Innovating advanced persistent groups like Lazarus often come out with new versions of their custom malware. It makes it important for network defenders to leverage the knowledge of a wider security community by adding relevant premium feeds and leveraging the controls automation via Anomali Platform integrations.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] T1587.001 - Develop Capabilities: Malware | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1059.001: PowerShell | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1106: Native API | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1134.002 - Access Token Manipulation: Create Process With Token | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1070.004 - Indicator Removal on Host: File Deletion | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1087.001 - Account Discovery: Local Account | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1087.002 - Account Discovery: Domain Account | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1083 - File And Directory Discovery | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1135 - Network Share Discovery | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1057 - Process Discovery | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1012: Query Registry | [MITRE ATT&CK] Picus: The System Information Discovery Technique Explained - MITRE ATT&CK T1082 | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1614 - System Location Discovery | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1614.001 - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1016 - System Network Configuration Discovery | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1049 - System Network Connections Discovery | |
Threat Ransomware Malware Cloud Tool Medical Medical | APT 38 | ★ |
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2023-02-27 12:42:51 | Danish hospitals hit by cyberattack from \'Anonymous Sudan\' (lien direct) |  The websites of nine hospitals in Denmark went offline on Sunday evening following distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks from a group calling itself Anonymous Sudan. Copenhagen's health authority said on Twitter that although the websites for the hospitals were down, medical care at the facilities was unaffected by the attacks. It later added the sites were back [… |
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2023-02-27 11:00:00 | Integrating Cybersecurity in UX design (lien direct) | The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. Image Source: Pexels Integrating Cybersecurity in UX design The digital landscape has ensured a wider range of businesses has access to a truly global marketplace. On one hand, this helps bolster a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem. However, it also means there is a significant amount of competition. If your company’s website or mobile application doesn’t provide a stellar user experience (UX), consumers are able and willing to go elsewhere. Yet, in the online environment, UX is not your only consideration. There are various threats your business and consumers face from cyber criminals. Therefore, when developing your online tools, you need to adopt effective protections. Unfortunately, many businesses struggle with implementing strong security that doesn’t also disrupt the UX. Your best approach here is usually to integrate cybersecurity with UX design. So, let’s explore why and how you can achieve this. How are UX and Cybersecurity related? One of the mistakes too many businesses make is assuming that UX and cybersecurity are separate aspects of the digital infrastructure. They can certainly have independent intentions to an extent with different goals and actions to achieve these goals. Yet, understanding how they are closely related is the first step to effective integration. In some ways one can’t — or, at least, shouldn’t — exist without the other. A good example of this is the application of web design in high-stakes sectors, like telehealth care. There are two core types of telehealth services; asynchronous care and synchronous (live) care. While there is a difference here in how patients interact with the medical professional, both types involve the collection and storage of sensitive data. It’s certainly important from a UX perspective to make both asynchronous and live processes as simple and convenient as possible for patients. Yet, this simplicity shouldn’t sacrifice the security of the data. Clear and strong security protocols give consumers confidence in the system and the company they’re interacting with. This applies to not just healthcare industries but also eCommerce, education, and supply chain sectors, among others. Similarly, consumers may be more likely to adopt more secure behaviors if they can see how it feeds into the convenience and enjoyment of their experience. This means that the UX development process must involve security considerations from the ground up, rather than as an afterthought. How can you plan effectively? As with any project, planning is essential to the successful integration of cybersecurity and UX design. An improvisatory approach that involves tacking security or UX elements onto your site or app doesn’t result in a strong development. Wherever possible, your best route is to bring both the UX departments and cybersecurity professionals together in the planning process from the outset. Each department will have insights into one another’s challenges that benefit the project as a whole. Another key part of your planning process is researching and analyzing your users’ behavior concerning the types of online tools you’re developing. Work with business analytics professionals to understand in what ways security factors into your target demographic’s preferred online experiences. | Tool Medical | ★★ | |
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2023-02-24 09:15:10 | CVE-2023-1006 (lien direct) | A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Medical Certificate Generator App 1.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component New Record Handler. The manipulation of the argument lastname with the input ">prompt(1) leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221739. | Guideline Vulnerability Medical | ||
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2023-02-23 22:33:00 | Student Medical Records Exposed After LAUSD Breach (lien direct) | "Hundreds" of special education students' psych records have turned up on the Dark Web. School records like these are covered by FERPA, not HIPAA, so parents have little recourse. | Medical | ★★ | |
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2023-02-23 19:54:00 | Hydrochasma Threat Group Bombards Targets with Slew of Commodity Malware, Tools (lien direct) | A previously unidentified threat group uses open source malware and phishing to conduct cyber-espionage on shipping and medical labs associated with COVID-19 treatments and vaccines. | Threat Malware Medical | ★★★ | |
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2023-02-23 17:17:00 | Lazarus Group Using New WinorDLL64 Backdoor to Exfiltrate Sensitive Data (lien direct) | A new backdoor associated with a malware downloader named Wslink has been discovered, with the tool likely used by the notorious North Korea-aligned Lazarus Group, new findings reveal. The payload, dubbed WinorDLL64 by ESET, is a fully-featured implant that can exfiltrate, overwrite, and delete files; execute PowerShell commands; and obtain comprehensive information about the underlying machine. | Malware Tool Medical | APT 38 | ★ |
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2023-02-23 02:00:00 | Anti-Forensic Techniques Used By Lazarus Group (lien direct) | Since approximately a year ago, the Lazarus group’s malware has been discovered in various Korean companies related to national defense, satellites, software, and media press. The AhnLab ASEC analysis team has been continuously tracking the Lazarus threat group’s activities and other related TTPs. Among the recent cases, this post aims to share the anti-forensic traces and details found in the systems that were infiltrated by the Lazarus group. Overview Definition of Anti-Forensics Anti-forensics refers to the tampering of evidence in... | Threat Malware Medical | APT 38 | ★★ |
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2023-02-22 22:42:55 | Shipping companies, medical laboratories in Asia targeted in espionage campaign (lien direct) |  Several shipping companies and medical laboratories in an Asian country have been targeted in an ongoing espionage campaign, Symantec says |
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2023-02-22 16:29:00 | Hydrochasma: New Threat Actor Targets Shipping Companies and Medical Labs in Asia (lien direct) | Shipping companies and medical laboratories in Asia have been the subject of a suspected espionage campaign carried out by a never-before-seen threat actor dubbed Hydrochasma. The activity, which has been ongoing since October 2022, "relies exclusively on publicly available and living-off-the-land tools," Symantec, by Broadcom Software, said in a report shared with The Hacker News. There is no | Threat Medical | ★★ | |
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2023-02-22 16:00:00 | Hydrochasma Group Targets Asian Medical and Shipping Sectors (lien direct) | The hackers appear to have a possible interest in industries connected with COVID-19 treatments | Medical | ★★ | |
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2023-02-21 15:23:27 | (Déjà vu) Norway Seizes Stolen Crypto Funds Linked to the Lazarus Group (lien direct) | >In March 2022, the Lazarus Group, a North Korea-backed hacking group, stole around $5.84 million worth of cryptocurrency through the Axie Infinity Ronin Bridge hack. However, over ten months later, the Norwegian police agency Økokrim announced they had seized the stolen funds. The crime-fighting unit was able to track the money on the blockchain, even … | Medical | APT 38 | ★★ |
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2023-02-21 15:23:27 | Norwegian Seize Stolen Crypto Funds Linked to the Lazarus Group (lien direct) | >In March 2022, the Lazarus Group, a North Korea-backed hacking group, stole around $5.84 million worth of cryptocurrency through the Axie Infinity Ronin Bridge hack. However, over ten months later, the Norwegian police agency Økokrim announced they had seized part of the stolen funds. The crime-fighting unit was able to track the money on the … | Medical | APT 38 | ★★ |
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2023-02-20 16:53:00 | Norway Seizes $5.84 Million in Cryptocurrency Stolen by Lazarus Hackers (lien direct) | Norwegian police agency Økokrim has announced the seizure of 60 million NOK (about $5.84 million) worth of cryptocurrency stolen by the Lazarus Group in March 2022 following the Axie Infinity Ronin Bridge hack. "This case shows that we also have a great capacity to follow the money on the blockchain, even if the criminals use advanced methods," the agency said in a statement. The development | Medical | APT 38 | ★★ |
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2023-02-18 03:02:00 | Malware Arsenal used by Ember Bear (aka UAC-0056,Saint Bear, UNC2589, Lorec53, TA471, Nodaria, Nascent Ursa, LorecBear, Bleeding Bear, and DEV-0586) in attacks targeting Ukraine (samples) (lien direct) |  2023-02-18Ember Bear (aka UAC-0056,Saint Bear, UNC2589, Lorec53, TA471, Nodaria, Nascent Ursa, LorecBear, Bleeding Bear, and DEV-0586) is an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group believed to be based in Russia. Their primary targets have been diplomatic and government entities in Europe, particularly Ukraine, and the United States. They have also targeted various industries, including defense, energy, and technology. Download the full collectionEmail me if you need the password (see in my profile) (209 MB. 218 samples listed in the hash tables below).The malware arsenal collected here includes:Elephant framework (GrimPlant (Backdoor) and GraphSteel (Stealer).)Graphiron BackdoorOutSteel (LorecDocStealer)BabaDedaCobalt Strike (Beacon)SaintBot DownloaderWhisperGate WiperAPT Group DescriptionAPT Group aliases:UAC-0056 (UA CERT)Ember Bear (Crowdstrike)Saint Bear (F-Secure)UNC2589 (Fireeye, IBM)Lorec53 (NSFOCUS)TA471 (Proofpoint)Nodaria (Symantec)Nascent Ursa (Palo Alto)LorecBearBleeding Bear (Elastic)DEV-0586 (MIcrosoft)The group is a suspected Russian state-sponsored cyber espionage group that has been active since at least March 2021.The group primarily targets Ukraine and Georgia, but has also targeted Western European and North American foreign ministries, pharmaceutical companies, and financial sector organizations.The group is known for using various malicious implants such as GrimPlant, GraphSteel, and CobaltStrike Beacon, as well as spear phishing attacks with macro-embedded Excel documents.In January 2022, the group performed a destructive wiper attack on multiple Ukrainian government computers and websites, known as WhisperGate.The Lorec53 group is a new type of APT group fi |
Threat Ransomware Malware Hack Tool Vulnerability Medical | ★★ | |
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2023-02-17 05:15:06 | Norway finds a way to recover crypto North Korea pinched in Axie heist (lien direct) | Meanwhile South Korea's Do Kwon is sought for fraud by US authorities Norwegian authorities announced on Thursday that they had recovered $5.9 million of cryptocurrency stolen in the Axie Infinity hack – an incident widely held to have been perpetrated by the Lazarus Group, which has links to North Korea.… | Hack Medical | APT 38 | ★★★ |
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2023-02-13 14:34:20 | 3.3 Million Impacted by Ransomware Attack at California Healthcare Provider (lien direct) | >The personal and health information of more than 3.3 million individuals was stolen in a ransomware attack at Regal Medical Group. | Ransomware Medical | ★★ | |
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2023-02-11 02:16:08 | Ransomware crooks steal 3m+ patients\' medical records, personal info (lien direct) | All that data coming soon to a darkweb crime forum near you? Several California medical groups have sent security breach notification letters to more than three million patients alerting them that crooks may have stolen a ton of their sensitive health and personal information during a ransomware infection in December.… | Ransomware Medical | ★★★ | |
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2023-02-10 12:36:22 | California medical group data breach impacts 3.3 million patients (lien direct) | Multiple medical groups in the Heritage Provider Network in California have suffered a ransomware attack, exposing sensitive patient information to cybercriminals. [...] | Ransomware Data Breach Medical | Heritage Heritage | ★★★ |
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2023-02-10 12:15:11 | CVE-2023-0774 (lien direct) | A vulnerability has been found in SourceCodester Medical Certificate Generator App 1.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file action.php. The manipulation of the argument lastname leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-220558 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. | Guideline Vulnerability Medical | ||
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2023-02-07 21:05:00 | DPRK Using Unpatched Zimbra Devices to Spy on Researchers (lien direct) | Lazarus Group used a known Zimbra bug to steal data from medical and energy researchers. | Medical Medical | APT 38 | ★★★ |
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2023-02-07 17:23:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: MalVirt Obfuscates with KoiVM Virtualization, IceBreaker Overlay Hides V8 Bytecode Runtime Interpretation, Sandworm Deploys Multiple Wipers in Ukraine (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, Data leak, Malvertising, North Korea, Proxying, Russia, Typosquatting, Ukraine, and Wipers. 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
No Pineapple! –DPRK Targeting of Medical Research and Technology Sector
(published: February 2, 2023)
In August-November 2022, North Korea-sponsored group Lazarus has been engaging in cyberespionage operations targeting defense, engineering, healthcare, manufacturing, and research organizations. The group has shifted their infrastructure from using domains to be solely IP-based. For initial compromise the group exploited known vulnerabilities in unpatched Zimbra mail servers (CVE-2022-27925 and CVE-2022-37042). Lazarus used off the shelf malware (Cobalt Strike, JspFileBrowser, JspSpy webshell, and WSO webshell), abused legitimate Windows and Unix tools (such as Putty SCP), and tools for proxying (3Proxy, Plink, and Stunnel). Two custom malware unique to North Korea-based advanced persistent threat actors were a new Grease version that enables RDP access on the host, and the Dtrack infostealer.
Analyst Comment: Organizations should keep their mail server and other publicly-facing systems always up-to-date with the latest security features. Lazarus Group cyberespionage attacks are often accompanied by stages of multi-gigabyte exfiltration traffic. Suspicious connections and events should be monitored, detected and acted upon. Use the available YARA signatures and known indicators.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] T1587.002 - Develop Capabilities: Code Signing Certificates | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1190 - Exploit Public-Facing Application | [MITRE ATT&CK] picus-security: The Most Used ATT&CK Technique—T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1569.002: Service Execution | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1106: Native API | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1505.003 - Server Software Component: Web Shell | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1037.005 - Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts: Startup Items | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1053.005 - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1036.005 - Masquerading: Match Legitimate Name Or Location | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1553 - Subvert Trust Controls | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1070.004 - Indicator Removal on Host: File Deletion | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1070.007 - Indicator Removal: Clear Network Connection History And Configurations | |
Threat Malware Tool Medical Medical | APT 38 | ★★★ |
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2023-02-07 13:15:10 | CVE-2023-0707 (lien direct) | A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Medical Certificate Generator App 1.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function delete_record of the file function.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads to sql injection. VDB-220346 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. | Guideline Vulnerability Medical | ||
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2023-02-07 10:15:52 | CVE-2023-0706 (lien direct) | A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in SourceCodester Medical Certificate Generator App 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file manage_record.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads to sql injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-220340. | Guideline Vulnerability Medical | ||
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2023-02-06 11:00:00 | The ethics of biometric data use in security (lien direct) | The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. In a world where you can scan the veins in your hand to unlock a smartphone, how do you maintain control over personal data? Biometric authentication, the use of distinctive human features like iris patterns, fingerprints and even gait in lieu of a password, is gaining ground in the tech world. Proponents tout its inherent, hard-to-replicate qualities as a security benefit, while detractors see the same features as an invasion of privacy. Both sides may be right. The problems with biometrics Unlike a password, you can’t forget your face at home. But also, unlike a password, you can’t reset your face — meaning you’re out of luck if someone steals a photo of it. In 2016, a biometrics researcher helped investigators hack into a murder victim’s phone with only a photo of the man’s fingerprint. While security systems are getting more advanced all the time, current technology also allows cybercriminals to run wild with a single piece of biometric data, accessing everything from laptop logins to bank accounts. By its very nature, biometric authentication requires third parties to store biometric data. What happens if the information is exposed? In addition to potential hacking, breaching people’s personal data might reveal something they’d rather keep private. Vein patterns could reveal that a person has a vascular disorder, raising their insurance premiums. Fingerprints could expose a chromosomal disease. True, people give this same information to their doctors, and a medical data breach could have the same repercussions. But handing off biometric data to a commercial company — which isn’t bound by HIPAA or sworn to do no harm — is a much grayer area. Another issue that occasionally plagues biometric authentication is injuries and natural bodily changes. A single paper cut can derail a fingerprint scanner, and an aging eye throws iris scanners for a loop. People will have to update their photos every few years to remind the system what they look like. Some facial recognition programs can even predict how long a person will live. Insurance companies have expressed interest in getting hold of this data, since the way a person ages says a lot about their health. If stolen biometric data fed into an algorithm predicts a person won’t make it past 50, will their employer pass them up for a promotion? In the event of an accident, your family won’t easily be able to access your accounts if you use biometric authentication, since it’s not as simple as writing down a list of passwords. Maybe that’s a good thing — but maybe not. Another ethical dilemma with biometric data use is identifying people without their consent. Most people are used to being on camera at the grocery store, but if that same camera snaps a photo without permission and stores it for later retrieval, they probably won’t be too happy. Some people point out that you have no right to privacy in a public space, and that’s true — to an extent. But where do you draw the line between publicity and paparazzi? Is it OK to snap a stranger’s photo while you’re talking to them, or is that considered rude and intrusive? The benefits of biometric data Of course, no one would be handing off a photo of their face if the | Data Breach Hack Prediction Medical | ★★ | |
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2023-02-02 21:04:29 | Hackers linked to North Korea targeted Indian medical org, energy sector (lien direct) |  The North Korean military's notorious hacking arm – known as the Lazarus Group – has been accused of targeting public and private sector research organizations, an Indian medical research company and other businesses in the energy sector. Security analysts at WithSecure said they were called on to respond to a cyberattack that they initially tied to the [… |
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2023-02-02 15:15:00 | North Korean Hackers Exploit Unpatched Zimbra Devices in \'No Pineapple\' Campaign (lien direct) | A new intelligence gathering campaign linked to the prolific North Korean state-sponsored Lazarus Group leveraged known security flaws in unpatched Zimbra devices to compromise victim systems. That's according to Finnish cybersecurity company WithSecure (formerly F-Secure), which codenamed the incident No Pineapple. Targets of the malicious operation included a healthcare research organization | Medical | APT 38 | ★★ |
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2023-02-02 09:12:35 | WithSecure™ researchers link intelligence-gathering campaign targeting medical research and energy organizations back to North Korea\'s Lazarus Group (lien direct) | North Korean attackers out themselves with operational security fail WithSecure™ researchers link intelligence-gathering campaign targeting medical research and energy organizations back to North Korea's Lazarus Group. - Malware Update | Medical Medical | APT 38 | ★ |
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2023-02-02 01:00:00 | APT groups use ransomware TTPs as cover for intelligence gathering and sabotage (lien direct) | State-sponsored threat groups increasingly use ransomware-like attacks as cover to hide more insidious activities. Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) group Sandworm used ransomware programs to destroy data multiple times over the past six months while North Korea's Lazarus group used infrastructure previously associated with a ransomware group for intelligence gathering campaigns.At the same time, some Chinese APTs that were traditionally targeting entities in Asia shifted their focus to European companies, while Iran-based groups that traditionally targeted Israeli companies started going after their foreign subsidiaries. At least one North Korean group that was focused on South Korea and Russia has started using English in its operations. All these operational changes suggest organizations and companies from Western countries are at increased risk from APT activity.To read this article in full, please click here | Threat Ransomware Medical | APT 38 | ★★ |
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2023-02-01 09:05:23 | SAP: What is the SAP migration for 2027? (lien direct) | >SAP is one of the largest software companies in the world, providing enterprise application software across industries. Based in Germany, SAP software is used by 92% of Forbes Global 2000 companies, including organizations distributing 78% of the world's food and 82% of the world's medical devices. And so, as the saying goes when you have a [...] | Medical | ★★ | |
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2023-01-31 17:27:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: KilllSomeOne Folders Invisible in Windows, Everything APIs Abuse Speeds Up Ransomware, APT38 Experiments with Delivery Vectors and Backdoors (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, China, Cryptocurrency, Data leak, Iran, North Korea, Phishing, Ransomware, and USB malware. 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
Chinese PlugX Malware Hidden in Your USB Devices?
(published: January 26, 2023)
Palo Alto researchers analyzed a PlugX malware variant (KilllSomeOne) that spreads via USB devices such as floppy, thumb, or flash drives. The variant is used by a technically-skilled group, possibly by the Black Basta ransomware. The actors use special shortcuts, folder icons and settings to make folders impersonating disks and a recycle bin directory. They also name certain folders with the 00A0 (no-break space) Unicode character thus hindering Windows Explorer and the command shell from displaying the folder and all the files inside it.
Analyst Comment: Several behavior detections could be used to spot similar PlugX malware variants: DLL side loading, adding registry persistence, and payload execution with rundll32.exe. Incidents responders can check USB devices for the presence of no-break space as a folder name.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] T1091 - Replication Through Removable Media | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1559.001 - Inter-Process Communication: Component Object Model | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1547.009 - Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Shortcut Modification | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1574.002 - Hijack Execution Flow: Dll Side-Loading | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1036 - Masquerading | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1027 - Obfuscated Files Or Information | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1564.001: Hidden Files and Directories | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1105 - Ingress Tool Transfer
Tags: detection:PlugX, detection:KilllSomeOne, USB, No-break space, file-type:DAT, file-type:EXE, file-type:DLL, actor:Black Basta, Windows
Abraham's Ax Likely Linked to Moses Staff
(published: January 26, 2023)
Cobalt Sapling is an Iran-based threat actor active in hacking, leaking, and sabotage since at least November 2020. Since October 2021, Cobalt Sapling has been operating under a persona called Moses Staff to leak data from Israeli businesses and government entities. In November 2022, an additional fake identity was created, Abraham's Ax, to target government ministries in Saudi Arabia. Cobalt Sapling uses their custom PyDCrypt loader, the StrifeWater remote access trojan, and the DCSrv wiper styled as ransomware.
Analyst Comment: A defense-in-depth approach can assist in creating a proactive stance against threat actors attempting to destroy data. Critical systems should be segregated from each other to minimize potential damage, with an |
Threat Ransomware Malware Tool Medical | APT 38 | ★★★ |
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2023-01-31 10:00:00 | Two US Doctors Convicted of $30m Medicare Fraud (lien direct) | Claims submitted for medical equipment not needed by patients | Medical | ★★ | |
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2023-01-25 14:41:22 | Cybermenace : le groupe TA444 déploie de nouvelles méthodes pour dérober des cryptomonnaies (lien direct) | Les chercheurs de Proofpoint ont publié les dernières activités du groupe TA444, un acteur de la menace affilié à la Corée du Nord, lié notamment à d'autres activités publiques telles que APT38, Stardust Chollima et COPERNICIUM. Courant 2022, ce dernier a escroqué de nombreuse victimes récoltant l'équivalent de plus d'un milliard de dollars en cryptomonnaies. - Malwares | Medical | APT 38 | ★ |
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2023-01-24 17:28:00 | FBI Says North Korean Hackers Behind $100 Million Horizon Bridge Crypto Theft (lien direct) | The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday confirmed that North Korean threat actors were responsible for the theft of $100 million in cryptocurrency assets from Harmony Horizon Bridge in June 2022. The law enforcement agency attributed the hack to the Lazarus Group and APT38, the latter of which is a North Korean state-sponsored threat group that specializes in financial cyber | Threat Hack Medical | APT 38 | ★★ |
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2023-01-24 09:49:59 | FBI: North Korean hackers stole $100 million in Harmony crypto hack (lien direct) | The FBI has concluded its investigation on the $100 million worth of ETH heist that hit Harmony Horizon in June 2022 and validated that the hackers responsible for it are the Lazarus group and APT38. [...] | Hack Medical | APT 38 | ★★ |
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2023-01-20 09:43:00 | BrandPost: IoT Adoption in Healthcare Brings Security Opportunities (lien direct) | Connected medical devices, also known as the Internet of Medical Things or IoMT, are revolutionizing healthcare, not only from an operational standpoint but related to patient care. In hospital and healthcare settings around the world, connected medical devices support critical patient care delivery and a wide variety of clinical functions, from medical infusion pumps and surgical robots to vital sign monitors, ambulance equipment, and so much more. At the end of the day, it's all about patient outcomes and how to improve the delivery of care, so this kind of IoT adoption in healthcare brings opportunities that can be life-changing, as well as simply being operationally sound.To read this article in full, please click here | Medical | ★ | |
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2023-01-19 12:48:00 | BrandPost: Securing Critical Infrastructure with Zero Trust (lien direct) | Critical infrastructure forms the fabric of our society, providing power for our homes and businesses, fuel for our vehicles, and medical services that preserve human health.With the acceleration of digital transformation spurred by the pandemic, larger and larger volumes of critical infrastructure and services have become increasingly connected. Operational technology (OT) serves a critical role as sensors in power plants, water treatment facilities, and a broad range of industrial environments.Digital transformation has also led to a growing convergence between OT and information technology (IT). All of this connection brings accessibility benefits, but it also introduces a host of potential security risks.To read this article in full, please click here | Industrial Medical | ★ | |
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2023-01-15 22:05:17 | AI Can Write Malware Now. Are We Doomed? (lien direct) | >Today’s AI can beat humans at Jeopardy, chess, recognizing faces and diagnosing medical conditions. As of last Fall it can write malware, too. In fact, it can write an entire attack chain: phishing emails, macros, reverse shells, you name it. What do we do now? | Malware Medical | ★★ | |
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2023-01-10 14:00:00 | Black Hat Flashback: The Deadly Consequences of Weak Medical Device Security (lien direct) | Hacking to kill: Dark Reading's Fahmida Y. Rashid reflects on the monumental Black Hat 2011 moment when Jay Radcliffe showed how to hack his insulin pump. | Hack Medical | ★ | |
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2023-01-05 02:00:00 | The BISO: bringing security to business and business to security (lien direct) | Throughout her career in IT security, Irina Singh has thrived on difficult projects. With a bachelor of science degree in management of information systems and a minor in international business, she now manages a team of business information security liaisons serving four foundational business units at medical device company Medtronic. “One of my slogans is that we bring business to security and security to the business,” she says.Singh calls herself a business information security partner, but the title most commonly employed for this role is business information security officer (BISO). People in these roles are responsible for one or more areas of the business and they usually report to the CISO or CTO, based on job descriptions found online and those laid out by multiple sources interviewed for this article. The people holding these roles also come from diverse educational and experiential backgrounds, at the core of which are strong familiarity with compliance regulations, solid cybersecurity foundations, and business acumen.To read this article in full, please click here | Medical | ★★ | |
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2023-01-04 16:30:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Machine Learning Toolkit Targeted by Dependency Confusion, Multiple Campaigns Hide in Google Ads, Lazarus Group Experiments with Bypassing Mark-of-the-Web (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, Backdoors, Data breaches, North Korea, Phishing, and Typosquatting. 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.
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PyTorch Discloses Malicious Dependency Chain Compromise Over Holidays
(published: January 1, 2023)
Between December 25th and December 30th, 2022, users who installed PyTorch-nightly were targeted by a malicious library. The malicious torchtriton dependency on PyPI uses the dependency confusion attack by having the same name as the legitimate one on the PyTorch repository (PyPI takes precedence unless excluded). The actor behind the malicious library claims that it was part of ethical research and that he alerted some affected companies via HackerOne programs (Facebook was allegedly alerted). At the same time the library’s features are more aligned with being a malware than a research project. The code is obfuscated, it employs anti-VM techniques and doesn’t stop at fingerprinting. It exfiltrates passwords, certain files, and the history of Terminal commands. Stolen data is sent to the C2 domain via encrypted DNS queries using the wheezy[.]io DNS server.
Analyst Comment: The presence of the malicious torchtriton binary can be detected, and it should be uninstalled. PyTorch team has renamed the 'torchtriton' library to 'pytorch-triton' and reserved the name on PyPI to prevent similar attacks. Opensource repositories and apps are a valuable asset for many organizations but adoption of these must be security risk assessed, appropriately mitigated and then monitored to ensure ongoing integrity.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] T1195.001 - Supply Chain Compromise: Compromise Software Dependencies And Development Tools | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1027 - Obfuscated Files Or Information | [MITRE ATT&CK] Picus: The System Information Discovery Technique Explained - MITRE ATT&CK T1082 | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1003.008 - OS Credential Dumping: /Etc/Passwd And /Etc/Shadow | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1041 - Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Tags: Dependency confusion, Dependency chain compromise, PyPI, PyTorch, torchtriton, Facebook, Meta AI, Exfiltration over DNS, Linux
Linux Backdoor Malware Infects WordPress-Based Websites
(published: December 30, 2022)
Doctor Web researchers have discovered a new Linux backdoor that attacks websites based on the WordPress content management system. The latest version of the backdoor exploits 30 vulnerabilities in outdated versions of WordPress add-ons (plugins and themes). The exploited website pages are injected with a malicious JavaScript that intercepts all users clicks on the infected page to cause a malicious redirect.
Analyst Comment: Owners of WordPress-based websites should keep all the components of the platform up-to-date, including third-party add-ons and themes. Use |
Threat Malware Patching Tool Vulnerability Medical | APT 38 LastPass | ★★ |
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2023-01-04 15:54:00 | The FBI\'s Perspective on Ransomware (lien direct) | Ransomware: contemporary threats, how to prevent them and how the FBI can help In April 2021, Dutch supermarkets faced a food shortage. The cause wasn't a drought or a sudden surge in the demand for avocados. Rather, the reason was a ransomware attack. In the past years, companies, universities, schools, medical facilities and other organizations have been targeted by ransomware threat actors, | Threat Ransomware Medical | ★★★ | |
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2023-01-03 18:58:00 | Holiday Spirit? LockBit Gives Children\'s Hospital Free Decryptor (lien direct) | The Russian-speaking cybercrime gang said an affiliate violated its rules against attacks that could lead to bodily harm for medical patients. | Guideline Medical | ★★ | |
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2023-01-03 15:25:59 | NJ hospital CentraState diverting patients after cyberattack, IT shutdown (lien direct) | This healthcare cybersecurity roundup includes a LockBit ransomware attack against a Canadian hospital and is led by an ongoing outage at New Jersey's CentraState Medical Center. | Ransomware Medical | ★ | |
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2022-12-29 10:42:45 | Data Breach at Louisiana Healthcare Provider Impacts 270,000 Patients (lien direct) | Southwest Louisiana healthcare provider Lake Charles Memorial Health System (LCMHS) is informing roughly 270,000 patients that their personal and medical information was compromised in a data breach. | Data Breach Medical | ★★ | |
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2022-12-28 08:54:26 | Ransomware attack at Louisiana hospital impacts 270,000 patients (lien direct) | The Lake Charles Memorial Health System (LCMHS) is sending out notices of a data breach affecting thousands of people who have received care at one of its medical centers. [...] | Ransomware Data Breach Medical | ★★ | |
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2022-12-27 20:27:00 | BlueNoroff APT Hackers Using New Ways to Bypass Windows MotW Protection (lien direct) | BlueNoroff, a subcluster of the notorious Lazarus Group, has been observed adopting new techniques into its playbook that enable it to bypass Windows Mark of the Web (MotW) protections. This includes the use of optical disk image (.ISO extension) and virtual hard disk (.VHD extension) file formats as part of a novel infection chain, Kaspersky disclosed in a report published today. "BlueNoroff | Medical | APT 38 | ★★★ |
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2022-12-20 20:24:13 | Clop ransomware group targeting provider-patient trust by infecting medical images (lien direct) | Hold Security has observed the Clop ransomware group interacting with providers as if they were patients in order to send them medical images infected with malware. | Ransomware Medical | ★★★ | |
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2022-12-15 02:35:09 | Iran-linked Charming Kitten espionage gang bares claws to pollies, power orgs (lien direct) | If you get email from 'Samantha Wolf', congrats: you're important enough to make a decent target An Iranian cyber espionage gang with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has learned new methods and phishing techniques, and aimed them at a wider set of targets – including politicians, government officials, critical infrastructure and medical researchers – according to email security vendor Proofpoint.… | Medical | APT 35 | ★ |
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