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2024-05-22 14:00:00 | Extinction de l'IOC?Les acteurs de cyber-espionnage de Chine-Nexus utilisent des réseaux orbes pour augmenter les coûts des défenseurs IOC Extinction? China-Nexus Cyber Espionage Actors Use ORB Networks to Raise Cost on Defenders (lien direct) |
Written by: Michael Raggi
Mandiant Intelligence is tracking a growing trend among China-nexus cyber espionage operations where advanced persistent threat (APT) actors utilize proxy networks known as “ORB networks” (operational relay box networks) to gain an advantage when conducting espionage operations. ORB networks are akin to botnets and are made up of virtual private servers (VPS), as well as compromised Internet of Things (IoT) devices, smart devices, and routers that are often end of life or unsupported by their manufacturers. Building networks of compromised devices allows ORB network administrators to easily grow the size of their ORB network with little effort and create a constantly evolving mesh network that can be used to conceal espionage operations. By using these mesh networks to conduct espionage operations, actors can disguise external traffic between command and control (C2) infrastructure and victim environments including vulnerable edge devices that are being exploited via zero-day vulnerabilities. These networks often use both rented VPS nodes in combination with malware designed to target routers so they can grow the number of devices capable of relaying traffic within compromised networks. Mandiant assesses with moderate confidence that this is an effort to raise the cost of defending an enterprise\'s network and shift the advantage toward espionage operators by evading detection and complicating attribution. Mandiant believes that if network defenders can shift the current enterprise defense paradigm away from treating adversary infrastructure like indicators of compromise (IOCs) and instead toward tracking ORB networks like evolving entities akin to APT groups, enterprises can contend with the rising challenge of ORB networks in the threat landscape. IOC Extinction and the Rise of ORB Networks The cybersecurity industry has reported on the APT practice of ORB network usage in the past as well as on the functional implementation of these networks. Less discussed are the implications of broad ORB network usage by a multitude of China-nexus espionage actors, which has become more common over recent years. The following are three key points and paradigm shifting implications about ORB networks that require enterprise network defenders to adapt the way they think about China-nexus espionage actors: ORB networks undermine the idea of “Actor-Controlled Infrastructure”: ORB networks are infrastructure networks administered by independent entities, contractors, or administrators within the People\'s Republic of China (PRC). They are not controlled by a single APT actor. ORB networks create a network interface, administer a network of compromised nodes, and contract access to those networks to multiple APT actors that will use the ORB networks to carry out their own distinct espionage and reconnaissance. These networks are not controlled by APT actors using them, but rather are temporarily used by these APT actors often to deploy custom tooling more conventionally attributable to known China-nexus adversaries. ORB network infrastructure has a short lifesp |
Threat Malware Cloud Tool Prediction Commercial Vulnerability | APT 15 APT 5 APT 31 | ★★★ |
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2023-11-28 00:00:00 | Enquêter sur le risque de références compromises et d'actifs exposés à Internet explorez le rapport révélant les industries et les tailles d'entreprise avec les taux les plus élevés d'identification compromises et d'actifs exposés à Internet.En savoir plus Investigating the Risk of Compromised Credentials and Internet-Exposed Assets Explore the report revealing industries and company sizes with the highest rates of compromised credentials and internet-exposed assets. Read More (lien direct) |
IntroductionIn this report, Kovrr collected and analyzed data to better understand one of the most common initial access vectors (1) - the use of compromised credentials (Valid Accounts - T1078) (2) to access internet-exposed assets (External Remote Services - T113) (3). The toxic combination of these two initial access vectors can allow malicious actors to gain a foothold in company networks before moving on to the next stage of their attack, which can be data theft, ransomware, denial of service, or any other action. There are numerous examples of breaches perpetrated by many attack groups that have occurred using this combination, for example, breaches by Lapsus (4) and APT39 (5), among others. âThis report seeks to demonstrate which industries and company sizes have the highest percentage of compromised credentials and number of internet-exposed assets and face a higher risk of having their networks breached by the toxic combination of the initial access vectors mentioned above.âIt should be noted that having an asset exposed to the internet does not inherently pose a risk or indicate that a company has poor security. In our highly digitized world, companies are required to expose services to the internet so their services can be accessed by customers, vendors, and remote employees. These services include VPN servers, SaaS applications developed by the company, databases, and shared storage units. However, there are some common cases when having an asset exposed to the internet can be extremely risky, for example:âWhen a company unintentionally exposes an asset due to misconfiguration.When a malicious third party obtains compromised credentials of a legitimate third party and accesses an exposed asset.  âTo limit unnecessary internet exposure, companies should employ the following possible mitigations:âUse Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for any services or assets that require a connection so that compromised credentials on their own will not be enough to breach an exposed asset.Limit access to the asset to only specific accounts, domains, and/or IP ranges.Segment the internal company network and isolate critical areas so that even if a network is breached through access to an external asset, attackers will not be able to use that access to reach wider or more sensitive areas of the company network. âSummaryâThe following are the main findings from the collected data:âThe Services industry is by far the most exposed to attackers. Companies from that industry have the highest percentage of compromised credentials (74%). However, they have a relatively low amount of internet-exposed assets per company (34%). However, given that an average cyber loss in this industry has been shown to be about $45M, this is highly concerning (6). The Services industry (SIC Division I) is followed by Division E (Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services, with an average loss of around $58M), which is followed by Division D (Manufacturing, with an average loss of around $25M). The revenue range for companies with the highest number of compromised credentials is $1M-$10M, followed by $10M-$50M. A similar trend is also observed when evaluating company size by the number of employees. Indeed, companies with fewer employees have a higher share of compromised credentials. On average, the larger the company (both in terms of revenue and number of employees (7)), the greater the number of internet-exposed assets.There is a correlation between the industries and revenue ranges of companies targeted by ransomware and those with the highest share of compromised credentials.   âMethodologyâThe data for this research was collected as follows:âData regarding compromised credentials was first collected from Hudson Rock, a provider of various cybercrime data. Data was collected for the previous six months, beginning March 2023. This data | Threat Ransomware Cloud Studies Prediction | APT 39 APT 39 APT 17 | ★★★ |
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2023-08-16 06:46:45 | Rapport de tendance des menaces sur les groupes APT & # 8211;Juin 2023 Threat Trend Report on APT Groups – June 2023 (lien direct) |
Tendances du groupe APT & # 8211;Juin 2023 1) Andariel 2) APT28 3) Cadet Blizzard (Dev-0586) 4) Camaro Dragon 5) Chicheau charmant (Mint Sandstorm) 6) Gamaredon (Shuckworm) 7) Ke3Chang (Apt15, Nickel) 8) Kimsuky 9) Lazarus 10) Eau boueuse 11) Mustang Panda 12) Oceanlotus 13) Patchwork (éléphant blanc) 14) REd Eyes (APT37) 15) Sharp Panda 16) Sidecopy 17) Soldat Stealth ATIP_2023_JUN_THREAT Rapport de tendance sur les groupes APT
APT Group Trends – June 2023 1) Andariel 2) APT28 3) Cadet Blizzard (DEV-0586) 4) Camaro Dragon 5) Charming Kitten (Mint Sandstorm) 6) Gamaredon (Shuckworm) 7) Ke3chang (APT15, Nickel) 8) Kimsuky 9) Lazarus 10) Muddy Water 11) Mustang Panda 12) OceanLotus 13) Patchwork (White Elephant) 14) Red Eyes (APT37) 15) Sharp Panda 16) SideCopy 17) Stealth Soldier ATIP_2023_Jun_Threat Trend Report on APT Groups |
Threat Prediction | APT 38 APT 37 APT 37 APT 35 APT 35 APT 32 APT 32 APT 28 APT 28 APT 15 APT 15 APT 25 | ★★ |
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