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. 2025-05-11T02:49:24+00:00 www.secnews.physaphae.fr Mandiant - Blog Sécu de Mandiant Résumé exécutif GoogleThreat Intelligence Group (GTIG) tracked 75 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild in 2024, a decrease from the number we identified in 2023 (98 vulnerabilities), but still an increase from 2022 (63 vulnerabilities). We divided the reviewed vulnerabilities into two main categories: end-user platforms and products (e.g., mobile devices, operating systems, and browsers) and enterprise-focused technologies, such as security software and appliances.  Vendors continue to drive improvements that make some zero-day exploitation harder, demonstrated by both dwindling numbers across multiple categories and reduced observed attacks against previously popular targets. At the same time, commercial surveillance vendors (CSVs) appear to be increasing their operational security practices, potentially leading to decreased attribution and detection. We see zero-day exploitation targeting a greater number and wider variety of enterprise-specific technologies, although these technologies still remain a smaller proportion of overall exploitation when compared to end-user technologies. While the historic focus on the exploitation of popular end-user technologies and their users continues, the shift toward increased targeting of enterprise-focused products will require a wider and more diverse set of vendors to increase proactive security measures in order to reduce future zero-day exploitation attempts. Scope  This report describes what Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) knows about zero-day exploitation in 2024. We discuss how targeted vendors and exploited products drive trends that reflect threat actor goals and shifting exploitation approaches, and then closely examine several examples of zero-day exploitation from 2024 that demonstrate how actors use both historic and novel techniques to exploit vulnerabilities in targeted products. The following content leverages original research conducted by GTIG, combined with breach investigation findings and reporting from reliable open sources, though we cannot independently confirm the reports of every source. Research in this space is dynamic and the numbers may adjust due to the ongoing discovery of past incidents through digital forensic investigations. The numbers presented here reflect our best understanding of current data. GTIG defines a zero-day as a vulnerability that was maliciously exploited in the wild before a patch was made publicly available. GTIG acknowledges that the trends observed and discussed in this report are based on detected and disclosed zero-days. Our analysis represents exploitation tracked by GTIG but may not reflect all zero-day exploitation. aside_block Key Takeaways Zero-day exploitation continues to grow gradually. The 75 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in 2024 follow a pattern that has emerged ]]> 2025-04-29T05:00:00+00:00 https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/2024-zero-day-trends/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8669387 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Patching,Mobile,Prediction,Cloud,Commercial APT 37 2.0000000000000000 The Hacker News - The Hacker News est un blog de news de hack (surprenant non?) The North Korea-linked threat actor known as ScarCruft is said to have been behind a never-before-seen Android surveillance tool named KoSpy targeting Korean and English-speaking users. Lookout, which shared details of the malware campaign, said the earliest versions date back to March 2022. The most recent samples were flagged in March 2024. It\'s not clear how successful these efforts were. "]]> 2025-03-13T19:53:00+00:00 https://thehackernews.com/2025/03/north-koreas-scarcruft-deploys-kospy.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8655561 False Malware,Tool,Threat,Mobile APT 37 2.0000000000000000 Mandiant - Blog Sécu de Mandiant 2025-02-11T20:00:00+00:00 https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybercrime-multifaceted-national-security-threat/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8648141 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Legislation,Medical,Cloud,Technical APT 41,APT 38,APT 29,APT 43,APT 44 3.0000000000000000 Techworm - News wrote in a blog post published on Thursday. In Windows, a Relative Identifier (RID) is part of a Security Identifier (SID), which exclusively distinguishes each user and group within a domain. For instance, an administrator account will have a RID value of “500”, “501” for guest accounts, “512” for the domain admins group, and for regular users, the RID will start from the value “of 1000”. In a RID hijacking attack, hackers change the RID of a low-privilege account to the same value as an administrator account. As a result, Windows grants administrative privileges to the account. However, to pull this off, attackers need access to the SAM (Security Account Manager) registry, which requires them to already have SYSTEM-level access to the targeted machine for modification. Attackers typically use tools such as PsExec and JuicyPotato to escalate their privileges and launch a SYSTEM-level command prompt. While SYSTEM access is the highest privilege in Windows, it has certain limitations: it doesn\'t allow remote access, cannot interact with GUI apps, generates noisy activity that can be easily detected and doesn\'t persist after a system reboot. To work around these issues, Andariel first created a hidden, low-privilege local user account by appending a “$” character to its username. This made the account invisible in regular listings but still accessible in the SAM registry. The attackers then carried out RID hijacking to escalate the account’s privileges to the administrator level. According to the researchers, Andariel added the modified account to the Remote Desktop Users and Administrators groups, giving them more control over the system. The group tweaked the SAM registry using custom malware and an open-source tool to execute the RID hijacking. Although SYSTEM access could allow the direct creation of administrator accounts, this method is less conspicuous, making it difficult to detect and prevent. To avoid detection, Andariel also exported and backed up the modified registry settings, deleted the rogue account, and restored it later from the backup when needed, bypassing system logs and making detection even harder. To reduce the risk of RID hijacking, system administrators should implement proactive measures such as: Use the Local Security Authority (LSA) Subsystem Service to monitor unusual login attempts and password changes. Prevent unauthorized access to the SAM registry. Restricting the use of tools like PsExec and JuicyPotato. Disabling guest accounts. Enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all user accounts, including low-privileged ones.

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Cybersecurity researchers at AhnLab have discovered that a North Korean threat group uses malicious files to hijack RIDs and grant admin access to low-privilege Windows accounts. According to ASEC researchers, AhnLab’s security intelligence center, the hacking group behind the attack is the “Andariel” threat group, linked to North Korea’s Lazarus hacker group. “RID Hijacking is ]]> 2025-01-25T20:07:25+00:00 https://www.techworm.net/2025/01/hacker-rid-hijacking-create-admin-accounts-windows.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8642525 False Malware,Tool,Threat APT 38,APT 45 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) ## Snapshot Last week\'s OSINT reporting highlights the persistence and evolution of cyber threats targeting a wide range of sectors, from cryptocurrency exchanges to aerospace and defense industries. The predominant attack vectors include phishing, exploitation of long-standing vulnerabilities, and the use of advanced malware like StealBit, OtterCookie, and VBCloud. Threat actors such as North Korea\'s Lazarus Group and TraderTraitor, as well as botnets like FICORA and CAPSAICIN, continue to refine their tactics, leveraging]]> 2024-12-30T12:02:43+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/2ec56fef www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8631656 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Cloud APT 38 2.0000000000000000 Recorded Future - FLux Recorded Future Researchers at Kaspersky said they found the Lazarus Group using “a complex infection chain that included multiple types of malware, such as a downloader, loader, and backdoor, demonstrating the group\'s evolved delivery and improved persistence methods.”]]> 2024-12-23T19:32:18+00:00 https://therecord.media/lazarus-group-new-tools-kaspersky www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8629232 False Malware,Tool APT 38 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-11-18T12:22:31+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/2560112c www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8613484 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Prediction,Medical,Cloud,Technical APT 41,APT 38 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-11-11T12:45:44+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/3b100c61 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8609345 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Mobile,Cloud APT 37 3.0000000000000000 The Hacker News - The Hacker News est un blog de news de hack (surprenant non?) High-profile entities in India have become the target of malicious campaigns orchestrated by the Pakistan-based Transparent Tribe threat actor and a previously unknown China-nexus cyber espionage group dubbed IcePeony. The intrusions linked to Transparent Tribe involve the use of a malware called ElizaRAT and a new stealer payload dubbed ApoloStealer on specific victims of interest, Check Point]]> 2024-11-08T17:53:00+00:00 https://thehackernews.com/2024/11/icepeony-and-transparent-tribe-target.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8608093 False Malware,Tool,Threat APT 36 3.0000000000000000 Dark Reading - Informationweek Branch The Pakistan-based advanced persistent threat actor has been carrying on a cyber-espionage campaign targeting organizations on the subcontinent for more than a decade, and it\'s now using a new and improved "ElizaRAT" malware.]]> 2024-11-04T22:39:41+00:00 https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/apt36-refines-tools-attacks-indian-targets www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8606147 False Malware,Tool,Threat APT 36 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-11-04T19:39:03+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/f01e1d00 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8606105 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat,Mobile,Cloud,Technical APT 36 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-11-04T12:25:16+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/d6da7f0d www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8605948 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Mobile,Prediction,Medical,Cloud,Technical APT 41,APT 28,APT 31,Guam 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-10-31T20:29:50+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/798c0fdb www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8604363 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Legislation,Cloud APT 41,APT 31 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-10-30T18:25:16+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/3c757860 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8603864 True Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat APT 31 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-10-28T11:27:40+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/fa5a55d5 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8602805 False Ransomware,Spam,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Prediction,Medical,Cloud,Technical APT 38,Guam 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-10-25T16:11:10+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/e831e4ae www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8601740 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat APT 38 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-10-21T11:41:26+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/02320e34 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8600983 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Cloud APT 38,APT 37,APT-C-17 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-10-18T20:59:53+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/b0437795 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8599903 False Malware,Tool APT 38 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-10-15T21:16:48+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/9ce29d67 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8598422 False Malware,Tool,Threat APT 38 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) #### Targeted Geolocations - United Arab Emirates ## Snapshot Researchers at Trend Micro have identif]]> 2024-10-11T21:41:42+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/bc0f3dd1 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8596273 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Prediction APT 34 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-10-07T16:54:11+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/33015049 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8593765 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Mobile,Prediction,Cloud APT 37,APT 45 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-10-03T20:13:46+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/2e62a43c www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8591525 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Cloud APT 37 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-10-02T20:01:11+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/a558d6ba www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8590707 False Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Patching APT 38 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-09-30T13:21:55+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/70e8b264 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8588927 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Patching,Mobile ChatGPT,APT 36 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-09-27T19:44:31+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/f74aeee5 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8586788 True Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat,Mobile APT 36 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-09-20T15:50:36+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/906408c8 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8580619 False Malware,Tool,Threat APT 38 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-09-19T21:39:29+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/e882507d www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8579917 False Malware,Tool,Threat,Cloud APT 34 3.0000000000000000 Mandiant - Blog Sécu de Mandiant Executive Summary UNC1860 is a persistent and opportunistic Iranian state-sponsored threat actor that is likely affiliated with Iran\'s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). A key feature of UNC1860 is its collection of specialized tooling and passive backdoors that Mandiant believes supports several objectives, including its role as a probable initial access provider and its ability to gain persistent access to high-priority networks, such as those in the government and telecommunications space throughout the Middle East. UNC1860\'s tradecraft and targeting parallels with Shrouded Snooper, Scarred Manticore, and Storm-0861, Iran-based threat actors publicly reported to have targeted the telecommunications and government sectors in the Middle East. These groups have also reportedly provided initial access for destructive and disruptive operations that targeted Israel in late October 2023 with BABYWIPER and Albania in 2022 using ROADSWEEP. Mandiant cannot independently corroborate that UNC1860 was involved in providing initial access for these operations. However, we identified specialized UNC1860 tooling including GUI-operated malware controllers, which are likely designed to facilitate hand-off operations, further supporting the initial access role played by UNC1860. UNC1860 additionally maintains an arsenal of utilities and collection of “main-stage” passive backdoors designed to gain strong footholds into victim networks and establish persistent, long-term access. Among these main-stage backdoors includes a Windows kernel mode driver repurposed from a legitimate Iranian anti-virus software filter driver, reflecting the group\'s reverse engineering capabilities of Windows kernel components and detection evasion capabilities. These capabilities demonstrate that UNC1860 is a formidable threat actor that likely supports various objectives ranging from espionage to network attack operations. As tensions continue to ebb and flow in the Middle East, we belie]]> 2024-09-19T14:00:00+00:00 https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/unc1860-iran-middle-eastern-networks/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8579617 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Cloud,Technical APT 34 3.0000000000000000 Schneier on Security - Chercheur Cryptologue Américain Convainquez-les de télécharger des logiciels malveillants.De A Article de presse Ces attaques particulières de l'équipe de piratage de piratage financée par l'État nord-coréen Lazarus est nouveau, mais la campagne globale de logiciels malveillants contre la communauté de développement de Python est en cours depuis au moins août 2023, lorsqu'un certain nombre de Python open source populaireLes outils ont été dupliqués avec malveillance avec des logiciels malveillants ajoutés.Maintenant, cependant, il y a aussi des attaques impliquant & # 8220; Tests de codage & # 8221;Cela n'existe que pour amener l'utilisateur final à installer des logiciels malveillants cachés sur son système (intelligemment caché avec le codage de base64) qui permet une exécution à distance une fois présente.La capacité d'exploitation à ce stade est à peu près illimitée, en raison de la flexibilité de Python et de la façon dont elle interagit avec le système d'exploitation sous-jacent ...

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Interesting social engineering attack: luring potential job applicants with fake recruiting pitches, trying to convince them to download malware. From a news article These particular attacks from North Korean state-funded hacking team Lazarus Group are new, but the overall malware campaign against the Python development community has been running since at least August of 2023, when a number of popular open source Python tools were maliciously duplicated with added malware. Now, though, there are also attacks involving “coding tests” that only exist to get the end user to install hidden malware on their system (cleverly hidden with Base64 encoding) that allows remote execution once present. The capacity for exploitation at that point is pretty much unlimited, due to the flexibility of Python and how it interacts with the underlying OS...]]> 2024-09-17T11:02:34+00:00 https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/09/python-developers-targeted-with-malware-during-fake-job-interviews.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8578307 False Malware,Tool APT 38 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-09-16T11:20:34+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/f4ae836f www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8577706 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Patching,Prediction,Cloud APT 34 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-09-11T23:46:33+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/6289e51f www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8574915 False Malware,Tool,Threat APT 34 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-09-09T11:04:46+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/563312a4 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8573205 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Prediction,Medical,Commercial APT 38,APT 29 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-09-06T20:50:58+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/2d5ffbad www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8571535 True Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat APT 38 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-09-04T18:51:15+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/22951902 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8569939 False Malware,Tool,Threat,Prediction APT 34 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-09-02T19:54:58+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/161e114f www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8568711 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Mobile,Medical,Cloud APT 41,APT 32 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-08-29T19:44:20+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/0ce29639 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8567037 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat APT 38 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-08-29T18:15:40+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/de978ca1 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8566388 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat APT 32 3.0000000000000000 SecureMac - Security focused on MAC également connu sous le nom de heur: trojan-psw.osx.beavertail.a Type: Menace hybride Plateforme: Mac OS 9 Dernière mise à jour: 07/31/24 15:52 PM Niveau de menace: High Description Nukesped est une menace hybride qui est attribuée au groupe nord-coréen Lazare, est un outil de cyber-espionnage avancé conçu pour voler des données sensibles et perturber les opérations. . Retrait des menaces nuclées MacScan peut détecter et éliminer la menace hybride nucléaire de votre système, ainsi que de protéger d'autres menaces de sécurité et de confidentialité.Un essai de 30 jours est disponible pour scanner votre système pour cette menace. télécharger macscan

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>also known as HEUR:Trojan-PSW.OSX.BeaverTail.a Type: Hybrid Threat Platform: Mac OS 9 Last updated: 07/31/24 3:52 pm Threat Level: High Description Nukesped is a hybrid threat that is attributed to the North Korean Lazarus Group, is an advanced cyber espionage tool designed to steal sensitive data and disrupt operations. Nukesped Threat Removal MacScan can detect and remove Nukesped Hybrid Threat from your system, as well as provide protection against other security and privacy threats. A 30-day trial is available to scan your system for this threat. Download MacScan ]]> 2024-08-29T10:04:45+00:00 https://www.securemac.com/definitions/Nukesped www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8566302 False Tool,Threat APT 38 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-08-14T18:17:06+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/55996e79 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8557777 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat,Cloud APT 27,APT 31 3.0000000000000000 Kaspersky - Kaspersky Research blog Kaspersky has identified a new EastWind campaign targeting Russian organizations and using CloudSorcerer as well as APT31 and APT27 tools.]]> 2024-08-14T12:00:57+00:00 https://securelist.com/eastwind-apt-campaign/113345/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8557565 False Tool APT 27,APT 31 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-08-05T10:51:17+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/ed438f56 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8552050 False Ransomware,Spam,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Mobile APT33,APT 41,APT 33,APT-C-17 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) ## Snapshot TrustedSec identified a new red team post-exploitation framework called "Specula," which leverages a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook to remotely execute code by setting malicious home pages via registry modifications. ## Description The novel Specula framework exploits [CVE-2017-11774](https://sip.security.microsoft.com/vulnerabilities/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11774/overview), a security feature bypass vulnerability in Outlook that allows threat actors to set a custom Outlook home page via registry keys and run vbscript or jscript to execute arbitrary commands on compromised Windows systems. Despite being patched, attackers can still create malicious home pages using Windows Registry values, enabling them to achieve persistence and laterally spread to other systems. The method is notable for its ability to bypass security software by leveraging Outl]]> 2024-08-02T00:53:15+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/4b71ce29 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8549339 False Tool,Vulnerability,Threat APT33,APT 33 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-07-29T10:58:35+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/72f3426d www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8546560 False Ransomware,Data Breach,Spam,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Legislation,Mobile,Industrial,Medical APT 28,APT 36 2.0000000000000000 Mandiant - Blog Sécu de Mandiant   Executive Summary APT45 is a long-running, moderately sophisticated North Korean cyber operator that has carried out espionage campaigns as early as 2009. APT45 has gradually expanded into financially-motivated operations, and the group\'s suspected development and deployment of ransomware sets it apart from other North Korean operators.  APT45 and activity clusters suspected of being linked to the group are strongly associated with a distinct genealogy of malware families separate from peer North Korean operators like TEMP.Hermit and APT43.  Among the groups assessed to operate from the Democratic People\'s Republic of Korea (DPRK), APT45 has been the most frequently observed targeting critical infrastructure. Overview Mandiant assesses with high confidence that APT45 is a moderately sophisticated cyber operator that supports the interests of the DPRK. Since at least 2009, APT45 has carried out a range of cyber operations aligned with the shifting geopolitical interests of the North Korean state. Although the group\'s earliest observed activities consisted of espionage campaigns against government agencies and defense industries, APT45 has expanded its remit to financially-motivated operations, including targeting of the financial vertical; we also assess with moderate confidence that APT45 has engaged in the development of ransomware. Additionally, while multiple DPRK-nexus groups focused on healthcare and pharmaceuticals during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, APT45 has continued to target this vertical longer than other groups, suggesting an ongoing mandate to collect related information. Separately, the group has conducted operations against nuclear-related entities, underscoring its role in supporting DPRK priorities. Shifts in Targeting and Expanding Operations Similar to other cyber threat activity attributed to North Korea-nexus groups, shifts in APT45 operations have reflected the DPRK\'s changing priorities. Malware samples indicate the group was active as early as 2009, although an observed focus on government agencies and the defense industry was observed beginning in 2017. Identified activity in 2019 aligned with Pyongyang\'s continued interest in nuclear issues and energy. Although it is not clear if financially-motivated operations are a focus of APT45\'s current mandate, the group is distinct from other North Korean operators in its suspected interest in ransomware. Given available information, it is possible that APT45 is carrying out financially-motivated cybercrime not only in support of its own operations but to generate funds for other North Korean state priorities. Financial Sector Like other North Korea]]> 2024-07-25T14:00:00+00:00 https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/apt45-north-korea-digital-military-machine/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8544047 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat,Medical APT 37,APT 43 5.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-07-24T23:34:10+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/31828df1 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8544253 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Industrial,Cloud,Technical,Commercial APT 38 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-07-24T21:28:53+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/dfae4887 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8543707 True Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat APT 36 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-07-08T15:06:59+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/9a175891 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8532909 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Mobile,Cloud APT 36 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-07-02T21:54:47+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/d62a3110 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8529579 False Malware,Tool,Threat,Mobile APT 36 2.0000000000000000 Mandiant - Blog Sécu de Mandiant   Since early 2022, Mandiant has observed the revival and intensification of threat activity from actors leveraging hacktivist tactics and techniques. This comes decades after hacktivism first emerged as a form of online activism and several years since many defenders last considered hacktivism to be a serious threat. However, this new generation of hacktivism has grown to encompass a more complex and often impactful fusion of tactics different actors leverage for their specific objectives. Today\'s hacktivists exhibit increased capabilities in both intrusion and information operations demonstrated by a range of activities such as executing massive disruptive attacks, compromising networks to leak information, conducting information operations, and even tampering with physical world processes. They have leveraged their skills to gain notoriety and reputation, promote political ideologies, and actively support the strategic interests of nation-states. The anonymity provided by hacktivist personas coupled with the range of objectives supported by hacktivist tactics have made them a top choice for both state and non-state actors seeking to exert influence through the cyber domain. This blog post presents Mandiant\'s analysis of the hacktivism threat landscape, and provides analytical tools to understand and assess the level of risk posed by these groups. Based on years of experience tracking hacktivist actors, their claims, and attacks, our insight is meant to help organizations understand and prioritize meaningful threat activity against their own networks and equities. Figure 1: Sample of imagery used by hacktivists to promote their threat activity Proactive Monitoring of Hacktivist Threats Necessary for Defenders to Anticipate Cyberattacks Mandiant considers activity to be hacktivism when actors claim to or conduct attacks with the publicly stated intent of engaging in political or social activism. The large scale of hacktivism\'s resurgence presents a critical challenge to defenders who need to proactively sift through the noise and assess the risk posed by a multitude of actors with ranging degrees of sophistication. While in many cases hacktivist activity represents a marginal threat, in the most significant hacktivist operations Mandiant has tracked, threat actors have deliberately layered multiple tactics in hybrid operations in such a way that the effect of each component magnified the others. In some cases, hacktivist tactics have been deliberately employed by nation-state actors to support hybrid operations that can seriously harm victims. As the volume and complexity of activity grows and new actors leverage hacktivist tactics, defenders must determine how to filter, assess, and neutralize a range of novel and evolving threats. The proactive moni]]> 2024-06-27T14:00:00+00:00 https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/global-revival-of-hacktivism/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8526607 False Malware,Tool,Threat,Legislation,Industrial,Cloud,Commercial APT 38 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-05-31T22:14:46+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/08f4a417 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8510885 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat APT 38 2.0000000000000000 The Register - Site journalistique Anglais Microsoft says Kim\'s hermit nation is pivoting to latest tools as it evolves in cyberspace A brand-new cybercrime group that Microsoft ties to North Korea is tricking targets using fake job opportunities to launch malware and ransomware, all for financial gain.…]]> 2024-05-29T13:00:09+00:00 https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/29/north_korea_using_ransomware_and/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8509278 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool APT 37 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-05-28T17:37:40+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/eb5e10a2 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8508725 False Ransomware,Malware,Hack,Tool,Threat APT 34 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-05-22T15:21:21+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/d5d5c07f www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8504864 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat APT 34 3.0000000000000000 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 Mandiant - Blog Sécu de Mandiant   APT42, an Iranian state-sponsored cyber espionage actor, is using enhanced social engineering schemes to gain access to victim networks, including cloud environments. The actor is targeting Western and Middle Eastern NGOs, media organizations, academia, legal services and activists. Mandiant assesses APT42 operates on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Intelligence Organization (IRGC-IO). APT42 was observed posing as journalists and event organizers to build trust with their victims through ongoing correspondence, and to deliver invitations to conferences or legitimate documents. These social engineering schemes enabled APT42 to harvest credentials and use them to gain initial access to cloud environments. Subsequently, the threat actor covertly exfiltrated data of strategic interest to Iran, while relying on built-in features and open-source tools to avoid detection. In addition to cloud operations, we also outline recent malware-based APT42 operations using two custom backdoors: NICECURL and TAMECAT. These backdoors are delivered via spear phishing, providing the attackers with initial access that might be used as a command execution interface or as a jumping point to deploy additional malware. APT42 targeting and missions are consistent with its assessed affiliation with the IRGC-IO, which is a part of the Iranian intelligence apparatus that is responsible for monitoring and preventing foreign threats to the Islamic Republic and domestic unrest. APT42 activities overlap with the publicly reported actors CALANQUE (Google Threat Analysis Group), Charming Kitten (ClearSky and CERTFA), Mint Sandstorm/Phosphorus (Microsoft), TA453 (Proofpoint), Yellow Garuda (PwC), and ITG18 (]]> 2024-05-01T14:00:00+00:00 https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/untangling-iran-apt42-operations/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8500390 False Malware,Tool,Threat,Cloud Yahoo,APT 35,APT 42 2.0000000000000000 Mandiant - Blog Sécu de Mandiant   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.  ]]> 2024-04-25T10:00:00+00:00 https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cyber-threats-global-elections/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8500393 False Ransomware,Malware,Hack,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Legislation,Cloud,Technical APT 40,APT 29,APT 28,APT 43,APT 31,APT 42 3.0000000000000000 ProofPoint - Cyber Firms 2024-04-16T06:00:54+00:00 https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/social-engineering-dmarc-abuse-ta427s-art-information-gathering www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8483299 False Malware,Tool,Threat,Conference APT 37,APT 43 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) #### Description Check Point Research (CPR) is monitoring an ongoing Iranian espionage campaign by Scarred Manticore, an actor affiliated with the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). The attacks rely on LIONTAIL, an advanced passive malware framework installed on Windows servers. For stealth purposes, LIONTIAL implants utilize direct calls to Windows HTTP stack driver HTTP.sys to load memory-residents payloads. The current campaign peaked in mid-2023, going under the radar for at least a year. The campaign targets high-profile organizations in the Middle East with a focus on government, military, and telecommunications sectors, in addition to IT service providers, financial organizations and NGOs. Scarred Manticore has been pursuing high-value targets for years, utilizing a variety of IIS-based backdoors to attack Windows servers. These include a variety of custom web shells, custom DLL backdoors, and driver-based implants. While the main motivation behind Scarred Manticore\'s operation is espionage, some of the tools described in this report have been associated with the MOIS-sponsored destructive attack against Albanian government infrastructure (referred to as DEV-0861). #### Reference URL(s) 1. https://research.checkpoint.com/2023/from-albania-to-the-middle-east-the-scarred-manticore-is-listening/ #### Publication Date October 31, 2023 #### Author(s) Check Point Research ]]> 2023-10-31T19:45:32+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/b37061cc www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8403717 False Malware,Tool APT 34,APT 34 2.0000000000000000 Checkpoint - Fabricant Materiel Securite Faits saillants: 1. Intrudeurs silencieux: Manticore marqué, un groupe de cyber-menaces iranien lié à Mois (Ministère des renseignements & # 38; Security), gère tranquillement une opération d'espionnage sophistiquée furtive au Moyen-Orient.En utilisant leur dernier cadre d'outils de logiciels malveillants, Liontail, ils volent sous le radar depuis plus d'un an.2. Secteurs ciblés: La campagne se concentre sur les grands joueurs-gouvernement, militaire, télécommunications, informatique, finance et ONG au Moyen-Orient.Manticore marqué est une question de données systématiquement en train de saisir des données, montrant leur engagement envers les cibles de grande valeur.3. Évolution des tactiques: le livre de jeu de Manticore Scarre est passé des attaques de base de shell sur les serveurs Windows à [& # 8230;]

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>Highlights: 1. Silent Intruders: Scarred Manticore, an Iranian cyber threat group linked to MOIS (Ministry of Intelligence & Security), is quietly running a stealthy sophisticated spying operation in the Middle East. Using their latest malware tools framework, LIONTAIL, they have been flying under the radar for over a year. 2. Targeted Sectors: The campaign focuses on big players-government, military, telecom, IT, finance, and NGOs in the Middle East. Scarred Manticore is all about systematically nabbing data, showing their commitment to high-value targets. 3. Evolution of Tactics: Scarred Manticore’s playbook has evolved from basic web shell attacks on Windows Servers to […] ]]> 2023-10-31T10:56:45+00:00 https://blog.checkpoint.com/security/unraveling-the-scarred-manticore-saga-a-riveting-epic-of-high-stakes-espionage-unfolding-in-the-heart-of-the-middle-east/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8403439 False Malware,Tool,Threat APT 34 2.0000000000000000 The Hacker News - The Hacker News est un blog de news de hack (surprenant non?) The North Korea-aligned Lazarus Group has been attributed as behind a new campaign in which an unnamed software vendor was compromised through the exploitation of known security flaws in another high-profile software. The attack sequences, according to Kaspersky, culminated in the deployment of malware families such as SIGNBT and LPEClient, a known hacking tool used by the threat actor for]]> 2023-10-27T20:27:00+00:00 https://thehackernews.com/2023/10/n-korean-lazarus-group-targets-software.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8401494 False Malware,Tool,Threat APT 38,APT 38 3.0000000000000000 The Register - Site journalistique Anglais LightningCan evades infosec tools in new and interesting ways The Lazarus Group, the cybercrime gang linked to the North Korean government, has been named as the perpetrator of an attack against a Spanish aerospace firm, using a dangerous new piece of malware.…]]> 2023-10-04T07:30:06+00:00 https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/10/04/lazarus_group_lightlesscan_malware_upgrade/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8391313 False Malware,Tool APT 38 2.0000000000000000 Global Security Mag - Site de news francais Malwares]]> 2023-09-22T10:26:15+00:00 https://www.globalsecuritymag.fr/ESET-decouvre-que-le-groupe-OilRig-a-deploye-un-nouveau-malware-sur-des.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8386669 False Malware,Tool APT 34 3.0000000000000000 Techworm - News a écrit dans une analyse lundi. Selon les chercheurs, les APK malveillants ne sont pas distribués via Google Play Store d'Android, ce qui signifie que les victimes sont probablement socialement conçues pour télécharger et installer l'application à partir d'une source tierce. L'analyse des trois APK a révélé qu'elles contenaient le Caprarat Trojan et ont été téléchargées sur Virustotal en avril, juillet et août 2023. Deux des Caprarat APK ont été nommés \\ 'YouTube \', et l'un a été nommé \'Piya Sharma \', associée à un canal potentiellement utilisé pour les techniques d'ingénierie sociale basées sur la romance pour convaincre les cibles d'installer les applications. La liste des applications est la suivante: base.media.service moves.media.tubes videos.watchs.share Pendant l'installation, les applications demandent un certain nombre d'autorisations à risque, dont certaines pourraient initialement sembler inoffensives pour la victime pour une application de streaming médiatique comme YouTube et la traiter sans soupçon. L'interface des applications malveillantes tente d'imiter l'application YouTube réelle de Google, mais ressemble plus à un navigateur Web qu'à une application en raison de l'utilisation de WebView à partir de l'application Trojanisée pour charger le service.Ils manquaient également de certaines fonctionnalités et fonctions disponibles dans l'application Android YouTube native légitime. Une fois que Caprarat est installé sur le dispositif de victime, il peut effectuer diverses actions telles que l'enregistrement avec le microphone, les caméras avant et arrière, la collecte de SMS et les contenus de messages multimédias et les journaux d'appels, d'envoi de messages SMS, de blocage des SMS entrants, initier les appels téléphoniques, prendre des captures d'écran, des paramètres système primordiaux tels que GPS & AMP;Réseau et modification des fichiers sur le système de fichiers du téléphone \\ Selon Sentinelabs, les variantes de caprarat récentes trouvées au cours de la campagne actuelle indiquent un développement continu des logiciels malveillants par la tribu transparente. En ce qui concerne l'attribution, les adresses IP des serveurs de commande et de contrôle (C2) avec lesquels Caprarat communique sont codées en dur dans le fichier de configuration de l'application et ont été liés aux activités passées du groupe de piratage. Cependant, certaines adresses IP étaient liées à d'autres campagnes de rats, bien que la relation exacte entre ces acteurs de menace et la tribu transparente reste claire. ]]> 2023-09-19T17:06:25+00:00 https://www.techworm.net/2023/09/hacker-fake-youtube-apps-android.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8393055 False Malware,Tool,Threat APT 36 2.0000000000000000 The Hacker News - The Hacker News est un blog de news de hack (surprenant non?) The suspected Pakistan-linked threat actor known as Transparent Tribe is using malicious Android apps mimicking YouTube to distribute the CapraRAT mobile remote access trojan (RAT), demonstrating the continued evolution of the activity. "CapraRAT is a highly invasive tool that gives the attacker control over much of the data on the Android devices that it infects," SentinelOne security]]> 2023-09-19T12:26:00+00:00 https://thehackernews.com/2023/09/transparent-tribe-uses-fake-youtube.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8385200 False Malware,Tool,Threat APT 36 1.00000000000000000000 Recorded Future - FLux Recorded Future Des pirates présumés de l'État national iranien ont attaqué des organisations au Brésil, en Israël et aux Émirats arabes unis à l'aide de logiciels de porte dérobée non identifiés auparavant, ont découvert des chercheurs.Le groupe de pirates a étiqueté bobcat balistique, également connu sous le nom de Charming Kitten, a déployé la porte dérobée entre mars 2021 et juin 2022 contre au moins 34 victimes, principalement en Israël, selon la société de cybersécurité ESET.

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Suspected Iranian nation-state hackers attacked organizations in Brazil, Israel and the United Arab Emirates using previously unidentified backdoor malware, researchers have discovered. The hacker group labeled Ballistic Bobcat, also known as Charming Kitten, deployed the backdoor between March 2021 and June 2022 against at least 34 victims, mostly in Israel, according to cybersecurity company ESET.]]> 2023-09-12T19:53:00+00:00 https://therecord.media/sponsor-backdoor-charming-kitten-brazil-israel-uae www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8382001 False Tool APT 35 3.0000000000000000 The Hacker News - The Hacker News est un blog de news de hack (surprenant non?) The North Korean threat actor known as Andariel has been observed employing an arsenal of malicious tools in its cyber assaults against corporations and organizations in the southern counterpart. “One characteristic of the attacks identified in 2023 is that there are numerous malware strains developed in the Go language,” the AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center (ASEC) said in a deep dive]]> 2023-09-05T15:45:00+00:00 https://thehackernews.com/2023/09/researchers-warn-of-cyber-weapons-used.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8379144 False Malware,Tool,Threat APT 38 2.0000000000000000 Recorded Future - FLux Recorded Future Les pirates nord-coréens étaient à l'origine d'une violation de l'entreprise logicielle JumpCloud qui faisait partie d'une tentative d'attaque de chaîne d'approvisionnement ciblant les sociétés de crypto-monnaie, a-t-il été rapporté jeudi.JumpCloud - qui fournit des outils de gestion de l'identité et de l'accès aux appareils d'entreprise - a annoncé plus tôt ce mois-ci qu'une «nation sophistiquée-Acteur de menace parrainé par l'État »avait réussi

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North Korean hackers were behind a breach of the software business JumpCloud that formed part of an attempted supply-chain attack targeting cryptocurrency companies, it was reported on Thursday. JumpCloud - which provides identity and access management tools for enterprise devices - announced earlier this month that a “sophisticated nation-state sponsored threat actor” had managed in]]> 2023-07-20T12:50:00+00:00 https://therecord.media/north-korea-jumpcloud-attempted-supply-chain-attack-cryptocurrency www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8359229 False Tool,Threat APT 38 2.0000000000000000 Anomali - Firm Blog Figure 1 - Diagrammes de résumé du CIO.Ces graphiques résument les CIO attachés à ce magazine et donnent un aperçu des menaces discutées. Cyber News et Intelligence des menaces shadowVictiticoor et Coinmin de Force Group \\ (Publié: 27 mai 2023) Force Shadow est une menace qui cible les organisations sud-coréennes depuis 2013. Il cible principalement les serveurs Windows.Les chercheurs d'AHNLAB ont analysé l'activité du groupe en 2020-2022.Les activités de force fantôme sont relativement faciles à détecter car les acteurs ont tendance à réutiliser les mêmes noms de fichiers pour leurs logiciels malveillants.Dans le même temps, le groupe a évolué: après mars, ses fichiers dépassent souvent 10 Mo en raison de l'emballage binaire.Les acteurs ont également commencé à introduire divers mineurs de crypto-monnaie et une nouvelle porte dérobée surnommée Viticdoor. Commentaire de l'analyste: Les organisations doivent garder leurs serveurs à jour et correctement configurés avec la sécurité à l'esprit.Une utilisation et une surchauffe du processeur inhabituellement élevées peuvent être un signe du détournement de ressources malveillantes pour l'exploitation de la crypto-monnaie.Les indicateurs basés sur le réseau et l'hôte associés à la force fantôme sont disponibles dans la plate-forme Anomali et il est conseillé aux clients de les bloquer sur leur infrastructure. mitre att & amp; ck: [mitre att & amp; ck] t1588.003 - obtenir des capacités:Certificats de signature de code | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1105 - transfert d'outils d'entrée | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1027.002 - fichiers ou informations obscurcies: emballage logiciel | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1569.002: exécution du service | [mitre att & amp; ck] T1059.003 - Commande et script Interpréteur: Windows Command Shell | [mitre att & amp; ck] T1547.001 - Exécution de botter ou de connexion automatique: Registre Run Keys / Startup Folder | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1546.008 - Événement Exécution déclenchée: caractéristiques de l'accessibilité | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1543.003 - créer ou modifier le processus système: service Windows | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1554 - compromis le logiciel client binaire | [mitreAtt & amp; ck] t1078.001 - Comptes valides: comptes par défaut | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1140 - désobfuscate / décode ou infor]]> 2023-05-31T17:19:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-shadow-force-targets-korean-servers-volt-typhoon-abuses-built-in-tools-cosmicenergy-tests-electric-distribution-disruption www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8340962 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat APT 38,Guam,CosmicEnergy 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 Deconstructing Amadey’s Latest Multi-Stage Attack and Malware Distribution (published: May 5, 2023) McAfee researchers have detected a multi-stage attack that starts with a trojanized wextract.exe, Windows executable used to extract files from a cabinet (CAB) file. It was used to deliver the AgentTesla, Amadey botnet, LockBit ransomware, Redline Stealer, and other malicious binaries. To avoid detection, the attackers use obfuscation and disable Windows Defender through the registry thus stopping users from turning it back on through the Defender settings. Analyst Comment: Threat actors are always adapting to the security environment to remain effective. New techniques can still be spotted with behavioral analysis defenses and social engineering training. Users should report suspicious files with double extensions such as .EXE.MUI. Indicators associated with this campaign are available in the Anomali platform and users are advised to block these on their infrastructure. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] T1562.001: Disable or Modify Tools | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1555 - Credentials From Password Stores | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1486: Data Encrypted for Impact | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1027 - Obfuscated Files Or Information Tags: malware:Amadey, malware-type:Botnet, malware:RedLine, malware:AgentTesla, malware-type:Infostealer, malware:LockBit, malware-type:Ransomware, abused:Wextract.exe, file-type:CAB, file-type:EXE, file-type:MUI, target-program:Windows Defender, target-system:Windows Eastern Asian Android Assault – FluHorse (published: May 4, 2023) Active since May 2022, a newly-detected Android stealer dubbed FluHorse spreads mimicking popular apps or as a fake dating application. According to Check Point researchers, FluHorse was targeting East Asia (Taiwan and Vietnam) while remaining undetected for months. This stealthiness is achieved by sticking to minimal functions while also relying on a custom virtual machine that comes with the Flutter user interface software development kit. FluHorse is being distributed via emails that prompt the recipient to install the app and once installed, it asks for the user’s credit card or banking data. If a second factor authentication is needed to commit banking fraud, FluHorse tells the user to wait for 10-15 minutes while intercepting codes by installing a listener for all incoming SMS messages. Analyst Comment: FluHorse\'s ability to remain undetected for months makes it a dangerous threat. Users should avoid installing applications following download links received via email or other messaging. Verify the app authenticity on the official com]]> 2023-05-09T20:02:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-custom-virtual-environment-hides-fluhorse-babyshark-evolved-into-reconshark-fleckpe-infected-apps-add-expensive-subscriptions www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8334939 False Malware,Tool,Threat APT 37,APT 43 3.0000000000000000 Anomali - Firm Blog Figure 1 - Diagrammes de résumé du CIO.Ces graphiques résument les CIO attachés à ce magazine et donnent un aperçu des menaces discutées. Cyber News et Intelligence des menaces Réaction en chaîne: Rokrat & rsquo; s.Lien manquant (Publié: 1er mai 2023) Depuis 2022, le groupe parrainé par le Nord-Korea APT37 (Group123, Ricochet Chollima) a principalement changé ses méthodes de livraison de Maldocs pour cacher des charges utiles à l'intérieur des fichiers LNK surdimensionnés.Vérifier les chercheurs a identifié plusieurs chaînes d'infection utilisées par le groupe de juillet 2022 à avril 2023. Celles-ci ont été utilisées pour livrer l'un des outils personnalisés de l'APT37 (Goldbackdoor et Rokrat), ou le malware de marchandises Amadey.Tous les leurres étudiés semblent cibler des personnes coréennes avec des sujets liés à la Corée du Sud. Commentaire de l'analyste: Le passage aux chaînes d'infection basées sur LNK permet à APT37 de l'interaction utilisateur moins requise car la chaîne peut être déclenchée par un simple double clic.Le groupe continue l'utilisation de Rokrat bien triés qui reste un outil furtif avec ses couches supplémentaires de cryptage, le cloud C2 et l'exécution en mémoire.Les indicateurs associés à cette campagne sont disponibles dans la plate-forme Anomali et il est conseillé aux clients de les bloquerleur infrastructure. mitre att & amp; ck: [mitre att & amp; ck] t1059.001: Powershell | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1055 - injection de processus | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1027 - fichiers ou informations obscurcis | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1105 - transfert d'outils d'entrée | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1204.002 - Exécution des utilisateurs: fichier malveillant | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1059.005 - commande et script interprète: visuel basique | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1140 - désobfuscate / décode ou informations | [mitre att & amp; ck] T1218.011 - Exécution par proxy binaire signée: Rundll32 Tags: malware: Rokrat, mitre-software-id: s0240, malware-Type: Rat, acteur: Groupe123, mitre-groupe: APT37, acteur: Ricochet Chollima, Country source: Corée du Nord, Country source: KP, Cible-Country: Corée du Sud, Cible-Country: KR, Type de fichier: Zip, déposer-Type: Doc, Fichier-Type: ISO, Fichier-Type: LNK, File-Type: Bat, File-Type: EXE, Fichier-Type: VBS, malware: Amadey,MALWARE: Goldbackdoor, Type de logiciels malveillants: porte dérobée, abusée: Pcloud, abusé: Cloud Yandex, abusé: OneDrive, abusé: & # 8203; & # 8203; Processeur de mots Hangul, abusé: themida, système cible: Windows ]]> 2023-05-01T23:16:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-apt37-adopts-lnk-files-charming-kitten-uses-bellaciao-implant-dropper-vipersoftx-infostealer-unique-byte-remapping-encryption www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8332656 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Prediction,Cloud APT 37,APT 37,APT 35 2.0000000000000000 IT Security Guru - Blog Sécurité Charming Kitten, the infamous Iranian nation-state group, is actively targeting victims across Europe, U.S., India and Middle East with a new malware dubbed BellaCiao. The malware is the latest in their expansive custom tool kit. BellaCiao was discovered by Bitdefender, who describe the malware as a “personalised dropper” that’s capable of delivering malware payloads onto […] ]]> 2023-04-28T01:30:56+00:00 https://www.itsecurityguru.org/2023/04/28/charming-kitten-using-new-malware-in-multi-country-attacks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=charming-kitten-using-new-malware-in-multi-country-attacks www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8331819 True Malware,Tool APT 35,APT 35 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 First-Ever Attack Leveraging Kubernetes RBAC to Backdoor Clusters (published: April 21, 2023) A new Monero cryptocurrency-mining campaign is the first recorded case of gaining persistence via Kubernetes (K8s) Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), according to Aquasec researchers. The recorded honeypot attack started with exploiting a misconfigured API server. The attackers preceded by gathering information about the cluster, checking if their cluster was already deployed, and deleting some existing deployments. They used RBAC to gain persistence by creating a new ClusterRole and a new ClusterRole binding. The attackers then created a DaemonSet to use a single API request to target all nodes for deployment. The deployed malicious image from the public registry Docker Hub was named to impersonate a legitimate account and a popular legitimate image. It has been pulled 14,399 times and 60 exposed K8s clusters have been found with signs of exploitation by this campaign. Analyst Comment: Your company should have protocols in place to ensure that all cluster management and cloud storage systems are properly configured and patched. K8s buckets are too often misconfigured and threat actors realize there is potential for malicious activity. A defense-in-depth (layering of security mechanisms, redundancy, fail-safe defense processes) approach is a good mitigation step to help prevent actors from highly-active threat groups. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] T1190 - Exploit Public-Facing Application | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1496 - Resource Hijacking | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1036 - Masquerading | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1489 - Service Stop Tags: Monero, malware-type:Cryptominer, detection:PUA.Linux.XMRMiner, file-type:ELF, abused:Docker Hub, technique:RBAC Buster, technique:Create ClusterRoleBinding, technique:Deploy DaemonSet, target-system:Linux, target:K8s, target:​​Kubernetes RBAC 3CX Software Supply Chain Compromise Initiated by a Prior Software Supply Chain Compromise; Suspected North Korean Actor Responsible (published: April 20, 2023) Investigation of the previously-reported 3CX supply chain compromise (March 2023) allowed Mandiant researchers to detect it was a result of prior software supply chain attack using a trojanized installer for X_TRADER, a software package provided by Trading Technologies. The attack involved the publicly-available tool SigFlip decrypting RC4 stream-cipher and starting publicly-available DaveShell shellcode for reflective loading. It led to installation of the custom, modular VeiledSignal backdoor. VeiledSignal additional modules inject the C2 module in a browser process instance, create a Windows named pipe and]]> 2023-04-25T18:22:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-two-supply-chain-attacks-chained-together-decoy-dog-stealthy-dns-communication-evilextractor-exfiltrates-to-ftp-server www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8331005 False Ransomware,Spam,Malware,Tool,Threat,Cloud Uber,APT 38,ChatGPT,APT 43 2.0000000000000000 The Hacker News - The Hacker News est un blog de news de hack (surprenant non?) The Pakistan-based advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Transparent Tribe used a two-factor authentication (2FA) tool used by Indian government agencies as a ruse to deliver a new Linux backdoor called Poseidon. "Poseidon is a second-stage payload malware associated with Transparent Tribe," Uptycs security researcher Tejaswini Sandapolla said in a technical report published this week.]]> 2023-04-19T16:58:00+00:00 https://thehackernews.com/2023/04/pakistani-hackers-use-linux-malware.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8329331 False Malware,Tool,Threat APT 36 2.0000000000000000 Anomali - Firm Blog Figure 1 - Diagrammes de résumé du CIO.Ces graphiques résument les CIO attachés à ce magazine et donnent un aperçu des menaces discutées. Cyber News et Intelligence des menaces campagne de phishingCible l'industrie chinoise de l'énergie nucléaire (Publié: 24 mars 2023) Actif Depuis 2013, le groupe amer (T-APT-17) est soupçonné d'être parrainé par le gouvernement indien.Des chercheurs Intezer ont découvert une nouvelle campagne amère ciblant les universitaires, le gouvernement et d'autres organisations de l'industrie de l'énergie nucléaire en Chine.Les techniques sont cohérentes avec les campagnes amères observées précédemment.L'intrusion commence par un e-mail de phishing censé provenir d'un véritable employé de l'ambassade du Kirghizistan.Les pièces jointes malveillantes observées étaient soit des fichiers HTML (CHM) compilés à Microsoft, soit des fichiers Microsoft Excel avec des exploits d'éditeur d'équation.L'objectif des charges utiles est de créer de la persistance via des tâches planifiées et de télécharger d'autres charges utiles de logiciels malveillants (les campagnes amères précédentes ont utilisé le voleur d'identification du navigateur, le voleur de fichiers, le keylogger et les plugins d'outils d'accès à distance).Les attaquants se sont appuyés sur la compression LZX et la concaténation des cordes pour l'évasion de détection. Commentaire de l'analyste: De nombreuses attaques avancées commencent par des techniques de base telles que des e-mails injustifiés avec une pièce jointe qui oblige l'utilisateur à l'ouvrir.Il est important d'enseigner l'hygiène de base en ligne à vos utilisateurs et la sensibilisation au phishing.Il est sûr de recommander de ne jamais ouvrir de fichiers CHM joints et de garder votre bureau MS Office entièrement mis à jour.Tous les indicateurs connus associés à cette campagne amère sont disponibles dans la plate-forme Anomali et il est conseillé aux clients de les bloquer sur leur infrastructure. mitre att & amp; ck: [mitre att & amp; ck] t1589.002 - rassembler l'identité des victimesInformations: Adresses e-mail | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1566.001 -Phishing: attachement de espionnage | [mitre at]]> 2023-03-28T21:28:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-account-takeover-apt-banking-trojans-china-cyberespionage-india-malspam-north-korea-phishing-skimmers-ukraine-and-vulnerabilities www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8322667 False Malware,Tool,Threat,Cloud APT 37,APT 43 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 Xenomorph V3: a New Variant with ATS Targeting More Than 400 Institutions (published: March 10, 2023) Newer versions of the Xenomorph Android banking trojan are able to target 400 applications: cryptocurrency wallets and mobile banking from around the World with the top targeted countries being Spain, Turkey, Poland, USA, and Australia (in that order). Since February 2022, several small, testing Xenomorph campaigns have been detected. Its current version Xenomorph v3 (Xenomorph.C) is available on the Malware-as-a-Service model. This trojan version was delivered using the Zombinder binding service to bind it to a legitimate currency converter. Xenomorph v3 automatically collects and exfiltrates credentials using the ATS (Automated Transfer Systems) framework. The command-and-control traffic is blended in by abusing Discord Content Delivery Network. Analyst Comment: Fraud chain automation makes Xenomorph v3 a dangerous malware that might significantly increase its prevalence on the threat landscape. Users should keep their mobile devices updated and avail of mobile antivirus and VPN protection services. Install only applications that you actually need, use the official store and check the app description and reviews. Organizations that publish applications for their customers are invited to use Anomali's Premium Digital Risk Protection service to discover rogue, malicious apps impersonating your brand that security teams typically do not search or monitor. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] T1417.001 - Input Capture: Keylogging | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1417.002 - Input Capture: Gui Input Capture Tags: malware:Xenomorph, Mobile, actor:Hadoken Security Group, actor:HadokenSecurity, malware-type:Banking trojan, detection:Xenomorph.C, Malware-as-a-Service, Accessibility services, Overlay attack, Discord CDN, Cryptocurrency wallet, target-industry:Cryptocurrency, target-industry:Banking, target-country:Spain, target-country:ES, target-country:Turkey, target-country:TR, target-country:Poland, target-country:PL, target-country:USA, target-country:US, target-country:Australia, target-country:AU, malware:Zombinder, detection:Zombinder.A, Android Cobalt Illusion Masquerades as Atlantic Council Employee (published: March 9, 2023) A new campaign by Iran-sponsored Charming Kitten (APT42, Cobalt Illusion, Magic Hound, Phosphorous) was detected targeting Mahsa Amini protests and researchers who document the suppression of women and minority groups i]]> 2023-03-14T17:32:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-xenomorph-automates-the-whole-fraud-chain-on-android-icefire-ransomware-started-targeting-linux-mythic-leopard-delivers-spyware-using-romance-scam www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8318511 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Guideline,Conference APT 35,ChatGPT,ChatGPT,APT 36,APT 42 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 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 |]]> 2023-02-28T16:15:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-newly-discovered-winordll64-backdoor-has-code-similarities-with-lazarus-ghostsecret-atharvan-backdoor-can-be-restricted-to-communicate-on-certain-days www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8314193 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat,Medical,Medical,Cloud APT 38 1.00000000000000000000 knowbe4 - cybersecurity services CyberheistNews Vol 13 #09  |   February 28th, 2023 [Eye Opener] Should You Click on Unsubscribe? By Roger A. Grimes. Some common questions we get are "Should I click on an unwanted email's 'Unsubscribe' link? Will that lead to more or less unwanted email?" The short answer is that, in general, it is OK to click on a legitimate vendor's unsubscribe link. But if you think the email is sketchy or coming from a source you would not want to validate your email address as valid and active, or are unsure, do not take the chance, skip the unsubscribe action. In many countries, legitimate vendors are bound by law to offer (free) unsubscribe functionality and abide by a user's preferences. For example, in the U.S., the 2003 CAN-SPAM Act states that businesses must offer clear instructions on how the recipient can remove themselves from the involved mailing list and that request must be honored within 10 days. Note: Many countries have laws similar to the CAN-SPAM Act, although with privacy protection ranging the privacy spectrum from very little to a lot more protection. The unsubscribe feature does not have to be a URL link, but it does have to be an "internet-based way." The most popular alternative method besides a URL link is an email address to use. In some cases, there are specific instructions you have to follow, such as put "Unsubscribe" in the subject of the email. Other times you are expected to craft your own message. Luckily, most of the time simply sending any email to the listed unsubscribe email address is enough to remove your email address from the mailing list. [CONTINUED] at the KnowBe4 blog:https://blog.knowbe4.com/should-you-click-on-unsubscribe [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense. Join us TOMORROW, Wednesday, March 1, @ 2:00 PM (ET), for a live demo of how KnowBe4 introduces a new-school approac]]> 2023-02-28T14:00:00+00:00 https://blog.knowbe4.com/cyberheistnews-vol-13-09-eye-opener-should-you-click-on-unsubscribe www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8314155 False Malware,Hack,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Guideline,Prediction APT 38,ChatGPT 3.0000000000000000 The Hacker News - The Hacker News est un blog de news de hack (surprenant non?) 2023-02-23T17:17:00+00:00 https://thehackernews.com/2023/02/lazarus-group-using-new-winordll64.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8312842 False Malware,Tool,Medical APT 38 1.00000000000000000000 We Live Security - Editeur Logiciel Antivirus ESET The targeted region, and overlap in behavior and code, suggest the tool is used by the infamous North Korea-aligned APT group ]]> 2023-02-23T10:30:19+00:00 https://www.welivesecurity.com/2023/02/23/winordll64-backdoor-vast-lazarus-arsenal/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8312968 False Tool APT 38 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 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 | ]]> 2023-02-07T17:23:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-malvirt-obfuscates-with-koivm-virtualization-icebreaker-overlay-hides-v8-bytecode-runtime-interpretation-sandworm-deploys-multiple-wipers-in-ukraine www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8307984 False Malware,Tool,Threat,Medical,Medical APT 38 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 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]]> 2023-01-31T17:27:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-killlsomeone-folders-invisible-in-windows-everything-apis-abuse-speeds-up-ransomware-apt38-experiments-with-delivery-vectors-and-backdoors www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8305945 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat,Medical APT 38 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 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 ]]> 2023-01-04T16:30:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/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 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8297872 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Patching,Medical APT 38,LastPass 2.0000000000000000 WatchGuard - Fabricant Matériel et Logiciels 2022-12-22T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.watchguard.com/fr/wgrd-news/press-releases/le-rapport-threat-lab-de-watchguard-revele-que-la-principale-menace www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8393223 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat APT 3 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 New MuddyWater Threat: Old Kitten; New Tricks (published: December 8, 2022) In 2020-2022, Iran-sponsored MuddyWater (Static Kitten, Mercury) group went through abusing several legitimate remote administration tools: RemoteUtilities, followed by ScreenConnect and then Atera Agent. Since September 2022, a new campaign attributed to MuddyWater uses spearphishing to deliver links to archived MSI files with yet another remote administration tool: Syncro. Deep Instinct researchers observed the targeting of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Tajikistan, and United Arab Emirates. Analyst Comment: Network defenders are advised to establish a baseline for typical running processes and monitor for remote desktop solutions that are not common in the organization. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Remote Access Tools - T1219 Tags: mitre-group:MuddyWater, actor:Static Kitten, actor:Mercury, Iran, source-country:IR, APT, Cyberespionage, Ministry of Intelligence and Security, detection:Syncro, malware-type:RAT, file-type:MSI, file-type:ZIP, OneHub, Windows Babuk Ransomware Variant in Major New Attack (published: December 7, 2022) In November 2022, Morphisec researchers identified a new ransomware variant based on the Babuk source code that was leaked in 2021. One modification is lowering detection by abusing the legitimate Microsoft signed process: DLL side-loading into NTSD.exe — a Symbolic Debugger tool for Windows. The mechanism to remove the available Shadow Copies was changed to using Component Object Model objects that execute Windows Management Instrumentation queries. This sample was detected in a large, unnamed manufacturing company where attackers had network access and were gathering information for two weeks. They have compromised the company’s domain controller and used it to distribute ransomware to all devices within the organization through Group Policy Object. The delivered BAT script bypasses User Account Control and executes a malicious MSI file that contains files for DLL side-loading and an open-source-based reflective loader (OCS files). Analyst Comment: The attackers strive to improve their evasion techniques, their malware on certain steps hides behind Microsoft-signed processes and exists primarily in device memory. It increases the need for the defense-in-depth approach and robust monitoring of your organization domain. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism - T1548 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Hijack Execution Flow - T1574 | ]]> 2022-12-13T16:00:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-muddywater-hides-behind-legitimate-remote-administration-tools-vice-society-tops-ransomware-threats-to-education-abandoned-javascript-library-domain-pushes-web-skimmers www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8290724 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat,Medical APT 38 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 Chinese Gambling Spam Targets World Cup Keywords (published: December 2, 2022) Since 2018, a large-scale website infection campaign was affecting up to over 100,000 sites at a given moment. Infected websites, mostly oriented at audiences in China, were modified with additional scripts. Compromised websites were made to redirect users to Chinese gambling sites. Title and Meta tags on the compromised websites were changed to display keywords that the attackers had chosen to abuse search engine optimization (SEO). At the same time, additional scripts were switching the page titles back to the original if the visitor fingerprinting did not show a Chinese search engine from a preset list (such as Baidu). Analyst Comment: Website owners should keep their systems updated, use unique strong passwords and introduce MFA for all privileged or internet facing resources, and employ server-side scanning to detect unauthorized malicious content. Implement secure storage for website backups. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 Tags: SEO hack, HTML entities, Black hat SEO, Fraudulent redirects, Visitor fingerprinting, Gambling, Sports betting, World Cup, China, target-country:CN, JavaScript, Baidu, baiduspider, Sogou, 360spider, Yisou Leaked Android Platform Certificates Create Risks for Users (published: December 2, 2022) On November 30, 2022, Google reported 10 different Android platform certificates that were seen actively abused in the wild to sign malware. Rapid7 researchers found that the reported signed samples are adware, so it is possible that these platform certificates may have been widely available. It is not shared how these platform certificates could have been leaked. Analyst Comment: Malware signed with a platform certificate can enjoy privileged execution with system permissions, including permissions to access user data. Developers should minimize the number of applications requiring a platform certificate signature. Tags: Android, Google, Platform certificates, Signed malware, malware-type:Adware Blowing Cobalt Strike Out of the Water With Memory Analysis (published: December 2, 2022) The Cobalt Strike attack framework remains difficult to detect as it works mostly in memory and doesn’t touch the disk much after the initial loader stage. Palo Alto researchers analyzed three types of Cobalt Strike loaders: KoboldLoader which loads an SMB beacon, MagnetLoader loading an HTTPS beacon, and LithiumLoader loading a stager beacon. These beacon samples do not execute in normal sandbox environments and utilize in-me]]> 2022-12-06T17:09:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-infected-websites-show-different-headers-depending-on-search-engine-fingerprinting-10-android-platform-certificates-abused-in-the-wild-phishing-group-impersonated-major-uae-oil www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8288335 False Spam,Malware,Tool,Threat,Medical APT 38 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 DEV-0569 Finds New Ways to Deliver Royal Ransomware, Various Payloads (published: November 17, 2022) From August to October, 2022, Microsoft researchers detected new campaigns by a threat group dubbed DEV-0569. For delivery, the group alternated between delivering malicious links by abusing Google Ads for malvertising and by using contact forms on targeted organizations’ public websites. Fake installer files were hosted on typosquatted domains or legitimate repositories (GitHub, OneDrive). First stage was user-downloaded, signed MSI or VHD file (BatLoader malware), leading to second stage payloads such as BumbleBee, Gozi, Royal Ransomware, or Vidar Stealer. Analyst Comment: DEV-0569 is a dangerous group for its abuse of legitimate services and legitimate certificates. Organizations should consider educating and limiting their users regarding software installation options. Links from alternative incoming messaging such as from contact forms should be treated as thorough as links from incoming email traffic. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | [MITRE ATT&CK] User Execution - T1204 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Impair Defenses - T1562 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 Tags: actor:DEV-0569, detection:Cobalt Strike, detection:Royal, malware-type:Ransomware, file-type:VHD, detection:NSudo, malware-type:Hacktool, detection:IcedID, Google Ads, Keitaro, Traffic distribution system, detection:Gozi, detection:BumbleBee, NirCmd, detection:BatLoader, malware-type:Loader, detection:Vidar, malware-type:Stealer, AnyDesk, GitHub, OneDrive, PowerShell, Phishing, SEO poisoning, TeamViewer, Adobe Flash Player, Zoom, Windows Highly Sophisticated Phishing Scams Are Abusing Holiday Sentiment (published: November 16, 2022) From mid-September 2022, a new phishing campaign targets users in North America with holiday special pretenses. It impersonated a number of major brands including Costco, Delta Airlines, Dick's, and Sam's Club. Akamai researchers analyzed techniques that the underlying sophisticated phishing kit was using. For defense evasion and tracking, the attackers used URI fragmentation. They were placing target-specific tokens after the URL fragment identifier (a hash mark, aka HTML anchor). The value was used by a JavaScript code running on the victim’s browser to reconstruct the redirecting URL. Analyst Comment: Evasion through URI fragmentation hides the token value from traff]]> 2022-11-22T23:47:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-uri-fragmentation-used-to-stealthily-defraud-holiday-shoppers-lazarus-and-billbug-stick-to-their-custom-backdoors-z-team-turned-ransomware-into-wiper-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8169179 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat,Guideline,Medical APT 38 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. Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence Alert (AA22-294A) #StopRansomware: Daixin Team (published: October 21, 2022) Daixin Team is a double-extortion ransomware group that has been targeting US businesses, predominantly in the healthcare sector. Since June 2022, Daixin Team has been encrypting electronic health record services, diagnostics services, imaging services, and intranet services. The group has exfiltrated personal identifiable information and patient health information. Typical intrusion starts with initial access through virtual private network (VPN) servers gained by exploitation or valid credentials derived from prior phishing. They use SSH and RDP for lateral movement and target VMware ESXi systems with ransomware based on leaked Babuk Locker source code. Analyst Comment: Network defenders should keep organization’s VPN servers up-to-date on security updates. Enable multifactor authentication (MFA) on your VPN server and other critical accounts (administrative, backup-related, and webmail). Restrict the use of RDP, SSH, Telnet, virtual desktop and similar services in your environment. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Valid Accounts - T1078 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Account Manipulation - T1098 | [MITRE ATT&CK] OS Credential Dumping - T1003 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Remote Service Session Hijacking - T1563 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Use Alternate Authentication Material - T1550 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exfiltration Over Web Service - T1567 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 Tags: actor:Daixin Team, malware-type:Ransomware, PHI, SSH, RDP, Rclone, Ngrok, target-sector:Health Care NAICS 62, ESXi, VMware, Windows Exbyte: BlackByte Ransomware Attackers Deploy New Exfiltration Tool (published: October 21, 2022) Symantec detected a new custom data exfiltration tool used in a number of BlackByte ransomware attacks. This infostealer, dubbed Exbyte, performs anti-sandbox checks and proceeds to exfiltrate selected file types to a hardcoded Mega account. BlackByte ransomware-as-a-service operations were first uncovered in February 2022. The group’s recent attacks start with exploiting public-facing vulnerabilities of ProxyShell and ProxyLogon families. BlackByte removes Kernel Notify Routines to bypass Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) products. The group uses AdFind, AnyDesk, Exbyte, NetScan, and PowerView tools and deploys BlackByte 2.0 ransomware payload. Analyst Comment: It is crucial that your company ensures that servers are]]> 2022-10-25T16:53:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-daixin-team-ransoms-healthcare-sector-earth-berberoka-breaches-casinos-for-data-windows-affected-by-bring-your-own-vulnerable-driver-attacks-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=7673563 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Medical APT 38 None CSO - CSO Daily Dashboard CVE-2021-21551 vulnerability in a legitimate Dell driver,” security researchers from antivirus firm ESET said in a recent report. “This is the first ever recorded abuse of this vulnerability in the wild. The attackers then used their kernel memory write access to disable seven mechanisms the Windows operating system offers to monitor its actions, like registry, file system, process creation, event tracing etc., basically blinding security solutions in a very generic and robust way.”To read this article in full, please click here]]> 2022-10-05T12:15:00+00:00 https://www.csoonline.com/article/3675948/north-korea-s-lazarus-group-uses-vulnerable-dell-driver-to-blind-security-solutions.html#tk.rss_all www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=7310080 False Tool,Vulnerability APT 38 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 New Royal Ransomware Emerges in Multi-Million Dollar Attacks (published: September 29, 2022) AdvIntel and BleepingComputer researchers describe the Royal ransomware group. Several experienced ransomware actors formed this group in January 2022. It started with third-party encryptors such as BlackCat, switched to using its own custom Zeon ransomware, and, since the middle of September 2022, the Royal ransomware. Royal group utilizes targeted callback phishing attacks. Its phishing emails impersonating food delivery and software providers contained phone numbers to cancel the alleged subscription (after the alleged end of a free trial). If an employee calls the number, Royal uses social engineering to convince the victim to install a remote access tool, which is used to gain initial access to the corporate network. Analyst Comment: Use services such as Anomali's Premium Digital Risk Protection to detect the abuse of your brands in typosquatting and phishing attacks. Organizations should include callback phishing attacks awareness into their anti-phishing training. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 Tags: actor:Royal, detection:Zeon, detection:Royal, malware-type:Ransomware, detection:BlackCat, detection:Cobalt Strike, Callback phishing attacks, Spearphishing, Social Engineering ZINC Weaponizing Open-Source Software (published: September 29, 2022) Microsoft researchers described recent developments in Lazarus Group (ZINC) campaigns that start from social engineering conversations on LinkedIn. Since June 2022, Lazarus was able to trojanize several open-source tools (KiTTY, muPDF/Subliminal Recording software installer, PuTTY, TightVNC, and Sumatra PDF Reader). When a target extracts the trojanized tool from the ISO file and installs it, Lazarus is able to deliver their custom malware such as EventHorizon and ZetaNile. In many cases, the final payload was not delivered unless the target manually established an SSH connection to an attacker-controlled IP address provided in the attached ReadMe.txt file. Analyst Comment: All known indicators connected to this recent Lazarus Group campaign are available in the Anomali platform and customers are advised to block these on their infrastructure. Researchers should monitor for the additional User Execution step required for payload delivery. Defense contractors should be aware of advanced social engineering efforts abusing LinkedIn and other means of establishing trusted communication. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] User Execution - T1204 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Scheduled Task - T1053 | ]]> 2022-10-04T18:08:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-canceling-subscription-installs-royal-ransomware-lazarus-covinces-to-ssh-to-its-servers-polyglot-file-executed-itself-as-a-different-file-type-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=7298043 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat,Medical APT 38 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 Microsoft Investigates Iranian Attacks Against the Albanian Government (published: September 8, 2022) Microsoft researchers discovered that groups working under Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS, tracked as OilRig) attacked the government of Albania. The attackers started with initial intrusion in May 2021, proceeded with mailbox exfiltrations between October 2021 and January 2022, organized controlled leaks, and culminated on July 15, 2022, with disruptive ransomware and wiper attacks. This attack is probably a response to the June 2021 Predatory Sparrow’s anti-Iranian cyber operations promoting the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), an Iranian dissident group largely based in Albania. Analyst Comment: MOIS attack on Albania uses messaging and targeting similar to the previous MEK-associated attack on Iran. It tells us that Iran has chosen to engage in a form of direct and proportional retaliation as it sees it. Still, the attack and its attribution caused Albania to cut diplomatic ties with Iran and expel the country's embassy staff. Organizations should implement multifactor authentication (MFA) for mailbox access and remote connectivity. Anomali platform users advised to block known OilRig network indicators. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Impair Defenses - T1562 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Indicator Removal on Host - T1070 Tags: OilRig, Helix Kitten, APT34, MOIS, Ministry of Intelligence and Security, Predatory Sparrow, Wiper, CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2019-0604, CVE-2022-28799, Government, Albania, target-country:AL, Iran, source-country:IR, DEV-0842, DEV-0861, DEV-0166, DEV-0133, Europium, APT, detection:Jason, detection:Mellona BRONZE PRESIDENT Targets Government Officials (published: September 8, 2022) Secureworks researchers detected a new campaign by China-sponsored group Mustang Panda (Bronze President). In June and July 2022, the group used spearphishing to deliver the PlugX malware to government officials in Europe, the Middle East, and South America. To bypass mail-scanning antiviruses, the archived email attachment had malware embedded eight levels deep in a sequence of hidden folders named with special characters. Analyst Comment: Many advanced attacks start with basic techniques such as unwarranted email with malicious attachment that requires the user to open it and enable macros. It is important to teach your users basic online hygiene and phishing awareness. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | ]]> 2022-09-13T15:00:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-iran-albanian-cyber-conflict-ransomware-adopts-intermittent-encryption-dll-side-loading-provides-variety-to-plugx-infections-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=6869959 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Guideline APT 27,APT 34 None CISCO Talos - Cisco Research blog By Jung soo An, Asheer Malhotra and Vitor Ventura.Cisco Talos has been tracking a new campaign operated by the Lazarus APT group, attributed to North Korea by the United States government. This campaign involved the exploitation of vulnerabilities in VMWare Horizon to gain an initial foothold into targeted organizations.Targeted organizations include energy providers from around the world, including those headquartered in the United States, Canada and Japan. The campaign is meant to infiltrate organizations around the world for establishing long term access and subsequently exfiltrating data of interest to the adversary's nation-state.Talos has discovered the use of two known families of malware in these intrusions - VSingle and YamaBot.Talos has also discovered the use of a recently disclosed implant we're calling "MagicRAT" in this campaign. IntroductionCisco Talos observed North Korean state-sponsored APT Lazarus Group conducting malicious activity between February and July 2022. Lazarus has been previously attributed to the North Korean government by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The entry vectors involve the successful exploitation of vulnerabilities in VMWare products to establish initial footholds into enterprise networks, followed by the deployment of the group's custom malware implants, VSingle and YamaBot. In addition to these known malware families, we have also discovered the use of a previously unknown malware implant we're calling "MagicRAT."This campaign was previously partially disclosed by other security firms, but our findings reveal more details about the adversary's modus operandi. We have also observed an overlap of command and control (C2) and payload-hosting infrastructure between our findings and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's (CISA) June advisory that detailed continued attempts from threat actors to compromise vulnerable VMWare Horizon servers.In this research, we illustrate Lazarus Group's post-exploitation tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) to establish a foothold, perform initial reconnaissance, deploy bespoke malware and move laterally across infected enterprises. We also provide details about the activities performed by the attackers when the VSingle backdoor is instrumented on the infected endpoints.In this campaign, Lazarus was primarily targeting energy companies in Canada, the U.S. and Japan. The main goal of these attacks was likely to establish long-term access into victim networks to conduct espionage operations in support of North Korean govern]]> 2022-09-08T08:39:42+00:00 http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2022/09/lazarus-three-rats.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=6785115 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Medical APT 38 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 LastPass Hackers Stole Source Code (published: August 26, 2022) In August 2022, an unidentified threat actor gained access to portions of the password management giant LastPass development environment. LastPass informed that it happened through a single compromised developer account and the attacker took portions of source code and some proprietary LastPass technical information. The company claims that this incident did not affect customer data or encrypted password vaults. Analyst Comment: This incident doesn’t seem to have an immediate impact on LastPass users. Still, organizations relying on LastPass should raise the concern in their risk assessment since “white-box hacking” (when source code of the attacking system is known) is easier for threat actors. Organizations providing public-facing software should take maximum measures to block threat actors from their development environment and establish robust and transparent security protocols and practices with all third parties involved in their code development. Tags: LastPass, Password manager, Data breach, Source code Mercury Leveraging Log4j 2 Vulnerabilities in Unpatched Systems to Target Israeli (published: August 25, 2022) Starting in July 2022, a new campaign by Iran-sponsored group Static Kitten (Mercury, MuddyWater) was detected targeting Israeli organizations. Microsoft researchers detected that this campaign was leveraging exploitation of Log4j 2 vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-45046 and CVE-2021-44228) in SysAid applications (IT management tools). For persistence Static Kitten was dropping webshells, creating local administrator accounts, stealing credentials, and adding their tools in the startup folders and autostart extensibility point (ASEP) registry keys. Overall the group was heavily using various open-source and built-in operating system tools: eHorus remote management software, Ligolo reverse tunneling tool, Mimikatz credential theft tool, PowerShell programs, RemCom remote service, Venom proxy tool, and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Analyst Comment: Network defenders should monitor for alerts related to web shell threats, suspicious RDP sessions, ASEP registry anomaly, and suspicious account creation. Similarly, SysAid users can monitor for webshells and abnormal processes related to SysAisServer instance. Even though Static Kitten was observed leveraging the Log4Shell vulnerabilities in the past (targeting VMware apps), most of their attacks still start with spearphishing, often from a compromised email account. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 | [MITRE ATT&CK] OS Credential Dumping - T1003 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | ]]> 2022-08-30T15:01:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-first-real-life-video-spoofing-attack-magicweb-backdoors-via-non-standard-key-identifier-lockbit-ransomware-blames-victim-for-ddosing-back-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=6626943 False Ransomware,Hack,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Guideline,Cloud APT 37,APT 29,LastPass None Dark Reading - Informationweek Branch 2022-08-23T11:57:26+00:00 https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/charming-kitten-apt-wields-new-scraper-to-steal-email-inboxes www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=6483285 False Tool Yahoo,APT 35 None The Hacker News - The Hacker News est un blog de news de hack (surprenant non?) 2022-08-23T07:50:00+00:00 https://thehackernews.com/2022/08/google-uncovers-tool-used-by-iranian.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=6485628 False Malware,Tool,Threat,Conference Yahoo,APT 35 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 APT-C-35: New Windows Framework Revealed (published: August 11, 2022) The DoNot Team (APT-C-35) are India-sponsored actors active since at least 2016. Morphisec Labs researchers discovered a new Windows framework used by the group in its campaign targeting Pakistani government and defense departments. The attack starts with a spearphishing RTF attachment. If opened in a Microsoft Office application, it downloads a malicious remote template. After the victim enables editing (macroses) a multi-stage framework deployment starts. It includes two shellcode stages followed by main DLL that, based on victim fingerprinting, downloads a custom set of additional information-stealing modules. Analyst Comment: The described DoNot Team framework is pretty unique in its customisation, fingerprinting, and module implementation. At the same time, the general theme of spearphishing attachment that asks the targeted user to enable editing is not new and can be mitigated by anti-phishing training and Microsoft Office settings hardening. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion - T1497 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Template Injection - T1221 | [MITRE ATT&CK] User Execution - T1204 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Scheduled Task - T1053 | [MITRE ATT&CK] System Information Discovery - T1082 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Input Capture - T1056 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Screen Capture - T1113 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data from Local System - T1005 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data from Removable Media - T1025 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data from Network Shared Drive - T1039 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Credentials from Password Stores - T1555 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Staged - T1074 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 Tags: APT-C-35, DoNot Team, APT, India, source-country:IN, Government, Military, Pakistan, target-country:PK, Windows]]> 2022-08-16T15:06:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-ransomware-module-added-to-sova-android-trojan-bitter-apt-targets-mobile-phones-with-dracarys-china-sponsored-ta428-deploys-six-backdoors-at-once-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=6354068 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Guideline,Medical APT 38 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 SharpTongue Deploys Clever Mail-Stealing Browser Extension “SHARPEXT” (published: July 28, 2022) Volexity researchers discovered SharpExt, a new malicious browser app used by the North-Korea sponsored Velvet Chollima (Kimsuky, SharpTongue, Thallium) group. SharpExt inspects and exfiltrates data from a victim's webmail (AOL or Gmail) account as they browse it. Velvet Chollima continues to add new features to the app, the latest known version (3.0) supports three browsers: Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and Whale, the latter almost exclusively used in South Korea. Following the initial compromise, Velvet Chollima deploy SharpExt and to avoid warning the victim they manually exfiltrate settings files to change the settings and generate a valid "super_mac" security check value. They also hide the newly opened DevTools window and any other warning windows such as a warning regarding extensions running in developer mode. Analyst Comment: Velvet Chollima is known for its tactic of deploying malicious browser extensions, but in the past it was concentrating on stealing credentials instead of emails. The group continues aggressive cyberespionage campaigns exfiltrating military and industrial technologies from Europe, South Korea, and the US. Network defenders should monitor for suspicious instances of PowerShell execution, as well as for traffic to and from known Velvet Chollima infrastructure (available in Anomali Match). MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Browser Extensions - T1176 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Email Collection - T1114 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Hide Artifacts - T1564 Tags: SharpExt, Velvet Chollima, Kimsuky, SharpTongue, Thallium, APT, North Korea, source-country:KP, South Korea, target-country:KR, USA, target-country:US, target-region:Europe, AOL, Gmail, Edge, Chrome, Whale, PowerShell, VBS, Browser extension Untangling KNOTWEED: European Private-Sector Offensive Actor Using 0-Day Exploits (published: July 27, 2022) Microsoft researchers detail activity of DSIRF, Austrian private-sector offensive actor (PSOA). In 2021, this actor, tracked as Knotweed, used four Windows and Adobe 0-day exploits. In 2022, DSIRF was exploiting another Adobe Reader vulnerability, CVE-2022-22047, which was patched in July 2022. DSIRF attacks rely on their malware toolset called Subzero. The initial downloader shellcode is executed from either the exploit chains or malicious Excel documents. It downloads a JPG image file with extra encrypted data, extracts, decrypts and loads to the memory the Corelump memory-only infostealer. For persistence, Corelump creates trojanized copies of legitimate Windows DLLs that se]]> 2022-08-02T15:17:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-velvet-chollima-steals-emails-from-browsers-austrian-mercenary-leverages-zero-days-china-sponsored-group-uses-cosmicstrand-uefi-firmware-rootkit-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=6091651 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Patching,Guideline,Cloud APT 37,APT 28 None SecureMac - Security focused on MAC iOS Hermit spyware is a commercial-grade surveillance tool derived from a known Android surveillance tool. Learn more + how to stay safe. ]]> 2022-06-24T15:00:00+00:00 https://www.securemac.com/news/what-is-ios-hermit-spyware www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=5360897 False Tool,Cloud APT 37 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 Update: The Phish Goes On - 5 Million Stolen Credentials and Counting (published: June 16, 2022) PIXM researchers describe an ongoing, large-scale Facebook phishing campaign. Its primary targets are Facebook Messenger mobile users and an estimated five million users lost their login credentials. The campaign evades Facebook anti-phishing protection by redirecting to a new page at a legitimate service such as amaze.co, famous.co, funnel-preview.com, or glitch.me. In June 2022, the campaign also employed the tactic of displaying legitimate shopping cart content at the final page for about two seconds before displaying the phishing content. The campaign is attributed to Colombian actor BenderCrack (Hackerasueldo) who monetizes displaying affiliate ads. Analyst Comment: Users should check what domain is asking for login credentials before providing those. Organizations can consider monitoring their employees using Facebook as a Single Sign-On (SSO) Provider. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | [MITRE ATT&CK] User Execution - T1204 Tags: Facebook, Phishing, Facebook Messenger, Social networks, Mobile, Android, iOS, Redirect, Colombia, source-country:CO, BenderCrack, Hackerasueldo F5 Labs Investigates MaliBot (published: June 15, 2022) F5 Labs researchers describe a novel Android trojan, dubbed MaliBot. Based on re-written SOVA malware code, MaliBot is maintaining its Background Service by setting itself as a launcher. Its code has some unused evasion portions for emulation environment detection and setting the malware as a hidden app. MaliBot spreads via smishing, takes control of the device and monetizes using overlays for certain Italian and Spanish banks, stealing cryptocurrency, and sometimes sending Premium SMS to paid services. Analyst Comment: Users should be wary of following links in unexpected SMS messages. Try to avoid downloading apps from third-party websites. Be cautious with enabling accessibility options. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 | [MITRE ATT&CK] User Execution - T1204 Tags: MaliBot, Android, MFA bypass, SMS theft, Premium SMS, Smishing, Binance, Trust wallet, VNC, SOVA, Sality, Cryptocurrency, Financial, Italy, target-country:IT, Spain, target-country:ES Extortion Gang Ransoms Shoprite, Largest Supermarket Chain in Africa (published: June 15, 2022) On June 10, 2022, the African largest supermarket chain operating in twelve countries, Shoprite Holdings, announced a possible cybersecurity incident. The company notified customers in E]]> 2022-06-21T15:03:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-gallium-expands-targeting-across-telecommunications-government-and-finance-sectors-with-new-pingpull-tool-dragonforce-malaysia-opspatuk-opsindia-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=5309464 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Guideline,Conference Yahoo,APT 35 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 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 A Lookback Under the TA410 Umbrella: Its Cyberespionage TTPs and Activity (published: April 28, 2022) ESET researchers found three different teams under China-sponsored umbrella cyberespionage group TA410, which is loosely linked to Stone Panda (APT10, Chinese Ministry of State Security). ESET named these teams FlowingFrog, JollyFrog, and LookingFrog. FlowingFrog uses the Royal Road RTF weaponizer described by Anomali in 2019. Infection has two stages: the Tendyron implant followed by a very complex FlowCloud backdoor. JollyFrog uses generic malware such as PlugX and QuasarRAT. LookingFrog’s infection stages feature the X4 backdoor followed by the LookBack backdoor. Besides using different backdoors and exiting from IP addresses located in three different districts, the three teams use similar tools and similar tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). Analyst Comment: Organizations should keep their web-facing applications such as Microsoft Exchange or SharePoint secured and updated. Educate your employees on handling suspected spearphishing attempts. Defense-in-depth (layering of security mechanisms, redundancy, fail-safe defense processes) is the best way to ensure safety from APTs, including a focus on both network and host-based security. Prevention and detection capabilities should also be in place. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Native API - T1106 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Shared Modules - T1129 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploitation for Client Execution - T1203 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Inter-Process Communication - T1559 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Scheduled Task - T1053 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Server Software Component - T1505 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Create or Modify System Process - T1543 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Masquerading - T1036 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Masquerading - T1036 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Rootkit - T1014 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Process Injection - T1055 | ]]> 2022-05-03T16:31:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-time-to-ransom-under-four-hours-mustang-panda-spies-on-russia-ricochet-chollima-sends-goldbackdoor-to-journalists-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=4538825 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Guideline,Cloud APT 37,APT 10,APT 10 None