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. 2025-05-11T00:04:05+00:00 www.secnews.physaphae.fr SecurityWeek - Security News Le pétrole APT lié à l'Iran a intensifié les cyber-opérations contre les Émirats arabes unis et la région du Golfe plus large.

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>The Iran-linked APT OilRig has intensified cyber operations against the United Arab Emirates and the broader Gulf region. ]]> 2024-10-14T11:20:49+00:00 https://www.securityweek.com/iranian-cyberspies-exploiting-recent-windows-kernel-vulnerability/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8597613 False Vulnerability APT 34 2.0000000000000000 The Hacker News - The Hacker News est un blog de news de hack (surprenant non?) The Iranian threat actor known as OilRig has been observed exploiting a now-patched privilege escalation flaw impacting the Windows Kernel as part of a cyber espionage campaign targeting the U.A.E. and the broader Gulf region. "The group utilizes sophisticated tactics that include deploying a backdoor that leverages Microsoft Exchange servers for credentials theft, and exploiting vulnerabilities]]> 2024-10-13T15:10:00+00:00 https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/oilrig-exploits-windows-kernel-flaw-in.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8597073 False Vulnerability,Threat APT 34 2.0000000000000000 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 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 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) 2024-08-20T20:33:25+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/e2fc2f8b www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8561044 False Vulnerability,Threat,Cloud APT 34 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 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 NoticeBored - Experienced IT Security professional glossy, nicely-constructed and detailed PowerPoint slide deck by Microsoft Security caught my beady this morning. The title 'CISO Workshop: Security Program and Strategy' with 'Your Name Here' suggests it might be a template for use in a workshop/course bringing CISOs up to speed on the governance, strategic and architectural aspects of information security, but in fact given the amount of technical detail, it appears to be aimed at informing IT/technology managers about IT or cybersecurity, specifically. Maybe it is intended for newly-appointed CISOs or more junior managers who aspire to be CISOs, helping them clamber up the pyramid (slide 87 of 142):]]> 2022-08-06T10:46:21+00:00 http://blog.noticebored.com/2022/08/a-glossy-nicely-constructed-and.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=6150878 False Malware,Vulnerability,Threat,Patching,Guideline,Medical,Cloud Uber,APT 38,APT 37,APT 28,APT 19,APT 15,APT 10,APT 34,Guam None Anomali - Firm Blog Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed. Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence COBALT MIRAGE Conducts Ransomware Operations in U.S. (published: May 12, 2022) Secureworks researchers describe campaigns by Iran-sponsored group Cobalt Mirage. These actors are likely part of a larger group, Charming Kitten (Phosphorus, APT35, Cobalt Illusion). In 2022, Cobalt Mirage deployed BitLocker ransomware on a US charity systems, and exfiltrated data from a US local government network. Their ransomware operations appear to be a low-scale, hands-on approach with rare tactics such as sending a ransom note to a local printer. The group utilized its own custom binaries including a Fast Reverse Proxy client (FRPC) written in Go. It also relied on mass scanning for known vulnerabilities (ProxyShell, Log4Shell) and using commodity tools for encryption, internal scanning, and lateral movement. Analyst Comment: However small your government or NGO organization is, it still needs protection from advanced cyber actors. Keep your system updated, and employ mitigation strategies when updates for critical vulnerabilities are not available. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 | [MITRE ATT&CK] OS Credential Dumping - T1003 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Modify Registry - T1112 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Create Account - T1136 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Account Manipulation - T1098 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Proxy - T1090 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 Tags: Cobalt Mirage, Phosphorous, Cobalt Illusion, TunnelVision, Impacket, wmiexec, Softperfect network scanner, LSASS, RDP, Powershell, BitLocker, Ransomware, Fast Reverse Proxy client, FRP, FRPC, Iran, source-country:IR, USA, target-country:US, Cyberespionage, Government, APT, Go, Log4j2, ProxyShell, CVE-2021-34473, CVE-2021-45046, CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2020-12812, CVE-2021-31207, CVE-2018-13379, CVE-2021-34523, CVE-2019-5591 SYK Crypter Distributing Malware Families Via Discord (published: May 12, 2022) Morphisec researchers discovered a new campaign abusing popular messaging platform Discord content distribution network (CDN). If a targeted user activates the phishing attachment, it starts the DNetLoader malware that reaches out to the hardcoded Discord CDN link and downloads a next stage crypter such as newly-discovered SYK crypter. SYK crypter is being loaded into memory where it decrypts its configuration and the next stage payload using hardcoded keys and various encryption methods. It detects and impairs antivirus solutions and checks for d]]> 2022-05-17T15:01:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-costa-rica-in-ransomware-emergency-charming-kitten-spy-and-ransom-saitama-backdoor-hides-by-sleeping-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=4668209 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Conference APT 35,APT 15,APT 34 None 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 Iran’s APT34 Returns with an Updated Arsenal (published: April 8, 2021) Check Point Research discovered evidence of a new campaign by the Iranian threat group APT34. The threat group has been actively retooling and updating its payload arsenal to try and avoid detection. They have created several different malware variants whose ultimate purpose remained the same, to gain the initial foothold on the targeted device. Analyst Comment: Threat actors are always innovating new methods and update tools used to carry out attacks. Always practice Defense in Depth (do not rely on single security mechanisms - security measures should be layered, redundant, and failsafe). MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Command-Line Interface - T1059 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploitation of Remote Services - T1210 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Spearphishing Attachment - T1193 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Custom Cryptographic Protocol - T1024 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Web Service - T1102 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Remote File Copy - T1105 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Scripting - T1064 Tags: OilRig, APT34, DNSpionage, Lab Dookhtegan, TONEDEAF, Dookhtegan, Karkoff, DNSpionage, Government, Middle East New Wormable Android Malware Spreads by Creating Auto-Replies to Messages in WhatsApp (published: April 7, 2021) Check Point Research recently discovered Android malware on Google Play hidden in a fake application that is capable of spreading itself via users’ WhatsApp messages. The malware is capable of automatically replying to victim’s incoming WhatsApp messages with a payload received from a command-and-control (C2) server. This unique method could have enabled threat actors to distribute phishing attacks, spread false information or steal credentials and data from users’ WhatsApp accounts, and more. Analyst Comment: Users’ personal mobile has many enterprise applications installed like Multifactor Authenticator, Email Client, etc which increases the risk for the enterprise even further. Users should be wary of download links or attachments that they receive via WhatsApp or other messaging apps, even when they appear to come from trusted contacts or messaging groups. The latest security patches should be installed for both applications and the operating system. Tags: Android, FlixOnline, WhatsApp ]]> 2021-04-13T15:49:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-android-malware-government-middle-east-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=2631341 False Ransomware,Malware,Vulnerability,Threat,Guideline 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 Google: This Spectre proof-of-concept shows how dangerous these attacks can be (published: March 15, 2021) Google has released a proof of concept (PoC) code to demonstrate the practicality of Spectre side-channel attacks against a browser's JavaScript engine to leak information from its memory. Spectre targeted the process in modern CPUs called speculative execution to leak secrets such as passwords from one site to another. While the PoC demonstrates the JavaScript Spectre attack against Chrome 88's V8 JavaScript engine on an Intel Core i7-6500U CPU on Linux, Google notes it can easily be tweaked for other CPUs, browser versions and operating systems. Analyst Comment: As the density of microchip manufacturing continues to increase, side-channel attacks are likely to be found across many architectures and are difficult (and in some cases impossible) to remediate in software. The PoC of the practicality of performing such an attack using javascript emphasises that developers of both software and hardware be aware of these types of attacks and the means by which they can be used to invalidate existing security controls. Tags: CVE-2017-5753 Threat Assessment: DearCry Ransomware (published: March 12, 2021) A new ransomware strain is being used by actors to attack unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers. Microsoft released patches for four vulnerabilities that are being exploited in the wild. The initial round of attacks included installation of web shells onto affected servers that could be used to infect additional computers. While the initial attack appears to have been done by sophisticated actors, the ease and publicity around these vulnerabilities has led to a diverse group of actors all attempting to compromise these servers. Analyst Comment: Patch and asset management are a critical and often under-resourced aspect of defense in depth. As this particular set of vulnerabilities and attacks are against locally hosted Exchange servers, organization may want to assess whether a hosted solution may make sense from a risk standpoint MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted - T1022 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 | [MITRE ATT&CK] File and Directory Discovery - T1083 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Email Collection - T1114 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 | [MITRE ATT&CK] System Service Discovery - T1007 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 | ]]> 2021-03-17T18:03:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-apt-ransomware-vulnerabilities-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=2496898 False Ransomware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Guideline Wannacry,APT 41,APT 34 None Mandiant - Blog Sécu de Mandiant CVE-2017-11882 Le 14 novembre 2017, Fireeye a observé un attaquant utilisant un exploit pour la vulnérabilité de Microsoft Office pour cibler une organisation gouvernementale au Moyen-Orient.Nous évaluons que cette activité a été réalisée par un groupe de menaces de cyber-espionnage iranien présumé, que nous appelons APT34, en utilisant une porte dérobée PowerShell personnalisée pour atteindre ses objectifs. Nous pensons que l'APT34 est impliqué dans une opération de cyber-espionnage à long terme largement axé sur les efforts de reconnaissance au profit des intérêts iraniens de l'État-nation et est opérationnel depuis

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Less than a week after Microsoft issued a patch for CVE-2017-11882 on Nov. 14, 2017, FireEye observed an attacker using an exploit for the Microsoft Office vulnerability to target a government organization in the Middle East. We assess this activity was carried out by a suspected Iranian cyber espionage threat group, whom we refer to as APT34, using a custom PowerShell backdoor to achieve its objectives. We believe APT34 is involved in a long-term cyber espionage operation largely focused on reconnaissance efforts to benefit Iranian nation-state interests and has been operational since at]]> 2017-12-07T17:00:00+00:00 https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/targeted-attack-in-middle-east-by-apt34 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8377759 False Vulnerability,Threat APT 34,APT 34 4.0000000000000000