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. 2025-05-12T00:16:29+00:00 www.secnews.physaphae.fr GB Hacker - Blog de reverseur Les chercheurs en cybersécurité sont tombés sur un trésor d'outils et de scripts opérationnels liés aux logiciels malveillants de Keyplug, associés au groupe de menaces Redgolf, également connu sous le nom d'APT41.  Le serveur, qui a été exposé par inadvertance pendant moins de 24 heures, a fourni un aperçu sans précédent des tactiques, techniques et procédures sophistiquées (TTP) employés par cette avancée […] avancée.

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>Cybersecurity researchers have stumbled upon a treasure trove of operational tools and scripts linked to the KeyPlug malware, associated with the threat group RedGolf, also known as APT41.  The server, which was inadvertently exposed for less than 24 hours, provided an unprecedented glimpse into the sophisticated tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) employed by this advanced […] ]]> 2025-04-18T11:53:49+00:00 https://gbhackers.com/keyplug-malware-server/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8664457 False Malware,Tool,Threat APT 41 3.0000000000000000 Cyble - CyberSecurity Firm Présentation Selon un nouveau rapport Cyble, les hacktivistes vont de plus en plus au-delà des activités traditionnelles telles que les attaques DDOS et les défaillances de sites Web en infrastructure critique plus sophistiquée et attaques de ransomwares. Dans un rapport pour les clients, Cyble a déclaré que le hacktivisme s'est «transformé en un instrument complexe de guerre hybride» avec la montée en puissance des groupes qui ont adopté des techniques d'attaque plus sophistiquées plus généralement associées aux acteurs de l'État-nation et aux groupes de menaces motivés financièrement. Hacktivism "ne se limite plus aux explosions idéologiques marginales", selon le rapport. «Il s'agit maintenant d'un appareil de cyber-insurrection décentralisé, capable de façonner les récits géopolitiques, de déstabiliser les systèmes critiques et de s'engager directement dans des conflits mondiaux à travers le domaine numérique.» Le rapport CYBLE a examiné les groupes hacktiviste les plus actifs au premier trimestre de 2025, les nations et les secteurs les plus ciblés, les techniques d'attaque émergentes, et plus encore. Les groupes hacktiviste les plus actifs ciblent l'infrastructure critique Les hacktivistes pro-russes étaient les plus actifs au premier trimestre, dirigés par NONAME057 (16), Hacktivist Sandworm]]> 2025-04-15T08:22:39+00:00 https://cyble.com/blog/hacktivists-infrastructure-move-into-ransomware/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8662999 False Ransomware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Legislation,Industrial,Prediction,Cloud,Technical APT 44 3.0000000000000000 Cyble - CyberSecurity Firm Overview  Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified multiple Russia-aligned threat actors actively targeting Signal Messenger accounts as part of a multi-year cyber espionage operation. The campaign, likely driven by Russia\'s intelligence-gathering objectives during its invasion of Ukraine, aims to compromise the secure communications of military personnel, politicians, journalists, and activists.  The tactics observed in this campaign include phishing attacks abusing Signal\'s linked devices feature, malicious JavaScript payloads and malware designed to steal Signal messages from compromised Android and Windows devices. While the focus remains on Ukrainian targets, the threat is expected to expand globally as adversaries refine their techniques.  Google has partnered with Signal to introduce security enhancements that mitigate these attack vectors, urging users to update to the latest versions of the app.  Tactics Used to Compromise Signal Accounts  Exploiting Signal\'s "Linked Devices" Feature  Russia-aligned threat actors have manipulated Signal\'s legitimate linked devices functionality to gain persistent access to victim accounts. By tricking users into scanning malicious QR codes, attackers can link an actor-controlled device to the victim\'s account, enabling real-time message interception without full device compromise.  The phishing methods used to deliver these malicious QR codes include:  Fake Signal group invites containing altered JavaScript redirects.  Phishing pages masquerading as Ukrainian military applications.  ]]> 2025-02-20T13:21:16+00:00 https://cyble.com/blog/germany-strengthening-cybersecurity-2/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8649243 True Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Mobile,Cloud,Conference APT 44 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 said in its report. Google tracked this activity to more than ten Iran-backed groups, more than twenty China-backed groups, and nine North Korean-backed groups. For instance, Iranian threat actors were the biggest users of Gemini, using it for a wide range of purposes, including research on defense organizations, vulnerability research, and creating content for campaigns. In particular, the group APT42 (which accounted for over 30% of Iranian APT actors) focused on crafting phishing campaigns to target government agencies and corporations, conducting reconnaissance on defense experts and organizations, and generating content with cybersecurity themes. Chinese APT groups primarily used Gemini to conduct reconnaissance, script and develop, troubleshoot code, and research how to obtain deeper access to target networks through lateral movement, privilege escalation, data exfiltration, and detection evasion. North Korean APT hackers were observed using Gemini to support multiple phases of the attack lifecycle, including researching potential infrastructure and free hosting providers, reconnaissance on target organizations, payload development, and help with malicious scripting and evasion methods. “Of note, North Korean actors also used Gemini to draft cover letters and research jobs-activities that would likely support North Korea’s efforts to place clandestine IT workers at Western companies,” the company noted. “One North Korea-backed group utilized Gemini to draft cover letters and proposals for job descriptions, researched average salaries for specific jobs, and asked about jobs on LinkedIn. The group also used Gemini for information about overseas employee exchanges. Many of the topics would be common for anyone researching and applying for jobs.” Meanwhile, Russian APT actors demonstrated limited use of Gemini, primarily for coding tasks such as converting publicly available malware into different programming languages and incorporating encryption functions into existing code. They may have avoided using Gemini for operational security reasons, opting to stay off Western-controlled platforms to avoid monitoring their activities or using Russian-made AI tools. Google said the Russian hacking group’s use of Gemini has been relatively limited, possibly because it attempted to prevent Western platforms from monitoring its activities ]]> 2025-01-31T19:21:04+00:00 https://www.techworm.net/2025/01/hackers-google-gemini-ai-for-cyber-ops.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8645260 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Legislation,Cloud APT 42 3.0000000000000000 Mandiant - Blog Sécu de Mandiant science, technology, and beyond. In cybersecurity, AI is poised to transform digital defense, empowering defenders and enhancing our collective security. Large language models (LLMs) open new possibilities for defenders, from sifting through complex telemetry to secure coding, vulnerability discovery, and streamlining operations. However, some of these same AI capabilities are also available to attackers, leading to understandable anxieties about the potential for AI to be misused for malicious purposes.  Much of the current discourse around cyber threat actors\' misuse of AI is confined to theoretical research. While these studies demonstrate the potential for malicious exploitation of AI, they don\'t necessarily reflect the reality of how AI is currently being used by threat actors in the wild. To bridge this gap, we are sharing a comprehensive analysis of how threat actors interacted with Google\'s AI-powered assistant, Gemini. Our analysis was grounded by the expertise of Google\'s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), which combines decades of experience tracking threat actors on the front lines and protecting Google, our users, and our customers from government-backed attackers, targeted 0-day exploits, coordinated information operations (IO), and serious cyber crime networks. We believe the private sector, governments, educational institutions, and other stakeholders must work together to maximize AI\'s benefits while also reducing the risks of abuse. At Google, we are committed to developing responsible AI guided by our principles, and we share ]]> 2025-01-29T14:00:00+00:00 https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/adversarial-misuse-generative-ai/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8644222 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Studies,Legislation,Mobile,Industrial,Cloud,Technical,Commercial APT 41,APT 43,APT 42 3.0000000000000000 Mandiant - Blog Sécu de Mandiant Introduction Since 2022, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has been tracking multiple cyber espionage operations conducted by China-nexus actors utilizing POISONPLUG.SHADOW. These operations employ a custom obfuscating compiler that we refer to as "ScatterBrain," facilitating attacks against various entities across Europe and the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. ScatterBrain appears to be a substantial evolution of ScatterBee, an obfuscating compiler previously analyzed by PWC. GTIG assesses that POISONPLUG is an advanced modular backdoor used by multiple distinct, but likely related threat groups based in the PRC, however we assess that POISONPLUG.SHADOW usage appears to be further restricted to clusters associated with APT41. GTIG currently tracks three known POISONPLUG variants: POISONPLUG POISONPLUG.DEED POISONPLUG.SHADOW POISONPLUG.SHADOW-often referred to as "Shadowpad," a malware family name first introduced by Kaspersky-stands out due to its use of a custom obfuscating compiler specifically designed to evade detection and analysis. Its complexity is compounded by not only the extensive obfuscation mechanisms employed but also by the attackers\' highly sophisticated threat tactics. These elements collectively make analysis exceptionally challenging and complicate efforts to identify, understand, and mitigate the associated threats it poses. In addressing these challenges, GTIG collaborates closely with the FLARE team to dissect and analyze POISONPLUG.SHADOW. This partnership utilizes state-of-the-art reverse engineering techniques and comprehensive threat intelligence capabilities required to mitigate the sophisticated threats posed by this threat actor. We remain dedicated to advancing methodologies and fostering innovation to adapt to and counteract the ever-evolving tactics of threat actors, ensuring the security of Google and our customers against sophisticated cyber espionage operations. Overview In this blog post, we present our in-depth analysis of the ScatterBrain obfuscator, which has led to the development of a complete stand-alone static deobfuscator library independent of any binary analysis frameworks. Our analysis is based solel]]> 2025-01-28T14:00:00+00:00 https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/scatterbrain-unmasking-poisonplug-obfuscator/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8643871 False Malware,Tool,Threat,Studies,Patching,Cloud APT 41 2.0000000000000000 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) 2024-12-30T19:16:07+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/14ca8afc www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8631775 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat APT 45 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-12-11T22:38:07+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/9dd28182 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8623712 False Malware,Tool,Threat,Cloud APT 41 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-12-09T12:22:03+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/86d339a0 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8622260 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Mobile,Industrial,Prediction APT 45 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-12-06T16:17:50+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/ccb7bd15 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8620767 False Ransomware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat APT 45 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-11-27T20:21:51+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/c958d17f www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8618094 False Ransomware,Tool,Threat APT 45 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-11-22T21:45:45+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/2af97093 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8616252 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat APT 45 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) 2024-11-13T20:50:44+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/1444d044 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8610633 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat APT 45 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-11-11T18:57:29+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/048b77c8 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8609479 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat,Prediction,Medical,Cloud APT 45 3.0000000000000000 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) 2024-10-31T19:07:37+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/393b61a9 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8604347 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat,Prediction APT 45 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-10-10T21:13:00+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/998e3172 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8595647 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat,Technical APT 41 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-10-08T05:14:51+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/6bedb4b5 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8594036 False Malware,Tool,Threat,Industrial APT 45 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) 2024-09-02T19:54:58+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) 2024-08-28T20:46:51+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/e3cd79c3 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8565688 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Technical APT 41 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-08-19T10:58:28+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/256c3cbd www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8560248 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat,Prediction APT 41,APT 42 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-08-15T22:02:58+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/97bee087 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8558380 True Spam,Malware,Tool,Threat,Industrial APT 42 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-08-12T19:53:21+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/23e31fb6 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8556555 False Malware,Tool,Threat,Medical APT 41 3.0000000000000000 TrendLabs Security - Editeur Antivirus Earth Baku has broadened its scope from the Indo-Pacific region to Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In this blog entry, we examine the threat actor\'s latest tools, tactics, and procedures.]]> 2024-08-09T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/24/h/earth-baku-latest-campaign.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8554460 False Tool,Threat APT 41 2.0000000000000000 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 The Hacker News - The Hacker News est un blog de news de hack (surprenant non?) A Taiwanese government-affiliated research institute that specializes in computing and associated technologies was breached by nation-state threat actors with ties to China, according to new findings from Cisco Talos. The unnamed organization was targeted as early as mid-July 2023 to deliver a variety of backdoors and post-compromise tools like ShadowPad and Cobalt Strike. It has been attributed]]> 2024-08-02T22:02:00+00:00 https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/apt41-hackers-use-shadowpad-cobalt.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8549909 False Tool,Threat APT 41 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-08-01T18:42:27+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/d791dc39 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8549111 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat APT 41 3.0000000000000000 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) 2024-07-22T10:33:31+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/12ac549a www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8541988 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Mobile,Prediction,Cloud APT 41 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-07-19T18:51:32+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/3ecd0e46 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8540438 False Malware,Tool,Threat,Medical,Cloud APT 41 3.0000000000000000 Dark Reading - Informationweek Branch According to Mandiant, among the many cyber espionage tools the threat actor is using is a sophisticated new dropper called DustTrap.]]> 2024-07-19T14:00:00+00:00 https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/china-apt41-targets-global-logistics-utilities www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8540255 False Tool,Threat APT 41 3.0000000000000000 Mandiant - Blog Sécu de Mandiant   Executive Summary In collaboration with Google\'s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), Mandiant has observed a sustained campaign by the advanced persistent threat group APT41 targeting and successfully compromising multiple organizations operating within the global shipping and logistics, media and entertainment, technology, and automotive sectors. The majority of organizations were operating in Italy, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. APT41 successfully infiltrated and maintained prolonged, unauthorized access to numerous victims\' networks since 2023, enabling them to extract sensitive data over an extended period.  APT41 used a combination of ANTSWORD and BLUEBEAM web shells for the execution of DUSTPAN to execute BEACON backdoor for command-and-control communication. Later in the intrusion, APT41 leveraged DUSTTRAP, which would lead to hands-on keyboard activity. APT41 used publicly available tools SQLULDR2 for copying data from databases and PINEGROVE to exfiltrate data to Microsoft OneDrive. Overview Recently, Mandiant became aware of an APT41 intrusion where the malicious actor deployed a combination of ANTSWORD and BLUEBEAM web shells for persistence. These web shells were identified on a Tomcat Apache Manager server and active since at least 2023. APT41 utilized these web shells to execute certutil.exe to download the DUSTPAN dropper to stealthily load BEACON.  As the APT41 intrusion progressed, the group escalated its tactics by deploying the DUSTTRAP dropper. Upon execution, DUSTTRAP would decrypt a malicious payload and execute it in memory, leaving minimal forensic traces. The decrypted payload was designed to establish communication channels with either APT41-controlled infrastructure for command and control or, in some instances, with a compromised Google Workspace account, further blending its malicious activities with legitimate traffic. The affected Google Workspace accounts have been successfully remediated to prevent further unauthorized access. Furthermore, APT41 leveraged SQLULDR2 to export data from Oracle Databases, and used PINEGROVE to systematically and efficiently exfiltrate large volumes of sensitive data from the compromised networks, transferring to OneDrive to enable exfiltration and subsequent analysis. ]]> 2024-07-18T14:00:00+00:00 https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/apt41-arisen-from-dust/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8539580 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat,Patching,Medical,Cloud APT 41 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-07-15T11:27:07+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/fdcb22e4 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8537522 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Legislation,Prediction,Medical APT 41,APT 40 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) ## Snapshot In April 2024, Zscaler ThreatLabz discovered a new loader named DodgeBox, an upgraded and evolved version of StealthVector, a tool previously used by the Chinese APT group, APT41, tracked by Microsoft as [Brass Typhoon](https://security.microsoft.com/intel-profiles/byExternalId/e49c4119afe798db103058c3ffda5bd85e83534940247449478524d61ae6817a). ## Description After their analysis of DodgeBox, researchers from Zscaler ThreatLabz assess that the malware is an enhanced version of StealthVector loader as there are significant similarities between the two malwares. Written in C, DodgeBox is a reflective DLL loader that has a number of attributes, including the ability to decrypt and load embedded DLLs, perform environment checks, and carry out cleanup procedures. Notably, DodgeBox also employs call stack spoofing, a technique used by malware to obfuscate the origins of API calls, making it difficult for Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions and antivirus programs to detect the malware. DodgeBox has been used by APT41 to deliver the MoonWalk backdoor, a new backdoor being employed by the threat group.  DodgeBox and StealthVector both have similarities in their:  - checksum and configuration decryption, - decrypted conf]]> 2024-07-11T22:03:33+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/3524d2ae www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8535322 False Malware,Tool,Threat,Patching APT 41 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-07-09T19:47:09+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/e8378a00 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8533748 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Patching,Legislation,Industrial APT 40 3.0000000000000000 Mandiant - Blog Sécu de Mandiant   Following the discovery of malware residing within ESXi hypervisors in September 2022, Mandiant began investigating numerous intrusions conducted by UNC3886, a suspected China-nexus cyber espionage actor that has targeted prominent strategic organizations on a global scale. In January 2023, Mandiant provided detailed analysis of the exploitation of a now-patched vulnerability in FortiOS employed by a threat actor suspected to be UNC3886. In March 2023, we provided details surrounding a custom malware ecosystem utilized on affected Fortinet devices. Furthermore, the investigation uncovered the compromise of VMware technologies, which facilitated access to guest virtual machines. Investigations into more recent operations in 2023 following fixes from the vendors involved in the investigation have corroborated Mandiant\'s initial observations that the actor operates in a sophisticated, cautious, and evasive nature. Mandiant has observed that UNC3886 employed several layers of organized persistence for redundancy to maintain access to compromised environments over time. Persistence mechanisms encompassed network devices, hypervisors, and virtual machines, ensuring alternative channels remain available even if the primary layer is detected and eliminated. This blog post discusses UNC3886\'s intrusion path and subsequent actions that were performed in the environments after compromising the guest virtual machines to achieve access to the critical systems, including: The use of publicly available rootkits for long-term persistence Deployment of malware that leveraged trusted third-party services for command and control (C2 or C&C) Subverting access and collecting credentials with Secure Shell (SSH) backdoors Extracting credentials from TACACS+ authentication using custom malware  Mandiant has published detection and hardening guidelines for ESXi hypervisors and attack techniques employed by UNC3886. For Google SecOps Enterprise+ customer]]> 2024-06-18T14:00:00+00:00 https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/uncovering-unc3886-espionage-operations/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8520461 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Cloud,Technical APT 41 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-05-13T13:30:14+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/fd207107 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8498946 False Spam,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Cloud APT 42 2.0000000000000000 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) 2024-04-08T15:09:15+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/974639f2 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8478203 False Ransomware,Spam,Malware,Tool,Threat,Cloud APT 41 3.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) #### Description Trend Micro analyzed a cyberespionage attack the company has attributed to Earth Freybug, a subset of APT41 (tracked by Microsoft as [Brass Typhoon](https://sip.security.microsoft.com/intel-profiles/f0aaa62bfbaf3739bb92106688e6a00fc05eafc0d4158b0e389b4078112d37c6?)). According to Trend Micro, Earth Freybug has been active since at least 2012 and the Chinese-linked group has been active in espionage and financially motivated attacks. Earth Freybug employs diverse tools like LOLBins and custom malware, targeting organizations globally. The attack used techniques like dynamic link library (DLL) hijacking and API unhooking to avoid monitoring for a new malware called UNAPIMON. UNAPIMON evades detection by preventing child processes from being monitored. The attack flow involved creating remote scheduled tasks and executing reconnaissance commands to gather system information. Subsequently, a backdoor was launched using DLL side-loading via a service called SessionEnv, which loads a malicious DLL. UNAPIMON, the injected DLL, uses API hooking to evade monitoring and execute malicious commands undetected, showcasing the attackers\' sophistication. [Check out Microsoft\'s write-up on dynamic-link library (DLL) hijacking here.](https://sip.security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/91be20e8?) #### Reference URL(s) 1. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/24/d/earth-freybug.html #### Publication Date April 2, 2024 #### Author(s) Christopher So]]> 2024-04-03T20:46:53+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/327771c8 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8475473 False Malware,Tool,Prediction APT 41 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) 2024-03-05T19:03:47+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/ed40fbef www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8459485 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Studies,Medical,Technical APT 28,ChatGPT,APT 4 2.0000000000000000 The Hacker News - The Hacker News est un blog de news de hack (surprenant non?) Nation-state actors affiliated to North Korea have been observed using spear-phishing attacks to deliver an assortment of backdoors and tools such as AppleSeed, Meterpreter, and TinyNuke to seize control of compromised machines. South Korea-based cybersecurity company AhnLab attributed the activity to an advanced persistent threat group known as Kimsuky. “A notable point about attacks that]]> 2023-12-29T14:39:00+00:00 https://thehackernews.com/2023/12/kimsuky-hackers-deploying-appleseed.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8430708 False Tool,Threat APT 43 3.0000000000000000 The Hacker News - The Hacker News est un blog de news de hack (surprenant non?) New findings have identified connections between an Android spyware called DragonEgg and another sophisticated modular iOS surveillanceware tool named LightSpy. DragonEgg, alongside WyrmSpy (aka AndroidControl), was first disclosed by Lookout in July 2023 as a strain of malware capable of gathering sensitive data from Android devices. It was attributed to the Chinese nation-state group APT41. On]]> 2023-10-04T20:39:00+00:00 https://thehackernews.com/2023/10/researchers-link-dragonegg-android.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8391492 False Malware,Tool APT 41,APT 41 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 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 The Hacker News - The Hacker News est un blog de news de hack (surprenant non?) The North Korean state-sponsored threat actor known as Kimsuky has been discovered using a new reconnaissance tool called ReconShark as part of an ongoing global campaign. "[ReconShark] is actively delivered to specifically targeted individuals through spear-phishing emails, OneDrive links leading to document downloads, and the execution of malicious macros," SentinelOne researchers Tom Hegel]]> 2023-05-05T15:49:00+00:00 https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/n-korean-kimsuky-hackers-using-new.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8333757 False Tool,Threat APT 43 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 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 Dark Reading - Informationweek Branch China-linked APT41 group targeted a Taiwanese media organization and an Italian job agency with standard, open source penetration test tools, in a change in strategy.]]> 2023-04-18T17:58:00+00:00 https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/apt41-taps-google-red-teaming-tool-targeted-info-stealing-attacks www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8328985 False Tool APT 41,APT 41 3.0000000000000000 The Hacker News - The Hacker News est un blog de news de hack (surprenant non?) A Chinese nation-state group targeted an unnamed Taiwanese media organization to deliver an open source red teaming tool known as Google Command and Control (GC2) amid broader abuse of Google\'s infrastructure for malicious ends. The tech giant\'s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) attributed the campaign to a threat actor it tracks under the geological and geographical-themed moniker HOODOO, which is]]> 2023-04-17T17:16:00+00:00 https://thehackernews.com/2023/04/google-uncovers-apt41s-use-of-open.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8328593 False Tool,Threat APT 41,APT 41 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 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 Threat Analysis: Active C2 Discovery Using Protocol Emulation Part3 (ShadowPad) (published: October 27, 2022) ShadowPad is a custom, modular malware in use by multiple China-sponsored groups since 2015. VMware researchers analyzed the command-and-control (C2) protocol in recent ShadowPad samples. They uncovered decoding routines and protocol/port combinations such as HTTP/80, HTTP/443, TCP/443, UDP/53, and UDP/443. Active probing revealed 83 likely ShadowPad C2 servers (during September 2021 to September 2022). Additional samples communicating with this infrastructure included Spyder (used by APT41) and ReverseWindow (used by the LuoYu group). Analyst Comment: Researchers can use reverse engineering and active probing to map malicious C2 infrastructure. At the same time, the ShadowPad malware changes the immediate values used in the packet encoding per variant, so finding new samples is crucial for this monitoring. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Application Layer Protocol - T1071 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol - T1048 | [MITRE ATT&CK] System Information Discovery - T1082 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 Tags: detection:ShadowPad, C2, APT, China, source-country:CN, actor:APT41, actor:LuoYu, detection:Spyder, detection:ReverseWindow, TCP, HTTP, HTTPS, UDP Raspberry Robin Worm Part of Larger Ecosystem Facilitating Pre-Ransomware Activity (published: October 27, 2022) The Raspberry Robin USB-drive-targeting worm is an increasingly popular infection and delivery method. Raspberry Robin works as a three-file infection: Raspberry Robin LNK file on an USB drive, Raspberry Robin DLL (aka Roshtyak) backdoor, and a heavily-obfuscated .NET DLL that writes LNKs to USB drives. Microsoft researchers analyzed several infection chains likely centered around threat group EvilCorp (aka DEV-0206/DEV-0243). Besides being the initial infection vector, Raspberry Robin was seen delivered by the Fauppod malware, which shares certain code similarities both with Raspberry Robin and with EvilCorp’s Dridex malware. Fauppod/Raspberry Robin infections were followed by additional malware (Bumblebee, Cobalt Strike, IcedID, TrueBot), and eventually led to a ransomware infection (LockBit, Clop). Analyst Comment: Organizations are advised against enabling Autorun of removable media on Windows by default, as it allows automated activation of an inserted, Raspberry Robin-infected USB drive. Apply best practices related to credential hygiene, network segmentation, and attack surface reduction. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Replicat]]> 2022-11-01T15:00:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-active-probing-revealed-shadowpad-c2s-fodcha-hides-behind-obscure-tlds-awaiting-openssl-30-patch-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=7765391 False Ransomware,Malware,Hack,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Guideline APT 41 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 Hacker Pwns Uber Via Compromised VPN Account (published: September 16, 2022) On September 15, 2022, ride-sharing giant Uber started an incident response after discovering a data breach. According to Group-IB researchers, download file name artifacts point to the attacker getting access to fresh keylogger logs affecting two Uber employees from Indonesia and Brazil that have been infected with Racoon and Vidar stealers. The attacker allegedly used a compromised VPN account credentials and performed multifactor authentication fatigue attack by requesting the MFA push notification many times and then making a social-engineering call to the affected employee. Once inside, the attacker allegedly found valid credentials for privilege escalation: a PowerShell script containing hardcoded credentials for a Thycotic privileged access management admin account. On September 18, 2022, Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto 6 suffered a confirmed data leak, likely caused by the same attacker. Analyst Comment: Network defenders can consider setting up alerts for signs of an MFA fatigue attack such as a large number of MFA requests in a relatively short period of time. Review your source code for embedded credentials, especially those with administrative privileges. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Valid Accounts - T1078 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Credentials from Password Stores - T1555 Tags: MFA fatigue, Social engineering, Data breach, Uber, GTA 6, GTA VI, detection:Racoon, detection:Vidar, malware-type:Keylogger, malware-type:Stealer Self-Spreading Stealer Attacks Gamers via YouTube (published: September 15, 2022) Kaspersky researchers discovered a new campaign spreading the RedLine commodity stealer. This campaign utilizes a malicious bundle: a single self-extracting archive. The bundle delivers RedLine and additional malware, which enables spreading the malicious archive by publishing promotional videos on victim’s Youtube channel. These videos target gamers with promises of “cheats” and “cracks.” Analyst Comment: Kids and other online gamers should be reminded to avoid illegal software. It might be better to use different machines for your gaming and banking activities. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] User Execution - T1204 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Credentials from Password Stores - T1555 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Resource Hijacking - T1496 Tags: detection:RedLine, malware-type:Stealer, Bundle, Self-spreading, Telegraph, Youtub]]> 2022-09-20T15:00:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-uber-and-gta-6-were-breached-redline-bundle-file-advertises-itself-on-youtube-supply-chain-attack-via-ecommerce-fishpig-extensions-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=7016803 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Guideline Uber,Uber,APT 41,APT 15 None Dark Reading - Informationweek Branch 2022-08-18T18:34:08+00:00 https://www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/china-apt41-baffling-approach-cobalt-strike-payload www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=6397228 False Tool,Threat APT 41 None Fortinet ThreatSignal - Harware Vendor 2022-03-10T23:39:03+00:00 https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/threat-signal-report/4449 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=4258974 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Guideline APT 41,APT 15,APT 15 None 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 What’s With The Shared VBA Code Between Transparent Tribe And Other Threat Actors? (published: February 9, 2022) A recent discovery has been made that links malicious VBA macro code between multiple groups, namely: Transparent Tribe, Donot Team, SideCopy, Operation Hangover, and SideWinder. These groups operate (or operated) out of South Asia and use a variety of techniques with phishing emails and maldocs to target government and military entities within India and Pakistan. The code is similar enough that it suggests cooperation between APT groups, despite having completely different goals/targets. Analyst Comment: This research shows that APT groups are sharing TTPs to assist each other, regardless of motive or target. Files that request content be enabled to properly view the document are often signs of a phishing attack. If such a file is sent to you via a known and trusted sender, that individual should be contacted to verify the authenticity of the attachment prior to opening. Thus, any such file attachment sent by unknown senders should be viewed with the utmost scrutiny, and the attachments should be avoided and properly reported to appropriate personnel. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 Tags: Transparent Tribe, Donot, SideWinder, Asia, Military, Government Fake Windows 11 Upgrade Installers Infect You With RedLine Malware (published: February 9, 2022) Due to the recent announcement of Windows 11 upgrade availability, an unknown threat actor has registered a domain to trick users into downloading an installer that contains RedLine malware. The site, "windows-upgraded[.]com", is a direct copy of a legitimate Microsoft upgrade portal. Clicking the 'Upgrade Now' button downloads a 734MB ZIP file which contains an excess of dead code; more than likely this is to increase the filesize for bypassing any antivirus scan. RedLine is a well-known infostealer, capable of taking screenshots, using C2 communications, keylogging and more. Analyst Comment: Any official Windows update or installation files will be downloaded through the operating system directly. If offline updates are necessary, only go through Microsoft sites and subdomains. Never update Windows from a third-party site due to this type of attack. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Video Capture - T1125 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Input Capture - T1056 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 Tags: RedLine, Windows 11, Infostealer ]]> 2022-02-15T20:01:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-mobile-malware-is-on-the-rise-apt-groups-are-working-together-ransomware-for-the-individual-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=4134740 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Guideline Uber,APT 43,APT 36,APT-C-17 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 FBI Warns Of Malicious QR Codes Used To Steal Your Money (published: January 23, 2022) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently released a notice that malicious QR codes have been found in the wild. These codes, when scanned, will redirect the victim to a site where they are prompted to enter personal and payment details. The site will then harvest these credentials for cybercriminals to commit fraud and empty bank accounts. This threat vector has been seen in Germany as of December 2021. Analyst Comment: Always be sure to check that emails have been sent from a legitimate source, and that any financial details or method of payment is done through the website. While QR codes are useful and being used by businesses more often, it is easy for cybercriminals to perform this kind of scam. If scanning a physical QR code, ensure the code has not been replaced with a sticker placed on top of the original code. Check the final URL to make sure it is the intended site and looks authentic. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 Tags: EU & UK, Banking and Finance MoonBounce: The Dark Side Of UEFI Firmware (published: January 20, 2022) Kaspersky has reported that in September 2021, a bootloader malware infection had been discovered that embeds itself into UEFI firmware. The malware patches existing UEFI drivers and resides in the SPI flash memory located on the motherboard. This means that it will persist even if the hard drive is replaced. Code snippets and IP addresses link the activity to APT41, a group that is operated by a group of Chinese-speaking individuals. MoonBounce is highly sophisticated and very difficult to detect. Analyst Comment: Systems should be configured to take advantage of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) hardware security chips to secure their systems' boot image and firmware, where available. Secure boot is also a viable option to mitigate against attacks that would patch, reconfigure, or flash existing UEFI firmware to implant malicious code. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Pre-OS Boot - T1542 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Obfuscation - T1001 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encoding - T1132 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploitation of Remote Services - T1210 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Remote Services - T1021 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Shared Modules - T1129 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Hijack Execution Flow - T1574 | ]]> 2022-01-25T16:00:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-moonbounce-accesspress-qr-code-scams-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=4030711 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Guideline APT 41,APT 28 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 Earth Lusca Employs Sophisticated Infrastructure, Varied Tools and Techniques (published: January 17, 2022) The Earth Lusca threat group is part of the Winnti cluster. It is one of different Chinese groups that share aspects of their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) including the use of Winnti malware. Earth Lusca were active throughout 2021 committing both cyberespionage operations against government-connected organizations and financially-motivated intrusions targeting gambling and cryptocurrency-related sectors. For intrusion, the group tries different ways in including: spearphishing, watering hole attacks, and exploiting publicly facing servers. Cobalt Strike is one of the group’s preferred post-exploitation tools. It is followed by the use of the BioPass RAT, the Doraemon backdoor, the FunnySwitch backdoor, ShadowPad, and Winnti. The group employs two separate infrastructure clusters, first one is rented Vultr VPS servers used for command-and-control (C2), second one is compromised web servers used to scan for vulnerabilities, tunnel traffic, and Cobalt Strike C2. Analyst Comment: Earth Lusca often relies on tried-and-true techniques that can be stopped by security best practices, such as avoiding clicking on suspicious email/website links and or reacting on random banners urging to update important public-facing applications. Don’t be tricked to download Adobe Flash update, it was discontinued at the end of December 2020. Administrators should keep their important public-facing applications (such as Microsoft Exchange and Oracle GlassFish Server) updated. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Drive-by Compromise - T1189 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Scheduled Task - T1053 | [MITRE ATT&CK] System Services - T1569 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Account Manipulation - T1098 | [MITRE ATT&CK] BITS Jobs - T1197 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Create Account - T1136 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Create or Modify System Process - T1543 | [MITRE ATT&CK] External Remote Services - T1133 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Hijack Execution Flow]]> 2022-01-19T22:45:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-russia-sponsored-cyber-threats-china-based-earth-lusca-active-in-cyberespionage-and-cybertheft-bluenoroff-hunts-cryptocurrency-related-businesses-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=3999162 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Patching,Guideline APT 41,APT 38,APT 29,APT 28,APT 28 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 Russian Cyberattacks Pose Greater Risk to Governments and Other Insights from Our Annual Report (published: October 7, 2021) Approximately 58% of all nation-state attacks observed by Microsoft between July 2020 and June 2021 have been attributed to the Russian-sponsored threat groups, specifically to Cozy Bear (APT29, Nobelium) associated with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). The United States, Ukraine, and the UK were the top three targeted by them. Russian Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors increased their effectiveness from a 21% successful compromise rate to a 32% rate comparing year to year. They achieve it by starting an attack with supply-chain compromise, utilizing effective tools such as web shells, and increasing their skills with the cloud environment targeting. Russian APTs are increasingly targeting government agencies for intelligence gathering, which jumped from 3% of their targets a year ago to 53% – largely agencies involved in foreign policy, national security, or defense. Following Russia by the number of APT cyberattacks were North Korea (23%), Iran (11%), and China (8%). Analyst Comment: As the collection of intrusions for potential disruption operations via critical infrastructure attacks became too risky for Russia, it refocused back to gaining access to and harvesting intelligence. The scale and growing effectiveness of the cyberespionage requires a defence-in-depth approach and tools such as Anomali Match that provide real-time forensics capability to identify potential breaches and known actor attributions. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Supply Chain Compromise - T1195 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Server Software Component - T1505 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Brute Force - T1110 Tags: Fancy Bear, APT28, APT29, The Dukes, Strontium, Nobelium, Energetic Bear, Cozy Bear, Government, APT, Russia, SVR, China, North Korea, USA, UK, Ukraine, Iran Ransomware in the CIS (published: October 7, 2021) Many prominent ransomware groups have members located in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) - and they avoid targeting this region. Still, businesses in the CIS are under the risk of being targeted by dozens of lesser-known ransomware groups. Researchers from Kaspersky Labs have published a report detailing nine business-oriented ransomware trojans that were most active in the CIS in the first half of 2021. These ransomware families are BigBobRoss (TheDMR), Cryakl (CryLock), CryptConsole, Crysis (Dharma), Fonix (XINOF), Limbozar (VoidCrypt), Phobos (Eking), Thanos (Hakbit), and XMRLocker. The oldest, Cryakl, has been around since April 2014, and the newest, XMRLocker, was first detected in August 2020. Most of them were mainly distributed via the cracking of Remote Deskto]]> 2021-10-12T17:41:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-aerospace-and-telecoms-targeted-by-iranian-malkamak-group-cozy-bear-refocuses-on-cyberespionage-wicked-panda-is-traced-by-malleable-c2-profiles-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=3505382 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat,Guideline,Prediction APT 41,APT 41,APT 39,APT 29,APT 29,APT 28 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. Current Anomali ThreatStream users can query these indicators under the “anomali cyber watch” tag. Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence S.O.V.A. – A New Android Banking Trojan with Fowl Intentions (published: September 10, 2021) ThreatFabric researchers have discovered a new Android banking trojan called S.O.V.A. The malware is still in the development and testing phase and the threat actor is publicly-advertising S.O.V.A. for trial runs targeting banks to improve its functionality. The trojan’s primary objective is to steal personally identifiable information (PII). This is conducted through overlay attacks, keylogging, man-in-the-middle attacks, and session cookies theft, among others. The malware author is also working on other features such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and ransomware on S.O.V.A.’s project roadmap. Analyst Comment: Always keep your mobile phone fully patched with the latest security updates. Only use official locations such as the Google Play Store / Apple App Store to obtain your software, and avoid downloading applications, even if they appear legitimate, from third-party stores. Furthermore, always review the permissions an app will request upon installation. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Input Capture - T1056 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Man-in-the-Middle - T1557 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Steal Web Session Cookie - T1539 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Network Denial of Service - T1498 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 Tags: Android, Banking trojan, S.O.V.A., Overlay, Keylogging, Cookies, Man-in-the-Middle Finding Azurescape – Cross-Account Container Takeover in Azure Container Instances (published: September 9, 2021) Unit 42 researchers identified and disclosed critical security issues in Microsoft’s Container-as-a-Service (CaaS) offering that is called Azure Container Instances (ACI). A malicious Azure user could have compromised the multitenant Kubernetes clusters hosting ACI, establishing full control over other users' containers. Researchers gave the vulnerability a specific name, Azurescape, highlighting its significance: it the first cross-account container takeover in the public cloud. Analyst Comment: Azurescape vulnerabilities could have allowed an attacker to execute code on other users' containers, steal customer secrets and images deployed to the platform, and abuse ACI's infrastructure processing power. Microsoft patched ACI shortly after the discl]]> 2021-09-14T15:00:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-azurescape-cloud-threat-mshtml-0-day-in-the-wild-confluence-cloud-hacked-to-mine-monero-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=3369753 False Ransomware,Spam,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Guideline Uber,APT 41,APT 15 None 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 UK and Allies Accuse China for a Pervasive Pattern of Hacking, Breaching Microsoft Exchange Servers (published: July 19, 2021) On July 19th, 2021, the US, the UK, and other global allies jointly accused China in a pattern of aggressive malicious cyber activity. First, they confirmed that Chinese state-backed actors (previously identified under the group name Hafnium) were responsible for gaining access to computer networks around the world via Microsoft Exchange servers. The attacks took place in early 2021, affecting over a quarter of a million servers worldwide. Additionally, APT31 (Judgement Panda) and APT40 (Kryptonite Panda) were attributed to Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS), The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has indicted four APT40 members, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) shared indicators of compromise of the historic APT40 activity. Analyst Comment: Network defense-in-depth and adherence to information security best practices can assist organizations in reducing the risk. Pay special attention to the patch and vulnerability management, protecting credentials, and continuing network hygiene and monitoring. When possible, enforce the principle of least privilege, use segmentation and strict access control measures for critical data. Organisations can use Anomali Match to perform real time forensic analysis for tracking such attacks. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Drive-by Compromise - T1189 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 | [MITRE ATT&CK] External Remote Services - T1133 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Server Software Component - T1505 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploitation of Remote Services - T1210 Tags: Hafnium, Judgement Panda, APT31, TEMP.Jumper, APT40, Kryptonite Panda, Zirconium, Leviathan, TEMP.Periscope, Microsoft Exchange, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-27065, CVE-2021-26858, Government, EU, UK, North America, China NSO’s Spyware Sold to Authoritarian Regimes Used to Target Activists, Politicians and Journalists (published: July 18, 2021) Israeli surveillance company NSO Group supposedly sells spyware to vetted governments bodies to fight crime and terrorism. New research discovered NSO’s tools being used against non-criminal actors, pro-democracy activists and journalists investigating corruption, political opponents and government critics, diplomats, etc. In some cases, the timeline of this surveillance coincided with journalists' arrests and even murders. The main penetration tool used by NSO is malware Pegasus that targets both iPho]]> 2021-07-20T15:00:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-china-blamed-for-microsoft-exchange-attacks-israeli-cyber-surveillance-companies-help-oppressive-governments-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=3100256 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Studies,Guideline,Industrial APT 41,APT 40,APT 28,APT 31 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 Août 2019 Blog Post ou ]]> 2019-10-31T08:00:00+00:00 https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/messagetap-who-is-reading-your-text-messages www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8377673 False Malware,Tool APT 41 3.0000000000000000