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. 2024-05-20T18:02:33+00:00 www.secnews.physaphae.fr 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 43,APT 29,APT 31,APT 42,APT 28,APT 40 3.0000000000000000 HackRead - Chercher Cyber Par waqas Mettez à jour les fenêtres maintenant ou soyez piraté: Microsoft met en garde contre la vulnérabilité activement exploitée! Ceci est un article de HackRead.com Lire le post original: Russian APT28 Exploitation de Windows Vulnérabilité avec l'outil Gooseegg

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>By Waqas Update Windows Now or Get Hacked: Microsoft Warns of Actively Exploited Vulnerability! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian APT28 Exploiting Windows Vulnerability with GooseEgg Tool]]> 2024-04-24T11:54:21+00:00 https://www.hackread.com/russia-apt28-windows-vulnerability-gooseegg-tool/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8487950 False Tool,Vulnerability APT 28 3.0000000000000000 Techworm - News son avis . Microsoft a observé APT28 en utilisant GooseEgg dans le cadre des activités post-compromis contre diverses cibles, y compris les organisations gouvernementales, non gouvernementales, de l'éducation et des transports en Ukraine, en Europe occidentale et en Amérique du Nord. Bien que Gooseegg soit une application de lanceur simple, il peut engendrer d'autres applications sur la ligne de commande avec des autorisations élevées. Cela permet aux acteurs de menace de prendre en charge les activités malveillantes telles que l'exécution du code distant, l'installation d'une porte dérobée et le déplacement latéralement à travers des réseaux compromis. Les gouvernements américains et britanniques ont lié Forest Blizzard à l'unité 26165 de la Fédération de Russie \'s Military Intelligence Agency, la principale Direction du renseignement de l'état-major général des Forces armées de la Fédération de Russie (GRU). «Microsoft a observé qu'après avoir obtenu l'accès à un appareil cible, Forest Blizzard utilise GooseEgg pour élever les privilèges dans l'environnement.GooseEgg est généralement déployé avec un script de lot, que nous avons observé en utilisant le nom execute.bat et doit.bat .Ce script de lot écrit le fichier servtask.bat, qui contient des commandes pour enregistrer / compresser les ruches de registre.Le script de lot invoque l'exécutable de GooseEgg apparié et configure la persistance en tant que tâche planifiée conçue pour exécuter servtask.bat », lit le Advisory publié par Microsoft lundi. Les chercheurs de Microsoft ont noté qu'un fichier DLL malveillant intégré généralement, qui comprend l'expression « wayzgoose»; par exemple, wayzgoose23.dll , est une application de lanceur utilisée par la menaceLes acteurs doivent lancer d'autres charges utiles avec des autorisations au niveau du système et installer une porte dérobée, se déplacer latéralement dans le réseau de la victime et exécuter à distance le code sur les systèmes violés. Comme mentionné précédemment, la société a corrigé le défaut de sécurité des spouleurs imprimés en 2022. Il a également corrigé les vulnérabilités imprimées précédemment exploitées en 2021. «Les clients qui n'ont pas encore mis en œuvre ces correctifs sont invités à le faire dès que possible pour la sécurité de leur organisation», a déclaré Microsoft dans son avis. De plus, la société recommande également de dé]]> 2024-04-23T22:47:49+00:00 https://www.techworm.net/2024/04/russia-apt28-hackers-exploit-windows-flaw.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8487554 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat APT 28 3.0000000000000000 Dark Reading - Informationweek Branch The infamous Russian threat actor has created a custom tool called GooseEgg to exploit CVE-2022-38028 in cyber-espionage attacks against targets in Ukraine, Western Europe, and North America.]]> 2024-04-23T13:21:39+00:00 https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/russia-fancy-bear-pummels-windows-print-spooler-bug www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8487418 False Tool,Threat APT 28 3.0000000000000000 SecurityWeek - Security News Russia-linked APT28 deploys the GooseEgg post-exploitation tool against numerous US and European organizations. ]]> 2024-04-23T12:50:57+00:00 https://www.securityweek.com/russian-cyberspies-deliver-gooseegg-malware-to-government-organizations/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8487450 False Malware,Tool APT 28 3.0000000000000000 The Hacker News - The Hacker News est un blog de news de hack (surprenant non?) The Russia-linked nation-state threat actor tracked as APT28 weaponized a security flaw in the Microsoft Windows Print Spooler component to deliver a previously unknown custom malware called GooseEgg. The post-compromise tool, which is said to have been used since at least June 2020 and possibly as early as April 2019, leveraged a now-patched flaw that allowed for]]> 2024-04-23T09:53:00+00:00 https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/russias-apt28-exploited-windows-print.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8487211 False Malware,Tool,Threat APT 28 3.0000000000000000 The Register - Site journalistique Anglais Putin\'s pals use \'GooseEgg\' malware to launch attacks you can defeat with patches or deletion Russian spies are exploiting a years-old Windows print spooler vulnerability and using a custom tool called GooseEgg to elevate privileges and steal credentials across compromised networks, according to Microsoft Threat Intelligence.…]]> 2024-04-23T01:15:11+00:00 https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/04/23/russia_fancy_bear_goose_egg/ www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8487124 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat APT 28 3.0000000000000000 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 ChatGPT,APT 28,APT 4 2.0000000000000000 RiskIQ - cyber risk firms (now microsoft) #### Description Between December 15-25, 2023, a series of cyberattacks were identified involving the distribution of emails containing links to purported "documents" among government organizations. Clicking on these links resulted in malware infecting computers. Investigation revealed that the links redirected victims to a website where a JavaScript-based download initiated a shortcut file. Opening this file triggered a PowerShell command to download and execute a decoy document, a Python interpreter, and a classified MASEPIE file named Client.py. Subsequently, various tools including OPENSSH, STEELHOOK PowerShell scripts, and the OCEANMAP backdoor were downloaded, with additional tools like IMPACKET and SMBEXEC created for network reconnaissance and lateral movement. The overall tactics, techniques, and tools used pointed to the APT28 group. Notably, the attack strategy indicated a broader plan to compromise the entire organization\'s information and communication system, emphasizing the potential threat to the entire network. Similar attacks were also reported against Polish organizations. #### Reference URL(s) 1. https://cert.gov.ua/article/6276894 #### Publication Date January 3, 2024 #### Author(s) CERT-UA ]]> 2024-01-03T19:16:54+00:00 https://community.riskiq.com/article/3c424c10 www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8433900 False Malware,Tool,Threat APT 28 4.0000000000000000 knowbe4 - cybersecurity services CyberheistNews Vol 13 #26  |   June 27th, 2023 [Eyes Open] The FTC Reveals the Latest Top Five Text Message Scams The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has published a data spotlight outlining the most common text message scams. Phony bank fraud prevention alerts were the most common type of text scam last year. "Reports about texts impersonating banks are up nearly tenfold since 2019 with median reported individual losses of $3,000 last year," the report says. These are the top five text scams reported by the FTC: Copycat bank fraud prevention alerts Bogus "gifts" that can cost you Fake package delivery problems Phony job offers Not-really-from-Amazon security alerts "People get a text supposedly from a bank asking them to call a number ASAP about suspicious activity or to reply YES or NO to verify whether a transaction was authorized. If they reply, they\'ll get a call from a phony \'fraud department\' claiming they want to \'help get your money back.\' What they really want to do is make unauthorized transfers. "What\'s more, they may ask for personal information like Social Security numbers, setting people up for possible identity theft." Fake gift card offers took second place, followed by phony package delivery problems. "Scammers understand how our shopping habits have changed and have updated their sleazy tactics accordingly," the FTC says. "People may get a text pretending to be from the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx, or UPS claiming there\'s a problem with a delivery. "The text links to a convincing-looking – but utterly bogus – website that asks for a credit card number to cover a small \'redelivery fee.\'" Scammers also target job seekers with bogus job offers in an attempt to steal their money and personal information. "With workplaces in transition, some scammers are using texts to perpetrate old-school forms of fraud – for example, fake \'mystery shopper\' jobs or bogus money-making offers for driving around with cars wrapped in ads," the report says. "Other texts target people who post their resumes on employment websites. They claim to offer jobs and even send job seekers checks, usually with instructions to send some of the money to a different address for materials, training, or the like. By the time the check bounces, the person\'s money – and the phony \'employer\' – are long gone." Finally, scammers impersonate Amazon and send fake security alerts to trick victims into sending money. "People may get what looks like a message from \'Amazon,\' asking to verify a big-ticket order they didn\'t place," the FTC says. "Concerned ]]> 2023-06-27T13:00:00+00:00 https://blog.knowbe4.com/cyberheistnews-vol-13-26-eyes-open-the-ftc-reveals-the-latest-top-five-text-message-scams www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8349704 False Ransomware,Spam,Malware,Hack,Tool,Threat ChatGPT,ChatGPT,APT 15,APT 28,FedEx 2.0000000000000000 Anomali - Firm Blog Figure 1 - Diagrammes de résumé du CIO.Ces graphiques résument les CIO attachés à ce magazine et donnent un aperçu des menaces discutées. Cyber News et Intelligence des menaces événement de sécurité mondiale anomali Intel - Progress Software Vulnerabilities & ndash;Moveit & amp;DataDirect Connect (Publié: 16 juin 2023) Après la découverte de CVE-2023-34362 et son exploitation antérieure par un affilié des ransomwares CLOP, plusieurs vulnérabilités supplémentaires ont été découvertes dans Moveit Transfer (CVE-2023-35036 et CVE-2023-35708) et d'autres produits de logiciels de progrès (CVE et CVE-2023-34363 et CVE-2023-34364).Alors que le site de fuite de Darkweb du groupe (> _clop ^ _- les fuites) a commencé à s'adresser aux entités compromises, l'événement d'exploitation original a été évalué comme un événement de sécurité mondial.Ceci est basé sur la liste croissante des organisations violées connues et l'utilisation de Moveit parmi des milliers d'organisations à travers le monde, y compris les secteurs public, privé et gouvernemental. Commentaire des analystes: Les défenseurs du réseau doivent suivre les étapes d'assainissement des logiciels de progrès qui incluent le durcissement, la détection, le nettoyage et l'installation des récentes correctifs de sécurité de transfert Moveit.Les règles YARA et les indicateurs basés sur l'hôte associés à l'exploitation de déplacement observé sont disponibles dans la plate-forme Anomali pour la détection et la référence historique. mitre att & amp; ck: [mitre att & amp; ck] t1190 - exploiter le publicApplication | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1036 - masquée | [mitre att & amp; ck] t1560.001 - Données collectées par les archives: archive via l'utilité Signatures (Sigma Rules): Exploitation potentielle de transfert de déplacement | exploitation movet . (Règles Yara) lemurloot webshell dll charges utiles - yara by mandiant | scénarisation de la webshell lemurloot ASP.net - yara par mandiant | exploitation movet - yara par Florian Roth | moveit_transfer_exploit_webshell_aspx | moveit_transfer_exploit_webshell_dll Tags: Target-Software: Moveit Transfer, Vulnérabilité: CVE-2023-34362, Vulnérabilité: CVE-2023-35036, Vulnérabilité: CVE-2023-35708, Vulnérabilité: CVE-2023-34363, Vulnérabilité:CVE-2023-34364, Target-Country: ÉtatsType: ransomware, malware: Lemurloot, Type de logiciels malveillants: webs]]> 2023-06-21T20:11:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-cadet-blizzard-new-gru-apt-chameldoh-hard-to-detect-linux-rat-stealthy-doublefinger-targets-cryptocurrency www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8347828 False Ransomware,Tool,Threat,Cloud APT 28 2.0000000000000000 knowbe4 - cybersecurity services CyberheistNews Vol 13 #19  |   May 9th, 2023 [Watch Your Back] New Fake Chrome Update Error Attack Targets Your Users Compromised websites (legitimate sites that have been successfully compromised to support social engineering) are serving visitors fake Google Chrome update error messages. "Google Chrome users who use the browser regularly should be wary of a new attack campaign that distributes malware by posing as a Google Chrome update error message," Trend Micro warns. "The attack campaign has been operational since February 2023 and has a large impact area." The message displayed reads, "UPDATE EXCEPTION. An error occurred in Chrome automatic update. Please install the update package manually later, or wait for the next automatic update." A link is provided at the bottom of the bogus error message that takes the user to what\'s misrepresented as a link that will support a Chrome manual update. In fact the link will download a ZIP file that contains an EXE file. The payload is a cryptojacking Monero miner. A cryptojacker is bad enough since it will drain power and degrade device performance. This one also carries the potential for compromising sensitive information, particularly credentials, and serving as staging for further attacks. This campaign may be more effective for its routine, innocent look. There are no spectacular threats, no promises of instant wealth, just a notice about a failed update. Users can become desensitized to the potential risks bogus messages concerning IT issues carry with them. Informed users are the last line of defense against attacks like these. New school security awareness training can help any organization sustain that line of defense and create a strong security culture. Blog post with links:https://blog.knowbe4.com/fake-chrome-update-error-messages A Master Class on IT Security: Roger A. Grimes Teaches You Phishing Mitigation Phishing attacks have come a long way from the spray-and-pray emails of just a few decades ago. Now they\'re more targeted, more cunning and more dangerous. And this enormous security gap leaves you open to business email compromise, session hijacking, ransomware and more. Join Roger A. Grimes, KnowBe4\'s Data-Driven Defense Evangelist, ]]> 2023-05-09T13:00:00+00:00 https://blog.knowbe4.com/cyberheistnews-vol-13-19-watch-your-back-new-fake-chrome-update-error-attack-targets-your-users www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8334782 False Ransomware,Data Breach,Spam,Malware,Tool,Threat,Prediction ChatGPT,ChatGPT,NotPetya,NotPetya,APT 28 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 SharpTongue Deploys Clever Mail-Stealing Browser Extension “SHARPEXT” (published: July 28, 2022) Volexity researchers discovered SharpExt, a new malicious browser app used by the North-Korea sponsored Velvet Chollima (Kimsuky, SharpTongue, Thallium) group. SharpExt inspects and exfiltrates data from a victim's webmail (AOL or Gmail) account as they browse it. Velvet Chollima continues to add new features to the app, the latest known version (3.0) supports three browsers: Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and Whale, the latter almost exclusively used in South Korea. Following the initial compromise, Velvet Chollima deploy SharpExt and to avoid warning the victim they manually exfiltrate settings files to change the settings and generate a valid "super_mac" security check value. They also hide the newly opened DevTools window and any other warning windows such as a warning regarding extensions running in developer mode. Analyst Comment: Velvet Chollima is known for its tactic of deploying malicious browser extensions, but in the past it was concentrating on stealing credentials instead of emails. The group continues aggressive cyberespionage campaigns exfiltrating military and industrial technologies from Europe, South Korea, and the US. Network defenders should monitor for suspicious instances of PowerShell execution, as well as for traffic to and from known Velvet Chollima infrastructure (available in Anomali Match). MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Browser Extensions - T1176 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Email Collection - T1114 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Hide Artifacts - T1564 Tags: SharpExt, Velvet Chollima, Kimsuky, SharpTongue, Thallium, APT, North Korea, source-country:KP, South Korea, target-country:KR, USA, target-country:US, target-region:Europe, AOL, Gmail, Edge, Chrome, Whale, PowerShell, VBS, Browser extension Untangling KNOTWEED: European Private-Sector Offensive Actor Using 0-Day Exploits (published: July 27, 2022) Microsoft researchers detail activity of DSIRF, Austrian private-sector offensive actor (PSOA). In 2021, this actor, tracked as Knotweed, used four Windows and Adobe 0-day exploits. In 2022, DSIRF was exploiting another Adobe Reader vulnerability, CVE-2022-22047, which was patched in July 2022. DSIRF attacks rely on their malware toolset called Subzero. The initial downloader shellcode is executed from either the exploit chains or malicious Excel documents. It downloads a JPG image file with extra encrypted data, extracts, decrypts and loads to the memory the Corelump memory-only infostealer. For persistence, Corelump creates trojanized copies of legitimate Windows DLLs that se]]> 2022-08-02T15:17:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-velvet-chollima-steals-emails-from-browsers-austrian-mercenary-leverages-zero-days-china-sponsored-group-uses-cosmicstrand-uefi-firmware-rootkit-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=6091651 False Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Patching,Guideline,Cloud APT 37,APT 28 None 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 Lockbit Ransomware Disguised as Copyright Claim E-mail Being Distributed (published: June 24, 2022) ASEC researchers have released their analysis of a recent phishing campaign, active since February 2022. The campaign aims to infect users with Lockbit ransomware, using the pretense of a copyright claim as the phishing lure. The phishing email directs the recipient to open the attached zip file which contains a pdf of the infringed material. In reality, the pdf is a disguised NSIS executable which downloads and installs Lockbit. The ransomware is installed onto the desktop for persistence through desktop change or reboot. Prior to data encryption, Lockbit will delete the volume shadow copy to prevent data recovery, in addition to terminating a variety of services and processes to avoid detection. Analyst Comment: Never click on suspicious attachments or run any executables from suspicious emails. Copyright infringement emails are a common phishing lure. Such emails will be straight forward to rectify if legitimate. If a copyright email is attempting to coerce you into opening attachments, such emails should be treated with extreme caution. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Impair Defenses - T1562 Tags: malware:Phishing, malware:Lockbit, Lockbit, Copyright, Ransomware There is More Than One Way To Sleep: Deep Dive into the Implementations of API Hammering by Various Malware Families (published: June 24, 2022) Researchers at Palo Alto Networks have released their analysis of new BazarLoader and Zloader samples that utilize API Hammering as a technique to evade sandbox detection. API Hammering makes use of a large volume of Windows API calls to delay the execution of malicious activity to trick sandboxes into thinking the malware is benign. Whilst BazarLoader has utilized the technique in the past, this new variant creates large loops of benign API using a new process. Encoded registry keys within the malware are used for the calls and the large loop count is created from the offset of the first null byte of the first file in System32 directory. Zloader uses a different form of API Hammering to evade sandbox detection. Hardcoded within Zloader are four large functions with many smaller functions within. Each function makes an input/output (I/O) call to mimic the behavior of many legitimate processes. Analyst Comment: Defense in depth is the best defense against sophisticated malware. The Anomali Platform can assist in detection of malware and Match anomalous activity from all telemetry sources to provide the complete picture of adversary activity within your network. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion - T1497 Tags: malware:BazarLoad]]> 2022-06-28T19:11:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-api-hammering-confuses-sandboxes-pirate-panda-wrote-in-nim-magecart-obfuscates-variable-names-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=5436667 False Ransomware,Spam,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat APT 23,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 Attackers Are Attempting to Exploit Critical F5 BIG-IP RCE (published: May 9, 2022) CVE-2022-1388, a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting F5 BIG-IP multi-purpose networking devices/modules, was made public on May 4, 2022. It is of high severity (CVSSv3 score is 9.8). By May 6, 2022, multiple researchers have developed proof-of concept (PoC) exploits for CVE-2022-1388. The first in-the-wild exploitation attempts were reported on May 8, 2022. Analyst Comment: Update your vulnerable F5 BIG-IP versions 13.x and higher. BIG-IP 11.x and 12.x will not be fixed, but temporary mitigations available: block iControl REST access through the self IP address and through the management interface, modify the BIG-IP httpd configuration. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 Tags: CVE-2022-1388, F5, Vulnerability, Remote code execution, Missing authentication Mobile Subscription Trojans and Their Little Tricks (published: May 6, 2022) Kaspersky researchers analyzed five Android trojans that are secretly subscribing users to paid services. Jocker trojan operators add malicious code to legitimate apps and re-upload them to Google Store under different names. To avoid detection, malicious functionality won’t start until the trojan checks that it is available in the store. The malicious payload is split in up to four files. It can block or substitute anti-fraud scripts, and modify X-Requested-With header in an HTTP request. Another Android malware involved in subscription fraud, MobOk trojan, has additional functionality to bypass captcha. MobOk was seen in a malicious app in Google Store, but the most common infection vector is being spread by other Trojans such as Triada. Analyst Comment: Limit your apps to downloads from the official stores (Google Store for Android), avoid new apps with low number of downloads and bad reviews. Pay attention to the terms of use and payment. Avoid granting it too many permissions if those are not crucial to the app alleged function. Monitor your balance and subscription list. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 | [MITRE ATT&CK] User Execution - T1204 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Manipulation - T1565 Tags: Android, Jocker, MobOk, Triada, Vesub, GriftHorse, Trojan, Subscription fraud, Subscription Trojan, Russia, target-country:RU, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, target-country:SA, Egypt, target-country:EG, Thailand, target-country:TH Raspberry Robin Gets the Worm Early (published: May 5, 2022) Since September 2021, Red Canary researchers monitor Raspberry Robin, a new worm]]> 2022-05-10T17:08:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-moshen-dragon-abused-anti-virus-software-raspberry-robin-worm-jumps-from-usb-unc3524-uses-internet-of-things-to-steal-emails-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=4573852 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat APT 29,APT 28 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 SocGholish and Zloader – From Fake Updates and Installers to Owning Your Systems (published: April 25, 2022) Cybereason researchers have compared trending attacks involving SocGholish and Zloader malware. Both infection chains begin with social engineering and malicious downloads masquerading as legitimate software, and both lead to data theft and possible ransomware installation. SocGholish attacks rely on drive-by downloads followed by user execution of purported browser installer or browser update. The SocGholish JavaScript payload is obfuscated using random variable names and string manipulation. The attacker domain names are written in reverse order with the individual string characters being put at the odd index positions. Zloader infection starts by masquerading as a popular application such as TeamViewer. Zloader acts as information stealer, backdoor, and downloader. Active since 2016, Zloader actively evolves and has acquired detection evasion capabilities, such as excluding its processes from Windows Defender and using living-off-the-land (LotL) executables. Analyst Comment: All applications should be carefully researched prior to installing on a personal or work machine. Applications that request additional permissions upon installation should be carefully vetted prior to allowing permissions. Additionally, all applications, especially free versions, should only be downloaded from trusted vendors. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Drive-by Compromise - T1189 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | [MITRE ATT&CK] User Execution - T1204 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Masquerading - T1036 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Process Injection - T1055 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Signed Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Credentials from Password Stores - T1555 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets - T1558 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Steal Web Session Cookie - T1539 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Unsecured Credentials - T1552 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Remote System Discovery - T1018 | [MITRE ATT&CK] System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 | ]]> 2022-04-26T16:24:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-gamaredon-delivers-four-pterodos-at-once-known-plaintext-attack-on-yanlouwang-encryption-north-korea-targets-blockchain-industry-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=4508976 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Guideline,Medical APT 38,Uber,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 Webinar on Cyberattacks in Ukraine – Summary and Q&A (published: March 14, 2022) As the military conflict in Ukraine continues, the number of cyberattacks in Ukraine is expected to rise in the next six months, according to Kaspersky researchers. Most of the current attacks on Ukraine are of low complexity, but advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks exist too. Gamaredon (Primitive Bear) APT group continues its spearphishing attacks. Sandworm APT targets SOHO network devices with modular Linux malware Cyclops Blink. Other suspected APT campaigns use MicroBackdoor malware or various wipers and fake ransomware (HermeticRansom, HermeticWiper, IsaacWiper, WhisperGate). Honeypot network in Ukraine detected over 20,000 attacking IP addresses, and most of them were seen attacking Ukraine exclusively. Analyst Comment: Harden your infrastructure against DDoS attacks, ransomware and destructive malware, phishing, targeted attacks, supply-chain attacks, and firmware attacks. Install all the latest patches. Install security software. Consider strict application white-listing for all machines. Actively hunt for attackers inside the company’s internal network using the retrospective visibility provided by Anomali XDR. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Shared Modules - T1129 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encoding - T1132 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Pre-OS Boot - T1542 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Fallback Channels - T1008 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Application Layer Protocol - T1071 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Disk Content Wipe - T1488 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Inhibit System Recovery - T1490 Tags: Gamaredon, Sandworm, MicroBackdoor, Hades, HermeticWiper, HermeticRansom, IsaacWiper, Pandora, Cyclops Blink, Government, Russia, Ukraine, UNC1151, Ghostwriter, Belarus, Ukraine-Russia Conflict 2022, Operation Bleeding Bear Alert (AA21-265A) Conti Ransomware (Updated) (published: March 9, 2022) The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), with assistance from the U.S. Secret Service has updated the alert on Conti ransomware with 98 domain names used in malicious operations. Conti ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation is attributed to the threat group Wizard Spider also known for its Trickbot malware. The group’s internal data and communications were leaked at the end of February 2022 after they announced support for Russia over the conflict in Ukraine. Analyst Comment: Despite the increased attention to Conti ransomware group, it remains extremely active. Ensure t]]> 2022-03-15T16:46:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-government-and-financially-motivated-targeting-of-ukraine-conti-ransomware-active-despite-exposure-carbanak-abuses-xll-files-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=4285837 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat 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 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 28,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 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 38,APT 29,APT 28,APT 28,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 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 29,APT 29,APT 39,APT 28,APT 41,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 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 31,APT 28,APT 40,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 Zero-day Vulnerabilities in SonicWall Email Security Actively Exploited (published: April 21, 2021) US cybersecurity company SonicWall said fixes have been published to resolve three critical issues in its email security solution that are being actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2021-20021, CVE-2021-20022, and CVE-2021-20023, impacting SonicWall ES/Hosted Email Security (HES) versions 10.0.1 and above. Analyst Comment: The patches for these vulnerabilities have been issued and should be applied as soon as possible to avoid potential malicious behaviour. SonicWall’s security notice can be found here https://www.sonicwall.com/support/product-notification/security-notice-sonicwall-email-security-zero-day-vulnerabilities/210416112932360/. It is important that your company has patch-maintenance policies in place. Once a vulnerability has been publicly reported,, threat actors will likely attempt to incorporate the exploitation of the vulnerability into their malicious operations. Patches should be reviewed and applied as soon as possible to prevent potential malicious activity. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Remote File Copy - T1105 | [MITRE ATT&CK] File and Directory Discovery - T1083 Tags: CVE-2021-20021, CVE-2021-20023, CVE-2021-20022 Massive Qlocker Ransomware Attack Uses 7zip to Encrypt QNAP Devices (published: April 21, 2021) The ransomware is called Qlocker and began targeting QNAP devices on April 19th, 2021. All victims are told to pay 0.01 Bitcoins, which is approximately $557.74, to get a password for their archived files. While the files are being locked, the Resource Monitor will display numerous '7z' processes which are the 7zip command-line executable. Analyst Comment: Attackers are using legitimate tools like 7zip to evade detections by traditional antiviruses. EDR solutions can help tracking suspicious command line arguments and process creations to potentially detect such attacks. Customers should use backup solutions to be able recover encrypted files. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Credentials in Files - T1081 Tags: Tor, Qlocker, CVE-2020-2509, CVE-2020-36195 Novel Email-Based Campaign Targets Bloomberg Clients with RATs (published: April 21, 2021) A new e-mail-based campaign by an emerging threat actor aims to spread various remote access trojans (RATs) to a very specific group of targets who use Bloomberg's industry-based services. Attacks start in the form of targeted emails to c]]> 2021-04-27T17:24:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-habitsrat-targeting-linux-and-windows-servers-lazarus-group-targetting-south-korean-orgs-multiple-zero-days-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=2704270 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Medical APT 38,APT 28,Wannacry,Wannacry 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 Bogus Android Clubhouse App Drops Credential-Swiping Malware (published: March 19, 2021) Researchers are warning of a fake version of the popular audio chat app Clubhouse, which delivers malware that steals login credentials for more than 450 apps. Clubhouse has burst on the social media scene over the past few months, gaining hype through its audio-chat rooms where participants can discuss anything from politics to relationships. Despite being invite-only, and only being around for a year, the app is closing in on 13 million downloads. The app is only available on Apple's App Store mobile application marketplace - though plans are in the works to develop one. Analyst Comment: Use only the official stores to download apps to your devices. Be wary of what kinds of permissions you grant to applications. Before downloading an app, do some research. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Remote File Copy - T1105 Tags: LokiBot, BlackRock, Banking, Android, Clubhouse Trojanized Xcode Project Slips XcodeSpy Malware to Apple Developers (published: March 18, 2021) Researchers from cybersecurity firm SentinelOne have discovered a malicious version of the legitimate iOS TabBarInteraction Xcode project being distributed in a supply-chain attack. The malware, dubbed XcodeSpy, targets Xcode, an integrated development environment (IDE) used in macOS for developing Apple software and applications. The malicious project is a ripped version of TabBarInteraction, a legitimate project that has not been compromised. Malicious Xcode projects are being used to hijack developer systems and spread custom EggShell backdoors. Analyst Comment: Researchers attribute this new targeting of Apple developers to North Korea and Lazarus group: similar TTPs of compromising developer supply chain were discovered in January 2021 when North Korean APT was using a malicious Visual Studio project. Moreover, one of the victims of XcodeSpy is a Japanese organization regularly targeted by North Korea. A behavioral detection solution is required to fully detect the presence of XcodeSpy payloads. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Remote File Copy - T1105 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Security Software Discovery - T1063 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 Tags: Lazarus, XcodeSpy, North Korea, EggShell, Xcode, Apple Cybereason Exposes Campaign Targeting US Taxpayers with NetWire and Remcos Malware (published: March 18, 2021) Cybereason detected a new campaig]]> 2021-03-23T14:00:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/anomali-cyber-watch-apt-malware-vulnerabilities-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=2522336 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Threat,Patching,Medical APT 38,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 China’s ‘Hybrid War’: Beijing’s Mass Surveillance of Australia and the World for Secrets and Scandal (published: September 14, 2020) A database containing 2.4 million people has been leaked from a Shenzhen company, Zhenhua Data, believed to have ties to the Chinese intelligence service. The database contains personal information on over 35,000 Australians and prominent figures, and 52,000 Americans. This includes addresses, bank information, birth dates, criminal records, job applications, psychological profiles, and social media. Politicians, lawyers, journalists, military officers, media figures, and Natalie Imbruglia are among the records of Australians contained in the database. While a lot of the information is public, there is also non-public information contributing to claims that China is developing a mass surveillance system. Recommendation: Users should always remain vigilant about the information they are putting out into the public, and avoid posting personal or sensitive information online. Tags: China, spying US Criminal Court Hit by Conti Ransomware; Critical Data at Risk (published: September 11, 2020) The Fourth District Court of Louisiana, part of the US criminal court system, appears to have become the latest victim of the Conti ransomware. The court's website was attacked and used to steal numerous court documents related to defendants, jurors, and witnesses, and then install the Conti ransomware. Evidence of the data theft was posted to the dark web. Analysis of the malware by Emsisoft’s threat analyst, Brett Callow, indicates that the ransomware deployed in the attack was Conti, which has code similarity to another ransomware strain, Ryuk. The Conti group, believed to be behind this ransomware as a service, is sophisticated and due to the fact that they receive a large portion of the ransoms paid, they are motivated to avoid detections and continue to develop advanced attacking tools. This attack also used the Trickbot malware in its exploit chain, similar to that used by Ryuk campaigns. Recommendation: Defense in Depth, including vulnerability remediation and scanning, monitoring, endpoint protection, backups, etc. is key to thwarting increasingly sophisticated attacks. Ransomware attacks are particularly attractive to attackers due to the fact that each successful ransomware attack allows for multiple streams of income. The attackers can not only extort a ransom to decrypt the victim's files (especially in cases where the victim finds they do not have appropriate disaster recovery plans), but they can also monetize the exfiltrated data directly and/or use the data to aid in future attacks. This technique is increasingly used in supply chain compromises to build difficult to detect spearphishing attacks. Tags: conti, ryuk, ransomware ]]> 2020-09-15T15:00:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/weekly-threat-briefing-apt-group-malware-ransomware-and-vulnerabilities www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=2103282 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Conference APT 35,APT 31,APT 28 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 ‘Baka’ Javascript Skimmer Identified (published: September 6, 2020) Visa have issued a security alert based on identification of a new skimmer, named “Baka”. Based on analysis by Visa Payment Fraud Disruption, the skimmer appears to be more advanced, loading dynamically and using an XOR cipher for obfuscation. The attacks behind Baka are injecting it into checkout pages using a script tag, with the skimming code downloading from the Command and Control (C2) server and executing in memory to steal customer data. Recommendation: eCommerce site owners must take every step necessary to secure their data and safeguard their payment card information. Visa has also released best practices in the security advisory. Tags: Baka, Javascript, Skimmer Netwalker Ransomware Hits Argentinian Government, Demands $4 Million (published: September 6, 2020) The Argentinian immigration agency, Dirección Nacional de Migaciones suffered a ransomware attack that shut down border crossings. After receiving many tech support calls, the computer networks were shut down to prevent further spread of the ransomware, which led to a cecission in border crossings until systems were up again. The ransomware used in this attack is Netwalker ransomware, that left a ransom note demanding initalling $2 million, however when this wasn’t paid in the first week, the ransom increased to $4 million. Recommendation: Ransomware can potentially be blocked by using endpoint protection solutions (HIDS). Always keep your important files backed up following the 3-2-1 rule: have at least 3 different copies, on 2 different mediums, with 1 off-site. In the case of ransomware infection, the affected system must be wiped and reformatted. Other devices on the network should be checked for similar infections. Always check for a decryptor before considering payment; avoid payment at all costs. Ransomware should be reported to law enforcement agencies who are doing their best to track these actors and prevent ransom from being a profitable business for cyber criminals. MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 Tags: Argentina, Government, Netwalker, Ransomware No Rest for the Wicked: Evilnum Unleashes PyVil RAT (published: September 3, 2020) Researchers on the Cybereason Nocturnus team have published their research tracking the threat actor group known as Evilnum, and an ongoing change in their tooling and attack procedures. This includes a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT), written in python that they have begun to use. The actor group attacks targets in the financial services sector using highly targeted spearphishing. The phishing lures leverage "Know Your Customer" (KY]]> 2020-09-09T16:24:00+00:00 https://www.anomali.com/blog/weekly-threat-briefing-skimmer-ransomware-apt-group-and-more www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=2103283 False Ransomware,Malware,Tool,Vulnerability,Threat,Medical APT 38,APT 28 4.0000000000000000 Wired Threat Level - Security News 2020-08-15T13:00:00+00:00 https://www.wired.com/story/nsa-russian-hacking-revolte-tiktok-security-news www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=1862012 False Tool APT 28 None Security Affairs - Blog Secu 2018-11-21T06:23:03+00:00 https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/78268/apt/sofacy-apt-cannon.html www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=909722 False Tool APT 28 None Mandiant - Blog Sécu de Mandiant application de cacao de trojan qui envoie des informations systèmey compris les données de trousseau à l'attaquant, un version macOS d'APT28\'s xagent malware , et un new-trojan ransomware . Dans ce blog, l'équipe Flare souhaite introduire deux petits outils qui peuvent aider à la tâche des applications de cacao en ingénierie inverse pour MacOS.Afin de

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While not as common as Windows malware, there has been a steady stream of malware discovered over the years that runs on the OS X operating system, now rebranded as macOS. February saw three particularly interesting publications on the topic of macOS malware: a Trojan Cocoa application that sends system information including keychain data back to the attacker, a macOS version of APT28\'s Xagent malware, and a new Trojan ransomware. In this blog, the FLARE team would like to introduce two small tools that can aid in the task of reverse engineering Cocoa applications for macOS. In order to]]> 2017-03-08T17:15:00+00:00 https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/introduction-to-reve www.secnews.physaphae.fr/article.php?IdArticle=8377788 False Malware,Tool APT 28 4.0000000000000000