Wannacry Ransomware Was Launched, Infecting More Than 230,000 Computers in 150 Countries, Demanding Ransom Payments in the Cryptocurrency Bitcoin in 28 Languages
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Advanced Persistent Threats
THREAT RESEARCH Defending Against Advanced Persistent Threats Introduction As the name “Advanced” suggests, APT (advanced persistent threat) is one of the most sophisticated and organized forms of network attacks that keep cybersecurity professionals up at night. Unlike many hit & run traditional cyberattacks, an APT is carried out over a prolonged period of time by skilled threat actors who strategize multi-staged campaigns against their targets, employing clandestine tools & techniques such as Remote Administration Tools (RAT), Toolkits, Backdoor Trojans, Social Engineering, DNS Tunneling etc. These experienced cybercriminals are mostly backed & well-funded by nation states and corporation-backed organizations to specifi cally target high value organizations with the following objectives in mind: a Theft of Intellectual Property & classifi ed data i.e. Cyber Espionage a Access to critical & sensitive communications a Access to credentials of critical systems a Sabotage or exfi ltration of databases a Theft of Personal Identifi able Information (PII) a Access to critical infrastructure to perform internal reconnaissance To achieve the above goals, APT Groups use novel techniques to obfuscate their actions and easily bypass traditional security barriers that are not advancing at the same rate as the sophisticated attack patterns of cybercriminals. To understand the evolved behavioral pattern of APT Groups in the year 2020, a review of their latest activities revealed interesting developments and a few groundbreaking events¹: a Southeast Asia -
PARK JIN HYOK, Also Known As ("Aka") "Jin Hyok Park," Aka "Pak Jin Hek," Case Fl·J 18 - 1 4 79
AO 91 (Rev. 11/11) Criminal Complaint UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the RLED Central District of California CLERK U.S. DIS RICT United States ofAmerica JUN - 8 ?018 [ --- .. ~- ·~".... ~-~,..,. v. CENT\:y'\ l i\:,: ffl1G1 OF__ CAUFORN! BY .·-. ....-~- - ____D=E--..... PARK JIN HYOK, also known as ("aka") "Jin Hyok Park," aka "Pak Jin Hek," Case fl·J 18 - 1 4 79 Defendant. CRIMINAL COMPLAINT I, the complainant in this case, state that the following is true to the best ofmy knowledge and belief. Beginning no later than September 2, 2014 and continuing through at least August 3, 2017, in the county ofLos Angeles in the Central District of California, the defendant violated: Code Section Offense Description 18 U.S.C. § 371 Conspiracy 18 u.s.c. § 1349 Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud This criminal complaint is based on these facts: Please see attached affidavit. IBJ Continued on the attached sheet. Isl Complainant's signature Nathan P. Shields, Special Agent, FBI Printed name and title Sworn to before ~e and signed in my presence. Date: ROZELLA A OLIVER Judge's signature City and state: Los Angeles, California Hon. Rozella A. Oliver, U.S. Magistrate Judge Printed name and title -:"'~~ ,4G'L--- A-SA AUSAs: Stephanie S. Christensen, x3756; Anthony J. Lewis, x1786; & Anil J. Antony, x6579 REC: Detention Contents I. INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................1 II. PURPOSE OF AFFIDAVIT ......................................................................1 III. SUMMARY................................................................................................3 -
LAZARUS UNDER the HOOD Executive Summary
LAZARUS UNDER THE HOOD Executive Summary The Lazarus Group’s activity spans multiple years, going back as far as 2009. Its malware has been found in many serious cyberattacks, such as the massive data leak and file wiper attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014; the cyberespionage campaign in South Korea, dubbed Operation Troy, in 2013; and Operation DarkSeoul, which attacked South Korean media and financial companies in 2013. There have been several attempts to attribute one of the biggest cyberheists, in Bangladesh in 2016, to Lazarus Group. Researchers discovered a similarity between the backdoor used in Bangladesh and code in one of the Lazarus wiper tools. This was the first attempt to link the attack back to Lazarus. However, as new facts emerged in the media, claiming that there were at least three independent attackers in Bangladesh, any certainty about who exactly attacked the banks systems, and was behind one of the biggest ever bank heists in history, vanished. The only thing that was certain was that Lazarus malware was used in Bangladesh. However, considering that we had previously found Lazarus in dozens of different countries, including multiple infections in Bangladesh, this was not very convincing evidence and many security researchers expressed skepticism abound this attribution link. This paper is the result of forensic investigations by Kaspersky Lab at banks in two countries far apart. It reveals new modules used by Lazarus group and strongly links the tools used to attack systems supporting SWIFT to the Lazarus Group’s arsenal of lateral movement tools. Considering that Lazarus Group is still active in various cyberespionage and cybersabotage activities, we have segregated its subdivision focusing on attacks on banks and financial manipulations into a separate group which we call Bluenoroff (after one of the tools they used). -
Council Decision (Cfsp)
L 246/12 EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 30.7.2020 COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2020/1127 of 30 July 2020 amending Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Whereas: (1) On 17 May 2019 the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 (1). (2) Targeted restrictive measures against cyber-attacks with a significant effect which constitute an external threat to the Union or its Member States are among the measures included in the Union’s framework for a joint diplomatic response to malicious cyber-activities (the cyber diplomacy toolbox) and are a vital instrument to deter and respond to such activities. Restrictive measures can also be applied in response to cyber-attacks with a significant effect against third States or international organisations, where deemed necessary to achieve common foreign and security policy objectives set out in the relevant provisions of Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. (3) On 16 April 2018 the Council adopted conclusions in which it firmly condemned the malicious use of information and communications technologies, including in the cyber-attacks publicly known as ‘WannaCry’ and ‘NotPetya’, which caused significant damage and economic loss in the Union and beyond. On 4 October 2018 the Presidents of the European Council and of the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (the ‘High Representative’) expressed serious concerns in a joint statement about an attempted cyber-attack to undermine the integrity of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the Netherlands, an aggressive act which demonstrated contempt for the solemn purpose of the OPCW. -
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TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY III INTRODUCTION 1 GENESIS OF THE PROJECT 1 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1 INDUSTRY SITUATION 2 METHODOLOGY 3 GENERAL COMMENTS ON INTERVIEWS 5 APT1 (CHINA) 6 SUMMARY 7 THE GROUP 7 TIMELINE 7 TYPOLOGY OF ATTACKS 9 DISCLOSURE EVENTS 9 APT10 (CHINA) 13 INTRODUCTION 14 THE GROUP 14 TIMELINE 15 TYPOLOGY OF ATTACKS 16 DISCLOSURE EVENTS 18 COBALT (CRIMINAL GROUP) 22 INTRODUCTION 23 THE GROUP 23 TIMELINE 25 TYPOLOGY OF ATTACKS 27 DISCLOSURE EVENTS 30 APT33 (IRAN) 33 INTRODUCTION 34 THE GROUP 34 TIMELINE 35 TYPOLOGY OF ATTACKS 37 DISCLOSURE EVENTS 38 APT34 (IRAN) 41 INTRODUCTION 42 THE GROUP 42 SIPA Capstone 2020 i The Impact of Information Disclosures on APT Operations TIMELINE 43 TYPOLOGY OF ATTACKS 44 DISCLOSURE EVENTS 48 APT38 (NORTH KOREA) 52 INTRODUCTION 53 THE GROUP 53 TIMELINE 55 TYPOLOGY OF ATTACKS 59 DISCLOSURE EVENTS 61 APT28 (RUSSIA) 65 INTRODUCTION 66 THE GROUP 66 TIMELINE 66 TYPOLOGY OF ATTACKS 69 DISCLOSURE EVENTS 71 APT29 (RUSSIA) 74 INTRODUCTION 75 THE GROUP 75 TIMELINE 76 TYPOLOGY OF ATTACKS 79 DISCLOSURE EVENTS 81 COMPARISON AND ANALYSIS 84 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACTOR RESPONSE 84 CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES 86 MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF DISCLOSURES 90 IMPLICATIONS OF OUR RESEARCH 92 FOR PERSISTENT ENGAGEMENT AND FORWARD DEFENSE 92 FOR PRIVATE CYBERSECURITY VENDORS 96 FOR THE FINANCIAL SECTOR 96 ROOM FOR FURTHER RESEARCH 97 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 98 ABOUT THE TEAM 99 SIPA Capstone 2020 ii The Impact of Information Disclosures on APT Operations EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This project was completed to fulfill the including the scope of the disclosure and capstone requirement for Columbia Uni- the disclosing actor. -
Forces Shaping the Cyber Threat Landscape for Financial Institutions
SWIFT INSTITUTE SWIFT INSTITUTE WORKING PAPER NO. 2016-004 FORCES SHAPING THE CYBER THREAT LANDSCAPE FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS WILLIAM A. CARTER PUBLICATION DATE: OCTOBER 2, 2017 The views and opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors. SWIFT and the SWIFT Institute have not made any editorial review of this paper, therefore the views and opinions do not necessarily reflect those of either SWIFT or the SWIFT Institute. 1 Contents I. Executive Summary II. Introduction III. Consumer fraud: New defenses and mobile banking are transforming the landscape a) New defenses are transforming consumer fraud and carding b) As consumer bank fraud becomes harder, business customers are being targeted c) Mobile malware is the new frontier of consumer bank fraud d) ICT4C: Financial inclusion is creating new threats in the developing world IV. Targeted Attacks on Bank Networks: What is changing? a) Attackers are becoming more sophisticated, persistent b) Law enforcement still struggling to keep up c) Banks in Asia are top targets d) Vectors of compromise – new twists on old themes. e) Attacks are changing V. Conclusion: More Threats, More Complexity, More Sophistication 2 I. Executive Summary Financial institutions have long been the leading targets for cybercrime, but the tools and tactics used are changing. New technologies are increasingly incorporated into financial networks and the broader internet, transforming the attack surface that adversaries can exploit. The incentives for attackers are also shifting, forcing banks to face more numerous and sophisticated adversaries. And as cyber awareness grows in the financial sector and firms continue to invest billions in new defenses, attackers are changing their approaches to stay one step ahead. -
KIVU THREAT INTELLIGENCE Cyber Threat Intelligence Insights for Claims and Underwriting Professionals
KIVU THREAT INTELLIGENCE Cyber Threat Intelligence Insights for Claims and Underwriting Professionals Volume XIX-1 February 1, 2019 Purpose To share cyber threat intelligence and aid in Kivu Myth Busters: Ryuk vs. North Korea protecting digital assets globally I. Executive Summary Sources Several media outlets misleadingly This publication incorporates reported that the Ryuk ransomware publicly-available and Kivu variant may have been developed and internally-developed Cyber Threat Intelligence operated by North Korean state- sponsored actors. Kivu conducted its own proprietary and confidential analysis of Subscription/Questions the malware variant and concludes with Click HERE to request being a high degree of confidence that the added to this product’s Ryuk (aka Hermes v2.1) ransomware distribution list variant was not developed by North Korean state-sponsored actors and that Ryuk usage by itself is not indicative of North Korea being behind a particular attack. II. Background Over the last few years, North Korea has continued to develop its Cyber Operations capabilities, and currently has an army of approximately 6,000 hackers, some of which were trained in Russia and China1. Unlike typical state-sponsored cyber operations programs that generally focus on intelligence gathering, influence and/or information operations and offensive capabilities, the North Korean regime also dedicates significant amount of resources toward operations for financial gain. According to research by The New York Times, North Korea’s for-profit cyber operations may earn over US$1 billion a year for the regime, which would account for roughly 1/3rd of North Korea’s annual exports2. While North Korea was able to pull off several successful cyber-heists, the primary Contact Us goal of this report is to examine whether the Ryuk (aka Hermes v2.1) ransomware www.kivuconsulting.com variant has been improperly attributed to this regime. -
North Korean Cyber Activity 03/25/2021
North Korean Cyber Activity 03/25/2021 TLP: WHITE, ID# 202103251030 Agenda • DPRK National Interests • Timeline of Recent Activity • Overview of DPRK APT Groups • APT Threat Actor Profiles o HIDDEN COBRA o Andariel o APT37 o APT38 o TEMP.Hermit o TEMP.Firework o Kimsuky o Bureau 121 Bureau 325 o Slides Key: • Recommendations Non-Technical: Managerial, strategic and high- • Outlook level (general audience) Technical: Tactical / IOCs; requiring in-depth knowledge (sysadmins, IRT) 2 DPRK National Interests • North Korea, officially the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) • Supreme leader: Kim Jong-un (since 2011) • Primary strategic goal: perpetual Kim family rule via development of economy and nuclear weapons • Primary drivers of security strategy: o Deterring foreign intervention by obtaining nuclear capabilities o Eliminating perceived threats to Kim regime o Belief that North Korea is entitled to respect as a world power • “Cyberwarfare is an all-purpose sword that guarantees the North Korean People’s Armed Forces ruthless striking capability, along with nuclear weapons and missiles.” – Kim Jong-un (2013) • Reportedly has 7,000 cyber warriors • 300% increase in the volume of activity to and from North Korean networks since 2017 3 Timeline of Recent Activity Jan 2020 Feb 2021 Two distinct Aug 2020 Nov 2020 South Korean Feb 2021 clusters of USG exposed North Korean Intelligence North Korean DPRK cyber DPRK hackers claims DPRK Lazarus activity begin malware used targeted a targeted Group targeting in fake job major COVID- COVID-19 -
Cyber Espionage
From January 2019 to April 2020 Cyber espionage ENISA Threat Landscape Overview Cyber espionage is considered both a threat and a motive in the cybersecurity playbook. It is defined as ‘the use of computer networks to gain illicit access to confidential information, typically that held by a government or other organisation’.1 In 2019, many reports revealed that global organisations consider cyber espionage (or nation-state-sponsored espionage) a growing threat affecting industrial sectors, as well as critical and strategic infrastructures across the world, including government ministries, railways, telecommunication providers, energy companies, hospitals and banks. Cyber espionage focuses on driving geopolitics, and on stealing state and trade secrets, intellectual property rights and proprietary information in strategic fields. It also mobilises actors from the economy, industry and foreign intelligence services, as well as actors who work on their behalf. In a recent report, threat intelligence analysts were not surprised to learn that 71% of organisations are treating cyber espionage and other threats as a ‘black box’ and are still learning about them. In 2019, the number of nation-state-sponsored cyberattacks targeting the economy increased and it is likely to continue this way. In detail, nation-state-sponsored and other adversary-driven attacks on the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are increasing in the utilities, oil and natural gas (ONG), and manufacturing sectors. Furthermore, cyberattacks conducted by advanced persistent threat (APT) groups indicate that financial attacks are often motivated by espionage. Using tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) akin to those of their espionage counterparts, groups such as the Cobalt Group, Carbanak and FIN7 have allegedly been targeting large financial institutions and restaurant chains successfully. -
Major Malware Threat Intelligence Report for Bangladesh Context
Major Malware Threat Intelligence Report For Bangladesh Context Report Period: Jan - Sep, 2020 Published: October, 2020 Table of Contents About this Report .............................................................................................................................. 1 General Definition ............................................................................................................................. 2 Malware: AZORult ............................................................................................................................. 6 Malware: KPOT Stealer .................................................................................................................... 26 Malware: Oski Stealer...................................................................................................................... 31 Malware: FormBookFormgrabber.................................................................................................... 34 Malware: Loki PWS .......................................................................................................................... 38 Malware:Nexus Stealer.................................................................................................................... 44 Malware: TrickBot ........................................................................................................................... 46 Malware: Kinsing ............................................................................................................................ -
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1 2 3 12/8/2020 4 JB 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 January 2020 Grand Jury 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CR 2:20-cr-00614-DMG 12 Plaintiff, I N D I C T M E N T 13 v. [18 U.S.C. § 371: Conspiracy; 18 U.S.C. § 1349: Conspiracy to 14 JON CHANG HYOK, Commit Wire Fraud and Bank Fraud; aka “Quan Jiang,” 18 U.S.C. §§ 982, 1030: Criminal 15 aka “Alex Jiang,” Forfeiture] KIM IL, 16 aka “Julien Kim,” aka “Tony Walker,” and 17 PARK JIN HYOK, aka “Jin Hyok Park,” 18 aka “Pak Jin Hek,” aka “Pak Kwang Jin,” 19 Defendants. 20 21 The Grand Jury charges: 22 INTRODUCTORY ALLEGATIONS AND DEFINITIONS 23 At times relevant to this Indictment: 24 A. The Conspiracy and Defendants 25 1. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“DPRK”), also 26 known as (“aka”) North Korea, operated a military intelligence agency 27 called the Reconnaissance General Bureau (“RGB”). The RGB was 28 headquartered in Pyongyang, DPRK, and comprised multiple units. 1 2. Defendants JON CHANG HYOK (ࢷॷୂ), aka “Quan Jiang,” aka 2 “Alex Jiang”; KIM IL (̡ࢊ), aka “Julien Kim,” aka “Tony Walker”; and ऑୂ), aka “Jin Hyok Park,” aka “Pak Jin Hek,” aka) PARK JIN HYOK 3 4 “Pak Kwang Jin” (collectively, the “defendants”), whose photographs 5 are attached as Exhibit A through Exhibit C, respectively, were 6 members of units of the RGB who knowingly and intentionally conspired 7 with each other, and with persons known and unknown to the Grand Jury 8 (collectively, with the defendants, referred to as the “conspirators” 9 and the “hackers”), to conduct criminal cyber intrusions. -
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