ESET sheds light on commands used by the favorite backdoor of the Sednit group
What happens when a victim is compromised by a backdoor and the operator is controlling it? It’s a difficult question that is not possible to answer entirely by reverse engineering the code. In this article we will analyze commands sent by the operator to their targets.
The Sednit group – also known as APT28, Fancy Bear, Sofacy or STRONTIUM – has been operating since at least 2004 and has made headlines frequently in past years.
Recently, we unveiled the existence of a UEFI rootkit, called LoJax, which we attribute to the Sednit group. This is a first for an APT group, and shows Sednit has access to very sophisticated tools to conduct its espionage operations.
Three years ago, the Sednit group unleashed new components targeting victims in various countries in the Middle East and Central Asia. Since then, the number and diversity of components has increased drastically. ESET researchers and colleagues from other companies have documented these components; however, in this article we will focus on what’s beyond the compromise, what the operators do once a victim system is running a Zebrocy Delphi backdoor.
At the end of August 2018, the Sednit group launched a spearphishing email campaign where it distributed shortened URLs that delivered the first stage of Zebrocy components. In the past, Sednit used a similar techniqu ..
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