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The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: Abused cloud instances, APT, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyberespionage, Phishing, Social engineering, and Watering hole attacks. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.



Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.



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Coinbase Cyberattack Targeted Employees with Fake SMS Alert



(published: February 20, 2023)



On February 5th, 2023, several employees at the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange platform received a fake SMS alert on their mobile phones. The message indicated that they need to urgently log in via the link provided to receive an important message. One employee got phished by the attackers, but they failed to login due to the MFA restrictions. The attackers, likely associated with the previously-documented 0ktapus phishing campaign, proceeded to call the employee and phish him for more information by pretending to be from the corporate IT. Coinbase was able to detect the unusual activity and stop the breach, although the attackers have obtained some contact information belonging to multiple Coinbase employees in addition to the login credentials of the phished user.Analyst Comment: Network defenders are advised to monitor for access attempts from a third-party VPN provider, such as Mullvad VPN. Monitor for download of remote desktop viewers such as AnyDesk or ISL Online. Set up monitoring for Incoming phone calls / text messages from Bandwidth dot com, Google Voice, Skype, and Vonage/Nexmo. Anomali Premium Domain Monitoring ..

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