Anomali Cyber Watch: ProxyShell Being Exploited to Install Webshells and Ransomware, Neurevt Trojan Targeting Mexican Users, Secret Terrorist Watchlist Exposed, and More

The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT37 (InkySquid), BlueLight, Ransomware, T-Mobile Data Breach, Critical Vulnerabilities, IoT, Kalay, Neurevt, and ProxyShell. 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. Current Anomali ThreatStream users can query these indicators under the “anomali cyber watch” tag.



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Microsoft Exchange Servers Still Vulnerable to ProxyShell Exploit



(published: August 23, 2021)



Despite patches a collection of vulnerabilities (ProxyShell) discovered in Microsoft Exchange being available in the July 2021 update, researchers discovered nearly 2,000 of these vulnerabilities have recently been compromised to host webshells. These webshells allow for attackers to retain backdoor access to compromised servers for further exploitation and lateral movement into the affected organizations. Researchers believe that these attacks may be related to the recent LockFile ransomware attacks.Analyst Comment: Organizations running Microsoft Exchange are strongly encouraged to prioritize updates to prevent ongoing exploitation of these vulnerabilities. In addition, a thorough investigation to discover and remove planted webshells should be undertaken as the patches will not remove planted webshells in their environments. A threat intelligence platform (TIP) such as Anomali Threatstream can be a valuable tool to assist organizations ingesting current indi ..

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