Anomali Cyber Watch: API Hammering Confuses Sandboxes, Pirate Panda Wrote in Nim, Magecart Obfuscates Variable Names, and More

The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: API hammering, APT, China, Phishing, Ransomware, Russia, and Vulnerabilities. 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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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 ..

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