The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, DDoS, Infostealers, Maldocs, Phishing, Ransomware, and Wipers. 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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KmsdBot: The Attack and Mine Malware
(published: November 10, 2022)
KmsdBot is a cryptominer written in GO with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) functionality. This malware was performing DDoS attacks via either Layer 4 TCP/UDP packets or Layer 7 HTTP consisting of GET and POST. KmsdBot was seen performing targeted DDoS attacks against the gaming industry, luxury car manufacturers, and technology industry. The malware spreads by scanning for open SSH ports and trying a list of weak username and password combinations.Analyst Comment: Network administrators should not use weak or default credentials for servers or deployed applications. Keep your systems up-to-date and use public key authentication for your SSH connections.MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Network Denial of Service - T1498 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Resource Hijacking - T1496Tags: detection:KmsdBot, SSH, Winx86, Arm64, mips64, x86_64, malware-type:DDoS, malware-type:Cryptominer, xmrig, Monero, Golang, target-industry:Gaming, target-industry:Car manufacturing, target-industry:Technology, Layer 4, Layer 7
