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Red Canary Intelligence Insights from October 2021
Red Canary's October 2021 Intelligence Insights report identifies Mimikatz, Yellow Cockatoo/Jupiter infostealer, and TA551 as the top threats since August. Qbot and Wannacry have also risen to the top ten threats. These insights highlight significant changes in the threat landscape and emphasize the need for robust cybersecurity measures.
ProxyShell & Web Shells
Mandiant's investigation into ProxyShell exploitation of Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities reveals ongoing attacks as of November 2021, affecting up to 30,000 servers. Threat actors are deploying web shells via Exchange certificate exports and creating privileged mailboxes for administrative access. Three attack paths were identified: web shell deployment, Microsoft cmdlets, and new mailbox creation.
GoDaddy Data Breach
GoDaddy experienced a data breach affecting up to 1.2 million WordPress customers, with hackers accessing the systems from September 6th, 2021, until November 17th, 2021. The breach involved compromised passwords, exposing customer numbers, email addresses, WordPress admin passwords, sFTP credentials, and SSL private keys.
MSTIC identifies Iranian Threat Actors Targeting IT Sector
Microsoft's MSTIC has identified a rise in Iranian cyber attacks targeting IT service companies to access downstream customer networks. Over 1,600 notifications were issued this year compared to 48 in 2020. Notable attacks include the compromise of an Israeli IT provider by DEV-0228, leading to further breaches.
Memento Team, Ransomware Gang
The Memento Team ransomware gang, tracked by Sophos, bypassed encryption protection by using password-protected WinRAR archives after their initial Python 3.9 script was stopped by endpoint protection. The group had a six-month dwell time in the victim's network, exploiting the CVE-2021-21972 vCenter vulnerability. During this time, they deployed two coin-miners, XMR in May and XMRig in September, before encrypting the victim's network with a password-protected archive in October 2021.
CVE-2021-41379 Patch Bypass = InstallerFileTakeOver
Security researcher Abdelhamid Naceri discovered a bypass for the vulnerability Microsoft intended to patch under CVE-2021-41379 in November 2021, naming the exploit InstallerFileTakeOver. This vulnerability affects all supported versions of Windows, including Windows 10, 11, and Windows Server 2022, allowing users to obtain admin-level privileges. BleepingComputer validated the exploit's ease of use, demonstrating that it could open a command prompt with SYSTEM privileges from an account with low-level 'Standard' privileges. This vulnerability allows threat actors with limited access to a compromised device to easily elevate their privileges, facilitating lateral movement within a network.
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