Introduction On Wednesday 2021-10-20, Proofpoint reported the TA551 (Shathak) campaign started pushing malware based on Sliver. Sliver is a framework used by red teams for adversary simluation and penetration testing. I've already posted my findings on TA551's Sliver activity from 2021-10-20. That same day, Sliver-based malware was also being pushed by the "Stolen Images Evidence" campaign. Today's diary reviews a Sliver infection from the "Stolen Images Evidence" campaign.
Background The "Stolen Images Evidence" campaign uses emails generated through contact forms on various websites. So these messages don't originate through normal spam methods. They appear through contact form submissions describing a copyright violation to the intended victim. These form-submitted messages include a Google-based URL in the message text. This malicious link supposedly provides proof of stolen images that resulted in a copyright violation. Another theme used by this same campaign is "DDoS attack Evidence" which operates in the same manner as "Stolen Images Evidence" activity. Both campaigns push a zip archive to the web browser. Potential victims save the zip archive, open it, and double-click the enclosed JavaScript (.js) file. We've covered "Stolen Images Evidence" in a previous diary when it was pushing BazarLoader. Malware pushed by this campaign includes BazarLoader, Gozi/ISFB/Ursnif, and IcedID (Bokbot). Wednesday 2021-10-20 is the first time we've seen it push Sliver-based malware.
Infection process Below are screenshots from the infection traffic filtered in Wireshark.
A 10 MB malware DLL was saved to the infected user's AppData\Local\Temp directory. There was no apparent method of persistence, and rebooting the computer ended this particular infection. However, if an infected host runs long enough, someone might use Sliver to download other malware and establish or maintain a presence in the victim's environment.
Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) URL for the "Stolen Images Evidence" page:
Malicious domain called by the above Google URL:
Traffic generated by Stolen Images Evidence.js file:
Post-infection traffic for Sliver-based malware:
SHA256 hash: f136e8eebfa0c6caf9b0300ef18ed6a73fefa4e298e10620547692350c6a37c6
SHA256 hash: 4894d2c2635f5186c8ca3ab79cdb6235f805e9e0ca056c5c53d70b782a92f5c3
SHA256 hash: 60a83accaa83f6db250a3529a12e916b8f1e61d3ade506fa79aa9cc3d360db21
Using the any.run sandbox, we were able to decrypt some of the HTTPS traffic generated by the Sliver-based malware. URLs in the HTTPS traffic from this sandbox analysis follow:
Final words A packet capture (pcap) of the infection traffic and associated malware samples can be found here. --- Brad Duncan |
Brad 436 Posts ISC Handler Oct 21st 2021 |
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