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Brad<p>2024-12-17 (Tuesday): <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SmartApeSG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmartApeSG</span></a> injected script leads to fake browser update page, and that page leads to a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NetSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetSupport</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAT</span></a> infection. </p><p>Just like my last post here, there are 2 injected scripts in a page from the compromised site, one using using depostsolo[.]biz and one using tactlat[.]xyz.</p><p>A <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pcap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pcap</span></a> of the infection traffic, associated malware samples and more information is available at <a href="https://www.malware-traffic-analysis.net/2024/12/17/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">malware-traffic-analysis.net/2</span><span class="invisible">024/12/17/index.html</span></a></p><p>NetSupportRAT C2 for this campaign continues to be 194.180.191[.]64 since as early as 2024-11-22.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FakeUpdates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FakeUpdates</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NetSupportRAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetSupportRAT</span></a></p>
Jérôme Segura<p>There's a new player in the 'fake updates' arena. Thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@rmceoin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rmceoin</span></a></span> for initially posting about it here.</p><p>Blog link: <a href="https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-intelligence/2023/07/socgholish-copycat-delivers-netsupport-rat" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-i</span><span class="invisible">ntelligence/2023/07/socgholish-copycat-delivers-netsupport-rat</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FakeUpdates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FakeUpdates</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FakeSG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FakeSG</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SocGholish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocGholish</span></a></p>
mithrandir<p>I've published the second in a series of blog posts on SocGholish related activity. The latest installment focuses on breaking down the fake update payload itself.</p><p><a href="https://rerednawyerg.github.io/malware-analysis/socgholish_part2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rerednawyerg.github.io/malware</span><span class="invisible">-analysis/socgholish_part2/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/socgholish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socgholish</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intel</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/fakeupdates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakeupdates</span></a></p>
Taggart: ~# :idle:<p>On today's <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/TTILive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTILive</span></a>, we're back at it with some more <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malware</span></a> Analysis! I have a fresh <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FakeUpdates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FakeUpdates</span></a>/#SocGholish sample to pick apart. Join the investigation live at 17:00 PST/ 01:00 UTC! <a href="https://twitch.tv/mttaggart" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">twitch.tv/mttaggart</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a></p>
Taggart: ~# :idle:<p>The fruit of today's labors: <a href="https://otx.alienvault.com/pulse/63b4bfa2cb30ff4a9b202bbe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">otx.alienvault.com/pulse/63b4b</span><span class="invisible">fa2cb30ff4a9b202bbe</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FakeUpdates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FakeUpdates</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ThreatIntel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThreatIntel</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a></p>