The Fractured Block Campaign: CARROTBAT Used to Deliver Malware Targeting Southeast Asi

2018-11-29 Paloalto Networks

https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/11/unit42-the-fractured-block-campaign-carrotbat-malware-used-to-deliver-malware-targeting-southeast-asia/

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Unit 42 identified the Fractured Block campaign using CARROTBAT, a previously unreported dropper that delivered decoy documents themed around South Korea, North Korea, cryptocurrency, exchanges, and political events. The activity included a December 2017 spear-phishing email to a senior British government target using a North Korea diplomacy lure and a DDE technique to download a SYSCON payload. CARROTBAT samples opened embedded decoy files and then used Windows certutil-driven commands to retrieve and execute follow-on payloads, with observed payloads including SYSCON and OceanSalt. Infrastructure pivots connected CARROTBAT to KONNI, SYSCON, and OceanSalt activity, but Unit 42 stated the evidence was not sufficient to attribute all of the activity to one actor with certainty.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
DOMAIN 071790.000webhostapp.com 2018-11-29 2019-08-29
DOMAIN vnik.000webhostapp.com 2018-11-29 2019-08-29
DOMAIN 881.000webhostapp.com 2018-11-29 2019-08-29
DOMAIN attach10132.1apps.com 2018-11-29 2019-08-29
IPv4 61.14.210.72 2018-11-29 2019-08-29
URL http://filer1.1apps.com/1.txt 2018-11-29 2019-06-10
DOMAIN filer1.1apps.com 2018-11-29 2019-06-10
HASH 3e4015366126dcdbdcc8b5c508a6d25c 2018-11-29 2019-05-24
URL http://s8877.1apps.com/vip/1.txt 2018-11-29 2019-05-24
URL http://a7788.1apps.com/att/1.txt 2018-11-29 2019-05-24
DOMAIN s8877.1apps.com 2018-11-29 2019-05-24
DOMAIN a7788.1apps.com 2018-11-29 2019-05-24
DOMAIN hanbosston.000webhostapp.com 2018-11-29 2019-05-24
HASH ffd1e66c2385dae0bb6dda186f00480… 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
HASH 7cf37067f08b0b8f9c58a35d409fdd6… 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
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HASH a23f95b4a602bdaef1b58e97843e2f3… 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
EMAIL [email protected] 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
URL http://hanbosston.000webhostapp… 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
URL http://s8877.1apps.com/vip/setu… 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
URL https://7077.000webhostapp.com/… 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
URL http://bluemountain.1apps.com/1… 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
URL https://881.000webhostapp.com/0… 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
URL https://881.000webhostapp.com/1… 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
URL http://attach10132.1apps.com/1.… 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
URL http://s8877.1apps.com/vip/setu… 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
URL https://071790.000webhostapp.co… 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
URL https://www.webmail-koryogroup.… 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
URL https://vnik.000webhostapp.com/… 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
DOMAIN bluemountain.1apps.com 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
DOMAIN ftp.bytehost31.org 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
DOMAIN ftp.byethost7.com 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
DOMAIN ftp.byethost10.com 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
DOMAIN 7077.000webhostapp.com 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
DOMAIN webhost.com 2018-11-29 2018-11-29
DOMAIN files.000webhost.com 2018-09-28 2018-11-29

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