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A new RevengeHotels campaign targets Latin America

Kaspersky Securelistby @Securelist ()9 min read3 · 1 read
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2017-0199
Remote Code Execution in Microsoft Office and WordPad via crafted document files
7.899%KEVRansomwarePoC ×6
KEV

Indicators of compromise

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TypeIndicatorContext
md51077ea936033ee9e9bf444dafb55867cb713cc SGDoHBZQWpLKXCAoTHXdBGlnQJLZCGBOVGLH_{TIMESTAMP}.ps1 1077ea936033ee9e9bf444dafb55867c cargajecerrr.txt b1a5dc66f40a38d807ec8350ae89d1e4 cargajece
md53ac65326f598ee9930031c17ce158d3d4a88c0dc) that ensures the second file, a VenomRAT implant (3ac65326f598ee9930031c17ce158d3d), is correctly executed in memory. The malicious code also
md5607f64b56bb3b94ee0009471f1fe9a3case64-encoded and have descriptive names: venumentrada.txt (607f64b56bb3b94ee0009471f1fe9a3c), which can be interpreted as “VenomRAT entry point”, and r
md591454a68ca3a6ce7cb30c9264a88c0dc, is a heavily obfuscated loader (MD5 of the decoded file: 91454a68ca3a6ce7cb30c9264a88c0dc) that ensures the second file, a VenomRAT implant (3ac65326
md5b1a5dc66f40a38d807ec8350ae89d1e4e64-encoded code. This code retrieves the cargajecerrr.txt (b1a5dc66f40a38d807ec8350ae89d1e4) file from a remote malicious server and invokes it as Powe
md5d5f241dee73cffe51897c15f36b713ccnamed SGDoHBZQWpLKXCAoTHXdBGlnQJLZCGBOVGLH_{TIMESTAMP}.ps1 (d5f241dee73cffe51897c15f36b713cc), where “\{TIMESTAMP\}” is a generated number based on the
md5dbf5afa377e3e761622e5f21af1f09e6an be interpreted as “VenomRAT entry point”, and runpe.txt (dbf5afa377e3e761622e5f21af1f09e6), which is named after a malicious tool for in-memory execu
md5fbadfff7b61d820e3632a2f464079e8cery request. In the case at hand, we analyzed Fat146571.js (fbadfff7b61d820e3632a2f464079e8c), which follows the format Fat\{NUMBER\}.js , where “Fat” i

From the original article

9 min read at securelist.com

RevengeHotels, also known as TA558, is a threat group that has been active since 2015, stealing credit card data from hotel guests and travelers. RevengeHotels’ modus operandi involves sending emails with phishing links which redirect victims to websites mimicking document storage. These sites, in turn, download script files to ultimately infect the targeted machines.

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