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IT threat evolution Q2 2018

Kaspersky Securelistby @Securelist ()13 min read2
Analyze CVE-2018-8174 with Vani AIImpact, affected versions, exploitation, mitigations and detection

Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2018-8174
Out-of-Bounds Write RCE in Microsoft Windows VBScript Engine
7.588%KEVRansomwarePoC ×2
KEV

Indicators of compromise

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TypeIndicatorContext
domainiaacstudio.comtactics used in the campaign, because the C2 domain, update.iaacstudio[.]com, was previously used by this group and because they have
domainphotobucket.commalware tries to visit a number of gallery pages hosted on ‘photobucket[.]com’ and fetches the image from the page. If this fails, the
domainsonypsps.comLZNT1 compression. The main C2 used in this campaign is bbs.sonypsps[.]com, which resolved to an IP address that belongs to a Ukrain
domaintoknowall.commalware tries to fetch an image from the hard-coded domain ‘toknowall[.]com’ (this C2 domain is currently sink-holed by the FBI). If

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In April, we reported the workings of Operation Parliament , a cyber-espionage campaign aimed at high-profile legislative, executive and judicial organizations around the world – with its main focus in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region, especially Palestine.

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