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Head Mare hacktivists: attacks on companies in Russia and Belarus

Kaspersky Securelistby @Securelist ()11 min read1
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2023-38831
Code Execution in RARLAB WinRAR via Crafted ZIP File/Folder Name Confusion
7.8100%KEVRansomwarePoC ×4
KEV

Indicators of compromise

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TypeIndicatorContext
ipv4185.80.91.10745.87.246[.]169 June 26, 2024 212165 45.87.245[.]30 – 57494 185.80.91[.]107 July 10, 2024 212165 91.219.151[.]47 May 02, 2024 56694 5
ipv4188.127.237.46t of servers we observed in attacks: IP First detection ASN 188.127.237[.]46 March 31, 2022 56694 45.87.246[.]169 June 26, 2024 212165
ipv445.11.27.232hantomCore sample establishes a connection with another C2 (45.11.27[.]232) and checks the host’s domain using the WinAPI function N
ipv445.87.245.306 March 31, 2022 56694 45.87.246[.]169 June 26, 2024 212165 45.87.245[.]30 – 57494 185.80.91[.]107 July 10, 2024 212165 91.219.151[.
ipv445.87.246.169P First detection ASN 188.127.237[.]46 March 31, 2022 56694 45.87.246[.]169 June 26, 2024 212165 45.87.245[.]30 – 57494 185.80.91[.]1
ipv45.252.176.47tomatically established a connection with the attackers’ C2 5.252.176[.]47: PhantomCore C2 connection We observed the following comm
ipv45.252.176.775 91.219.151[.]47 May 02, 2024 56694 5.252.176[.]47 – 39798 5.252.176[.]77 October 29, 2023 39798 Various utilities used at differen
ipv45.252.178.92e sample, after execution, establishes a connection with C2 5.252.178[.]92: PhantomCore C2 connection During our research, we also f
ipv491.219.151.47image above, the PhantomDL sample connects to the C2 server 91.219.151[.]47 through port 80 and performs domain identification using
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urlhttps://github.com/flozz/p0wny-shellhell is called p0wny@shell:~# and is available on GitHub at hxxps://github[.]com/flozz/p0wny-shell. LEGISLATIVE_COUSIN.exe Sliver implant. Connects to 5.252
urlhttps://github.com/rasta-mouse/Sherlock/tree/masterties for local privilege escalation, available on GitHub at hxxps://github[.]com/rasta-mouse/Sherlock/tree/master. ngrok.exe ngrok utility. reverse.exe Meterpreter. Connec

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Head Mare is a hacktivist group that first made itself known in 2023 on the social network X (formerly Twitter) [1] . In their public posts, the attackers reveal information about some of their victims, including organization names, internal documents stolen during attacks, and screenshots of desktops and administrative consoles.

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