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SWEED: Exposing years of Agent Tesla campaigns

Cisco Talos ()13 min read3 · 1 read
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2017-11882
Memory Corruption RCE in Microsoft Office via Legacy Equation Editor
7.8100%KEVRansomwarePoC ×10
KEV
CVE-2017-8759
Remote Code Execution in Microsoft .NET Framework via Malicious Documents (CWE-94)
7.889%KEVPoC ×2
KEV

Indicators of compromise

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TypeIndicatorContext
domainaelna.comg malicious content associated with these campaigns: hxxp://aelna[.]com/file/ chuks .exe hxxp://aelna[.]com/file/ sweed .exe hxxp
domaincomie.runtified several panel with the following URLs: sweed-office.comie[.]ru/ goodman /panel sweed-office.comie[.]ru/ kc /panel/ wlttr
domainduckdns.orgcounts: sweedoffice[.]duckdns[.]org sweedoffice- olamide [.]duckdns[.]org sweedoffice- chuks [.]duckdns[.]org www.sweedoffice- kc .
domainsodimodisfrance.cfample listing below using the domain sodismodisfrance[.]cf: sodimodisfrance[.]cf/2/ chuks .exe sodimodisfrance[.]cf/6/ chuks .exe sodimodi
domainsodismodisfrance.cfmalicious files, an example listing below using the domain sodismodisfrance[.]cf: sodimodisfrance[.]cf/2/ chuks .exe sodimodisfrance[.]cf/
domainsweeddehacklord.usxfiltrate sensitive information collected by Agent Tesla is sweeddehacklord[.]us. Analysis of known malware seen communicating with this d
domainsweedoffice.duckdns.orgt feature many of the same values as the RDP user accounts: sweedoffice[.]duckdns[.]org sweedoffice- olamide [.]duckdns[.]org sweedoffice- chuk
domainsweed-viki.rurver, as well. sweeddehacklord[.]us sweed-office.comie[.]ru sweed-viki[.]ru Use of typosquatting Another interesting element of many
domainwlttraco.comie[.]ru/ goodman /panel sweed-office.comie[.]ru/ kc /panel/ wlttraco[.]com/sweed-office/ omee /panel/login.php wlttraco[.]com/sweed-
ipv484.38.134.121P server believed to have been actively leveraged by SWEED (84.38.134[.]121): In the screenshot above, the list of user accounts esta
sha25659b15f6ace090d05ac5f7692ef834433d8504352a7f45e80e7feb05298d9c2ddns conducted by this group. Campaign #1 Java_Updater.zip -> 59b15f6ace090d05ac5f7692ef834433d8504352a7f45e80e7feb05298d9c2dd P-O of Jun2017.zip -> e397ba1674a6dc470281c0c83acd70fd4d772
sha25665bdd250aa4b4809edc32faeba2781864a3fee7e53e1f768b35a2bdedbb1243b006f6849b246a97 Campaign #3 New Order For Quotation.ppsx -> 65bdd250aa4b4809edc32faeba2781864a3fee7e53e1f768b35a2bdedbb1243b Campaign #4 SETTLEMENT OF OUTSTANDING.xlsx ->…
sha2568c8f755b427b32e3eb528f5b59805b1532af3f627d690603ac12bf924289f36f81c0c83acd70fd4d772bf8dcf23bf2c692db6575f6ab08 Agent Tesla: 8c8f755b427b32e3eb528f5b59805b1532af3f627d690603ac12bf924289f36f Campaign #2 Java sample=> d27a29bdb0492b25bf71e536c8a1fae83
sha256d27a29bdb0492b25bf71e536c8a1fae8373a4b57f01ad7481006f6849b246a97532af3f627d690603ac12bf924289f36f Campaign #2 Java sample=> d27a29bdb0492b25bf71e536c8a1fae8373a4b57f01ad7481006f6849b246a97 Campaign #3 New Order For Quotation.ppsx -> 65bdd250aa4b480
sha256e397ba1674a6dc470281c0c83acd70fd4d772bf8dcf23bf2c692db6575f6ab0834433d8504352a7f45e80e7feb05298d9c2dd P-O of Jun2017.zip -> e397ba1674a6dc470281c0c83acd70fd4d772bf8dcf23bf2c692db6575f6ab08 Agent Tesla: 8c8f755b427b32e3eb528f5b59805b1532af3f627d6906
urlhttp://aelna.com/file/hosting malicious content associated with these campaigns: hxxp://aelna[.]com/file/ chuks .exe hxxp://aelna[.]com/file/ sweed .exe hxxp://ael

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13 min read at blog.talosintelligence.com

Cisco Talos recently identified a large number of ongoing malware distribution campaigns linked to a threat actor we're calling "SWEED," including such notable malware as Formbook, Lokibot and Agent Tesla. Based on our research, SWEED — which has been operating since at least 2017 — primarily targets their victims with stealers and remote access trojans.

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