Classe: Email-Worm
Email-Worms propagation par e-mail. Le ver envoie une copie de lui-même en pièce jointe à un message électronique ou un lien vers son fichier sur une ressource réseau (par exemple, une URL vers un fichier infecté sur un site Web compromis ou un site Web appartenant à un pirate). Dans le premier cas, le code du ver est activé lorsque la pièce jointe infectée est ouverte (lancée). Dans le second cas, le code est activé lorsque le lien vers le fichier infecté est ouvert. Dans les deux cas, le résultat est le même: le code du ver est activé. Email-Worms utilise une gamme de méthodes pour envoyer des emails infectés. Les plus courantes sont: l'utilisation d'une connexion directe à un serveur SMTP à l'aide du répertoire de messagerie intégré dans le code du ver en utilisant les services MS Outlook à l'aide des fonctions Windows MAPI. Email-Worms utilisent un certain nombre de sources différentes pour trouver les adresses email auxquelles les emails infectés seront envoyés: le carnet d'adresses dans MS Outlook une base de données d'adresses WAB .txt fichiers stockés sur le disque dur: le ver peut identifier les chaînes dans les fichiers texte Les e-mails adressent des e-mails dans la boîte de réception (certains e-mails peuvent même répondre aux e-mails trouvés dans la boîte de réception) De nombreux vers de messagerie utilisent plus d'une des sources répertoriées ci-dessus. Il existe également d'autres sources d'adresses électroniques, telles que les carnets d'adresses associés aux services de messagerie Web.Plus d'informations
Plateforme: Win32
Win32 est une API sur les systèmes d'exploitation Windows NT (Windows XP, Windows 7, etc.) qui prend en charge l'exécution des applications 32 bits. L'une des plateformes de programmation les plus répandues au monde.Famille: Email-Worm.Win32.LovGate
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Tactics and Techniques: Mitre*
TA0006
Credential Access
The adversary is trying to steal account names and passwords.
Credential Access consists of techniques for stealing credentials like account names and passwords. Techniques used to get credentials include keylogging or credential dumping. Using legitimate credentials can give adversaries access to systems, make them harder to detect, and provide the opportunity to create more accounts to help achieve their goals.
Credential Access consists of techniques for stealing credentials like account names and passwords. Techniques used to get credentials include keylogging or credential dumping. Using legitimate credentials can give adversaries access to systems, make them harder to detect, and provide the opportunity to create more accounts to help achieve their goals.
T1555.003
Credentials from Password Stores: Credentials from Web Browsers
Adversaries may acquire credentials from web browsers by reading files specific to the target browser.(Citation: Talos Olympic Destroyer 2018) Web browsers commonly save credentials such as website usernames and passwords so that they do not need to be entered manually in the future. Web browsers typically store the credentials in an encrypted format within a credential store; however, methods exist to extract plaintext credentials from web browsers.
For example, on Windows systems, encrypted credentials may be obtained from Google Chrome by reading a database file,
Adversaries have executed similar procedures for common web browsers such as FireFox, Safari, Edge, etc.(Citation: Proofpoint Vega Credential Stealer May 2018)(Citation: FireEye HawkEye Malware July 2017) Windows stores Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge credentials in Credential Lockers managed by the Windows Credential Manager.
Adversaries may also acquire credentials by searching web browser process memory for patterns that commonly match credentials.(Citation: GitHub Mimikittenz July 2016)
After acquiring credentials from web browsers, adversaries may attempt to recycle the credentials across different systems and/or accounts in order to expand access. This can result in significantly furthering an adversary's objective in cases where credentials gained from web browsers overlap with privileged accounts (e.g. domain administrator).
For example, on Windows systems, encrypted credentials may be obtained from Google Chrome by reading a database file,
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Login Data and executing a SQL query: SELECT action_url, username_value, password_value FROM logins;. The plaintext password can then be obtained by passing the encrypted credentials to the Windows API function CryptUnprotectData, which uses the victim’s cached logon credentials as the decryption key.(Citation: Microsoft CryptUnprotectData April 2018)Adversaries have executed similar procedures for common web browsers such as FireFox, Safari, Edge, etc.(Citation: Proofpoint Vega Credential Stealer May 2018)(Citation: FireEye HawkEye Malware July 2017) Windows stores Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge credentials in Credential Lockers managed by the Windows Credential Manager.
Adversaries may also acquire credentials by searching web browser process memory for patterns that commonly match credentials.(Citation: GitHub Mimikittenz July 2016)
After acquiring credentials from web browsers, adversaries may attempt to recycle the credentials across different systems and/or accounts in order to expand access. This can result in significantly furthering an adversary's objective in cases where credentials gained from web browsers overlap with privileged accounts (e.g. domain administrator).
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