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TA416 APT Kembali Dengan Varian Baru PlugX Malware

November 25, 2020 by Winnie the Pooh

Aktor TA416 Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) telah kembali. Setelah sebulan tidak aktif, grup tersebut terlihat meluncurkan serangan spear-phishing dengan varian Golang yang belum pernah dilihat sebelumnya dari malware loader PlugX-nya.

TA416, yang juga dikenal sebagai “Mustang Panda” dan “RedDelta”, terlihat dalam kampanye baru-baru ini yang menargetkan entitas yang terkait dengan hubungan diplomatik antara Vatikan dan Partai Komunis China, serta entitas di Myanmar (semua ini adalah kampanye yang dilaporkan sebelumnya).

Dalam analisis lebih lanjut dari serangan ini, para peneliti menemukan grup tersebut telah memperbarui perangkatnya – khususnya, memberikan varian malware PlugX facelift. Remote access tool (RAT) PlugX sebelumnya telah digunakan dalam serangan yang ditujukan pada lembaga pemerintah dan memungkinkan pengguna jarak jauh untuk melakukan pencurian data atau mengendalikan sistem yang terpengaruh tanpa izin atau otorisasi. Itu dapat menyalin, memindahkan, mengganti nama, mengeksekusi dan menghapus file; log penekanan tombol; sidik jari sistem yang terinfeksi; dan lainnya.

Setelah penyelidikan lebih dekat, peneliti mengidentifikasi dua arsip RAR yang berfungsi sebagai dropper malware PlugX.

Para peneliti mengatakan, vektor pengiriman awal untuk arsip RAR ini tidak dapat diidentifikasi, “namun, secara historis TA416 telah diamati menggunakan URL Google Drive dan Dropbox dalam email phishing yang mengirimkan arsip yang berisi malware PlugX dan komponen terkait,” kata mereka.

Malware Loader ini diidentifikasi sebagai Golang binary; Peneliti mengatakan mereka sebelumnya tidak mengamati jenis file ini digunakan oleh TA416. Meskipun jenis file dari loader PlugX berubah, fungsinya sebagian besar tetap sama, kata para peneliti.

Sumber: Threat Post

Tagged With: APT, Cybersecurity, Malware, Mustang Panda, PlugX, RedDelta, Security, Spear Phishing, TA416 APT

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