Rewterz Threat Alert – APT-C-41 StrongPity – Active IOCs

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

The APT group known as StrongPity is back with a new campaign targeting users in different regions. The group has previously targeted financial, industrial, and educational sectors for data exfiltration and to look out for any file or document from a victim’s machine. The group is also known as Promethium and StrongPity, the earliest attack activity of the APT organization can be traced back to 2012. The organization is mainly targeting Italy, Turkey, Belgium, Syria, Europe, and other regions and countries to conduct attacks.

Impact

• Exposure of Sensitive Data
• Information Theft and Espionage
• Data Exfiltration

Indicators of Compromise

Domain Name

• cdn2-state-upd.com

MD5

• 3118385afbd4ebef45b7b230cd5a643e

SHA-256

• 4f4da9dc0e1ce6978140fb851f62080e1ca0dfd0f807a7e7bba0438509cc241f

SHA-1

• d5f925914863d7ac6417e1112261e9f184fd4a72

Remediation

• Block all threat indicators at your respective controls.
• Search for IOCs in your environment.