Rewterz Threat Alert – Donot APT Group – Active IOCs

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

Donot APT group has been actively dropping malicious samples and targeting Government users to exfiltrate data. The group has previously been active in the past and has now again shifted its focus to phishing campaigns. The group has a history of attacking Pakistani government officials and military personnel and has been linked to India. They previously targeted Pakistani users with android malware named (StealJob) was used to target Pakistani android mobile users by Phishing on the name of “Kashmiri Voice” The attackers hunt for confidential information and intellectual property. The hackers’ targets include countries in South Asia, in particular, the state sector of Pakistan.

Recently, Donot APT group used Comodo’s certificate to sign its spyware.

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Impact

• Information Theft and Espionage

Indicators of Compromise

MD5

• 42b24fbca3c90ea8d9eeebac0206f395

SHA-256

• 42c0f0a54aecc07a1e1108369839767359f0aa5cc1df96396e97283f9eac6f8f

SHA-1

• 5e5ba921bf4c358aa2468e5773656783995de1e4

Remediation

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