Rewterz Threat Alert – Energetic Bear APT Group – Active IOCs

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

Energetic Bear – aka Dragonfly, is a cyberespionage group active since at least 2011. They first targeted defense and aviation businesses, but in early 2013, they broadened their scope to include the energy industry. They have also targeted organizations that deal with industrial control systems.
Energetic Bear APT targets US government infrastructure, including private contractors, on a regular basis to collect intelligence. Its main purpose is to gather intelligence and steal intellectual property in the energy industry and aviation networks as well. Energetic Bear is known for employing a variety of attack methods, such as spear-phishing, waterhole attacks, and compromising genuine software packages.

Impact

• Information Theft and Espionage

Indicators of Compromise

MD5

• d68ebb5496f0db03b260a71cbc945997

SHA-256

• e662a0ced3be0558b8cf65de21e4c149470c8040e335473a83a5260348a2a6e8

SHA-1

• 516d420517a312a8b647a091ea308b80ed8a2007

Remediation

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