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APT group Evilnum aka Jointworm has been seen targeting the financial sector with malicious emails. The group first seen in 2018 with the motivation of information theft and espionage has been active recently in an attempt to rob users of their credentials and gaining sensitive information for their gain. The Evilnum APT group has mostly targeted FinTech (financial services) sector, particularly those in the UK and Europe that deal with trading and compliance. However, in March, 2022, the group targets Intergovernmental organizations that offer assistance related to international migration.
EVILNUM is a JavaScript-based malware family. A heavily obfuscated JavaScript was used in recent campaigns for dropping the payloads and decryption. Compared to previous versions used by EvilNum APT, this JavaScript has significant improvements in the obfuscation technique.
According to researchers, the APT group registered several domain names using particular keywords relating to the industry vertical targeted in each new instance of the campaign.