Rewterz Threat Alert – Malicious URLs – Covid-19 Themed

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

COVID-19 is being used in a variety of malicious campaigns including email spam, BEC, malware, ransomware, and malicious domains. As the number of those afflicted continue to surge by thousands, campaigns that use the disease as a lure likewise increase. COVID-19 is being weaponized for scare tactics by threat actors for conducting malicious activity utilizing different Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs). Threat actors are luring using lure documents and malicious lookalike URLs to lure users to visit malicious websites and asking for their credentials and other personal information which can be later misused against the victim.

Impact

• Credential theft
• Exposure of sensitive data
• Data breach

Indicators of Compromise

URL

• http[:]//googlecovid91[.]com
• http[:]//msecure3-facebookcovid19petition[.]ga
• http[:]//xsecure6-facebookcovid19petition[.]ga
• http[:]//covid19musicreliefbyspotify[.]com
• http[:]//googlecovid-19[.]com
• http[:]//googleecovid19[.]com
• http[:]//wwwgooglecovid19[.]com
• http[:]//covid19-netflix[.]com
• http[:]//googlecovid199[.]com
• http[:]//twitterlogincoronavirus[.]com
• http[:]//coronavirusupdategoogle[.]com
• http[:]//mxncovid1-netflixcovid-19[.]com
• http[:]//linkedincovid[.]com
• http[:]//netflixcovid19[.]com
• http[:]//scotia0nline-c0vid19[.]com
• http[:]//applecoronaviruss[.]com
• http[:]//covidapple[.]com
• http[:]//covidmicrosoft[.]com
• http[:]//covidfacebook[.]com
• http[:]//chasecovid19[.]com
• http[:]//applecovid-19sensor[.]com
• http[:]//santandercoronavirus[.]com
• http[:]//covid-19google[.]com
• http[:]//pfizercovid19[.]com
• http[:]//pfizer-covid19[.]com

Remediation

• Block all threat indicators at your respective controls.
• Search for IOCs in your environment.
• Never click on the links/attachments sent by unknown senders.