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August 4, 2021
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August 4, 2021
Rewterz Threat Advisory –Multiple Fortinet Security Vulnerabilities
August 4, 2021
Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2021-21389 – WordPress BuddyPress Plugin Privilege Escalation
August 4, 2021Severity
Medium
Analysis Summary
Remcos Remote Control and Surveillance, marketed as a legitimate software by a Germany-based firm Breaking Security for remotely managing Windows systems is now widely used in multiple malicious campaigns by threat actors. Remcos RAT is a sophisticated remote access Trojan (RAT) that can be used to fully control and monitor any Windows computer from XP and onwards. The current campaign utilizes social engineering techniques wherein threat actors are leveraging what’s new and trending worldwide. The phishing email contains a PDF offering CoronaVirus safety measures but in reality, this PDF includes an executable for a REMCOS RAT dropper that runs together with a VBS file executing the malware. The malware also adds
Startup registry key at “HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce” for it to become persistent while the device affected has been restarted.
This Backdoor gathers the following information and sends it to its servers:
- Computer Information (OS version, computer name, system type, product name, primary adapter)
- User information (user access, user profile, user name, user domain)
- Processor information (processor revision number, processor level, processor identifier, processor architecture),
Impact
- Breach of: Victim’s machine information (OS version, computer name, system type, product name, primary adapter).
- User information (user access, user profile, user name, user domain)
- Processor information (processor revision number, processor level, processor identifier, processor architecture)
Indicators of Compromise
MD5
- 17bce5a3e92767783947afca5db665c3
- fa27a56a665873b6257b2baffae8a3a2
- 4ed552c4f8780a47ecad83ba5caf1931
- 9318f8d6ada66cf786eea4717e9111e4
- 26d1beca6157aa1ea3ba22dfe6ed8bad
- 1e4f15df7b372f779d3bf3957168e4b4
- 5bbd841e1c53b96289116be04d0c1df8
- 5b373c3a96f8565edff429260ac86f4b
SHA-256
- efb476a38cb543e7918190d477a0d13b7551e19ab971f0047c8006e319261102
- 3c58b3526bc5452924ef24bb550398546a0feae364f3ad4861ad0bc2618f170c
- 67de650ad4647379421afe93852fed33a05f7513a64402772b61e8f96ffc03f0
- 0a2dae520e8ef1bb16e29c940f50b10e8f45e789b2b3e5ec69a6728db13435c2
- e9347ac566eadef7764b0d50c64ca06561171f30392b1d37d1ee8cdde6c0b145
- 79d08f97a018a5186a92d68d7dd3a7f1f874e2470d4626448585cd48e0e23619
- f555b62bf0009296fac351876b799bce9c56ff50412639a7c465f5e542f5fef3
- 0995508fb834276c81247e483148dffb912b7fbdad2a92a7c444f2b3caede34d
SHA-1
- 4391431a67f15394062da9659f5e70c32569df33
- 332c31206c4f2bf02c8240539a90653567cc058a
- d620751923fdbf38a7deabe8b3f6aeff759fa8fa
- dfa4b81496e37f573083d9862f8105526eb9ddcc
- 36838403ed23cc30c7294b5fc6d34045e8aa889d
- 0c89442d8e148881b64003724ae75ef390ab1b73
- 3e3297148c0a26d58b32b830479a6482e75b9086
- cade63fa81cccd2f0e2c80f83bde171f85072bab
Remediation
- Block all threat indicators at their respective controls.
- Search for IOCs in your environment