Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2022-41119 – Microsoft Visual Studio Vulnerability
November 9, 2022Rewterz Threat Advisory – Multiple Microsoft Windows Vulnerabilities
November 9, 2022Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2022-41119 – Microsoft Visual Studio Vulnerability
November 9, 2022Rewterz Threat Advisory – Multiple Microsoft Windows Vulnerabilities
November 9, 2022Severity
High
Analysis Summary
The STOP/DJVU ransomware initially made headlines in 2018 and has since been attacking individuals all around the world. It’s widespread on torrent sites and other platforms in software crack packages and adware bundles. The STOP/DJVU ransomware is a Trojan that encrypts files. It infiltrates your computer invisibly and encrypts all of your data, making them unavailable to you. It leaves a ransom letter warning which demands money in exchange for decrypting your data and making them available to you again. Malware is delivered via cracked applications, fake set-up apps keygens, activators, and Windows updates. It does not utilize local information like keyboard layouts or timezone settings to prevent infecting victims in certain countries; instead, it uses the information returned by a request to https[:]//api.2ip.ua/geo.json. The card’s MAC address is utilized to provide unique identification for the system. This identity is provided to STOP’s command and control server, which responded with an RSA-2048 public key for encryption. Additional malware, including an information stealer known as Vidar, is then downloaded and installed.
Impact
- Information Theft
- File Encryption
Indicators of Compromise
MD5
- 13383f1b3acb24ab6d69c9e084a3bcba
SHA-256
- fb7e0d946bd7dea445900bb70ef21f5375589bf9e319c3e5c49810ab9bf74ac7
SHA-1
- 9c9e07958b97099ca95e07c6a9ba974bfe0e7e54
Remediation
- Block all threat indicators at your respective controls.
- Search for Indicator of compromise (IOCs) in your environment utilizing your respective security controls
- Maintain cyber hygiene by updating your anti-virus software and implementing a patch management lifecycle.
- Maintain Offline Backups – In a ransomware attack, the adversary will often delete or encrypt backups if they have
- access to them. That’s why it’s important to keep offline (preferably off-site), encrypted backups of data and test them
- regularly.
- Emails from unknown senders should always be treated with caution.
- Never trust or open ” links and attachments received from unknown sources/senders.