Historical OSINT - Georgian Justice Department and Georgia Ministry of Defense Compromised Serving Malware Courtesy of the Kneber Botnet

It's 2010 and I've recently came across to a compromised Georgian Government Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Justice official Web site spreading potentially participating in a wide-spread phishing and malware-serving campaign enticing users into interacting with the rogue U.S Intelligence and U.S Law Enforcement themed emails for the purpose of spreading and dropping malicious software on the targeted host's PC.

Sample malicious URL known to have participated in the campaign abusing common Web Site redirection application vulnerability flaw:

hxxp://www.mod.gov.ge/2007/video/movie.php?l=G&v=%20%3E%20a%20href%20http%3A%2F%2Fofficialweightlosshelp.org%2Fwp-admin%2Freport.zip%20%3EDownload%20%3C%2Fa%3E%20script%3Ewindow.OPEN%20http%3A%2F%2Fofficialweightlosshelp.org%2Fwp-admin%2Freport.zip%20%3C%2Fscript%3E%20#05184916461921807121

Related malicious URLs known to have participated in the campaign:

hxxp://officialweightlosshelp.org/wp-admin/report.zip

Spread URL found within the config:

hxxp://www.adventure-center.net/upload/x.txt - 195.70.48.67

Related compromised malicious URLs known to have participated in the campaign:

hxxp://new.justice.gov.ge/files/Headers/in.txt

hxxp://new.justice.gov.ge/files/Headers/fresh.txt

hxxp://new.justice.gov.ge/files/Headers/rollers1.php

Related MD5s known to have participated in the campaign:

MD5: d0c0a2e6b30f451f69df9e2514ba36f2

MD5: 974a4a516260a4fafb36234897469013

MD5: ecb7304f838efb8e30a21189458b8544

MD5: 81b3bff487fc9a02e10288114fc2b5be

MD5: 234523904033f8dc692c743cbcf5cf2b

MD5: e2fffaffc1064d24e7ea6bab90fd86fc

MD5: 5941c9b5bd567c5baaecc415e453b5c8

MD5: 0ff325365f1d8395322d1ef0525f3b1f

MD5: 4437617b7095ed412f3c663d4b878c30

MD5: eb66a3e11690069b28c38cea926b61d2

MD5: 2b7e4b7c5faf45ebe48df580b63c376b

Known to have participated in the campaign are also the following two domains part of the Hilary Kneber botnet:
hxxp://dnicenter.com - Email: abuseemaildhcp@gmail.com
hxxp://dhsorg.org - Email: hilarykneber@yahoo.com

Related malicious download location URLs known to have participated in the campaign:
hxxp://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/includes/CYBERCAFE.zip
hxxp://rapidshare.com/files/318309046/CYBERCAFE.zip.html
hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/fmbt01
hxxp://hkcaregroup.com/modlogan/MILSOFT.zip
hxxp://rapidshare.com/files/320369638/MILSOFT.zip.html
hxxp://fcpra.org/downloads/MILSOFT.zip
hxxp://fcpra.org/downloads/winupdate.zip
hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/tj373l
hxxp://mv.net.md/update/update.zip - 195.22.225.5
hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/7jmxtq
hxxp://mv.net.md/dsb/DSB.zip
hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/rdxgzd
hxxp://timingsolution.com/Doc/BULLETIN.zip
hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/goz3yd
hxxp://dnicenter.com/docs/report.zip
hxxp://dhsorg.org/docs/instructions.zip - 222.122.60.186; 222.122.60.1
hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/h96uh1
hxxp://depositfiles.com/files/xj1wvamc4
hxxp://tiesiog.puikiai.lt/report.zip
hxxp://somashop.lv/report.zip
hxxp://www.christianrantsen.dk/report.zip
hxxp://enigmazones.eu/report.zip
hxxp://www.christianrantsen.dk/report.zip
hxxp://enigmazones.eu/report.zip

hxxp://gnarus.mobi/media/EuropeanUnion_MilitaryOperations_EN.zip
hxxp://quimeras.com.mx/media/EuropeanUnion_MilitaryOperations_EN.zip - 66.147.242.169

Related malicious and fraudulent domains known to have participated in the campaign:
hxxp://dhsinfo.info - 218.240.28.34
hxxp://greylogic.info - 218.240.28.34; 218.240.28.4
hxxp://intelfusion.info - 218.240.28.34

hxxp://greylogic.org - 222.122.60.1

Related malicious MD5s known to have participated in the campaign:
MD5: 8b3a3c4386e4d59c6665762f53e6ec8e
MD5: 5fb94eef8bd57fe8e20ccc56e33570c5
MD5: 28c4648f05f46a3ec37d664cee0d84a8

Once executed a sample malware phones back to the following C&C server IPs:
hxxp://from-us-with-love.info - 91.216.141.171
hxxp://from-us-with-love.info/imglov/zmpt4d/n16v18.bin
hxxp://vittles.mobi - 174.132.255.10

hxxp://nicupdate.com - 85.31.97.194

Related malicious and fraudulent IPs known to have participated in the Hilary Kneber botnet campaign:
hxxp://58.218.199.239
hxxp://59.53.91.102
hxxp://60.12.117.147
hxxp://61.235.117.71
hxxp://61.235.117.86
hxxp://61.4.82.216
hxxp://193.104.110.88
hxxp://95.169.186.103
hxxp://222.122.60.186
hxxp://217.23.10.19
hxxp://85.17.144.78
hxxp://200.106.149.171
hxxp://200.63.44.192
hxxp://200.63.46.134
hxxp://91.206.231.189
hxxp://124.109.3.135
hxxp://61.61.20.134
hxxp://91.206.201.14
hxxp://91.206.201.222
hxxp://91.206.201.8
hxxp://216.104.40.218
hxxp://69.197.128.203

Related malicious and fraudulent domains known to have participated in the Hilary Kneber botnet campaign:
hxxp://123.30d5546ce2d9ab37.d99q.cn
hxxp://d99q.cn
hxxp://524ay.cn
hxxp://adcounters.net
hxxp://adobe-config-s3.net
hxxp://mywarworld.cn
hxxp://aqaqaqaq.com
hxxp://avchecker123.com
hxxp://bizelitt.com
hxxp://biznessnews.cn
hxxp://bizuklux.cn
hxxp://fcrazy.com
hxxp://fcrazy.eu
hxxp://boolred.in
hxxp://brans.pl
hxxp://britishsupport.net
hxxp://bulkbin.cn
hxxp://chaujoi.cn
hxxp://checkvirus.net
hxxp://chinaoilfactory.cn
hxxp://chris25project.cn
hxxp://client158.faster-hosting.com
hxxp://cwbnewsonline.cn
hxxp://cxzczxccc.com.cn
hxxp://dasfkjsdsfg.biz
hxxp://dia2.cn
hxxp://digitalinspiration.e37z.cn
hxxp://dolbanov.net
hxxp://dolcegabbana.djbormand.cn
hxxp://djbormand.cn
hxxp://download.sttcounter.cn - 61.61.20.134; 211.95.78.98
hxxp://sttcounter.cn
hxxp://dred3.cn
hxxp://dsfad.in
hxxp://e37z.cn
hxxp://e58z.cn
hxxp://electrofunny.cn
hxxp://electromusicnow.cn
hxxp://elsemon.cn
hxxp://fcrazy.info
hxxp://filemarket.net
hxxp://flo5.cn
hxxp://footballcappers.biz
hxxp://fobsl.cn
hxxp://forum.d99q.cn
hxxp://gamno6.cn
hxxp://gidrasil.cn
hxxp://gifts2010.net
hxxp://ginmap.cn
hxxp://giopnon.cn
hxxp://gksdh.cn
hxxp://glousc.com
hxxp://gnfdt.cn
hxxp://gold-smerch.cn
hxxp://goldenmac.cn
hxxp://google.maniyakat.cn
hxxp://maniyakat.cn
hxxp://greenpl.com
hxxp://grizzli-counter.com
hxxp://grobin1.cn
hxxp://inpanel.cn
hxxp://itmasterz.org
hxxp://iuylqb.cn
hxxp://kaizerr.org
hxxp://keepmeupdated.cn
hxxp://khalej.cn
hxxp://kimosimotuma.cn
hxxp://klaikius.com
hxxp://klitar.cn
hxxp://kolordat482.com
hxxp://kotopes.cn
hxxp://liagand.cn
hxxp://love2coffee.cn
hxxp://majorsoftwareupdate.info
hxxp://marcusmed.com
hxxp://mcount.net
hxxp://mega-counter.com
hxxp://monstersoftware.info
hxxp://morsayniketamere.cn
hxxp://mydailymail.cn
hxxp://mynewworldorder.cn
hxxp://newsdownloads.cn
hxxp://nit99.biz
hxxp://nm.fcrazy.com
hxxp://nmalodbp.com
hxxp://not99.biz
hxxp://online-counter.cn
hxxp://pedersii.net
hxxp://piramidsoftware.info
hxxp://popupserf.cn
hxxp://qaqaqaqa.com
hxxp://qaqaqaqa.net
hxxp://qbxq16.com
hxxp://redlinecompany.ravelotti.cn
hxxp://ravelotti.cn
hxxp://relevant-information.cn

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Historical OSINT - "I Know Who DDoS-ed Georgia and Bobbear.co.uk Last Summer"

Appreciate my rhetoric. In this post I'll provide actionable intelligence on a key DDoS for hire service that was primarily used in the Russia vs Georgia Cyber Attacks circa 2009 including the DDoS attack against Bobbear.co.uk.

Related actionable intelligence on the campaign:
hxxp://setx.in - Email: info@antiddos.eu - setx.mail@gmail.com - hxxp://httpdoc.info - hxxp://fakamaza.info. The last one with the email address "team@russia-vs-georgia.org" in the WHOIS info.

Related malicious URLs known to have participated in the campaign:
hxxp://cxim.inattack.ru/www7/www/auth.php

Related malicious URLs known to have participated in the campaign:
hxxp://h278666y.net/main/load.exe
hxxp://h278666y.net/www/auth.php

Related malicious MD5s known to have participated in the campaign:
MD5: 34413180d372a9e66d0d59baf0244b8f
MD5: 42e4bbd47d322ec563c86c636c3f10b9
MD5: ed36b42fac65236a868e707ee540c015
MD5: c9fa1c95ab4ec1c1d46abe5445fb41e4

hxxp://cxim.inattack.ru/www3/www/
hxxp://i.clusteron.ru/bstatus.php

Related malicious URLs known to have participated in the campaign:
hxxp://svdrom.cn

Related malicious URLs known to have participated in the campaign:
hxxp://203.117.111.52/www7/www/getcfg.php

Related malicious domains known to have participated in the campaign:
hxxp://cxim.inattack.ru/www2/www/stat.php
hxxp://cxim.inattack.ru/www3/www/stat.php
hxxp://cxim.inattack.ru/www4/www/stat.php
hxxp://cxim.inattack.ru/www5/www/stat.php
hxxp://cxim.inattack.ru/www6/www/stat.php
hxxp://finito.fi.funpic.org/black/stat.php
hxxp://logartos.org/forum/stat.php - 195.24.78.242
hxxp://weberror.cn/be1/stat.php
hxxp://prosto.pizdos.net/_lol/stat.php
hxxp://h278666y.net/www/stat.php - 72.233.60.254 Continue reading →

Historical OSINT - A Peek Inside The Georgia Government's Web Site Compromise Malware Serving Campaign - 2010

Remember the massive Russia vs Georgia cyber attack circa 2009? It seems that the time has come for me to dig a little bit deeper and provide actionable intelligence on one of the actors that seem to have participated in the campaign including a sample Pro-Georgian type of Cyber Militia that apparently attempted to "risk-forward" the responsibility for waging Cyberwar to third-parties including Russian and Anti-Georgia supporters.

How come? In this post I'll provide actionable intelligence on what appears to be a currently active Brazilian supporter of the Cyber Attacks that took place circa 2009 with the idea to discuss in-depth the tools and motivation for launching the campaign of the cybercriminals behind it.

Sample malicious URL known to have participated in the campaign:
hxxp://geocities.ws/thezart/

It's 2010 and I'm coming across to a malicious and fraudulent file repository that can be best described as a key actor that managed to participate perhaps even orchestrate the Russia vs Georgia cyber attacks circa 2009. Who is this individual? How did he manage to contribute to the Russian vs Georgia cyber attacks? Did he rely on active outsourcing or was he hired to perform the orchestrated DDoS for hire attacks that took place back then? Keep reading.

It appears that a Brazilian user known as The Zart managed to participated in the Russia vs Georgia cyber attacks circa 2009 relying on a variety of tools and techniques known as:

- DNS Amplification Attacks
- Web Site Defacement Tools
- Targeted Spreading of Vulnerable Legitimate Web Sites
- Automated Web-Site Exploitation - Long Tail of The Malicious Web

which basically resulted in a self-mobilized militia that actually participated and launched the Russia vs Georgia cyber attacks circa 2009.

Related posts:
The Russia vs Georgia Cyber Attack
Who's Behind the Georgia Cyber Attacks?
DDoS Attack Graphs from Russia vs Georgia's Cyberattacks
Real-Time OSINT vs Historical OSINT in Russia/Georgia Cyberattacks Continue reading →

The Russia vs Georgia Cyber Attack

Last month's lone gunman DDoS attack against Georgia President's web site seemed like a signal shot for the cyber siege to come a week later. Here's the complete coverage of the coordination phrase, the execution and the actual impact of the cyber attack so far - "Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress" :

"Who’s behind it? The infamous Russian Business Network, or literally every Russian supporting Russia’s actions? How coordinated and planned the cyber attack is, and do we actually have a relatively decent example of cyber warfare combining PSYOPs (psychological operations), and self-mobilization of the local Internet users by spreading “For our motherland, brothers!” or “Your country is calling you!” hacktivist messages across web forums. Let’s find out, in-depth. With the attacks originally starting to take place several weeks before the actual “intervention” with Georgia President’s web site coming under DDoS attack from Russian hackers in July, followed by active discussions across the Russian web on whether or not DDoS attacks and web site defacements should in fact be taking place, which would inevitably come as a handy tool to be used against Russian from Western or Pro-Western journalists, the peak of DDoS attack and the actual defacements started taking place as of Friday."

Some of the tactics used :
distributing a static list of targets, eliminate centralized coordination of the attack, engaging the average internet users, empower them with DoS tools; distributing lists of remotely SQL injectable Georgian sites; abusing public lists of email addresses of Georgian politicians for spamming and targeted attacks; destroy the adversary’s ability to communicate using the usual channels -- Georgia's most popular hacking portal is under DDoS attack from Russian hackers.

Some of the parked domains acting as command and control servers for one of the botnets at 79.135.167.22 :
emultrix .org
yandexshit .com
ad.yandexshit .com
a-nahui-vse-zaebalo-v-pizdu .com
killgay .com
ns1.guagaga .net
ns2.guagaga .net
ohueli .net
pizdos .net
googlecomaolcomyahoocomaboutcom.net

Actual command and control locations :
a-nahui-vse-zaebalo-v-pizdu .com/a/nahui/vse/zaebalo/v/pizdu/
prosto.pizdos .net/_lol/

Consider going through the complete coverage of what's been happening during the weeked. Considering the combination of tactics used, unless the conflict gets solved, more attacks will definitely take place during the week. Continue reading →