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Monday, August 29, 2011

A Peek Inside Web Malware Exploitation Kits

With web malware exploitation kits, continuing to represent the attack method of choice for the majority of cybercriminals thanks to the overall susceptibility of end and enterprise users to client-side exploitation attacks, it's always worth taking a peek inside them from the perspective of the malicious attacker.

In this post, we'll take a peek inside three web malware exploitation kits, and discuss what makes them think in terms of infected OSs, browser plugins and client-side exploits.

_Dragon Pack Web Malware Exploitation Kit

What we've got here is a rather modest in terms of activity, web malware exploitation kit admin panel. We've got 45 successful loads based on 588 unique visits, with the JavaRox exploit executed 42 times, successfully infecting 20 Firefox users. The exploits have successfully loaded on Windows XP 14 times, on Windows XP SP2 3 times, on Windows Vista 12 times, and on Windows 7 15 times.

_Dragon Exploit Pack

The Dragon Exploit Pack has 45 successful loads based on 587 unique visitors, with the JavaJDK exploit executed successfully 42 times. The kit is counting 13 successful loads on MSIE 8, and another 20 on Firefox, with 14 successful loads recorded for Windows XP, 2 on Windows XP SP2, 12 on Windows Vista and 15 on Windows 7.

_Katrin Exploit Pack

The Katrin Exploit Pack has 3277 successful loads based on 19933 unique visits, which represents a 17.32% infection rate. The Java JSM exploit has been successfully loaded 535 times, Java SMB has been loaded 576 times, Java OBE has been loaded 914 times, Old 4 PDF has been loaded 87 times, Libtiff PDF has been loaded 726 times, MDAC has been loaded 96 times, Snapshot has been loaded 104 times, and HCP has been loaded 239 times.

The kit is counting 452 successful exploitation attempts against MSIE 5, 786 against MSIE7, 1198 against MSIE 8, 274 against Chrome, 522 against Firefox, 24 against Opera and 14 against Safari. The majority of loads have affected Windows XP installations, with 2107 successful loads targeting the OS, following 625 on Windows Vista, and 503 on Windows 7.

_Liberty Exploit Pack

The Liberty Exploit pack screenshot, is showing the proportion successfully infected web browsers, with total of 555 successful loads based on 3029 unique visitors. 397 loads have affected Internet Explorer 6, 89 Internet Explorer 7, and 54 Firefox.

_Bleeding Life Exploit Pack

In this Bleeding Life web malware exploitation kit, we can clearly seen the dynamics behind the infections taking place. We see 554 successful loads based on 4106 unique visitors. JavaSignedApplet has been executed 161 times, Adobe-90-2010-0188 has been executed 67 times, Adobe-80-2010-0188 has been executed 46 times, Java-2010-0842 has been executed 203 times, Adobe-2008-2992 has been executed 74 times, and Adobe-2010-1297 has been executed 2 times.

The majority of the infected population is based in the U.S, United Kingdom, Qatar, and Malaysia. Windows XP has the highest market share of infected OSs, with 336 successful loads based on 2098 unique visitors. Followed by Windows 7 with 139 loads based on 1256 unique visitors, and 73 unique loads based on 719 unique visitors for Windows Vista.

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Monday, August 22, 2011

Summarizing ZDNet's Zero Day Posts for July

The following is a brief summary of all of my posts at ZDNet's Zero Day for July. You can subscribe to my personal RSS feed, Zero Day's main feed, or follow me on Twitter:

01.'Leaked Video of Casey Anthony CONFESSING to Lawyer!' scam spreading on Facebook
02. Anonymous leaks 90,000+ emails from compromised military contractor Booz Allen Hamilton
03. 'This girl must be Out of her Mind to do this on live Television!' scam spreading on Facebook
04. Spamvertised bank statements serving scareware
05. Internet Explorer 9 outperforms competing browsers in malware blocking test
06.'Leaked Video! Amy Winehouse on Crack hours before death' scam spreading on Facebook
07.Pfizer's Facebook hacked by AntiSec
08. 90,000+ pages compromised in mass iFrame injection attack
09. Amazon's cloud services systematically exploited by cybercriminals

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Thursday, July 07, 2011

Keeping Money Mule Recruiters on a Short Leash - Part Ten

The following intelligence brief is part of the Keeping Money Mule Recruiters on a Short Leash series. In it, I'll expose currently active money mule recruitment domains, their domain registration details, currently responding IPs, and related ASs.

Currently active money mule recruitment domains:
ACWOODE-GROUP.COM - 184.168.64.173 - Email: admin@acwoode-group.com
ACWOODE-GROUP.NET - 184.168.64.173 - Email: admin@acwoode-group.net
ART-GROUPINTEGRETED.COM - 78.46.105.205 - Email: admin@art-groupintegreted.com
ARTINTEGRATED-GROUP.NET - 78.46.105.205 - Email: crony@cutemail.org
COMPLETE-ART-GROUP-LTD.COM - 193.105.134.233 - Email: saps@cutemail.org
COMPLETE-ART-UK.NET - 193.105.134.232 - Email: admin@complete-art-uk.net
CONDORLLC-UK.COM - 193.105.134.231 - Email: plods@fxmail.net
CONDOR-LLC-UK.NET - 193.105.134.233 - Email: admin@condor-llc-uk.net
CONTEMP-USAINC.COM - 184.168.64.173 - Email: admin@contemp-usainc.com
CONTEMP-USGROUP.COM - 184.168.64.173 - Email: admin@contemp-usgroup.com
DE-KADEGROUP.CC - 193.105.134.230 - Email: cents@mailae.com
DERWOODE-GROUP.CC - 98.141.220.115 - Email: web@derwoode-group.cc
ELENTY-CO.NET - 184.168.64.173 - Email: abcs@mailti.com
ELENTY-LLC.COM - 184.168.64.173 - Email: admin@elenty-llc.com
GAPSONART.NET - 184.168.64.173 - Email: admin@gapsonart.net
GLACIS-GROUPUK.NET - 78.46.105.205 - Email: admin@glacis-groupuk.net
GURU-GROUP.CC - 184.168.64.173 - Email: admin@guru-group.cc
GURU-GROUP.NET - 184.168.64.173 - Email: jj@cutemail.org
INTECHTODEX-GROUP.COM - 184.168.64.173 - Email: uq@mail13.com
INTEGRATED-EUROPE-IT.NET - 78.46.105.205 - Email: admin@integrated-europe-it.net
ITAGROUP-USA.NET - 98.141.220.117 - Email: admin@itagroup-usa.net
IT-ANALISYS.COM - 98.141.220.115 - Email: yea@mailae.com
ITANALYSISGROUP.NET - 98.141.220.116 - Email: admin@itanalysisgroup.net
KADE-GROUPDE.NET - 78.46.105.205 - Email: zigzag@fxmail.net
MASTERARTUSA.COM - 98.141.220.114 - Email: day@mailae.com
NARTEN-ART.COM - 209.190.4.91 - Email: glamor@fxmail.net
NARTENART.NET - 209.190.4.91 - Email: admin@nartenart.net
quad-groupuk.cc - 78.46.105.205 - Email: prissy@mailae.com
REFINEMENT-ANTIQUE.COM - 184.168.64.173 - Email: xe@fxmail.net
SCAR-BEIINC.COM - 184.168.64.173 - Email: admin@scar-beiinc.com
SKYLINE-ANTIQUE.COM - 209.190.4.91 - Email: blurs@mailae.com
SKYLINE-LTD.NET - 209.190.4.91 - Email: admin@skyline-ltd.net
SMARTLLC-UK.COM - 193.105.134.234 - Email: admin@smartllc-uk.com
SMART-LLC-UK.NET - 193.105.134.233 - Email: pol@mailae.com
SPECIAL-ARTUK.COM - 193.105.134.232 - Email: admin@special-artuk.com
SUBLIMELTD.COM - 98.141.220.118 - Email: admin@sublimeltd.com
TODEX-GROUP.NET - 184.168.64.173 - Email: admin@todex-group.net

The domains reside within the following ASs: AS10297, RoadRunner RR-RC; AS42708; PORTLANE Network; AS26496; GODADDY.com; AS29713, INTERPLEXINC; AS24940, HETZNER-AS Hetzner Online.

Name servers of notice:
NS1.MKNS.SU - 85.25.250.244 - Email: mkns@cheapbox.ru
NS2.MKNS.SU - 46.4.148.119
NS3.MKNS.SU - 184.82.158.76
NS1.MLDNS.SU - 85.25.145.63 - Email: mldns@free-id.ru
NS2.MLDNS.SU - 46.4.148.74
NS3.MLDNS.SU - 184.82.158.74
NS1.MNAMEDL.SU - 85.25.250.211 - Email: mnamed@yourisp.ru
NS2.MNAMEDL.SU - 46.4.148.118
NS3.MNAMEDL.SU - 184.82.158.75
NS1.DNSUS.SU - 217.23.15.137 - Email: wifi@yourisp.ru
NS2.DNSUS.SU - 87.118.81.7
NS3.DNSUS.SU - 87.118.81.10
NS1.NAMEUSNS.SU - 217.23.15.138 - Email: lavier@bz3.ru
NS2.NAMEUSNS.SU - 84.19.161.7
NS3.NAMEUSNS.SU - 84.19.161.10
NS1.USDENNS.SU - 217.23.15.136 - Email: lipstick@free-id.ru
NS2.USDENNS.SU - 84.19.161.7
NS3.USDENNS.SU - 84.19.161.10
NS1.NAMESUKNS.CC - 86.55.210.4 - Email: pal@bz3.ru
NS2.NAMESUKNS.CC - 193.105.134.232
NS3.NAMESUKNS.CC - 193.105.134.237
NS1.NAMEUK.AT - 86.55.210.5 - Email: admin@nameuk.at
NS2.NAMEUK.AT - 193.105.134.233
NS3.NAMEUK.AT - 193.105.134.236
NS1.UKDNSTART.NET - 86.55.210.5 - Email: admin@ukdnstart.net
NS2.UKDNSTART.NET - 193.105.134.233
NS3.UKDNSTART.NET - 193.105.134.236
NS1.DENDRUYOS.NET - 86.55.210.4 - Email: admin@dendruyos.net
NS2.DENDRUYOS.NET - 193.105.134.232
NS3.DENDRUYOS.NET - 193.105.134.237
NS1.DEDNSAUTH.NET - 86.55.210.2 - Email: admin@dednsauth.net
NS2.DEDNSAUTH.NET - 193.105.134.230
NS3.DEDNSAUTH.NET - 193.105.134.239
NS1.DELTOPOOR.AT - 86.55.210.3 - Email: admin@deltopoor.at
NS2.DELTOPOOR.AT - 193.105.134.231
NS3.DELTOPOOR.AT - 193.105.134.238

Monitoring of ongoing money mule recruitment campaigns is ongoing.

Related posts:
Keeping Money Mule Recruiters on a Short Leash - Part Nine
Keeping Money Mule Recruiters on a Short Leash - Part Eight - Historical OSINT
Keeping Money Mule Recruiters on a Short Leash - Part Seven
Keeping Money Mule Recruiters on a Short Leash - Part Six
Keeping Money Mule Recruiters on a Short Leash - Part Five
The DNS Infrastructure of the Money Mule Recruitment Ecosystem
Keeping Money Mule Recruiters on a Short Leash - Part Four
Money Mule Recruitment Campaign Serving Client-Side Exploits
Keeping Money Mule Recruiters on a Short Leash - Part Three
Money Mule Recruiters on Yahoo!'s Web Hosting
Dissecting an Ongoing Money Mule Recruitment Campaign
Keeping Money Mule Recruiters on a Short Leash - Part Two
Keeping Reshipping Mule Recruiters on a Short Leash
Keeping Money Mule Recruiters on a Short Leash
Standardizing the Money Mule Recruitment Process
Inside a Money Laundering Group's Spamming Operations
Money Mule Recruiters use ASProx's Fast Fluxing Services
Money Mules Syndicate Actively Recruiting Since 2002

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Keeping Money Mule Recruiters on a Short Leash - Part Ten

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Summarizing ZDNet's Zero Day Posts for June

The following is a brief summary of all of my posts at ZDNet's Zero Day for June. You can subscribe to my personal RSS feed, Zero Day's main feed, or follow me on Twitter:

01. 'Hot Lesbian Video - Rihanna and Hayden Panettiere' scam on Facebook leads to Mac malware
02. Sony Europe hacked by Lebanese grey hat hacker
03. Spamvertised United Parcel Service emails lead to scareware
04. The most common iPhone passcodes
05. AutoRun malware infections declining
06. 'McDonald's Free Dinner Day' emails lead to scareware
07. Two DDoS attacks hit Network Solutions
08. 'The Creator of LulzSec arrested in London' scam spreading on Facebook
09. Federal Reserve themed emails lead to ZeuS crimeware
10. 'Photographer commited SUICIDE 3 days after shooting THIS video!' scam spreading on Facebook

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Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Summarizing ZDNet's Zero Day Posts for May

The following is a brief summary of all of my posts at ZDNet's Zero Day for May. You can subscribe to my personal RSS feed, Zero Day's main feed, or follow me on Twitter: