Trellix Insights: Jordan Government Targeted by APT34 with Saitama Backdoor
Last Modified: 2022-10-19 05:46:00 Etc/GMT
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Trellix Insights: Jordan Government Targeted by APT34 with Saitama Backdoor
Technical Articles ID:
KB96069
Last Modified: 2022-10-19 05:46:00 Etc/GMT Environment
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Summary
Description of Campaign APT34 targeted a government official from the Jordan Foreign Ministry in a spear-phishing campaign that appeared to come from a member of the Jordan government. The email contained an Excel attachment with a hidden macro. Once enabled, an image of the Jordan government's Coat of the Arms was displayed in a new Excel sheet while running the malicious macro code in a sheet hidden behind the image. The C2 communication was sent over DNS traffic and was used to obtain the Saitama Backdoor payload. Once received and deployed, the malware carried out several information-gathering tasks before sending the data to the threat actor C2. Our Threat Research team gathers and analyzes information from multiple open and closed sources before disseminating intelligence reports. This campaign was researched by How to use this article:
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Minimum set of Manual Rules to improve protection to block this campaign: IMPORTANT: Always follow best practices when you enable new rules and signatures. When you implement new rules or signatures, always set them to Report mode first and check the alerts generated. Resolve any issues that arise and then set the rules to Block. This step mitigates against triggering false positives and allows you to refine your configuration. For more information, see KB87843 - List of and best practices for Endpoint Security Dynamic Application Containment rules. Endpoint Security - Advanced Threat Protection: Rule ID: 4 Use GTI file reputation to identify trusted or malicious files Endpoint Security - Exploit Prevention: Host Intrusion Prevention: Rule ID: 6070 Hidden PowerShell Detected Rule ID: 6113 T1055 - Fileless Threat: Reflective Self Injection Rule ID: 6083 PowerShell Command Restriction - NonInteractive Aggressive set of Manual Rules to improve protection to block this campaign: IMPORTANT: Always follow best practices when you enable new rules and signatures. When you implement new rules or signatures, always set them to Report mode first and check the alerts generated. Resolve any issues that arise and then set the rules to Block. This step mitigates against triggering false positives and allows you to refine your configuration. For more information, see KB87843 - List of and best practices for Endpoint Security Dynamic Application Containment rules. Host Intrusion Prevention: Rule ID: 1020 Windows Agent Shielding - File Access Rule ID: 6010 Generic Application Hooking Protection Affected Products |
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