PULSE NAME
StrongPity Waterhole Attacks Targeting Italian and Belgian Encryption Users
WHITE StrongPity AlienVault 2016-10-10 Modified: 2016-12-17
45
IOCs
MEDIUM VOLUME
The StrongPity APT is a technically capable group operating under the radar for several years. The group has quietly deployed zero-day in the past, effectively spearphished targets, and maintains a modular toolset. What is most interesting about this group’s more recent activity however, is their focus on users of encryption tools, peaking this summer. In particular, the focus was on Italian and Belgian users, but the StrongPity watering holes affected systems in far more locations than just those two. Adding in their creative waterholing and poisoned installer tactics, we describe the StrongPity APT as not only determined and well-resourced, but fairly reckless and innovative as well.
Indicators of Compromise (45)
All FileHash-SHA256 domain URL hostname
TYPEINDICATORDESCRIPTIONCREATED
FileHash-SHA256 31b4afde4984776efb96860c5901a85615971c9b1dcb9e8159bf33750c6c3f9e 2016-10-10
FileHash-SHA256 479c2293391119bca3328f5c3613e274ab1796d3f87b141dfb65929e6498703f 2016-10-10
FileHash-SHA256 bf97ab2a7b26ec50cb97dd88dab5de37a69145daf4ff8ee2f78b3ee93391573c 2016-10-10
FileHash-SHA256 6e9e300b86a357d5a49e456b61bfc4709633af91fcc16f4b35f38d68eec59a4c 2016-10-10
FileHash-SHA256 0a71533e5a14ed298c8a3e335b162d175ff1523f064789eae7e5ef91beb68fcd 2016-10-10
FileHash-SHA256 ee7f490891289c8649751382ed2fa9e84abb630f1556d9d2a664eaca0db7e340 2016-10-10
FileHash-SHA256 4ddf10188243373a59ae4557078e22d990d987d6974786e00d830a41bfd2da77 2016-10-10
FileHash-SHA256 b443d7b174f0a81dc9210a126117b5e6defcab59ab448d8451d5249542a07649 2016-10-10
FileHash-SHA256 57c4ecf5205d597867e927317eecdea57bc293965a544ccf030598757973a0ee 2016-10-10
FileHash-SHA256 86c60cbe19021dd3a61e5aa1b9c9c12b0319cb5e18db89d7a3c6ac1c72f8a2cd 2016-10-10
FileHash-SHA256 0f5910d47d719f85f9b9f12eb558b1e3e93f566963e52a78f7a4132e6c0f4cc9 2016-10-10
FileHash-SHA256 39182c49b66cdc21f29e3f847c1be0138ea81d0a1c7b000fdeeaae7909660dc8 2016-10-10
FileHash-SHA256 160d84a4df575da5fe9e00ffce261c943f10fbd8884c6a5d85f5c46850d7b779 2016-10-10
FileHash-SHA256 d8b185bf89fcbf92ed99075d249c67d6fd2af5762a894a2ed0d63406ee229755 2016-10-10
FileHash-SHA256 d69935641e347b5ccd2b6b3535c97fecfb74c943817379ee6aa85af57b303f11 2016-10-10
FileHash-SHA256 9fcc093125f839c453fda1e340142dac85de0fae2332b31a38edcb60cf19d5ed 2016-10-10
FileHash-SHA256 c1063b58a8c4908ca51c160f8c6cafcacc870c482ca1086a498a5c026342a3e6 2016-10-10
domain mytoshba.com 2016-10-10
domain myrappid.com 2016-10-10
URL http://ralrab.com/rar/wrar53b5.exe 2016-10-10
URL http://true-crypt.com/files/TrueCrypt-7.2.exe 2016-10-10
URL http://www.ralrab.com/rar/winrar-x64-531nl.exe 2016-10-10
URL http://ralrab.com/rar/wrar531nl.exe 2016-10-10
URL http://www.ralrab.com/rar/winrar-x64-531.exe 2016-10-10
URL http://www.ralrab.com/rar/winrar-x64-531fr.exe 2016-10-10
URL http://www.true-crypt.com/download/TrueCrypt-Setup-7.1a.exe 2016-10-10
URL http://www.ralrab.com/rar/wrar531fr.exe 2016-10-10
URL http://www.ralrab.com/rar/wrar531.exe 2016-10-10
URL http://ralrab.com/rar/winrar-x64-531nl.exe 2016-10-10
URL http://www.ralrab.com/rar/wrar531nl.exe 2016-10-10
URL http://ralrab.com/rar/wrar531fr.exe 2016-10-10
URL http://ralrab.com/rar/winrar-x64-531.exe 2016-10-10
hostname www.true-crypt.com 2016-10-10
domain ralrab.com 2016-10-10
FileHash-SHA256 15ededb19ec5ab6f03db1106d2ccdeeacacdb8cd708518d065cacb1b0d7e955d 2016-10-11
FileHash-SHA256 2f98ac11c78ad1b4c5c5c10a88857baf7af43acb9162e8077709db9d563bcf02 2016-10-11
domain windriversupport.com 2016-10-11
domain jourrapid.com 2016-10-11
hostname www.true-crypte.website 2016-12-17
domain truecrypte.org 2016-12-17
domain updatesync.com 2016-12-17
domain mynetenergy.com 2016-12-17
domain svnservices.com 2016-12-17
domain true-crypte.website 2016-12-17
domain edicupd002.com 2016-12-17