PULSE NAME
Energy and Power Sector Cyber Threat Intel - Key Insights (May 2022)
WHITE Informational SVThreatIntel 2022-06-27 Modified: 2022-07-27
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IOCs
MEDIUM VOLUME
In May, an updated version of the ArguePatch malware loader was used in the Industroyer2 attack against a Ukrainian energy provider. It was used in several attack campaigns such as data wiping malware, CaddyWiper. The group behind the attacks was Sandworm APT group that regularly updates its arsenal for campaigns targeting Ukraine. Other Major Incidents To target Russia, the Anonymous collective regularly targeted Russia with cyberattacks. The attacks were aimed at the state’s institutions and business entities. An e-mail was discovered using a tactic where the message was delivered to a coffee company in Ukraine that was seemingly sent by an oil provider in Saudi Arabia. Pretending to be a purchase order, a PDF file image was shown in the body of the email, a link to an ISO file (GuLoader). The fluctuations in the energy market motivated the attackers to use exploit the global interest.
MITRE ATT&CK & Malware Families
MALWARE FAMILIES
ArguePatch
Indicators of Compromise (11 / 33 total)
All FileHash-MD5 FileHash-SHA1 FileHash-SHA256 URL domain
TYPEINDICATORDESCRIPTIONCREATED
FileHash-MD5 1938380a81a23b8b1100de8403b583a7 MD5 of 1724a0a3c9c73f4d8891f988b5035effce8d897ed42336a92e2c9bc7d9ee7f5a 2022-06-27
FileHash-MD5 3229e8c4150b5e43f836643ec9428865 2022-06-27
FileHash-MD5 487196ecd966622d96bd5ff5d6e39f00 MD5 of 4a1b6b30209c35ab180fa675a769e3285f54597963dd0bb29f7adb686ba88b79 2022-06-27
FileHash-MD5 73561d9a331c1d8a334ec48dfd94db99 MD5 of bcdf0bd8142a4828c61e775686c9892d89893ed0f5093bdc70bde3e48d04ab99 2022-06-27
FileHash-MD5 97ad7f3ed815c0528b070941be903d07 2022-06-27
FileHash-MD5 9ec8468dd4a81b0b35c499b31e67375e MD5 of cda9310715b7a12f47b7c134260d5ff9200c147fc1d05f030e507e57e3582327 2022-06-27
FileHash-MD5 b0ea835219ad8e9199a1193d5de8cfc2 MD5 of 796362bd0304e305ad120576b6a8fb6721108752 2022-06-27
FileHash-MD5 b63b9929b8f214c4e8dcff7956c87277 MD5 of fc0e6f2effbfa287217b8930ab55b7a77bb86dbd923c0e8150551627138c9caa 2022-06-27
FileHash-MD5 c012417c6e5d2210fbe0bc36a79d577b MD5 of 14d52119459ef12be3a2f9a3a6578ee3255580f679b1b54de0990b6ba403b0fe 2022-06-27
FileHash-MD5 fbe32784c073e341fc57d175a913905c 2022-06-27
FileHash-MD5 fc94d6d184bce05194888f5e968a4934 MD5 of c4debff9c0ec8a56aea5cd97215c6c906bd475ea8bd521fb9a346a4c992a0448 2022-06-27