PULSE NAME
Energy and Power Sector Cyber Threat Intel - Key Insights (May 2022)
WHITE Informational SVThreatIntel 2022-06-27 Modified: 2022-07-27
33
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 (8 / 33 total)
All FileHash-MD5 FileHash-SHA1 FileHash-SHA256 URL domain
TYPEINDICATORDESCRIPTIONCREATED
FileHash-SHA1 041ef39a95c810daf4f02f80e3e858175bb1902e SHA1 of 14d52119459ef12be3a2f9a3a6578ee3255580f679b1b54de0990b6ba403b0fe 2022-06-27
FileHash-SHA1 13aa2b7c1dad663462efc0a88d64770d2bc5dc4d SHA1 of fc0e6f2effbfa287217b8930ab55b7a77bb86dbd923c0e8150551627138c9caa 2022-06-27
FileHash-SHA1 3cdbc19bc4f12d8d00b81380f7a2504d08074c15 SHA1 of bcdf0bd8142a4828c61e775686c9892d89893ed0f5093bdc70bde3e48d04ab99 2022-06-27
FileHash-SHA1 6fa04992c0624c7aa3ca80da6a30e6de91226a16 SHA1 of cda9310715b7a12f47b7c134260d5ff9200c147fc1d05f030e507e57e3582327 2022-06-27
FileHash-SHA1 796362bd0304e305ad120576b6a8fb6721108752 2022-06-27
FileHash-SHA1 8f68717be50c0ad2eadd130d90fac316b6505650 SHA1 of c4debff9c0ec8a56aea5cd97215c6c906bd475ea8bd521fb9a346a4c992a0448 2022-06-27
FileHash-SHA1 9ce1491ce69809f92ae1fe8d4c0783bd1d11fbe7 SHA1 of 1724a0a3c9c73f4d8891f988b5035effce8d897ed42336a92e2c9bc7d9ee7f5a 2022-06-27
FileHash-SHA1 c7d86cbb53e2d271353bc2d6d0bfebfc78d20869 SHA1 of 4a1b6b30209c35ab180fa675a769e3285f54597963dd0bb29f7adb686ba88b79 2022-06-27