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 (11 / 33 total)
All FileHash-MD5 FileHash-SHA1 FileHash-SHA256 URL domain
TYPEINDICATORDESCRIPTIONCREATED
FileHash-SHA256 14d52119459ef12be3a2f9a3a6578ee3255580f679b1b54de0990b6ba403b0fe 2022-06-27
FileHash-SHA256 1724a0a3c9c73f4d8891f988b5035effce8d897ed42336a92e2c9bc7d9ee7f5a 2022-06-27
FileHash-SHA256 43d07f28b7b699f43abd4f695596c15a90d772bfbd6029c8ee7bc5859c2b0861 2022-06-27
FileHash-SHA256 4a1b6b30209c35ab180fa675a769e3285f54597963dd0bb29f7adb686ba88b79 2022-06-27
FileHash-SHA256 7062403bccacc7c0b84d27987b204777f6078319c3f4caa361581825c1a94e87 2022-06-27
FileHash-SHA256 87ca2b130a8ec91d0c9c0366b419a0fce3cb6a935523d900918e634564b88028 2022-06-27
FileHash-SHA256 8f096e3b5ecd2aca35794a85f8b76093b3968a8737e87e8008710b4014c779e3 SHA256 of 796362bd0304e305ad120576b6a8fb6721108752 2022-06-27
FileHash-SHA256 bcdf0bd8142a4828c61e775686c9892d89893ed0f5093bdc70bde3e48d04ab99 2022-06-27
FileHash-SHA256 c4debff9c0ec8a56aea5cd97215c6c906bd475ea8bd521fb9a346a4c992a0448 2022-06-27
FileHash-SHA256 cda9310715b7a12f47b7c134260d5ff9200c147fc1d05f030e507e57e3582327 2022-06-27
FileHash-SHA256 fc0e6f2effbfa287217b8930ab55b7a77bb86dbd923c0e8150551627138c9caa 2022-06-27