{ "type": "Domain", "indicator": "fcbu.com", "general": { "sections": [ "general", "geo", "url_list", "passive_dns", "malware", "whois", "http_scans" ], "whois": "http://whois.domaintools.com/fcbu.com", "alexa": "http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/fcbu.com", "indicator": "fcbu.com", "type": "domain", "type_title": "Domain", "validation": [], "base_indicator": { "id": 4186172504, "indicator": "fcbu.com", "type": "domain", "title": "", "description": "", "content": "", "access_type": "public", "access_reason": "" }, "pulse_info": { "count": 7, "pulses": [ { "id": "698e93e1ab02db8c49e8c3ed", "name": "\u201cBroken Seal\u201d DocuSign-themed Delivery with Fileless Process Hollowing (Zeppelin/Bloat-A)", "description": "Forensic analysis indicates a DocuSign-themed phishing campaign using a deliberately invalid X.509 PKI seal (\u201cBroken Seal\u201d) to trigger fail-open verification logic in automated handlers. The delivery mechanism bypasses Secure Email Gateway (SEG) reputation checks by using encrypted channels and human-gated infrastructure. The payload is a fileless Process Hollowing (RunPE) malware that injects into RWX memory of legitimate processes to evade disk-based EDR.", "modified": "2026-05-17T15:52:35.396000", "created": "2026-02-13T03:00:49.872000", "tags": [ "Zeppelin, Bloat-A, W32.Bloat-A, Zero-Day-Delivery, Protocol-Devi", "9698f46495ce9401c8bcaf9a2afe1598", "Imphash: 9698f46495ce9401c8bcaf9a2afe1598 | Imports (additional)", "MD5: b47266fef17ad4b2e4ca6ee1d06c39a7 SHA-1: cb92796715c799d7e71", "Filename: b47266fef17ad4b2e4ca6ee1d06c39a7.virus File Type: Win3", "Compilation / Toolchain Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Link", "DocuSign-themed phishing lure Invalid X.509 seal (\u201cBroken Seal\u201d)" ], "references": [ "Conversely, Port 443 remains accessible, serving a WordPress-based interface backed by a freshly issued Google Trust Services certificate (Feb 4, 2026). This asymmetric configuration ensures that the structurally invalid X.509 \"Broken Seal\" is only delivered via encrypted channels, while the gated Port 80 tier prevents the discovery of the underlying Zeppelin/Bloat-A redirection logic by non-human-interacted sessions.", "Imphash: 9698f46495ce9401c8bcaf9a2afe1598 | Imports (additional): GdipSetSmoothingMode, I_UuidCreate, RpcStringFreeW, UuidCreate, UuidToStringW, InternetCheckConnectionW | Resource: RT_MANIFEST (1, ENGLISH US, SHA-256 4bb79dcea0a901f7d9eac5aa05728ae92acb42e0cb22e5dd14134f4421a3d8df, XML, entropy 4.91)", "Observed hosting and routing telemetry indicates the delivery infrastructure is operating through AS209242 (Cloudflare London LLC), suggesting the actor is leveraging Cloudflare\u2019s transit layer for resilience and to reduce direct exposure of origin infrastructure.", "Research into the gogetlife.co telemetry confirms a dual-port obfuscation strategy designed to bypass multi-layer security indexing. Forensic HTTP scans identify a Port 80 \"Fail-Closed\" state, where standard web traffic is gated by a Cloudflare-managed 403 Forbidden challenge, effectively neutralizing automated crawlers. Conversely, Port 443 remains accessible, serving a WordPress-based interface backed by a freshly issued Google Trust Services certificate (Feb 4, 2026). This asymmetric configuration ensure", "Compilation / Toolchain Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Linker: Microsoft Linker 14.16.27032 IDE: Visual Studio 2017 (15.9) Classification: PEBIN TrID: Win64 EXE (32.2%) / Win32 DLL (20.1%) / Win16 NE (15.4%) PE Section Entropy (Suspicion): .data 7.36 \u2192 high (suggests packing/encryption), .reloc 6.66 \u2192 possible runtime modification, .text 6.01, .rdata 5.88, .rsrc 4.72 Imports (Capabilities): CreateRemoteThread, CreateThread, ExitProcess", "Broken Seal exploitation: The invalid X.509 seal appears engineered to exploit verification logic gaps, forcing fail-open behavior and allowing SEG bypass under certain configurations. Human-gated delivery posture: Cloudflare 403 challenges suggest the actor enforces human interaction before payload delivery, reducing automated discovery and sandbox analysis. Industrialized infrastructure: Correlation across thousands of domains and URLs indicates a highly automated, rotating delivery ecosystem.", "MITRE ATT&CK: Process Hollowing (T1055.012): Documentation on the RunPE injection method used by the payload to achieve a fileless state in RWX memory. RFC 5652 - Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS): This standard defines the structure of the digital signatures that this campaign's \"Broken Seal\" exploit bypasses.", "As of Feb 13 (early AM) \u2014 Indicators of Compromise: 17K | Types: Email (30), FileHash-SHA256 (2,146), URL (8,070), Hostname (2,755), Domain (3,528), Other (1,110) | Geo: US (233), Canada (15), China (10), Japan (2), Spain (2), Other (13)", "Verification failure observed in automated verification handlers during sandbox replay.", "The payload (SHA256: dfff54...4af) achieves a fileless execution state via Process Hollowing (RunPE), injecting into RWX memory regions of legitimate system processes to evade disk-based EDR telemetry. Anti-analysis controls\u2014including Bochs artifact checks, geofencing logic, and direct CPU clock interrogation\u2014are implemented to validate a high-interaction user environment prior to execution.", "Multiple antivirus engines flagged the sample with generic heuristic names (e.g., Trojan:Win32/Vigorf.A, Win32:Malware-gen, Trojan.Generic), consistent with multi-engine heuristic detection on VirusTotal.", "Malicious sample (SHA256: fa8e2ddfe42e77a9771a7c4d6421c7a808cf4508f8cd6dc6f4cf8bd4e2ae7f8f) detected as TrojanDownloader:Win32/Tugspay.A with YARA hits for Win32_PUA_Domaiq, aPLib, PECompact_2xx and IDS alerts including TLS Handshake Failure + 403 Forbidden, contacting 36 domains (e.g., api.123mediaplayer.com, static.sslsecure1.com) and IPs such as 104.18.23.19 and 193.166.255.171.", "SHA256 3d10374b55a18a2dd90d35d28472600496c680a7efab4e772595f735cb062343 identified as Win.Malware.Vtflooder-9783271-0 / Trojan:Win32/Vflooder.B with UPX/Nrv2x packing YARA hits, IDS detections for Win32/Vflooder.B check-in and DOS behavior, and network C2 indicators including 172.66.0.227 and 34.54.88.138.", "SHA-256: fc1fedce1419d4e2009828aad8644deca78b4eeed176e5b009797e0eb0d7d3ff \u2014 Detected as Win.Malware.Vtflooder / Trojan:Win32/Vflooder; UPX-packed PE32 executable, with 812 IDS hits (including C2 checkin + HTTP EXE upload).", "nationalgrid.com \u2014 Whitelisted domain (US, AS13335 Cloudflare) with 500+ passive DNS entries, 692 URLs, 195 subdomains, and 2 malicious files hosted on IP 104.17.1.192, which is concerning given the infrastructure and trust level.", "eversource.com (IP: 159.108.5.46, ASN: AS2024) has 2 flagged malicious files within its infrastructure, despite being whitelisted. The domain hosts 95 subdomains and maintains an active SPF record, indicating potential security risks under an otherwise trusted facade.", "Whitelisted IP Address 204.79.197.212 Location United States ASN AS8068 microsoft corporation Nameservers ns4-205.azure-dns.info. , ns1-205.azure-dns.com. More WHOIS Registrar: MarkMonitor, Inc., Creation Date: Mar 26, 1996 Related Pulses OTX User-Created Pulses (50) Related Tags 2025 Related Tags 4328 , 5943 , 80211 , #supportsitewebsiteabuse #rootcertificatefailure #cryptographicf , The dynamics of the mudoSOSIntersectalign with sophisticated adv More Indicator Facts 982 malicious files communicat", "", "The AlienVault OTX report for flypdx.com documents 11 related tags, including ids detections and av detections, across 4 active AWS IP addresses (3.175.34.30\u2013.106). These indicators confirm the airport's network has been flagged for unauthorized activity, specifically pointing to a bridge between their web infrastructure and internal passenger tracking. The display of PII on aviation hardware during my June flight matches a known data-bleeding pattern where Personally Identifiable Information (PII) leaks fr", "My Independent research finds an intersect between different pdf DV versions being able to connect to Raspberry Pi devices as it was the FCC application document. Risk: Mac ID connectivity to all." ], "public": 1, "adversary": "", "targeted_countries": [ "China", "United States of America", "Spain", "Japan", "Canada" ], "malware_families": [], "attack_ids": [], "industries": [ "Legal, Financial, Healthcare, Government, Municipal, Real-Estate, Enterprise-Technology, Critical-In" ], "TLP": "green", "cloned_from": null, "export_count": 14, "upvotes_count": 0, "downvotes_count": 0, "votes_count": 0, "locked": false, "pulse_source": "web", "validator_count": 0, "comment_count": 0, "follower_count": 0, "vote": 0, "author": { "username": "msudosos", "id": "381696", "avatar_url": "https://otx.alienvault.com/assets/images/default-avatar.png", "is_subscribed": false, "is_following": false }, "indicator_type_counts": { "domain": 28000, "FileHash-SHA256": 48374, "FileHash-MD5": 42596, "FileHash-SHA1": 23243, "hostname": 35654, "URL": 75758, "SSLCertFingerprint": 30, "CVE": 7585, "email": 316, "FileHash-IMPHASH": 8, "CIDR": 26205, "JA3": 1, "URI": 5, "IPv4": 574, "Mutex": 1 }, "indicator_count": 288350, "is_author": false, "is_subscribing": null, "subscriber_count": 92, "modified_text": "14 days ago ", "is_modified": true, "groups": [], "in_group": false, "threat_hunter_scannable": true, "threat_hunter_has_agents": 1, "related_indicator_type": "domain", "related_indicator_is_active": 1 }, { "id": "69d1395ab63bf8e8d2c384eb", "name": "Zergeca + Mirai + Salat + Autorun = Bigger Stronger packed Botnet Nightmare | Affecting untold infrastructure. Virtually undetectable", "description": "The sample is a packed malicious loader, likely a first-stage component. Key indicators include: 1) A custom implementation of an LZMA-style decompression algorithm within the '_start' function, used to unpack an embedded payload. 2) Use of direct syscalls (sys_open, sys_mmap) in 'sub_16d1efc' to manually map executable memory and transfer control to the second stage ('jump(rdx_2)'). 3) Extremely high entropy and a lack of standard ELF sections/imports, typical of obfuscated malware. 4) The use of '/proc/self/exe' and low-level I/O instructions (in/out) in 'sub_16d271e' suggests anti-analysis or self-replication capabilities. Relevant IOC: SHA256 [6b81d548c0fbd7a2275bb0d29deca0de96c1584ce7aadaf4f5dac3cb28ee9c29.] Name: 6b81d548c0fbd7a2275bb0d29deca0de96c1584ce7aadaf4f5dac3cb28ee9c29\n703552___ad433f35-96a0-467f-9fa4-a25a66b5c385.elf\ngeomi\n*Infrastructure Obfuscation\n*Low Detection Rate: Zergeca samples, packed with a modified UPX packer, continues to yield very low detection rates on VirusTotal.", "modified": "2026-05-04T15:01:49.491000", "created": "2026-04-04T16:16:26.128000", "tags": [ "binary", "yara rule", "binary file", "yara", "pe section", "av detections", "ip address", "url analysis", "urls", "singapore", "singapore asn", "as14061", "edgeview drive", "suite", "broomfield", "colorado", "key usage", "handle", "v3 serial", "number", "cert validity", "asia pacific", "traefik default", "cert", "thumbprint", "name", "all filehash", "learn", "adversaries", "calls", "ck id", "name tactics", "suspicious", "informative", "reads", "defense evasion", "loads", "model", "call", "getprocaddress", "span", 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"domain", "cloudflare", "khtml", "gecko", "ids detections", "yara detections", "ip lookup", "encrypt", "elf executable", "sysv", "linux", "elf64 operation", "unix", "exec amd6464", "elf geomi", "modify system", "process l", "t1543", "systemd service", "ta0004", "techniques", "process create", "modify syst", "t1036 indicator", "remc t1070", "file", "directoi t1222", "t1027 masquerac", "t1070", "data upload", "extraction", "failed", "ta0005", "t1027", "memory pattern", "domains", "dns resolutions", "full reports", "v ip", "traffic tcp", "g sh", "c tmpsample", "binrm f", "usrbinid id", "usrbinsystemctl", "proc1environ", "proccpuinfo", "include", "review exclude", "sample", "https", "performs dns", "tls version", "mitre attack", "network info", "file type", "persistence", "include review", "exclude sugges", "find s", "unique ru", "review occ", "exclude data", "alvoes", "include data", "suggest", "find c", "typ filet", "filet ce", "layer protocol", "http performs", "reads cpu", "proc 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"command", "unix shell", "software supply", "service", "chain", "t1499", "entries", "otx telemetry", "next associated", "backdoor", "detections", "sha256 add", "alerts", "heur", "all domain", "creation date", "record value", "aaaa", "date", "unknown ns", "ponmocup post", "infection dns", "mtb nov", "ipv4 add", "external ip", "copy" ], "references": [ "www.joewa.com", "Win.Malware.Salat-10058846-0 Alerts binary_yara packer_unknown_pe_section_name", "Yara Detections: MacSync_AppleScript_Stealer , UPX ,", "Yara Detections: UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser", "apple.k8s.joewa.com \u2022 joewa.com \u2022 http://apple.k8s.joewa.com/ \u2022 https://apple.k8s.joewa.com/", "Interlocken Business Park Address. 105 Edgeview Drive, Broomfield, CO", "blackbox-exporter.lenovo-k8s.home.local.advena.io", "http://blackbox-exporter.lenovo-k8s.home.local.advena.io/", "http://blackbox-exporter.lenovo-k8s.home.local.advena.io/", "https://blackbox-exporter.lenovo-k8s.home.local.advena.io/", "https://blackbox-exporter.lenovo-k8s.home.local.advena/", "Calls an API typically used to retrieve function addresses, load a resource T1129\tShared Modules\t Execution Adversaries may execute malicious payloads via loading shared modules. Learn more", "Loads modules at runtime Looks up procedures from modules", "(excluding apphelp.dll, kernel32.dll, user32.dll, gdi32.dll, ole32.dll, comctl32.dll, uxtheme.dll, oleaut32.dll, version.dll, msctfime.ime) Calls an API typically used to load libraries Loads the RPC (Remote Procedure Call) module DLL T1059.007", "https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns | cloudflare-dns.com", "https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/http-status-codes/cloudflare-5xx-errors/error-522", "https://www.cloudflare.com/5xx-error-landing?utm_source=errorcode_522&utm_campaign=www.joewa.com", "https://hybrid-analysis.com/sample/60d74d52f3b90530a1bc0dd1e26c694c6339bca6f249a4a1818694cd6aeea618/69cf2d0230de22b88e055a1f", "6b81d548c0fbd7a2275bb0d29deca0de96c1584ce7aadaf4f5dac3cb28ee9c29 (Can't access file)", "\u2018Can't access file\u2019 Trojan.Sagnt/R011c0dfs24 | Trojan/Linux.Zergeca", "\u2018Can't access file\u2019[Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "IDS Detections: Observed Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS Domain (cloudflare-dns .com in TLS SNI)", "IDS: Possible External IP Lookup ipinfo.io Possible External IP Lookup Domain Observed in SNI (ipinfo. io)", "Yara Detections: is__elf , LZMA , ELFHighEntropy , elf_empty_sections", "IP\u2019s Contacted: 116.203.98.109 34.117.59.81 104.16.248.249 44.209.201.56", "Domains Contacted: cloudflare-dns.com checkip.amazonaws.com ipinfo.io api.opennic.org", "Crowdsourced SIGMA Below:", "Matches rule Suspicious DNS Query for IP Lookup Service APIs by Brandon George (blog post), Thomas Patzke", "Matches rule Suspicious Network Connection to IP Lookup Service APIs by Janantha Marasinghe, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)", "Matches rule Local System Accounts Discovery - Linux by Alejandro Ortuno, oscd.community", "Crowdsourced IDS Below:", "Matches rule ET POLICY External IP Lookup ipinfo.io", "Matches rule ET POLICY Possible External IP Lookup Domain Observed in SNI (ipinfo. io)", "Matches rule ET INFO External IP Check (checkip .amazonaws .com)", "Matches rule SERVER-OTHER Squid HTTP Vary response header denial of service attempt", "Matches rule ET INFO Observed Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS Domain (cloudflare-dns .com in TLS SNI)", "Unique rule identifier: This rule belongs to a private collection.", "geomi.service 6b81d548c0fbd7a2275bb0d29deca0de96c1584ce7aadaf4f5dac3cb28ee9c29 703552___ad433f35-96a0-467f-9fa4-a25a66b5c385.elf geomi", "https://vtbehaviour.commondatastorage.googleapis.com/6b81d548c0fbd7a2275bb0d29deca0de96c1584ce7aadaf4f5dac3cb28ee9c29_Zenbox%20Linux.html?GoogleAccessId=758681729565-rc7fgq07icj8c9dm2gi34a4cckv235v1@developer.gserviceaccount.com&Expires=1775233275&Signature=vkbdhKnRjzLDcOeMxSE64WCgRJRN28vyp5o%2BMZIxIXbQxUz%2BB%2Beagggbj%2FVYVgAbXypupb2f1UXvcCVp7nMx6zqWvOYXl%2FsBnIislk5NatiGtExGV4WBAU3iE7lNBAjbnmf6HTwhBZCrJts4swSKX3iu%2FZ%2F0%2FwHPNnH%2FygP8AnfbECEroOxz%2FRqDso4jfiSs5dHVkZ%2BFx7fgRfqgt7QeR4IMwju2UyRQQJkwOjQO", "Reference: https://blog.xlab.qianxin.com/a-deep-dive-into-the-zergeca-botnet/", "crypto-pool.fr", "i\u0628\u0627\u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0646 \u0644\u0645\u0647\u0645\u0645\u0644\u0645\u0645\u0646\u0627\u0645\u0635\u0646\u0627\u0621\u0648\u0627\u0645\u0645\u0633\u0627\u0646\u062f | \u0645\u0637\u0639\u0645+ \u0645\u0645\u0627\u0645\u0627\u0645", "Muslims have built, supported, and assisted. or Muslims: Support and Solidarity", "LIE. Built American. Attorneys , hackers , Sabey, Ahmann , US quasi government, SOCs , Red Teams , Hacker Fest | Colorado", "IDS Detections: Mirai Variant User-Agent (Outbound) WebShell Generic - wget http - POST", "IDS Detections: MVPower DVR Shell UCE \u2022 HackingTrio UA (Hello, World)", "IDS Detections: JAWS Webserver Unauthenticated Shell Command Execution", "IDS Detections: HackingTrio UA (Hello, World) \u2022 HTTP traffic on port 443 (POST)", "IDS Detections: Mirai Variant User-Agent (Inbound) \u2022 HackingTrio UA (Hello, World)", "IDS: Observed Suspicious UA (Hello, World)", "Yara Detections: SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File , is__elf , LZMA , UPX ,", "Yara Detections: ELFHighEntropy , ElfUPX , elf_empty_sections", "Alerts: cape_detected_threat", "IP\u2019s Contacted: 210.101.166.243 117.61.31.95 118.173.103.172 2.159.67.181 117.80.58.104 .231.34 109.33.155.184", "IP\u2019s Contacted: 212.88.65.130 94.160.172.104 5.164.111.219 5.248", "Contacted: bot.hamsterrace.space [Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7669677-0]", "https://dns.google/resolve?name=SELECT", "31.6.16.33\t\u2022 network.target [Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "multi-user.target \u2022 ootheca.top \u2022 network.target \u2022 ootheca.pw [Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "84.54.51.82 \u2022 http://bot.hamsterrace.space:5966 [Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "Zergeca botnet based on Golang language still operating in the same language as the Mirai botnets", "Since September 2023, according to an analysis by cyber security firm XLab CTIA.", "Address shows an place of origin: Broomfield , Co", "Believed to be originating from Germany and Russia", "BGP Hurricane Electric seen", "Potentially Pegasus related . Found to be affecting an IOS device", "Indicators seen may have affected a few OTX users. Is ongoing", "Zergeca related URLs , URI\u2019s , Domains, inaccessible files referenced", "apple.k8s.joewa.com \u2022 joewa.com \u2022 com.apple", "This pulse is so huge it\u2019s a mess. Will break down." ], "public": 1, "adversary": "", "targeted_countries": [ "United States of America", "Thailand", "Germany", "Canada" ], "malware_families": [ { "id": "Win.Malware.Salat-10058846-0", "display_name": "Win.Malware.Salat-10058846-0", "target": null }, { "id": "Win.Trojan.Emotet-9850453-0", "display_name": "Win.Trojan.Emotet-9850453-0", "target": null }, { "id": "Worm:Win32/AutoRun!atmn", "display_name": "Worm:Win32/AutoRun!atmn", "target": "/malware/Worm:Win32/AutoRun!atmn" }, { "id": "#LowFiDetectsVmWare", "display_name": "#LowFiDetectsVmWare", "target": null }, { "id": "Win.Trojan.VBGeneric-6735875-0", "display_name": "Win.Trojan.VBGeneric-6735875-0", "target": null }, { "id": "Worm:Win32/Mofksys.RND!MTB", "display_name": "Worm:Win32/Mofksys.RND!MTB", "target": "/malware/Worm:Win32/Mofksys.RND!MTB" }, { "id": "ALF:JASYP:TrojanDownloader:Win32/SmallAgent!atmn", "display_name": "ALF:JASYP:TrojanDownloader:Win32/SmallAgent!atmn", "target": null }, { "id": "Trojan.Sagnt/R011c0dfs24", "display_name": "Trojan.Sagnt/R011c0dfs24", "target": null }, { "id": "Zergeca", "display_name": "Zergeca", "target": null }, { "id": "Unix.Trojan.Mirai", "display_name": "Unix.Trojan.Mirai", "target": null }, { "id": "Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7669677-0", "display_name": "Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7669677-0", "target": null }, { "id": "CVE-2018-10562", "display_name": "CVE-2018-10562", "target": null }, { "id": "CVE-2023-22518", "display_name": "CVE-2023-22518", "target": null }, { "id": "CVE-2024-6387", "display_name": "CVE-2024-6387", "target": null }, { "id": "CVE-2025-20393", "display_name": "CVE-2025-20393", "target": null }, { "id": "Win.Trojan.Tofsee-7102058-0", "display_name": "Win.Trojan.Tofsee-7102058-0", "target": null }, { "id": "Backdoor:Win32/Tofsee.T", "display_name": "Backdoor:Win32/Tofsee.T", "target": "/malware/Backdoor:Win32/Tofsee.T" } ], "attack_ids": [ { "id": "T1140", "name": "Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information", "display_name": "T1140 - Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information" }, { "id": "T1007", "name": "System Service Discovery", "display_name": "T1007 - System Service Discovery" }, { "id": "T1010", "name": "Application Window Discovery", "display_name": "T1010 - Application Window Discovery" }, { "id": "T1012", "name": "Query Registry", "display_name": "T1012 - Query Registry" }, { "id": "T1027", "name": "Obfuscated Files or Information", "display_name": "T1027 - Obfuscated Files or Information" }, { "id": "T1033", "name": "System Owner/User Discovery", "display_name": "T1033 - System Owner/User Discovery" }, { "id": "T1055", "name": "Process Injection", "display_name": "T1055 - Process Injection" }, { "id": "T1057", "name": "Process Discovery", "display_name": "T1057 - Process Discovery" }, { "id": "T1059", "name": "Command and Scripting Interpreter", "display_name": "T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter" }, { "id": "T1071", "name": "Application Layer Protocol", "display_name": "T1071 - Application Layer Protocol" }, { "id": "T1082", "name": "System Information Discovery", "display_name": "T1082 - 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Learn more", "Loads modules at runtime Looks up procedures from modules", "(excluding apphelp.dll, kernel32.dll, user32.dll, gdi32.dll, ole32.dll, comctl32.dll, uxtheme.dll, oleaut32.dll, version.dll, msctfime.ime) Calls an API typically used to load libraries Loads the RPC (Remote Procedure Call) module DLL T1059.007", "https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns | cloudflare-dns.com", "https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/http-status-codes/cloudflare-5xx-errors/error-522", "https://www.cloudflare.com/5xx-error-landing?utm_source=errorcode_522&utm_campaign=www.joewa.com", "https://hybrid-analysis.com/sample/60d74d52f3b90530a1bc0dd1e26c694c6339bca6f249a4a1818694cd6aeea618/69cf2d0230de22b88e055a1f", "6b81d548c0fbd7a2275bb0d29deca0de96c1584ce7aadaf4f5dac3cb28ee9c29 (Can't access file)", "\u2018Can't access file\u2019 Trojan.Sagnt/R011c0dfs24 | Trojan/Linux.Zergeca", "\u2018Can't access file\u2019[Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "IDS Detections: Observed Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS Domain (cloudflare-dns .com in TLS SNI)", "IDS: Possible External IP Lookup ipinfo.io Possible External IP Lookup Domain Observed in SNI (ipinfo. io)", "Yara Detections: is__elf , LZMA , ELFHighEntropy , elf_empty_sections", "IP\u2019s Contacted: 116.203.98.109 34.117.59.81 104.16.248.249 44.209.201.56", "Domains Contacted: cloudflare-dns.com checkip.amazonaws.com ipinfo.io api.opennic.org", "Crowdsourced SIGMA Below:", "Matches rule Suspicious DNS Query for IP Lookup Service APIs by Brandon George (blog post), Thomas Patzke", "Matches rule Suspicious Network Connection to IP Lookup Service APIs by Janantha Marasinghe, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)", "Matches rule Local System Accounts Discovery - Linux by Alejandro Ortuno, oscd.community", "Crowdsourced IDS Below:", "Matches rule ET POLICY External IP Lookup ipinfo.io", "Matches rule ET POLICY Possible External IP Lookup Domain Observed in SNI (ipinfo. io)", "Matches rule ET INFO External IP Check (checkip .amazonaws .com)", "Matches rule SERVER-OTHER Squid HTTP Vary response header denial of service attempt", "Matches rule ET INFO Observed Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS Domain (cloudflare-dns .com in TLS SNI)", "Unique rule identifier: This rule belongs to a private collection.", "geomi.service 6b81d548c0fbd7a2275bb0d29deca0de96c1584ce7aadaf4f5dac3cb28ee9c29 703552___ad433f35-96a0-467f-9fa4-a25a66b5c385.elf geomi", "https://vtbehaviour.commondatastorage.googleapis.com/6b81d548c0fbd7a2275bb0d29deca0de96c1584ce7aadaf4f5dac3cb28ee9c29_Zenbox%20Linux.html?GoogleAccessId=758681729565-rc7fgq07icj8c9dm2gi34a4cckv235v1@developer.gserviceaccount.com&Expires=1775233275&Signature=vkbdhKnRjzLDcOeMxSE64WCgRJRN28vyp5o%2BMZIxIXbQxUz%2BB%2Beagggbj%2FVYVgAbXypupb2f1UXvcCVp7nMx6zqWvOYXl%2FsBnIislk5NatiGtExGV4WBAU3iE7lNBAjbnmf6HTwhBZCrJts4swSKX3iu%2FZ%2F0%2FwHPNnH%2FygP8AnfbECEroOxz%2FRqDso4jfiSs5dHVkZ%2BFx7fgRfqgt7QeR4IMwju2UyRQQJkwOjQO", "Reference: https://blog.xlab.qianxin.com/a-deep-dive-into-the-zergeca-botnet/", "crypto-pool.fr", "i\u0628\u0627\u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0646 \u0644\u0645\u0647\u0645\u0645\u0644\u0645\u0645\u0646\u0627\u0645\u0635\u0646\u0627\u0621\u0648\u0627\u0645\u0645\u0633\u0627\u0646\u062f | \u0645\u0637\u0639\u0645+ \u0645\u0645\u0627\u0645\u0627\u0645", "Muslims have built, supported, and assisted. or Muslims: Support and Solidarity", "LIE. Built American. Attorneys , hackers , Sabey, Ahmann , US quasi government, SOCs , Red Teams , Hacker Fest | Colorado", "IDS Detections: Mirai Variant User-Agent (Outbound) WebShell Generic - wget http - POST", "IDS Detections: MVPower DVR Shell UCE \u2022 HackingTrio UA (Hello, World)", "IDS Detections: JAWS Webserver Unauthenticated Shell Command Execution", "IDS Detections: HackingTrio UA (Hello, World) \u2022 HTTP traffic on port 443 (POST)", "IDS Detections: Mirai Variant User-Agent (Inbound) \u2022 HackingTrio UA (Hello, World)", "IDS: Observed Suspicious UA (Hello, World)", "Yara Detections: SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File , is__elf , LZMA , UPX ,", "Yara Detections: ELFHighEntropy , ElfUPX , elf_empty_sections", "Alerts: cape_detected_threat", "IP\u2019s Contacted: 210.101.166.243 117.61.31.95 118.173.103.172 2.159.67.181 117.80.58.104 .231.34 109.33.155.184", "IP\u2019s Contacted: 212.88.65.130 94.160.172.104 5.164.111.219 5.248", "Contacted: bot.hamsterrace.space [Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7669677-0]", "https://dns.google/resolve?name=SELECT", "31.6.16.33\t\u2022 network.target [Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "multi-user.target \u2022 ootheca.top \u2022 network.target \u2022 ootheca.pw [Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "84.54.51.82 \u2022 http://bot.hamsterrace.space:5966 [Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "Zergeca botnet based on Golang language still operating in the same language as the Mirai botnets", "Since September 2023, according to an analysis by cyber security firm XLab CTIA.", "Address shows an place of origin: Broomfield , Co", "Believed to be originating from Germany and Russia", "BGP Hurricane Electric seen", "Potentially Pegasus related . Found to be affecting an IOS device", "Indicators seen may have affected a few OTX users. Is ongoing", "Zergeca related URLs , URI\u2019s , Domains, inaccessible files referenced", "apple.k8s.joewa.com \u2022 joewa.com \u2022 com.apple", "This pulse is so huge it\u2019s a mess. Will break down." ], "public": 1, "adversary": "", "targeted_countries": [ "United States of America", "Thailand", "Germany", "Canada" ], "malware_families": [ { "id": "Win.Malware.Salat-10058846-0", "display_name": "Win.Malware.Salat-10058846-0", "target": null }, { "id": "Win.Trojan.Emotet-9850453-0", "display_name": "Win.Trojan.Emotet-9850453-0", "target": null }, { "id": "Worm:Win32/AutoRun!atmn", "display_name": "Worm:Win32/AutoRun!atmn", "target": "/malware/Worm:Win32/AutoRun!atmn" }, { "id": "#LowFiDetectsVmWare", "display_name": "#LowFiDetectsVmWare", "target": null }, { "id": "Win.Trojan.VBGeneric-6735875-0", "display_name": "Win.Trojan.VBGeneric-6735875-0", "target": null }, { "id": "Worm:Win32/Mofksys.RND!MTB", "display_name": "Worm:Win32/Mofksys.RND!MTB", "target": "/malware/Worm:Win32/Mofksys.RND!MTB" }, { "id": "ALF:JASYP:TrojanDownloader:Win32/SmallAgent!atmn", "display_name": "ALF:JASYP:TrojanDownloader:Win32/SmallAgent!atmn", "target": null }, { "id": "Trojan.Sagnt/R011c0dfs24", "display_name": "Trojan.Sagnt/R011c0dfs24", "target": null }, { "id": "Zergeca", "display_name": "Zergeca", "target": null }, { "id": "Unix.Trojan.Mirai", "display_name": "Unix.Trojan.Mirai", "target": null }, { "id": "Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7669677-0", "display_name": "Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7669677-0", "target": null }, { "id": "CVE-2018-10562", "display_name": "CVE-2018-10562", "target": null }, { "id": "CVE-2023-22518", "display_name": "CVE-2023-22518", "target": null }, { "id": "CVE-2024-6387", "display_name": "CVE-2024-6387", "target": null }, { "id": "CVE-2025-20393", "display_name": "CVE-2025-20393", "target": null }, { "id": "Win.Trojan.Tofsee-7102058-0", "display_name": "Win.Trojan.Tofsee-7102058-0", "target": null }, { "id": "Backdoor:Win32/Tofsee.T", "display_name": "Backdoor:Win32/Tofsee.T", "target": "/malware/Backdoor:Win32/Tofsee.T" } ], "attack_ids": [ { "id": "T1140", "name": "Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information", "display_name": "T1140 - Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information" }, { "id": "T1007", "name": "System Service Discovery", "display_name": "T1007 - System Service Discovery" }, { "id": "T1010", "name": "Application Window Discovery", "display_name": "T1010 - Application Window Discovery" }, { "id": "T1012", "name": "Query Registry", "display_name": "T1012 - Query Registry" }, { "id": "T1027", "name": "Obfuscated Files or Information", "display_name": "T1027 - Obfuscated Files or Information" }, { "id": "T1033", "name": "System Owner/User Discovery", "display_name": "T1033 - System Owner/User Discovery" }, { "id": "T1055", "name": "Process Injection", "display_name": "T1055 - Process Injection" }, { "id": "T1057", "name": "Process Discovery", "display_name": "T1057 - Process Discovery" }, { "id": "T1059", "name": "Command and Scripting Interpreter", "display_name": "T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter" }, { "id": "T1071", "name": "Application Layer Protocol", "display_name": "T1071 - Application Layer Protocol" }, { "id": "T1082", "name": "System Information Discovery", "display_name": "T1082 - System Information Discovery" }, { "id": "T1083", "name": "File and Directory Discovery", "display_name": "T1083 - File and Directory Discovery" }, { "id": "T1105", "name": "Ingress Tool Transfer", "display_name": "T1105 - Ingress Tool Transfer" }, { "id": "T1106", "name": "Native API", "display_name": "T1106 - Native API" }, { "id": "T1113", "name": "Screen Capture", "display_name": "T1113 - Screen Capture" }, { "id": "T1129", "name": "Shared Modules", "display_name": "T1129 - Shared Modules" }, { "id": "T1546", "name": "Event Triggered Execution", "display_name": "T1546 - Event Triggered Execution" }, { "id": "T1573", "name": "Encrypted Channel", "display_name": "T1573 - Encrypted Channel" }, { "id": "T1590", "name": "Gather Victim Network Information", "display_name": "T1590 - Gather Victim Network Information" }, { "id": "T1614", "name": "System Location Discovery", "display_name": "T1614 - System Location Discovery" }, { "id": "T1055.003", "name": "Thread Execution Hijacking", "display_name": "T1055.003 - Thread Execution Hijacking" }, { "id": "T1037.002", "name": "Logon Script (Mac)", "display_name": "T1037.002 - Logon Script (Mac)" }, { "id": "T1155", "name": "AppleScript", "display_name": "T1155 - AppleScript" }, { "id": "T1590.005", "name": "IP Addresses", "display_name": "T1590.005 - IP Addresses" }, { "id": "T1059.007", "name": "JavaScript", "display_name": "T1059.007 - JavaScript" }, { "id": "T1546.015", "name": "Component Object Model Hijacking", "display_name": "T1546.015 - Component Object Model Hijacking" }, { "id": "T1210", "name": "Exploitation of Remote Services", "display_name": "T1210 - Exploitation of Remote Services" }, { "id": "T1056.004", "name": "Credential API Hooking", "display_name": "T1056.004 - Credential API Hooking" }, { "id": "T1060", "name": "Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder", "display_name": "T1060 - Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder" }, { "id": "T1063", "name": "Security Software Discovery", "display_name": "T1063 - Security Software Discovery" }, { "id": "T1119", "name": "Automated Collection", "display_name": "T1119 - Automated Collection" }, { "id": "T1543.002", "name": "Systemd Service", "display_name": "T1543.002 - Systemd Service" }, { "id": "TA0003", "name": "Persistence", "display_name": "TA0003 - Persistence" }, { "id": "T1543", "name": "Create or Modify System Process", "display_name": "T1543 - Create or Modify System Process" }, { "id": "T1608.002", "name": "Upload Tool", "display_name": "T1608.002 - Upload Tool" }, { "id": "T1587.001", "name": "Malware", "display_name": "T1587.001 - Malware" }, { "id": "T1036", "name": "Masquerading", "display_name": "T1036 - Masquerading" }, { "id": "T1070", "name": "Indicator Removal on Host", "display_name": "T1070 - Indicator Removal on Host" }, { "id": "T1222", "name": "File and Directory Permissions Modification", "display_name": "T1222 - File and Directory Permissions Modification" }, { "id": "T1003", "name": "OS Credential Dumping", "display_name": "T1003 - OS Credential Dumping" }, { "id": "T1016", "name": "System Network Configuration Discovery", "display_name": "T1016 - System Network Configuration Discovery" }, { "id": "T1095", "name": "Non-Application Layer Protocol", "display_name": "T1095 - Non-Application Layer Protocol" }, { "id": "T1518", "name": "Software Discovery", "display_name": "T1518 - Software Discovery" }, { "id": "T1571", "name": "Non-Standard Port", "display_name": "T1571 - Non-Standard Port" }, { "id": "T1583.005", "name": "Botnet", "display_name": "T1583.005 - Botnet" }, { "id": "T1021", "name": "Remote Services", "display_name": "T1021 - Remote Services" }, { "id": "T1190", "name": "Exploit Public-Facing Application", "display_name": "T1190 - Exploit Public-Facing Application" }, { "id": "T1195", "name": "Supply Chain Compromise", "display_name": "T1195 - Supply Chain Compromise" }, { "id": "T1499", "name": "Endpoint Denial of Service", "display_name": "T1499 - Endpoint Denial of Service" }, { "id": "T1583", "name": "Acquire Infrastructure", "display_name": "T1583 - Acquire Infrastructure" }, { "id": "T1609", "name": "Container Administration Command", "display_name": "T1609 - Container Administration Command" }, { "id": "T1021.001", "name": "Remote Desktop Protocol", "display_name": "T1021.001 - Remote Desktop Protocol" }, { "id": "T1059.004", "name": "Unix Shell", "display_name": "T1059.004 - Unix Shell" }, { "id": "T1195.002", "name": "Compromise Software Supply Chain", "display_name": "T1195.002 - Compromise Software Supply Chain" }, { "id": "T1059.002", "name": "AppleScript", "display_name": "T1059.002 - AppleScript" }, { "id": "T1583.003", "name": "Virtual Private Server", "display_name": "T1583.003 - Virtual Private Server" }, { "id": "T1001", "name": "Data Obfuscation", "display_name": "T1001 - Data Obfuscation" } ], "industries": [], "TLP": "green", "cloned_from": null, "export_count": 2, "upvotes_count": 0, "downvotes_count": 0, "votes_count": 0, "locked": false, "pulse_source": "web", "validator_count": 0, "comment_count": 0, "follower_count": 0, "vote": 0, "author": { "username": "Q.Vashti", "id": "337942", "avatar_url": "https://otx.alienvault.com/assets/images/default-avatar.png", "is_subscribed": false, "is_following": false }, "indicator_type_counts": { "FileHash-MD5": 795, "FileHash-SHA1": 648, "FileHash-SHA256": 3708, "URL": 2587, "domain": 739, "hostname": 1129, "email": 14, "CIDR": 15, "SSLCertFingerprint": 18, "CVE": 4 }, "indicator_count": 9657, "is_author": false, "is_subscribing": null, "subscriber_count": 144, "modified_text": "27 days ago ", "is_modified": true, "groups": [], "in_group": false, "threat_hunter_scannable": true, "threat_hunter_has_agents": 1, "related_indicator_type": "domain", "related_indicator_is_active": 1 }, { "id": "69bf64e1d5e06aa6207f78de", "name": "Spam \u201cBroken Seal\u201d DocuSign-themed Delivery w/Fileless Process Hollowing (Zeppelin/Bloat-A) by msudosos", "description": "", "modified": "2026-03-27T00:30:39.055000", "created": "2026-03-22T03:41:21.863000", "tags": [ "Zeppelin, Bloat-A, W32.Bloat-A, Zero-Day-Delivery, Protocol-Devi", "9698f46495ce9401c8bcaf9a2afe1598", "Imphash: 9698f46495ce9401c8bcaf9a2afe1598 | Imports (additional)", "MD5: b47266fef17ad4b2e4ca6ee1d06c39a7 SHA-1: cb92796715c799d7e71", "Filename: b47266fef17ad4b2e4ca6ee1d06c39a7.virus File Type: Win3", "Compilation / Toolchain Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Link", "DocuSign-themed phishing lure Invalid X.509 seal (\u201cBroken Seal\u201d)" ], "references": [ "Conversely, Port 443 remains accessible, serving a WordPress-based interface backed by a freshly issued Google Trust Services certificate (Feb 4, 2026). This asymmetric configuration ensures that the structurally invalid X.509 \"Broken Seal\" is only delivered via encrypted channels, while the gated Port 80 tier prevents the discovery of the underlying Zeppelin/Bloat-A redirection logic by non-human-interacted sessions.", "Imphash: 9698f46495ce9401c8bcaf9a2afe1598 | Imports (additional): GdipSetSmoothingMode, I_UuidCreate, RpcStringFreeW, UuidCreate, UuidToStringW, InternetCheckConnectionW | Resource: RT_MANIFEST (1, ENGLISH US, SHA-256 4bb79dcea0a901f7d9eac5aa05728ae92acb42e0cb22e5dd14134f4421a3d8df, XML, entropy 4.91)", "Observed hosting and routing telemetry indicates the delivery infrastructure is operating through AS209242 (Cloudflare London LLC), suggesting the actor is leveraging Cloudflare\u2019s transit layer for resilience and to reduce direct exposure of origin infrastructure.", "Research into the gogetlife.co telemetry confirms a dual-port obfuscation strategy designed to bypass multi-layer security indexing. Forensic HTTP scans identify a Port 80 \"Fail-Closed\" state, where standard web traffic is gated by a Cloudflare-managed 403 Forbidden challenge, effectively neutralizing automated crawlers. Conversely, Port 443 remains accessible, serving a WordPress-based interface backed by a freshly issued Google Trust Services certificate (Feb 4, 2026). This asymmetric configuration ensure", "Compilation / Toolchain Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Linker: Microsoft Linker 14.16.27032 IDE: Visual Studio 2017 (15.9) Classification: PEBIN TrID: Win64 EXE (32.2%) / Win32 DLL (20.1%) / Win16 NE (15.4%) PE Section Entropy (Suspicion): .data 7.36 \u2192 high (suggests packing/encryption), .reloc 6.66 \u2192 possible runtime modification, .text 6.01, .rdata 5.88, .rsrc 4.72 Imports (Capabilities): CreateRemoteThread, CreateThread, ExitProcess", "Broken Seal exploitation: The invalid X.509 seal appears engineered to exploit verification logic gaps, forcing fail-open behavior and allowing SEG bypass under certain configurations. Human-gated delivery posture: Cloudflare 403 challenges suggest the actor enforces human interaction before payload delivery, reducing automated discovery and sandbox analysis. Industrialized infrastructure: Correlation across thousands of domains and URLs indicates a highly automated, rotating delivery ecosystem.", "MITRE ATT&CK: Process Hollowing (T1055.012): Documentation on the RunPE injection method used by the payload to achieve a fileless state in RWX memory. RFC 5652 - Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS): This standard defines the structure of the digital signatures that this campaign's \"Broken Seal\" exploit bypasses.", "As of Feb 13 (early AM) \u2014 Indicators of Compromise: 17K | Types: Email (30), FileHash-SHA256 (2,146), URL (8,070), Hostname (2,755), Domain (3,528), Other (1,110) | Geo: US (233), Canada (15), China (10), Japan (2), Spain (2), Other (13)", "Verification failure observed in automated verification handlers during sandbox replay.", "The payload (SHA256: dfff54...4af) achieves a fileless execution state via Process Hollowing (RunPE), injecting into RWX memory regions of legitimate system processes to evade disk-based EDR telemetry. Anti-analysis controls\u2014including Bochs artifact checks, geofencing logic, and direct CPU clock interrogation\u2014are implemented to validate a high-interaction user environment prior to execution.", "Multiple antivirus engines flagged the sample with generic heuristic names (e.g., Trojan:Win32/Vigorf.A, Win32:Malware-gen, Trojan.Generic), consistent with multi-engine heuristic detection on VirusTotal.", "Malicious sample (SHA256: fa8e2ddfe42e77a9771a7c4d6421c7a808cf4508f8cd6dc6f4cf8bd4e2ae7f8f) detected as TrojanDownloader:Win32/Tugspay.A with YARA hits for Win32_PUA_Domaiq, aPLib, PECompact_2xx and IDS alerts including TLS Handshake Failure + 403 Forbidden, contacting 36 domains (e.g., api.123mediaplayer.com, static.sslsecure1.com) and IPs such as 104.18.23.19 and 193.166.255.171.", "SHA256 3d10374b55a18a2dd90d35d28472600496c680a7efab4e772595f735cb062343 identified as Win.Malware.Vtflooder-9783271-0 / Trojan:Win32/Vflooder.B with UPX/Nrv2x packing YARA hits, IDS detections for Win32/Vflooder.B check-in and DOS behavior, and network C2 indicators including 172.66.0.227 and 34.54.88.138.", "SHA-256: fc1fedce1419d4e2009828aad8644deca78b4eeed176e5b009797e0eb0d7d3ff \u2014 Detected as Win.Malware.Vtflooder / Trojan:Win32/Vflooder; UPX-packed PE32 executable, with 812 IDS hits (including C2 checkin + HTTP EXE upload).", "nationalgrid.com \u2014 Whitelisted domain (US, AS13335 Cloudflare) with 500+ passive DNS entries, 692 URLs, 195 subdomains, and 2 malicious files hosted on IP 104.17.1.192, which is concerning given the infrastructure and trust level.", "eversource.com (IP: 159.108.5.46, ASN: AS2024) has 2 flagged malicious files within its infrastructure, despite being whitelisted. The domain hosts 95 subdomains and maintains an active SPF record, indicating potential security risks under an otherwise trusted facade.", "Whitelisted IP Address 204.79.197.212 Location United States ASN AS8068 microsoft corporation Nameservers ns4-205.azure-dns.info. , ns1-205.azure-dns.com. More WHOIS Registrar: MarkMonitor, Inc., Creation Date: Mar 26, 1996 Related Pulses OTX User-Created Pulses (50) Related Tags 2025 Related Tags 4328 , 5943 , 80211 , #supportsitewebsiteabuse #rootcertificatefailure #cryptographicf , The dynamics of the mudoSOSIntersectalign with sophisticated adv More Indicator Facts 982 malicious files communicat", "", "The AlienVault OTX report for flypdx.com documents 11 related tags, including ids detections and av detections, across 4 active AWS IP addresses (3.175.34.30\u2013.106). These indicators confirm the airport's network has been flagged for unauthorized activity, specifically pointing to a bridge between their web infrastructure and internal passenger tracking. The display of PII on aviation hardware during my June flight matches a known data-bleeding pattern where Personally Identifiable Information (PII) leaks fr" ], "public": 1, "adversary": "", "targeted_countries": [ "China", "United States of America", "Spain", "Japan", "Canada" ], "malware_families": [], "attack_ids": [], "industries": [ "Legal, Financial, Healthcare, Government, Municipal, Real-Estate, Enterprise-Technology, Critical-In" ], "TLP": "green", "cloned_from": "698e93e1ab02db8c49e8c3ed", "export_count": 3, "upvotes_count": 0, "downvotes_count": 0, "votes_count": 0, "locked": false, "pulse_source": "web", "validator_count": 0, "comment_count": 0, "follower_count": 0, "vote": 0, "author": { "username": "Q.Vashti", "id": "337942", "avatar_url": "https://otx.alienvault.com/assets/images/default-avatar.png", "is_subscribed": false, "is_following": false }, "indicator_type_counts": { "domain": 27572, "FileHash-SHA256": 46076, "FileHash-MD5": 42177, "FileHash-SHA1": 22874, "hostname": 33438, "URL": 74810, "SSLCertFingerprint": 21, "CVE": 7579, "email": 297, "FileHash-IMPHASH": 8, "CIDR": 26203, "JA3": 1 }, "indicator_count": 281056, "is_author": false, "is_subscribing": null, "subscriber_count": 149, "modified_text": "65 days ago ", "is_modified": true, "groups": [], "in_group": false, "threat_hunter_scannable": true, "threat_hunter_has_agents": 1, "related_indicator_type": "domain", "related_indicator_is_active": 1 }, { "id": "69bf64eccb5d39a90a3c391e", "name": "Spam \u201cBroken Seal\u201d DocuSign-themed Delivery w/Fileless Process Hollowing (Zeppelin/Bloat-A) by msudosos", "description": "", "modified": "2026-03-27T00:30:39.055000", "created": "2026-03-22T03:41:32.565000", "tags": [ "Zeppelin, Bloat-A, W32.Bloat-A, Zero-Day-Delivery, Protocol-Devi", "9698f46495ce9401c8bcaf9a2afe1598", "Imphash: 9698f46495ce9401c8bcaf9a2afe1598 | Imports (additional)", "MD5: b47266fef17ad4b2e4ca6ee1d06c39a7 SHA-1: cb92796715c799d7e71", "Filename: b47266fef17ad4b2e4ca6ee1d06c39a7.virus File Type: Win3", "Compilation / Toolchain Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Link", "DocuSign-themed phishing lure Invalid X.509 seal (\u201cBroken Seal\u201d)" ], "references": [ "Conversely, Port 443 remains accessible, serving a WordPress-based interface backed by a freshly issued Google Trust Services certificate (Feb 4, 2026). This asymmetric configuration ensures that the structurally invalid X.509 \"Broken Seal\" is only delivered via encrypted channels, while the gated Port 80 tier prevents the discovery of the underlying Zeppelin/Bloat-A redirection logic by non-human-interacted sessions.", "Imphash: 9698f46495ce9401c8bcaf9a2afe1598 | Imports (additional): GdipSetSmoothingMode, I_UuidCreate, RpcStringFreeW, UuidCreate, UuidToStringW, InternetCheckConnectionW | Resource: RT_MANIFEST (1, ENGLISH US, SHA-256 4bb79dcea0a901f7d9eac5aa05728ae92acb42e0cb22e5dd14134f4421a3d8df, XML, entropy 4.91)", "Observed hosting and routing telemetry indicates the delivery infrastructure is operating through AS209242 (Cloudflare London LLC), suggesting the actor is leveraging Cloudflare\u2019s transit layer for resilience and to reduce direct exposure of origin infrastructure.", "Research into the gogetlife.co telemetry confirms a dual-port obfuscation strategy designed to bypass multi-layer security indexing. Forensic HTTP scans identify a Port 80 \"Fail-Closed\" state, where standard web traffic is gated by a Cloudflare-managed 403 Forbidden challenge, effectively neutralizing automated crawlers. Conversely, Port 443 remains accessible, serving a WordPress-based interface backed by a freshly issued Google Trust Services certificate (Feb 4, 2026). This asymmetric configuration ensure", "Compilation / Toolchain Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Linker: Microsoft Linker 14.16.27032 IDE: Visual Studio 2017 (15.9) Classification: PEBIN TrID: Win64 EXE (32.2%) / Win32 DLL (20.1%) / Win16 NE (15.4%) PE Section Entropy (Suspicion): .data 7.36 \u2192 high (suggests packing/encryption), .reloc 6.66 \u2192 possible runtime modification, .text 6.01, .rdata 5.88, .rsrc 4.72 Imports (Capabilities): CreateRemoteThread, CreateThread, ExitProcess", "Broken Seal exploitation: The invalid X.509 seal appears engineered to exploit verification logic gaps, forcing fail-open behavior and allowing SEG bypass under certain configurations. Human-gated delivery posture: Cloudflare 403 challenges suggest the actor enforces human interaction before payload delivery, reducing automated discovery and sandbox analysis. Industrialized infrastructure: Correlation across thousands of domains and URLs indicates a highly automated, rotating delivery ecosystem.", "MITRE ATT&CK: Process Hollowing (T1055.012): Documentation on the RunPE injection method used by the payload to achieve a fileless state in RWX memory. RFC 5652 - Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS): This standard defines the structure of the digital signatures that this campaign's \"Broken Seal\" exploit bypasses.", "As of Feb 13 (early AM) \u2014 Indicators of Compromise: 17K | Types: Email (30), FileHash-SHA256 (2,146), URL (8,070), Hostname (2,755), Domain (3,528), Other (1,110) | Geo: US (233), Canada (15), China (10), Japan (2), Spain (2), Other (13)", "Verification failure observed in automated verification handlers during sandbox replay.", "The payload (SHA256: dfff54...4af) achieves a fileless execution state via Process Hollowing (RunPE), injecting into RWX memory regions of legitimate system processes to evade disk-based EDR telemetry. Anti-analysis controls\u2014including Bochs artifact checks, geofencing logic, and direct CPU clock interrogation\u2014are implemented to validate a high-interaction user environment prior to execution.", "Multiple antivirus engines flagged the sample with generic heuristic names (e.g., Trojan:Win32/Vigorf.A, Win32:Malware-gen, Trojan.Generic), consistent with multi-engine heuristic detection on VirusTotal.", "Malicious sample (SHA256: fa8e2ddfe42e77a9771a7c4d6421c7a808cf4508f8cd6dc6f4cf8bd4e2ae7f8f) detected as TrojanDownloader:Win32/Tugspay.A with YARA hits for Win32_PUA_Domaiq, aPLib, PECompact_2xx and IDS alerts including TLS Handshake Failure + 403 Forbidden, contacting 36 domains (e.g., api.123mediaplayer.com, static.sslsecure1.com) and IPs such as 104.18.23.19 and 193.166.255.171.", "SHA256 3d10374b55a18a2dd90d35d28472600496c680a7efab4e772595f735cb062343 identified as Win.Malware.Vtflooder-9783271-0 / Trojan:Win32/Vflooder.B with UPX/Nrv2x packing YARA hits, IDS detections for Win32/Vflooder.B check-in and DOS behavior, and network C2 indicators including 172.66.0.227 and 34.54.88.138.", "SHA-256: fc1fedce1419d4e2009828aad8644deca78b4eeed176e5b009797e0eb0d7d3ff \u2014 Detected as Win.Malware.Vtflooder / Trojan:Win32/Vflooder; UPX-packed PE32 executable, with 812 IDS hits (including C2 checkin + HTTP EXE upload).", "nationalgrid.com \u2014 Whitelisted domain (US, AS13335 Cloudflare) with 500+ passive DNS entries, 692 URLs, 195 subdomains, and 2 malicious files hosted on IP 104.17.1.192, which is concerning given the infrastructure and trust level.", "eversource.com (IP: 159.108.5.46, ASN: AS2024) has 2 flagged malicious files within its infrastructure, despite being whitelisted. The domain hosts 95 subdomains and maintains an active SPF record, indicating potential security risks under an otherwise trusted facade.", "Whitelisted IP Address 204.79.197.212 Location United States ASN AS8068 microsoft corporation Nameservers ns4-205.azure-dns.info. , ns1-205.azure-dns.com. More WHOIS Registrar: MarkMonitor, Inc., Creation Date: Mar 26, 1996 Related Pulses OTX User-Created Pulses (50) Related Tags 2025 Related Tags 4328 , 5943 , 80211 , #supportsitewebsiteabuse #rootcertificatefailure #cryptographicf , The dynamics of the mudoSOSIntersectalign with sophisticated adv More Indicator Facts 982 malicious files communicat", "", "The AlienVault OTX report for flypdx.com documents 11 related tags, including ids detections and av detections, across 4 active AWS IP addresses (3.175.34.30\u2013.106). These indicators confirm the airport's network has been flagged for unauthorized activity, specifically pointing to a bridge between their web infrastructure and internal passenger tracking. The display of PII on aviation hardware during my June flight matches a known data-bleeding pattern where Personally Identifiable Information (PII) leaks fr" ], "public": 1, "adversary": "", "targeted_countries": [ "China", "United States of America", "Spain", "Japan", "Canada" ], "malware_families": [], "attack_ids": [], "industries": [ "Legal, Financial, Healthcare, Government, Municipal, Real-Estate, Enterprise-Technology, Critical-In" ], "TLP": "green", "cloned_from": "698e93e1ab02db8c49e8c3ed", "export_count": 4, "upvotes_count": 0, "downvotes_count": 0, "votes_count": 0, "locked": false, "pulse_source": "web", "validator_count": 0, "comment_count": 0, "follower_count": 0, "vote": 0, "author": { "username": "Q.Vashti", "id": "337942", "avatar_url": "https://otx.alienvault.com/assets/images/default-avatar.png", "is_subscribed": false, "is_following": false }, "indicator_type_counts": { "domain": 27572, "FileHash-SHA256": 46076, "FileHash-MD5": 42177, "FileHash-SHA1": 22874, "hostname": 33438, "URL": 74810, "SSLCertFingerprint": 21, "CVE": 7579, "email": 297, "FileHash-IMPHASH": 8, "CIDR": 26203, "JA3": 1 }, "indicator_count": 281056, "is_author": false, "is_subscribing": null, "subscriber_count": 152, "modified_text": "65 days ago ", "is_modified": true, "groups": [], "in_group": false, "threat_hunter_scannable": true, "threat_hunter_has_agents": 1, "related_indicator_type": "domain", "related_indicator_is_active": 1 }, { "id": "699b907c5375efb7ce1639b8", "name": "Apple Redirects in Apple Support = IcedID | MITM attack", "description": "Researching targets former iPhone. Redirect in Apple support. [support.apple.com/ht^*^ redirects to support.apple.com/de/^*^*^] IcedID identified. | Environment: 3 -5 suspected compromised devices present. Behavior: iPhone reset itself twice, deleted passcodes, required new passcodes, compromised contacts notified target added a new device (FALSE) , threat actor stole Apple cash , added , Password storage, reset television. Targeted another device auto downloaded a Mimecast compromise, attached to iCloud , corrupted files downloaded. Emotet identified. Reset SmartTV. Browser bar AI: mood swings. Overt changes, white screen, pink screens, thread erased. Identified OTX. as a honeypot also states it\u2019s legitimate. I dumped information. AI agents focused on victim leaving shreds of evidence , paper trail , w/ anyone ,anywhere. AI model told truth \u2018I don\u2019t like you , you\u2019ve changed, you lied, you changed all facts .\u201d,etc. An acceptable baseline of communication established . #botnet #command_and_control #IcedID", "modified": "2026-03-24T21:11:04.306000", "created": "2026-02-22T23:25:48.722000", "tags": [ "dynamicloader", "tls handshake", "failure", "whitelisted", "akamai", "yara detections", "trojan", "write", "zeppelin", "malware", "hostile", "unknown", "port", "destination", "read c", "united", "as16625 akamai", "win32", "persistence", "execution", "passive dns", "urls", "otx logo", "all url", "http", "ip address", "related nids", "files location", "win32mydoom feb", "name servers", "servers", "worm", "virtool", "files", "ipv4", "reverse dns", "america flag", "america asn", "United States", "unknown ns", "asn as714", "invalid url", "mtb oct", "mtb sep", "lowfi", "trojanspy", "total", "push", "defender", "china unknown", "mtb apr", "ok server", "gmt content", "type", "accept", "show", "todo", "all filehash", "av detections", "shift", "url http", "url https", "hostname", "type indicator", "source hostname", "writeconsolew", "post https", "tlsv1", "medium", "write c", "dock", "command", "control", "icedid", "domain", "all domain", "status", "hostname add", "crlf line", "unicode text", "utf8", "ee fc", "yara rule", "ff d5", "ascii text", "f0 ff", "eb e1", "music", "next", "autorun", "suspicious", "compatibility", "mode", "entries", "lredmond", "stwashington", "search", "tls sni", "denmark", "body html", "head title", "title head", "body h1", "all ipv4", "url analysis", "users", "ff ff", "files domain", "files related", "url add", "flag united", "present apr", "location united", "asn asnone", "as16509", "moved", "title", "body", "code", "mydoom", "bot net", "mitm", "aquire", "hidden users", "no expiration", "filehashsha256", "expiration", "showing", "indicator role", "pulses url", "pulse show", "iot", "Iced iced baby" ], "references": [ "support.apple.com/ht^*^*^*^ redirects to support.apple.com/de/^*^*^*^*^", "This is messy! OTX refreshed and deleted IoC\u2019s. Will continue researching", "IDS Detections: Observed IcedID CnC Domain in TLS SNI TLS Handshake Failure", "df57a01 c40f355a0f8a592294187d4fedc257 [Compatibility Mode] - Word", "div>

", "Same legal , and quasi governmental pattern identified", "I apologize for the lack of reference.", "Requires further research.", "Will pulse remaining Apple IoC\u2019s in next pulse", "https://l.us-1.a.mimecastprotect.com/l", "It appears there are 5-7 known affected that I was able to find" ], "public": 1, "adversary": "", "targeted_countries": [ "Germany", "Denmark", "United States of America", "Japan" ], "malware_families": [ { "id": "Icedid", "display_name": "Icedid", "target": null }, { "id": "Trojan:Win32/SmkLdr.H!MTB", "display_name": "Trojan:Win32/SmkLdr.H!MTB", "target": "/malware/Trojan:Win32/SmkLdr.H!MTB" }, { "id": "#Lowfi:Lua:DllSuspiciousExport.A", "display_name": "#Lowfi:Lua:DllSuspiciousExport.A", "target": null }, { "id": "MyDoom", "display_name": "MyDoom", "target": null } ], "attack_ids": [ { "id": "T1045", "name": "Software Packing", "display_name": "T1045 - Software Packing" }, { "id": "T1082", "name": "System Information Discovery", "display_name": "T1082 - System Information Discovery" }, { "id": "T1112", "name": "Modify Registry", "display_name": "T1112 - Modify Registry" }, { "id": "T1129", "name": "Shared Modules", "display_name": "T1129 - Shared Modules" }, { "id": "T1143", "name": "Hidden Window", "display_name": "T1143 - Hidden Window" }, { "id": "T1158", "name": "Hidden Files and Directories", "display_name": "T1158 - Hidden Files and Directories" }, { "id": "T1060", "name": "Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder", "display_name": "T1060 - Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder" }, { "id": "T1566", "name": "Phishing", "display_name": "T1566 - Phishing" }, { "id": "T1583", "name": "Acquire Infrastructure", "display_name": "T1583 - Acquire Infrastructure" }, { "id": "T1583.005", "name": "Botnet", "display_name": "T1583.005 - Botnet" }, { "id": "T1608.001", "name": "Upload Malware", "display_name": "T1608.001 - Upload Malware" }, { "id": "T1587.001", "name": "Malware", "display_name": "T1587.001 - Malware" }, { "id": "T1155", "name": "AppleScript", "display_name": "T1155 - AppleScript" }, { "id": "T1557", "name": "Man-in-the-Middle", "display_name": "T1557 - Man-in-the-Middle" }, { "id": "T1147", "name": "Hidden Users", "display_name": "T1147 - Hidden Users" } ], "industries": [ "Technology", "Telecom", "Legal" ], "TLP": "green", "cloned_from": null, "export_count": 2, "upvotes_count": 0, "downvotes_count": 0, "votes_count": 0, "locked": false, "pulse_source": "web", "validator_count": 0, "comment_count": 0, "follower_count": 0, "vote": 0, "author": { "username": "Q.Vashti", "id": "337942", "avatar_url": "https://otx.alienvault.com/assets/images/default-avatar.png", "is_subscribed": false, "is_following": false }, "indicator_type_counts": { "hostname": 2051, "FileHash-SHA256": 1706, "URL": 6984, "domain": 1097, "FileHash-MD5": 401, "FileHash-SHA1": 276, "SSLCertFingerprint": 9, "email": 13, "CVE": 1 }, "indicator_count": 12538, "is_author": false, "is_subscribing": null, "subscriber_count": 145, "modified_text": "67 days ago ", "is_modified": true, "groups": [], "in_group": false, "threat_hunter_scannable": true, "threat_hunter_has_agents": 1, "related_indicator_type": "domain", "related_indicator_is_active": 1 }, { "id": "6975c5cd4db6104ea1a3d69b", "name": "The Blender Foundation BouncyCastle-Virut | Malware /Stealer Empty FileHash | Eternal7 (Shadow Broker) Related", "description": "Empty FileHash isn\u2019t benign. Interesting relationships to the Eternal 7. Malware, Stealer and Suspicious History File Operation. BouncyCastle-Virut PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd 2ddd51 1D11.tmp Ultimate-Chicken-Horse- T1O SteamRIP.com.rarys / Startul ErrorPageTemplate[1] netcore, BouncyCastle.", "modified": "2026-02-24T06:02:43.853000", "created": "2026-01-25T07:27:09.640000", "tags": [ "empty", "blender", "eurostile", "augustin", "butterfield", "cook", "drummer", "erickson", "fjsv", "flynn", "gorman", "holmes", "easy", "rada", "xanadu", "config", "reboot", "screen", "microsoft", "commerce server", "edition", "draw", "exchange server", "tools", "linux", "ideal link", "nsrl test", "nist", "file", "cultureneutral", "fix pack", "free download", "bouncycastle", "read c", "search", "et trojan", "w32kegotip cnc", "whitelisted", "ids detections", "intel", "write", "trojan", "malware", "yara detections", "productversion", "fileversion", "av detections", "alerts", "analysis date", "file score", "united", "aaaa", "passive dns", "ip address", "present dec", "body html", "head meta", "title", "urls", "url https", "http", "hostname", "files domain", "files related", "related tags", "beacon", "et", "ipv4", "files", "dns resolutions", "domains top", "level", "unique tlds", "related pulses", "show", "win32virut", "destination", "port", "ms windows", "pe32", "medium", "suspicious", "virustotal", "startul", "shadowbrokers", "total", "delete", "artemis", "win32.injector", "trendmicro", "data upload", "extraction", "included iocs" ], "references": [ "The Blender Foundation", "website \u2022 http://oldapps.com/blender.php?old_blender=7584", "oldapps \u2022 http://oldapps.com/blender.php?old_blender=7584?download", "Google android-cts-7.1_r6-linux_x86-arm.zip", "Google android-cts-7.1_r6-linux_x86-arm.zip", "android-cts-7.1_r6-linux_x86-arm.zip [e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855]", "Empty FileHash - e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855", "Empty FileHash -Matches rule Suspicious History File Operations by Mikhail Larin, oscd.community", "Empty FileHash - Malware,Stealer, Related to ShadowBrokers EternalRocks", "ET TROJAN W32/Kegotip CnC Beacon", "IDS Detections ET POLICY Suspicious User-Agent Containing .exe", "Extensions,.Trojan Age Win Version=4.2.0.168 Win32/1 Culture=neutral, amnit", "Virut PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd 2ddd51 1D11.tmp Ultimate-Chicken-Horse- T1O SteamRIP.com.rarys /", "Startul ErrorPageTemplate[1] netcore, BouncyCastle.", "Secure Protocols: Provides APIs for TLS 1.3, S/MIME, OpenPGP & CMS (Cryptographic Message Syntax)" ], "public": 1, "adversary": "", "targeted_countries": [], "malware_families": [ { "id": "BouncyCastle", "display_name": "BouncyCastle", "target": null }, { "id": "Sf:ShellCode-AU", "display_name": "Sf:ShellCode-AU", "target": null }, { "id": "Win.Trojan.Fareit-82", "display_name": "Win.Trojan.Fareit-82", "target": null }, { "id": "Win.Trojan.Agent-245901", "display_name": "Win.Trojan.Agent-245901", "target": null }, { "id": "#LowFiEnableDTContinueAfterUnpacking", "display_name": "#LowFiEnableDTContinueAfterUnpacking", "target": null }, { "id": "ET", "display_name": "ET", "target": null }, { "id": "W32/Kegotip CnC", "display_name": "W32/Kegotip CnC", "target": null }, { "id": "W32.Virut.ci", "display_name": "W32.Virut.ci", "target": null }, { "id": "Downloader.Generic13.CMTW", "display_name": "Downloader.Generic13.CMTW", "target": null }, { "id": "Downloader.Generic13.BOBZ", "display_name": "Downloader.Generic13.BOBZ", "target": null }, { "id": "Win.Trojan.Injector-12138", "display_name": "Win.Trojan.Injector-12138", "target": null }, { "id": "Generic36.ADTY", "display_name": "Generic36.ADTY", "target": null }, { "id": "Generic36.AIAA.Dropper", "display_name": "Generic36.AIAA.Dropper", "target": null }, { "id": "Generic36.AJSM", "display_name": "Generic36.AJSM", "target": null }, { "id": "Win32/Virut", "display_name": "Win32/Virut", "target": null }, { "id": "Win32/Ramnit.A", "display_name": "Win32/Ramnit.A", "target": null }, { "id": "Worm.Autorun-6180", "display_name": "Worm.Autorun-6180", "target": null }, { "id": "Hider.BIY", "display_name": "Hider.BIY", "target": null }, { "id": "Win.Trojan.Rootkit-4532", "display_name": "Win.Trojan.Rootkit-4532", "target": null }, { "id": "Win32/Blacked", "display_name": "Win32/Blacked", "target": null }, { "id": "Win32.Injector", "display_name": "Win32.Injector", "target": null }, { "id": "TrendMicro", "display_name": "TrendMicro", "target": null } ], "attack_ids": [ { "id": "T1060", "name": "Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder", "display_name": "T1060 - Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder" }, { "id": "T1140", "name": "Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information", "display_name": "T1140 - Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information" }, { "id": "T1045", "name": "Software Packing", "display_name": "T1045 - Software Packing" }, { "id": "T1027", "name": "Obfuscated Files or Information", "display_name": "T1027 - Obfuscated Files or Information" }, { "id": "TA0011", "name": "Command and Control", "display_name": "TA0011 - Command and Control" } ], "industries": [], "TLP": "green", "cloned_from": null, "export_count": 3, "upvotes_count": 0, "downvotes_count": 0, "votes_count": 0, "locked": false, "pulse_source": "web", "validator_count": 0, "comment_count": 0, "follower_count": 0, "vote": 0, "author": { "username": "Q.Vashti", "id": "337942", "avatar_url": "https://otx.alienvault.com/assets/images/default-avatar.png", "is_subscribed": false, "is_following": false }, "indicator_type_counts": { "FileHash-SHA1": 71, "FileHash-SHA256": 853, "URL": 1639, "domain": 288, "FileHash-MD5": 78, "hostname": 545 }, "indicator_count": 3474, "is_author": false, "is_subscribing": null, "subscriber_count": 141, "modified_text": "96 days ago ", "is_modified": true, "groups": [], "in_group": false, "threat_hunter_scannable": true, "threat_hunter_has_agents": 1, "related_indicator_type": "domain", "related_indicator_is_active": 1 } ], "references": [ "", "IDS: Observed Suspicious UA (Hello, World)", "This is messy! OTX refreshed and deleted IoC\u2019s. Will continue researching", "Extensions,.Trojan Age Win Version=4.2.0.168 Win32/1 Culture=neutral, amnit", "Yara Detections: is__elf , LZMA , ELFHighEntropy , elf_empty_sections", "Yara Detections: ELFHighEntropy , ElfUPX , elf_empty_sections", "Observed hosting and routing telemetry indicates the delivery infrastructure is operating through AS209242 (Cloudflare London LLC), suggesting the actor is leveraging Cloudflare\u2019s transit layer for resilience and to reduce direct exposure of origin infrastructure.", "I apologize for the lack of reference.", "Unique rule identifier: This rule belongs to a private collection.", "Secure Protocols: Provides APIs for TLS 1.3, S/MIME, OpenPGP & CMS (Cryptographic Message Syntax)", "IP\u2019s Contacted: 212.88.65.130 94.160.172.104 5.164.111.219 5.248", "Win.Malware.Salat-10058846-0 Alerts binary_yara packer_unknown_pe_section_name", "android-cts-7.1_r6-linux_x86-arm.zip [e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855]", "https://hybrid-analysis.com/sample/60d74d52f3b90530a1bc0dd1e26c694c6339bca6f249a4a1818694cd6aeea618/69cf2d0230de22b88e055a1f", "http://blackbox-exporter.lenovo-k8s.home.local.advena.io/", "The AlienVault OTX report for flypdx.com documents 11 related tags, including ids detections and av detections, across 4 active AWS IP addresses (3.175.34.30\u2013.106). These indicators confirm the airport's network has been flagged for unauthorized activity, specifically pointing to a bridge between their web infrastructure and internal passenger tracking. The display of PII on aviation hardware during my June flight matches a known data-bleeding pattern where Personally Identifiable Information (PII) leaks fr", "https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns | cloudflare-dns.com", "It appears there are 5-7 known affected that I was able to find", "The payload (SHA256: dfff54...4af) achieves a fileless execution state via Process Hollowing (RunPE), injecting into RWX memory regions of legitimate system processes to evade disk-based EDR telemetry. Anti-analysis controls\u2014including Bochs artifact checks, geofencing logic, and direct CPU clock interrogation\u2014are implemented to validate a high-interaction user environment prior to execution.", "IDS Detections: Mirai Variant User-Agent (Outbound) WebShell Generic - wget http - POST", "Empty FileHash - e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855", "geomi.service 6b81d548c0fbd7a2275bb0d29deca0de96c1584ce7aadaf4f5dac3cb28ee9c29 703552___ad433f35-96a0-467f-9fa4-a25a66b5c385.elf geomi", "Indicators seen may have affected a few OTX users. Is ongoing", "This pulse is so huge it\u2019s a mess. Will break down.", "My Independent research finds an intersect between different pdf DV versions being able to connect to Raspberry Pi devices as it was the FCC application document. Risk: Mac ID connectivity to all.", "Imphash: 9698f46495ce9401c8bcaf9a2afe1598 | Imports (additional): GdipSetSmoothingMode, I_UuidCreate, RpcStringFreeW, UuidCreate, UuidToStringW, InternetCheckConnectionW | Resource: RT_MANIFEST (1, ENGLISH US, SHA-256 4bb79dcea0a901f7d9eac5aa05728ae92acb42e0cb22e5dd14134f4421a3d8df, XML, entropy 4.91)", "Reference: https://blog.xlab.qianxin.com/a-deep-dive-into-the-zergeca-botnet/", "IP\u2019s Contacted: 210.101.166.243 117.61.31.95 118.173.103.172 2.159.67.181 117.80.58.104 .231.34 109.33.155.184", "Empty FileHash -Matches rule Suspicious History File Operations by Mikhail Larin, oscd.community", "nationalgrid.com \u2014 Whitelisted domain (US, AS13335 Cloudflare) with 500+ passive DNS entries, 692 URLs, 195 subdomains, and 2 malicious files hosted on IP 104.17.1.192, which is concerning given the infrastructure and trust level.", "Interlocken Business Park Address. 105 Edgeview Drive, Broomfield, CO", "Zergeca botnet based on Golang language still operating in the same language as the Mirai botnets", "https://l.us-1.a.mimecastprotect.com/l", "IDS Detections: MVPower DVR Shell UCE \u2022 HackingTrio UA (Hello, World)", "MITRE ATT&CK: Process Hollowing (T1055.012): Documentation on the RunPE injection method used by the payload to achieve a fileless state in RWX memory. RFC 5652 - Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS): This standard defines the structure of the digital signatures that this campaign's \"Broken Seal\" exploit bypasses.", "Yara Detections: MacSync_AppleScript_Stealer , UPX ,", "www.joewa.com", "Potentially Pegasus related . Found to be affecting an IOS device", "Address shows an place of origin: Broomfield , Co", "IDS: Possible External IP Lookup ipinfo.io Possible External IP Lookup Domain Observed in SNI (ipinfo. io)", "multi-user.target \u2022 ootheca.top \u2022 network.target \u2022 ootheca.pw [Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "apple.k8s.joewa.com \u2022 joewa.com \u2022 com.apple", "The Blender Foundation", "apple.k8s.joewa.com \u2022 joewa.com \u2022 http://apple.k8s.joewa.com/ \u2022 https://apple.k8s.joewa.com/", "Requires further research.", "Contacted: bot.hamsterrace.space [Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7669677-0]", "Compilation / Toolchain Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Linker: Microsoft Linker 14.16.27032 IDE: Visual Studio 2017 (15.9) Classification: PEBIN TrID: Win64 EXE (32.2%) / Win32 DLL (20.1%) / Win16 NE (15.4%) PE Section Entropy (Suspicion): .data 7.36 \u2192 high (suggests packing/encryption), .reloc 6.66 \u2192 possible runtime modification, .text 6.01, .rdata 5.88, .rsrc 4.72 Imports (Capabilities): CreateRemoteThread, CreateThread, ExitProcess", "(excluding apphelp.dll, kernel32.dll, user32.dll, gdi32.dll, ole32.dll, comctl32.dll, uxtheme.dll, oleaut32.dll, version.dll, msctfime.ime) Calls an API typically used to load libraries Loads the RPC (Remote Procedure Call) module DLL T1059.007", "Matches rule ET POLICY Possible External IP Lookup Domain Observed in SNI (ipinfo. io)", "Matches rule ET INFO Observed Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS Domain (cloudflare-dns .com in TLS SNI)", "Same legal , and quasi governmental pattern identified", "Matches rule Suspicious Network Connection to IP Lookup Service APIs by Janantha Marasinghe, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)", "Muslims have built, supported, and assisted. or Muslims: Support and Solidarity", "Yara Detections: SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File , is__elf , LZMA , UPX ,", "IDS Detections: Observed IcedID CnC Domain in TLS SNI TLS Handshake Failure", "Crowdsourced IDS Below:", "ET TROJAN W32/Kegotip CnC Beacon", "website \u2022 http://oldapps.com/blender.php?old_blender=7584", "https://dns.google/resolve?name=SELECT", "Since September 2023, according to an analysis by cyber security firm XLab CTIA.", "Yara Detections: UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser", "blackbox-exporter.lenovo-k8s.home.local.advena.io", "Zergeca related URLs , URI\u2019s , Domains, inaccessible files referenced", "IDS Detections: Mirai Variant User-Agent (Inbound) \u2022 HackingTrio UA (Hello, World)", "Malicious sample (SHA256: fa8e2ddfe42e77a9771a7c4d6421c7a808cf4508f8cd6dc6f4cf8bd4e2ae7f8f) detected as TrojanDownloader:Win32/Tugspay.A with YARA hits for Win32_PUA_Domaiq, aPLib, PECompact_2xx and IDS alerts including TLS Handshake Failure + 403 Forbidden, contacting 36 domains (e.g., api.123mediaplayer.com, static.sslsecure1.com) and IPs such as 104.18.23.19 and 193.166.255.171.", "eversource.com (IP: 159.108.5.46, ASN: AS2024) has 2 flagged malicious files within its infrastructure, despite being whitelisted. The domain hosts 95 subdomains and maintains an active SPF record, indicating potential security risks under an otherwise trusted facade.", "SHA-256: fc1fedce1419d4e2009828aad8644deca78b4eeed176e5b009797e0eb0d7d3ff \u2014 Detected as Win.Malware.Vtflooder / Trojan:Win32/Vflooder; UPX-packed PE32 executable, with 812 IDS hits (including C2 checkin + HTTP EXE upload).", "IDS Detections ET POLICY Suspicious User-Agent Containing .exe", "SHA256 3d10374b55a18a2dd90d35d28472600496c680a7efab4e772595f735cb062343 identified as Win.Malware.Vtflooder-9783271-0 / Trojan:Win32/Vflooder.B with UPX/Nrv2x packing YARA hits, IDS detections for Win32/Vflooder.B check-in and DOS behavior, and network C2 indicators including 172.66.0.227 and 34.54.88.138.", "Alerts: cape_detected_threat", "Crowdsourced SIGMA Below:", "84.54.51.82 \u2022 http://bot.hamsterrace.space:5966 [Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "Multiple antivirus engines flagged the sample with generic heuristic names (e.g., Trojan:Win32/Vigorf.A, Win32:Malware-gen, Trojan.Generic), consistent with multi-engine heuristic detection on VirusTotal.", "Virut PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd 2ddd51 1D11.tmp Ultimate-Chicken-Horse- T1O SteamRIP.com.rarys /", "Conversely, Port 443 remains accessible, serving a WordPress-based interface backed by a freshly issued Google Trust Services certificate (Feb 4, 2026). This asymmetric configuration ensures that the structurally invalid X.509 \"Broken Seal\" is only delivered via encrypted channels, while the gated Port 80 tier prevents the discovery of the underlying Zeppelin/Bloat-A redirection logic by non-human-interacted sessions.", "Google android-cts-7.1_r6-linux_x86-arm.zip", "Calls an API typically used to retrieve function addresses, load a resource T1129\tShared Modules\t Execution Adversaries may execute malicious payloads via loading shared modules. Learn more", "Matches rule Suspicious DNS Query for IP Lookup Service APIs by Brandon George (blog post), Thomas Patzke", "Matches rule SERVER-OTHER Squid HTTP Vary response header denial of service attempt", "As of Feb 13 (early AM) \u2014 Indicators of Compromise: 17K | Types: Email (30), FileHash-SHA256 (2,146), URL (8,070), Hostname (2,755), Domain (3,528), Other (1,110) | Geo: US (233), Canada (15), China (10), Japan (2), Spain (2), Other (13)", "IDS Detections: Observed Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS Domain (cloudflare-dns .com in TLS SNI)", "\u2018Can't access file\u2019[Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "i\u0628\u0627\u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0646 \u0644\u0645\u0647\u0645\u0645\u0644\u0645\u0645\u0646\u0627\u0645\u0635\u0646\u0627\u0621\u0648\u0627\u0645\u0645\u0633\u0627\u0646\u062f | \u0645\u0637\u0639\u0645+ \u0645\u0645\u0627\u0645\u0627\u0645", "Broken Seal exploitation: The invalid X.509 seal appears engineered to exploit verification logic gaps, forcing fail-open behavior and allowing SEG bypass under certain configurations. Human-gated delivery posture: Cloudflare 403 challenges suggest the actor enforces human interaction before payload delivery, reducing automated discovery and sandbox analysis. Industrialized infrastructure: Correlation across thousands of domains and URLs indicates a highly automated, rotating delivery ecosystem.", "https://www.cloudflare.com/5xx-error-landing?utm_source=errorcode_522&utm_campaign=www.joewa.com", "Believed to be originating from Germany and Russia", "Verification failure observed in automated verification handlers during sandbox replay.", "https://blackbox-exporter.lenovo-k8s.home.local.advena.io/", "LIE. Built American. Attorneys , hackers , Sabey, Ahmann , US quasi government, SOCs , Red Teams , Hacker Fest | Colorado", "Research into the gogetlife.co telemetry confirms a dual-port obfuscation strategy designed to bypass multi-layer security indexing. Forensic HTTP scans identify a Port 80 \"Fail-Closed\" state, where standard web traffic is gated by a Cloudflare-managed 403 Forbidden challenge, effectively neutralizing automated crawlers. Conversely, Port 443 remains accessible, serving a WordPress-based interface backed by a freshly issued Google Trust Services certificate (Feb 4, 2026). This asymmetric configuration ensure", "oldapps \u2022 http://oldapps.com/blender.php?old_blender=7584?download", "Matches rule Local System Accounts Discovery - Linux by Alejandro Ortuno, oscd.community", "6b81d548c0fbd7a2275bb0d29deca0de96c1584ce7aadaf4f5dac3cb28ee9c29 (Can't access file)", "Will pulse remaining Apple IoC\u2019s in next pulse", "Loads modules at runtime Looks up procedures from modules", "df57a01 c40f355a0f8a592294187d4fedc257 [Compatibility Mode] - Word", "\u2018Can't access file\u2019 Trojan.Sagnt/R011c0dfs24 | Trojan/Linux.Zergeca", "Domains Contacted: cloudflare-dns.com checkip.amazonaws.com ipinfo.io api.opennic.org", "support.apple.com/ht^*^*^*^ redirects to support.apple.com/de/^*^*^*^*^", "IP\u2019s Contacted: 116.203.98.109 34.117.59.81 104.16.248.249 44.209.201.56", "Empty FileHash - Malware,Stealer, Related to ShadowBrokers EternalRocks", "Matches rule ET POLICY External IP Lookup ipinfo.io", "BGP Hurricane Electric seen", "https://blackbox-exporter.lenovo-k8s.home.local.advena/", "Whitelisted IP Address 204.79.197.212 Location United States ASN AS8068 microsoft corporation Nameservers ns4-205.azure-dns.info. , ns1-205.azure-dns.com. More WHOIS Registrar: MarkMonitor, Inc., Creation Date: Mar 26, 1996 Related Pulses OTX User-Created Pulses (50) Related Tags 2025 Related Tags 4328 , 5943 , 80211 , #supportsitewebsiteabuse #rootcertificatefailure #cryptographicf , The dynamics of the mudoSOSIntersectalign with sophisticated adv More Indicator Facts 982 malicious files communicat", "https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/http-status-codes/cloudflare-5xx-errors/error-522", "Startul ErrorPageTemplate[1] netcore, BouncyCastle.", "https://vtbehaviour.commondatastorage.googleapis.com/6b81d548c0fbd7a2275bb0d29deca0de96c1584ce7aadaf4f5dac3cb28ee9c29_Zenbox%20Linux.html?GoogleAccessId=758681729565-rc7fgq07icj8c9dm2gi34a4cckv235v1@developer.gserviceaccount.com&Expires=1775233275&Signature=vkbdhKnRjzLDcOeMxSE64WCgRJRN28vyp5o%2BMZIxIXbQxUz%2BB%2Beagggbj%2FVYVgAbXypupb2f1UXvcCVp7nMx6zqWvOYXl%2FsBnIislk5NatiGtExGV4WBAU3iE7lNBAjbnmf6HTwhBZCrJts4swSKX3iu%2FZ%2F0%2FwHPNnH%2FygP8AnfbECEroOxz%2FRqDso4jfiSs5dHVkZ%2BFx7fgRfqgt7QeR4IMwju2UyRQQJkwOjQO", "IDS Detections: HackingTrio UA (Hello, World) \u2022 HTTP traffic on port 443 (POST)", "div>

", "IDS Detections: JAWS Webserver Unauthenticated Shell Command Execution", "Matches rule ET INFO External IP Check (checkip .amazonaws .com)", "31.6.16.33\t\u2022 network.target [Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "crypto-pool.fr" ], "related": { "alienvault": { "adversary": [], "malware_families": [], "industries": [] }, "other": { "adversary": [], "malware_families": [ "Win.trojan.vbgeneric-6735875-0", "Generic36.adty", "Downloader.generic13.cmtw", "Win.trojan.emotet-9850453-0", "Win.malware.salat-10058846-0", "W32/kegotip cnc", "Cve-2025-20393", "Bouncycastle", "Trendmicro", "#lowfidetectsvmware", "Downloader.generic13.bobz", "Win32/ramnit.a", "Cve-2018-10562", "Hider.biy", "#lowfi:lua:dllsuspiciousexport.a", "Unix.trojan.mirai-7669677-0", "Win32/blacked", "Win.trojan.tofsee-7102058-0", "Trojan:win32/smkldr.h!mtb", "Worm.autorun-6180", "Backdoor:win32/tofsee.t", "Mydoom", "Win.trojan.agent-245901", "Generic36.aiaa.dropper", "Trojan.sagnt/r011c0dfs24", "Generic36.ajsm", "Win32/virut", "Win32.injector", "Sf:shellcode-au", "Win.trojan.injector-12138", "Zergeca", "W32.virut.ci", "Win.trojan.fareit-82", "Worm:win32/mofksys.rnd!mtb", "#lowfienabledtcontinueafterunpacking", "Et", "Win.trojan.rootkit-4532", "Icedid", "Worm:win32/autorun!atmn", "Unix.trojan.mirai", "Cve-2023-22518", "Alf:jasyp:trojandownloader:win32/smallagent!atmn", "Cve-2024-6387" ], "industries": [ "Technology", "Legal, financial, healthcare, government, municipal, real-estate, enterprise-technology, critical-in", "Telecom", "Legal" ] } } }, "false_positive": [] }, "geo": {}, "geo_ipapicom": {}, "pulse_count": 7, "pulses": [ { "id": "698e93e1ab02db8c49e8c3ed", "name": "\u201cBroken Seal\u201d DocuSign-themed Delivery with Fileless Process Hollowing (Zeppelin/Bloat-A)", "description": "Forensic analysis indicates a DocuSign-themed phishing campaign using a deliberately invalid X.509 PKI seal (\u201cBroken Seal\u201d) to trigger fail-open verification logic in automated handlers. The delivery mechanism bypasses Secure Email Gateway (SEG) reputation checks by using encrypted channels and human-gated infrastructure. The payload is a fileless Process Hollowing (RunPE) malware that injects into RWX memory of legitimate processes to evade disk-based EDR.", "modified": "2026-05-17T15:52:35.396000", "created": "2026-02-13T03:00:49.872000", "tags": [ "Zeppelin, Bloat-A, W32.Bloat-A, Zero-Day-Delivery, Protocol-Devi", "9698f46495ce9401c8bcaf9a2afe1598", "Imphash: 9698f46495ce9401c8bcaf9a2afe1598 | Imports (additional)", "MD5: b47266fef17ad4b2e4ca6ee1d06c39a7 SHA-1: cb92796715c799d7e71", "Filename: b47266fef17ad4b2e4ca6ee1d06c39a7.virus File Type: Win3", "Compilation / Toolchain Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Link", "DocuSign-themed phishing lure Invalid X.509 seal (\u201cBroken Seal\u201d)" ], "references": [ "Conversely, Port 443 remains accessible, serving a WordPress-based interface backed by a freshly issued Google Trust Services certificate (Feb 4, 2026). This asymmetric configuration ensures that the structurally invalid X.509 \"Broken Seal\" is only delivered via encrypted channels, while the gated Port 80 tier prevents the discovery of the underlying Zeppelin/Bloat-A redirection logic by non-human-interacted sessions.", "Imphash: 9698f46495ce9401c8bcaf9a2afe1598 | Imports (additional): GdipSetSmoothingMode, I_UuidCreate, RpcStringFreeW, UuidCreate, UuidToStringW, InternetCheckConnectionW | Resource: RT_MANIFEST (1, ENGLISH US, SHA-256 4bb79dcea0a901f7d9eac5aa05728ae92acb42e0cb22e5dd14134f4421a3d8df, XML, entropy 4.91)", "Observed hosting and routing telemetry indicates the delivery infrastructure is operating through AS209242 (Cloudflare London LLC), suggesting the actor is leveraging Cloudflare\u2019s transit layer for resilience and to reduce direct exposure of origin infrastructure.", "Research into the gogetlife.co telemetry confirms a dual-port obfuscation strategy designed to bypass multi-layer security indexing. Forensic HTTP scans identify a Port 80 \"Fail-Closed\" state, where standard web traffic is gated by a Cloudflare-managed 403 Forbidden challenge, effectively neutralizing automated crawlers. Conversely, Port 443 remains accessible, serving a WordPress-based interface backed by a freshly issued Google Trust Services certificate (Feb 4, 2026). This asymmetric configuration ensure", "Compilation / Toolchain Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Linker: Microsoft Linker 14.16.27032 IDE: Visual Studio 2017 (15.9) Classification: PEBIN TrID: Win64 EXE (32.2%) / Win32 DLL (20.1%) / Win16 NE (15.4%) PE Section Entropy (Suspicion): .data 7.36 \u2192 high (suggests packing/encryption), .reloc 6.66 \u2192 possible runtime modification, .text 6.01, .rdata 5.88, .rsrc 4.72 Imports (Capabilities): CreateRemoteThread, CreateThread, ExitProcess", "Broken Seal exploitation: The invalid X.509 seal appears engineered to exploit verification logic gaps, forcing fail-open behavior and allowing SEG bypass under certain configurations. Human-gated delivery posture: Cloudflare 403 challenges suggest the actor enforces human interaction before payload delivery, reducing automated discovery and sandbox analysis. Industrialized infrastructure: Correlation across thousands of domains and URLs indicates a highly automated, rotating delivery ecosystem.", "MITRE ATT&CK: Process Hollowing (T1055.012): Documentation on the RunPE injection method used by the payload to achieve a fileless state in RWX memory. RFC 5652 - Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS): This standard defines the structure of the digital signatures that this campaign's \"Broken Seal\" exploit bypasses.", "As of Feb 13 (early AM) \u2014 Indicators of Compromise: 17K | Types: Email (30), FileHash-SHA256 (2,146), URL (8,070), Hostname (2,755), Domain (3,528), Other (1,110) | Geo: US (233), Canada (15), China (10), Japan (2), Spain (2), Other (13)", "Verification failure observed in automated verification handlers during sandbox replay.", "The payload (SHA256: dfff54...4af) achieves a fileless execution state via Process Hollowing (RunPE), injecting into RWX memory regions of legitimate system processes to evade disk-based EDR telemetry. Anti-analysis controls\u2014including Bochs artifact checks, geofencing logic, and direct CPU clock interrogation\u2014are implemented to validate a high-interaction user environment prior to execution.", "Multiple antivirus engines flagged the sample with generic heuristic names (e.g., Trojan:Win32/Vigorf.A, Win32:Malware-gen, Trojan.Generic), consistent with multi-engine heuristic detection on VirusTotal.", "Malicious sample (SHA256: fa8e2ddfe42e77a9771a7c4d6421c7a808cf4508f8cd6dc6f4cf8bd4e2ae7f8f) detected as TrojanDownloader:Win32/Tugspay.A with YARA hits for Win32_PUA_Domaiq, aPLib, PECompact_2xx and IDS alerts including TLS Handshake Failure + 403 Forbidden, contacting 36 domains (e.g., api.123mediaplayer.com, static.sslsecure1.com) and IPs such as 104.18.23.19 and 193.166.255.171.", "SHA256 3d10374b55a18a2dd90d35d28472600496c680a7efab4e772595f735cb062343 identified as Win.Malware.Vtflooder-9783271-0 / Trojan:Win32/Vflooder.B with UPX/Nrv2x packing YARA hits, IDS detections for Win32/Vflooder.B check-in and DOS behavior, and network C2 indicators including 172.66.0.227 and 34.54.88.138.", "SHA-256: fc1fedce1419d4e2009828aad8644deca78b4eeed176e5b009797e0eb0d7d3ff \u2014 Detected as Win.Malware.Vtflooder / Trojan:Win32/Vflooder; UPX-packed PE32 executable, with 812 IDS hits (including C2 checkin + HTTP EXE upload).", "nationalgrid.com \u2014 Whitelisted domain (US, AS13335 Cloudflare) with 500+ passive DNS entries, 692 URLs, 195 subdomains, and 2 malicious files hosted on IP 104.17.1.192, which is concerning given the infrastructure and trust level.", "eversource.com (IP: 159.108.5.46, ASN: AS2024) has 2 flagged malicious files within its infrastructure, despite being whitelisted. The domain hosts 95 subdomains and maintains an active SPF record, indicating potential security risks under an otherwise trusted facade.", "Whitelisted IP Address 204.79.197.212 Location United States ASN AS8068 microsoft corporation Nameservers ns4-205.azure-dns.info. , ns1-205.azure-dns.com. More WHOIS Registrar: MarkMonitor, Inc., Creation Date: Mar 26, 1996 Related Pulses OTX User-Created Pulses (50) Related Tags 2025 Related Tags 4328 , 5943 , 80211 , #supportsitewebsiteabuse #rootcertificatefailure #cryptographicf , The dynamics of the mudoSOSIntersectalign with sophisticated adv More Indicator Facts 982 malicious files communicat", "", "The AlienVault OTX report for flypdx.com documents 11 related tags, including ids detections and av detections, across 4 active AWS IP addresses (3.175.34.30\u2013.106). These indicators confirm the airport's network has been flagged for unauthorized activity, specifically pointing to a bridge between their web infrastructure and internal passenger tracking. The display of PII on aviation hardware during my June flight matches a known data-bleeding pattern where Personally Identifiable Information (PII) leaks fr", "My Independent research finds an intersect between different pdf DV versions being able to connect to Raspberry Pi devices as it was the FCC application document. Risk: Mac ID connectivity to all." ], "public": 1, "adversary": "", "targeted_countries": [ "China", "United States of America", "Spain", "Japan", "Canada" ], "malware_families": [], "attack_ids": [], "industries": [ "Legal, Financial, Healthcare, Government, Municipal, Real-Estate, Enterprise-Technology, Critical-In" ], "TLP": "green", "cloned_from": null, "export_count": 14, "upvotes_count": 0, "downvotes_count": 0, "votes_count": 0, "locked": false, "pulse_source": "web", "validator_count": 0, "comment_count": 0, "follower_count": 0, "vote": 0, "author": { "username": "msudosos", "id": "381696", "avatar_url": "https://otx.alienvault.com/assets/images/default-avatar.png", "is_subscribed": false, "is_following": false }, "indicator_type_counts": { "domain": 28000, "FileHash-SHA256": 48374, "FileHash-MD5": 42596, "FileHash-SHA1": 23243, "hostname": 35654, "URL": 75758, "SSLCertFingerprint": 30, "CVE": 7585, "email": 316, "FileHash-IMPHASH": 8, "CIDR": 26205, "JA3": 1, "URI": 5, "IPv4": 574, "Mutex": 1 }, "indicator_count": 288350, "is_author": false, "is_subscribing": null, "subscriber_count": 92, "modified_text": "14 days ago ", "is_modified": true, "groups": [], "in_group": false, "threat_hunter_scannable": true, "threat_hunter_has_agents": 1, "related_indicator_type": "domain", "related_indicator_is_active": 1 }, { "id": "69d1395ab63bf8e8d2c384eb", "name": "Zergeca + Mirai + Salat + Autorun = Bigger Stronger packed Botnet Nightmare | Affecting untold infrastructure. Virtually undetectable", "description": "The sample is a packed malicious loader, likely a first-stage component. Key indicators include: 1) A custom implementation of an LZMA-style decompression algorithm within the '_start' function, used to unpack an embedded payload. 2) Use of direct syscalls (sys_open, sys_mmap) in 'sub_16d1efc' to manually map executable memory and transfer control to the second stage ('jump(rdx_2)'). 3) Extremely high entropy and a lack of standard ELF sections/imports, typical of obfuscated malware. 4) The use of '/proc/self/exe' and low-level I/O instructions (in/out) in 'sub_16d271e' suggests anti-analysis or self-replication capabilities. Relevant IOC: SHA256 [6b81d548c0fbd7a2275bb0d29deca0de96c1584ce7aadaf4f5dac3cb28ee9c29.] Name: 6b81d548c0fbd7a2275bb0d29deca0de96c1584ce7aadaf4f5dac3cb28ee9c29\n703552___ad433f35-96a0-467f-9fa4-a25a66b5c385.elf\ngeomi\n*Infrastructure Obfuscation\n*Low Detection Rate: Zergeca samples, packed with a modified UPX packer, continues to yield very low detection rates on VirusTotal.", "modified": "2026-05-04T15:01:49.491000", "created": "2026-04-04T16:16:26.128000", "tags": [ "binary", "yara rule", "binary file", "yara", "pe section", "av detections", "ip address", "url analysis", "urls", "singapore", "singapore asn", "as14061", "edgeview drive", "suite", "broomfield", "colorado", "key usage", "handle", "v3 serial", "number", "cert validity", "asia pacific", "traefik default", "cert", "thumbprint", "name", "all filehash", "learn", "adversaries", "calls", "ck id", "name tactics", "suspicious", "informative", "reads", "defense evasion", "loads", "model", "call", "getprocaddress", "span", "path", "mitre att", "ck matrix", "access type", "value", "windir", "open", "error", "click", "contact", "meta", "april", "hybrid", "format", "strings", "united", "b778b1", "div div", "d9e4f4", "edf2f8", "status", "fastest privacy", "first dns", "trojan", "pegasus", "title", "dynamicloader", "ms windows", "intel", "pe32 executable", "win32", "medium", "pe32", "high", "mozilla", "delphi", "injectdll", "write", "malware", "observer", "stream", "unknown", "lredmond", "stwa", "omicrosoft", "stwashington", "server ca", "https domain", "accept", "read c", "ogoogle trust", "worm", "code", "td td", "td tr", "a td", "dynamic dns", "name servers", "arial", "zeppelin", "null", "enough", "hosts", "fast", "tls sni", "cloudflare dns", "google dns", "showing", "get icarus", "show", "ascii text", "global", "next", "cc fd", "d4 dc", "a3 ad", "a8 c7", "bb c7", "f0 f1", "f4 ca", "bc a1", "win64", "local", "otx logo", "hostname", "passive dns", "files", "less", "related tags", "servers", "certificate", 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Learn more", "Loads modules at runtime Looks up procedures from modules", "(excluding apphelp.dll, kernel32.dll, user32.dll, gdi32.dll, ole32.dll, comctl32.dll, uxtheme.dll, oleaut32.dll, version.dll, msctfime.ime) Calls an API typically used to load libraries Loads the RPC (Remote Procedure Call) module DLL T1059.007", "https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns | cloudflare-dns.com", "https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/http-status-codes/cloudflare-5xx-errors/error-522", "https://www.cloudflare.com/5xx-error-landing?utm_source=errorcode_522&utm_campaign=www.joewa.com", "https://hybrid-analysis.com/sample/60d74d52f3b90530a1bc0dd1e26c694c6339bca6f249a4a1818694cd6aeea618/69cf2d0230de22b88e055a1f", "6b81d548c0fbd7a2275bb0d29deca0de96c1584ce7aadaf4f5dac3cb28ee9c29 (Can't access file)", "\u2018Can't access file\u2019 Trojan.Sagnt/R011c0dfs24 | Trojan/Linux.Zergeca", "\u2018Can't access file\u2019[Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "IDS Detections: Observed Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS Domain (cloudflare-dns .com in TLS SNI)", "IDS: Possible External IP Lookup ipinfo.io Possible External IP Lookup Domain Observed in SNI (ipinfo. io)", "Yara Detections: is__elf , LZMA , ELFHighEntropy , elf_empty_sections", "IP\u2019s Contacted: 116.203.98.109 34.117.59.81 104.16.248.249 44.209.201.56", "Domains Contacted: cloudflare-dns.com checkip.amazonaws.com ipinfo.io api.opennic.org", "Crowdsourced SIGMA Below:", "Matches rule Suspicious DNS Query for IP Lookup Service APIs by Brandon George (blog post), Thomas Patzke", "Matches rule Suspicious Network Connection to IP Lookup Service APIs by Janantha Marasinghe, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)", "Matches rule Local System Accounts Discovery - Linux by Alejandro Ortuno, oscd.community", "Crowdsourced IDS Below:", "Matches rule ET POLICY External IP Lookup ipinfo.io", "Matches rule ET POLICY Possible External IP Lookup Domain Observed in SNI (ipinfo. io)", "Matches rule ET INFO External IP Check (checkip .amazonaws .com)", "Matches rule SERVER-OTHER Squid HTTP Vary response header denial of service attempt", "Matches rule ET INFO Observed Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS Domain (cloudflare-dns .com in TLS SNI)", "Unique rule identifier: This rule belongs to a private collection.", "geomi.service 6b81d548c0fbd7a2275bb0d29deca0de96c1584ce7aadaf4f5dac3cb28ee9c29 703552___ad433f35-96a0-467f-9fa4-a25a66b5c385.elf geomi", "https://vtbehaviour.commondatastorage.googleapis.com/6b81d548c0fbd7a2275bb0d29deca0de96c1584ce7aadaf4f5dac3cb28ee9c29_Zenbox%20Linux.html?GoogleAccessId=758681729565-rc7fgq07icj8c9dm2gi34a4cckv235v1@developer.gserviceaccount.com&Expires=1775233275&Signature=vkbdhKnRjzLDcOeMxSE64WCgRJRN28vyp5o%2BMZIxIXbQxUz%2BB%2Beagggbj%2FVYVgAbXypupb2f1UXvcCVp7nMx6zqWvOYXl%2FsBnIislk5NatiGtExGV4WBAU3iE7lNBAjbnmf6HTwhBZCrJts4swSKX3iu%2FZ%2F0%2FwHPNnH%2FygP8AnfbECEroOxz%2FRqDso4jfiSs5dHVkZ%2BFx7fgRfqgt7QeR4IMwju2UyRQQJkwOjQO", "Reference: https://blog.xlab.qianxin.com/a-deep-dive-into-the-zergeca-botnet/", "crypto-pool.fr", "i\u0628\u0627\u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0646 \u0644\u0645\u0647\u0645\u0645\u0644\u0645\u0645\u0646\u0627\u0645\u0635\u0646\u0627\u0621\u0648\u0627\u0645\u0645\u0633\u0627\u0646\u062f | \u0645\u0637\u0639\u0645+ \u0645\u0645\u0627\u0645\u0627\u0645", "Muslims have built, supported, and assisted. or Muslims: Support and Solidarity", "LIE. Built American. Attorneys , hackers , Sabey, Ahmann , US quasi government, SOCs , Red Teams , Hacker Fest | Colorado", "IDS Detections: Mirai Variant User-Agent (Outbound) WebShell Generic - wget http - POST", "IDS Detections: MVPower DVR Shell UCE \u2022 HackingTrio UA (Hello, World)", "IDS Detections: JAWS Webserver Unauthenticated Shell Command Execution", "IDS Detections: HackingTrio UA (Hello, World) \u2022 HTTP traffic on port 443 (POST)", "IDS Detections: Mirai Variant User-Agent (Inbound) \u2022 HackingTrio UA (Hello, World)", "IDS: Observed Suspicious UA (Hello, World)", "Yara Detections: SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File , is__elf , LZMA , UPX ,", "Yara Detections: ELFHighEntropy , ElfUPX , elf_empty_sections", "Alerts: cape_detected_threat", "IP\u2019s Contacted: 210.101.166.243 117.61.31.95 118.173.103.172 2.159.67.181 117.80.58.104 .231.34 109.33.155.184", "IP\u2019s Contacted: 212.88.65.130 94.160.172.104 5.164.111.219 5.248", "Contacted: bot.hamsterrace.space [Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7669677-0]", "https://dns.google/resolve?name=SELECT", "31.6.16.33\t\u2022 network.target [Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "multi-user.target \u2022 ootheca.top \u2022 network.target \u2022 ootheca.pw [Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "84.54.51.82 \u2022 http://bot.hamsterrace.space:5966 [Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "Zergeca botnet based on Golang language still operating in the same language as the Mirai botnets", "Since September 2023, according to an analysis by cyber security firm XLab CTIA.", "Address shows an place of origin: Broomfield , Co", "Believed to be originating from Germany and Russia", "BGP Hurricane Electric seen", "Potentially Pegasus related . Found to be affecting an IOS device", "Indicators seen may have affected a few OTX users. Is ongoing", "Zergeca related URLs , URI\u2019s , Domains, inaccessible files referenced", "apple.k8s.joewa.com \u2022 joewa.com \u2022 com.apple", "This pulse is so huge it\u2019s a mess. Will break down." ], "public": 1, "adversary": "", "targeted_countries": [ "United States of America", "Thailand", "Germany", "Canada" ], "malware_families": [ { "id": "Win.Malware.Salat-10058846-0", "display_name": "Win.Malware.Salat-10058846-0", "target": null }, { "id": "Win.Trojan.Emotet-9850453-0", "display_name": "Win.Trojan.Emotet-9850453-0", "target": null }, { "id": "Worm:Win32/AutoRun!atmn", "display_name": "Worm:Win32/AutoRun!atmn", "target": "/malware/Worm:Win32/AutoRun!atmn" }, { "id": "#LowFiDetectsVmWare", "display_name": "#LowFiDetectsVmWare", "target": null }, { "id": "Win.Trojan.VBGeneric-6735875-0", "display_name": "Win.Trojan.VBGeneric-6735875-0", "target": null }, { "id": "Worm:Win32/Mofksys.RND!MTB", "display_name": "Worm:Win32/Mofksys.RND!MTB", "target": "/malware/Worm:Win32/Mofksys.RND!MTB" }, { "id": "ALF:JASYP:TrojanDownloader:Win32/SmallAgent!atmn", "display_name": "ALF:JASYP:TrojanDownloader:Win32/SmallAgent!atmn", "target": null }, { "id": "Trojan.Sagnt/R011c0dfs24", "display_name": "Trojan.Sagnt/R011c0dfs24", "target": null }, { "id": "Zergeca", "display_name": "Zergeca", "target": null }, { "id": "Unix.Trojan.Mirai", "display_name": "Unix.Trojan.Mirai", "target": null }, { "id": "Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7669677-0", "display_name": "Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7669677-0", "target": null }, { "id": "CVE-2018-10562", "display_name": "CVE-2018-10562", "target": null }, { "id": "CVE-2023-22518", "display_name": "CVE-2023-22518", "target": null }, { "id": "CVE-2024-6387", "display_name": "CVE-2024-6387", "target": null }, { "id": "CVE-2025-20393", "display_name": "CVE-2025-20393", "target": null }, { "id": "Win.Trojan.Tofsee-7102058-0", "display_name": "Win.Trojan.Tofsee-7102058-0", "target": null }, { "id": "Backdoor:Win32/Tofsee.T", "display_name": "Backdoor:Win32/Tofsee.T", "target": "/malware/Backdoor:Win32/Tofsee.T" } ], "attack_ids": [ { "id": "T1140", "name": "Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information", "display_name": "T1140 - Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information" }, { "id": "T1007", "name": "System Service Discovery", "display_name": "T1007 - System Service Discovery" }, { "id": "T1010", "name": "Application Window Discovery", "display_name": "T1010 - Application Window Discovery" }, { "id": "T1012", "name": "Query Registry", "display_name": "T1012 - Query Registry" }, { "id": "T1027", "name": "Obfuscated Files or Information", "display_name": "T1027 - Obfuscated Files or Information" }, { "id": "T1033", "name": "System Owner/User Discovery", "display_name": "T1033 - System Owner/User Discovery" }, { "id": "T1055", "name": "Process Injection", "display_name": "T1055 - Process Injection" }, { "id": "T1057", "name": "Process Discovery", "display_name": "T1057 - Process Discovery" }, { "id": "T1059", "name": "Command and Scripting Interpreter", "display_name": "T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter" }, { "id": "T1071", "name": "Application Layer Protocol", "display_name": "T1071 - Application Layer Protocol" }, { "id": "T1082", "name": "System Information Discovery", "display_name": "T1082 - System Information Discovery" }, { "id": "T1083", "name": "File and Directory Discovery", "display_name": "T1083 - File and Directory Discovery" }, { "id": "T1105", "name": "Ingress Tool Transfer", "display_name": "T1105 - Ingress Tool Transfer" }, { "id": "T1106", "name": "Native API", "display_name": "T1106 - Native API" }, { "id": "T1113", "name": "Screen Capture", "display_name": "T1113 - Screen Capture" }, { "id": "T1129", "name": "Shared Modules", "display_name": "T1129 - Shared Modules" }, { "id": "T1546", "name": "Event Triggered Execution", "display_name": "T1546 - Event Triggered Execution" }, { "id": "T1573", "name": "Encrypted Channel", "display_name": "T1573 - Encrypted Channel" }, { "id": "T1590", "name": "Gather Victim Network Information", "display_name": "T1590 - Gather Victim Network Information" }, { "id": "T1614", "name": "System Location Discovery", "display_name": "T1614 - System Location Discovery" }, { "id": "T1055.003", "name": "Thread Execution Hijacking", "display_name": "T1055.003 - Thread Execution Hijacking" }, { "id": "T1037.002", "name": "Logon Script (Mac)", "display_name": "T1037.002 - Logon Script (Mac)" }, { "id": "T1155", "name": "AppleScript", "display_name": "T1155 - AppleScript" }, { "id": "T1590.005", "name": "IP Addresses", "display_name": "T1590.005 - IP Addresses" }, { "id": "T1059.007", "name": "JavaScript", "display_name": "T1059.007 - JavaScript" }, { "id": "T1546.015", "name": "Component Object Model Hijacking", "display_name": "T1546.015 - Component Object Model Hijacking" }, { "id": "T1210", "name": "Exploitation of Remote Services", "display_name": "T1210 - Exploitation of Remote Services" }, { "id": "T1056.004", "name": "Credential API Hooking", "display_name": "T1056.004 - Credential API Hooking" }, { "id": "T1060", "name": "Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder", "display_name": "T1060 - Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder" }, { "id": "T1063", "name": "Security Software Discovery", "display_name": "T1063 - Security Software Discovery" }, { "id": "T1119", "name": "Automated Collection", "display_name": "T1119 - Automated Collection" }, { "id": "T1543.002", "name": "Systemd Service", "display_name": "T1543.002 - Systemd Service" }, { "id": "TA0003", "name": "Persistence", "display_name": "TA0003 - Persistence" }, { "id": "T1543", "name": "Create or Modify System Process", "display_name": "T1543 - Create or Modify System Process" }, { "id": "T1608.002", "name": "Upload Tool", "display_name": "T1608.002 - Upload Tool" }, { "id": "T1587.001", "name": "Malware", "display_name": "T1587.001 - Malware" }, { "id": "T1036", "name": "Masquerading", "display_name": "T1036 - Masquerading" }, { "id": "T1070", "name": "Indicator Removal on Host", "display_name": "T1070 - Indicator Removal on Host" }, { "id": "T1222", "name": "File and Directory Permissions Modification", "display_name": "T1222 - File and Directory Permissions Modification" }, { "id": "T1003", "name": "OS Credential Dumping", "display_name": "T1003 - OS Credential Dumping" }, { "id": "T1016", "name": "System Network Configuration Discovery", "display_name": "T1016 - System Network Configuration Discovery" }, { "id": "T1095", "name": "Non-Application Layer Protocol", "display_name": "T1095 - Non-Application Layer Protocol" }, { "id": "T1518", "name": "Software Discovery", "display_name": "T1518 - Software Discovery" }, { "id": "T1571", "name": "Non-Standard Port", "display_name": "T1571 - Non-Standard Port" }, { "id": "T1583.005", "name": "Botnet", "display_name": "T1583.005 - Botnet" }, { "id": "T1021", "name": "Remote Services", "display_name": "T1021 - Remote Services" }, { "id": "T1190", "name": "Exploit Public-Facing Application", "display_name": "T1190 - Exploit Public-Facing Application" }, { "id": "T1195", "name": "Supply Chain Compromise", "display_name": "T1195 - Supply Chain Compromise" }, { "id": "T1499", "name": "Endpoint Denial of Service", "display_name": "T1499 - Endpoint Denial of Service" }, { "id": "T1583", "name": "Acquire Infrastructure", "display_name": "T1583 - Acquire Infrastructure" }, { "id": "T1609", "name": "Container Administration Command", "display_name": "T1609 - 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Virtually undetectable", "description": "The sample is a packed malicious loader, likely a first-stage component. Key indicators include: 1) A custom implementation of an LZMA-style decompression algorithm within the '_start' function, used to unpack an embedded payload. 2) Use of direct syscalls (sys_open, sys_mmap) in 'sub_16d1efc' to manually map executable memory and transfer control to the second stage ('jump(rdx_2)'). 3) Extremely high entropy and a lack of standard ELF sections/imports, typical of obfuscated malware. 4) The use of '/proc/self/exe' and low-level I/O instructions (in/out) in 'sub_16d271e' suggests anti-analysis or self-replication capabilities. 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"command", "unix shell", "software supply", "service", "chain", "t1499", "entries", "otx telemetry", "next associated", "backdoor", "detections", "sha256 add", "alerts", "heur", "all domain", "creation date", "record value", "aaaa", "date", "unknown ns", "ponmocup post", "infection dns", "mtb nov", "ipv4 add", "external ip", "copy" ], "references": [ "www.joewa.com", "Win.Malware.Salat-10058846-0 Alerts binary_yara packer_unknown_pe_section_name", "Yara Detections: MacSync_AppleScript_Stealer , UPX ,", "Yara Detections: UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser", "apple.k8s.joewa.com \u2022 joewa.com \u2022 http://apple.k8s.joewa.com/ \u2022 https://apple.k8s.joewa.com/", "Interlocken Business Park Address. 105 Edgeview Drive, Broomfield, CO", "blackbox-exporter.lenovo-k8s.home.local.advena.io", "http://blackbox-exporter.lenovo-k8s.home.local.advena.io/", "http://blackbox-exporter.lenovo-k8s.home.local.advena.io/", "https://blackbox-exporter.lenovo-k8s.home.local.advena.io/", "https://blackbox-exporter.lenovo-k8s.home.local.advena/", "Calls an API typically used to retrieve function addresses, load a resource T1129\tShared Modules\t Execution Adversaries may execute malicious payloads via loading shared modules. Learn more", "Loads modules at runtime Looks up procedures from modules", "(excluding apphelp.dll, kernel32.dll, user32.dll, gdi32.dll, ole32.dll, comctl32.dll, uxtheme.dll, oleaut32.dll, version.dll, msctfime.ime) Calls an API typically used to load libraries Loads the RPC (Remote Procedure Call) module DLL T1059.007", "https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns | cloudflare-dns.com", "https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/http-status-codes/cloudflare-5xx-errors/error-522", "https://www.cloudflare.com/5xx-error-landing?utm_source=errorcode_522&utm_campaign=www.joewa.com", "https://hybrid-analysis.com/sample/60d74d52f3b90530a1bc0dd1e26c694c6339bca6f249a4a1818694cd6aeea618/69cf2d0230de22b88e055a1f", "6b81d548c0fbd7a2275bb0d29deca0de96c1584ce7aadaf4f5dac3cb28ee9c29 (Can't access file)", "\u2018Can't access file\u2019 Trojan.Sagnt/R011c0dfs24 | Trojan/Linux.Zergeca", "\u2018Can't access file\u2019[Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "IDS Detections: Observed Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS Domain (cloudflare-dns .com in TLS SNI)", "IDS: Possible External IP Lookup ipinfo.io Possible External IP Lookup Domain Observed in SNI (ipinfo. io)", "Yara Detections: is__elf , LZMA , ELFHighEntropy , elf_empty_sections", "IP\u2019s Contacted: 116.203.98.109 34.117.59.81 104.16.248.249 44.209.201.56", "Domains Contacted: cloudflare-dns.com checkip.amazonaws.com ipinfo.io api.opennic.org", "Crowdsourced SIGMA Below:", "Matches rule Suspicious DNS Query for IP Lookup Service APIs by Brandon George (blog post), Thomas Patzke", "Matches rule Suspicious Network Connection to IP Lookup Service APIs by Janantha Marasinghe, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)", "Matches rule Local System Accounts Discovery - Linux by Alejandro Ortuno, oscd.community", "Crowdsourced IDS Below:", "Matches rule ET POLICY External IP Lookup ipinfo.io", "Matches rule ET POLICY Possible External IP Lookup Domain Observed in SNI (ipinfo. io)", "Matches rule ET INFO External IP Check (checkip .amazonaws .com)", "Matches rule SERVER-OTHER Squid HTTP Vary response header denial of service attempt", "Matches rule ET INFO Observed Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS Domain (cloudflare-dns .com in TLS SNI)", "Unique rule identifier: This rule belongs to a private collection.", "geomi.service 6b81d548c0fbd7a2275bb0d29deca0de96c1584ce7aadaf4f5dac3cb28ee9c29 703552___ad433f35-96a0-467f-9fa4-a25a66b5c385.elf geomi", "https://vtbehaviour.commondatastorage.googleapis.com/6b81d548c0fbd7a2275bb0d29deca0de96c1584ce7aadaf4f5dac3cb28ee9c29_Zenbox%20Linux.html?GoogleAccessId=758681729565-rc7fgq07icj8c9dm2gi34a4cckv235v1@developer.gserviceaccount.com&Expires=1775233275&Signature=vkbdhKnRjzLDcOeMxSE64WCgRJRN28vyp5o%2BMZIxIXbQxUz%2BB%2Beagggbj%2FVYVgAbXypupb2f1UXvcCVp7nMx6zqWvOYXl%2FsBnIislk5NatiGtExGV4WBAU3iE7lNBAjbnmf6HTwhBZCrJts4swSKX3iu%2FZ%2F0%2FwHPNnH%2FygP8AnfbECEroOxz%2FRqDso4jfiSs5dHVkZ%2BFx7fgRfqgt7QeR4IMwju2UyRQQJkwOjQO", "Reference: https://blog.xlab.qianxin.com/a-deep-dive-into-the-zergeca-botnet/", "crypto-pool.fr", "i\u0628\u0627\u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0646 \u0644\u0645\u0647\u0645\u0645\u0644\u0645\u0645\u0646\u0627\u0645\u0635\u0646\u0627\u0621\u0648\u0627\u0645\u0645\u0633\u0627\u0646\u062f | \u0645\u0637\u0639\u0645+ \u0645\u0645\u0627\u0645\u0627\u0645", "Muslims have built, supported, and assisted. or Muslims: Support and Solidarity", "LIE. Built American. Attorneys , hackers , Sabey, Ahmann , US quasi government, SOCs , Red Teams , Hacker Fest | Colorado", "IDS Detections: Mirai Variant User-Agent (Outbound) WebShell Generic - wget http - POST", "IDS Detections: MVPower DVR Shell UCE \u2022 HackingTrio UA (Hello, World)", "IDS Detections: JAWS Webserver Unauthenticated Shell Command Execution", "IDS Detections: HackingTrio UA (Hello, World) \u2022 HTTP traffic on port 443 (POST)", "IDS Detections: Mirai Variant User-Agent (Inbound) \u2022 HackingTrio UA (Hello, World)", "IDS: Observed Suspicious UA (Hello, World)", "Yara Detections: SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File , is__elf , LZMA , UPX ,", "Yara Detections: ELFHighEntropy , ElfUPX , elf_empty_sections", "Alerts: cape_detected_threat", "IP\u2019s Contacted: 210.101.166.243 117.61.31.95 118.173.103.172 2.159.67.181 117.80.58.104 .231.34 109.33.155.184", "IP\u2019s Contacted: 212.88.65.130 94.160.172.104 5.164.111.219 5.248", "Contacted: bot.hamsterrace.space [Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7669677-0]", "https://dns.google/resolve?name=SELECT", "31.6.16.33\t\u2022 network.target [Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "multi-user.target \u2022 ootheca.top \u2022 network.target \u2022 ootheca.pw [Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "84.54.51.82 \u2022 http://bot.hamsterrace.space:5966 [Found in Zergeca Botnet]", "Zergeca botnet based on Golang language still operating in the same language as the Mirai botnets", "Since September 2023, according to an analysis by cyber security firm XLab CTIA.", "Address shows an place of origin: Broomfield , Co", "Believed to be originating from Germany and Russia", "BGP Hurricane Electric seen", "Potentially Pegasus related . Found to be affecting an IOS device", "Indicators seen may have affected a few OTX users. Is ongoing", "Zergeca related URLs , URI\u2019s , Domains, inaccessible files referenced", "apple.k8s.joewa.com \u2022 joewa.com \u2022 com.apple", "This pulse is so huge it\u2019s a mess. Will break down." ], "public": 1, "adversary": "", "targeted_countries": [ "United States of America", "Thailand", "Germany", "Canada" ], "malware_families": [ { "id": "Win.Malware.Salat-10058846-0", "display_name": "Win.Malware.Salat-10058846-0", "target": null }, { "id": "Win.Trojan.Emotet-9850453-0", "display_name": "Win.Trojan.Emotet-9850453-0", "target": null }, { "id": "Worm:Win32/AutoRun!atmn", "display_name": "Worm:Win32/AutoRun!atmn", "target": "/malware/Worm:Win32/AutoRun!atmn" }, { "id": "#LowFiDetectsVmWare", "display_name": "#LowFiDetectsVmWare", "target": null }, { "id": "Win.Trojan.VBGeneric-6735875-0", "display_name": "Win.Trojan.VBGeneric-6735875-0", "target": null }, { "id": "Worm:Win32/Mofksys.RND!MTB", "display_name": "Worm:Win32/Mofksys.RND!MTB", "target": "/malware/Worm:Win32/Mofksys.RND!MTB" }, { "id": "ALF:JASYP:TrojanDownloader:Win32/SmallAgent!atmn", "display_name": "ALF:JASYP:TrojanDownloader:Win32/SmallAgent!atmn", "target": null }, { "id": "Trojan.Sagnt/R011c0dfs24", "display_name": "Trojan.Sagnt/R011c0dfs24", "target": null }, { "id": "Zergeca", "display_name": "Zergeca", "target": null }, { "id": "Unix.Trojan.Mirai", "display_name": "Unix.Trojan.Mirai", "target": null }, { "id": "Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7669677-0", "display_name": "Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7669677-0", "target": null }, { "id": "CVE-2018-10562", "display_name": "CVE-2018-10562", "target": null }, { "id": "CVE-2023-22518", "display_name": "CVE-2023-22518", "target": null }, { "id": "CVE-2024-6387", "display_name": "CVE-2024-6387", "target": null }, { "id": "CVE-2025-20393", "display_name": "CVE-2025-20393", "target": null }, { "id": "Win.Trojan.Tofsee-7102058-0", "display_name": "Win.Trojan.Tofsee-7102058-0", "target": null }, { "id": "Backdoor:Win32/Tofsee.T", "display_name": "Backdoor:Win32/Tofsee.T", "target": "/malware/Backdoor:Win32/Tofsee.T" } ], "attack_ids": [ { "id": "T1140", "name": "Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information", "display_name": "T1140 - Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information" }, { "id": "T1007", "name": "System Service Discovery", "display_name": "T1007 - System Service Discovery" }, { "id": "T1010", "name": "Application Window Discovery", "display_name": "T1010 - Application Window Discovery" }, { "id": "T1012", "name": "Query Registry", "display_name": "T1012 - Query Registry" }, { "id": "T1027", "name": "Obfuscated Files or Information", "display_name": "T1027 - Obfuscated Files or Information" }, { "id": "T1033", "name": "System Owner/User Discovery", "display_name": "T1033 - System Owner/User Discovery" }, { "id": "T1055", "name": "Process Injection", "display_name": "T1055 - Process Injection" }, { "id": "T1057", "name": "Process Discovery", "display_name": "T1057 - Process Discovery" }, { "id": "T1059", "name": "Command and Scripting Interpreter", "display_name": "T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter" }, { "id": "T1071", "name": "Application Layer Protocol", "display_name": "T1071 - Application Layer Protocol" }, { "id": "T1082", "name": "System Information Discovery", "display_name": "T1082 - System Information Discovery" }, { "id": "T1083", "name": "File and Directory Discovery", "display_name": "T1083 - File and Directory Discovery" }, { "id": "T1105", "name": "Ingress Tool Transfer", "display_name": "T1105 - Ingress Tool Transfer" }, { "id": "T1106", "name": "Native API", "display_name": "T1106 - Native API" }, { "id": "T1113", "name": "Screen Capture", "display_name": "T1113 - Screen Capture" }, { "id": "T1129", "name": "Shared Modules", "display_name": "T1129 - Shared Modules" }, { "id": "T1546", "name": "Event Triggered Execution", "display_name": "T1546 - Event Triggered Execution" }, { "id": "T1573", "name": "Encrypted Channel", "display_name": "T1573 - Encrypted Channel" }, { "id": "T1590", "name": "Gather Victim Network Information", "display_name": "T1590 - Gather Victim Network Information" }, { "id": "T1614", "name": "System Location Discovery", "display_name": "T1614 - System Location Discovery" }, { "id": "T1055.003", "name": "Thread Execution Hijacking", "display_name": "T1055.003 - Thread Execution Hijacking" }, { "id": "T1037.002", "name": "Logon Script (Mac)", "display_name": "T1037.002 - Logon Script (Mac)" }, { "id": "T1155", "name": "AppleScript", "display_name": "T1155 - AppleScript" }, { "id": "T1590.005", "name": "IP Addresses", "display_name": "T1590.005 - IP Addresses" }, { "id": "T1059.007", "name": "JavaScript", "display_name": "T1059.007 - JavaScript" }, { "id": "T1546.015", "name": "Component Object Model Hijacking", "display_name": "T1546.015 - Component Object Model Hijacking" }, { "id": "T1210", "name": "Exploitation of Remote Services", "display_name": "T1210 - Exploitation of Remote Services" }, { "id": "T1056.004", "name": "Credential API Hooking", "display_name": "T1056.004 - Credential API Hooking" }, { "id": "T1060", "name": "Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder", "display_name": "T1060 - Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder" }, { "id": "T1063", "name": "Security Software Discovery", "display_name": "T1063 - Security Software Discovery" }, { "id": "T1119", "name": "Automated Collection", "display_name": "T1119 - Automated Collection" }, { "id": "T1543.002", "name": "Systemd Service", "display_name": "T1543.002 - Systemd Service" }, { "id": "TA0003", "name": "Persistence", "display_name": "TA0003 - Persistence" }, { "id": "T1543", "name": "Create or Modify System Process", "display_name": "T1543 - Create or Modify System Process" }, { "id": "T1608.002", "name": "Upload Tool", "display_name": "T1608.002 - Upload Tool" }, { "id": "T1587.001", "name": "Malware", "display_name": "T1587.001 - Malware" }, { "id": "T1036", "name": "Masquerading", "display_name": "T1036 - Masquerading" }, { "id": "T1070", "name": "Indicator Removal on Host", "display_name": "T1070 - Indicator Removal on Host" }, { "id": "T1222", "name": "File and Directory Permissions Modification", "display_name": "T1222 - File and Directory Permissions Modification" }, { "id": "T1003", "name": "OS Credential Dumping", "display_name": "T1003 - OS Credential Dumping" }, { "id": "T1016", "name": "System Network Configuration Discovery", "display_name": "T1016 - System Network Configuration Discovery" }, { "id": "T1095", "name": "Non-Application Layer Protocol", "display_name": "T1095 - Non-Application Layer Protocol" }, { "id": "T1518", "name": "Software Discovery", "display_name": "T1518 - Software Discovery" }, { "id": "T1571", "name": "Non-Standard Port", "display_name": "T1571 - Non-Standard Port" }, { "id": "T1583.005", "name": "Botnet", "display_name": "T1583.005 - Botnet" }, { "id": "T1021", "name": "Remote Services", "display_name": "T1021 - Remote Services" }, { "id": "T1190", "name": "Exploit Public-Facing Application", "display_name": "T1190 - Exploit Public-Facing Application" }, { "id": "T1195", "name": "Supply Chain Compromise", "display_name": "T1195 - Supply Chain Compromise" }, { "id": "T1499", "name": "Endpoint Denial of Service", "display_name": "T1499 - Endpoint Denial of Service" }, { "id": "T1583", "name": "Acquire Infrastructure", "display_name": "T1583 - Acquire Infrastructure" }, { "id": "T1609", "name": "Container Administration Command", "display_name": "T1609 - Container Administration Command" }, { "id": "T1021.001", "name": "Remote Desktop Protocol", "display_name": "T1021.001 - Remote Desktop Protocol" }, { "id": "T1059.004", "name": "Unix Shell", "display_name": "T1059.004 - Unix Shell" }, { "id": "T1195.002", "name": "Compromise Software Supply Chain", "display_name": "T1195.002 - Compromise Software Supply Chain" }, { "id": "T1059.002", "name": "AppleScript", "display_name": "T1059.002 - AppleScript" }, { "id": "T1583.003", "name": "Virtual Private Server", "display_name": "T1583.003 - Virtual Private Server" }, { "id": "T1001", "name": "Data Obfuscation", "display_name": "T1001 - Data Obfuscation" } ], "industries": [], "TLP": "green", "cloned_from": null, "export_count": 2, "upvotes_count": 0, "downvotes_count": 0, "votes_count": 0, "locked": false, "pulse_source": "web", "validator_count": 0, "comment_count": 0, "follower_count": 0, "vote": 0, "author": { "username": "Q.Vashti", "id": "337942", "avatar_url": "https://otx.alienvault.com/assets/images/default-avatar.png", "is_subscribed": false, "is_following": false }, "indicator_type_counts": { "FileHash-MD5": 795, "FileHash-SHA1": 648, "FileHash-SHA256": 3708, "URL": 2587, "domain": 739, "hostname": 1129, "email": 14, "CIDR": 15, "SSLCertFingerprint": 18, "CVE": 4 }, "indicator_count": 9657, "is_author": false, "is_subscribing": null, "subscriber_count": 144, "modified_text": "27 days ago ", "is_modified": true, "groups": [], "in_group": false, "threat_hunter_scannable": true, "threat_hunter_has_agents": 1, "related_indicator_type": "domain", "related_indicator_is_active": 1 }, { "id": "69bf64e1d5e06aa6207f78de", "name": "Spam \u201cBroken Seal\u201d DocuSign-themed Delivery w/Fileless Process Hollowing (Zeppelin/Bloat-A) by msudosos", "description": "", "modified": "2026-03-27T00:30:39.055000", "created": "2026-03-22T03:41:21.863000", "tags": [ "Zeppelin, Bloat-A, W32.Bloat-A, Zero-Day-Delivery, Protocol-Devi", "9698f46495ce9401c8bcaf9a2afe1598", "Imphash: 9698f46495ce9401c8bcaf9a2afe1598 | Imports (additional)", "MD5: b47266fef17ad4b2e4ca6ee1d06c39a7 SHA-1: cb92796715c799d7e71", "Filename: b47266fef17ad4b2e4ca6ee1d06c39a7.virus File Type: Win3", "Compilation / Toolchain Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Link", "DocuSign-themed phishing lure Invalid X.509 seal (\u201cBroken Seal\u201d)" ], "references": [ "Conversely, Port 443 remains accessible, serving a WordPress-based interface backed by a freshly issued Google Trust Services certificate (Feb 4, 2026). This asymmetric configuration ensures that the structurally invalid X.509 \"Broken Seal\" is only delivered via encrypted channels, while the gated Port 80 tier prevents the discovery of the underlying Zeppelin/Bloat-A redirection logic by non-human-interacted sessions.", "Imphash: 9698f46495ce9401c8bcaf9a2afe1598 | Imports (additional): GdipSetSmoothingMode, I_UuidCreate, RpcStringFreeW, UuidCreate, UuidToStringW, InternetCheckConnectionW | Resource: RT_MANIFEST (1, ENGLISH US, SHA-256 4bb79dcea0a901f7d9eac5aa05728ae92acb42e0cb22e5dd14134f4421a3d8df, XML, entropy 4.91)", "Observed hosting and routing telemetry indicates the delivery infrastructure is operating through AS209242 (Cloudflare London LLC), suggesting the actor is leveraging Cloudflare\u2019s transit layer for resilience and to reduce direct exposure of origin infrastructure.", "Research into the gogetlife.co telemetry confirms a dual-port obfuscation strategy designed to bypass multi-layer security indexing. Forensic HTTP scans identify a Port 80 \"Fail-Closed\" state, where standard web traffic is gated by a Cloudflare-managed 403 Forbidden challenge, effectively neutralizing automated crawlers. Conversely, Port 443 remains accessible, serving a WordPress-based interface backed by a freshly issued Google Trust Services certificate (Feb 4, 2026). This asymmetric configuration ensure", "Compilation / Toolchain Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Linker: Microsoft Linker 14.16.27032 IDE: Visual Studio 2017 (15.9) Classification: PEBIN TrID: Win64 EXE (32.2%) / Win32 DLL (20.1%) / Win16 NE (15.4%) PE Section Entropy (Suspicion): .data 7.36 \u2192 high (suggests packing/encryption), .reloc 6.66 \u2192 possible runtime modification, .text 6.01, .rdata 5.88, .rsrc 4.72 Imports (Capabilities): CreateRemoteThread, CreateThread, ExitProcess", "Broken Seal exploitation: The invalid X.509 seal appears engineered to exploit verification logic gaps, forcing fail-open behavior and allowing SEG bypass under certain configurations. Human-gated delivery posture: Cloudflare 403 challenges suggest the actor enforces human interaction before payload delivery, reducing automated discovery and sandbox analysis. Industrialized infrastructure: Correlation across thousands of domains and URLs indicates a highly automated, rotating delivery ecosystem.", "MITRE ATT&CK: Process Hollowing (T1055.012): Documentation on the RunPE injection method used by the payload to achieve a fileless state in RWX memory. RFC 5652 - Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS): This standard defines the structure of the digital signatures that this campaign's \"Broken Seal\" exploit bypasses.", "As of Feb 13 (early AM) \u2014 Indicators of Compromise: 17K | Types: Email (30), FileHash-SHA256 (2,146), URL (8,070), Hostname (2,755), Domain (3,528), Other (1,110) | Geo: US (233), Canada (15), China (10), Japan (2), Spain (2), Other (13)", "Verification failure observed in automated verification handlers during sandbox replay.", "The payload (SHA256: dfff54...4af) achieves a fileless execution state via Process Hollowing (RunPE), injecting into RWX memory regions of legitimate system processes to evade disk-based EDR telemetry. Anti-analysis controls\u2014including Bochs artifact checks, geofencing logic, and direct CPU clock interrogation\u2014are implemented to validate a high-interaction user environment prior to execution.", "Multiple antivirus engines flagged the sample with generic heuristic names (e.g., Trojan:Win32/Vigorf.A, Win32:Malware-gen, Trojan.Generic), consistent with multi-engine heuristic detection on VirusTotal.", "Malicious sample (SHA256: fa8e2ddfe42e77a9771a7c4d6421c7a808cf4508f8cd6dc6f4cf8bd4e2ae7f8f) detected as TrojanDownloader:Win32/Tugspay.A with YARA hits for Win32_PUA_Domaiq, aPLib, PECompact_2xx and IDS alerts including TLS Handshake Failure + 403 Forbidden, contacting 36 domains (e.g., api.123mediaplayer.com, static.sslsecure1.com) and IPs such as 104.18.23.19 and 193.166.255.171.", "SHA256 3d10374b55a18a2dd90d35d28472600496c680a7efab4e772595f735cb062343 identified as Win.Malware.Vtflooder-9783271-0 / Trojan:Win32/Vflooder.B with UPX/Nrv2x packing YARA hits, IDS detections for Win32/Vflooder.B check-in and DOS behavior, and network C2 indicators including 172.66.0.227 and 34.54.88.138.", "SHA-256: fc1fedce1419d4e2009828aad8644deca78b4eeed176e5b009797e0eb0d7d3ff \u2014 Detected as Win.Malware.Vtflooder / Trojan:Win32/Vflooder; UPX-packed PE32 executable, with 812 IDS hits (including C2 checkin + HTTP EXE upload).", "nationalgrid.com \u2014 Whitelisted domain (US, AS13335 Cloudflare) with 500+ passive DNS entries, 692 URLs, 195 subdomains, and 2 malicious files hosted on IP 104.17.1.192, which is concerning given the infrastructure and trust level.", "eversource.com (IP: 159.108.5.46, ASN: AS2024) has 2 flagged malicious files within its infrastructure, despite being whitelisted. The domain hosts 95 subdomains and maintains an active SPF record, indicating potential security risks under an otherwise trusted facade.", "Whitelisted IP Address 204.79.197.212 Location United States ASN AS8068 microsoft corporation Nameservers ns4-205.azure-dns.info. , ns1-205.azure-dns.com. More WHOIS Registrar: MarkMonitor, Inc., Creation Date: Mar 26, 1996 Related Pulses OTX User-Created Pulses (50) Related Tags 2025 Related Tags 4328 , 5943 , 80211 , #supportsitewebsiteabuse #rootcertificatefailure #cryptographicf , The dynamics of the mudoSOSIntersectalign with sophisticated adv More Indicator Facts 982 malicious files communicat", "", "The AlienVault OTX report for flypdx.com documents 11 related tags, including ids detections and av detections, across 4 active AWS IP addresses (3.175.34.30\u2013.106). These indicators confirm the airport's network has been flagged for unauthorized activity, specifically pointing to a bridge between their web infrastructure and internal passenger tracking. The display of PII on aviation hardware during my June flight matches a known data-bleeding pattern where Personally Identifiable Information (PII) leaks fr" ], "public": 1, "adversary": "", "targeted_countries": [ "China", "United States of America", "Spain", "Japan", "Canada" ], "malware_families": [], "attack_ids": [], "industries": [ "Legal, Financial, Healthcare, Government, Municipal, Real-Estate, Enterprise-Technology, Critical-In" ], "TLP": "green", "cloned_from": "698e93e1ab02db8c49e8c3ed", "export_count": 3, "upvotes_count": 0, "downvotes_count": 0, "votes_count": 0, "locked": false, "pulse_source": "web", "validator_count": 0, "comment_count": 0, "follower_count": 0, "vote": 0, "author": { "username": "Q.Vashti", "id": "337942", "avatar_url": "https://otx.alienvault.com/assets/images/default-avatar.png", "is_subscribed": false, "is_following": false }, "indicator_type_counts": { "domain": 27572, "FileHash-SHA256": 46076, "FileHash-MD5": 42177, "FileHash-SHA1": 22874, "hostname": 33438, "URL": 74810, "SSLCertFingerprint": 21, "CVE": 7579, "email": 297, "FileHash-IMPHASH": 8, "CIDR": 26203, "JA3": 1 }, "indicator_count": 281056, "is_author": false, "is_subscribing": null, "subscriber_count": 149, "modified_text": "65 days ago ", "is_modified": true, "groups": [], "in_group": false, "threat_hunter_scannable": true, "threat_hunter_has_agents": 1, "related_indicator_type": "domain", "related_indicator_is_active": 1 }, { "id": "69bf64eccb5d39a90a3c391e", "name": "Spam \u201cBroken Seal\u201d DocuSign-themed Delivery w/Fileless Process Hollowing (Zeppelin/Bloat-A) by msudosos", "description": "", "modified": "2026-03-27T00:30:39.055000", "created": "2026-03-22T03:41:32.565000", "tags": [ "Zeppelin, Bloat-A, W32.Bloat-A, Zero-Day-Delivery, Protocol-Devi", "9698f46495ce9401c8bcaf9a2afe1598", "Imphash: 9698f46495ce9401c8bcaf9a2afe1598 | Imports (additional)", "MD5: b47266fef17ad4b2e4ca6ee1d06c39a7 SHA-1: cb92796715c799d7e71", "Filename: b47266fef17ad4b2e4ca6ee1d06c39a7.virus File Type: Win3", "Compilation / Toolchain Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Link", "DocuSign-themed phishing lure Invalid X.509 seal (\u201cBroken Seal\u201d)" ], "references": [ "Conversely, Port 443 remains accessible, serving a WordPress-based interface backed by a freshly issued Google Trust Services certificate (Feb 4, 2026). This asymmetric configuration ensures that the structurally invalid X.509 \"Broken Seal\" is only delivered via encrypted channels, while the gated Port 80 tier prevents the discovery of the underlying Zeppelin/Bloat-A redirection logic by non-human-interacted sessions.", "Imphash: 9698f46495ce9401c8bcaf9a2afe1598 | Imports (additional): GdipSetSmoothingMode, I_UuidCreate, RpcStringFreeW, UuidCreate, UuidToStringW, InternetCheckConnectionW | Resource: RT_MANIFEST (1, ENGLISH US, SHA-256 4bb79dcea0a901f7d9eac5aa05728ae92acb42e0cb22e5dd14134f4421a3d8df, XML, entropy 4.91)", "Observed hosting and routing telemetry indicates the delivery infrastructure is operating through AS209242 (Cloudflare London LLC), suggesting the actor is leveraging Cloudflare\u2019s transit layer for resilience and to reduce direct exposure of origin infrastructure.", "Research into the gogetlife.co telemetry confirms a dual-port obfuscation strategy designed to bypass multi-layer security indexing. Forensic HTTP scans identify a Port 80 \"Fail-Closed\" state, where standard web traffic is gated by a Cloudflare-managed 403 Forbidden challenge, effectively neutralizing automated crawlers. Conversely, Port 443 remains accessible, serving a WordPress-based interface backed by a freshly issued Google Trust Services certificate (Feb 4, 2026). This asymmetric configuration ensure", "Compilation / Toolchain Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Linker: Microsoft Linker 14.16.27032 IDE: Visual Studio 2017 (15.9) Classification: PEBIN TrID: Win64 EXE (32.2%) / Win32 DLL (20.1%) / Win16 NE (15.4%) PE Section Entropy (Suspicion): .data 7.36 \u2192 high (suggests packing/encryption), .reloc 6.66 \u2192 possible runtime modification, .text 6.01, .rdata 5.88, .rsrc 4.72 Imports (Capabilities): CreateRemoteThread, CreateThread, ExitProcess", "Broken Seal exploitation: The invalid X.509 seal appears engineered to exploit verification logic gaps, forcing fail-open behavior and allowing SEG bypass under certain configurations. Human-gated delivery posture: Cloudflare 403 challenges suggest the actor enforces human interaction before payload delivery, reducing automated discovery and sandbox analysis. Industrialized infrastructure: Correlation across thousands of domains and URLs indicates a highly automated, rotating delivery ecosystem.", "MITRE ATT&CK: Process Hollowing (T1055.012): Documentation on the RunPE injection method used by the payload to achieve a fileless state in RWX memory. RFC 5652 - Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS): This standard defines the structure of the digital signatures that this campaign's \"Broken Seal\" exploit bypasses.", "As of Feb 13 (early AM) \u2014 Indicators of Compromise: 17K | Types: Email (30), FileHash-SHA256 (2,146), URL (8,070), Hostname (2,755), Domain (3,528), Other (1,110) | Geo: US (233), Canada (15), China (10), Japan (2), Spain (2), Other (13)", "Verification failure observed in automated verification handlers during sandbox replay.", "The payload (SHA256: dfff54...4af) achieves a fileless execution state via Process Hollowing (RunPE), injecting into RWX memory regions of legitimate system processes to evade disk-based EDR telemetry. Anti-analysis controls\u2014including Bochs artifact checks, geofencing logic, and direct CPU clock interrogation\u2014are implemented to validate a high-interaction user environment prior to execution.", "Multiple antivirus engines flagged the sample with generic heuristic names (e.g., Trojan:Win32/Vigorf.A, Win32:Malware-gen, Trojan.Generic), consistent with multi-engine heuristic detection on VirusTotal.", "Malicious sample (SHA256: fa8e2ddfe42e77a9771a7c4d6421c7a808cf4508f8cd6dc6f4cf8bd4e2ae7f8f) detected as TrojanDownloader:Win32/Tugspay.A with YARA hits for Win32_PUA_Domaiq, aPLib, PECompact_2xx and IDS alerts including TLS Handshake Failure + 403 Forbidden, contacting 36 domains (e.g., api.123mediaplayer.com, static.sslsecure1.com) and IPs such as 104.18.23.19 and 193.166.255.171.", "SHA256 3d10374b55a18a2dd90d35d28472600496c680a7efab4e772595f735cb062343 identified as Win.Malware.Vtflooder-9783271-0 / Trojan:Win32/Vflooder.B with UPX/Nrv2x packing YARA hits, IDS detections for Win32/Vflooder.B check-in and DOS behavior, and network C2 indicators including 172.66.0.227 and 34.54.88.138.", "SHA-256: fc1fedce1419d4e2009828aad8644deca78b4eeed176e5b009797e0eb0d7d3ff \u2014 Detected as Win.Malware.Vtflooder / Trojan:Win32/Vflooder; UPX-packed PE32 executable, with 812 IDS hits (including C2 checkin + HTTP EXE upload).", "nationalgrid.com \u2014 Whitelisted domain (US, AS13335 Cloudflare) with 500+ passive DNS entries, 692 URLs, 195 subdomains, and 2 malicious files hosted on IP 104.17.1.192, which is concerning given the infrastructure and trust level.", "eversource.com (IP: 159.108.5.46, ASN: AS2024) has 2 flagged malicious files within its infrastructure, despite being whitelisted. The domain hosts 95 subdomains and maintains an active SPF record, indicating potential security risks under an otherwise trusted facade.", "Whitelisted IP Address 204.79.197.212 Location United States ASN AS8068 microsoft corporation Nameservers ns4-205.azure-dns.info. , ns1-205.azure-dns.com. More WHOIS Registrar: MarkMonitor, Inc., Creation Date: Mar 26, 1996 Related Pulses OTX User-Created Pulses (50) Related Tags 2025 Related Tags 4328 , 5943 , 80211 , #supportsitewebsiteabuse #rootcertificatefailure #cryptographicf , The dynamics of the mudoSOSIntersectalign with sophisticated adv More Indicator Facts 982 malicious files communicat", "", "The AlienVault OTX report for flypdx.com documents 11 related tags, including ids detections and av detections, across 4 active AWS IP addresses (3.175.34.30\u2013.106). These indicators confirm the airport's network has been flagged for unauthorized activity, specifically pointing to a bridge between their web infrastructure and internal passenger tracking. The display of PII on aviation hardware during my June flight matches a known data-bleeding pattern where Personally Identifiable Information (PII) leaks fr" ], "public": 1, "adversary": "", "targeted_countries": [ "China", "United States of America", "Spain", "Japan", "Canada" ], "malware_families": [], "attack_ids": [], "industries": [ "Legal, Financial, Healthcare, Government, Municipal, Real-Estate, Enterprise-Technology, Critical-In" ], "TLP": "green", "cloned_from": "698e93e1ab02db8c49e8c3ed", "export_count": 4, "upvotes_count": 0, "downvotes_count": 0, "votes_count": 0, "locked": false, "pulse_source": "web", "validator_count": 0, "comment_count": 0, "follower_count": 0, "vote": 0, "author": { "username": "Q.Vashti", "id": "337942", "avatar_url": "https://otx.alienvault.com/assets/images/default-avatar.png", "is_subscribed": false, "is_following": false }, "indicator_type_counts": { "domain": 27572, "FileHash-SHA256": 46076, "FileHash-MD5": 42177, "FileHash-SHA1": 22874, "hostname": 33438, "URL": 74810, "SSLCertFingerprint": 21, "CVE": 7579, "email": 297, "FileHash-IMPHASH": 8, "CIDR": 26203, "JA3": 1 }, "indicator_count": 281056, "is_author": false, "is_subscribing": null, "subscriber_count": 152, "modified_text": "65 days ago ", "is_modified": true, "groups": [], "in_group": false, "threat_hunter_scannable": true, "threat_hunter_has_agents": 1, "related_indicator_type": "domain", "related_indicator_is_active": 1 }, { "id": "699b907c5375efb7ce1639b8", "name": "Apple Redirects in Apple Support = IcedID | MITM attack", "description": "Researching targets former iPhone. Redirect in Apple support. [support.apple.com/ht^*^ redirects to support.apple.com/de/^*^*^] IcedID identified. | Environment: 3 -5 suspected compromised devices present. Behavior: iPhone reset itself twice, deleted passcodes, required new passcodes, compromised contacts notified target added a new device (FALSE) , threat actor stole Apple cash , added , Password storage, reset television. Targeted another device auto downloaded a Mimecast compromise, attached to iCloud , corrupted files downloaded. Emotet identified. Reset SmartTV. Browser bar AI: mood swings. Overt changes, white screen, pink screens, thread erased. Identified OTX. as a honeypot also states it\u2019s legitimate. I dumped information. AI agents focused on victim leaving shreds of evidence , paper trail , w/ anyone ,anywhere. AI model told truth \u2018I don\u2019t like you , you\u2019ve changed, you lied, you changed all facts .\u201d,etc. An acceptable baseline of communication established . #botnet #command_and_control #IcedID", "modified": "2026-03-24T21:11:04.306000", "created": "2026-02-22T23:25:48.722000", "tags": [ "dynamicloader", "tls handshake", "failure", "whitelisted", "akamai", "yara detections", "trojan", "write", "zeppelin", "malware", "hostile", "unknown", "port", "destination", "read c", "united", "as16625 akamai", "win32", "persistence", "execution", "passive dns", "urls", "otx logo", "all url", "http", "ip address", "related nids", "files location", "win32mydoom feb", "name servers", "servers", "worm", "virtool", "files", "ipv4", "reverse dns", "america flag", "america asn", "United States", "unknown ns", "asn as714", "invalid url", "mtb oct", "mtb sep", "lowfi", "trojanspy", "total", "push", "defender", "china unknown", "mtb apr", "ok server", "gmt content", "type", "accept", "show", "todo", "all filehash", "av detections", "shift", "url http", "url https", "hostname", "type indicator", "source hostname", "writeconsolew", "post https", "tlsv1", "medium", "write c", "dock", "command", "control", "icedid", "domain", "all domain", "status", "hostname add", "crlf line", "unicode text", "utf8", "ee fc", "yara rule", "ff d5", "ascii text", "f0 ff", "eb e1", "music", "next", "autorun", "suspicious", "compatibility", "mode", "entries", "lredmond", "stwashington", "search", "tls sni", "denmark", "body html", "head title", "title head", "body h1", "all ipv4", "url analysis", "users", "ff ff", "files domain", "files related", "url add", "flag united", "present apr", "location united", "asn asnone", "as16509", "moved", "title", "body", "code", "mydoom", "bot net", "mitm", "aquire", "hidden users", "no expiration", "filehashsha256", "expiration", "showing", "indicator role", "pulses url", "pulse show", "iot", "Iced iced baby" ], "references": [ "support.apple.com/ht^*^*^*^ redirects to support.apple.com/de/^*^*^*^*^", "This is messy! OTX refreshed and deleted IoC\u2019s. Will continue researching", "IDS Detections: Observed IcedID CnC Domain in TLS SNI TLS Handshake Failure", "df57a01 c40f355a0f8a592294187d4fedc257 [Compatibility Mode] - Word", "div>

", "Same legal , and quasi governmental pattern identified", "I apologize for the lack of reference.", "Requires further research.", "Will pulse remaining Apple IoC\u2019s in next pulse", "https://l.us-1.a.mimecastprotect.com/l", "It appears there are 5-7 known affected that I was able to find" ], "public": 1, "adversary": "", "targeted_countries": [ "Germany", "Denmark", "United States of America", "Japan" ], "malware_families": [ { "id": "Icedid", "display_name": "Icedid", "target": null }, { "id": "Trojan:Win32/SmkLdr.H!MTB", "display_name": "Trojan:Win32/SmkLdr.H!MTB", "target": "/malware/Trojan:Win32/SmkLdr.H!MTB" }, { "id": "#Lowfi:Lua:DllSuspiciousExport.A", "display_name": "#Lowfi:Lua:DllSuspiciousExport.A", "target": null }, { "id": "MyDoom", "display_name": "MyDoom", "target": null } ], "attack_ids": [ { "id": "T1045", "name": "Software Packing", "display_name": "T1045 - Software Packing" }, { "id": "T1082", "name": "System Information Discovery", "display_name": "T1082 - System Information Discovery" }, { "id": "T1112", "name": "Modify Registry", "display_name": "T1112 - Modify Registry" }, { "id": "T1129", "name": "Shared Modules", "display_name": "T1129 - Shared Modules" }, { "id": "T1143", "name": "Hidden Window", "display_name": "T1143 - Hidden Window" }, { "id": "T1158", "name": "Hidden Files and Directories", "display_name": "T1158 - Hidden Files and Directories" }, { "id": "T1060", "name": "Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder", "display_name": "T1060 - Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder" }, { "id": "T1566", "name": "Phishing", "display_name": "T1566 - Phishing" }, { "id": "T1583", "name": "Acquire Infrastructure", "display_name": "T1583 - Acquire Infrastructure" }, { "id": "T1583.005", "name": "Botnet", "display_name": "T1583.005 - Botnet" }, { "id": "T1608.001", "name": "Upload Malware", "display_name": "T1608.001 - Upload Malware" }, { "id": "T1587.001", "name": "Malware", "display_name": "T1587.001 - Malware" }, { "id": "T1155", "name": "AppleScript", "display_name": "T1155 - AppleScript" }, { "id": "T1557", "name": "Man-in-the-Middle", "display_name": "T1557 - Man-in-the-Middle" }, { "id": "T1147", "name": "Hidden Users", "display_name": "T1147 - Hidden Users" } ], "industries": [ "Technology", "Telecom", "Legal" ], "TLP": "green", "cloned_from": null, "export_count": 2, "upvotes_count": 0, "downvotes_count": 0, "votes_count": 0, "locked": false, "pulse_source": "web", "validator_count": 0, "comment_count": 0, "follower_count": 0, "vote": 0, "author": { "username": "Q.Vashti", "id": "337942", "avatar_url": "https://otx.alienvault.com/assets/images/default-avatar.png", "is_subscribed": false, "is_following": false }, "indicator_type_counts": { "hostname": 2051, "FileHash-SHA256": 1706, "URL": 6984, "domain": 1097, "FileHash-MD5": 401, "FileHash-SHA1": 276, "SSLCertFingerprint": 9, "email": 13, "CVE": 1 }, "indicator_count": 12538, "is_author": false, "is_subscribing": null, "subscriber_count": 145, "modified_text": "67 days ago ", "is_modified": true, "groups": [], "in_group": false, "threat_hunter_scannable": true, "threat_hunter_has_agents": 1, "related_indicator_type": "domain", "related_indicator_is_active": 1 }, { "id": "6975c5cd4db6104ea1a3d69b", "name": "The Blender Foundation BouncyCastle-Virut | Malware /Stealer Empty FileHash | Eternal7 (Shadow Broker) Related", "description": "Empty FileHash isn\u2019t benign. Interesting relationships to the Eternal 7. Malware, Stealer and Suspicious History File Operation. 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