Rewterz Threat Alert – DangerousPassword APT Group – Active IOCs

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

DangerousPassword is a Chinese APT group that targets cryptocurrency companies. Found in 2018, the threat group uses decoy files with topics like “job description”, “project risk profile”, “monthly business report”, etc. With a hefty number of domain names, Dangerous Password issues decoy files to organizations in Asia and Europe. The group uses phishing emails to deliver Trojan files that impersonate Google, Microsoft, and other servers. Once the files are executed, macros are launched to launch the attack.

Impact

• Information Theft and Espionage

Indicators of Compromise

MD5

• b3a413ca95799de4a37403edc18afe34
• 21e9ddd5753363c9a1f36240f989d3a9

SHA-256

• 0937cbb980cb898eacd8458366fc4de3510266b8fbcd68010aa04e58bf72df28
• a3f087c83453cde2bc845122c05ebeb60e8891e395b45823c192869ec1b72ea6

SHA-1

• 5a0e591b79f6ae46418e5f615b0a7771750371fb
• 71627bf5d3fa0c09e0631b2172ee0c6499168ed9

URL

• https://www.capmarketreport.com/packageupd.msi?ccop=RoPbnVqYd

Remediation

• Block all the threat indicators at your respective controls.
• Search for IOCs in your environment.