Rewterz Threat Alert – Energetic Bear APT Group – Active IOCs

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

Energetic Bear – aka Dragonfly, is a cyberespionage group active since at least 2011. They first targeted defense and aviation businesses, but in early 2013, they broadened their scope to include the energy industry. They have also targeted organizations that deal with industrial control systems.
Energetic Bear APT targets US government infrastructure, including private contractors, on a regular basis to collect intelligence. Its main purpose is to gather intelligence and steal intellectual property in the energy industry and aviation networks as well. Energetic Bear is known for employing a variety of attack methods, such as spear-phishing, waterhole attacks, and compromising genuine software packages.

Impact

• Information Theft and Espionage

Indicators of Compromise

MD5

• 3e5e068e12febdbb079b6ab9671cb462

SHA-256

• 400e46e64117a8ab4474465ff32524bc9965154416f7fe86a6e3cb7c1bdfabf6

SHA-1

• 8949cd33aac48464fdc65665aa706fef29b73ece

Remediation

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