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'If the good Lord didn't want alcoholic beverages made, he wouldn't have made the yeast cell'
A lot of people taste wine with their eyes. They look at the label and decide what they will find. It prejudices their taste." So saith the vice-president of Christian Brothers, the Napa Valley's largest winery, and he ought to know: Brother Timothy has been its cellar master and chief taster for 43 years.
How does a layman recognize a good wine without the label? "When you first taste it on the front part of your tongue you should think, 'Gee, this is pretty nice.' Then there is a good aftertaste, so you go back for more," sums up the 68-year-old brother. That, anyway, seems to be what happens with Christian Brothers. The vineyard annually sells three and a half million cases of wine and brandy—from a 90¢ split of rose to a sophisticated $5.75 Cabernet Sauvignon. (Sacramental wine accounts for less than 5 percent of the total gross.) The profits support the order's 13 schools on the West Coast.
The company's success is owed, in large part, to the skill of Brother Timothy. The American Society of Enologists' Man of the Year in 1977, he was teaching chemistry at St. Mary's High School in Berkeley when the winery recruited him in 1935. "I did everything the hard way," he recalls. "I learned from books, by tasting trial and error and by asking a lot of questions." Now the ruddy 6'2½" master vintner gives the final taste test to all 40 kinds of Christian Brothers blended wines (they are undated because grapes of different variety and vintage are used). He speaks poetically and partisanly about his products and their "balance. That is a real big word with us."
The large (12,000 strong) educational order got into the wine-making business by chance a century ago when it purchased some land in Martinez, Calif. that happened to include 12 acres of vineyards. So the grapes wouldn't die on the vine, the enterprising brothers made wine for their own use and then sold it locally. In 1930 they relocated to 450 acres of sunny hillside in the Napa Valley and now run the only winery there that has not changed hands since then. Of the 150 employees (150 migrants come in at harvest), only six are Christian Brothers.
Born Anthony George Diener in Elizabeth, N.J., Timothy and his six siblings had a strict Catholic upbringing, and it came as no surprise when he joined the order at 17. Less expected, however, was his ultimate calling. His father had an opportunity to buy a zinfandel vineyard but law-abidingly refused (it was during Prohibition) and became a haberdasher.
The cellar master's day starts at 6:10 in his simple room at the novitiate just up the road from the winery. After Mass and breakfast, Timothy dons his work clothes—casual pants and beige cardigan—and heads to the sampling lab. "Tasting wine is best done in the morning," he informs. "When you are physically tired, your palate—and your mind—get a little fuzzy." After lunch it's off to inspect the vineyards and test the soil. "We consider ourselves an active order," says Brother Tim. "I couldn't stand a contemplative life." In the evening he sits down to a dinner complemented by one of his own fine Cabernet Sauvignons or perhaps a Pinot Saint George. His favorite weekend recreation is adding to his international collection of 1,400 corkscrews.
In a religious order devoted to education, how does Brother Timothy justify his vocation? "Oh, gosh," he replies. "I can answer that a thousand different ways. Wine-making is an art form—it expresses something of yourself. And in the Scripture, the first miracle Christ performed was turning water into wine. If Christ made wine, I don't feel ashamed to be involved with it."
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Server purchase forum
To investigate xDedic, Kaspersky Lab teamed up with a European ISP. The research allowed us to collect data about the victims and the way the marketplace operates.
In May 2016, we counted 70,624 servers available for purchase, from 416 unique sellers in 173 affected countries. In March 2016, the number was about 55,000, a clear indication that the database of users and servers is carefully maintained and updated.
Top countries with servers on sale
Interestingly, the developers of xDedic are not selling anything themselves – instead, they have created a marketplace where a network of affiliates can sell access to compromised servers. If the truth be told, the people behind xDedic have created what appears to be a "quality" service – the forum even includes live technical support, special tools to patch hacked servers to allow multiple RDP sessions and profiling tools that upload information about the hacked servers into the xDedic database.
Top 10 sellers – May 2016
So who are the xDedic sellers listed above? We have been able to identify a very specific piece of malware (SCCLIENT) which is used by one of them, and to sinkhole its C&Cs. This provided a glimpse into the operations of one of these entities, which, based on the number of victims, we suspect is either Narko, xLeon or sirr.
SCCLIENT Trojan: victims' information from sinkholing (first 12 hours)
The profiling software created by the xDedic developers also collects information about the software installed on the server, such as online gambling, trading and payments.
Apparently, there is strong interest in accounting, tax reporting and point-of -sale (PoS) software which open up many opportunities for fraudsters:Spam and Attacking Tools Gambling and Financial Software POS Software
Advanced Mass Sender
Bitvise Tunnelier
DU Brute
LexisNexis Spam Soft
LexisNexis Proxifier
Spam Soft
Full Tilt Poker
iPoker Network
UltraTax 2010 (2011,..,2015)
Abacus Tax Software
CCH tax14 (tax15)
CCH Small Firm Services
ProSeries TAX (2014,2015)
ProSystem fx Tax
TAX Software
2015 Tax Praparation
Tax Management Inc.
Lacerte Tax
POS AccuPOS
POS Active-Charge
POS Amigo
POS Catapult
POS Firefly
POS ePOS
POS EasiPos
POS Revel
POS Software (Generic)
POS Toast
POS kiosk.exe
POS roi.exe
POS PTService.exe
POS pxpp.exe
POS w3wp.exe
POS DpsEftX.ocx
POS AxUpdatePortal.exe
POS callerIdserver.exe
POS PURCHASE.exe
POS XPS.exe
POS XChgrSrv.exe
During our research, we counted 453 servers from 67 countries with PoS software installed:
Servers for sale with Point-of-Sale software – May 2016
For instance, a malicious user could go to the xDedic forum, register an account, top it up with Bitcoins and then purchase a number of servers which have PoS software installed. Then, they can install PoS malware, such as Backoff to harvest credit card numbers. The possibilities are truly endless.
Kaspersky Lab has reported this issue with the appropriate law enforcement agencies and is cooperating in an ongoing investigation.
To read our full report on xDedic which includes IOCs, download the xDedic Marketplace Analysis PDF here.
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CVE-2016-4171 – Adobe Flash Zero-day used in targeted attacks
Earlier today, Adobe published the security advisory APSA16-03, which describes a critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player version 220.127.116.11 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Chrome OS:
A few of months ago, we deployed a new set of technologies into our products designed to identify and block zero day attacks. These technologies already proved its effectiveness earlier this year, when they caught an Adobe Flash zero day exploit, CVE-2016-1010. Earlier this month, we caught another zero-day Adobe Flash Player exploit deployed in targeted attacks.
We believe these attacks are launched by an APT Group we call "ScarCruft".
ScarCruft is a relatively new APT group; victims have been observed in several countries, including Russia, Nepal, South Korea, China, India, Kuwait and Romania. The group has several ongoing operations utilizing multiple exploits — two for Adobe Flash and one for Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Currently, the group is engaged in two major operations: Operation Daybreak and Operation Erebus. The first of them, Operation Daybreak, appears to have been launched by ScarCruft in March 2016 and employs a previously unknown (0-day) Adobe Flash Player exploit, focusing on high profile victims. The other one, "Operation Erebus" employs an older exploit, for CVE-2016-4117 and leverages watering holes. It is also possible that the group deployed another zero day exploit, CVE-2016-0147, which was patched in April.
We will publish more details about the attack once Adobe patches the vulnerability, which should be on June 16. Until then, we confirm that Microsoft EMET is effective at mitigating the attacks. Additionally, our products detect and block the exploit, as well as the malware used by the ScarCruft APT threat actor.
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IT threats during the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil
Are you planning to visit Brazil during the Olympic Games? Or watch it online? In this blog post we discuss the threats to visitors aiming to travel to Brazil to watch the games and to those planning to watch it online. In the first part we'll talk about phishing attacks, including one against the organizers of the Games; in the second we highlight WiFi security and the results of the wardriving we did on the streets of Rio, visiting the same places as tourists and the athletes. In the third and final part we touch upon physical security that involves the usage of USB charging spots at airports, the problem of credit card cloning and ATM skimmers that will directly affect visitors to this summer's Olympic Games in Rio.
It is clear that using the Olympic Games theme is very attractive to the bad guys. Cybercriminals always use popular sports events as bait for their attacks, as they did it in the 2014 World Cup – an event we monitored very closely due to the impressive amount of attacks registered at the time, mainly in Brazil. But the forthcoming Olympic Games has been a bit different. The number of attacks has been low, compared with the World Cup. There are many reasons to explain it one of which is that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) keeps a very active Security Operations Center (SOC), working and treating the security incidents, reporting phishing and malware campaigns. As a result, the number of "in-the-wild" attacks targeting users at this time are low.
However, the bad guys have no limit when it comes to creating new attacks. We were able to track and block several of them, such as the registration of malicious domains, fake giveaways promoted on social networks and, of course, websites selling fake tickets, using all possible ways to trick users.The rise of bad domains
Most of the attacks start with the registration of a domain that clearly shows its malicious intent. Since the beginning of the year, we monitored the creation of new domains registered with the name of the city that will held the games. In fact, we found that the bad guys are constantly registering new creations at the start of every attack. Our blacklist contains more than 230 of these bad domains.
Several of these domains were registered via a free webmail account or use domains as protection to hide the real identity of the owner. Some of these domains are hibernating, waiting for the right moment to start an attack (especially those promising free streaming). Others were used to host fake ecommerce sites selling tickets, hosting phishing, malware, or even used to spread fake ticket giveaways. Another interesting point is that several of these domains are already using the new gTLD approved by ICANN (such as .tech and others).The phishing phenomenon
It's not only end-users who are targets of phishing attacks. Brazil tops the list as the most attacked country with this type of scam, and employees of the Games organization were also targeted for their potentially lucrative credentials. In February we identified a very interesting targeted campaign, on our domain monitoring system, against the IOC using the malicious domain masquerade as their Intranet portal. The purpose of the attackers was to steal credentials of IOC employees working in Brazil. The fake site looked like this when it was live and we are also aware of several other attacks including this one:
IOC employees were the target of phishing campaigns to steal credentials
The most common attacks are those that aim to phish the final user – stealing credentials is a very easy attack that even a non-skilled criminal can do. We saw phishing scams with different goals, in several colors and guises. This one was very popular in Brazil and aims to clone your credit card using the name of a Brazilian company and promising to giveaway a new car and tickets to the Games:
Free tickets and car giveaway. All fake promises.Fake tickets, fake giveaways, real losses
As happened during the last World Cup, most of the malicious e-mails sent by the Brazilian bad guys used free tickets to watch the Games in Rio as the bait. Some of these messages also pointed to fake websites. This is a good example of a very well done campaign, promising the direct sales of tickets without applications to the official lotteries, that take place for people living in Brazil:
Why bother to participate in the official lottery when you can buy a ticket direct from a fraudster?
Other fake websites also offered tickets with a very low price, to attract people looking to buy tickets at the last hour. This website, targeting Brazilians, looks good but on closer inspection it is written in poor Portuguese:
The purpose here was to sell fake tickets with the victim paying but receiving nothing. The payment method selected by the fraudster was Brazilian boletos, a very popular payment system, used mostly for people that don't have credit cards.
The bait to attract the attention was very low prices. The ticket to the inaugural ceremony cost U$500.00 and a match of the Brazilian National Football Team cost only U$ 50.00. Of course everything was fake:
"Watch the Male Football match paying only U$ 50,00"
Bad guys also used social media to spread their attacks. Facebook was the most used network in these cases, such as this fraudulent page announcing a fake ticket giveaway. The page is still online:
If you want to watch the games, it's too late to buy tickets via the official channels. We do not recommend buying through unofficial markets as there is a high possibility that you are buying a pig in a poke. To make sure you don't get caught out, the best thing is to watch the games on TV or online – but be aware of malicious streaming websites, as they will undoubtedly appear in a last ditch attempt by the bad guys to try and infect your computer and steal your data.WiFi security
When we travel, we usually access the Internet more to help stay in touch, tweet, post status updates and share pictures. However, international data plans are usually very expensive and this is why we look for WiFi hotspots. Cybercriminals know this and every year set up fake access points or compromise legitimate WiFi networks to intercept and manipulate their victim's browsing. Their focus for the attack is user's passwords, credit cards and other sensitive personal information. Open and misconfigured WiFi networks are actually preferred vehicles for criminals.
To identify the extent of the problem in Brazil, we drove by three major areas of the Olympic games and passively monitored the available networks which visitors are most likely to try and use during their stay – the Brazilian Olympic Committee building, Olympic Park and the stadiums (Maracanã, Maracanãzinho and Engenhão).
Beautiful beaches, bossa nova and insecure WiFi
Running a fast recognition over two days and on the map marked with a star sign, we were able to find about 4,500 unique access points located in the aforementioned areas.
Most of the networks actually work on the 802.11n standard:
That means that most of the hardware used to build the WiFi access points is new and works especially well for multimedia streaming, reaching speeds of up to 600Mbps and working not just on 2.4Ghz and 2.5Ghz but also 5Ghz.
However, when it comes to their security, 18% of all available WiFi networks in the area are insecure and openly configured. That means that all data sent and received in such networks is not protected by any encryption access key.
We can see that additionally 7% of all networks are WPA-personal protected. That algorithm is actually obsolete today and can be broken with minimal effort. In our opinion this is especially concerning as users who connect to their "trusted" networks may believe that they are actually connecting to a secure network, when in reality it could be compromised by an attacker, who could deliver different kind of attacks to manipulate network traffic with user's data.
So, about a quarter of all WiFi networks in the areas of the Olympic games are insecure or configured with weak encryption protocols. This means that the attackers can break them first and then develop technical circumstances to sniff victim's navigation data and steal their sensitive data.
Is it possible to use an open WiFi network and still have a secure Internet connection? The answer is yes, however only when using a VPN connection.
We strongly recommend, regardless of any WiFi network you use while travelling, to use a VPN connection, so the data from your end-point travels to the Internet through an encrypted data channel. This way even if you work from a compromised WiFi network, the attacker might not get access to your data.
However not all VPN providers actually offer the same good service. Some of them are vulnerable to DNS leak attacks. That means that even if your immediate sensitive data is sent via VPN, your DNS queries or requests are sent in plain text to the DNS servers set by the access point hardware. In this scenario the attacker can still at least know what servers you are browsing and then, if it has access to the access point of the compromised WiFi network, can define malicious DNS servers. That would essentially mean, next time you type the name of your bank in the browser, the IP address where it goes to will be a malicious one. So, even some experienced users may become an easy victim for the attackers. There is almost no limit from the attackers' point of view when they have control of your DNS servers.
So, before you use your VPN connection, make sure it does not have a DNS leak problem. If your VPN provider doesn't support its own DNS servers, you might consider another VPN provider or a DNSCrypt service, so your DNS requests will make external and encrypted queries to secure DNS servers. Remember that what starts as a small security issue could have big security implications.
A simple formula must be this: any network you connect to, use your VPN connection with its own DNS servers. Don't rely on any local settings since you can't be sure if the WiFi access point you connect to is compromised or not.Physical security
Another point that requires vigilance when travelling is physical security – not everything that is useful is exactly what it seems. Criminals often use tactics to deliver malicious attacks on situations where you do not necessarily think there is a risk. Let's look at some common situations where this could happen.USB charging spot
As mentioned before, using a mobile phone when traveling is crucial and it can be a big challenge to keep it sufficiently charged all day long. In order to help tourists, most cities are investing in charging points that can be easily found in shopping malls, airport and taxis. Most of them provide connectors for the majority of phone models as well as a USB connector that can be used with your own cable.
Charging spot provided in a Brazilian cab
Some models usually found in shopping malls and airports also provide a traditional power supply that can be used with your own charger.
Charging spot at Rio International Airport. Which one do you think is the most secure?
While connected via USB, the attacker can execute commands in order get information about the device including the model, IMEI, phone number and battery status. With that information it is possible to run an attack for the specific phone model and then successfully infect the device and collect personal information.
This doesn't mean that we should never charge our devices when away from home, but by following these simple rules you can protect yourself from this kind of attack:
- Always use your own charger and avoid buying one from unknown sources;
- Use the power outlet instead of USB socket when using an unknown charging point;
- Don't use the charging cables at a public charging spot.
The ATM skimmer attack, also known as "Chupa-cabra" in Brazil and other countries in Latin America, is a very popular type of attack that is still being used by criminals in Brazil. From time to time a new gang appears on the news delivering this attack somewhere across the country, mainly in places commonly frequented by tourists, such as the Rio International Airport. In 2014 a gang installed 14 ATM skimmers there.
There are different types of ATM skimmers in Brazil, the most common just installs a reader for the card and a camera in order to record the password as it is typed.
An ATM skimmer which installs a camera to record the typed password
For this type of skimmer you can protect yourself by hiding the keypad while typing the password which will avoid your password from being recorded by the installed camera.
Unfortunately, this method will not help in all cases, as there is another type of skimmer where criminals replace the entire ATM, including the keypad and screen. In this case, the typed password will be stored on the fake ATM system.
ATM Skimmer which replaces the entire ATM
In order to avoid this type of attack it is important to be aware of any suspicious behavior while using the ATM.
- Check if the green light on the card reader is on. Usually they replace the reader with a version where there is no light or it is off.
- Before starting the transaction, check if there is anything suspicious on the ATM such as missing or badly fixed parts;
- Hide the keypad while typing your password.
Unfortunately, Brazil is well known for its credit card cloning activities and it is not hard to find someone who had their card cloned while visiting the country.
Credit and debit cards are widely used in Brazil and almost everywhere accepts cards as payment methods – including street vendors. Actually most of them prefer credit card payments in order to avoid problems with the change.
Brazilian banks are referenced across the world regarding their fight against credit card cloning as well as their pioneer status in adopting chip-based cards to protect customers from this type of attack by making it much harder to clone the card. However, it was only a matter of time before Brazilian criminals would find a way to start cloning the chip-based cards, by exploiting flaws in the EMV transaction implementation.
We could see Brazilian criminals exchanging information about how to execute an attack on a chip-based card in order to extract the information and then write it back to another card using some tools.
Tool used to save the information to the smart card
It is really hard to protect yourself against this type of attack, because usually the point-of-sale is modified in order to save the information, to be collected later by the criminals. Sometimes they don't need physical access to extract the stolen information as it is collected via bluetooth.
One good solution from the banks is SMS notifications for each transaction made using your card. Even though it does not avoid card cloning, the victim will be notified about the fraudulent transaction as soon as it happens then it can contact the bank in order to block future transactions.
To reduce the chances of having your card cloned, there are some simple steps to take:
- Never give your card to the retailer. If for some reason they cannot bring the machine to you, you must go to the machine;
- If the machine looks suspicious, change the payment method. It is always good to have some money with you as a back-up;
- Before typing your PIN make sure you are on the correct payment screen and that your PIN is not going to be shown on the screen.
For everybody visiting Brazil to watch the games, we wish you safe flights and a safe stay. To our readers we wish you safe online surfing and for the Olympic athletes, may the best one win!
Lurk Banker Trojan: Exclusively for Russia
One piece of advice that often appears in closed message boards used by Russian cybercriminals is "Don't work with RU". This is a kind of instruction given by more experienced Russian criminals to the younger generation. It can be interpreted as: "don't steal money from people in Russia, don't infect their machines, don't use compatriots to launder money."
"Working with RU" is not a great idea where cybercriminals' safety is concerned: people from other countries are unlikely to report an incident to the Russian police. In addition, online banking is not very popular in the RU zone – at least, it is much less popular than in the West. This means that the potential income from operating in the RU zone is lower than in other zones, while the risk is higher. Hence the rule "Don't work with RU".
As always, there are exceptions to the rule. A rather prominent banker Trojan – Lurk – that is the subject of this paper has been used to steal money from Russian residents for several years.
We have written about this banker Trojan before. It caught our attention almost as soon as it appeared because it used a fileless spreading mechanism – malicious code was not saved on the hard drive and ran in memory only. However, until now no detailed description of Lurk had been published.What Makes the Trojan Different
The Lurk banker Trojan is in a league of its own when it comes to malware designed to steal money from bank customers:
- Lurk has existed and actively evolved for over five years, but it works selectively – only on those computers where it can steal money. In the more than five years that it has been active, about 60,000 bots have been registered in the C&C, which is not a huge number.
- Lurk is a versatile banker Trojan – it can steal money not only from the iBank 2 system that is used by many Russian banks but also from the unique online banking systems of some large Russian banks.
- Lurk actively resists detection: its developers work hard to minimize detections of their Trojan, while targeted attacks make it difficult to get new samples quickly.
- Based on the methods of internal organization used in the malware, its feature set and the frequency with which it is modified, it can be concluded that a team of professional developers and testers is working on the project.
This is not to say that the Trojan is particularly well written: we have seen and analyzed banker Trojans with much higher code quality. Moreover, our analysis of Lurk has shown that several programmers with different levels of qualification have worked on the code. The developers clearly made some bad choices in places, which have remained unfixed for years (needless to say, we are not going to alert the developers to their mistakes). It is worth noting that the malware writers are developing their product: we see that the quality of code has improved over time and the solutions chosen by the developers have generally improved. What sets Lurk apart is that it is highly targeted – the authors do their best to ensure that as many victims of interest to them as possible get infected without catching the attention of analysts or researchers. The incidents known to us make us believe that Lurk is successful at what it was designed for: we regularly receive reports of thefts from online banking systems and forensic investigations after the incidents reveal traces of Lurk on the affected machines.Victims
The cybercriminals are interested in the following types of organizations:
- IT organizations working in telecommunications field;
- mass media and news aggregators;
- banks and financial organizations.
Compromised computers of IT and telecoms companies provide the cybercriminals behind Lurk with new transfer servers through which traffic goes to the attackers' servers. Media and news aggregator sites, particularly those visited by accountants, are used to infect a large number of users from Lurk's 'target audience'. Banks and financial organizations are of interest to the cybercriminals in connection with their main goal – stealing money.
We won't comment on the reasons behind the malware authors' attempts to get a foothold on the machines inside security agencies (these organizations are also among those targeted by Lurk).
The Trojan's targets appear to include Russia's four largest banks.Distribution
The well-known technique of drive-by downloads is used to distribute the Lurk banker Trojan. In addition, the cybercriminals distribute the Trojan via compromised websites with legitimate software and across corporate networks – using the psexec utility.Infecting Using an Exploit Pack
Lurk is distributed primarily using the infamous Angler exploit pack (cybercriminals call it XXX). With this method of distribution, users don't have to do anything in particular for their computers to become infected.
Angler is rightfully considered the flagship of exploit packs: exploits for new vulnerabilities are nearly always first implemented in Angler and only later make their way into other exploit packs (or perhaps are just borrowed'). Exploits for zero-day vulnerabilities are also often implemented in Angler, making the exploit pack particularly dangerous.
Preparation for infecting new victims with Lurk is usually performed as follows:
A website that is of interest to the target audience is selected. This can be a message board for accountants, a news portal, etc.
The website is infected by stealthily placing a link on it that leads to the exploit pack's landing page. If it proves impossible to infect the site, a malicious link is placed into the materials of some 'affiliate program' that are shown on the site.
Users visiting the site are redirected to the exploit pack's landing page without their knowledge. Angler attempts to exploit some vulnerability in the software installed on the user's computer, which should result in the execution of Lurk's downloader – mini.
Curiously, the link to the exploit pack's landing page is either placed for a short time or is regularly placed and removed. For example, we have seen the message board of a well-known magazine for accountants become infected. A malicious link appeared on the message board on weekdays for exactly two hours at lunchtime. Of course, we detected the anomalous activity and notified the owners of the resource. However, by the time they read our letter the resource was clean again and they could not identify the infection. At the same time, during the period when the malicious link was shown on the message board, the Lurk owners managed to infect several new user machines.Infecting via Compromised Websites
The second method of infection that the cybercriminals used extensively is the distribution of malicious code via legitimate websites. Apparently, this distribution method involves providing infected files to users in the RU zone only, while other users get clean files.Infecting Machines across a Corporate Network
The scheme whereby one computer in an organization is initially infected is very popular among cybercriminals. Even if the infected machine itself is of no interest to the attackers, the computer is on the same network and on the same domain with other computers containing information that the Trojan's owners want. In such cases, the psexec utility developed by Mark Russinovich is used to distribute the malware across the network. A special mini dropper is then used to execute the Trojan's main module on other computers on the same network. This method can result in dire consequences for the organization, since the security of a computer containing data of interest to the cybercriminals essentially depends on that of the least protected computer on the network that is under attack.Main Modules
The Trojan consists of several modules that have reasonably rich capabilities. The main Lurk modules are:
- mini module;
- prescanner module;
- core module (the bot's kernel),
- core_x64 module (64 bit version of the kernel);
- mini_x64 module (64 bit version of the mini module).
In the first stage of an attack involving the Angler exploit pack, a vulnerability found in the user's software is exploited and the mini module of Lurk banker Trojan is downloaded and executed. As mentioned above, the user can download the malicious file from a compromised website; another possibility is infection over the local network.
By Lurk standards, mini is a small program (100-400 KB). Its main function is to download and execute two other main Lurk modules. The address of the server used by mini is hardcoded in the program's body. Modules are downloaded using standard GET requests. The modules downloaded by mini are encrypted, with different encryption algorithms used. The prescanner module is encrypted using the simple "xor-next" algorithm. Other modules are encrypted using the BlowFish algorithm (ECB Mode), the pseudo key for which is hardcoded into mini. The real key is created from the hardcoded pseudo key using a sequential search for one character (a brute force attack).
To avoid having to download additional modules every time mini is executed, the Trojan saves these modules in a separate encrypted file located in %APPDATA% folder. The contents of the storage is encrypted with the Blowfish algorithm, using a key that depends on the time the Windows folder was created. In addition to a plugin's name and body, the storage file includes a list of checksums of the names of those processes in whose context the plugin is to be executed. This information is used by mini to determine which process a plugin should be injected into: for web injection modules, this is a browser process; for the ibank module, it is Java.exe, in whose context the online banking system operates.The prescanner module
According to the operating logic of mini, the second stage of the attack is to load the prescanner module. The module is a dynamically loaded library with only one exported function – Prescan.
The cybercriminals need prescanner to make their attacks as narrowly targeted as possible. If a machine does not match the specific rules of prescanner and no online banking systems have been found on it, the module reports this to mini and the latter decides not to try to achieve persistence on the machine. In this way, the Trojan's developers try to avoid attracting the attention of law enforcement agencies and anti-malware product developers. The following fact supports this idea: every time a new bot is registered by the C&C, a unique identifier – bot number – is assigned to the bot. In the more than five years that the banker Trojan has existed, only about 60,000 bots have been registered by the C&C.
Prescanner performs two main tasks:
- collecting information about an infected system;
- grabbing passwords from FTP clients found on the user's machine.
After collecting information about the machine and checking whether its rules are observed, prescanner sends a report to its command server. In the cases that we have seen, the C&C used by prescanner was the same as that used by the mini downloader.
If it is decided that a machine is unsuitable for a Lurk attack based on the analysis performed, mini and prescanner modules terminate and uninstall themselves. If prescanner has made the decision to ensure persistence on the machine, it reports this to the mini downloader, which in turn downloads and executes the core module – the bot's main body.The core module
Core is the main module of Lurk. Its main functions are:
- network interaction with the C&C;
- executing commands received from the cybercriminals;
- logging keypresses (keylogger function) and recording video from the infected system's screen;
- maintaining the encrypted data storage and Lurk settings;
- downloading, installing and executing the Trojan's additional modules.
The core module is a communication channel of sorts between all the other malware modules and the command server. The C&C servers used for mini and for core are different. Core does not have a hardcoded command server address. The address of its command server is calculated using DGA – the Domain Generation Algorithm. Among other DGA input parameters, the Trojan's authors use exchange quotation data received from Yahoo Finance. This means that the data used to generate C&C addresses cannot be known to security experts in advance. As a result, it is impossible to predict the addresses generated by Lurk.
After successfully establishing a connection, data collected by the malware and the results of executing commands are sent to the command server every five minutes, with requests for new updates and commands. All communication between the core module and the C&C is encrypted – core and C&C exchange data is in the JSON format.
The function of intercepting data entered on the keyboard is implemented in the core module in the newer versions of Lurk (starting at least from 8.9773). Keypresses are intercepted only in the context of windows that have specific words/phrases in their names. The list of these words/phrases is received from the C&C. Intercepted data is sent to the command server during the next communication session (every 5 minutes).
The main part of Lurk's storage is located in the system registry, but some additional data belonging to the storage can be saved as a file on the hard drive. As a rule, files are used to store a large but logically uniform volume of data, such as video captured from the screen or code for web injection. But in any case, links to these additional files are always present in the main part of the storage, which is located in system registry.Additional modules
The bot's additional modules (plugins) are downloaded by the core module to those computers the malicious program deems most suitable. Those modules that are required on a specific computer to steal money are downloaded to that computer.
We will now look at three bot modules (plugins) in more detail – they are the modules w3bank and ibank.dll – the two workhorses of the Lurk Trojan that are directly involved in stealing money – and the module_vnc module that makes it possible to remotely control the infected system using the VNC protocol.The w3bank module
The w3bank module is designed for attacks on remote banking systems. Its main task is to perform injections into the user's browser.The ibank module
The ibank module is designed to steal money in iBank remote banking systems.
This module runs in the context of a Java virtual machine. When a Java applet is started, it is checked to see whether it belongs to the iBank 2 system. If this remote banking system is launched, a request is sent to the C&C asking if the applet should be blocked or allowed to run. If an "allow to run" command arrives in response, a set of Java-class files is sent to replace the original classes of the iBank applet.
The infected applet enables the cybercriminals to stealthily replace the data in payment orders, leaving the original information in the printouts.The module_vnc module
The module_vnc module provides the ability to remotely control an infected system using the VNC protocol. When this happens, the remote node gains full access to the system: it can see the image displayed on the screen, send and receive any files or data, including data from video/audio input devices, use the software installed on the machine and install new software.
This module also makes it possible to launch browser processes with the following parameters:
Mozilla Firefox: -profile
Google Chrome: –user-data-dir=
Internet Explorer: -nomerge
Each time Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome are launched a new browser user profile is created. This helps hide the Trojan's activities from the legitimate user, who will not be able to see any trace in the history of visited sites. This also helps create a separate session on a website, parallel to an already open session. In particular, this makes it possible to log in a second time to the site the legitimate user is working with, and perform actions in a parallel session that will not affect the user's session.Stages of a Lurk attack
As a result, the Trojan's typical attack sequence is as follows:
- The user's computer is infected by exploiting a vulnerability;
- The mini module is launched on the infected computer;
- mini downloads the prescanner module and launches it;
- prescanner steals the user's FTP credentials;
- If an analysis finds that the infected computer is unsuitable, mini and prescanner silently terminate themselves.
- If the infected computer is of interest to the cybercriminals, the attack continues.
- If the attack continues, mini downloads and launches the core module, the bot's main body.
- core connects to the bot's C&C server, receives commands from the cybercriminals and executes them.
- core receives the bot's additional plugins.
- core spies on the user: intercepts data entered from the keyboard, and captures the video stream from the screen of the infected system. Capturing is only performed for windows with specific keywords/phrases in their names. A list of keywords is received from the C&C and is primarily determined by the financial interests of Lurk's owners.
- Using additional modules (ibank, w3bank), Lurk steals money from remote banking systems.
During our research, we detected a Lurk attack on a major Russian bank that was using the w3bank module to perform web injections. We were able to obtain the scripts of the injections.
The files of the infection scripts have identical names for different remote online banking systems (content.min.js), but a different GUID, as the latter is generated in a random fashion.
This script intercepts the authentication information entered into the remote banking system. When the user logs in to the remote banking system, their username and password are intercepted. After successful authentication, a parallel session is created that is hidden from the user and in which Lurk scans the banking pages and searches for the card holder's name and the phone number linked to the card. The malicious script collects all the information required to make a payment in that online banking system. This information is then sent to the C&C server whose address is identical to the network address of the server communicating with the core module.
In response, the C&C server may send a script to be executed in the browser context. We were unable to obtain such a script for this research.
The C&C server may also register an automated payment that will be executed the next time the user logs in to the online banking system.Conclusion
The Trojan's creators have made an effort to protect their creation from researchers, and especially to protect Lurk from an in-depth analysis, or, at the very least, greatly hinder such analysis. However, despite all the difficulties of analyzing the Trojan, Lurk is quickly detected by modern anti-malware solutions.
It's not only anti-malware companies that are countering Lurk; the manufacturer of the iBank 2 system, BIFIT, is also taking measures to combat the attacks launched against its product. The company has implemented methods to counteract banking Trojans in its iBank 2 software and investigated their effectiveness. The BIFIT research shows that of all the protection tools implemented in iBank 2, only control over the bank's server is effective against Lurk; all the other measures implemented in iBank 2 were successfully bypassed by the Lurk creators, testifying to their professionalism.
Lurk gives the impression of being a complex, powerful system designed to achieve its creators' criminal goals, i.e., stealing money from users. The perseverance and focus with which they work with their Trojan suggest they are highly motivated.
Kaspersky Lab counteracts this Trojan using signature-based, heuristic and proactive detection methods. With this approach, we can even detect new specimens of Lurk before they are added to our collection. Kaspersky Lab's products detect this Trojan with the following verdicts: Trojan.Win32.Lurk, Trojan-Banker.Win32.Lurk, Trojan-Spy.Win32.Lurk.
In conclusion, we give the following recommendations that may be hackneyed but are nonetheless relevant. The security of an online banking system is ensured by:
- Competent design and administration of an organization's local area networks;
- Regular training on information security rules and norms for employees;
- Use of modern security software that is regularly updated.
We are confident that observing these simple rules will help ensure a high level of protection from Lurk and similar threats.IOCS: Registry keys:
alert tcp $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"Bot.Lurk.HTTP.C&C"; flow:established,to_server; content:"POST"; pcre:"/\?hl=[a-z]+&source=[^\r\n&]+&q=[^\r\n&]+/msi";)MD5: mini:


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Discussing his fiancee, Monica Wright, Durant expressed how overjoyed he was to call the two-time WNBA champion his future wife, per The Oklahoman's Darnell Mayberry.
Durant on Wright: "I'm glad she's my future wife. She's got more championships than I do."— Darnell Mayberry (@DarnellMayberry) October 11, 2013
Good to hear that Durant thinks so highly of Wright, who plays for the Minnesota Lynx and just won her second championship in three years. Clearly, there will be plenty of mutual support flowing within their future household.
While paying homage to his significant other, Durant also insulted himself. Wright, who has played in the WNBA for only four seasons, has two titles. After six years in the NBA, Durant has none, though he did lead his Oklahoma City Thunder within three victories of a ring in 2012.
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KD on fiance Monica Wright's WNBA title: "I was proud of how she helped her team win a championship. It was kind of tears of joy."— Darnell Mayberry (@DarnellMayberry) October 11, 2013
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- Now trim the top loose fabric so there's about ½ to ¾ of an inch all around the top edge.
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- Start gluing down the top edge now. Do little by little so you don't burn your fingers and you can still pull the fabric tightly along the top.
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- Fray check to any raw edges that could fray.You can also add a fabric flower to each shoe to add to the cuteness factor, since they are for little girls.
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