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A Palestinian-aligned hacking organization has used a novel malware implant to target Middle Eastern governments, international policy think tanks, and a state-affiliated airline as part of “highly focused intelligence collecting activities.” The discoveries by Proofpoint researchers detail the recent actions of MoleRATs in relation to a renowned and well-documented Arabic-speaking cyber organization, and the ongoing installation of a new intelligence-gathering trojan known as “NimbleMamba.”
To verify all infected individuals are within TA402’s target zone, NimbleMamba employs guardrails. The Dropbox API is used by NimbleMamba both to control and also data leakage. The malware also has a number of features that make automated and human analysis more difficult. It is constantly in creation, well-maintained, and is geared to be employed in highly focused intelligence collection programs.
MoleRATs, also known as TA402, operators are “changing the methodologies while developing these very neatly done, specialized and well-targeted campaigns,” according to Sherrod DeGrippo, Proofpoint’s vice president of threat analysis and detection.
Reportedly, TA402 sends spear-phishing emails with links to malware distribution sites. Victims should be inside the scope of the attack, otherwise, the user will be rerouted to credible sources. A version of NimbleMamba is dumped on the target’s machine inside a RAR file if its IP address fulfills the selected targeted region. Three separate attack chains w
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