MalwareUsed by 1 actor

Castov

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THREAT ACTORS

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Lazarus

Also in 2013, researchers spotted a piece of malware called Castov (Downloader.Castov and Infostealer.Castov) targeting South Korean financial institutions and their customers.

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MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

3 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.

Credential Access

2 techniques

T1555Credentials from Password StoresEvidence1

Castov was used to steal passwords, account details, and digital certificates from the computers it infected.

T1649Steal or Forge Authentication CertificatesEvidence1

Castov was used to steal passwords, account details, and digital certificates from the computers it infected.

Impact

1 technique

T1498Network Denial of ServiceEvidence1

These attacks were distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that aimed to take websites offline. The attackers used the Dozer malware (Trojan.Dozer) to carry out these attacks.

ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

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medium threat intelNews

Nov 16, 2017

Lazarus: History of mysterious group behind infamous cyber attacks | by Threat Intel | Threat Intel | Medium

Malware used to steal passwords, account details, and digital certificates from victims, and also used in further DDoS attacks against South Korean targets.

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Threat actor attribution1

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Exploited vulnerabilities

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Detection signatures

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MITRE ATT&CK mapping3

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Researcher chatter

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