GINC-APT-0515 · Tracked, unattributed

EvilTraffic

Also Operation EvilTraffic.

Category
Tracked, unattributed · A vendor’s working cluster, not yet attributed.
Origin
Unknown
Sources
4 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0515 · eviltraffic

What it is

Malware experts at CSE Cybsec uncovered a massive malvertising campaign dubbed EvilTraffic leveraging tens of thousands compromised websites. Crooks exploited some CMS vulnerabilities to upload and execute arbitrary PHP pages used to generate revenues via advertising.

Names

The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.

Operations
Operation EvilTraffic

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • Revenge-RAT
  • Xpert
  • Xploit

Sources

  • Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de