GINC-APT-0246 · Criminal

TA554

Also TH-163.

Category
Criminal · Financially motivated: ransomware, fraud and theft.
Origin
Unknown
Motivation
Financial crime
Seen
2017
Sources
7 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0246 · ta554

What it is

Since May 2018, Proofpoint researchers have observed email campaigns using a new downloader called sLoad. sLoad is a PowerShell downloader that most frequently delivers Ramnit banker and includes noteworthy reconnaissance features. The malware gathers information about the infected system including a list of running processes, the presence of Outlook, and the presence of Citrix-related files. sLoad can also take screenshots and check the DNS cache for specific domains (e.g., targeted banks), as well as load external binaries. While initial versions of sLoad appeared in May 2018, we began tracking the campaigns from this actor (internally named TA554) since at least the beginning of 2017.

Names

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

Other names
TH-163

Targets

Countries
Canada, Italy, United Kingdom
Sectors
Financial

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • Archelaus Beta
  • DarkVNC
  • Godzilla
  • Gootkit
  • Gozi ISFB
  • Living off the Land
  • POWERSOURCE
  • POWERSTATS
  • Power Loader
  • PowerDuke
  • PowerRAT
  • PsiXBot
  • Ramnit
  • Snatch
  • sLoad

Sources