GINC-APT-0161 · Criminal

TA555

Category
Criminal · Financially motivated: ransomware, fraud and theft.
Origin
Unknown
Motivation
Financial crime
Seen
2018
Sources
8 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0161 · ta555

What it is

Beginning in May 2018, Proofpoint researchers observed a previously undocumented downloader dubbed AdvisorsBot appearing in malicious email campaigns. The campaigns appear to primarily target hotels, restaurants, and telecommunications, and are distributed by an actor we track as TA555. To date, we have observed AdvisorsBot used as a first-stage payload, loading a fingerprinting module that, as with Marap, is presumably used to identify targets of interest to further infect with additional modules or payloads. AdvisorsBot is under active development and we have also observed another version of the malware completely rewritten in PowerShell and .NET.

Targets

Sectors
Hospitality, Telecommunications

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • AdvisorsBot
  • Archelaus Beta
  • POWERSOURCE
  • POWERSTATS
  • PoshAdvisor
  • Power Loader
  • PowerDuke
  • PowerRAT

Sources