Best Laid Plans: TA453 Targets Religious Figure with Fake Podcast Invite Delivering New BlackSmith Malware Toolset
Aug. 20, 2024, 3:55 p.m.
Description
Proofpoint security researchers identified an Iranian threat group known as TA453 targeting a prominent religious figure through a sophisticated social engineering campaign. The threat actors impersonated a legitimate organization and invited the target to participate in a podcast interview. Upon engaging with the malicious links, the campaign attempted to deliver a new malware toolkit called BlackSmith, which included a PowerShell trojan dubbed AnvilEcho by Proofpoint. The malware is designed for intelligence gathering and exfiltration, bundling various capabilities previously observed in separate TA453 malware modules into a single script.
Date
| Published | Created | Modified |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 20, 2024, 3:17 p.m. | Aug. 20, 2024, 3:17 p.m. | Aug. 20, 2024, 3:55 p.m. |
Indicators
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Attack Patterns
AnvilEcho
BlackSmith
TA453
T1009
T1497
T1095
T1555
T1021
T1105
T1083
T1071
T1219
T1204
T1053
T1056
T1090
T1059