The Nanshou Campaign - Hackers' Arsenal Grows Stronger

Sept. 16, 2024, 10:58 a.m.

Description

This comprehensive analysis details a sophisticated cyber campaign targeting over 50,000 Windows servers worldwide, primarily in the healthcare, telecommunications, media, and IT sectors. The campaign exploited vulnerabilities in MS-SQL and phpMyAdmin, dropping advanced payloads like crypto-miners and kernel rootkits. Notably, the attackers employed techniques typically associated with advanced persistent threats (APTs), such as fake certificates and privilege escalation exploits, suggesting broader access to sophisticated tools previously reserved for elite adversaries.

Date

Published: Sept. 16, 2024, 10:26 a.m.

Created: Sept. 16, 2024, 10:26 a.m.

Modified: Sept. 16, 2024, 10:58 a.m.

Indicators

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Attack Patterns

Smominru

T1484

T1548

T1497

T1489

T1486

T1082

T1105

T1543

T1036

T1027

T1053

T1078

T1059

CVE-2014-4113

Additional Informations

Technology

Healthcare

Media

Telecommunications