Jun 22 CVE-2011-0611 PDF-SWF "Fruits of economic growth" with revoked COMODO cert and Trojan Taidoor

Message is signed by a certificate "Issued by COMODO Client Authentication and Secure Email CA" and the certificate is revoked.

The sender address is a spoofed Gmail address of SEF News sef1941@gmail.com but it was sent from a HINET server in Taiwan, not from Gmail. The exploit used is CVE-2011-0611, with the same malicious SWF as described in the previous post Jun 27 PDF - SWF CVE-2011-0611 Two Views On The South China Sea from compromised Pikes Peak BOCES account w Taidoor.

The payload is the same too Trojan Taidoor / Rubinurd (see more with Taidoor here) with CC server 213.42.74.85- Dubai, UAE

Update June 29  As screenshots of the certificate show, it was not expired. The Comodo Certificate Revocation List showed that the certificate was revoked less than 12 hours before it was sent, which means it was stolen and ready to be used while it was still valid. Perhaps it was used while still valid for a while before I got it.
Digitally signed messages are used to gain trust of the recipient. Contagio has examples of stolen valid and invalid certificates used to signed malicious binaries in order to bypass white-listing applications and other filters. Speaking of CRL, here are two articles related to web certificates.

Revocation doesn't work (18 Mar 2011) Imperial Violet
Detecting Certificate Authority compromises and web browser collusion (22 Mar 2011) Tor Blog by ioerror

Jun 27 PDF - SWF CVE-2011-0611 Two Views On The South China Sea from compromised Pikes Peak BOCES account w Trojan Taidoor

-- This message came from a compromised account of mail.ppboces.org - mail server for Pikes Peak Board of Cooperative Educational Services in Colorado Springs, Co.It has two attachments exploiting CVE-2011-0611.
 --The payload is Trojan Taidoor / Rubinurd, which is a frequently used trojan for targeted attacks. (see more with Taidoor here) For attribution reasons, I would like to know if this is a private custom trojan or something commercial and thus used by more than one group of attackers. If you happen to know, let me know. The PDF and the payload have Chinese language in the file metadata and code.
-- The CC IP addresses are 62.38.148.117 ( 443 80) -Hellas On Line S.A., Greece, Attiki and 64.167.26.66 (80) - SBC Internet Services, Costa Mesa, CA

New blog design. Yay or Nay?

Not sure if noticeable but there are a lot of tweaks, including addition of a mobile template. It it work in progress, I will tweak it more later
Update: Changed to fixed width to prevent columns from running over each other

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Jun 17 SCR (RTLO) South China Sea Territorial Disputes Study Update with Taidoor

Exploit Information

More about RTLO is here Right to Left Override unicode can be used for multiple spoofing cases by Jordi Chancel:

"RTLO is a technique exploiting the RIGHT TO LEFT OVERRIDE unicode and than it will always cause the directional reverse reading order of others characters followed it including the extension-type of malicious file! This UNICODE of which we will simplify name by [RTLO] doesnt can see owing to the fact that its characters and its place are invisible. Use RTLO for reverse the direction of reading of the file names including the extension of concerned file while keeping same the types of execution.
Example: To use a syntax like “SexyPictureGirlAl[RTLO]gpj.exe” be read “SexyPictureGirlAlexe.jpg”

I2P ... the *other* Anonymous Network - Sempersecurus.blogspot.com

So you want to be "Anonymous"? check out Andre's post about I2P tunnels I2P ..the *other* Anonymous Network http://sempersecurus.blogpost.com

Apr 13 CVE-2011-2100 PDF - Adobe DLL Loading Vulnerability - Agenda.7z

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)number

CVE-2011-2100 Adobe Acrobat and Reader DLL Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.3, 9.x before 9.4.5, and 10.x before 10.1 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory. 

It was patched by Adobe on June 14, 2011.
References and related articles

• APSB11-16 Security updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat (Adobe) June 14, 2011
• Microsoft Security Advisory 2269637 Released (Microsoft: DLL preloading attacks post of 21 Aug 2010 )
• Security Focus
  
  

May-June 2011 Trojan Taidoor "Louisvilleheartsurgery.com" phishing campaign

These posts all contain the same trojan but they were created not the sake of samples. They are to show how compromised USA servers are used for a stream of phishing emails. The first was noticed on May 31, 2011 and the last was today - June 13, 2011.


mail.louisvilleheartsurgery.com 66.147.51.202 appears to be a misconfigured mail server allowing relay but only forensic examination of the server can provide more details. If you are a patient and are concerned about your records, please note that the mail server is not the same as a database or a data server and patient records are most likely on a different server and not affected. Also, these attackers are not after the louisvilleheartsurgery.com data, they usually use the mail service to reach their targets elsewhere. The phishing campaign, judging by the targets, topics, and trojans used, is targeting researchers and experts working on Chinese and Taiwan issues.

Jun 13 CVE-2009-4324 PDF navy procurement.pdf from compromised louisvilleheartsurgery.com w Trojan Taidoor

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)number

CVE-2009-4324 Use-after-free vulnerability in the Doc.media.newPlayer method in Multimedia.api in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file using ZLib compressed streams, as exploited in the wild in December 2009.

  General File Information

File  navy procurement.pdf
File Size  222903
MD5  DF0DE9AD9E5BF00A60F8DE3D37683C5B
Distribution  Email attachment

CLICK HERE SEE ALL OTHER PHISHING MESSAGES SENT VIA THAT SERVER


 The trojaned documents were sent via mail.louisvilleheartsurgery.com (66.147.51.202), which appears to be a legitimate mail server of University of Louisville surgery program, which is outsourced to/hosted at Nuvox / Windstream Email hosting. The server must be misconfigured or compromised and is being actively used as a relay for phishing.

Jun 1 CVE-2010-3333 DOC You are my King from compromised louisvilleheartsurgery.com w Trojan Taidoor

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)number

CVE-2010-3333 Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, Office 2007 SP2, Office 2010, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, Office for Mac 2011, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RTF data, aka "RTF Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

  General File Information

File You are my king.doc
File Size  58531 bytes
MD5  09D68EF693AC6B7D3ACF0DDFF0585543
Distribution  Email attachment


CLICK HERE SEE ALL OTHERS SENT VIA THAT SERVER


 The trojaned documents were sent via mail.louisvilleheartsurgery.com (66.147.51.202), which appears to be a legitimate mail server of University of Louisville surgery program, which is outsourced to/hosted at Nuvox / Windstream Email hosting. The server must be misconfigured or compromised and is being actively used as a relay for phishing.(I have other examples of phish mail sent via that server and I will post them as soon as I can)

May 31 CVE-2010-3333 DOC President Obama's Speech.doc from compromised louisvilleheartsurgery.com w Trojan Taidoor

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)number

CVE-2010-3333 Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, Office 2007 SP2, Office 2010, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, Office for Mac 2011, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RTF data, aka "RTF Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 

  General File Information

File President Obama's Speech.doc
File Size 73891 bytes
MD5 35C33BBD97D7F5629D64153A1B3E71F1
Distribution Email Attachment

 The trojan within a word document was sent via mail.louisvilleheartsurgery.com (66.147.51.202), which appears to be a legitimate mail server of University of Louisville surgery program, which is outsourced to/hosted at Nuvox / Windstream Email hosting. The server must be misconfigured or compromised and is being actively used as a relay for phishing.(I have other examples of phish mail sent via that server - pretty much everything is the same - note additional C2 ip in this post)

See others

• Jun 1 CVE-2010-3333 DOC 2011 Insider's Guide to Military Benefits from compromised louisvilleheartsurgery.com w Trojan Taidoor  
• May 31 CVE-2010-3333 DOC Q and A.doc compromised louisvilleheartsurgery.com w Trojan Taidoor

May 31 CVE-2010-3333 DOC Q and A.doc compromised louisvilleheartsurgery.com w Trojan Taidoor

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)number

CVE-2010-3333 Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, Office 2007 SP2, Office 2010, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, Office for Mac 2011, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RTF data, aka "RTF Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

  General File Information

File Q and A.doc
File Size 115755 bytes
MD5 46863c6078905dab6fd9c2a480e30ad0
Distribution Email Attachment

 The trojan within a word document was sent via mail.louisvilleheartsurgery.com (66.147.51.202), which appears to be a legitimate mail server of University of Louisville surgery program, which is outsourced to/hosted at Nuvox / Windstream Email hosting. The server must be misconfigured or compromised and is being actively used as a relay for phishing.(I have other examples of phish mail sent via that server - pretty much everything is the same - note additional C2 ip in this post) Jun 1 CVE-2010-3333 DOC 2011 Insider's Guide to Military Benefits from compromised louisvilleheartsurgery.com w Trojan Taidoor

Jun 1 CVE-2010-3333 DOC 2011 Insider's Guide to Military Benefits from compromised louisvilleheartsurgery.com w Trojan Taidoor

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)number

CVE-2010-3333 Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, Office 2007 SP2, Office 2010, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, Office for Mac 2011, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RTF data, aka "RTF Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

  General File Information

File 2011 Insider's Guide to Military Benefits .doc
File Size  92715 bytes
MD5 f520c8671ddb9965bbf541f20635ef30
Distribution Email Attachment

 The trojan within a word document was sent via mail.louisvilleheartsurgery.com (66.147.51.202), which appears to be a legitimate mail server of University of Louisville surgery program, which is outsourced to/hosted at Nuvox / Windstream Email hosting. The server must be misconfigured or compromised and is being actively used as a relay for phishing.(I have other examples of phish mail sent via that server and I will post them as soon as I can)

Six ways sensitive data finds its way to personal email accounts

    There has been a lot of speculation recently on how much sensitive data a hacker can find on personal email accounts, considering it is against the rules in most places to use personal accounts for work . Although there are strict rules for classified messages and documents, the intruders are often satisfied with just sensitive or just informational messages for building the picture they need. While I don't know how strict the rules are at the White House, the following behavior is common for at least some US Government offices and for many companies. This information is from my own knowledge, as well as accounts of people working for the US Government, military, as well as Fortune 500 companies, non-government research institutions, and other places.

I am sure you will find none of these scenarios surprising, they all are very common.

   
SIX WAYS SENSITIVE DATA FINDS ITS WAY TO PERSONAL EMAIL ACCOUNTS
    1.   Google Apps accounts are often created in addition to corporate/work mail to alllow easy document sharing between different companies  - for one project, or as a permanent setup
    2.   Employees create autoforwarding of all work emails to their personal accounts for easy reading on personal mobile devices (not everyone has work-issued mobile device)
    3.   Employees, regardless of their employer, need to communicate with people who work elsewhere. They cannot control whether their recipients use free webmail or what they do with their mail - and their recipients can be targeted
    4.   Employees often trust personal webmail more than their work accounts for privacy reasons. They know their work mail is heavily monitored, archived, filtered and they sometimes need to say something to each other "off the record". This may include work related topics, their supervisors, etc.
    5.   Employees, especially when traveling, often manually forward selected messages from work to personal accounts. This is  because it is easier to check personal accounts rather than logging in with smart cards, RSA keys, VPN just to refer to a few things they may need for work during their travel or work at home period.
    6.   Employees may forward mail to personal accounts before leaving their job - some places allow auto-forward and in others you can do it manually. People forward contacts or important messages that they may need after they start a new job

Related posts : Targeted attacks against personal accounts of military, government employees and associates