"This is far from the first time SideCopy APT's tactics have come to light.
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The cyber espionage campaign observed by Malwarebytes involves the target opening the lure document, leading to the execution of a loader that's used to drop a next-stage remote access trojan called ActionRAT, which is capable of uploading files, executing commands received from a server, and even download more payloads.Īlso dropped by the loader is a new information stealer dubbed AuTo Stealer, which is programmed to collect Microsoft Office files, PDF documents, text files, database files, and images before exfiltrating the information to its server over HTTP or TCP. In addition, the actor is said to have siphoned several Microsoft Office documents, including names, numbers, and email addresses of officials and databases containing information related to identity cards, diplomatic visas, and asset registrations from the Afghani government websites, all of which are expected to be used as future decoys or to fuel further attacks against the individuals themselves.
"SideCopy also broke into a shared computer in India and harvested credentials from government and education services", said the report. Some of the prominent attacks were waged against personnel associated with the Administration Office of the President (AOP) of Afghanistan as well as the Ministry of Foreign affairs, Ministry of Finance, and the National Procurement Authority, resulting in the theft of social media passwords and password-protected documents. said in its report the revelation comes close on the heels of disclosures that Meta took steps to block malicious activities carried out by the group on its platform by using romantic lures to compromise individuals with ties to the Afghan government, military, and law enforcement in Kabul.
He added, "The embedded files are tailored to target government and military officials based in Afghanistan and India". Founded in 2008, Malwarebytes CEO Marcin Kleczynski had one mission: to rid the.
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"The lures used by SideCopy APT are usually archive files that have embedded one of these files: LNK, Microsoft Publisher or Trojanized Applications," the report quoted Malwarebytes researcher Hossein Jazi as saying. Malwarebytes believes that when people and organizations are free from threats, they are free to thrive. The portal said, "Malwarebytes' latest findings go into detail about the new tactics and tools adopted by the APT group known as SideCopy, which is so-called because of its attempts to mimic the infection chains associated with another group tracked as SideWinder and mislead attribution". Pakistani hackers are targeting the Indian and Afghan governments, especially the military officials to steal sensitive Google, Twitter and Facebook credentials from its targets and stealthily obtain access to government officials, a report by has revealed.
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