Financial Theft
Adversaries may steal monetary resources from targets through extortion, social engineering, technical theft, or other methods aimed at their own financial gain at the expense of the availability of these resources for victims. Financial theft is the ultimate objective of several popular campaign types including extortion by ransomware,(Citation: FBI-ransomware) business email compromise (BEC) and fraud,(Citation: FBI-BEC) "pig butchering,"(Citation: wired-pig butchering) bank hacking,(Citation: DOJ-DPRK Heist) and exploiting cryptocurrency networks.(Citation: BBC-Ronin) Adversaries may Compromise Accounts to conduct unauthorized transfers of funds.(Citation: Internet crime report 2022) In the case of business email compromise or email fraud, an adversary may utilize Impersonation of a trusted entity. Once the social engineering is successful, victims can be deceived into sending money to financial accounts controlled by an adversary.(Citation: FBI-BEC) This creates the potential for multiple victims (i.e., compromised accounts as well as the ultimate monetary loss) in incidents involving financial theft.(Citation: VEC) Extortion by ransomware may occur, for example, when an adversary demands payment from a victim after Data Encrypted for Impact (Citation: NYT-Colonial) and Exfiltration of data, followed by threatening to leak sensitive data to the public unless payment is made to the adversary.(Citation: Mandiant-leaks) Adversaries may use dedicated leak sites to distribute victim data.(Citation: Crowdstrike-leaks) Due to the potentially immense business impact of financial theft, an adversary may abuse the possibility of financial theft and seeking monetary gain to divert attention from their true goals such as Data Destruction and business disruption.(Citation: AP-NotPetya)
Примеры процедур |
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Название | Описание |
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INC Ransom |
INC Ransom has stolen and encrypted victim's data in order to extort payment for keeping it private or decrypting it.(Citation: Cybereason INC Ransomware November 2023)(Citation: Bleeping Computer INC Ransomware March 2024)(Citation: Secureworks GOLD IONIC April 2024)(Citation: SOCRadar INC Ransom January 2024)(Citation: SentinelOne INC Ransomware) |
Cinnamon Tempest |
Cinnamon Tempest has maintained leak sites for exfiltrated data in attempt to extort victims into paying a ransom.(Citation: Microsoft Ransomware as a Service) |
Malteiro |
Malteiro targets organizations in a wide variety of sectors via the use of Mispadu banking trojan with the goal of financial theft.(Citation: SCILabs Malteiro 2021) |
Kimsuky |
Kimsuky has stolen and laundered cryptocurrency to self-fund operations including the acquisition of infrastructure.(Citation: Mandiant APT43 March 2024) |
FIN13 |
FIN13 has observed the victim's software and infrastructure over several months to understand the technical process of legitimate financial transactions, prior to attempting to conduct fraudulent transactions.(Citation: Sygnia Elephant Beetle Jan 2022) |
Akira |
Akira engages in double-extortion ransomware, exfiltrating files then encrypting them, in order to prompt victims to pay a ransom.(Citation: BushidoToken Akira 2023) |
Scattered Spider |
Scattered Spider has deployed ransomware on compromised hosts for financial gain.(Citation: CISA Scattered Spider Advisory November 2023)(Citation: Trellix Scattered Spider MO August 2023) |
DarkGate |
DarkGate can deploy payloads capable of capturing credentials related to cryptocurrency wallets.(Citation: Ensilo Darkgate 2018) |
SilverTerrier |
SilverTerrier targets organizations in high technology, higher education, and manufacturing for business email compromise (BEC) campaigns with the goal of financial theft.(Citation: Unit42 SilverTerrier 2018)(Citation: Unit42 SilverTerrier 2016) |
Play |
Play demands ransom payments from victims to unencrypt filesystems and to not publish sensitive data exfiltrated from victim networks.(Citation: CISA Play Ransomware Advisory December 2023) |
Контрмеры |
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Контрмера | Описание |
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User Training |
Train users to be aware of access or manipulation attempts by an adversary to reduce the risk of successful spearphishing, social engineering, and other techniques that involve user interaction. |
User Account Management |
Manage the creation, modification, use, and permissions associated to user accounts. |
Ссылки
- FBI. (2022). FBI 2022 Congressional Report on BEC and Real Estate Wire Fraud. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- Department of Justice. (2021). 3 North Korean Military Hackers Indicted in Wide-Ranging Scheme to Commit Cyber-attacks and Financial Crimes Across the Globe. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- DANIEL KAPELLMANN ZAFRA, COREY HIDELBRANDT, NATHAN BRUBAKER, KEITH LUNDEN. (2022, January 31). 1 in 7 OT Ransomware Extortion Attacks Leak Critical Operational Technology Information. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- Crowdstrike. (2020, September 24). Double Trouble: Ransomware with Data Leak Extortion, Part 1. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- CloudFlare. (n.d.). What is vendor email compromise (VEC)?. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- Nicole Perlroth. (2021, May 13). Colonial Pipeline paid 75 Bitcoin, or roughly $5 million, to hackers.. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- Lily Hay Newman. (n.d.). ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams Are Now a $3 Billion Threat. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- Joe Tidy. (2022, March 30). Ronin Network: What a $600m hack says about the state of crypto. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- IC3. (2022). 2022 Internet Crime Report. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- FRANK BAJAK AND RAPHAEL SATTER. (2017, June 30). Companies still hobbled from fearsome cyberattack. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- FBI. (n.d.). Ransomware. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- Toulas, B. (2024, March 27). INC Ransom threatens to leak 3TB of NHS Scotland stolen data. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- SOCRadar. (2024, January 24). Dark Web Profile: INC Ransom. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- SentinelOne. (n.d.). What Is Inc. Ransomware?. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- Cybereason Security Research Team. (2023, November 20). Threat Alert: INC Ransomware. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- Counter Threat Unit Research Team. (2024, April 15). GOLD IONIC DEPLOYS INC RANSOMWARE. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- Microsoft. (2022, May 9). Ransomware as a service: Understanding the cybercrime gig economy and how to protect yourself. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- SCILabs. (2021, December 23). Cyber Threat Profile Malteiro. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- Mandiant. (2024, March 14). APT43: North Korean Group Uses Cybercrime to Fund Espionage Operations. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Sygnia Incident Response Team. (2022, January 5). TG2003: ELEPHANT BEETLE UNCOVERING AN ORGANIZED FINANCIAL-THEFT OPERATION. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
- Will Thomas. (2023, September 15). Tracking Adversaries: Akira, another descendent of Conti. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
- Trellix et. al.. (2023, August 17). Scattered Spider: The Modus Operandi. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
- CISA. (2023, November 16). Cybersecurity Advisory: Scattered Spider (AA23-320A). Retrieved March 18, 2024.
- Giles, Bruce. (2024, January 4). Hackers threaten to send SWAT teams to Fred Hutch patients' homes. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- CISA. (2023, August). Cyber Safety Review Board: Lapsus. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- Adi Zeligson & Rotem Kerner. (2018, November 13). Enter The DarkGate - New Cryptocurrency Mining and Ransomware Campaign. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
- Unit42. (2016). SILVERTERRIER: THE RISE OF NIGERIAN BUSINESS EMAIL COMPROMISE. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- Renals, P., Conant, S. (2016). SILVERTERRIER: The Next Evolution in Nigerian Cybercrime. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- CISA. (2023, December 18). #StopRansomware: Play Ransomware AA23-352A. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
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