[FireEye]Iranian Threat Group Updates Tactics, Techniques and Procedures in Spear Phishing Campaign

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Iranian Threat Group Updates Tactics, Techniques and Procedures in Spear
Phishing Campaign

Introduction

 

From January 2018 to March 2018, through FireEye’s Dynamic Threat
  Intelligence, we observed attackers leveraging the latest code
  execution and persistence techniques to distribute malicious
  macro-based documents to individuals in Asia and the Middle East.

 

We attribute this activity to TEMP.Zagros (reported by     href="https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/11/unit42-muddying-the-water-targeted-attacks-in-the-middle-east/">Palo
    Alto Networks and     href="https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/campaign-possibly-connected-muddywater-surfaces-middle-east-central-asia/">Trend
  Micro as MuddyWater), an Iran-nexus actor that has been active
  since at least May 2017. This actor has engaged in prolific spear
  phishing of government and defense entities in Central and Southwest
  Asia. The spear phishing emails and attached malicious macro documents
  typically have geopolitical themes. When successfully executed, the
  malicious documents install a backdoor we track as POWERSTATS.

 

One of the more interesting observations during the analysis of
  these files was the re-use of the latest AppLocker bypass, and lateral
  movement techniques for the purpose of indirect code execution. The IP
  address in the lateral movement techniques was substituted with the
  local machine IP address to achieve code execution on the system.

 

Campaign Timeline

 

In this campaign, the threat actor’s tactics, techniques and
  procedures (TTPs) shifted after about a month, as did their targets. A
  brief timeline of this activity is shown in Figure 1.

 

 
 
 Figure 1: Timeline of this recently
    observed spear phishing campaign

 

The first part of the campaign (From Jan. 23, 2018, to Feb. 26,
  2018) used a macro-based document that dropped a VBS file and an INI
  file. The INI file contains the Base64 encoded PowerShell command,
  which will be decoded and executed by PowerShell using the command
  line generated by the VBS file on execution using WScript.exe. The
  process chain is shown in Figure 2.

 

 
 
 Figure 2: Process chain for the first
    part of the campaign

 

Although the actual VBS script changed from sample to sample, with
  different levels of obfuscation and different ways of invoking the
  next stage of process tree, its final purpose remained same: invoking
  PowerShell to decode the Base64 encoded PowerShell command in the INI
  file that was dropped earlier by the macro, and executing it. One such
  example of the VBS invoking PowerShell via MSHTA is shown in Figure 3.

 

 
 
 Figure 3: VBS invoking PowerShell via MSHTA

 

The second part of the campaign (from Feb. 27, 2018, to March 5,
  2018) used a new variant of the macro that does not use VBS for
  PowerShell code execution. Instead, it uses one of the recently
  disclosed code execution techniques leveraging INF and SCT files,
  which we will go on to explain later in the blog.

 

Infection Vector

 

We believe the infection vector for all of the attacks involved in
  this campaign are macro-based documents sent as an email attachment.
  One such email that we were able to obtain was targeting users in
  Turkey, as shown in Figure 4:

 

 
 
 Figure 4: Sample spear phishing email
    containing macro-based document attachment

 

The malicious Microsoft Office attachments that we observed appear
  to have been specially crafted for individuals in four countries:
  Turkey, Pakistan, Tajikistan and India. What follows is four examples,
  and a complete list is available in the Indicators of Compromise
  section at the end of the blog.

 

Figure 5 shows a document purporting to be from the National
  Assembly of Pakistan.

 

 
 
 Figure 5: Document purporting to be from
    the National Assembly of Pakistan

 

A document purporting to be from the Turkish Armed Forces, with
  content written in the Turkish language, is shown in Figure 6.

 

 
 
 Figure 6: Document purporting to be from
    the Turkish Armed Forces

 

A document purporting to be from the Institute for Development and
  Research in Banking Technology (established by the Reserve Bank of
  India) is shown in Figure 7.

 

 
 
 Figure 7: Document purporting to be from
    the Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology

 

Figure 8 shows a document written in Tajik that purports to be from
  the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.

 

 
 
 Figure 8: Document written in Tajik that
    purports to be from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic
    of Tajikistan

 

Each of these macro-based documents used similar techniques for code
  execution, persistence and communication with the command and control
  (C2) server.

 

Indirect Code Execution Through INF and SCT

 

This     href="https://bohops.com/2018/02/26/leveraging-inf-sct-fetch-execute-techniques-for-bypass-evasion-persistence/">scriptlet
    code execution technique leveraging INF and SCT files was
  recently discovered and documented in February 2018. The threat group
  in this recently observed campaign – TEMP.Zagros – weaponized their
  malware using the following techniques.

 

The macro in the Word document drops three files in a hard coded
  path: C:\programdata. Since the path is hard coded, the execution will
  only be observed in operating systems, Windows 7 and above. The
  following are the three files:

 

• 
      Defender.sct – The malicious JavaScript based scriptlet
    file.
• 
      DefenderService.inf – The INF file that is used to
      invoke the above scriptlet file.
• 
      WindowsDefender.ini – The Base64 encoded and obfuscated
      PowerShell script.

 

After dropping the three files, the macro will set the following
  registry key to achieve persistence:

 

  \REGISTRY\USER\SID\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio

       n\Run\"WindowsDefenderUpdater" = cmstp.exe /s c:\programdata\DefenderService.inf

 

Upon system restart, cmstp.exe will be used to execute the SCT file
  indirectly through the INF file. This is possible because inside the
  INF file we have the following section:

 

[UnRegisterOCXSection]
 %11%\scrobj.dll,NI,c:/programdata/Defender.sct

 

That section gets indirectly invoked through the
  DefaultInstall_SingleUser section of INF, as shown in Figure 9.

 

 
 
 Figure 9: Indirectly invoking SCT through
    the DefaultInstall_SingleUser section of INF

 

This method of code execution is performed in an attempt to evade
  security products. FireEye MVX and HX Endpoint Security technology
  successfully detect this code execution technique.

 

SCT File Analysis

 

The code of the Defender.sct file is an obfuscated JavaScript. The
  main function performed by the SCT file is to Base64 decode the
  contents of WindowsDefender.ini file and execute the decoded
  PowerShell Script using the following command line:

 

powershell.exe -exec Bypass -c
  iex([System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String((get-content C:\\ProgramData\\WindowsDefender.ini)

 

The rest of the malicious activities are performed by the PowerShell Script.

 

PowerShell File Analysis

 

The PowerShell script employs several layers of obfuscation to hide
  its actual functionality. In addition to obfuscation techniques, it
  also has the ability to detect security tools on the analysis machine,
  and can also shut down the system if it detects the presence of such tools.

 

Some of the key obfuscation techniques used are:

 

• 
      Character Replacement: Several instances of character
      replacement and string reversing techniques (Figure 10) make
      analysis difficult.

 

 
 
 Figure 10: Character replacement and
    string reversing techniques

 

• 
      PowerShell Environment Variables: Nowadays, malware authors
      commonly mask critical strings such as “IEX” using environment
      variables. Some of the instances used in this script are:
  
       
  • $eNv:puBLic[13]+$ENv:pUBLIc[5]+'x'
  
       
  • ($ENV:cOMsPEC[4,26,25]-jOin'')

 

• 
      XOR encoding: The biggest section of the PowerShell script is
      XOR encoded using a single byte key, as shown in Figure 11.

 

 
 
 Figure 11: PowerShell script is XOR
    encoded using a single byte key

 

After deobfuscating the contents of the PowerShell Script, we can
  divide it into three sections.

 

Section 1

 

The first section of the PowerShell script is responsible for
  setting different key variables that are used by the remaining
  sections of the PowerShell script, especially the following variables:

 

• TEMpPAtH =
      "C:\ProgramData\" (the path used for storing the temp
    files)
• Get_vAlIdIP =     href="https://api.ipify.org/">https://api.ipify.org/ (used to
      get the public IP address of the machine)
• FIlENAmePATHP =
      WindowsDefender.ini (file used to store Powershell code)

   
• PRIVAtE = Private Key exponents
• PUbLIc = Public Key
    exponents
• Hklm = "HKLM:\Software\"
• Hkcu =
    "HKCU:\Software\"
• ValuE =
    "kaspersky"
• SYSID
• DrAGon_MidDLe = [array
      of proxy URLs]

 

Among those variables, there is one variable of particular interest,
  DrAGon_MidDLe, which stores the list of proxy URLs (detailed at
  the end of the blog in the Network Indicators portion of the
  Indicators of Compromise section) that will be used to interact with
  the C2 server, as shown in Figure 12.

 

 
 
 Figure 12: DrAGon_MidDLe stores the list
    of proxy URLs used to interact with C2 server

 

Section 2

 

The second section of the PowerShell script has the ability to
  perform encryption and decryption of messages that are exchanged
  between the system and the C2 server. The algorithm used for
  encryption and decryption is RSA, which leverages the public and
  private key exponents included in Section 1 of the PowerShell script.

 

Section 3

 

The third section of the PowerShell script is the biggest section
  and has a wide variety of functionalities.

 

During analysis, we observed a code section where a message written
  in Chinese and hard coded in the script will be printed in the case of
  an error while connecting to the C2 server:

 

 

 

The English translation for this message is: “Cannot connect to
  website, please wait for dragon”.

 

Other functionalities provided by this section of the PowerShell
  Script are as follows:

 

• Retrieves the following
      data from the system by leveraging Windows Management
      Instrumentation (WMI) queries and environment variables:
  • IP
            Address from Network Adapter Configuration
  • OS Name
  
         
  • OS Architecture
  • Computer Name
  • Computer
            Domain Name
  • Username

 

All of this data is concatenated and
  formatted as shown in Figure 13:

 

 
 
 Figure 13: Concatenated and formatted
    data retrieved by PowerShell script

 

• Register the victim’s
      machine to the C2 server by sending the REGISTER command to the
      server. In response, if the status is OK, then a TOKEN is received
      from the C2 server that is used to synchronize the activities
      between the victim’s machine and the C2 server.

 

While sending to the C2 server, the
  data is formatted as follows:

 

@{SYSINFO  = $get.ToString(); ACTION = "REGISTER";}

 

• Ability to take
    screenshots.

 

• Checks for the presence
      of security tools (detailed in the Appendix) and if any of these
      security tools are discovered, then the system will be shut down, as
      shown in Figure 14.

 

 
 
 Figure 14: System shut down upon
    discovery of security tools

 

• Ability to receive
      PowerShell script from the C2 server and execute on the machine.
      Several techniques are employed for executing the PowerShell
        code:
  • If command starts with “excel”, then it leverages
            DDEInitiate Method of Excel.Appilcation to execute the
              code:       src="https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/blog/images/ZagrosUpdate/Code2.png" />
  
         
  • If the command starts with “outlook”, then it leverages
            Outlook.Application and MSHTA to execute the code:       src="https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/blog/images/ZagrosUpdate/Code3.png" />
  
         
  • If the command starts with “risk”, then execution is
            performed through DCOM object:       src="https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/blog/images/ZagrosUpdate/Code4.png" />
  
     

 

• File upload
    functionality.

 

• Ability to disable
      Microsoft Office Protected View (as shown in Figure 15) by setting
      the following keys in the Windows Registry:
  
       
  • DisableAttachmentsInPV
  • DisableInternetFilesInPV
  
       
  • DisableUnsafeLocationsInPV

 

 
 
 Figure 15: Disabling Microsoft Office
    Protected View

 

• Ability to remotely
      reboot or shut down or clean the system based on the command
      received from the C2 server, as shown in Figure 16.

 

 
 
 Figure 16: Reboot, shut down and clean commands

 

• Ability to sleep for a
      given number of seconds.

 

The following table summarizes the main C2 commands supported by
  this PowerShell Script.

 
   
     
   
     
   
     
   
     
   
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Take a screenshot of the System

     
   
     
   
     
   
     
   
     

C2 Command	Purpose
reboot	valign="top"> Reboot the system using shutdown command
shutdown	valign="top"> Shut down the system using shutdown         command
clean	valign="top"> Wipe the Drives, C:\, D:\, E:\, F:\
screenshot
upload	valign="top"> Encrypt and upload the information from the         system
excel	valign="top"> Leverage Excel.Application COM object for code         execution
outlook	valign="top"> Leverage Outlook.Application COM object for           code execution
risk	valign="top"> Leverage DCOM object for code execution

 

Conclusion

 

This activity shows us that TEMP.Zagros stays up-to-date with the
  latest code execution and persistence mechanism techniques, and that
  they can quickly leverage these techniques to update their malware. By
  combining multiple layers of obfuscation, they deter the process of
  reverse engineering and also attempt to evade security products.

 

Users can protect themselves from such attacks by disabling Office
  macros in their settings and also by being more vigilant when enabling
  macros (especially when prompted) in documents, even if such documents
  are from seemingly trusted sources.

 

Indicators of Compromise

 

Macro based Documents and Hashes

 
   
     
   
     
   
     
   
     
   
     
   
     
   
     
   
     
   
     
       
   
     
   
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Turkey

   
     
       
   
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Tajikistan

   
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Turkey

   
     
       
   
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Turkey

   
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Turkey

   
     
   
     
   
     
   
     

SHA256 Hash	Filename	Targeted Region
valign="top"> eff78c23790ee834f773569b52cddb01dc3c4dd9660f5a476af044ef6fe73894	na.doc	Pakistan
valign="top"> 76e9988dad0278998861717c774227bf94112db548946ef617bfaa262cb5e338	Invest in Turkey.doc	Turkey
valign="top"> 6edc067fc2301d7a972a654b3a07398d9c8cbe7bb38d1165b80ba4a13805e5ac	güvenlik yönergesi. .doc	Turkey
valign="top"> 009cc0f34f60467552ef79c3892c501043c972be55fe936efb30584975d45ec0	idrbt.doc	India
valign="top"> 18479a93fc2d5acd7d71d596f27a5834b2b236b44219bb08f6ca06cf760b74f6	Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Kimlik         Kartı.doc	Turkey
valign="top"> 3da24cd3af9a383b731ce178b03c68a813ab30f4c7c8dfbc823a32816b9406fb	Turkish Armed Forces.doc	Turkey
valign="top"> 9038ba1b7991ff38b802f28c0e006d12d466a8e374d2f2a83a039aabcbe76f5c	na.gov.pk.doc	Pakistan
valign="top"> 3b1d8dcbc8072b1ec10f5300c3ea9bb20db71bd8fa443d97332790b74584a115	MVD-FORM-1800.doc	Tajikistan
valign="top"> cee801b7a901eb69cd166325ed3770daffcd9edd8113a961a94c8b9ddf318c88	KEGM-CyberAttack.doc	Turkey
valign="top"> 1ee9649a2f9b2c8e0df318519e2f8b4641fd790a118445d7a0c0b3c02b1ba942	IL-1801.doc
valign="top"> aa60c1fae6a0ef3b9863f710e46f0a7407cf0feffa240b9a4661a4e8884ac627	kiyiemniyeti.doc	Turkey
valign="top"> 93745a6605a77f149471b41bd9027390c91373558f62058a7333eb72a26faf84	TCELL-S1-M.doc
valign="top"> c87799cce6d65158da97aa31a5160a0a6b6dd5a89dea312604cc66ed5e976cc9	egm-1.doc
valign="top"> 2cea0b740f338c513a6390e7951ff3371f44c7c928abf14675b49358a03a5d13	Connectel .pk.doc	Pakistan
valign="top"> 18cf5795c2208d330bd297c18445a9e25238dd7f28a1a6ef55e2a9239f5748cd	valign="top"> gßvenlik_yÜnergesi_.doc
valign="top"> 153117aa54492ca955b540ac0a8c21c1be98e9f7dd8636a36d73581ec1ddcf58	MIT.doc
valign="top"> d07d4e71927cab4f251bcc216f560674c5fb783add9c9f956d3fc457153be025	Gvenlik Ynergesi.doc	Turkey
valign="top"> af5f102f0597db9f5e98068724e31d68b8f7c23baeea536790c50db587421102	Gvenlik Ynergesi.doc	Turkey
valign="top"> 5550615affe077ddf66954edf132824e4f1fe16b3228e087942b0cad0721a6af	NA	valign="top"> Turkey
valign="top"> 3d96811de7419a8c090a671d001a85f2b1875243e5b38e6f927d9877d0ff9b0c	Anadolu GüneydoÄŸu           Projesinde .doc	valign="top"> Turkey

 

Network Indicators

 

List of Proxy URLs

 

hxxp://alessandrofoglino[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.easy-home-sales[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.almaarefut[.]com/admin/db_template.php

 

hxxp://chinamall[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://amesoulcoaching[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.antigonisworld[.]com/wp-includes/db_template.php

 

hxxps://anbinni.ba/wp-admin/db_template.php

 

hxxp://arctistrade[.]de/wp/db_template.php

 

hxxp://aianalytics[.]ie//db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.gilforsenate[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://mgamule[.]co.za/oldweb/db_template.php

 

hxxp://chrisdejager-attorneys[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://alfredocifuentes[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://alxcorp[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxps://www.aircafe24[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://agencereferencement.be/wp-admin/db_template.php

 

hxxp://americanlegacies[.]org/webthed_ftw/db_template.php

 

hxxps://aloefly[.]net//db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.duotonedigital[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://architectsinc[.]net//db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.tanati[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://emware[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://breastfeedingbra[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://alhidayahfoundation[.]co[.]uk/category/db_template.php

 

hxxp://cashforyousa[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxps://www.airporttaxi-uk[.]co[.]uk/wp-includes/db_template.php

 

hxxp://antjetaubert[.]de//db_template.php

 

hxxp://hesterwebber[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://fickstarelectrical[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://alex-frost[.]com/assets/db_template.php

 

hxxps://americanbrasil[.]com.br//db_template.php

 

hxxps://aileeshop[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxps://annodle[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://goldeninstitute[.]co.za/contents/db_template.php

 

hxxp://ednpk[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.arabiccasinochoice[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://proeventsports[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://glenbridge[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://berped[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://best-digital-slr-cameras[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://antonhirvonen[.]com/pengalandet.se/wp-includes/db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.alpacal[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxps://www.alakml[.]com/wp-admin/db_template.php

 

hxxp://ar-rihla[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://appsvoice[.]info//db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.bashancorp[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://alexanderbecker[.]net/services/db_template.php

 

hxxp://visionclinic.co.ls/visionclinic/db_template.php

 

hxxps://www.angelesrevista[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxps://www.antojoentucocina[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://apollonweb[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxps://www.alphapixa[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://capitalradiopetition[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.generictoners[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxps://alnahdatraining[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxps://albousala[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxps://www.dopetroleum[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://bios-chip[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.crissamconsulting[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://capriflower[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.dingaanassociates[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://indiba-africa[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://verifiedseller[.]co.za/js/db_template.php

 

hxxps://www.buraqlubricant[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://aqarco[.]com/wp-admin/db_template.php

 

hxxp://allaboutblockchain[.]net//db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.amexcars[.]info/tpl/db_template.php

 

hxxp://clandecor[.]co.za/rvsUtf8Backup/db_template.php

 

hxxp://bakron[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://gsnconsulting[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://vumavaluations[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://heritagetravelmw[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://ampvita[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://ahero-resource-center[.]org/administrator/db_template.php

 

hxxps://arbulario[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://havilahglo[.]co.za/wpscripts/db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.bestdecorativemirrors[.]com/More-Mirrors/db_template.php

 

hxxp://delectronics[.]com[.]pk//db_template.php

 

hxxp://antucomp[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://advocatetn[.]com/font-awesome/fonts/db_template.php

 

hxxps://amooy[.]com/webservice/db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.harmonyguesthouse[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://alanrori[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://algarvesup[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://desirablehair[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://comsip[.]org.mw//db_template.php

 

hxxp://jdcorporate[.]co.za/catalog/db_template.php

 

hxxp://andrewfinnburhoe[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://anyeva[.]com/wp-includes/db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.agenceuhd[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://host4unix[.]net/host24new/db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.altaica[.]ca/wordpress/db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.allbuyer[.]co[.]uk//db_template.php

 

hxxp://jvpsfunerals[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://immaculatepainters[.]co.za//db_template.php

 

hxxp://tcpbereka[.]co.za/js/db_template.php

 

hxxp://clientcare.co.ls//db_template.php

 

hxxp://investaholdings[.]co.za/htc/db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.amjobs[.]co[.]uk//db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.agirlgonewine[.]com/store/db_template.php

 

hxxp://findinfo-more[.]com//db_template.php

 

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hxxp://www.alinn-u-yin[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxps://www.allin-chain[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxps://www.anatapackaging[.]com/vendors/db_template.php

 

hxxp://alexcelts[.]com/wp/db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.allstylus[.]com.br//db_template.php

 

hxxp://www.algom-law[.]com//db_template.php

 

hxxp://ambiances-toiles[.]fr//db_template.php

 

Appendix

 

Security Tools Checked on the Machine

 

win32_remote

 

win64_remote64

 

ollydbg

 

ProcessHacker

 

tcpview

 

autoruns

 

autorunsc

 

filemon

 

procmon

 

regmon

 

procexp

 

idaq

 

idaq64

 

ImmunityDebugger

 

Wireshark

 

dumpcap

 

HookExplorer

 

ImportREC

 

PETools

 

LordPE

 

dumpcap

 

SysInspector

 

proc_analyzer

 

sysAnalyzer

 

sniff_hit

 

windbg

 

joeboxcontrol

 

joeboxserver

Source: Iranian Threat Group Updates Tactics, Techniques and Procedures in Spear
Phishing Campaign