APT group: Carbanak, Anunak| Names | Carbanak (Kaspersky) Anunak (Group-IB) Carbon Spider (CrowdStrike) | |
| Country |  Ukraine | |
| Motivation | Financial crime | |
| First seen | 2013 | |
| Description | Carbanak is a threat group that mainly targets banks. It also refers to malware of the same name (Carbanak). It is sometimes referred to as FIN7, but these appear to be two groups using the same Carbanak malware and are therefore tracked separately. (Kaspersky) From late 2013 onwards, several banks and financial institutions have been attacked by an unknown group of cybercriminals. In all these attacks, a similar modus operandi was used. According to victims and the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) involved in the investigation, this could result in cumulative losses of up to 1 billion USD. The attacks are still active. This report provides a technical analysis of these attacks. The motivation for the attackers, who are making use of techniques commonly seen in Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), appears to be financial gain as opposed to espionage. An analysis of the campaign has revealed that the initial infections were achieved using spear phishing emails that appeared to be legitimate banking communications, with Microsoft Word 97 – 2003 (.doc) and Control Panel Applet (.CPL) files attached. We believe that the attackers also redirected to exploit kits website traffic that related to financial activity. | |
| Observed | Sectors: Financial, Hospitality. Countries: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Luxembourg, Morocco, Nepal, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan. | |
| Tools used | Antak, Ave Maria, BABYMETAL, Backdoor Batel, Bateleur, BELLHOP, Boostwrite, Cain & Abel, Carbanak, Cobalt Strike, DNSMessenger, DNSRat, DRIFTPIN, FlawedAmmyy, Griffon, HALFBAKED, Harpy, JS Flash, KLRD, Mimikatz, MBR Eraser, Odinaff, POWERPIPE, POWERSOURCE, PsExec, SocksBot, SoftPerfect Network Scanner, SQLRAT, TeamViewer, TinyMet. | |
| Counter operations | Mar 2018 | Mastermind behind EUR 1 billion cyber bank robbery arrested in Spain <https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/mastermind-behind-eur-1-billion-cyber-bank-robbery-arrested-in-spain> |
| Aug 2018 | Three Carbanak cyber heist gang members arrested <https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252446153/Three-Carbanak-cyber-heist-gang-members-arrested> | |
| Information | <https://media.kasperskycontenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2018/03/08064518/Carbanak_APT_eng.pdf> <https://www.group-ib.com/resources/threat-research/Anunak_APT_against_financial_institutions.pdf> <https://www.bitdefender.com/files/News/CaseStudies/study/262/Bitdefender-WhitePaper-An-APT-Blueprint-Gaining-New-Visibility-into-Financial-Threats-interactive.pdf> | |
| MITRE ATT&CK | <https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0008/> | |
Last change to this card: 22 April 2020
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