Thai Officials Targeted in Yokai Backdoor Campaign Using DLL Side-Loading Techniques

Category	Details
Threat Actors	Likely cybercriminals leveraging DLL side-loading; specific attribution unknown.
Campaign Overview	New backdoor “Yokai” targeting Thai government officials using DLL side-loading; phishing lures with RAR files.
Target Regions (Or Victims)	Thai government officials; lures focus on legal cases involving international cooperation.
Methodology	– Initial vector suspected to be spear-phishing. – Lures involve shortcut files opening decoy documents while dropping malicious executables.
Product Targeted	Devices running Windows; exploits legitimate binaries for DLL side-loading.
Malware Reference	Yokai (backdoor), NodeLoader, Remcos RAT.
Tools Used	DLL side-loading with legitimate binaries (e.g., “IdrInit.exe”).
Vulnerabilities Exploited	– CVE-2017-11882 (Microsoft Equation Editor RCE). – Abuse of legitimate applications (e.g., RegAsm.exe, iTop Data Recovery).
TTPs	– DLL side-loading for persistence. – Command and control (C2) for remote commands. – Phishing lures with decoy documents and obfuscated payloads. – Fileless malware execution.
Attribution	Target and methodology suggest a sophisticated threat actor; exact attribution not provided.
Recommendations	– Educate users about phishing risks. – Use security tools to detect DLL side-loading. – Apply patches for known vulnerabilities (e.g., CVE-2017-11882).
Source	The Hackers News

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