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Water Makara Campaign: A Sophisticated Spear-Phishing Attack on Brazilian Enterprises

Category Details
Threat Actors Unidentified actors deploying Astaroth malware through spear-phishing campaigns.
Campaign Overview Spear-phishing campaign targeting Brazilian enterprises using obfuscated JavaScript to deliver Astaroth malware.
Target Regions (Or Victims) Brazilian organizations, particularly in banking, retail, manufacturing, and national security sectors.
Methodology Advanced social engineering through phishing emails with malicious links or attachments.
Product Targeted Sensitive enterprise data including credentials, financial data, and operational information.
Malware Reference Astaroth malware.
Tools Used Obfuscated JavaScript, fileless execution, trusted Windows processes (e.g., certutil, regsvr32).
Vulnerabilities Exploited Lack of endpoint monitoring, user susceptibility to phishing, and absence of application controls.
TTPs – Spear-phishing with malicious links
– Fileless malware execution
– Use of obfuscated scripts to evade detection.
Attribution Not explicitly attributed to any known threat group.
Recommendations – Limit directory access and enforce signed executables
– Implement endpoint behavior monitoring
– Disable unused system features
– Conduct phishing awareness training.
Source SOCRadar 

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Source: SOCRadar

Published on: December 31, 2024

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