(Sygnia) Velvet Ant is a sophisticated and innovative threat actor. The investigation confirmed the threat actor maintained a prolonged presence in the organization’s on–premises network for about three years. The overall goal behind this campaign was to maintain access to the target network for espionage. The threat actor achieved remarkable persistence by establishing and maintaining multiple footholds within the victim company’s environment. One of the mechanisms utilized for persistence was a legacy F5 BIG-IP appliance, which was exposed to the internet and which the threat actor leveraged as an internal Command and Control (C&C). After one foothold was discovered and remediated, the threat actor swiftly pivoted to another, demonstrating agility and adaptability in evading detection. The threat actor exploited various entry points across the victim’s network infrastructure, indicating a comprehensive understanding of the target’s environment.
This SANS Internet Storm Center diary details a technique used by attackers, specifically the Velvet Ant Chinese group, to mask process names in Linux systems. Attackers modify the ‘comm’ and ‘cmdline’ entries in the /pr…
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Chinese cyber espionage group Velvet Ant conducted a decade-long operation, gaining persistent access to a large organization’s isolated critical infrastructure network by hijacking its authentication flow. The attackers…
