talos · Crawled Jul 5, 2026
Close Encounters of the Human Kind
12 IoCs 1 Actors 1 Malware
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AI Summary
Cisco Talos observed a large-scale credential-harvesting campaign targeting over 30,000 Fortinet devices across nearly 200 countries. The campaign leverages known vulnerabilities in Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways to steal credentials and maintain persistent access. Additionally, fileless variants of Phantom Stealer malware are being used to target browser credentials, employing anti-analysis techniques to evade detection. These threats highlight ongoing exploitation of internet-facing infrastructure and the need for robust patching and multi-factor authentication.
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Extracted Entities 2 found
Indicators of Compromise 12 extracted
| Type | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| SHA-256 | 9f1f11a708d393e0a4109ae189bc64f1f3e312653dcf317a2bd406f18ffcc507 | Details → |
| MD5 | 2915b3f8b703eb744fc54c81f4a9c67f | Details → |
| Filename | VID001.exe | Details → |
| SHA-256 | c0ad494457dcd9e964378760fb6aca86a23622045bca851d8f3ab49ec33978fe | Details → |
| MD5 | bf9672ec85283fdf002d83662f0b08b7 | Details → |
| Filename | f_000cd7.html | Details → |
| SHA-256 | 9896a6fcb9bb5ac1ec5297b4a65be3f647589adf7c37b45f3f7466decd6a4a7f | Details → |
| MD5 | 38de5b216c33833af710e88f7f64fc98 | Details → |
| Filename | SECOH-QAD.exe | Details → |
| SHA-256 | e60ab99da105ee27ee09ea64ed8eb46d8edc92ee37f039dbc3e2bb9f587a33ba | Details → |
| MD5 | dbd8dbecaa80795c135137d69921fdba | Details → |
| Filename | u992574.dll | Details → |
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs 78 techniques
T1003 OS Credential Dumping · Credential Access T1003.002 Security Account Manager · Credential Access T1020 Automated Exfiltration · Exfiltration T1021 Remote Services · Lateral Movement T1021.001 Remote Desktop Protocol · Lateral Movement T1021.002 SMB/Windows Admin Shares · Lateral Movement T1021.003 Distributed Component Object Model · Lateral Movement T1021.004 SSH · Lateral Movement T1046 Network Service Discovery · Discovery T1055 Process Injection · Defense Evasion T1056.001 Keylogging · Collection T1056.002 GUI Input Capture · Collection T1059.001 PowerShell · Execution T1059.003 Windows Command Shell · Execution T1071.001 Web Protocols · Command And Control T1071.004 DNS · Command And Control T1078 Valid Accounts · Defense Evasion T1078.002 Domain Accounts · Defense Evasion T1078.004 Cloud Accounts · Defense Evasion T1082 System Information Discovery · Discovery T1083 File and Directory Discovery · Discovery T1085 T1085 T1090 Proxy · Command And Control T1098 Account Manipulation · Persistence T1102 Web Service · Command And Control T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer · Command And Control T1110 Brute Force · Credential Access T1113 Screen Capture · Collection T1114 Email Collection · Collection T1120 Peripheral Device Discovery · Discovery T1132 Data Encoding · Command And Control T1133 External Remote Services · Persistence T1135 Network Share Discovery · Discovery T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application · Initial Access T1192 T1192 T1195.002 Compromise Software Supply Chain · Initial Access T1202 Indirect Command Execution · Defense Evasion T1204.002 Malicious File · Execution T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services · Lateral Movement T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access · Credential Access T1213 Data from Information Repositories · Collection T1400 T1400 T1484.001 Group Policy Modification · Defense Evasion T1485 Data Destruction · Impact T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact · Impact T1490 Inhibit System Recovery · Impact T1491 Defacement · Impact T1496 Resource Hijacking · Impact T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service · Impact T1530 Data from Cloud Storage · Collection T1531 Account Access Removal · Impact T1542 Pre-OS Boot · Defense Evasion T1543.003 Windows Service · Persistence T1557 Adversary-in-the-Middle · Credential Access T1558 Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets · Credential Access T1558.003 Kerberoasting · Credential Access T1566 Phishing · Initial Access T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment · Initial Access T1566.002 Spearphishing Link · Initial Access T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service · Exfiltration T1573 Encrypted Channel · Command And Control T1588.001 Malware · Resource Development T1595 Active Scanning · Reconnaissance T1611 Escape to Host · Privilege Escalation T1659 Content Injection · Initial Access T1003.001 LSASS Memory · Credential Access T1006 Direct Volume Access · Defense Evasion T1012 Query Registry · Discovery T1014 Rootkit · Defense Evasion T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information · Defense Evasion T1053.005 Scheduled Task · Execution T1055.015 ListPlanting · Defense Evasion T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation · Privilege Escalation T1070.004 File Deletion · Defense Evasion T1071 Application Layer Protocol · Command And Control T1071.003 Mail Protocols · Command And Control T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution · Execution T1548.002 Bypass User Account Control · Privilege Escalation