Blue Termite Blue Termite

  • First known sample

    2013

  • Discovery

    2014

  • Number of targets

    100-1000

  • Current status

    Active

  • Type

    Backdoor

  • Targeted platforms

    Windows

  • TOP targeted countries

    Japan
BLUE TERMITE

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  • The way of propagation

    Exploits , Social engineering , Watering hole attacks

  • Purpose/Functions

    Cyberespionage , Data wiping , Surveillance

  • Targets

    Chemical industry , Education , Financial institutions , Government entities , Health insurance services , Manufacturing , Media , Medical Industry , Pharmaceutical , Satellite operators
  • Artefacts/Attribution

    Chinese language artefacts

  • Description

    A threat actor launching cyber-espionage campaigns against hundreds of organizations in Japan since 2013. The attackers hunt for confidential information utilizing a zero-day Flash Player exploit and a sophisticated backdoor, customized to each victim.

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  1. Adding detection for known modules
  2. Collecting samples
  3. Reversing the samples
  4. Decrypting sophisticated encryption and compression schemes
  5. Understanding lateral movement
  6. Outlining multiple attack stages in the correct order
  7. Mapping C&C infrastructure
  8. Setting up sinkholes
  9. Analyzing collected traffic and communication protocols
  10. Crawling other hosts that understand the same protocol
  11. Taking down and acquiring images of C&C servers
  12. Identifying victims, sending out notifications to victims and global CERTs
  13. Applying forensic analysis and extracting logs, stolen files, other components
  14. Collecting and analyzing data from KSN, C&C servers, individual victims who are willing to work with us, sinkholes, crawlers, etc.
  15. Writing a comprehensive report
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