Hellsing Hellsing

  • First known sample

    2012

  • Discovery

    2014

  • Number of targets

    1-100

  • Current status

    Active

  • Type

    Remote administration tool

  • Targeted platforms

    Windows

  • TOP targeted countries

    India , Indonesia , Malaysia , Philippines , Ukraine

  • The way of propagation

    Social engineering

  • Purpose/Functions

    Cyberespionage

  • Targets

    Diplomatic organizations/embassies , Government entities
  • Description

    A cyberespionage group targeting government and diplomatic organizations in the US and the APAC region. The intended victims are targeted with spear-phishing emails that contain the malware—a backdoor that allows the attackers to download and upload files. They are well-known for attacking another APT group—Naikon.

    Additional information

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  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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