PTSecurity Cobalt Group Aug 2017

Cobalt Group leveraged an open-source tool called SoftPerfect Network Scanner to perform network scanning.

Cobalt Group has used powershell.exe to download and execute scripts.

Cobalt Group has used a JavaScript backdoor that is capable of launching cmd.exe to execute shell commands. The group has used an exploit toolkit known as Threadkit that launches .bat files.

Cobalt Group has sent Word OLE compound documents with malicious obfuscated VBA macros that will run upon user execution.

Cobalt Group has executed JavaScript scriptlets on the victim's machine.

Cobalt Group has used public sites such as github.com and sendspace.com to upload files and then download them to victim computers. The group's JavaScript backdoor is also capable of downloading files.

Cobalt Group had exploited multiple vulnerabilities for execution, including Microsoft’s Equation Editor (CVE-2017-11882), an Internet Explorer vulnerability (CVE-2018-8174), CVE-2017-8570, CVE-2017-0199, and CVE-2017-8759.

Cobalt Group used the Ammyy Admin tool as well as TeamViewer for remote access, including to preserve remote access if a Cobalt Strike module was lost.

Cobalt Group has sent spearphishing emails with various attachment types to corporate and personal email accounts of victim organizations. Attachment types have included .rtf, .doc, .xls, archives containing LNK files, and password protected archives containing .exe and .scr executables.