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APT29 Mongolia Watering Holes: Detection & IOCs

APT29 (Cozy Bear) hit Mongolian government sites with n-day iOS and Chrome exploits; 9 detection rules, 20 IOCs and a free Splunk SPL rule cover it.

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Chapters

  1. 0:00The hookThree exploits hit Mongolian sites.
  2. 0:04The storyMongolian government sites compromised.
  3. 0:10Attack pathGovernment devices fingerprinted and exploited.
  4. 0:23AttributionAttributed to APT29.
  5. 0:28Indicators of compromise9 indicators to hunt: 2 domains, 4 SHA-256 hashes and 1 SHA-1 hash, and more.
  6. 0:37MITRE ATT&CK techniques10 ATT&CK techniques, from reconnaissance to collection.
  7. 0:42Remediation4 steps now: Update iOS/iPadOS to 16.7 or later and Chrome on Android.
  8. 0:50Detection rules9 detection rules, in SPL, KQL and Sigma.
Transcript

0:00Three exploits hit Mongolian sites.

0:05Mongolian government sites compromised.

0:07Cookies and credentials stolen.

0:10Government devices fingerprinted and exploited.

0:13iOS WebKit flaw stole cookies.

0:16Android chained exploits escaped sandbox.

0:19Credentials harvested from Chrome.

0:23Attributed to APT29. Confidence: medium.

0:289 indicators to hunt: 2 domains, 4 SHA-256 hashes and 1 SHA-1 hash, and more.

0:3810 ATT&CK techniques, from reconnaissance to collection.

0:424 steps now: Update iOS/iPadOS to 16.7 or later and Chrome on Android.

0:519 detection rules, in SPL, KQL and Sigma.

0:56Threadlinqs. The unified security engineering platform.