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AntiFox IIS Webshells and AWS Key Theft: Detection & IOCs

Self-hosted AntiFox lets attackers plant IIS webshells and harvest AWS secrets. The free Splunk SPL rule leads 9 detection rules and 15 IOCs.

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Chapters

  1. 0:00The hookHundreds of AWS calls, about 30 minutes.
  2. 0:04The storyAttackers ran self-managed AntiFox.
  3. 0:11Attack pathArctic Wolf reported AntiFox instances.
  4. 0:27AttributionNo threat actor is attributed.
  5. 0:31Indicators of compromise7 indicators to hunt: 2 IPs, 3 URLs and 1 SHA-1 hash, and more.
  6. 0:38MITRE ATT&CK techniques16 ATT&CK techniques, from resource development to impact.
  7. 0:43Remediation4 steps now: Revoke affected AWS sessions and access keys and rotate any.
  8. 0:50Detection rules9 detection rules, in SPL, KQL and Sigma.
Transcript

0:00Hundreds of AWS calls, about 30 minutes.

0:05Attackers ran self-managed AntiFox.

0:07Then they harvested AWS secrets from IIS.

0:12Arctic Wolf reported AntiFox instances.

0:15They exploited IIS, then deployed a webshell.

0:18Config was staged for retrieval.

0:20They used the secrets on AWS.

0:23Some exposed production secrets.

0:27No threat actor is attributed. Confidence: low.

0:317 indicators to hunt: 2 IPs, 3 URLs and 1 SHA-1 hash, and more.

0:3916 ATT&CK techniques, from resource development to impact.

0:444 steps now: Revoke affected AWS sessions and access keys and rotate any.

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

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