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TF-MAL-elf.pitsock

📛 Threat Title

Malware family: PITSOCK

Category: PITSOCK First seen: Last updated: Source: ThreatFox Malwares

Description

ThreatFox malware family `elf.pitsock`. Printable name: PITSOCK.

Indicators of Compromise (1)

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domain elf.pitsock VT: VT base fetch failed: HTTPError: 429 Client Error: Too Many Requests for url: https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/domains/elf.pitsock

IOC database

Type
domain
Value
elf.pitsock
First seen
Last seen
Attached to this threat
Appears in
1 threat
Description
Extracted from Threat TF-MAL-elf.pitsock

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Threat Hunt — feed corroboration

Not present in any configured threat-intel feed.

Details From VirusTotal

VirusTotal: VT base fetch failed: HTTPError: 429 Client Error: Too Many Requests for url: https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/domains/elf.pitsock

References (1)

Remediations (10)

  • web:advisory.eventussecurity.com

    Furthermore, the malware hooks into the web server process using libaprhelper.so ( PITSOCK ), enabling covert communication channels for command-and-control operations. The injection of backdoor functionality extends to SparkGateway plugins, exemplified by security.jar (PITDOG), which employs Kubo Injector for memory manipulation and persistence.

  • web:cloud.google.com

    The mitigation bypass is now tracked as CVE-2024-21893. It is a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the SAML component of Ivanti Connect Secure (CS), Policy Secure (PS), and Neurons for Zero Trust Access (NZTA) appliances that was addressed in the patches and mitigations released on Jan. 31, 2024.

  • web:fieldeffect.com

    Researchers have identified a new Charming Kitten campaign in which the Iran-linked group has relied heavily on a social engineering technique known as multi-persona impersonation (MPI).

  • web:malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de

    According to Mandiant, this is backdoor which hooks the accept and setsockopt of the web process by modifying its procedure linkage table (PLT). This enables backdoor communication via the Unix socket /tmp/clientsDownload.sock when it receives a specific 48-byte magic byte sequence in the incoming buffer.

  • web:windowsforum.com

    The emergence of RESURGE signals more than just another entry in a long line of malware threats. According to CISA, RESURGE contains advanced persistence features inherited from the SPAWNCHIMERA malware family—a group notorious for its ability to survive system reboots and avoid simplistic remediation .

  • web:www.boozallen.com

    The ability to quickly pin down the family of malware used during a cyber attack can be a massive boon to an incident responder. Not only does family classification provide immediate insights about the characteristics and behaviors of a malware sample, but it is a core part of the triage, remediation , and attribution efforts.

  • web:www.breachsense.com

    Complete malware remediation now requires addressing both the infected endpoint and the stolen authentication data. Your malware incident response playbook must account for both.

  • web:www.cisa.gov

    It highlights technical approaches to uncovering malicious activity and includes mitigation steps according to best practices. The purpose of this report is to enhance incident response among partners and network administrators along with serving as a playbook for incident investigation.

  • web:www.nature.com

    This study proposes a hierarchical deep learning framework for Portable Executable (PE) malware detection and family categorization, underpinned by a novel Doubly Regularized Binary Cross-Entropy ...

  • web:www.ncsc.gov.uk

    How to defend organisations against malware or ransomware attacks.

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