Names | LightNeuron NETTRANS XTRANS | |
Category | Malware | |
Type | Info stealer | |
Description | (ESET) Turla is believed to have used LightNeuron since at least 2014. • LightNeuron is the first publicly known malware to use a malicious Microsoft Exchange Transport Agent. • LightNeuron can spy on all emails going through the compromised mail server. • LightNeuron can modify or block any email going through the compromised mail server. • LightNeuron can execute commands sent by email. • Commands are hidden in specially crafted PDF or JPG attachments using steganography. • LightNeuron is hard to detect at the network level because it does not use standard HTTP(S) communications. | |
Information | <https://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ESET-LightNeuron.pdf> | |
MITRE ATT&CK | <https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0395/> | |
Malpedia | <https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.lightneuron> |
Last change to this tool card: 22 April 2020
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Changed | Name | Country | Observed | ||
APT groups | |||||
Turla, Waterbug, Venomous Bear | 1996-Dec 2023 |
1 group listed (1 APT, 0 other, 0 unknown)
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