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Tool: SocGholish

Names	SocGholish FAKEUPDATES FakeUpdate
Category	Malware
Type	Downloader
Description	(Menlo Labs) The term “Soc” in the “SocGholish” framework refers to the attack’s use of social engineering toolkits masquerading as a software update. Thus far, Menlo has observed this particular framework using several social engineering themes that impersonate browser updates (Chrome/Firefox), Flash Player updates, and more recently, Microsoft Teams updates.
Information	<https://www.menlosecurity.com/blog/increase-in-attack-socgholish> <https://blog.truesec.com/2021/05/05/are-the-notorious-cyber-criminals-evil-corp-actually-russian-spies/> <https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Fake+browser+update+pages+are+still+a+thing/25774/> <https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/d/Thwarting-Loaders-From-SocGholish-to-BLISTERs-LockBit-Payload.html> <https://www.cybereason.com/blog/threat-analysis-report-socgholish-and-zloader-from-fake-updates-and-installers-to-owning-your-systems> <https://blog.sucuri.net/2022/08/socgholish-5-years-of-massive-website-infections.html>
MITRE ATT&CK	<https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1124>
Malpedia	<https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/js.fakeupdates>

Last change to this tool card: 19 June 2024

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All groups using tool SocGholish

Changed	Name	Country	Observed
APT groups
	Indrik Spider		2007-Oct 2024

1 group listed (1 APT, 0 other, 0 unknown)

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