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Cyber-Espionage Group That Targeted Palestinian Law Enforcement Last Year Returns With New Attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)
Catalin Cimpanu, writing for BleepingComputer: A cyber-espionage group that has targeted Palestinian law enforcement last year is now back in action targeting Palestinian government officials. These recent attacks started in March 2018, according to evidence surfaced by Israel-based cyber-security firm Check Point. The new attacks seem to fit the same modus operandi of a group detailed in two reports from Cisco Talos and Palo Alto Networks last year.
Those reports detailed a spear-phishing campaign aimed at Palestinian law enforcement. The malicious emails tried to infect victims with the Micropsia infostealer, a Delphi-based malware that contained many strings referencing characters from the Big Bang Theory and Game Of Thrones TV shows. Now, the same group appears to be back, and the only thing they've changed is the malware, which is now coded in C++. The TV shows references are still there, this time with mentions to the Big Bang Theory, but also a Turkish TV series named "Resurrection: Ertugrul."
Those reports detailed a spear-phishing campaign aimed at Palestinian law enforcement. The malicious emails tried to infect victims with the Micropsia infostealer, a Delphi-based malware that contained many strings referencing characters from the Big Bang Theory and Game Of Thrones TV shows. Now, the same group appears to be back, and the only thing they've changed is the malware, which is now coded in C++. The TV shows references are still there, this time with mentions to the Big Bang Theory, but also a Turkish TV series named "Resurrection: Ertugrul."
Simply running "strings" on the executable would probably be sufficient, as it would include names of C++ libraries.
It would also either require or include the C++ standard library.
I'll support the side that doesn't give 400 million annually to the families of suicide bombers.
So instead you choose to support the side that shoots at protesters with live ammunition, shoots kids throwing rocks at armored vehicles (or not doing anything at all), tears down buildings and whole communities for not having the proper permits (which it always refuses to give), controls water and electricity access, destroys the whole house if a family member commits a "terrorist" act, sentences soldiers who get caught on camera killing wounded and defenseless Palestinians to 9 months in jail, and runs a complete economic blockade.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil