Analysis of Remote Template Injection used by APT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Attackers are continually trying to find new ways to target users with malware sent via email.Typically, malicious Word documents that are sent as attachments to phishing emails will themselves contain a script or macro that executes malicious code to get initial access. There are numerous techniques used on these malicious docs to bypass anti-virus detection (VBAStomping, obfuscation, etc.). One such method is Remote Template Injection. TECHNICAL INVESTGATION Remote template injection was initially found in 2017 , later used by many APT's such as Gamaredon , Lazarus and many more .It was also listed on MITRE (T1221) In this scenario the template with Macro will be hosted on the attacker's server will get executed when the victim clicks on enable macro ANALYSIS OF GAMAREDON's SAMPLE The sample of gamaredon group was f...
