Another "Storm" Wave ...

FYI...

- http://blog.trendmicro.com/storm-now-on-video/
April 8, 2008 - "...only days after re-professing its love to unsuspecting users via blog pages, the Storm malware is at it again, this time posing as a video codec. TrendLabs researchers discovered several sites that offer, what looks like, a YouTube-look-alike streaming video. The infection vector and messaging is actually still the same, that is, users are most likely to access this site via links on specially crafted, love-themed blogs. What is interesting this time is that on the said site, users are required to download the so-called Storm Codec in order to view the said video. Yes, you read that right: the codec is called Storm Codec... Is that blatant enough? Of course, the said “codec” is actually a NUWAR/Storm variant, which Trend Micro already detects as WORM_NUWAR.JQ... If the social engineering tactic of using video codecs is familiar, it’s because it is — ZLOB Trojans became infamous because of it... the Storm gang’s attempt to venture into the said codec “business” has our researchers speculating whether they are now in cahoots with the ZLOB authors, or that they are trying to take over ZLOB’s niche, much like they did with STRATION when the two first started battling it out late 2006..."

(Screenshot available at the URL above.)

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- http://preview.tinyurl.com/4swsc8
May 5, 2008 (Symantec Security Response Weblog) - "No sooner had various agencies commented on the reduction of the size of the Storm network than we started seeing signs of another wave of malware in the offing. We are currently tracking some fast-flux domains related to Trojan.Peacomm (a.k.a. Storm). These domains were registered just a few days ago. Simply visiting the sites presents the user with a blank page; however, modifying the URLs to access a specific file runs a script which attempts to exploit several different vulnerabilities... The domains being tracked are not currently being linked to. This could mean that either the sites are still under development, or that the authors are planning to use a different technique to spread their creations. If the reason is the former, then a spam wave should be expected in the coming days and this upcoming Mother’s Day could be used as a lure... Only time will allow the method employed in this wave of attacks to be confirmed. This is definitely an interesting development in the story of the Storm worm. We urge users to keep their antivirus product signatures up to date. Although it is important to ensure that operating system patches are up-to-date, most of the vulnerabilities being targeted by this malware are related to third-party products*..."

(More detail at the URL above.)

* Test 3rd party software here: http://secunia.com/software_inspector/

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Warning: We strongly suggest that readers NOT visit websites mentioned as being behind the attacks discussed. They should be considered dangerous and capable of infecting your system.

Storm Worm new activity...
- http://ddanchev.blogspot.com/2008/05/all-you-need-is-storm-worms-love.html
May 20, 2008 - "The Storm Worm malware launched yet another spam campaign promoting links to malware serving hosts, in between a SQL injection related to Storm Worm. These are Storm Worm's latest domains where the infected hosts try to phone back :
cadeaux-avenue .cn (active)
polkerdesign .cn (active)
tellicolakerealty .cn (active and SQL injected at vulnerable sites)
Administrative Email for the three emails: glinson156 @ yahoo.com

Related DNS servers for the latest campaign:
ns .orthelike .com
ns2 .orthelike .com
ns3 .orthelike .com
ns4 .orthelike .com
ns .likenewvideos .com
ns2 .likenewvideos .com
ns3 .likenewvideos .com
ns4 .likenewvideos .com

Storm Worm related domains which are now down:
centerprop .cn
apartment-mall .cn
stateandfed .cn
phillipsdminc .cn
apartment-mall .cn
biggetonething .cn
gasperoblue .cn
giftapplys .cn
gribontruck .cn
ibank-halifax .com
limpodrift .cn
loveinlive .cn
newoneforyou .cn
normocock .cn
orthelike .com
supersameas .com
thingforyoutoo .cn
One of the domains that is injected as an iFrame is using ns .likenewvideos .com as DNS server, whereas likenewvideos .com is currently suspended due to 'violating Spam Policy'. Precisely."

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FYI...

New Storm tactic
- http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-storm-tactic.html
June 02, 2008
(Screenshot available at the Sunbelt blog URL above.)

- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4516
Last Updated: 2008-06-02 21:11:49 UTC - "New Stormworm download site... 122.118.131.58 is being spammed out with a message that states: 'Crazy in love with you'
hxxp ://122 .118 .131 .58
I checked that site and could only find an index.html, lr.gif and loveyou.exe. lr.gif is a gif file that says 'love riddles'. Index.html encourages visitors to run loveyou.exe by asking ‘Who is loving you? Do you want to know? Just click here and choose either “Open” or “Run”’. loveyou.exe is a version of Trojan.Peacom.D aka Stormworm. I recommend you block this ip address till it gets cleaned up."

Look for your AV updates shortly...

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FYI...

- http://blog.trendmicro.com/storm-meddles-in-matters-of-the-heart/
June 3, 2008 - "...A new trickle of Storm-related spam has been seen, again hewing to themes of love and romance. Perhaps said authors believe this run will be a runaway success, since June is widely held as the most popular month for weddings?... email subjects read “Stand by my side,” “I want to be with you,” and “Lucky to have you”—simple statements dripping with sincerity, or so spammers hope, to get unsuspecting users hooked. The said subject lines differ from the one-liners that make up the message body, alongside malicious IP addresses that don’t bother to ask users to click on them. But if the curious do click on these, they are redirected... This is where they are then asked to “click here” and choose “Open” or “Run”—but not before they are made to read teasers hinting of secret admirers: “Who is loving you? Do you want to know?” And if they dare to find out, the “secret admirer” turns out to be a file named LOVEYOU.EXE, which Trend Micro detects as WORM_NUWAR.BC. Heart-related themes have been used time and again as spam baits. Because of its popularity, this is a theme that will probably last a lifetime, if users continue to fall for its schemes..."
(Screenshots available at the URL above.)

- http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001452.html
June 4, 2008 - "Despite reports of Storm being killed off, it's still very much alive... While the Storm botnet certainly isn't as big as it used to be, it's definitely one of the most persistent botnets we've ever seen… and we've not seen the last of it."

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New Storm Worm Variant Spreading

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New Storm Worm Variant Spreading
- http://www.us-cert.gov/current/#new_storm_worm_variant_spreads2
June 19, 2008 - " US-CERT has received reports of new Storm Worm related activity. The latest activity is centered around messages related to the recent earthquake in China and the upcoming Olympic Games. This Trojan is spread via an unsolicited email message that contains a link to a malicious website. This website contains a video that when opened may run the executable file "beijing.exe" to infect the user's system with malicious code. Subject lines can change at any time, but the following subject lines are noted as being used:
* The most powerful quake hits China
* Countless victims of earthquake in China
* Death toll in China is growing
* Recent earthquake in china took a heavy toll
* Recent china earthquake kills million
* China is paralyzed by new earthquake
* Death toll in China exceeds 1000000
* A new powerful disaster in China
* A new deadly catastrophe in China
* 2008 Olympic Games are under the threat
* China's most deadly earthquake ..."

- http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001457.html
June 19, 2008
(Screenshots available at the F-secure URL above.)

- http://www.sophos.com/security/blog/2008/06/1500.html
19 June 2008 - "...the .cn domains linked by the spam messages are likely part of a botnet. Each query to the nameservers for these domains returns a different IP address, indicating fast-flux behavior. The domains also serve webpages using the same web server seen in a number of botnet campaigns..."

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FYI...

- http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001459.html
June 20, 2008 - "... big increase in emails going around with all sorts of interesting subjects... long list of different subjects - too long to list them all here so we've put them in a downloadable TXT file* instead. All mails contain a link to different compromised sites which all contain the same fake Porntube page. Once there the page shows an error message telling the user that they need to install a Video ActiveX component. The file that gets downloaded is spam trojan that sends out lots of emails with links pointing back to the compromised sites... The list of compromised sites is pretty extensive as well, we've been able to identify 74 different sites so far whereof only a handful have been fixed... the file that gets downloaded, video.exe..."

* http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/agent_tyw_subjects.txt

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Storm - Fast Flux and New Domains

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Fast Flux and New Domains for Storm
- http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2008/06/fast-flux-and-new-domains-for-storm/
June 28, 2008 - "...some of our ATLAS fast flux data*... Storm Worm has begun using new fast flux domains... Storm has changed its tactics constantly in the past year and a half, and this “love theme” is nothing new. We’ll see how long this theme lasts.
UPDATE 1 July 2008 - Here’s a full list of domains:
superlovelyric.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
bestlovelyric.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
makingloveworld.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
wholoveguide.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
gonelovelife.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
loveisknowlege.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
lovekingonline.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
lovemarkonline.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
makingadore.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
greatadore.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
loveoursite.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
musiconelove.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
knowholove.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
whoisknowlove.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
theplaylove.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
wantcherish.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
verynicebank.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
shelovehimtoo.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
makeloveforever.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
wholovedirect.com NS ns.verynicebank.com
grupogaleria.cn NS ns.verynicebank.com
activeware.cn NS ns.verynicebank.com
nationwide2u.cn NS ns.verynicebank.com ..."

* http://atlas.arbor.net/summary/fastflux
"Fastflux hosting is a technique where the nodes in a botnet are used as the endpoints in a website hosting scheme... Many different kinds of botnets use fastflux DNS techniques, for malware hosting, for illegal content hosting, for phishing site hosting, and other such activities. These hosts are likely to be infected with some form of malware..."

Also see "Top Storm Domains":
- http://www.trustedsource.org/en/threats/storm_tracker

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Storm botnet ...Fireworks

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Storm Botnet ...Fireworks
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4669
Last Updated: 2008-07-04 02:57:16 UTC - "I read about MX Logic's prediction this morning ( http://preview.tinyurl.com/5hlcxb ) that we should expect another wave of Storm Bot recuitment emails likely using the US Independence Day holiday as a lure. This group behind the Storm Botnet has always been concious of timing and shortly after 5pm Eastern time I began to receive reports that a new wave had started. There's nothing very different about this one, it directs the user to click on a link that encourages the intended victim to download fireworks.exe. Gary Warner has a nice starter collection of Subjects, Bodies, and hosting IPs for those who need to set up blocks and filters available here:
http://garwarner.blogspot.com/2008/07/storm-worm-salutes-our-nation-on-4th.html
I'm sure that the list will continue to grow. I'd recommend that you play it safe by blocking all attempts to download fireworks.exe at your perimeter..."

- http://securitylabs.websense.com/content/Alerts/3131.aspx
07.04.2008 (Screenshots...)

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New Storm Worm Variant Spreading - July 9, 2008

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New Storm Worm Variant Spreading
- http://www.us-cert.gov/current/#new_storm_worm_varient_spreading
July 9, 2008 - "US-CERT has received reports of new Storm Worm activity. The latest activity uses messages that refer to the conflict in the Middle East. This Trojan is spread via unsolicited email messages that contain a link to a malicious website. The website is noted as having the following malicious characteristics which may be used to infect the user's system with malicious code.
* A video that, when opened, may run the executable file "iran_occupation.exe."
* A banner add that, when clicked, may run the executable file "form.exe."
* A hidden iframe linked to "ind.php."
Reports, including a posting by Sophos**, indicate that the following subject lines are being used. Please note that subject lines can change at any time..."

** http://www.sophos.com/security/blog/2008/07/1569.html
9 July 2008

- http://ddanchev.blogspot.com/2008/07/storm-worms-us-invasion-of-iran.html
July 09, 2008

Fake news on World War III
- http://securitylabs.websense.com/content/Alerts/3132.aspx
07.09.2008 (Screenshots...)

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Yet another variant of Storm...

Once again - same stuff, SAME DAY:

AVI 270.4.10/ 1549
- http://www.grisoft.com/us.news
July 12, 2008
"...new variant of I-Worm/Nuwar..."

This -is- yet another variant of the Storm worm.

Other AV defs to follow suit, if they haven't already. Check yours, again...

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New malicious Storm Worm campaign: American currency

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New malicious Storm Worm campaign: American currency
- http://securitylabs.websense.com/content/Alerts/3137.aspx
07.22.2008 - "Websense... has discovered a new Storm Worm campaign around the theme of the U.S. credit crunch. We have detected a series of email subject lines used to entice users into downloading a Trojan. Here are a few examples of the subjects we have seen in this campaign:
- The new currency is coming
- Amero arrives
- Amero currency Union is now the reality
- The AMERO currency replacing the Dollar ...
Clicking the link... directs users to a site laden with drive-by exploits inside of a script file... In typical Storm Worm fashion, infection success rate is highly dependant on the social engineering tactic employed and thus the malicious file in this campaign is appropriately named amero.exe."

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- http://www.us-cert.gov/current/#new_storm_worm_activity_spreading
July 29, 2008 - "US-CERT is aware of public reports of a new Storm Worm Campaign. The latest campaign is centered around messages related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Facebook. This Trojan horse virus is spread via an unsolicited email message that contains a link to a malicious website. This website contains a link, that when clicked, may run the executable file "fbi_facebook.exe" to infect the user's system with malicious code. Reports, including a posting by Sophos*, indicate the following email subject lines are being used. Please note that subject lines can change at any time.
- F.B.I. may strike Facebook
- F.B.I. watching us
- The FBI's plan to "profile" Facebook
- The FBI has a new way of tracking Facebook
- F.B.I. are spying on your Facebook profiles
- F.B.I. busts alleged Facebook
- Get Facebook's F.B.I. Files
- Facebook's F.B.I. ties
- F.B.I. watching you ..."
* http://www.sophos.com/security/blog/2008/07/1599.html

- http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001475.html
July 28, 2008

- http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/c167dc2525ed6a83b889ff53f0499231
07.28.2008 - Result: 17/35 (48.57%)

- http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel08/stormworm073008.htm
July 30, 2008

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- http://blog.trendmicro.com/storm-uses-old-bait/
August 5, 2008 - "The Storm gang is casting its net once again — using “postcards” as bait in a recently discovered spam run... Clicking the link embedded in the message connects the user to the any of the following domains:
* hxxp:// {BLOCKED}cardAdvertising.com/
* hxxp:// {BLOCKED}ettercard.com/
* hxxp:// {BLOCKED}ostcardArt.com/
* hxxp:// {BLOCKED}ostcardmail.com
* hxxp:// {BLOCKED}reetingcard.com/
* hxxp:// {BLOCKED}stcardOnline.com/
* hxxp:// {BLOCKED}ttercard.com/
...When the abovementioned page loads, an auto-redirect occurs after 3 seconds, prompting the user to download a file named postcard.exe... The same file, postcard.exe, is also downloaded if the user clicks on the link save it on the Web page. postcard.exe is detected as TROJ_NUWAR.DDJ... it is plausible that the Storm gang is using this constant change in technique to evade spam and URL filtering blocking. Storm’s has been known to constantly change its employed social engineering technique, the most recent ones being news of terrorists on social networking networks, economic issues, and fake videos of popular celebrities..."

(Screenshots available at the Trendmicro URL above.)

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