It’s highly possible to expect new threat actor campaigns. Therefore, the RomCom RAT threat actor is actively developing new techniques targeting victims worldwide. The original link leads with a lure in the Ukrainian language spoofing the original Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Website Final Word The initial infection vector is an email with an embedded link leading to a fake website dropping the next stage downloader”, BlackBerry Research and Intelligence team “The threat actor behind the RomCom RAT targeted the military institutions of Ukraine. If a special command is received, it supports auto-deletion from the victim’s machine. It also takes screenshots and transmits collected data to the hardcoded command-and-control (C2). RomCom gathers system information (disk and files information enumeration), and information about locally installed applications and memory processes.

Once unpacked, it holds 27 files, of which four are malicious droppers. Researchers say the threat actor spoofed the legitimate tools named “Advanced_IP_Scanner_.1.exe” by adding a single letter “V” to the file’s name. The BlackBerry Research and Intelligence team has identified two versions of it, “Advanced_IP_Scanner_V.1.zip” and “advancedipscanner.msi.”

Fake “Advanced IP Scanner” website Legitimate “Advanced IP Scanner” website The threat actor spoofed the “pdfFiller” website, dropping a Trojanized version with RomCom RAT as the final payload. Particularly, these domains resolved to the same IP address of 16771175165. The Trojanized “Advanced IP Scanner” package was hosted on “advanced-ip-scanercom” and “advanced-ip-scannerscom” domains. Previously, RomCom RAT was distributed via fake websites spoofing the legitimate “Advanced IP Scanner” application website. Later, the enhanced evasion techniques by obfuscation of all strings, and execution as a COM object, happened on October 10, 2022, RomCom RAT Distributed as Spoofed Versions When the victim installs a Trojanized bundle, it drops RomCom RAT into the system. Reports say the “Advanced IP Scanner” campaign occurred on July 23, 2022. The threat actors are known to spoof legitimate apps like ‘Advanced IP Scanner’ and ‘PDF Filler’ to drop backdoors on compromised systems. The threat actor behind a remote access trojan, ‘RomCom RAT’ is now targeting Ukrainian military institutions.

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