What is the Attack?
\n A new attack campaign led by the Lazarus threat actor group is seen employing new DLang-based Remote Access Trojan (RAT) malware. The attack attempt to exploit the Apache Log4j2 vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) as initial access. Once compromised, it eventually creates a command and control (C2) channel.<\/p>\n
What is the Vendor Solution?<\/p>\n
Apache has released relevant updates in 2021 on https:\/\/logging.apache.org\/log4j\/2.x\/security.html. CISA has provided guidance on mitigating the vulnerability at https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/news-events\/news\/apache-log4j-vulnerability-guidance.<\/p>\n
What FortiGuard Coverage is available?<\/p>\n
FortiGuard Labs has an IPS signature “Apache.Log4j.Error.Log.Remote.Code.Execution” (with default action is set to “block”) in place for CVE-2021-44228 and has released Antivirus signatures for the RAT malware related to the Lazarus campaign. <\/p>\n
FortiGuard Labs recommends companies to scan their environment, find the versions of open-source vulnerable libraries in use, and develop an upgrade plan for them and always follow best practices.Read More<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the Attack? A new attack campaign led by the Lazarus threat actor group is seen employing new DLang-based Remote Access Trojan (RAT) malware. The attack attempt to exploit the Apache Log4j2 vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) as initial access. Once compromised, it eventually creates a command and control (C2) channel. What is the Vendor Solution? Apache […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t