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 Tool: Comnie
Names Comnie
Category Malware
Type Backdoor
Description
(Palo Alto) Unit 42 has been tracking a series of attacks using a remote backdoor
malware family named Comnie, which have been observed targeting organizations in
the East Asia region. Comnie, first named by Sophos seemingly after the Windows LNK
file name it created, is a custom malware family that is used in targeted attacks, and has
been observed in the wild since at least April 2013. The Comnie malware family is
notable in that it leverages online blogs and third-party services to obtain command and
control (C2) information. Recent instances of the malware have been observed
leveraging github.com, tumbler.com, and blogspot.com.
Attackers using Comnie are leveraging malicious macros that initially hide decoy
documents and shows them when the victim enables macros. These decoys documents
pertain to various subject matters that the targets would be likely to be interested in.
Information
MITRE ATT&CK AlienVault OTX Last change to this tool card: 22 April 2020
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All groups using tool Comnie
Changed Name Country Observed
APT groups
https://apt.etda.or.th/cgi-bin/listgroups.cgi?u=3b94ba59-fbb3-4852-8442-4b5483208a67
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Blackgear 2018-Jul 2018  
1 group listed (1 APT, 0 other, 0 unknown)
Source: https://apt.etda.or.th/cgi-bin/listgroups.cgi?u=3b94ba59-fbb3-4852-8442-4b5483208a67
https://apt.etda.or.th/cgi-bin/listgroups.cgi?u=3b94ba59-fbb3-4852-8442-4b5483208a67
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