Friday 5 October 14:00 - 14:30, Small talks
Gabriela Nicolao (Deloitte)
Formbook is an infostealer that has been advertised for sale in public hacking forums since February 2016 by a user with the handle 'ng-Coder'. It is more advanced than a keylogger as it can retrieve authorization and login credentials from a web data form before the information reaches a secure server, bypassing HTTPS encryption, even if the victim uses a virtual keyboard, auto-fill, or copy and paste to fill the information in the form. The author of Formbook considers it a 'browser-logger software', a.k.a. form-grabbing software. Formbook offers a PHP panel, where the buyers can track their victim's information, including screenshots, keylogged data, and stolen credentials. Hosting and domain services are provided for low prices and a bin is available for the Pro version buyer.
Formbook was used in a spam campaign in late 2017, targeting the aerospace, defence contractor and manufacturing sectors in South Korea and the USA. It includes hiding, persistence, anti-analysis, deletion and termination mechanisms along with several commands the C&C (command and control) server can receive. The 'ng-Coder' user indicates that Formbook should not be used for malicious purposes and, after the spam campaigns became known, blocked sales until further notice. According to 'ng-Coder', Formbook should only be used to spy on family members or employees if the user has the explicit right to do so. However, this claim is dubious given the remotely legitimate uses of such software.
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Gabriela Nicolao Gabriela has a degree in information systems engineering from the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN) and a postgraduate degree in cryptography and teleinformatics security specialization from Escuela Superior Técnica of Facultad del Ejercito in Argentina. She works at Deloitte in the threat intelligence and analytics area. Her tasks include malware analysis, network traffic analysis, incident response and indicators of compromise (IoC) hunting. She has five years of experience in the security field. She is also a teacher at UTN. |
Daniel Assouline (Avanquest Group)
