SQL injection attack: telecom.dgnet.net

This seems to be an emergent threat at this moment - a number of ASP / SQL / Windows site have been hit with a SQL injection attack with the following injected Javascript: telecom.dgnet.net/images/pen.gif. Yeah it says GIF, but it isn't.

The site telecom.dgnet.net is at 121.14.137.36, this forwards to another site at www.batnigt.com/ver.htm (on obviously, do NOT visit that site) which tries to run a number of exploits on visitors PCs, including what appears to be an old ADODB.stream exploit (perhaps MS04-024), the Snapshot viewer exploit (MS08-041) and some sort of exploit for RealPlayer plus what MIGHT be an exploit for MS05-020 (but I need to look at this further). If a visitor's PC is up-to-date on Microsoft patches and does not have RealPlayer then it should probably be OK.

If you manage client PCs, then block or monitor for telecom.dgnet.net and batnigt.com. If your server has been infected with this attack then you need to clean up the database and then sanitize your SQL inputs.. try Googling for that term.

Good new. Bad news.

A couple of items of interest from The Register:

OpenDNS rolls out Conficker tracking, blocking
This seems like a great idea, especially for small organisations without IDS or traffic monitoring. The problem.. well, OpenDNS has been awfully slow recently and personally I had to stop using it.

Kaspersky breach exposes sensitive database, hacker claims
This looks like a case of an insecure SQL database, leading to a potentially nasty compromise. Kaspersky isn't the first AV vendor to be shown to have poor SQL security. Trend was hit last year, as was CA. In this case, it looks like a potential data breach which is embarrassing. There's no evidence that any Kaspersky product has been compromised, but you can see that it might be possible to leverage credentials exposed in the SQL injection attack and use them elsewhere.

Asprox: dbrgf.ru

Another domain to look for in SQL injection attacks is dbrgf.ru, still calling script.js. Checking your proxy logs for ".ru/script.js" is a good idea at the moment.

It might also be worth checking for the string "google-analitycs" as the attacks redirect through a subdomain containing that mis-spelled phrase.

Asprox: lijg.ru and dbrgf.ru

A fresh round of SQL injections seem to be on the march, with (at least) two new domains being injected into vulnerable sites: www.lijg.ru and www.dbrgf.ru, calling a script named script.js.

This script redirects through an IFRAME pointing to google-analitycs.lijg.ru, although the payload is unclear.

Including some older domains, the following list seem to be active, either calling script.js or style.js.

• www.lijg.ru
• www.dbrgf.ru
• www.bnmd.kz
• www.nvepe.ru
• www.mtno.ru
• www.wmpd.ru
• www.msngk6.ru
• www.dft6s.kz

For the record, the domain registrations are as follows:

domain: LIJG.RU
type: CORPORATE
nserver: ns2.lijg.ru. 68.4.124.142
nserver: ns5.lijg.ru. 74.129.255.164
nserver: ns1.lijg.ru. 68.6.180.109
nserver: ns3.lijg.ru. 67.38.2.113
nserver: ns4.lijg.ru. 76.240.151.177
state: REGISTERED, DELEGATED
person: Andrey G Chalkov
phone: +7 495 9385996
e-mail: chalkov@laptopmix.net
registrar: NAUNET-REG-RIPN
created: 2009.01.20
paid-till: 2010.01.20
source: TC-RIPN


domain: DBRGF.RU
type: CORPORATE
nserver: ns5.dbrgf.ru. 74.196.121.117
nserver: ns4.dbrgf.ru. 68.105.25.64
nserver: ns1.dbrgf.ru. 75.156.152.67
nserver: ns2.dbrgf.ru. 68.197.137.239
nserver: ns3.dbrgf.ru. 146.57.249.100
state: REGISTERED, DELEGATED
person: Andrey G Chalkov
phone: +7 495 9385996
e-mail: chalkov@laptopmix.net
registrar: NAUNET-REG-RIPN
created: 2009.01.20
paid-till: 2010.01.20
source: TC-RIPN

Ongoing injection attacks against Chinese domains

This looks like a case of the Chinese hacking the Chinese again, with a very large number of domains being injected into legitimate sites. Two IPs to block are 121.14.152.154 and 59.34.197.15. For most companies outside of AsiaPac it may well be feasible to block or monitor all traffic to .cn domains.

The following domains are being used in the injection attacks (there are probably many others in a similar format):

• Aznylsf.cn
• Bznylsf.cn
• Ccswzx3.cn
• Ccswzx9.cn
• Cznylsf.cn
• Eqw002.cn
• Eqw003.cn
• Eqw004.cn
• Eqw006.cn
• Eqw008.cn
• Eqw009.cn
• Eznylsf.cn
• Falaliee.cn
• Falaliii.cn
• Falalioo.cn
• Falaliqq.cn
• Falalitt.cn
• Fznylsf.cn
• Gznylsf.cn
• Hhj2.cn
• Hhj3.cn
• Hryspac.cn
• Hryspah.cn
• Hryspan.cn
• Hryspao.cn
• Hryspap.cn
• Hryspaq.cn
• Hryspav.cn
• Hznylsf.cn
• Iznylsf.cn
• Jym562.cn
• Jzll-1.cn
• Jzll-2.cn
• Jzll-4.cn
• Jzll-9.cn
• Jznylsf.cn
• Kznylsf.cn
• Rxgsslla.cn
• Rxgsslld.cn
• Rxgsslll.cn
• Rxgssllt.cn
• Sllanmb.cn
• Sllbnmb.cn
• Slldnmb.cn
• Sllinmb.cn
• Sznylsf.cn
• Tznylsf.cn
• Vvk2.cn
• Wrmfwa.cn
• Wrmfwb.cn
• Wrmfwc.cn
• Wrmfwd.cn
• Wrmfwe.cn
• Wrmfwf.cn
• Wrmfwg.cn
• Wrmfwi.cn
• Wrmfwj.cn
• Wrmfwl.cn
• Wrmfwn.cn
• Wrmfwo.cn
• Wrmfwp.cn
• Wrmfwq.cn
• Wrmfwt.cn
• Wrmfwu.cn
• Wrmfwz.cn
• Wxjyb.cn
• Wznylsf.cn
• Xznylsf.cn
• Yznylsf.cn
• Zdq004.cn
• Zdq005.cn
• Zdq009.cn
• Zdq010.cn
• Zgcgsslle.cn
• Zgcgssllf.cn
• Zghncsa.cn
• Zghncsi.cn
• Zghncsj.cn
• Zghncsl.cn
• Zghncsm.cn
• Zghncsp.cn
• Zghncsr.cn
• Zghncst.cn
• Zgynkmb.cn
• Zgynkmd.cn
• Zgynkmf.cn
• Zgynkmg.cn
• Zgynkmk.cn
• Zgynkms.cn
• Zznylsf.cn

SQL injection: msngk6.ru, dft6s.kz and mcuve.cn

A new bunch of domains being used in SQL injection attacks at the moment:

• www.msngk6.ru
• www.dft6s.kz

These are calling a script called style.js and follow on from these, most likely the work of the Asprox gang. The registration details are probably fake, but for the record are:

domain: MSNGK6.RU
type: CORPORATE
nserver: ns2.msngk6.ru. 75.63.155.106
nserver: ns3.msngk6.ru. 146.57.249.100
nserver: ns1.msngk6.ru. 76.240.151.177
nserver: ns4.msngk6.ru. 24.247.215.75
state: REGISTERED, DELEGATED
person: Aleksandr A Zamaraev
phone: +7 495 7412992
e-mail: zamaraev@namebanana.net
registrar: NAUNET-REG-RIPN
created: 2008.12.17
paid-till: 2009.12.17
source: TC-RIPN

The domain mcuve.cn is different, calling 1.js. This is related to the recent 17gamo.com domain which exploits a number of things including this recent IE7 vulnerability.

Check your proxy logs for .cn/1.js and .ru/style.js plus .kz/style.js to keep on top of these. It is often worth monitoring all traffic to .cn, .ru and .kz domains for manual review.

Asprox SQL injections are back

The Silent Noise blog reports that a fresh round of SQL injection attacks by the Asprox crew are under way. They seem to be using a variety of .ru and .kz domain names, although at the moment they all redirect to 79.135.168.18 in the Lebanon.. the whole 79.135.168.* block is pretty bad and has been covered here before.

inetnum: 79.135.168.0 - 79.135.168.255
netname: LB-NET
descr: Lebanon private dedicated service
country: LB
admin-c: MHB1111-RIPE
tech-c: MHB1111-RIPE
remarks: abuse mailbox: moh.b@lubnannetworks.biz
status: ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by: SISTEM-NET-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

person: Mohamed Baga
address: Basha Garden bldg, 5th floor LB
address: Jisr El Bacha Main Road
address: Beirut - Lebanon
e-mail: moh.b@lubnannetworks.biz
remarks: abuse mailbox: moh.b@lubnannetworks.biz
phone: +961 1 512341
nic-hdl: MHB1111-RIPE
source: RIPE # Filtered

route: 79.135.160.0/19
descr: Sistemnet Telecom
origin: AS44097
mnt-by: Sistem-Net-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

The endpoint appears to be a PDF exploit running on 79.135.168.18 - it's worth blocking or checking for anyaccess to this server, and also check your logs for accesses to ".kz/style.js" and ".ru/style.js" too.

Currently active domains are:

• www.bnmd.kz
• www.nvepe.ru
• www.mtno.ru
• www.wmpd.ru

Some notable impacted sites:

• frontweb.vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Vanderbilt University)
• maryvillecollege.edu (Maryville College)
• guildford.ac.uk (Guildford University)
• many .gov.ar (Argentina) and .gov.cn (China) sites
• navigationusa.com (Online retailer)
• worldcricketstore.com (Online retailer)

A Google search and Yahoo search indicate the extent of the problem (obviously, you don't want to visit any of these impacted sites).

ISC: Large quantity SQL Injection mitigation

The ISC have given some good guidance on SQL injection mitigation, in case your server has been hit by Asprox or something similar. It's complicated stuff, and if you don't understand it, then it is definitely worth hiring a professional to fix your database.

Asprox: 47mode.name, berjke.ru, 81dns.ru

There has been a shift overnight in the domains used in the Asprox SQL injection attack, the ones to look for are:

• 47mode.name
• berjke.ru
• 81dns.ru

Registration for the .ru domains looks like this:

domain: 81DNS.RU
type: CORPORATE
nserver: ns1.81dns.ru. 76.240.151.177
nserver: ns2.81dns.ru. 76.182.187.206
nserver: ns3.81dns.ru. 69.62.229.141
state: REGISTERED, DELEGATED
person: Private Person
phone: +3 212 7721130
fax-no: +3 212 7721130
e-mail: igorlsoloti@yahoo.com
registrar: NAUNET-REG-RIPN
created: 2008.10.23
paid-till: 2009.10.23
source: TC-RIPN

47mode.name is different:

Registration Service Provided By: RESELL.BIZ
Contact: +1.3124476810
Website: http://Resell.biz

Domain Name: 47MODE.NAME

Registrant:
Kimberly Maupin
Kimberly Maupin (pampaser@socialworker.net)
136 Lawndale Lane
Sneads Ferry
North Carolina,28640
US
Tel. +5.9103818739

Creation Date: 21-Oct-2008
Expiration Date: 21-Oct-2009

Domain servers in listed order:
ns3.47mode.name
ns2.47mode.name
ns1.47mode.name

Administrative Contact:
Kimberly Maupin
Kimberly Maupin (pampaser@socialworker.net)
136 Lawndale Lane
Sneads Ferry
North Carolina,28640
US
Tel. +5.9103818739

Technical Contact:
Kimberly Maupin
Kimberly Maupin (pampaser@socialworker.net)
136 Lawndale Lane
Sneads Ferry
North Carolina,28640
US
Tel. +5.9103818739

Billing Contact:
Kimberly Maupin
Kimberly Maupin (pampaser@socialworker.net)
136 Lawndale Lane
Sneads Ferry
North Carolina,28640
US
Tel. +5.9103818739

Status:ACTIVE

It looks like "Kimberly Maupin" might well be a real person living in Sneads Ferry, who's identity has been "borrowed". However, the ZIP code is incorrect and the telephone number appears to be in Bolivia.

Anyway, block these domains or check your logs for them.

Asprox: lang42.ru

Another Asprox SQL injection domain to block / check for is lang42.ru. The following domains have been active in the past 24 hours:

• 53refer.ru
• chk06.ru
• driver95.ru
• errghr.ru
• lang42.ru
• netcfg9.ru
• sitevgb.ru
• vrelel.ru

As I've said before, completely blocking access to .ru domains for most businesses would be a huge problem. Most .ru sites are in Russian, and if you don't use Russian in your business they you can probably live without them.

Asprox: new domains

After being stable for some time, the Asprox SQL injection hacks are now redirecting through a new bunch of .ru domains.

• 30area.ru
• 4log-in.ru
• 53refer.ru
• chk06.ru
• driver95.ru
• errghr.ru
• netcfg9.ru
• sitevgb.ru
• vrelel.ru

WHOIS details are:

domain: ERRGHR.RU
type: CORPORATE
nserver: ns2.errghr.ru. 68.6.180.109
nserver: ns3.errghr.ru. 68.12.194.192
nserver: ns1.errghr.ru. 199.126.149.144
state: REGISTERED, DELEGATED
person: Private Person
phone: +7 772 7727727
fax-no: +7 772 7727727
e-mail: retyi111@yahoo.com
registrar: NAUNET-REG-RIPN
created: 2008.10.09
paid-till: 2009.10.09
source: TC-RIPN

retyi111@yahoo.com has been used before for these domains and various other nasties. As usual, block these domains and/or check your logs for them.

Asprox: deryv.ru still active

The Asprox botnet is still active but has been remarkable stable with no new domains in the past week, and 88% of the traffic going to deryv.ru.

• ctiry.ru (3%)
• deryv.ru (88%)
• mentoe.ru (4%)
• mheop.ru (3%)
• pormce.ru (2%)

Consistently, the malware code is encrypted with eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d) presumably to avoid detection by anti-virus software. So, if you only check your logs for / block ONE Asprox domain, then deryv.ru seems to be the one to look at.

Asprox: ctiry.ru, deryv.ru, mentoe.ru, mheop.ru, pormce.ru and xenbv.ru

Another bunch of Asprox domains that have been active over the past few days are listed below. As usual, block these or check your logs for activity.

• ctiry.ru
• deryv.ru
• mentoe.ru
• mheop.ru
• pormce.ru
• xenbv.ru

Asprox: "eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,r)"

There has been a slight shift in tactics by the Asprox gang in their SQL Injection Attacks in that they are now using a packer on their javascript. This doesn't seem to be for obfuscation reasons, as the script is relatively easy to decode. Presumably it's a way to get around virus and link scanners. (Click the image below for an example)

You can decode it easily enough by adding eval=alert; to the start of the script (follow the instructions here), but never mess around with malware scripts on a vulnerable production system because it is very easy to get infected.

mnicbre.ru and vtg43.ru seem to be two active domains, although perhaps check for all the ones on this list to be safe.

Packing tools are an easy way to avoid detection.. at least temporarily. But given the prevalence
of Javascript-based malware and the ever-increasing availability of bandwidth, Javascript packing is becoming an increasingly bad practice. There have been a couple of high-profile cases where a packing tool has effectively been blacklisted by anti-virus products (here and here), so perhaps if you use Javascript extensive and use a packing tool you might want to reconsider how you deploy Javascript on your site.

Asprox: h3x.info

Briefly popping up on the Asprox SQL Injection radar yesterday was h3x.info, specifically a call to h3x.info/index.php [dangerous site, do not visit].

h3x.info doesn't fit the normal pattern, perhaps it has been rotated in as a test. What's certain is that this is a malware distribution site.. and a pretty scary one at that.

Let's look at the domain details first of all. As you might expect, they're mostly bogus:

Domain ID
D23859712-LRMS
Domain Name
H3X.INFO
Created On
19-Feb-2008 22:04:56 UTC
Last Updated On
27-Aug-2008 12:38:06 UTC
Expiration Date
19-Feb-2009 22:04:56 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar
Registrar Company, INC (R315-LRMS)
Status
OK
Registrant ID
DI_7764637
Registrant Name
Alex
Registrant Organization
Vteam
Registrant Street1
vol. str. 221-122, 12
Registrant Street2

Registrant Street3

Registrant City
Novie
Registrant State/Province
Aveiro
Registrant Postal Code
19923
Registrant Country
PT
Registrant Phone
+12.56231321
Registrant Phone Ext.

Registrant FAX

Registrant FAX Ext.

Registrant Email
cy@bk.ru

[..snip..]

Name Server
ns1.mbhost.ru
Name Server
ns2.mbhost.ru

The domain itself is on 80.90.114.13 which appears to be a general purpose server belonging to Smartlogic Ltd in Moscow. There's no evidence to connect Smartlogic to this site, other than it belongs to a customer.. overall they seem to be a pretty clean outfit.

Visiting the top level of the h3x.info site (or the index.php page) reveals a very impressive bit of obfuscated scripting (a copy is here - h3x-info.zip - ZIP password is virus). There are some recognisable references to Outlook Express, Snapshot (probably MS08-041), Apple QuickTime (take your pick), plus an infected PDF (from hxxp:||h3x.info|cache|doc.pdf) variously identified as Exploit.HTML.Agent.AO [BitDefender] and Mal/JSShell-B [Sophos] (full VirusTotal report here) but otherwise detection rates are very poor.

Looking at the WHOIS history, it's quite possible that the h3x.info domain has been hijacked, so perhaps it will be cleaned up in the future. At the moment it does seem to be an interesting repository of malware if you're a researcher.

It was only active for a short while at about 1000 UTC (1100 BST, 1200 CET) on 23rd September before reverting to the same .ru domains that have been active for a few days.

Asprox: mnbenio.ru

mnbenio.ru is a new Asprox SQL injection domain that has been active in the past 24 hours, the following four domains are the most active:

• mnbenio.ru
• mnicbre.ru
• pkseio.ru
• vtg43.ru

It does seem that the SQL injection attacks are becoming less widespread, probably partly because SQL servers are being hardened, but some vulnerable SQL servers have remained untouched by the latest round of attacks. Possibly the SQL injection gangs are concentrating on bigger fish? Like the recent attack on BusinessWeek.com perhaps?

Asprox: mnicbre.ru, pkseio.ru and vtg43.ru

The domains used in the Asprox SQL Injection attacks have been stable for a few days now, but yesterday some new .ru domains appeared: mnicbre.ru, pkseio.ru and vtg43.ru. The domains are registered through NAUNET again with the following registation details:

domain: MNICBRE.RU
type: CORPORATE
nserver: ns2.mnicbre.ru. 75.181.3.122
nserver: ns3.mnicbre.ru. 68.197.137.239
nserver: ns1.mnicbre.ru. 76.240.151.177
state: REGISTERED, DELEGATED
person: Private Person
phone: +7 772 7727091
fax-no: +7 772 7727091
e-mail: retyi1111@yahoo.com
registrar: NAUNET-REG-RIPN
created: 2008.09.16
paid-till: 2009.09.16
source: TC-RIPN

The following domains have been active over the past 24 hours. Block these or check your logs for them (new ones are in bold):

• 22net.ru
• 64asp.ru
• 92prt.ru
• acr34.ru
• asl39.ru
• fst9.ru
• mnicbre.ru
• pkseio.ru
• sel92.ru
• vtg43.ru

Asprox: net83.ru, acr34.ru, asl39.ru and net83.ru

Another bunch of very fresh Asprox domains being used in the Asprox SQL Injection attack, registered at Naunet to email address retyi111@yahoo.com. Check your logs or block access to these sites.

• 51com.ru
• acr34.ru
• asl39.ru
• net83.ru

SQL Injection: ave2.cn / %61%76%65%32%2E%63%6E

This SQL Injection attack seems to be aimed at Chinese language sites. The code injected points to http://%61%76%65%32%2E%63%6E which is trivially encoded and is a reference to ave2.cn hosted on 219.129.239.251.

ave2.cn then calls asp-18.cn, asp-12.cn and www.hxg006.cn (all hosted on 219.129.239.251).

Between them, these sites carry a VERY wide variety of exploits, including MS06-014, GLIEDown (for the Baofeng Storm StormPlayer), MS snpvw.Snapshot viewer (Outlook Express), DPClient.Vod (Xunlei Thunder DapPlayer), Flash Player and RealPlayer. There are possibly other exploits mixed in, so I would regard ave2.cn as being VERY dangerous.

Robtex reports the following domains on 219.129.239.251, all of which are probably worth avoiding:

• hs7yue.cn
• hxg008.cn
• jzm015.cn
• doups.cn
• hxg008.cn
• jzm013.cn
• jzm014.cn
• jzm015.cn
• qingfeng01.cn

Asprox: 64do.com

Possibly the final Asprox domain on the day in 64do.com - add this to your block or scan list.

Asprox: "aspx" domains

Keep an eye out for these following Asprox domains, all recently registered to the email address druid00091@aol.com. Block them or scan your logs for them.

• 24aspx.com
• 2aspx.net
• 6aspx.com
• 9aspx.net
• aspx46.com

These domains follow the same pattern as this one and this one.

Asprox: 19ssl.net

Another "druid00091@aol.com" domain (following on from this one and this one) , this type 19ssl.net, which is being actively used as part of the SQL injection attacks. The top level of this domain also has a copy of the (presumably legitimate) nescodirect.com site (this behavious is noted elsewhere).

Domain name: 19ssl.net

Registrant Contact:
City22 llc
Alex Williamos druid00091@aol.com
+1.8827721124 fax: +1.8827721124
321113 po box
New York NY 12131
us

Administrative Contact:
Alex Williamos druid00091@aol.com
+1.8827721124 fax: +1.8827721124
321113 po box
New York NY 12131
us

Technical Contact:
Alex Williamos druid00091@aol.com
+1.8827721124 fax: +1.8827721124
321113 po box
New York NY 12131
us

Billing Contact:
Alex Williamos druid00091@aol.com
+1.8827721124 fax: +1.8827721124
321113 po box
New York NY 12131
us

DNS:
ns1.19ssl.net
ns2.19ssl.net
ns3.19ssl.net

Asprox: 24aspx.com

The latest domain name used in the recent Asprox SQL Injection attacks appears to be 24aspx.com. Perhaps the Asprox guys are boasting a little with the domain name? Certainly these SQL injection attacks still seem to serve a useful purpose for them, although the number of vulnerable servers keeps dropping. Anyway, block this one or check your logs for it.

The email addressed used to register this domain is identical to the one used for the "Luksus Jobs" scam email. No big news here, the Asprox botnet is used for a wide variety of things, it's just odd to see druid00091@aol.com come up twice in such a short period.

It's also notable that they've switched back to .com from .ru, but this time registered through Chinese registrar BIZCN.COM.

Domain name: 24aspx.com

Registrant Contact:
City22 llc
Alex Williamos druid00091@aol.com
+1.8827721124 fax: +1.8827721124
321113 po box
New York NY 12131
us

Administrative Contact:
Alex Williamos druid00091@aol.com
+1.8827721124 fax: +1.8827721124
321113 po box
New York NY 12131
us

Technical Contact:
Alex Williamos druid00091@aol.com
+1.8827721124 fax: +1.8827721124
321113 po box
New York NY 12131
us

Billing Contact:
Alex Williamos druid00091@aol.com
+1.8827721124 fax: +1.8827721124
321113 po box
New York NY 12131
us

DNS:
ns1.24aspx.com
ns2.24aspx.com
ns3.24aspx.com

Created: 2008-09-06
Expires: 2009-09-06

Asprox: jic2.ru

Another new addition to the list of Asprox domains is jic2.ru, again registered via Naunet, so block this or check your logs for access. Again, searching your logs for ".ru/script.js"will help locate suspect activity.

Asprox: 2b24.ru

These domains seem to be today's current Asprox SQL Injection domains - check for them in your logs or block them. 2b24.ru seems to be new, the rest have been around for a few days. The exploit is still using a script called script.js to run.

• 2b24.ru
• cg33.ru
• cv2e.ru
• cv32.ru
• mc2n.ru
• mj5f.ru
• oc32.ru
• vwsc.ru

Asprox: cg33.ru, cv2e.ru, cv32.ru, mc2n.ru, oc32.ru and vwsc.ru

Another bunch of Asprox SQL injection domains to block or monitor for, all quite new:

• cg33.ru
• cv2e.ru
• cv32.ru
• mc2n.ru
• oc32.ru
• vwsc.ru

Alternatively, look for .ru/script.js in your logs which should pick up most of them.

Update: here's another one - mj5f.ru

Asprox: beyry.ru, iopoe.ru, jetp6.ru, nucop.ru, port04.ru and vj64.ru

There's been a slight shift in the characteristics of the current Asprox attack. The javascript called is now script.js rather than ngg.js or js.js, and this goes to a redirect script currently pointing at /cgi-bin/index.cgi?lle on the local domain.

Active domains in this new attack seem to be as follows, new ones are in bold.

• beyry.ru
• cb3f.ru
• cnld.ru
• iopc4.ru
• iopoe.ru
• jetp6.ru
• loopk.ru
• netr2.ru
• okcd.ru
• nucop.ru
• port04.ru
• ueur3.ru
• vj64.ru

Check your logs or block these domains. Most business outside of Russia and neighbouring countries could probably block the entire .ru TLD with minimal impact. Look also for the CGI sript (/cgi-bin/index.cgi?lle) to find potentially infected client PCs.

Asprox: iopc4.ru, jetp6.ru, loopk.ru, netr2.ru and ueur3.ru

The domains used is the Asprox SQL injection attack have been stable for most of the past week, but over the last 24 hours some ne wdomains have been registed, so check your logs and/or block the following:

• iopc4.ru
• jetp6.ru
• loopk.ru
• netr2.ru
• ueur3.ru

It is likely that some more will turn up during the course of the day.

Another SQL injection domain: mo98g.cn

I mentioned some days ago that there seems to be a parallel SQL injection attack to Asprox with all the hallmarks of being Chinese. Over the past day or so, mo98g.cn has appeared on some infected sites (often alongside Asprox) making a call to mo98g.cn/q.js which is hosted on 222.122.128.5 in South Korea.

The back end seems not to be working at present, so maybe the server has been cleaned up. In any case, this is another domain to block or check your logs for.

Asprox: ujnc.ru

Just a single new Asprox domain to list this morning: ujnc.ru which is still using the js.js redirector, i.e. www.ujnc.ru/js.js. All the domains from the past two days are still active too.

Asprox: 3njx.ru, cb3f.ru, cnld.ru, nbh3.ru and okcd.ru

Some more Asprox domains to block or look for in your logs:

• 3njx.ru
• cb3f.ru
• cnld.ru
• nbh3.ru
• okcd.ru

Renewed Asprox activity: bcus2.ru, jkn3.ru, juc8.ru and locm.ru

After a quiet few days, Asprox seems to have flared up again (at about 1000 CET) with a new set of malware domains, still launching from a SQL injected js.js file on compromised hosts. Keep an eye out for these domains or block them.

These domains are all very recently registered through naunet.ru, there are probably many more on the way soon.

• bcus2.ru
• jkn3.ru
• juc8.ru
• locm.ru

All quiet on the Asprox front?

For the moment the Asprox SQL injection attacks seem to have stopped, although infected sites are still infected and need to be secured as soon as possible.

So, does this mean that the bad guys have given up? Well, no.. but there are probably thousands of sites out there which are still infected, so from that point of view they will still be getting "hits" to their malware sites.

Perhaps the answer is this - the people behind the SQL injection attacks are doing something else. Two very newsworthy events happening over the past few days have been the war in Georgia and the Beijing Olympics. Dancho Danchev reports that the RBN have been actively involved in attacking Georgian sites, including using SQL injection attacks. F-Secure report that Chinese sites have been attacked since the run-up to the Olympics started.

It might well be that these Asprox attacks will be quiet for a couple of weeks, but it is likely that general SQL injection attacks will ramp up again soon.

ISC: "More SQL Injections - very active right now"

The Internet Storm Center has published technical details on the Chinese-based SQL injection attack which may be of interest to SQL administrators and programmers and also security specialists. It also flags up another javascript file to look for: csrss/w.js

Keep an eye out for log activity pointing to this file. Blocking the entire .cn TLD will probably do very little harm for most businesses.

Asprox: block 91.203.93.4 and js.js

A shift in behaviour from the Asprox botnet - this time all traffic from infected sites is being redirected through a fixed IP at 91.203.93.4. Blocking 91.203.93.0/24 will probably do no harm.

Also, the name of the javascript file has changed to js.js, so look for this in your logs.

The Silent Noise blog is tracking Asprox domains too, with some interesting developments that we haven't had the chance to dig deeper into.

Asprox domains: 5/8/08

Current Asprox domains to look for in your blogs or block. These have all been active for 3 or 4 days now, which is an unusually long time for this current SQL injection attack.

• 8hcs.ru
• 98hs.ru
• bgsr.ru
• bywd.ru
• ibse.ru
• ncbw.ru
• nwj4.ru
• ojns.ru
• porv.ru
• uhwc.ru

Asprox domains: 2/8/07

These are the currently active Asprox domains to check for. They are all very recently registrations.

• 8hcs.ru
• 98hs.ru
• bgsr.ru
• bywd.ru
• ibse.ru
• ncbw.ru
• nwj4.ru
• ojns.ru
• porv.ru
• uhwc.ru

The SQL Injection war

Dancho Danchev had has some very good writeups on the current round of SQL injection attacks. This post on copycat attacks caught my eye, because it shows that there's more than one crew at work here.

If anything, this situation is likely to get worse. The tools needed to carry out a SQL injection attack are now almost available off-the-shelf, the attacks are obviously financially successful because they have been ongoing now for some months, and enumeration of vulnerable servers can be done through Google or Yahoo if you don't want to bother crawling the web.

Identifying and blocking domains helps, but it isn't a real solution. Most of these attacks are thwarted by a fully patch client (and I do mean all the software on the client, the Secunia Software Inspector can help here or some other decent audit tool). Using Firefox + NoScript is a good idea for the technically savvy. But ultimately, the best way of fighting this is to secure or shut down infected SQL servers. Don't be afraid to use the abuse@ email address where a web site is posing a continuing threat.

Asprox domains: 29/7/08

These are this morning's active Asprox domains. New ones are in bold.

• b4so.ru
• bce8.ru
• bjxt.ru
• bnsr.ru
• bosf.ru
• bsko.ru
• ch35.ru
• gty5.ru
• iroe.ru
• jve4.ru
• kj5s.ru
• kjwd.ru
• kpo3.ru
• kr92.ru
• ncb2.ru
• ncwc.ru
• nemr.ru
• njep.ru
• nmr43.ru
• oics.ru
• pfd2.ru
• po4c.ru

Asprox domains: 28/7/08

These seem to be the current Asprox domains to block or check for. New ones are in bold.

• bs04.ru
• bce8.ru
• bjxt.ru
• bnsr.ru
• bosf.ru
• bsko.ru
• ch35.ru
• iroe.ru
• jve4.ru
• kjwd.ru
• kodj.ru
• kpo3.ru
• kr92.ru
• ncb2.ru
• ncwc.ru
• nemr.ru
• nmr43.ru
• oics.ru
• pfd2.ru
• po4c.ru

ngg.js still seems to be the name of the javascript file injected into compromised hosts.

Asprox domains: 25/7/08

These domains seem to be active today, new ones in bold.

• bce8.ru
• ch35.ru
• iroe.ru
• jve4.ru
• kjwd.ru
• kodj.ru
• kpo3.ru
• kr92.ru
• ncwc.ru
• nemr.ru
• nmr43.ru
• pfd2.ru
• po4c.ru

One oddity - the URL zvz.cc/forums/8L0/join.upq has been spotted as a redirector for these Javascript exploits. Google list zvz.cc that as a malware infected site, it is hard to tell though if this is just another victim or part of the C&C for the botnet. For the record, these are the WHOIS details.. but they might not mean very much.

Registration Service Provided By: ESTDOMAINS INC
Contact: +1.3027224217
Website: http://www.estdomains.com

Domain Name: ZVZ.CC

Registrant:
Himpet .Inc
Evgenij Novoberkov (zvz@tut.by)
Stahanov.St 120
Minsk
Missouri,222120
US
Tel. +022.2720771

Creation Date: 09-Apr-2008
Expiration Date: 09-Apr-2009

Domain servers in listed order:
ns2.zvz.cc
ns1.zvz.cc

Administrative Contact:
Himpet .Inc
Evgenij Novoberkov (zvz@tut.by)
Stahanov.St 120
Minsk
Missouri,222120
US
Tel. +022.2720771

Technical Contact:
Himpet .Inc
Evgenij Novoberkov (zvz@tut.by)
Stahanov.St 120
Minsk
Missouri,222120
US
Tel. +022.2720771

Billing Contact:
Himpet .Inc
Evgenij Novoberkov (zvz@tut.by)
Stahanov.St 120
Minsk
Missouri,222120
US
Tel. +022.2720771

Status:ACTIVE

Asprox: jve4.ru, nmr43.ru and po4c.ru

Three new Asprox domains that have gone live in the past few hours, probably some more on the way. Either block these or check your logs if you are a network admin.

• jve4.ru
• nmr43.ru
• po4c.ru

Asprox domains: 23/7/08 - Part II

Just a couple more to add:

• cgt4.ru
• kc43.ru

Asprox domains: 23/7/08

A shift in domains used by the Asprox crew - these new domains are all in the .ru TLD and are registered via NauNet (contact details here). ngg.js is still the name of the Javascript file to look for, I suspect that vrcgoo.js might be a new name to keep an eye out for too.

• 4cnw.ru
• 4vrs.ru
• 5kc3.ru
• 90mc.ru
• 9jsr.ru
• bts5.ru
• chds.ru
• cvsr.ru
• d5sg.ru
• ecx2.ru
• gb53.ru
• h23f.ru
• jex5.ru
• jvke.ru
• keec.ru
• keje.ru
• kgj3.ru
• lkc2.ru
• lksr.ru

For most organisations, blocking the entire .ru TLD will probably do no harm as these are usually always Russian language sites.

Asprox domains: 16/7/08

The following Asprox SQL Injection domains appear to be active today. New ones are in bold.

• adwnetw.com
• adpzo.com
• ausbnr.com
• brcporb.ru
• btoperc.ru
• cdport.eu
• cdrpoex.com
• gbradde.tk
• grtsel.ru
• korfd.ru
• movaddw.com
• tctcow.com
• usabnr.com

ngg.js still seems to be the name of the script file. Block these sites and/or check your logs.

Asprox domains: 15/7/08

Another bunch of Asprox SQL Injection domains, new ones are in bold.

• adpzo.com
• adwnetw.com
• ausbnr.com
• bkpadd.mobi
• butdrv.com
• cdport.eu
• cdrpoex.com
• cliprts.com
• gbradde.tk
• gbradp.com
• gitporg.com
• hdrcom.com
• loopadd.com
• movaddw.com
• nopcls.com
• porttw.mobi
• pyttco.com
• tctcow.com
• tertad.mobi
• usabnr.com

These are still using ngg.js in the injected code.

Asprox domains: 10/7/08

These seem to be the currently active Asprox SQL Injection domains to block or check for. New ones are in bold.

• adwnetw.com
• ausadd.com
• ausbnr.com
• bnsdrv.com
• butdrv.com
• cdrpoex.com
• crtbond.com
• destad.mobi
  
• destbnp.com
• drvadw.com
• gbradw.com
• loopadd.com
• movaddw.com
• nopcls.com
• porttw.mobi
• pyttco.com
  
• tertad.mobi
  
• usaadw.com
• usabnr.com

No prizes for guessing that Vivids Media GmbH handled the registrations.

Two more new ones as well:

• bkpadd.mobi
• tctcow.com

Asprox domains: 9/7/08

Another shift in the Asprox SQL Injection domains, still registered with Vivids Media GmbH. As ever, check your logs or block them.

• adwnetw.com
• ausadd.com
• ausbnr.com
• bnsdrv.com
• butdrv.com
• cdrpoex.com
• cliprts.com
• crtbond.com
• destbnp.com
• drvadw.com
• gbradp.com
• gbradw.com
• hdrcom.com
• loopadd.com
• movaddw.com
• nopcls.com
• tctcow.com
• usaadp.com
• usaadw.com
• usabnr.com

Who are Vivids Media GmbH?

If you have been tracking the latest round of SQL Injection domains, then you might be familiar with the name Vivids Media GMBH as being the current registrar of choice.

The odd thing is that Vivids Media GmbH doesn't appear to have a web site or any traceable contact details. However, most of the domain registrations have a contact telephone number in Berlin of +49.3094413291 and some searching around gives this page with what looks like the correct contact details of:

Name: Vivids Media GmbH
Email Address: support@klikdomains.com
Address: Leege-Gr str. 41
City: Berlin
Zip: 13055
Country : Germany
Tel No.: +49.3094413291

That indicates that Vivid Media GmbH is related to klikdomains.com and therefore klikvip.com which are part of another company that claims to be in Berlin, Klik Media GmbH (some of the alleged goings on of this company are mentioned here). A short step away from Klik are a whole set of domains registered via Estdomains (a familiar name to many) and things start to get seedy from there.

There's no evidence that Vivid Media GmbH is directly invovled in anything bad - in fact there is barely any evidence that Vivid Media GmbH actually exists at all. Spammers and other bad guys do have a knack of finding registrars who are slow at terminating their accounts, so let's be charitable and say that Vivids Media are just understaffed in their abuse department.

The problem is that if you want to contact Vivids Media, then it seems to be very difficult. Their website is 56823.myorderbox.com which is a sort of white label domain registrar site. Myorderbox.com seems to be based in India, and looks to be a reseller of ResellerClub which in turns registers names through PublicDomainRegistry.com.

Complicated? Well, yes.. but ultimately PublicDomainRegistry.com are the registrar and it turns out that there is some light at the end of the tunnel. You will find that most of the domains used in these SQL Injection attacks have false WHOIS data, and you can report false WHOIS data here. Hopefully then the domain will be suspended.. not that it really matters too much because the bad guys will just register some more.

So the answer to the question "who are Vivids Media GmbH?" is "I don't know" but for most practical puporses you wouldn't need to deal with them if complaining about one of these domains, go to the registrar and report it there.

Asprox domains: 7/7/08 and another SQL Injection mitigation article

Another batch of Asprox domains are active today - it also seems that those from 3rd July are still running too. I advise that you check your logs for these or block them:

• adbtch.com
• aladbnr.com
• allocbn.mobi
• adwadb.mobi
• apidad.com
• appdad.com
• asodbr.com
• asslad.com
• blcadw.com
• blockkd.com
• bnradd.mobi
• bnrbase.com
• bnrbasead.com
• bnrbtch.com
• browsad.com
• brsadd.com
• canclvr.com
• catdbw.mobi
• clrbbd.com
• dbgbron.com
• ktrcom.com
• loctenv.com
• lokriet.com
• mainadt.com
• mainbvd.com
• portadrd.com
• portwbr.com
• stiwdd.com
• ucomddv.com
• upcomd.com

If you're looking at ways of protecting your server against these SQL injection attacks, then Sophos has a blog entry called Avoiding SQL injection attacks which looks like a good starting point.

Asprox domains: 3/7/08 and ngg.js

The Asprox domains used in the current round of SQL Injection attacks have shifted again, the ones to check for or block are:

• adwadb.mobi
• allocbn.mobi
• canclvr.com
• catdbw.mobi
• ktrcom.com
• lokriet.com
• mainbvd.com
• portwbr.com
• stiwdd.com
• testwvr.com
  
• upcomd.com
• ucomddv.com
  

The malicious javascript file has also changed to ngg.js (usually it is b.js or m.js or similar). If you're using Google Alerts or similar to monitor your own site or sites of interest, you might want to change the search string to something like "script src=http:" .js site:oceanic-air.com (replace the domain name with the site you want to monitor).

Asprox domains: 2/7/08

These seem to be the currently active domains used in the Asprox SQL Injection attack. Registrar of choice at the moment is Vivids Media GMBH (if they really exist) via Directi Internet Solutions (publicdomainregistry.com).

• adupd.mobi
• adwste.mobi
• bnrupdate.mobi
• cntrl62.com
• config73.com
• cont67.com
• csl24.com
• debug73.com
• default37.com
• get49.net
• pid72.com
• pid76.net
• web923.com

Best advice to to block access to these sites and check your logs.

Asprox: new domains including .mobi

Another set of domains used in the Asprox SQL Injection attack: bnrupdate.mobi, adwste.mobi, adupd.mobi, hlpgetw.com, hdadwcd.com, rid34.com, adwsupp.com,supbnr.com, suppadw.com, dl251.com, aspx49.com, kadport.com, tid62.com, and batch29.com.

It's the first time that I've seen .mobi used in this way. Blocking access to all .mobi domains will probably do little harm.

Asprox: list of domains and mitigation steps

The folks over at Bloombit Software have a useful article called ASCII Encoded/Binary String Automated SQL Injection Attack which explains some of the technical details behind these attacks and also has another list of domains serving up malware which is useful to keep an eye on.

Asprox: app52.com, aspssl63.com, update34.com, appid37.com, asp707.com, westpacsecuresite.com

Another bunch of domains coming up in the latest batch of Asprox SQL Injection attacks: app52.com, aspssl63.com, update34.com, appid37.com, asp707.com, westpacsecuresite.com - check your logs for these.

Microsoft Security Advisory (954462) - Rise in SQL Injection Attacks Exploiting Unverified User Data Input

A timely advisory from Microsoft on SQL Injection attacks plus some tools to help secure your setup are available on KB954462 with more information here and ISC's commentary here.

Of particular interest is the free Scrawlr tool available from HP. That could be a useful way to see if your server is vulnerable before the bad guys find it,

ISC: SQL Injection mitigation in ASP

If you're trying to secure your SQL server against the latest round of injection attacks, then check out this item from the Internet Storm Center, which gives some pointers on how to secure you database with ASP.

It probably makes much more sense to an SQL development than to me.. but the important point is that just cleaning up the injection attack is not enough - you also need to prevent it from happening again by securing your SQL server. And I'm afraid that probably involves spending some time and money..

SQL Injection: bnradw.com

Another SQL Injection domain to block or watch out for in your logs - bnradw.com.

Other than that, the bad guys seem to have been quiet for a couple of days, however it does look like they've managed to exploit 3 million or so pages (according to Yahoo!) so it could just be that they are very busy.

List of SQL Injection domains

My postings here about SQL injected domains are a bit ad-hoc, but Shadowserver also have a pretty up-to-date list if you're looking at blocking them.

Quite a lot of these domains are .cn (China). You might want to consider completely blocking access to .cn, but if you only have basic filtering then you might find yourself blocking things like www.cnn.com too (that took some diagnosing followed by a "d'oh!).

SQL injection: pingadw.com, alzhead.com, pingbnr.com, coldwop.com, adwbnr.com, bnrcntrl.com, chinabnr.com

More SQL Injection domains, this time pingadw.com, alzhead.com, pingbnr.com, coldwop.com, adwbnr.com, bnrcntrl.com and chinabnr.com. Probably a good idea to check your logs and/or block access to these sites.

No change in the method of attack, and the cleanup of SQL servers is proceeding pretty slowly. It's clear that some sites are not going to be fixed any time soon, so if you see a site that hasn't been secured then perhaps a complaint to their web host might help.

HTM Hell

One feature of these recent SQL Injection attacks is that the same sites will get repeatedly hit. So an infected site might have any number of malware-laded domains injected into the code. Click the image below to see a snippet from a really badly infected site.


The interesting thing about these attacks is that they are not very reliable. It's perfectly possible to visit an infected site and have the javascript fail to load because that particular node of the fast flux botnet is offline - but where there are several calls to several different domains, then the likelihood of infection is much greater. The upside is that any sharp-eyed user should notice something odd with these badly infected pages.

chkadw.com

The latest domain in the SQL Injection attacks is chkadw.com (i.e. pointing to www.chkadw.com/b.js). Domain is registered to a (probably fake) Chinese contact through a Chinese registrar. Delivery mechanism and payload seem to be identical to the latest attacks.

Yet more SQL injection domains

Keep an eye out for datajto.com, dbdomaine.com, upgradead.com, clsiduser.com, clickbnr.com, bnrcntrl.com, domaincld.com, jetdbs.com, updatead.com, all pointing to b.js (e.g. www.dbdomaine.com/b.js) - all forming part of the latest SQL injection attack.

Registrar is VIVIDS MEDIA GMBH - let's see if they clean up their act.

If you're in tech support, check your outbound logs for connections to these domains. If you're an end user then I'd recommend Firefox with Noscript as a good way to protects youself.

One to watch: js.users.51.la

What the heck is js.users.51.la? In fact, where the heck is .la anyway? And why am I asking?

As I've mentioned before, there are possibly two gangs carrying out the current round of SQL Injection attacks, one possibly based in China and one based in Russia. Their techniques are very similar, but the seem to have distinct differences.

js.users.51.la appears in many of the "Chinese" exploits - 51.la itself appears to be a legitimate web counter site. Presumably part of the bad guys' statistical tracking system the js.users.51.la domain is combined with what appears to be a randomly named .js file.

This doesn't appear to be a malware site in itself, but it could be a useful thing to look for in your proxy logs as it may well help track down machines that have visited infected sites. Either search for js.users.51.la or perhaps just 51.la as part of your normal audit process.

Where is .la? Officially it is Laos, but the TLD is also being punted as "Los Angeles" by www.la. No clue there, but the fact that all the signups for 51.la are in Chinese really does indicate that there's a Chinese connection here.

advabnr.com and adsitelo.com

SQL injection time again, this time with two new domains advabnr.com and adsitelo.com both loading a script called b.js (i.e. advabnr.com/b.js and adsitelo.com/b.js)

This is turning up on sites that have already been infected with other SQL injection attacks. The good news is that the new attacks seem to be smaller, indicating that people really are managing to secure their web servers.

Some notable infected sites (many of these have been cleaned up).

adsitelo.com

• bioimmune.com - BioImmune Inc (Health)
• immuquest.com - Health
• eyemdlink.com - Health
• tandberg.com - Tandberg (Electronics)
• techsol.com - Technology Solutions Company (ERP services)
• pollingcompany.com - The Polling Company (Market Research)
• spjc.edu - St Petersburg College
• judge.com - The Judge Group (jobs)

advabnr.com

• ibs.com - IBS, Inc (IT Services)
• outsourcingcentral.com - Business information
• mintek.com - Mintek Mobile Data Solutions
• engcen.com - Engineering jobs
• micronet.com - Digital storage

If you're searching for these domains yourself, I recommend using Yahoo! and Google as they give different results. Of course, these sites contain live malware so approach with caution.

bigadnet.com - lastest SQL injection domain

A continuation of the latest wave of SQL Injection attacks is bigadnet.com - many sites infected with "older" attacks have been "upgraded" to bigadnet.net. The inserted code to look for is www.bigadnet.com/b.js which then forwards to bigadnet.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?ad - this in turn seems to be able to deliver a variety of malware.

bigadnet.com is running on a fast flux botnet, so it's highly distributed and resilient but not very reliable at actually delivering a payload.

UK Goverment sites hit by SQL Injection attacks

Do you trust the government with your personal data? A look at some recent national and local government sites that have been compromised with SQL injection attacks might make you think again.

• fco.gov.uk - Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• dfes.gov.uk - Department for Children, Schools and Families
• harrow.gov.uk - Harrow Council
• cwic.cornwall.gov.uk - Cornwall County Council
• cityoflondon.gov.uk - City of London
• corpoflondon.gov.uk - City of London
• nottinghamcity.gov.uk - Nottingham City Council
• relocateleicester-shire.gov.uk - Leicetershire County Council
• gos.gov.uk - Government Office Network
• lda.gov.uk - London Development Agency
• uktradeinvest.gov.uk - UK Trade & Investment
• dcalni.gov.uk - Northern Ireland leisure and tourism
• colchester.gov.uk - Colchester Borough Council
• countryside.wales.gov.uk - Welsh assembly
• cefngwlad.cymru.gov.uk - Welsh assembly
• broadband.cymru.gov.uk - Welsh assembly
• wmra.gov.uk - West Midlands Regional Assembly
• wmlga.gov.uk - West Midlands Local Government Association
• wycombe.gov.uk - Wycombe District Council
• southshropshire.gov.uk - South Shropshire District Council
• businesslink.gov.uk - Business Development
• shetland.gov.uk - Shetland Council
• unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk - Essex County Council
• southshropshire.gov.uk - South Shropshire District Council
• e-petitions.kingston.gov.uk - Kingston Borough Council
• clevelandfire.gov.uk - Cleveland Fire & Rescue
• surreyheath.gov.uk - Surrey Heath Council
• rbkc.giv.uk - Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
• conwy.gov.uk - Conwy County Council

These are some example searches that show the problem (note that the search results will change over time, and the results themselves may lead to malware). Yahoo! examples: 1 2 3 4 5; Google examples: 1 2 3 4

Widen the search to sites containing .gov with a "b.js" exploit in (the most common), and you can see that government sites all over the world have been compromised, with Yahoo! estimating 11,000 infected pages. Think about it.. these should be trusted sites, but clearly they are not safe. Remember: there is no such thing as a trusted site anymore.

SQL Injection: advertbnr.com, logid83.com, script46.com, rexec39.com

Another batch of domains being used in SQL Injection attacks: advertbnr.com, logid83.com, script46.com, rexec39.com. Sanitize your inputs.

It looks like a lot of recent domains have been suspended by their registrar, some of the recent domains are with Xin Net who have been spam-friendly in the past, but may be cleaning up their act.

Google indicates that around 668,000 web pages are infected, but a search at Yahoo! shows around 3,000,000 infected pages which is probably more accurate.

SQL Injection: sslnet72.com, encode72.com, bannerupd.com, err68.com, cookieadw.com

Another batch of domains showing up in SQL injected are sslnet72.com, encode72.com, bannerupd.com, err68.com, cookieadw.com.

Some notable compromised sites:

• ise.ie - Irish Stock Exchange
• pittsfield-ma.org - City of Pittsfield
• corangamite.vic.gov.au - Corangamite Shire, Victoria
• fdc.org.br - Brazilian government agency
• dailyu.com - Local newspaper
• www.humanrightsfirst.org - Campaigning organisation
• therecruitbusiness.com - Recruiting
• corporate-responsibility.org - Business information
• childcarefinancialaid.org - Financial information
• micronet.com - Computer storage
• tairawhiti.ac.nz - Tairawhiti Polytechnic, New Zealand

The payload at the moment is undertermined, and some of these sites will have been cleaned up. At the time of writing, Irish Stock Exchange at ise.ie is still compromised.

Googling for SQL injection infected sites

A very rough and ready Google search shows (warning: results may lead to malware) 792,000 pages that were infected when Google visited the site. Sites that say "This site may harm your computer." can be considered as persistent offenders. Note also that the search results may have some false positives.

All very interesting, you might think. But if you work in an IT department, it can be very useful to find sites that your users might visit so that you can take action.. or perhaps you can even check your own business.

In this current round of attacks, the bad javascript file is called b.js, so you can find a lot of infected sites by Googling for "script src" b.js (you need to include the quotes). That gives hundreds of thousands of matches.

One obvious check is to add your company name, for example "script src" b.js "oceanic airlines", but Google is cleverer than that. If you use the "inurl" function, then you can search for sites in certain TLDs or with certain names. For example "script src" b.js inurl:gov lists several government sites, "script src" b.js inurl:oceanic would find results on sites such as oceanic-air.com, oceanicair.net, oceanic-air.co.uk.

You can narrow down results by country by using the Advanced Search (or you could just use the "national" Google site such as google.co.uk, google.ca etc). You can use other search engines too, but really Google has the most powerful searching options.

Of course, if you want to confirm if the site is still infected, then you will need to visit it. If you don't want all the hassle of firing up a Linux box, then one safe tool is SamSpade for Windows which allows you to look at the underlying HTML safely. It's a pretty old tool, and not perfect, but very useful for a number of tasks. Alternatively, WGET for Windows is more powerful and it allows you to download files in a command line (although care needs to be taken once they are on your machine). I tend to use both.

More SQL injection fun: view89.com, exe94.com and tag58.com

Yet more new domains in this never ending wave of SQL Injection attacks: view89.com, exe94.com and tag58.com. Infected sites load a malicious javascript from www.view89.com/b.js or www.tag58.com/b.js which redirects through exe94.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?ad - that in turn might try any number of things to infect the visitor's PC.

flyzhu.9966.org and exec51.com SQL injection attacks

More in the ever morphing world of SQL injection attacks. Sites that were hit with the xiaobaishan.net attack are now directing to flyzhu.9966.org/us/Help.asp and sites previously infected with en-us18.com are now pointing to www.exec51.com/b.js

9966.org appears to be a dynamic DNS service, exec51.com is a fast flux botnet. My best guess is that there are two rival groups performing SQL injections, one of them is Chinese and the other Russian.

The nature of the botnet means that the payload delivery is a bit erratic, but with a bit of effort exec51.com coughs up a reference to fake anti-spyware site advancedxpdefender.com. That tries to install a trojan which is pretty well detected by most AV products.

Thanks also to Amir who pointed us in the direction of his guide to preventing SQL injection attacks - if your server has been hit by one of these exploits, then it might be useful to you.

Redmondmag.com and related sites serving up malware

One notable name that keeps coming up with regards to the latest round of SQL Injection attacks is Redmondmag.com, published by 1105 Media, Inc as well as a number of sister sites. For a publication for IT professionals to be so badly impacted by SQL injection attacks raise some eyebrows.

A quick bit of Google searching shows how bad it is: a search for sysid72.com "1105 media" shows 35 infected pages belonging to virtualizationreview.com, visualstudiomagazine.com, redmondmag.com, reddevnews.com and certcities.com. Searching for xiaobaishan.net "1105 media" comes up with 121 matches for tcpmag.com and certcities.com. There are similar hits when searching for en-us18.com and locale48.com.

An alternative search you can do is b.js "1105 media" where this current batch of injected javascripts can clearly be seen (of course, this blog entry will also turn up for the same search string in time!)

This problem goes back to at least April when redmondmag.com was infected by the nihaorr1.com attack.

Here's the thing: the sites showing up in Google are not infected at the moment, but they were when Google crawled them. Clearly 1105 Media cleans up the attacks quickly, but it has not yet managed to secure its SQL server against injection attacks. Perhaps 1105 Media should read some of their own articles on the subject (see redmondmag.com/news/article.asp?editorialsid=9928 - visit at your own risk!)

win496.com, tag58.com, rundll841.com and sslput4.com: another SQL injection attack

Yet another SQL injection attack doing the rounds, this time inserting references to www.win496.com/b.js, www.tag58.com/b.js and www.rundll841.com/b.js. The javascript redirects to sslput4.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?ad. (Obviously, don't visit these sites unless you know what you are doing!)

All the domains run on a distributed botnet and were freshly registered this morning to a no-doubt fake address:

whois -h whois.crsnic.net win496.com ...
Redirecting to DIRECTI INTERNET SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD. D/B/A PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM

whois -h whois.PublicDomainRegistry.com win496.com ...
Registration Service Provided By: VIVIDS MEDIA GMBH
Contact: +49.3094413291

Domain Name: WIN496.COM

Registrant:
n/a
lera (casta4000@mail.ru)
reklama uslug 727 94-00
Seul
3566,123456
RU
Tel. +7.4952345672

Creation Date: 04-Jun-2008
Expiration Date: 04-Jun-2009

Domain servers in listed order:
ns4.win496.com
ns3.win496.com
ns2.win496.com
ns1.win496.com


Administrative Contact:
n/a
lera (casta4000@mail.ru)
reklama uslug 727 94-00
Seul
3566,123456
RU
Tel. +7.4952345672

Technical Contact:
n/a
lera (casta4000@mail.ru)
reklama uslug 727 94-00
Seul
3566,123456
RU
Tel. +7.4952345672

Billing Contact:
n/a
lera (casta4000@mail.ru)
reklama uslug 727 94-00
Seul
3566,123456
RU
Tel. +7.4952345672

Status:ACTIVE

There are probably several different payloads, one we have seen is the Danmec trojan which drops a file called aspimgr.exe into the SYSTEM32 folder (more details here, here and here). The payload delivery may be randomised, it seems to be quite difficult to determine exactly what is going on.

If your server has been infected, then you need to do more than just clean it up.. you need to sanitize your SQL inputs. You can read more details of how SQL injections works here.

Right now it is difficult to say how many sites are impacted as the domains are really very new.

Added: you can add sysid72.com/b.js to this list too. That was registered 5 days ago, and a Google search already shows over 2000 hits. Also locale48.com has infected over 4000 pages in the same time frame.

en-us18.com, libid53.com and rundll92.com SQL injection attack

Another bunch of at least three domains (perhaps more) being used in SQL injection attacks are en-us18.com, libid53.com and rundll92.com. In each case the injected script points to b.js, and this then tries to redirect visitors to libid53.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?ad

It looks like some sort of fast flux network based on a botnet, so it's not actually very reliable and as yet it hasn't delivered a payload in our lab. The ISC indicate that the attack serves up a couple of infected Flash banners, although in this case the redirector seems to be en-us18.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?ad

At the moment, these merely serves up another redirector to MSN.com, but it would be easy enough for the botnet controllers to change it to a malicious payload.

Some notable infected sites:

• tcpmag.com (Technology magazine - again!)
• annefrank.org (Anne Frank Museum)
  
• galatta.com (Indian movies)
• onefootball.dk (Sport)
• tvoneonline.com (US TV station)
• belfastcity.gov.uk (UK local government)
• marketingprinciples.com (Marketing guide)
• hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au (Australia local government)

This is quite a fresh looking exploit, this is not comprehensive. It is very disappointing to see tcpmap.com listed yet again, and we've seen sister publication redmondmag.com infected before too.

xiaobaishan.net - yet another SQL injection attack

It looks like the sites hit by the chliyi.com attack have been hit again, this time with an injection to a script pointing at www.xiaobaishan.net/dt/us/Help.asp. Right at the moment, the www.xiaobaishan.net domain is not resolving, but it does appear to be hosted on 219.146.128.119 in China.

It looks like the domain may well be a legitimate one that has somehow been compromised and 219.146.128.119 looks like a pretty standard shared server.

It's possible that the chliyi.com infected sites were deliberately targeted, the resulting HTML is an awful mess though (see below).

Some notable infected sites:

• kcsg.com (again)
• sciencescotland.org (again)
• paramountcomedy.com (again)
• drdrew.com (again)
• gisp.org (again)
• legis.state.ia.us (Iowa State legislature)
• modernamuseet.se (Stockholm Museum)
• calbears.berkeley.edu (University)
• reportchildsex.com (Child protection)
• cas.org.uk (Citizen's Advice Scotland)
• tcpmap.com (Technlogy magazine)
• randomhouse.com.au (Random House publishers, Australia)
• ispyni.com (Northern Ireland tourism)

There are a number of other sites, notably in Ireland, Australia and Canada hit too.

This is not the only SQL injection attack doing the rounds today, and I suspect that some of them have been hit by another one pointing at en-us18.com/b.js

As an aside, these multiple SQL injections are really messy. A code snippet from sciencescotland.org demonstrates this:

chliyi.com - another injection attack

Thanks to Dancho Danchev for the heads up, it looks like there's another SQL injection attack on the loose, this time pointing to chliyi.com/reg.js, with about 10,000 hits currently on Google for a variety of sites.

Reportedly, this launches some sort of ActiveX attack via obfuscated VBscript. This is another good reason not to use Internet Explorer, as most other browsers do not support ActiveX and are not vulnerable.

Unlike some other recent injection attacks, this one seems to use a legitimate domain called chliyi.com - unfortunately for the bad guys, the registration on the domain is going to run out pretty soon.

Domain Name.......... chliyi.com
Creation Date........ 2003-06-12 11:21:39
Registration Date.... 2003-06-12 11:21:39
Expiry Date.......... 2008-06-12 11:21:39
Organisation Name.... junrong shen
Organisation Address. dongxiaoqiao3-1-104
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. suzhou
Organisation Address. 215006
Organisation Address. JS
Organisation Address. CN

Admin Name........... shen junrong
Admin Address........ dongxiaoqiao3-1-104
Admin Address........
Admin Address........ suzhou
Admin Address........ 215006
Admin Address........ JS
Admin Address........ CN
Admin Email.......... wzh@hisuzhou.com
Admin Phone.......... +86.51265678898
Admin Fax............ +86.51257306265

Tech Name............ zhihui wang
Tech Address......... suzhou
Tech Address.........
Tech Address......... suzhou
Tech Address......... 215021
Tech Address......... JS
Tech Address......... CN
Tech Email........... wzh@hisuzhou.com
Tech Phone........... +86.5169697639
Tech Fax............. +86.5167621807

Bill Name............ zhihui wang
Bill Address......... suzhou
Bill Address.........
Bill Address......... suzhou
Bill Address......... 215021
Bill Address......... JS
Bill Address......... CN
Bill Email........... wzh@hisuzhou.com
Bill Phone........... +86.5169697639
Bill Fax............. +86.5167621807
Name Server.......... dns22.hichina.com
Name Server.......... dns21.hichina.com

The IP address of the server is 218.30.96.87 which is not in the Spamhaus DROP list which indicates again that the chliyi.com might well be legitimate, just compromised.

This is another attack that goes to show that "there is no such thing as a safe site". A scan of the Google results comes up with some interesting (and alarming) infected sites:

• forces.ca - Canadian military
• paramountcomedy.com - Paramount Comedy (Cable TV channel)
  
• kcsg.com - KCSG (Utah TV station)
• umnh.utah.edu - University of Utah
• digital.lib.ecu.edu - East Carolinia Unitersity
• chapel.duke.edu - Duke University
  
• drdrew.com - Dr Drew (relationship advice)
• gisp.org - Global Invasive Species Program
  
• sciencescotland.org - Royal Society of Scotland
  
• moffitt.org - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
• confetti.co.uk - Confetti (Wedding planning)
  
• buildabear.com - Build-a-Bear Workshop
  
• delluniversity.com - Dell
• trelleborg.com - Trelleborg AB (Polymer manufacturer)
  

None of these are huge sites when it comes to traffic, but there are some well-known names there and certainly some which you would hope would be more secure. Out of the other infected sites, it seems that the US Canada, Australia, the UK and Ireland seem to have the biggest cluster of infected sites with very few showing outside those countries.

This is not a comprehensive list of infected sites, and many of these sites will have been cleaned up.

If you are running an SQL server, then the rule is to secure your inputs, else you will get attacked again and again.

winzipices.cn and bbs.jueduizuan.com - another SQL injection attack

The ISC has warned about another SQL Injection attack, following on from this one a few weeks ago. This time the injection is inserting a script pointing to the winzipices.cn and bbs.jueduizuan.com domains.

The malicious script is pointing to winzipices.cn/1.js, winzipices.cn/2.js, winzipices.cn/3.js, winzipices.cn/4.js and winzipices.cn/5.js and also bbs.jueduizuan.com/ip.js. As ever, don't visit these sites unless you know what you are doing.

Right at the moment, winzipices.cn is coming up with a server error, but bbs.jueduizuan.com is functioning just fine. This tries to attack visiting systems using the MS07-004 vulnerability, a RealPlayer vulnerability plus it attempts to download an executable from www.bluell.cn/ri.exe possibly using a shell vulnerability (VirusTotal analysis here, mostly detected as Trojan.Win32.Agent.lpv, Trojan.MulDrop.origin or TR/Dropper.Gen).

Some IP addresses:
www.bluell.cn is 60.191.239.219
winzipices.cn is 60.191.239.229
bbs.jueduizuan.com is 60.191.239.219

My recommendation is to block access to the entire 60.191.239.x range if you can.

The the moment, a Google search for winzipices.cn shows 1790 matches, for jueduizuan.com it is 1640 matches. Expect those figures to climb sharply.

If you are running an impacted SQL server, then you need to secure it and perform better validation, else the problem will happen again. Client machines should be protected if they are fully up-to-date on patches, if you have been infected then use the excellent Secunia Software Inspector to check your system for vulnerable apps.

As always, there are some high profile sites that have been compromised. They may well have been cleaned up by now, so inclusion here does not mean that they are unsafe or safe to visit.

bbs.jueduizuan.com

• safecanada.ca (Canadian Homeland Security again).
• breastcanceradvice.com, arthritisissues.com, menssexhealth.com, www.bipolardepressioninfo.com (Health)
• dubaicityguide.com (Travel)
• classicdriver.com (Motoring)

winzipices.cn

• imo.org (International Maritime Organisation)
• cifas.org.uk (Fraud Prevention)
• hmdb.org (Historical Marker Database)
• abbyy.com (OCR software)
• cancerissues.com, adhdissues.com, depressionissues.com, diabeticdiets.org, erectilefacts.com, prostatecancerissues.com, digestivefacts.com (Health)
• www.asiamedia.ucla.edu, www.international.ucla.edu, www.asiaarts.ucla.edu, www.isop.ucla.edu (UCLA)
• newmarket.travel (Travel)
• discoverireland.ie (Travel)
• gay.tv (Lifestyle)

Some of these sites are regularly infected with SQL injection attacks, and safecanada.ca was infected with the last major outbreak. The problem is that once a site has been attacked and enumerated, then it will be attacked again and again until it is fixed.

As mentioned before, there is no such thing as a safe site.

nihaorr1.com - there's no such thing as a "safe" site

Websense gave a heads up about yet another mass defacement, impacting a few high profile web sites. Just to make life difficult, they didn't specify the domain in use.. but it isn't exactly rocket science to find out that it is nihaorr1.com.

I'm going to make an assumption that if you're reading this blog, you're at least somewhat technically savvy. Don't visit any of these sites unless you know what you are doing.

Googling nihaorr1.com/1.js brings up several thousand matches. Surprisingly, an eximination of www.nihaorr1.com/1.js shows that it is not obfuscated at all and points to www.nihaorr1.com/1.htm.. and that has all the exploits nicely laid out - MS07-055, MS07-033, MS07-018, MS07-004 and MS06-014. Also there are exploits for RealPlayer, Ajax, QQ Instant Messenger and some sort of Yahoo! product (probably Instant Messenger).


If your site has been compromised and you're looking for answers.. well, all I can tell you is that it will have been done through some sort of SQL Injection similar to this one.

If you're supporting client PCs that are fully patched, you have a little less to worry about unless you have RealPlayer or Yahoo! IM installed. Perhaps it is a good time to consider banning these applications in any case, particularly RealPlayer which is a very common vector for attack.

Why do I say there's no such thing as a "safe" site? Well, among the compromised sites are the following:

www.redmondmag.com [Independent publication about Microsoft]
www.pocketpcmag.com [Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine]
www.careers.civil-service.gov.uk [UK Civil Service]
www.faststream.gov.uk [UK Civil Service]
www.safecanada.ca [Canadian National Security]
www.n-somerset.gov.uk [UK Local Government]
events.un.org [United Nations]
www.unicef.org.uk [UNICEF]
www.iphe.org.uk [Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering]
www.umc.org [United Methodist Church]
www.umita.org [United Methodist Information Technology Association]
www.simplyislam.co.uk [Islamic Information site]
www.rsa.org.uk [Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts]
www.24.com [Sports]
www.oddbins.co.uk [Major UK wine retailer]
www.avx.com [Electronic components]
www.advantech.com [Computer components]
www.aeroflot.aero [Airline]
www.aeroflot.ru [Airline]

In other words, you can't rely on the site you are visiting to be safe.. so the onus is on the end user to make sure their PC is fully patched and as secure as possible.