{"id":27442,"date":"2019-06-21T18:20:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T18:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12ccbc92-36da-47fb-89d3-1583ed3f0c01"},"modified":"2019-06-21T18:20:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T18:20:39","slug":"free-proxy-service-found-running-on-top-of-2600-hacked-wordpress-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/free-proxy-service-found-running-on-top-of-2600-hacked-wordpress-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Free proxy service found running on top of 2,600+ hacked WordPress sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"img aspect-set\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zdnet1.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/2019\/06\/21\/f25e3812-aee3-471c-8584-c16000a4f741\/2662292f4a6de9bdf50afbd72e7130d3\/free-socks-in.png\" class alt=\"Free-Socks.in\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"relatedContent alignRight\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\"><span class=\"int\">techrepublic cheat sheet<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>A website offering both free and commercial proxy servers is actually running on top of a giant botnet of hacked WordPress sites, security researchers from Netlab, a network threat hunting unit of Chinese cyber-security giant Qihoo 360, have revealed.<\/p>\n<p>In a report published today, Netlab researchers accused the Free-Socks.in proxy service of masquerading as a front for a criminal operation.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers said that users who would use any of the proxy servers provided by the Free-Socks.in website would actually have their traffic funneled through a network of hacked WordPress sites spread all over the world.<\/p>\n<h3>New Linux.Ngioweb malware used to build proxy botnet<\/h3>\n<p>These WordPress sites were hacked and infected with a web shell, which acted as a backdoor, and the Linux.Ngioweb malware, which acted as the proxy agent.<\/p>\n<p>Netlab researchers looked closely at the Linux.Ngioweb malware because this was a new strain that had not been seen before. After analyzing it, they said that Linux.Ngioweb contained two separate command and control (C&amp;C) servers.<\/p>\n<p>The first one &#8212; named Stage-1 &#8212; was used to manage all the infected sites (bots). The second set of C&amp;C servers &#8212; named Stage-2 servers &#8212; worked as backconnect proxies between the Free-Socks.in service and the infected sites, funnelling traffic from the service&#8217;s customers to the hacked WordPress sites, which then relayed it to its final destination.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img aspect-set\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/free-proxy-service-found-running-on-top-of-2600-hacked-wordpress-sites\/\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ngioweb structure\" data-original=\" https:\/\/zdnet4.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/2019\/06\/21\/8420db48-772e-4202-8bc5-a937deb313ad\/3cfed6a2102faf917fc1392bee3bbaf0\/ngioweb-structure.png\"><\/span><noscript><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img aspect-set\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zdnet4.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/2019\/06\/21\/8420db48-772e-4202-8bc5-a937deb313ad\/3cfed6a2102faf917fc1392bee3bbaf0\/ngioweb-structure.png\" class alt=\"Ngioweb structure\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript> <span class=\"credit\">Image: Netlab<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Netlab also said the Linux.Ngioweb malware was actually a Linux port of <a href=\"https:\/\/research.checkpoint.com\/ramnits-network-proxy-servers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a Windows malware strain named Win32.Ngioweb<\/a>, spotted for the first time in August 2018 by Check Point researchers. The Windows version also worked as a proxy bot, being most likely used in a similar fashion.<\/p>\n<section class=\"sharethrough-top\" data-component=\"medusaContentRecommendation\" data-medusa-content-recommendation-options=\"{&quot;promo&quot;:&quot;promo_ZD_recommendation_sharethrough_top_in_article_desktop&quot;,&quot;spot&quot;:&quot;dfp-in-article&quot;}\">\n<\/section>\n<p>The only addition to the Linux port, which was spotted for the first time on May 27, three weeks ago, was a DGA (domain generation algorithm) that generated a pre-determined Stage-1 C&amp;C server domain name for each day, to which all the infected sites would report back to.<\/p>\n<h3>Taking over the botnet<\/h3>\n<p>Netlab researchers said they cracked the DGA and recorded one of the Stage-1 C&amp;C server domains in order to track the botnet&#8217;s activity.<\/p>\n<p>The Netlab team said that during the time they ran this domain, 2,692 WordPress sites checked in, with almost half located in the US.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img aspect-set\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/free-proxy-service-found-running-on-top-of-2600-hacked-wordpress-sites\/\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ngioweb botnet\" data-original=\" https:\/\/zdnet4.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/2019\/06\/21\/122da1c7-3f5e-44ef-8174-11781bbd0f1b\/9b66fc379ce930863ce764d4cec8c497\/ngioweb-botnet.png\"><\/span><noscript><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img aspect-set\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zdnet4.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/2019\/06\/21\/122da1c7-3f5e-44ef-8174-11781bbd0f1b\/9b66fc379ce930863ce764d4cec8c497\/ngioweb-botnet.png\" class alt=\"Ngioweb botnet\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript> <span class=\"credit\">Image: Netlab<\/span><\/p>\n<p>All these sites would now need to be disinfected and have the Linux.Ngioweb malware and adjacent web shell removed from their filesystem.<\/p>\n<p>The Netlab team has offered to share a list of infected server IP addresses with other security firms and with relevant law enforcement agencies. <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netlab.360.com\/an-analysis-of-linux-ngioweb-botnet-en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact details are available in the company&#8217;s technical report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Related malware and cybercrime coverage:<\/h3>\n<p>READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/free-proxy-service-found-running-on-top-of-2600-hacked-wordpress-sites\/#ftag=RSSbaffb68\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress sites hacked and infected with Ngioweb Linux malware; hijacked into commercial proxy service.<br \/>\nREAD MORE 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