CISA updates Conti ransomware alert with almost 100 domain names

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has updated the alert on Conti ransomware with indicators of compromise (IoCs) consisting of close to 100 domain names used in malicious operations.

Originally published on September 22, 2021, the advisory includes details observed by CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Conti ransomware attacks targeting organizations in the U.S. The updated cybersecurity advisory contains data from the U.S. Secret Service.

Conti IoC domains

Internal details from the Conti ransomware operation started to leak at the end of February after the gang announced publicly that they side with Russia over the invasion of Ukraine.

The leak came from a Ukrainian researcher, who initially published private messages exchanged by the members of the gang and then released the source code for the ransomware, administrative panels, and other tools.

The cache of data also included domains used for compromises with BazarBackdoor, the malware used for initial access to networks of high-value targets.

CISA says that Conti threat actor has hit more than 1,000 organizations across the world, the most prevalent attack vectors being TrickBot malware and Cobalt Strike beacons.

The agency today released a batch of 98 domain names that share “registration and naming characteristics similar” to those used in Conti ransomware attacks from groups distributing the malware.

The agency notes that while the domains have been used in malicious operations some of them “may be abandoned or may share similar characteristics coincidentally.”

Domains

badiwaw[.]com
balacif[.]com
barovur[.]com
basisem[.]com
bimafu[.]com
bujoke[.]com
buloxo[.]com
bumoyez[.]com
bupula[.]com
cajeti[.]com
cilomum[.]com
codasal[.]com
comecal[.]com
dawasab[.]com
derotin[.]com
dihata[.]com
dirupun[.]com
dohigu[.]com
dubacaj[.]com
fecotis[.]com

fipoleb[.]com
fofudir[.]com
fulujam[.]com
ganobaz[.]com
gerepa[.]com
gucunug[.]com guvafe[.]com
hakakor[.]com
hejalij[.]com
hepide[.]com
hesovaw[.]com
hewecas[.]com
hidusi[.]com
hireja[.]com
hoguyum[.]com
jecubat[.]com
jegufe[.]com
joxinu[.]com
kelowuh[.]com
kidukes[.]com

kipitep[.]com
kirute[.]com
kogasiv[.]com
kozoheh[.]com
kuxizi[.]com
kuyeguh[.]com
lipozi[.]com
lujecuk[.]com
masaxoc[.]com
mebonux[.]com
mihojip[.]com
modasum[.]com
moduwoj[.]com
movufa[.]com
nagahox[.]com
nawusem[.]com
nerapo[.]com
newiro[.]com
paxobuy[.]com
pazovet[.]com

pihafi[.]com
pilagop[.]com
pipipub[.]com
pofifa[.]com
radezig[.]com
raferif[.]com
ragojel[.]com
rexagi[.]com
rimurik[.]com
rinutov[.]com
rusoti[.]com
sazoya[.]com
sidevot[.]com
solobiv[.]com
sufebul[.]com
suhuhow[.]com
sujaxa[.]com
tafobi[.]com tepiwo[.]com
tifiru[.]com

tiyuzub[.]com
tubaho[.]com
vafici[.]com
vegubu[.]com
vigave[.]com
vipeced[.]com
vizosi[.]com
vojefe[.]com
vonavu[.]com
wezeriw[.]com
wideri[.]com
wudepen[.]com
wuluxo[.]com
wuvehus[.]com
wuvici[.]com
wuvidi[.]com
xegogiv[.]com
xekezix[.]com

The above list of domains associated with Conti ransomware attacks appear to be different from the hundreds that the Ukrainian researcher leaked from BazarBackdoor infections.

Despite the unwanted attention that Conti received recently due to the exposure of its internal chats and tools, the gang did not pull the brakes on its activity.

Since the beginning of March, Conti listed on its website more than two dozen victims in the U.S. Canada, Germany, Switzerland, U.K., Italy, Serbia, and Saudi Arabia.

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