Hunter compromised with 35K+ credential exposures
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Hunter suffered infostealer compromise exposing 35,081 user credentials and employee access across 37 accounts.
Hunter has been identified as a victim of credential compromise via infostealer malware infection. The incident exposed 35,081 user credentials, 37 compromised employee accounts, and 7 third-party employee credentials. The attack surface includes 34 external-facing DNS records associated with the victim's domain. This represents a supply-chain and credential-theft risk, as the compromised credentials could enable lateral movement, account takeover, or subsequent ransomware deployment. The data was publicly indexed by ransomware operators, indicating the credentials are circulating in attacker communities and pose immediate risk for secondary exploitation.
Mentioned in this report
Detection guidance
Browser Credential Store Files Accessed via Command Line Utilities
Detects shells and copy utilities referencing browser credential database files (Login Data, logins.json, key4.db), which infostealers use to harvest saved passwords. Auto-generated starting point — validate and tune in your environment before deploying. IOC matches can false-positive on shared infrastructure and decay as adversary infrastructure rotates.
title: Browser Credential Store Files Accessed via Command Line Utilities
id: 51d116cd-edca-5600-8f9c-5ebe9ba3dfbb
status: experimental
description: Detects cmd, PowerShell, esentutl, robocopy, xcopy or sqlite3 command
lines that reference browser credential stores (Chromium Login Data, Firefox logins.json
and key4.db). This is typical infostealer or post-compromise credential harvesting
behaviour. It matches on the targeted artefact, not on a specific malware family.
references:
- https://www.ransomware.live/id/SHVudGVyQHNwYWNlYmVhcnM=
tags:
- attack.credential-access
- attack.t1555
- attack.t1555.003
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_img:
Image|endswith:
- \cmd.exe
- \powershell.exe
- \pwsh.exe
- \esentutl.exe
- \robocopy.exe
- \xcopy.exe
- \sqlite3.exe
selection_target:
CommandLine|contains:
- \User Data\Default\Login Data
- \User Data\Default\Web Data
- Login Data For Account
- \Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
- logins.json
- key4.db
filter_backup:
CommandLine|contains:
- ProfileMigration
- ChromeSetup
condition: selection_img and selection_target and not filter_backup
falsepositives:
- Browser profile backup or migration scripts run by IT staff
- Forensic or helpdesk tooling that copies browser profiles
level: medium
author: Vorant
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Behavioural rules are generated from public reporting — validate in your environment before deploying.
Source reporting: https://www.ransomware.live/id/SHVudGVyQHNwYWNlYmVhcnM=
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