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Twilio and MailChimp Attackers Hit 130 Organizations with Okta Phishing Campaign 

A larger phishing campaign that targeted 136 organizations and resulted in the theft of 9,931 account login credentials has been linked to the hackers behind a series of recent hacks, including those on Twilio, MailChimp, and Cloudflare.

These login credentials were stolen using a phishing kit with the codename 0ktapus

The initial objective of the assaults was to collect Okta identification credentials and two-factor authentication (2FA) codes from users of the targeted organizations. 

How the Attacks Happened 

Targets were sent text messages with links to phishing websites that looked like the Okta authentication pages of the specific targeted entities. With the help of the identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) platform Okta, employees may access all of their company’s software resources with just one login.

Phishing website impersonating a target organization's Okta authentication page
Phishing website impersonating a target organization’s Okta authentication page (Source: Group-IB)

The websites send users’ login information and 2FA codes to a secret Telegram channel where threat actors can retrieve them. The hackers then utilized these login credentials to access business networks, VPNs, and internal customer support systems, allowing them to steal client data.

Researchers traced the activity of the Telegram channel’s admin user “X” and discovered that the account is located in the USA.

Admin’s Telegram channel account (Source: Group-IB)

Because the phishing site is static, attackers cannot communicate with victims in real-time like they can with more advanced phishing kits. However, the attackers must utilize the compromised data as soon as they obtain it to gain access before the 2FA tokens expire. This most likely indicates that the attackers were constantly checking their tools and utilizing the credentials as soon as they were obtained. 

Group-IB stated that attackers could swiftly change their strategy and carry out additional supply chain attacks once they had gained access to an organization, showing that the attack had been well planned. 

Additionally, the attempts to get into Signal accounts suggest that the attackers are also trying to steal sensitive information, such as private conversations. The hackers’ method of obtaining employee names and phone numbers is yet unknown.

Which Businesses Are Affected? 

According to reports, at least 169 different phishing domains have been created for this purpose, with the majority of the victim organizations being based in the United States (114), India (4), Canada (3), France (2), Sweden (2), and Australia (1), among other countries. These websites shared a commonality in that they utilized an undocumented phishing kit. 

Software companies comprise the most affected businesses, followed by those in the telecom, business services, banking, education, retail, and logistics industries. 

Several targeted businesses are Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Binance, KuCoin, CoinBase, Microsoft, Epic Games, Riot Games, T-Mobile, MetroPCS, Evernote, AT&T, HubSpot, TTEC, Slack, Twitter, and Best Buy.

IoCs

IPs

C2 Domains

45[.]76[.]80[.]199

twiiio-sso[.]com, box-okta[.]org, kucoin-pin[.]com, boxokta[.]com, kucoin-sso[.]com

66[.]42[.]107[.]233

slack-mailchimp[.]com

45[.]32[.]66[.]165

microsoft-sso[.]net, sendgrid-okta[.]org, mlcrosoft[.]info, mlcrosoft[.]cloud

45[.]76[.]238[.]53

ouryahoo-okta[.]org, ouryahooinc-okta[.]com

155[.]138[.]240[.]251

sykes-sso[.]com, internai-customer[.]io, ouryahoo-okta[.]com, ouryahoo-okta[.]net, techmahindra-sso[.]com

149[.]28[.]37[.]137

qualfon-sso[.]com, twiiio[.]net, twiiio[.]org, teleperformanceusa-sso[.]com, tmo-sso[.]net, okta-sso[.]net

149[.]248[.]1[.]50

att-mfa[.]com, att-rsa[.]com

108[.]61[.]119[.]20

mcsupport-okta[.]com, mailgun-okta[.]com, sprint-idg[.]net

149[.]28[.]212[.]53

tmobie[.]net

140[.]82[.]63[.]209

kucoinpin[.]com, kucoinpin[.]net, twiiio-okta[.]net

144[.]202[.]82[.]47

kucoin-pin[.]net, kucoin-sso[.]net

45[.]63[.]39[.]116

telus-sso[.]com

149[.]248[.]62[.]54

rogers-rci[.]net, rogers-ssp[.]com, iqor-duo[.]net, iqor-portal[.]com, cgslnc-okta[.]com, conexusonline[.]com, klaviyo-sso[.]com

66[.]42[.]91[.]138

arise-okta[.]com

216[.]128[.]141[.]52

rogers-rci[.]com, verizon-sso[.]net, taskus-sso[.]com

45[.]63[.]39[.]151

medailia-okta[.]com, quaifone[.]com, quaifon[.]com, t-moblle[.]org, iqor-sso[.]com, rogers-sso[.]net, tmo-sso[.]com

143[.]244[.]178[.]172

teleperformance-help[.]com

66[.]42[.]90[.]140

twilio-sso[.]com, rogers-help[.]net, twilio-help[.]com, tmoblle[.]co, t-moblie[.]help, twlilo[.]net

165[.]227[.]57[.]16

twilio-sso[.]com, att-sso[.]net

147[.]182[.]201[.]149

coin-base-okta[.]com, rogers-sso[.]com, concentrlx[.]com, concentrix-sso[.]com

146[.]190[.]42[.]89

teleperformance-sso[.]com, transcom-help[.]com, atento-help[.]com, sykes-help[.]com, sitel-sso[.]com, mailchimp-help[.]com, sinch-sso[.]com

146[.]190[.]44[.]66

transcom-sso[.]com, hubspot-sso[.]com, mailchimp-sso[.]com, maiichlmp[.]com

167[.]99[.]221[.]10

att-sso[.]com, sitel-help[.]com, bandwidth-okta[.]com

147[.]182[.]132[.]52

cloudflare-okta[.]com

167[.]172[.]141[.]4

twilio-okta[.]com, iqor-helpdesk[.]com, ttec-help[.]com

67[.]205[.]146[.]165

vzw-corp[.]net, iqor-help[.]net, metropcs-edge[.]net

143[.]198[.]164[.]89

iqor-tmobile[.]com, iqor-help[.]com

45[.]63[.]79[.]150

sykes-vpn[.]com, startek-vpn[.]com, t-moblie-okta[.]com, att-uid[.]co, at-uid[.]com, att-ctx[.]com, att-uid[.]co, activecampaign-okta[.]com

144[.]202[.]117[.]57

vzwcorp[.]co

138[.]197[.]7[.]153

tmoblle[.]org, t-mobiie[.]co

144[.]202[.]17[.]28

att-id[.]net, att-uid[.]net

45[.]76[.]171[.]233

uid-att[.]com, att-uid[.]com, intercom-vpn[.]com, sutherlandglobal-vpn[.]com, sitel-vpn[.]net

95[.]179[.]238[.]3

t-mobilers[.]com

137[.]184[.]55[.]52

tmoble[.]net, tp-update[.]com

159[.]223[.]160[.]128

tmoblle[.]net

69[.]55[.]49[.]252

teleperformance-usa[.]net, mytpusa[.]net

143[.]198[.]156[.]234

tmobiler[.]net, t-mobile-okta[.]net, t-moblier[.]org, teleperformance-usa[.]net

159[.]89[.]93[.]54

att-opus[.]net, opus-att[.]com

161[.]35[.]119[.]80

t-mobile-okta[.]org, mytpusa[.]com, twit-vpn[.]com, epicgames-vpn[.]com

67[.]205[.]151[.]76

att-citrix[.]net, tpusa-citrix[.]com, att-citrix[.]com

138[.]68[.]27[.]0

okta-hubspot[.]com, mailchimp-okta[.]com, twitter-okta[.]com, infosys-vpn[.]com, ttec-vpn[.]com, taskus-vpn[.]com

104[.]248[.]234[.]27

tp-usa[.]net, tmoblie[.]net

67[.]205[.]154[.]21

t-mobiie[.]org, t-mobiie[.]net

64[.]227[.]23[.]72

t-mobiie[.]net, okta-oath[.]com

159[.]89[.]159[.]7

okta-tmobiie[.]net, t-mobile-okta[.]com, t-mobile-okta[.]us

66[.]175[.]217[.]141

okta-tmo[.]org, okta-tmobile[.]org

172[.]105[.]98[.]36

tmo-okta[.]com, okta.tmobiie[.]net, okta-drop[.]com

138[.]197[.]194[.]87

loginxarth[.]tv

138[.]68[.]26[.]2

binance-okta[.]com, snap-okta[.]net, snap-okta[.]com, epicgames-okta[.]com, evernote-onelogin[.]com, riotgames-vpn[.]net, okta-riotgames[.]com, one-login[.]co, cb-okta[.]com, cb-okta[.]net

149[.]28[.]110[.]16

tmobile-okta[.]com, tmobile-okta[.]net

157[.]245[.]246[.]85

riotgames-okta[.]com, tmobile-okta[.]com, riotgames-vpn[.]com, customer-internal[.]com

147[.]182[.]218[.]194

alorica-vpn[.]com, concentrixhelp[.]com, att-vmware[.]com

104[.]248[.]236[.]115

att-vpn[.]org, corp-att[.]net, att-vpn[.]com

192[.]241[.]142[.]113

att-support[.]org

165[.]227[.]79[.]161

tmo[.]ac

137[.]184[.]136[.]163

bestbuy-vpn[.]com, ttecvpn[.]com