Telsy TRT releases its YARA rule to detect Turla LightNeuron, the Microsoft Exchange backdoor

A recent APT malware infection, known as LightNeuron, uses the basic functions of Microsoft’s Exchange Server to monitor and control outgoing and incoming communications from mail servers. The threat group that uses it usually targets high-level diplomatic and international relations institutions. In order to assist the security community in fighting and hunting this insidious threat, Telsy TRT has publicly released one of its specific tracking signature on a dedicated GitHub repo.

 

The signature can be downloaded here

 

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