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UNC4841 Barracuda ESG Zero Day Exploitation

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1References
1Folders
2025-08-19Latest
Summary

UNC4841 Barracuda ESG Zero Day Exploitation is tracked here as a threat actor, intrusion set, or campaign with 6 Sigma detections spanning 2023. Coverage centers on linux / process_creation, linux / file_event.

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UNC4841 - Barracuda ESG Exploitation Indicators

Detects file indicators as seen used by UNC4841 during their Barracuda ESG zero day exploitation.

LinuxFile Event
TA0002 · ExecutionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Stealthdetection.emerging-threats
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Fri Jun 162023
Emerging Threathightest

UNC4841 - Download Compressed Files From Temp.sh Using Wget

Detects execution of "wget" to download a ".zip" or ".rar" files from "temp.sh". As seen used by UNC4841 during their Barracuda ESG zero day exploitation.

LinuxProcess Creation
TA0005 · StealthT1140 · Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Informationdetection.emerging-threats
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Fri Jun 162023
Emerging Threathightest

UNC4841 - Download Tar File From Untrusted Direct IP Via Wget

Detects execution of "wget" to download a "tar" from an IP address that doesn't have a trusted certificate. As seen used by UNC4841 during their Barracuda ESG zero day exploitation.

LinuxProcess Creation
TA0005 · StealthT1140 · Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Informationdetection.emerging-threats
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Fri Jun 162023
Emerging Threathightest

UNC4841 - Email Exfiltration File Pattern

Detects filename pattern of email related data used by UNC4841 for staging and exfiltration

LinuxFile Event
TA0002 · ExecutionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Stealthdetection.emerging-threats
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Fri Jun 162023
Emerging Threatcriticaltest

UNC4841 - Potential SEASPY Execution

Detects execution of specific named binaries which were used by UNC4841 to deploy their SEASPY backdoor

LinuxProcess Creation
TA0002 · Executiondetection.emerging-threats
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Fri Jun 162023
Emerging Threathightest

UNC4841 - SSL Certificate Exfiltration Via Openssl

Detects the execution of "openssl" to connect to an IP address. This techniques was used by UNC4841 to exfiltrate SSL certificates and as a C2 channel with named pipes. Investigate commands executed in the temporal vicinity of this command.

LinuxProcess Creation
TA0005 · StealthT1140 · Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Informationdetection.emerging-threats
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Fri Jun 162023
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