Menorah Malware: APT34’s Espionage Tool in Middle East Campaigns

The Menorah malware, used by the APT34 threat group to target organisations in the Middle East, creates a mutex to ensure single-instance operation. The malware exfiltrates data and executes commands from a hardcoded command and control (C2) server. These commands include creating processes, listing files, downloading files and exfiltrating arbitrary data. The analysis provides technical details, including SHA256 hashes, mutex identifiers and the address of the C2 server, to aid detection and response efforts.