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Kobalos

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References
2021-06-03 ⋅ ESET Research ⋅ roman kovac
ESET Threat Report T 1 2021
Kobalos Janeleiro Vadokrist
2021-02-05 ⋅ Team Cymru ⋅ David Monnier
Kobalos Malware Mapping Potentially Impacted Networks and IP Address Mapping
Kobalos
2021-02-02 ⋅ ESET Research ⋅ Ignacio Sanmillan, Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé
Kobalos – A complex Linux threat to high performance computing infrastructure
Kobalos
2020-02-02 ⋅ ESET Research ⋅ Ignacio Sanmillan, Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé
TLP: WHITE A WILD KOBALOS APPEARSTricksy Linux malware goes after HPCs
Kobalos
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] elf_kobalos_w0 (20210202 | Kobalos malware)
rule elf_kobalos_w0 {
    meta:
        description = "Kobalos malware"
        author = "Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé"
        date = "2020-11-02"
        reference = "http://www.welivesecurity.com"
        source = "https://github.com/eset/malware-ioc/"
        license = "BSD 2-Clause"
        version = "1"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/elf.kobalos"
        malpedia_rule_date = "20210202"
        malpedia_hash = ""
        malpedia_version = "20210202"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"

    strings:
        $encrypted_strings_sizes = {
            05 00 00 00 09 00 00 00  04 00 00 00 06 00 00 00
            08 00 00 00 08 00 00 00  02 00 00 00 02 00 00 00
            01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00  05 00 00 00 07 00 00 00
            05 00 00 00 05 00 00 00  05 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00
        }
        $password_md5_digest = { 3ADD48192654BD558A4A4CED9C255C4C }
        $rsa_512_mod_header = { 10 11 02 00 09 02 00 }
        $strings_rc4_key = { AE0E05090F3AC2B50B1BC6E91D2FE3CE }

    condition:
        any of them
}
[TLP:WHITE] elf_kobalos_w1 (20210202 | Kobalos SSH credential stealer seen in OpenSSH client)
rule elf_kobalos_w1 {
    meta:
        description = "Kobalos SSH credential stealer seen in OpenSSH client"
        author = "Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé"
        date = "2020-11-02"
        reference = "http://www.welivesecurity.com"
        source = "https://github.com/eset/malware-ioc/"
        license = "BSD 2-Clause"
        version = "1"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/elf.kobalos"
        malpedia_rule_date = "20210202"
        malpedia_hash = ""
        malpedia_version = "20210202"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"

    strings:
        $ = "user: %.128s host: %.128s port %05d user: %.128s password: %.128s"

    condition:
        any of them
}
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