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win.chthonic (Back to overview)

Chthonic

aka: AndroKINS
VTCollection     URLhaus    

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References
2021-09-03Trend MicroMohamad Mokbel
The State of SSL/TLS Certificate Usage in Malware C&C Communications
AdWind ostap AsyncRAT BazarBackdoor BitRAT Buer Chthonic CloudEyE Cobalt Strike DCRat Dridex FindPOS GootKit Gozi IcedID ISFB Nanocore RAT Orcus RAT PandaBanker Qadars QakBot Quasar RAT Rockloader ServHelper Shifu SManager TorrentLocker TrickBot Vawtrak Zeus Zloader
2017-08-24Blaze's Security BlogBartBlaze
Crystal Finance Millennium used to spread malware
Chthonic SmokeLoader
2016-07-26ProofpointProofpoint
Threat Actors Using Legitimate PayPal Accounts To Distribute Chthonic Banking Trojan
Azorult Chthonic
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_chthonic_auto (20260504 | Detects win.chthonic.)
rule win_chthonic_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.chthonic."
        info = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
        tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0"
        signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.chthonic"
        malpedia_rule_date = "20260422"
        malpedia_hash = "a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14"
        malpedia_version = "20260504"
        malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"

    /* DISCLAIMER
     * The strings used in this rule have been automatically selected from the
     * disassembly of memory dumps and unpacked files, using YARA-Signator.
     * The code and documentation is published here:
     * https://github.com/fxb-cocacoding/yara-signator
     * As Malpedia is used as data source, please note that for a given
     * number of families, only single samples are documented.
     * This likely impacts the degree of generalization these rules will offer.
     * Take the described generation method also into consideration when you
     * apply the rules in your use cases and assign them confidence levels.
     */


    strings:
        $sequence_0 = { 5f c1ee1f e9???????? 8b041a 8bc8 83c204 }
            // n = 6, score = 600
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi
            //   c1ee1f               | shr                 esi, 0x1f
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   8b041a               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [edx + ebx]
            //   8bc8                 | mov                 ecx, eax
            //   83c204               | add                 edx, 4

        $sequence_1 = { 53 ff7510 ff7508 e8???????? 85c0 7502 b301 }
            // n = 7, score = 600
            //   53                   | push                ebx
            //   ff7510               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 0x10]
            //   ff7508               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 8]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   7502                 | jne                 4
            //   b301                 | mov                 bl, 1

        $sequence_2 = { 3bc3 7cf4 33f6 33d2 8bc6 f77514 }
            // n = 6, score = 600
            //   3bc3                 | cmp                 eax, ebx
            //   7cf4                 | jl                  0xfffffff6
            //   33f6                 | xor                 esi, esi
            //   33d2                 | xor                 edx, edx
            //   8bc6                 | mov                 eax, esi
            //   f77514               | div                 dword ptr [ebp + 0x14]

        $sequence_3 = { 81e1ff00ff00 0bc1 89470c 5f }
            // n = 4, score = 600
            //   81e1ff00ff00         | and                 ecx, 0xff00ff
            //   0bc1                 | or                  eax, ecx
            //   89470c               | mov                 dword ptr [edi + 0xc], eax
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi

        $sequence_4 = { 894dfc 85ff 7459 4f 8bf0 }
            // n = 5, score = 600
            //   894dfc               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], ecx
            //   85ff                 | test                edi, edi
            //   7459                 | je                  0x5b
            //   4f                   | dec                 edi
            //   8bf0                 | mov                 esi, eax

        $sequence_5 = { ff45f4 ff4dfc 75ec 894df4 e9???????? 8b041a }
            // n = 6, score = 600
            //   ff45f4               | inc                 dword ptr [ebp - 0xc]
            //   ff4dfc               | dec                 dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   75ec                 | jne                 0xffffffee
            //   894df4               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0xc], ecx
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   8b041a               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [edx + ebx]

        $sequence_6 = { c1c108 81e1ff00ff00 0bc1 89470c }
            // n = 4, score = 600
            //   c1c108               | rol                 ecx, 8
            //   81e1ff00ff00         | and                 ecx, 0xff00ff
            //   0bc1                 | or                  eax, ecx
            //   89470c               | mov                 dword ptr [edi + 0xc], eax

        $sequence_7 = { eb00 85ff 0f84bd000000 4f 8bf0 }
            // n = 5, score = 600
            //   eb00                 | jmp                 2
            //   85ff                 | test                edi, edi
            //   0f84bd000000         | je                  0xc3
            //   4f                   | dec                 edi
            //   8bf0                 | mov                 esi, eax

        $sequence_8 = { 83fe02 0f850d010000 8b4df0 eb00 894df8 85ff 0f84e7000000 }
            // n = 7, score = 600
            //   83fe02               | cmp                 esi, 2
            //   0f850d010000         | jne                 0x113
            //   8b4df0               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x10]
            //   eb00                 | jmp                 2
            //   894df8               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 8], ecx
            //   85ff                 | test                edi, edi
            //   0f84e7000000         | je                  0xed

        $sequence_9 = { ff751c ff7518 ff7514 53 ff7510 ff7508 e8???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 600
            //   ff751c               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 0x1c]
            //   ff7518               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 0x18]
            //   ff7514               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 0x14]
            //   53                   | push                ebx
            //   ff7510               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 0x10]
            //   ff7508               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 8]
            //   e8????????           |                     

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 425984
}
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