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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 (20251219 | Detects win.chthonic.)
rule win_chthonic_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-01-05"
        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 = "20260105"
        malpedia_hash = "19b79e7cab4eaf532122e5b45a77dd8f6bb5cc79"
        malpedia_version = "20251219"
        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 = { 8bcf d3ee 83e601 eb00 8b4df8 }
            // n = 5, score = 600
            //   8bcf                 | mov                 ecx, edi
            //   d3ee                 | shr                 esi, cl
            //   83e601               | and                 esi, 1
            //   eb00                 | jmp                 2
            //   8b4df8               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 8]

        $sequence_1 = { 0f850d010000 8b4df0 eb00 894df8 }
            // n = 4, score = 600
            //   0f850d010000         | jne                 0x113
            //   8b4df0               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x10]
            //   eb00                 | jmp                 2
            //   894df8               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 8], ecx

        $sequence_2 = { 8a08 32ca 80e17f 8808 b001 c3 8b442404 }
            // n = 7, score = 600
            //   8a08                 | mov                 cl, byte ptr [eax]
            //   32ca                 | xor                 cl, dl
            //   80e17f               | and                 cl, 0x7f
            //   8808                 | mov                 byte ptr [eax], cl
            //   b001                 | mov                 al, 1
            //   c3                   | ret                 
            //   8b442404             | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 4]

        $sequence_3 = { 74cf 8345fc02 b9000d0000 3b4df8 1bc9 f7d9 014dfc }
            // n = 7, score = 600
            //   74cf                 | je                  0xffffffd1
            //   8345fc02             | add                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], 2
            //   b9000d0000           | mov                 ecx, 0xd00
            //   3b4df8               | cmp                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 8]
            //   1bc9                 | sbb                 ecx, ecx
            //   f7d9                 | neg                 ecx
            //   014dfc               | add                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], ecx

        $sequence_4 = { 894df0 e9???????? 8b4514 8b4df4 8908 33c0 3b550c }
            // n = 7, score = 600
            //   894df0               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x10], ecx
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   8b4514               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x14]
            //   8b4df4               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0xc]
            //   8908                 | mov                 dword ptr [eax], ecx
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax
            //   3b550c               | cmp                 edx, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc]

        $sequence_5 = { 5f c1ee1f e9???????? 8b041a 6a1f 8bf0 }
            // n = 6, score = 600
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi
            //   c1ee1f               | shr                 esi, 0x1f
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   8b041a               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [edx + ebx]
            //   6a1f                 | push                0x1f
            //   8bf0                 | mov                 esi, eax

        $sequence_6 = { 80e17f 8808 b001 c3 8b442404 }
            // n = 5, score = 600
            //   80e17f               | and                 cl, 0x7f
            //   8808                 | mov                 byte ptr [eax], cl
            //   b001                 | mov                 al, 1
            //   c3                   | ret                 
            //   8b442404             | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 4]

        $sequence_7 = { e9???????? 8b041a 6a1f 8bf0 83c204 5f }
            // n = 6, score = 600
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   8b041a               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [edx + ebx]
            //   6a1f                 | push                0x1f
            //   8bf0                 | mov                 esi, eax
            //   83c204               | add                 edx, 4
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi

        $sequence_8 = { 7cf4 33f6 33d2 8bc6 f77514 8b4510 8d8cb5fcfbffff }
            // n = 7, score = 600
            //   7cf4                 | jl                  0xfffffff6
            //   33f6                 | xor                 esi, esi
            //   33d2                 | xor                 edx, edx
            //   8bc6                 | mov                 eax, esi
            //   f77514               | div                 dword ptr [ebp + 0x14]
            //   8b4510               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10]
            //   8d8cb5fcfbffff       | lea                 ecx, [ebp + esi*4 - 0x404]

        $sequence_9 = { 3b550c 5f 5e 0f94c0 5b c9 c3 }
            // n = 7, score = 600
            //   3b550c               | cmp                 edx, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc]
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi
            //   5e                   | pop                 esi
            //   0f94c0               | sete                al
            //   5b                   | pop                 ebx
            //   c9                   | leave               
            //   c3                   | ret                 

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 425984
}
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