SYMBOLCOMMON_NAMEaka. SYNONYMS
win.cotx (Back to overview)

Cotx RAT

Actor(s): TA428

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References
2022-08-08KasperskyKaspersky Lab ICS CERT
Targeted attack on industrial enterprises and public institutions
Cotx RAT Logtu nccTrojan PortDoor
2021-11-17Trend MicroAbdelrhman Sharshar, Mohamed Fahmy, Ryan Maglaque, Sherif Magdy
Analyzing ProxyShell-related Incidents via Trend Micro Managed XDR
Cobalt Strike Cotx RAT
2021-04-02Dr.WebDr.Web
Study of targeted attacks on Russian research institutes
Cotx RAT Ghost RAT TA428
2021-02-28PWC UKPWC UK
Cyber Threats 2020: A Year in Retrospect
elf.wellmess FlowerPower PowGoop 8.t Dropper Agent.BTZ Agent Tesla Appleseed Ave Maria Bankshot BazarBackdoor BLINDINGCAN Chinoxy Conti Cotx RAT Crimson RAT DUSTMAN Emotet FriedEx FunnyDream Hakbit Mailto Maze METALJACK Nefilim Oblique RAT Pay2Key PlugX QakBot REvil Ryuk StoneDrill StrongPity SUNBURST SUPERNOVA TrickBot TurlaRPC Turla SilentMoon WastedLocker WellMess Winnti ZeroCleare APT10 APT23 APT27 APT31 APT41 BlackTech BRONZE EDGEWOOD Inception Framework MUSTANG PANDA Red Charon Red Nue Sea Turtle Tonto Team
2021-01-08Youtube (Virus Bulletin)Fumio Ozawa, Rintaro Koike, Shogo Hayashi
Operation LagTime IT: colourful Panda footprint
Cotx RAT nccTrojan Poison Ivy Tmanger TA428
2020-09-30NTT SecurityFumio Ozawa, Rintaro Koike, Shogo Hayashi
Operation LagTime IT: colourful Panda footprint
Cotx RAT nccTrojan Poison Ivy Tmanger
2020-09-30NTT SecurityFumio Ozawa, Rintaro Koike, Shogo Hayashi
Operation LagTime IT: colourful Panda footprint (Slides)
Cotx RAT nccTrojan Poison Ivy Tmanger
2020-08-28NTTFumio Ozawa, Rintaro Koike, Shogo Hayashi
Operation Lagtime IT: Colourful Panda Footprint
Cotx RAT Poison Ivy TA428
2020-08-19NTT SecurityFumio Ozawa, Rintaro Koike, Shogo Hayashi
Operation LagTime IT: Colorful Panda Footprint
8.t Dropper Cotx RAT Poison Ivy TA428
2020-01-29nao_sec blognao_sec
An Overhead View of the Royal Road
BLACKCOFFEE Cotx RAT Datper DDKONG Derusbi Icefog Korlia NewCore RAT PLAINTEE Poison Ivy Sisfader
2019-07-23ProofpointDennis Schwarz, Michael Raggi, Proofpoint Threat Insight Team
Chinese APT “Operation LagTime IT” Targets Government Information Technology Agencies in Eastern Asia
8.t Dropper Cotx RAT Poison Ivy TA428
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_cotx_auto (20251219 | Detects win.cotx.)
rule win_cotx_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-01-05"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.cotx."
        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.cotx"
        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 = { 83c40c 8d45e0 50 ff15???????? 0fb745ee }
            // n = 5, score = 500
            //   83c40c               | add                 esp, 0xc
            //   8d45e0               | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0x20]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   0fb745ee             | movzx               eax, word ptr [ebp - 0x12]

        $sequence_1 = { c705????????69e053a4 c705????????120d934e c705????????b0b65443 c705????????4df9e511 c705????????0e9a3f4b }
            // n = 5, score = 500
            //   c705????????69e053a4     |     
            //   c705????????120d934e     |     
            //   c705????????b0b65443     |     
            //   c705????????4df9e511     |     
            //   c705????????0e9a3f4b     |     

        $sequence_2 = { 83e103 f3a4 8dbd98faffff 4f }
            // n = 4, score = 500
            //   83e103               | and                 ecx, 3
            //   f3a4                 | rep movsb           byte ptr es:[edi], byte ptr [esi]
            //   8dbd98faffff         | lea                 edi, [ebp - 0x568]
            //   4f                   | dec                 edi

        $sequence_3 = { c705????????9cb95b4c c705????????2d494a94 c705????????8db133d4 c705????????8e220b1d c705????????6825794d c705????????4506ce62 }
            // n = 6, score = 500
            //   c705????????9cb95b4c     |     
            //   c705????????2d494a94     |     
            //   c705????????8db133d4     |     
            //   c705????????8e220b1d     |     
            //   c705????????6825794d     |     
            //   c705????????4506ce62     |     

        $sequence_4 = { 8d85bcf3ffff 50 ff15???????? 8bf0 }
            // n = 4, score = 500
            //   8d85bcf3ffff         | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0xc44]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   8bf0                 | mov                 esi, eax

        $sequence_5 = { c705????????f0e91f15 c705????????9cb95b4c c705????????2d494a94 c705????????8db133d4 c705????????8e220b1d }
            // n = 5, score = 500
            //   c705????????f0e91f15     |     
            //   c705????????9cb95b4c     |     
            //   c705????????2d494a94     |     
            //   c705????????8db133d4     |     
            //   c705????????8e220b1d     |     

        $sequence_6 = { 68???????? 56 e8???????? 6800f00000 81c690ef0000 68???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 500
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   6800f00000           | push                0xf000
            //   81c690ef0000         | add                 esi, 0xef90
            //   68????????           |                     

        $sequence_7 = { c785b8faffff39313044 c1e902 f3a5 8bca }
            // n = 4, score = 500
            //   c785b8faffff39313044     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x548], 0x44303139
            //   c1e902               | shr                 ecx, 2
            //   f3a5                 | rep movsd           dword ptr es:[edi], dword ptr [esi]
            //   8bca                 | mov                 ecx, edx

        $sequence_8 = { 6800040000 8d8598f6ffff 6a00 50 e8???????? 83c40c 8d8598feffff }
            // n = 7, score = 500
            //   6800040000           | push                0x400
            //   8d8598f6ffff         | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0x968]
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c40c               | add                 esp, 0xc
            //   8d8598feffff         | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0x168]

        $sequence_9 = { e8???????? 6890ef0000 8d7760 68???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 500
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   6890ef0000           | push                0xef90
            //   8d7760               | lea                 esi, [edi + 0x60]
            //   68????????           |                     

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 1171456
}
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