SYMBOLCOMMON_NAMEaka. SYNONYMS
win.cryptbot (Back to overview)

CryptBot

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A typical infostealer, capable of obtaining credentials for browsers, crypto currency wallets, browser cookies, credit cards, and creates screenshots of the infected system. All stolen data is bundled into a zip-file that is uploaded to the c2.

References
2024-12-30 ⋅ Intrinsec ⋅ CTI Intrinsec
CryptBot: Hunting for initial access vectors
CryptBot Lumma Stealer PrivateLoader
2024-12-10 ⋅ Patreon (OALABS) ⋅ Sergei Frankoff
Live Stream VOD: The Many Faces of CryptBot (Paywall)
CryptBot
2024-12-06 ⋅ OALabs ⋅ Sergei Frankoff
CryptBot Evolution Tracking the many iterations of this stealer
CryptBot
2024-11-18 ⋅ TEHTRIS ⋅ TEHTRIS
Cryptbot downloader: A deep cryptanalysis
CryptBot
2024-09-10 ⋅ Intezer ⋅ Joakim Kennedy, Ryan Robinson
There's Something About CryptBot: Yet Another Silly Stealer (YASS)
CryptBot
2024-08-22 ⋅ Mandiant ⋅ Aaron Lee, Praveeth DSouza
PEAKLIGHT: Decoding the Stealthy Memory-Only Malware
CryptBot Emmenhtal HijackLoader Lumma Stealer
2023-04-26 ⋅ United States District Court (Southern District of New York) ⋅ Google
CryptBot complaint against Zubair Saeed, Raheel Arshad and Mohammad Rasheed Siddiqui
CryptBot
2023-04-13 ⋅ Google ⋅ Google Threat Analysis Group, Mike Trinh, Pierre-Marc Bureau
Continuing our work to hold cybercriminal ecosystems accountable
CryptBot
2023-03-16 ⋅ OALabs ⋅ Sergei Frankoff
CryptBot
CryptBot
2023-01-26 ⋅ ANY.RUN ⋅ ANY.RUN
CryptBot Infostealer: Malware Analysis
CryptBot
2022-11-29 ⋅ Mandiant ⋅ Doug Bienstock, Luke Jenkins, Parnian Najafi, Sarah Hawley
Suspected Russian Activity Targeting Government and Business Entities Around the Globe
CEELOADER CryptBot
2022-08-08 ⋅ Medium CSIS Techblog ⋅ Benoît Ancel
An inside view of domain anonymization as-a-service — the BraZZZerSFF infrastructure
Riltok magecart Anubis Azorult BetaBot Buer CoalaBot CryptBot DiamondFox DreamBot GCleaner ISFB Loki Password Stealer (PWS) MedusaLocker MeguminTrojan Nemty PsiX RedLine Stealer SmokeLoader STOP TinyNuke Vidar Zloader
2022-06-28 ⋅ AhnLab ⋅ ASEC
New Info-stealer Disguised as Crack Being Distributed
ClipBanker CryptBot Raccoon RedLine Stealer
2022-06-02 ⋅ Mandiant ⋅ Mandiant
TRENDING EVIL Q2 2022
CloudEyE Cobalt Strike CryptBot Emotet IsaacWiper QakBot
2022-03-16 ⋅ FR3D.HK ⋅ Fred HK
CryptBot - Too good to be true
CryptBot
2022-03-10 ⋅ Blackberry ⋅ The BlackBerry Research & Intelligence Team
Threat Thursday: CryptBot Infostealer Masquerades as Cracked Software
CryptBot
2022-02-21 ⋅ AhnLab ⋅ AhnLab ASEC Analysis Team
Modified CryptBot Infostealer Being Distributed
CryptBot
2022-02-21 ⋅ Bleeping Computer ⋅ Bill Toulas
Revamped CryptBot malware spread by pirated software sites
CryptBot
2022-02-18 ⋅ AhnLab ⋅ ASEC Analysis Team
PseudoManuscrypt Being Distributed in the Same Method as Cryptbot
CryptBot PseudoManuscrypt
2021-12-06 ⋅ Mandiant ⋅ Ashraf Abdalhalim, Ben Read, Doug Bienstock, Gabriella Roncone, Jonathan Leathery, Josh Madeley, Juraj Sucik, Luis Rocha, Luke Jenkins, Manfred Erjak, Marius Fodoreanu, Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART), Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC), Mitchell Clarke, Parnian Najafi, Sarah Hawley, Wojciech Ledzion
Suspected Russian Activity Targeting Government and Business Entities Around the Globe (UNC2452)
Cobalt Strike CryptBot
2021-12-04 ⋅ BleepingComputer ⋅ Bill Toulas
Malicious KMSPico installers steal your cryptocurrency wallets
CryptBot
2021-12-02 ⋅ Red Canary ⋅ Tony Lambert
KMSPico and Cryptbot: A spicy combo
CryptBot
2021-08-09 ⋅ AhnLab ⋅ ASEC Analysis Team
CryptBot Infostealer Constantly Changing and Being Distributed
CryptBot
2021-06-28 ⋅ AhnLab ⋅ AhnLab
CryptBot Info-stealer Malware Being Distributed in Different Forms
CryptBot
2020-02-06 ⋅ Gdata ⋅ Karsten Hahn
40,000 CryptBot Downloads per Day: Bitbucket Abused as Malware Slinger
CryptBot
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_cryptbot_auto (20260917 | Detects win.cryptbot.)
rule win_cryptbot_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-09-17"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.cryptbot."
        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.cryptbot"
        malpedia_rule_date = "20260916"
        malpedia_hash = "53a643781c18e08f4a50949af60172d837a0b6f6"
        malpedia_version = "20260917"
        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 = { 85c0 750e b9ca070200 e8???????? 8bc8 }
            // n = 5, score = 600
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   750e                 | jne                 0x10
            //   b9ca070200           | mov                 ecx, 0x207ca
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8bc8                 | mov                 ecx, eax

        $sequence_1 = { 895804 e8???????? c74004d0070000 e9???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 600
            //   895804               | mov                 dword ptr [eax + 4], ebx
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   c74004d0070000       | mov                 dword ptr [eax + 4], 0x7d0
            //   e9????????           |                     

        $sequence_2 = { 33c0 eb0a b917d90000 e8???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 600
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax
            //   eb0a                 | jmp                 0xc
            //   b917d90000           | mov                 ecx, 0xd917
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_3 = { 84c0 7514 b800000002 e9???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 600
            //   84c0                 | test                al, al
            //   7514                 | jne                 0x16
            //   b800000002           | mov                 eax, 0x2000000
            //   e9????????           |                     

        $sequence_4 = { 85c0 740a b9491a0100 e9???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 600
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   740a                 | je                  0xc
            //   b9491a0100           | mov                 ecx, 0x11a49
            //   e9????????           |                     

        $sequence_5 = { 85f6 790e b9e2d80000 e8???????? 8907 }
            // n = 5, score = 600
            //   85f6                 | test                esi, esi
            //   790e                 | jns                 0x10
            //   b9e2d80000           | mov                 ecx, 0xd8e2
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8907                 | mov                 dword ptr [edi], eax

        $sequence_6 = { 85c0 750f b955960100 e8???????? e9???????? }
            // n = 5, score = 600
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   750f                 | jne                 0x11
            //   b955960100           | mov                 ecx, 0x19655
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   e9????????           |                     

        $sequence_7 = { 83f8ff 7407 c1e804 2401 8ad8 8ac3 }
            // n = 6, score = 600
            //   83f8ff               | cmp                 eax, -1
            //   7407                 | je                  9
            //   c1e804               | shr                 eax, 4
            //   2401                 | and                 al, 1
            //   8ad8                 | mov                 bl, al
            //   8ac3                 | mov                 al, bl

        $sequence_8 = { 7411 ffb6c4000000 6a00 50 e8???????? 83c40c 8bce }
            // n = 7, score = 400
            //   7411                 | je                  0x13
            //   ffb6c4000000         | push                dword ptr [esi + 0xc4]
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c40c               | add                 esp, 0xc
            //   8bce                 | mov                 ecx, esi

        $sequence_9 = { 7518 8b542414 83c718 8bcd }
            // n = 4, score = 400
            //   7518                 | jne                 0x1a
            //   8b542414             | mov                 edx, dword ptr [esp + 0x14]
            //   83c718               | add                 edi, 0x18
            //   8bcd                 | mov                 ecx, ebp

        $sequence_10 = { 83caff 8bcf e8???????? 83caff }
            // n = 4, score = 400
            //   83caff               | or                  edx, 0xffffffff
            //   8bcf                 | mov                 ecx, edi
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83caff               | or                  edx, 0xffffffff

        $sequence_11 = { 7424 807e4100 7404 33c0 }
            // n = 4, score = 400
            //   7424                 | je                  0x26
            //   807e4100             | cmp                 byte ptr [esi + 0x41], 0
            //   7404                 | je                  6
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax

        $sequence_12 = { 750f 8a44245c 84c0 7507 }
            // n = 4, score = 400
            //   750f                 | jne                 0x11
            //   8a44245c             | mov                 al, byte ptr [esp + 0x5c]
            //   84c0                 | test                al, al
            //   7507                 | jne                 9

        $sequence_13 = { 7510 83be9c01000000 7507 8bce }
            // n = 4, score = 400
            //   7510                 | jne                 0x12
            //   83be9c01000000       | cmp                 dword ptr [esi + 0x19c], 0
            //   7507                 | jne                 9
            //   8bce                 | mov                 ecx, esi

        $sequence_14 = { 85c0 742c 8bd6 8bcb }
            // n = 4, score = 400
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   742c                 | je                  0x2e
            //   8bd6                 | mov                 edx, esi
            //   8bcb                 | mov                 ecx, ebx

        $sequence_15 = { 741e 8b491c 8b442434 803c0800 7411 33c0 39442438 }
            // n = 7, score = 400
            //   741e                 | je                  0x20
            //   8b491c               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ecx + 0x1c]
            //   8b442434             | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x34]
            //   803c0800             | cmp                 byte ptr [eax + ecx], 0
            //   7411                 | je                  0x13
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax
            //   39442438             | cmp                 dword ptr [esp + 0x38], eax

        $sequence_16 = { 750b 8bce e8???????? 8b4c2428 }
            // n = 4, score = 400
            //   750b                 | jne                 0xd
            //   8bce                 | mov                 ecx, esi
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8b4c2428             | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x28]

        $sequence_17 = { 744e 0fb74802 83e103 3bcb }
            // n = 4, score = 400
            //   744e                 | je                  0x50
            //   0fb74802             | movzx               ecx, word ptr [eax + 2]
            //   83e103               | and                 ecx, 3
            //   3bcb                 | cmp                 ecx, ebx

        $sequence_18 = { 8b5720 8bce e8???????? 8b5724 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   8b5720               | mov                 edx, dword ptr [edi + 0x20]
            //   8bce                 | mov                 ecx, esi
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8b5724               | mov                 edx, dword ptr [edi + 0x24]

        $sequence_19 = { 8b4d18 8901 895104 e9???????? 8b4508 }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   8b4d18               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x18]
            //   8901                 | mov                 dword ptr [ecx], eax
            //   895104               | mov                 dword ptr [ecx + 4], edx
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   8b4508               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp + 8]

        $sequence_20 = { 8b4d20 894c2468 8b4d5c 894c2464 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   8b4d20               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x20]
            //   894c2468             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x68], ecx
            //   8b4d5c               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x5c]
            //   894c2464             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x64], ecx

        $sequence_21 = { 8b95acfeffff 33c0 3802 7406 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   8b95acfeffff         | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x154]
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax
            //   3802                 | cmp                 byte ptr [edx], al
            //   7406                 | je                  8

        $sequence_22 = { 8b959cfeffff 8bca 85d2 742a }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   8b959cfeffff         | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x164]
            //   8bca                 | mov                 ecx, edx
            //   85d2                 | test                edx, edx
            //   742a                 | je                  0x2c

        $sequence_23 = { 8b4d18 8b09 81c1fc030000 8b448808 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   8b4d18               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x18]
            //   8b09                 | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ecx]
            //   81c1fc030000         | add                 ecx, 0x3fc
            //   8b448808             | mov                 eax, dword ptr [eax + ecx*4 + 8]

        $sequence_24 = { 8b95a0feffff 6a00 6a00 8b08 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   8b95a0feffff         | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x160]
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   8b08                 | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [eax]

        $sequence_25 = { 8b959cfeffff 8b85acfeffff 33c9 3808 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   8b959cfeffff         | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x164]
            //   8b85acfeffff         | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x154]
            //   33c9                 | xor                 ecx, ecx
            //   3808                 | cmp                 byte ptr [eax], cl

        $sequence_26 = { 8b4d34 894c245c dd85b8fbffff dd5c2454 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   8b4d34               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x34]
            //   894c245c             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x5c], ecx
            //   dd85b8fbffff         | fld                 qword ptr [ebp - 0x448]
            //   dd5c2454             | fstp                qword ptr [esp + 0x54]

        $sequence_27 = { 8b4d18 8b09 83c101 81c1fc030000 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   8b4d18               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x18]
            //   8b09                 | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ecx]
            //   83c101               | add                 ecx, 1
            //   81c1fc030000         | add                 ecx, 0x3fc

        $sequence_28 = { 8b4d24 894c247c dd85b0fbffff dd5c2474 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   8b4d24               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x24]
            //   894c247c             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x7c], ecx
            //   dd85b0fbffff         | fld                 qword ptr [ebp - 0x450]
            //   dd5c2474             | fstp                qword ptr [esp + 0x74]

        $sequence_29 = { 8b4d34 894c2470 8b4d64 894c246c }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   8b4d34               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x34]
            //   894c2470             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x70], ecx
            //   8b4d64               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x64]
            //   894c246c             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x6c], ecx

        $sequence_30 = { 8b4d28 898d30ffffff 8b958c000000 89952cffffff }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   8b4d28               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x28]
            //   898d30ffffff         | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0xd0], ecx
            //   8b958c000000         | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x8c]
            //   89952cffffff         | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0xd4], edx

        $sequence_31 = { 8b958cfeffff 2bc2 8bb5a0feffff 03f0 8a02 }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   8b958cfeffff         | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x174]
            //   2bc2                 | sub                 eax, edx
            //   8bb5a0feffff         | mov                 esi, dword ptr [ebp - 0x160]
            //   03f0                 | add                 esi, eax
            //   8a02                 | mov                 al, byte ptr [edx]

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 17138688
}
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