SYMBOLCOMMON_NAMEaka. SYNONYMS
win.dnspionage (Back to overview)

DNSpionage

aka: Agent Drable, AgentDrable, Webmask

Actor(s): DNSpionage

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There is no description at this point.

References
2021-04-08 ⋅ Checkpoint ⋅ Check Point Research
Iran’s APT34 Returns with an Updated Arsenal
DNSpionage SideTwist TONEDEAF
2020-03-03 ⋅ PWC UK ⋅ PWC UK
Cyber Threats 2019:A Year in Retrospect
KevDroid MESSAGETAP magecart AndroMut Cobalt Strike CobInt Crimson RAT DNSpionage Dridex Dtrack Emotet FlawedAmmyy FlawedGrace FriedEx Gandcrab Get2 GlobeImposter Grateful POS ISFB Kazuar LockerGoga Nokki QakBot Ramnit REvil Rifdoor RokRAT Ryuk shadowhammer ShadowPad Shifu Skipper StoneDrill Stuxnet TrickBot Winnti ZeroCleare APT41 MUSTANG PANDA Sea Turtle
2020-02-13 ⋅ Qianxin ⋅ Qi Anxin Threat Intelligence Center
APT Report 2019
Chrysaor Exodus Dacls VPNFilter DNSRat Griffon KopiLuwak More_eggs SQLRat AppleJeus BONDUPDATER Agent.BTZ Anchor AndroMut AppleJeus BOOSTWRITE Brambul Carbanak Cobalt Strike Dacls DistTrack DNSpionage Dtrack ELECTRICFISH FlawedAmmyy FlawedGrace Get2 Grateful POS HOPLIGHT Imminent Monitor RAT jason Joanap KerrDown KEYMARBLE Lambert LightNeuron LoJax MiniDuke PolyglotDuke PowerRatankba Rising Sun SDBbot ServHelper Snatch Stuxnet TinyMet tRat TrickBot Volgmer X-Agent Zebrocy
2020-01-01 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ SecureWorks
COBALT EDGEWATER
DNSpionage Karkoff DNSpionage
2019-11-09 ⋅ NSFOCUS ⋅ Mina Hao
APT34 Event Analysis Report
BONDUPDATER DNSpionage
2019-11-07 ⋅ Virus Bulletin ⋅ Paul Rascagnères, Warren Mercer
DNS on FIre
DNSpionage Sea Turtle
2019-11-07 ⋅ Virus Bulletin ⋅ Paul Rascagnères, Warren Mercer
DNS on Fire
DNSpionage Sea Turtle
2019-04-23 ⋅ Marco Ramilli
APT34: webmask project
DNSpionage
2019-04-23 ⋅ Talos ⋅ Paul Rascagnères, Warren Mercer
DNSpionage brings out the Karkoff
DNSpionage Karkoff DNSpionage
2019-04-17 ⋅ Malware Reversing Blog ⋅ F-Secure Global
The Dukes: 7 Years Of Russian Cyber-Espionage
TwoFace BONDUPDATER DNSpionage
2019-02-13 ⋅ US-CERT ⋅ US-CERT
Alert (AA19-024A): DNS Infrastructure Hijacking Campaign
DNSpionage
2019-01-10 ⋅ CERT-OPMD ⋅ CERT-OPMD
[DNSPIONAGE] – Focus on internal actions
DNSpionage
2019-01-10 ⋅ FireEye ⋅ Ben Read, Muks Hirani, Sarah Jones
Global DNS Hijacking Campaign: DNS Record Manipulation at Scale
DNSpionage DNSpionage
2019-01-09 ⋅ Mandiant ⋅ Ben Read, Muks Hirani, Sarah Jones
Global DNS Hijacking Campaign: DNS Record Manipulation at Scale
DNSpionage Sea Turtle
2018-11-27 ⋅ Cisco Talos ⋅ Paul Rascagnères, Warren Mercer
DNSpionage Campaign Targets Middle East
DNSpionage DNSpionage
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_dnspionage_auto (20260917 | Detects win.dnspionage.)
rule win_dnspionage_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-09-17"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.dnspionage."
        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.dnspionage"
        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 = { 894f0c 894704 8d45f4 894708 eb02 33ff 6a10 }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   894f0c               | mov                 dword ptr [edi + 0xc], ecx
            //   894704               | mov                 dword ptr [edi + 4], eax
            //   8d45f4               | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0xc]
            //   894708               | mov                 dword ptr [edi + 8], eax
            //   eb02                 | jmp                 4
            //   33ff                 | xor                 edi, edi
            //   6a10                 | push                0x10

        $sequence_1 = { 46 84c0 75f9 2bf1 83ff10 5f }
            // n = 6, score = 300
            //   46                   | inc                 esi
            //   84c0                 | test                al, al
            //   75f9                 | jne                 0xfffffffb
            //   2bf1                 | sub                 esi, ecx
            //   83ff10               | cmp                 edi, 0x10
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi

        $sequence_2 = { 660f1f440000 8b85f8efffff 85c0 7451 3d00100000 }
            // n = 5, score = 300
            //   660f1f440000         | nop                 word ptr [eax + eax]
            //   8b85f8efffff         | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x1008]
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   7451                 | je                  0x53
            //   3d00100000           | cmp                 eax, 0x1000

        $sequence_3 = { c7470c20000000 53 ff7508 e8???????? 8bf0 }
            // n = 5, score = 300
            //   c7470c20000000       | mov                 dword ptr [edi + 0xc], 0x20
            //   53                   | push                ebx
            //   ff7508               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 8]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8bf0                 | mov                 esi, eax

        $sequence_4 = { ff33 e8???????? 8bce 8903 83c408 c1e902 897c88fc }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   ff33                 | push                dword ptr [ebx]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8bce                 | mov                 ecx, esi
            //   8903                 | mov                 dword ptr [ebx], eax
            //   83c408               | add                 esp, 8
            //   c1e902               | shr                 ecx, 2
            //   897c88fc             | mov                 dword ptr [eax + ecx*4 - 4], edi

        $sequence_5 = { 8b01 ff5010 33c0 5b }
            // n = 4, score = 300
            //   8b01                 | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ecx]
            //   ff5010               | call                dword ptr [eax + 0x10]
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax
            //   5b                   | pop                 ebx

        $sequence_6 = { 8bd7 894f20 8bcb 89470c e8???????? 85f6 7448 }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   8bd7                 | mov                 edx, edi
            //   894f20               | mov                 dword ptr [edi + 0x20], ecx
            //   8bcb                 | mov                 ecx, ebx
            //   89470c               | mov                 dword ptr [edi + 0xc], eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   85f6                 | test                esi, esi
            //   7448                 | je                  0x4a

        $sequence_7 = { 83fe03 7d13 ba03000000 2bd6 8a4340 880439 41 }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   83fe03               | cmp                 esi, 3
            //   7d13                 | jge                 0x15
            //   ba03000000           | mov                 edx, 3
            //   2bd6                 | sub                 edx, esi
            //   8a4340               | mov                 al, byte ptr [ebx + 0x40]
            //   880439               | mov                 byte ptr [ecx + edi], al
            //   41                   | inc                 ecx

        $sequence_8 = { 7905 48 83c8fc 40 7417 }
            // n = 5, score = 300
            //   7905                 | jns                 7
            //   48                   | dec                 eax
            //   83c8fc               | or                  eax, 0xfffffffc
            //   40                   | inc                 eax
            //   7417                 | je                  0x19

        $sequence_9 = { 84c9 75f9 6a00 8d4df8 2bc2 }
            // n = 5, score = 300
            //   84c9                 | test                cl, cl
            //   75f9                 | jne                 0xfffffffb
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   8d4df8               | lea                 ecx, [ebp - 8]
            //   2bc2                 | sub                 eax, edx

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 786432
}
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