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win.dustman (Back to overview)

DUSTMAN

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In 2019, multiple destructive attacks were observed targeting entities within the Middle East. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), a part of the National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA), detected a new malware named "DUSTMAN" that was detonated on December 29, 2019. Based on analyzed evidence and artifacts found on machines in a victim’s network that were not wiped by the malware. NCSC assess that the threat actor behind the attack had some kind of urgency on executing the files on the date of the attack due to multiple OPSEC failures observed on the infected network. NCSC is calling the malware used in this attack "DUSTMAN" after the filename and string embedded in the malware. "DUSTMAN" can be considered as a new variant of "ZeroCleare" malware,
published in December 2019.

References
2022-09-26CrowdStrikeIoan Iacob, Iulian Madalin Ionita
The Anatomy of Wiper Malware, Part 3: Input/Output Controls
CaddyWiper DEADWOOD DistTrack DoubleZero DUSTMAN HermeticWiper IsaacWiper Meteor Petya Sierra(Alfa,Bravo, ...) StoneDrill WhisperGate ZeroCleare
2022-08-12CrowdStrikeIoan Iacob, Iulian Madalin Ionita
The Anatomy of Wiper Malware, Part 1: Common Techniques
Apostle CaddyWiper DEADWOOD DistTrack DoubleZero DUSTMAN HermeticWiper IsaacWiper IsraBye KillDisk Meteor Olympic Destroyer Ordinypt Petya Sierra(Alfa,Bravo, ...) StoneDrill WhisperGate ZeroCleare
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
2020-01-20The Vault Bloghfiref0x
Dustman APT: Art of Copy-Paste
DUSTMAN
2020-01-04Twitter (@Irfan_Asrar)Irfan Asrar
Tweet on Dustman
DUSTMAN
2019-01-01LinkedIn Irfan AsrarIrfan Asrar
Destructive Attack "Dustman" Technical Report
DUSTMAN
2019-01-01Saudi Arabia CNASaudi Arabia CNA
Destructive Attack “DUSTMAN” Technical Report
DUSTMAN
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_dustman_auto (20241030 | Detects win.dustman.)
rule win_dustman_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2024-10-31"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.dustman."
        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.dustman"
        malpedia_rule_date = "20241030"
        malpedia_hash = "26e26953c49c8efafbf72a38076855d578e0a2e4"
        malpedia_version = "20241030"
        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 = { 88480a 488b4c2458 0fb60c08 88480b }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   88480a               | jmp                 0x123e
            //   488b4c2458           | dec                 eax
            //   0fb60c08             | lea                 edi, [0x11180]
            //   88480b               | jmp                 0x123e

        $sequence_1 = { eb1e 488bc3 498784f6a0c70100 4885c0 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   eb1e                 | dec                 eax
            //   488bc3               | mov                 ecx, edx
            //   498784f6a0c70100     | dec                 ecx
            //   4885c0               | sub                 ecx, edx

        $sequence_2 = { 488b8dd8000000 0fb60c01 88483b 488b8de0000000 0fb60c01 }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   488b8dd8000000       | dec                 eax
            //   0fb60c01             | lea                 ecx, [esp + 0x30]
            //   88483b               | mov                 edx, eax
            //   488b8de0000000       | jne                 0x1cf
            //   0fb60c01             | je                  0x1c7

        $sequence_3 = { 4c0bd0 0fb68523020000 48c1e018 4c0bd0 0fb68524020000 48c1e020 4c0bd0 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   4c0bd0               | dec                 eax
            //   0fb68523020000       | lea                 edx, [0x1620d]
            //   48c1e018             | dec                 ebx
            //   4c0bd0               | lea                 ebx, [esi + esi]
            //   0fb68524020000       | dec                 esp
            //   48c1e020             | mov                 dword ptr [edi + 0x10], esi
            //   4c0bd0               | dec                 esp

        $sequence_4 = { 48898d88000000 488bca 492bca 4c8d9dd2010000 4903cb 48898d90000000 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   48898d88000000       | dec                 ecx
            //   488bca               | mov                 ecx, edi
            //   492bca               | dec                 eax
            //   4c8d9dd2010000       | lea                 edi, [0x158d0]
            //   4903cb               | jmp                 0xf8e
            //   48898d90000000       | dec                 eax

        $sequence_5 = { 8bf2 4c8d0da5830000 488be9 4c8d0593830000 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   8bf2                 | dec                 esp
            //   4c8d0da5830000       | or                  edx, eax
            //   488be9               | movzx               eax, byte ptr [ebp + 0x226]
            //   4c8d0593830000       | dec                 eax

        $sequence_6 = { 488bca 492bca 488db5a2010000 4803f1 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   488bca               | dec                 eax
            //   492bca               | test                ecx, ecx
            //   488db5a2010000       | je                  0x30
            //   4803f1               | dec                 eax

        $sequence_7 = { 488bd8 4883eb02 7826 488bfb }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   488bd8               | lea                 ebx, [ebp + 0x1cd]
            //   4883eb02             | dec                 eax
            //   7826                 | mov                 dword ptr [ebp + 0x68], ecx
            //   488bfb               | dec                 eax

        $sequence_8 = { 884831 488b8d90000000 0fb60c01 884832 488b8d98000000 0fb60c01 884833 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   884831               | vsubsd              xmm1, xmm1, xmm2
            //   488b8d90000000       | vmulsd              xmm1, xmm1, qword ptr [ecx + eax*8]
            //   0fb60c01             | jb                  0x1d1
            //   884832               | dec                 eax
            //   488b8d98000000       | shr                 eax, 0x2c
            //   0fb60c01             | dec                 esp
            //   884833               | lea                 ecx, [0x8814]

        $sequence_9 = { 48894d78 488bca 492bca 4c8d9dd0010000 4903cb }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   48894d78             | dec                 esp
            //   488bca               | lea                 ebx, [ebp + 0x1d3]
            //   492bca               | dec                 ecx
            //   4c8d9dd0010000       | add                 ecx, ebx
            //   4903cb               | dec                 eax

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 368640
}
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