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win.kerrdown (Back to overview)

KerrDown

Actor(s): APT32

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References
2021-02-24Amnesty InternationalAmnesty International
Click and Bait: Vietnamese Human Rights Defenders Targeted with Spyware Attacks
KerrDown
2021-02-24Github (AmnestyTech)Amnesty International
Overview of Ocean Lotus Samples used to target Vietnamese Human Rights Defenders
OceanLotus Cobalt Strike KerrDown
2021-02-23CrowdStrikeCrowdStrike
2021 Global Threat Report
RansomEXX Amadey Anchor Avaddon BazarBackdoor Clop Cobalt Strike Conti Cutwail DanaBot DarkSide DoppelPaymer Dridex Egregor Emotet Hakbit IcedID JSOutProx KerrDown LockBit Mailto Maze MedusaLocker Mespinoza Mount Locker NedDnLoader Nemty Pay2Key PlugX Pushdo PwndLocker PyXie QakBot Quasar RAT RagnarLocker Ragnarok RansomEXX REvil Ryuk Sekhmet ShadowPad SmokeLoader Snake SUNBURST SunCrypt TEARDROP TrickBot WastedLocker Winnti Zloader Evilnum OUTLAW SPIDER RIDDLE SPIDER SOLAR SPIDER VIKING SPIDER
2020-11-10Recorded FutureInsikt GroupĀ®
New APT32 Malware Campaign Targets Cambodian Government
KerrDown METALJACK SOUNDBITE
2020-11-06VolexitySteven Adair, Thomas Lancaster, Volexity Threat Research
OceanLotus: Extending Cyber Espionage Operations Through Fake Websites
Cobalt Strike KerrDown APT32
2020-03-04CrowdStrikeCrowdStrike
2020 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report
MESSAGETAP More_eggs 8.t Dropper Anchor BabyShark BadNews Clop Cobalt Strike CobInt Cobra Carbon System Cutwail DanaBot Dharma DoppelDridex DoppelPaymer Dridex Emotet FlawedAmmyy FriedEx Gandcrab Get2 IcedID ISFB KerrDown LightNeuron LockerGoga Maze MECHANICAL Necurs Nokki Outlook Backdoor Phobos Predator The Thief QakBot REvil RobinHood Ryuk SDBbot Skipper SmokeLoader TerraRecon TerraStealer TerraTV TinyLoader TrickBot Vidar Winnti ANTHROPOID SPIDER APT23 APT31 APT39 APT40 BlackTech BuhTrap Charming Kitten CLOCKWORK SPIDER DOPPEL SPIDER FIN7 Gamaredon Group GOBLIN PANDA MONTY SPIDER MUSTANG PANDA NARWHAL SPIDER NOCTURNAL SPIDER PINCHY SPIDER SALTY SPIDER SCULLY SPIDER SMOKY SPIDER Thrip VENOM SPIDER VICEROY TIGER
2020-02-13QianxinQi 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
2020-01-01SecureworksSecureWorks
TIN WOODLAWN
Cobalt Strike KerrDown MimiKatz PHOREAL RatSnif Remy SOUNDBITE APT32
2019-05-31TradaHackingm4n0w4r
Thưởng tįŗæt….
KerrDown
2019-03-24One Night in NorfolkKevin Perlow
JEShell: An OceanLotus (APT32) Backdoor
Cobalt Strike KerrDown
2019-02-02CyStackBach Nguyen
Word-based Malware Attack
KerrDown
2019-02-01Palo Alto Networks Unit 42Kaoru Hayashi, Vicky Ray
Tracking OceanLotus’ new Downloader, KerrDown
KerrDown
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_kerrdown_auto (20260504 | Detects win.kerrdown.)
rule win_kerrdown_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.kerrdown."
        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.kerrdown"
        malpedia_rule_date = "20260422"
        malpedia_hash = "a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14"
        malpedia_version = "20260504"
        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 = { 83feff 7438 6a00 8d45f8 50 68004a0000 68???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   83feff               | cmp                 esi, -1
            //   7438                 | je                  0x3a
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   8d45f8               | lea                 eax, [ebp - 8]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   68004a0000           | push                0x4a00
            //   68????????           |                     

        $sequence_1 = { e8???????? 8b3d???????? 8b0d???????? 85f6 743f }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8b3d????????         |                     
            //   8b0d????????         |                     
            //   85f6                 | test                esi, esi
            //   743f                 | je                  0x41

        $sequence_2 = { f3a5 68???????? 66a5 ff15???????? 5f 85c0 7543 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   f3a5                 | rep movsd           dword ptr es:[edi], dword ptr [esi]
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   66a5                 | movsw               word ptr es:[edi], word ptr [esi]
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   7543                 | jne                 0x45

        $sequence_3 = { ff15???????? e8???????? 8d4c2404 e8???????? 83ec18 }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8d4c2404             | lea                 ecx, [esp + 4]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83ec18               | sub                 esp, 0x18

        $sequence_4 = { 8d45f8 50 68004a0000 68???????? 56 ff15???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   8d45f8               | lea                 eax, [ebp - 8]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   68004a0000           | push                0x4a00
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_5 = { 8a441de8 83ec08 8845ec 8d45ec 50 }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   8a441de8             | mov                 al, byte ptr [ebp + ebx - 0x18]
            //   83ec08               | sub                 esp, 8
            //   8845ec               | mov                 byte ptr [ebp - 0x14], al
            //   8d45ec               | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0x14]
            //   50                   | push                eax

        $sequence_6 = { c745fc00000000 ff7518 6a00 ff15???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   c745fc00000000       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], 0
            //   ff7518               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 0x18]
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_7 = { 0f848f000000 33c0 83f804 0f83a2000000 c64405e800 40 }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   0f848f000000         | je                  0x95
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax
            //   83f804               | cmp                 eax, 4
            //   0f83a2000000         | jae                 0xa8
            //   c64405e800           | mov                 byte ptr [ebp + eax - 0x18], 0
            //   40                   | inc                 eax

        $sequence_8 = { ddd8 db2d???????? b802000000 833d????????00 0f85400a0000 }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   ddd8                 | fstp                st(0)
            //   db2d????????         |                     
            //   b802000000           | mov                 eax, 2
            //   833d????????00       |                     
            //   0f85400a0000         | jne                 0xa46

        $sequence_9 = { 68???????? 56 ff15???????? 56 ff15???????? 6a01 68???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   6a01                 | push                1
            //   68????????           |                     

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 278528
}
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