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LimeRAT

Actor(s): APT-C-36

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## Description
Simple yet powerful RAT for Windows machines. This project is simple and easy to understand, It should give you a general knowledge about dotNET malwares and how it behaves.

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## Main Features

- **.NET**
- Coded in Visual Basic .NET, Client required framework 2.0 or 4.0 dependency, And server is 4.0
- **Connection**
- Using pastebin.com as ip:port , Instead of noip.com DNS. And Also using multi-ports
- **Plugin**
- Using plugin system to decrease stub's size and lower the AV detection
- **Encryption**
- The communication between server & client is encrypted with AES
- **Spreading**
- Infecting all files and folders on USB drivers
- **Bypass**
- Low AV detection and undetected startup method
- **Lightweight**
- Payload size is about 25 KB
- **Anti Virtual Machines**
- Uninstall itself if the machine is virtual to avoid scanning or analyzing
- **Ransomware**
- Encrypting files on all HHD and USB with .Lime extension
- **XMR Miner**
- High performance Monero CPU miner with user idle\active optimizations
- **DDoS**
- Creating a powerful DDOS attack to make an online service unavailable
- **Crypto Stealer**
- Stealing Cryptocurrency sensitive data
- **Screen-Locker**
- Prevents user from accessing their Windows GUI
- **And more**
- On Connect Auto Task
- Force enable Windows RDP
- Persistence
- File manager
- Passowrds stealer
- Remote desktop
- Bitcoin grabber
- Downloader
- Keylogger

References
2023-03-28 ⋅ ANY.RUN ⋅ ANY.RUN
LimeRAT Malware Analysis: Extracting the Config
LimeRAT
2023-01-01 ⋅ ThreatMon ⋅ Seyit Sigirci (@h3xecute), ThreatMon Malware Research Team
APT Blind Eagles Malware Arsenal Technical Analysis
LimeRAT
2022-12-12 ⋅ Felipe Tarijon ⋅ Felipe Tarijon
LimeRAT Malware Is Used For Targeting Unskilled Threat Actors
LimeRAT
2022-07-13 ⋅ Trellix ⋅ Mohsin Dalla, Sushant Kumar Arya
Targeted Attack on Government Agencies
AsyncRAT LimeRAT
2022-05-19 ⋅ Blackberry ⋅ The BlackBerry Research & Intelligence Team
.NET Stubs: Sowing the Seeds of Discord (PureCrypter)
Aberebot AbstractEmu AdoBot 404 Keylogger Agent Tesla Amadey AsyncRAT Ave Maria BitRAT BluStealer Formbook LimeRAT Loki Password Stealer (PWS) Nanocore RAT Orcus RAT Quasar RAT Raccoon RedLine Stealer WhisperGate
2022-04-05 ⋅ Cisco Talos ⋅ Alex Karkins, Edmund Brumaghin
Threat Spotlight: AsyncRAT campaigns feature new version of 3LOSH crypter
AsyncRAT LimeRAT
2021-10-26 ⋅ Kaspersky ⋅ Kaspersky Lab ICS CERT
APT attacks on industrial organizations in H1 2021
8.t Dropper AllaKore AsyncRAT GoldMax LimeRAT NjRAT NoxPlayer Raindrop ReverseRAT ShadowPad Zebrocy
2021-09-20 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Aliakbar Zahravi, William Gamazo Sanchez
Water Basilisk Uses New HCrypt Variant to Flood Victims with RAT Payloads
Ave Maria BitRAT LimeRAT Nanocore RAT NjRAT Quasar RAT
2021-09-13 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Daniel Lunghi, Jaromír Hořejší
APT-C-36 Updates Its Spam Campaign Against South American Entities With Commodity RATs (IOCs)
AsyncRAT Ave Maria BitRAT Imminent Monitor RAT LimeRAT NjRAT Remcos
2021-09-13 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Daniel Lunghi, Jaromír Hořejší
APT-C-36 Updates Its Spam Campaign Against South American Entities With Commodity RATs
AsyncRAT Ave Maria BitRAT Imminent Monitor RAT LimeRAT NjRAT Remcos
2021-05-17 ⋅ Lab52 ⋅ Th3spis
Literature lover targeting Colombia with LimeRAT
LimeRAT
2021-03-16 ⋅ Morphisec ⋅ Nadav Lorber
Tracking HCrypt: An Active Crypter as a Service
AsyncRAT LimeRAT Remcos
2020-10-05 ⋅ Juniper ⋅ Paul Kimayong
New pastebin-like service used in multiple malware campaigns
Agent Tesla LimeRAT RedLine Stealer
2020-01-31 ⋅ ReversingLabs ⋅ Robert Simmons
RATs in the Library: Remote Access Trojans Hide in Plain "Public" Site
CyberGate LimeRAT NjRAT Quasar RAT Revenge RAT
2020-01-15 ⋅ Lab52 ⋅ ml10
APT-C-36 recent activity analysis
LimeRAT APT-C-36
2019-10-16 ⋅ LimeRat
LimeRat
LimeRAT
2019-06-24 ⋅ Github (NYAN-x-CAT) ⋅ NYAN-x-CAT
LimeRAT | Simple, yet powerful remote administration tool for Windows (RAT)
LimeRAT
2019-04-09 ⋅ Yoroi ⋅ Luca Mella, Luigi Martire
LimeRAT spreads in the wild
LimeRAT

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