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win.neutrino (Back to overview)

Neutrino

aka: Kasidet
VTCollection     URLhaus      

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References
2020-01-31Virus BulletinMichal Poslušný, Peter Kálnai
Rich Headers: leveraging this mysterious artifact of the PE format
Dridex Exaramel Industroyer Neutrino RCS Sathurbot
2019-08-21Positive TechnologiesKirill Shipulin
Finding Neutrino
Neutrino
2018-12-10BotconfJakub Souček, Jakub Tomanek, Peter Kálnai
Collecting Malicious Particles from Neutrino Botnets
Neutrino
2017-07-07SWITCH Security BlogMichael Hausding
94 .ch & .li domain names hijacked and used for drive-by
Neutrino
2017-04-03Malware BreakdownMalwareBreakdown
Shadow Server Domains Leading to RIG Exploit Kit Dropping Smoke Loader. Downloaded Neutrino Bot (AKA Kasidet).
Neutrino
2017-02-27MalwarebytesMalwarebytes Labs
New Neutrino Bot comes in a protective loader
Neutrino
2017-01-11Malwarebyteshasherezade, Jérôme Segura
Post-holiday spam campaign delivers Neutrino Bot
Neutrino
2016-01-29ZscalerNirmal Singh
Malicious Office Files Dropping Kasidet And Dridex
Neutrino
2015-09-24Trend MicroMichael Marcos, RonJay Caragay
Credit Card-Scraping Kasidet Builder Leads to Spike in Detections
Neutrino
2015-08-19Malwarebyteshasherezade
Inside Neutrino botnet builder
Neutrino
2014-06-18Malware Don't Need CoffeeKafeine
Neutrino Bot (aka MS:Win32/Kasidet)
Neutrino
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_neutrino_auto (20260504 | Detects win.neutrino.)
rule win_neutrino_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.neutrino."
        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.neutrino"
        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 = { ff15???????? c1e010 50 ff15???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 2300
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   c1e010               | shl                 eax, 0x10
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_1 = { 50 6a0b 6a07 e8???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 1600
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   6a0b                 | push                0xb
            //   6a07                 | push                7
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_2 = { 50 6a05 6a03 e8???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 1600
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   6a05                 | push                5
            //   6a03                 | push                3
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_3 = { 0404 0404 010404 0202 }
            // n = 4, score = 1500
            //   0404                 | add                 al, 4
            //   0404                 | add                 al, 4
            //   010404               | add                 dword ptr [esp + eax], eax
            //   0202                 | add                 al, byte ptr [edx]

        $sequence_4 = { 0fbe11 85d2 7502 eb02 ebb4 8b45f8 8945f4 }
            // n = 7, score = 1500
            //   0fbe11               | movsx               edx, byte ptr [ecx]
            //   85d2                 | test                edx, edx
            //   7502                 | jne                 4
            //   eb02                 | jmp                 4
            //   ebb4                 | jmp                 0xffffffb6
            //   8b45f8               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp - 8]
            //   8945f4               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0xc], eax

        $sequence_5 = { 51 8b5508 52 ff15???????? 83f8ff 7504 32c0 }
            // n = 7, score = 1500
            //   51                   | push                ecx
            //   8b5508               | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ebp + 8]
            //   52                   | push                edx
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   83f8ff               | cmp                 eax, -1
            //   7504                 | jne                 6
            //   32c0                 | xor                 al, al

        $sequence_6 = { 0fb608 51 e8???????? 83c404 0fb6d0 83fa01 7531 }
            // n = 7, score = 1500
            //   0fb608               | movzx               ecx, byte ptr [eax]
            //   51                   | push                ecx
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c404               | add                 esp, 4
            //   0fb6d0               | movzx               edx, al
            //   83fa01               | cmp                 edx, 1
            //   7531                 | jne                 0x33

        $sequence_7 = { 6a00 ff15???????? 6880000000 ff15???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 1500
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   6880000000           | push                0x80
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_8 = { 6a00 e8???????? 83c40c 0fb6c0 }
            // n = 4, score = 1500
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c40c               | add                 esp, 0xc
            //   0fb6c0               | movzx               eax, al

        $sequence_9 = { 741b 8b55fc 0fbe02 8b4df8 0fbe11 3bc2 740b }
            // n = 7, score = 1500
            //   741b                 | je                  0x1d
            //   8b55fc               | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   0fbe02               | movsx               eax, byte ptr [edx]
            //   8b4df8               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 8]
            //   0fbe11               | movsx               edx, byte ptr [ecx]
            //   3bc2                 | cmp                 eax, edx
            //   740b                 | je                  0xd

        $sequence_10 = { 020402 0404 0404 0404 0404 0404 0403 }
            // n = 7, score = 1500
            //   020402               | add                 al, byte ptr [edx + eax]
            //   0404                 | add                 al, 4
            //   0404                 | add                 al, 4
            //   0404                 | add                 al, 4
            //   0404                 | add                 al, 4
            //   0404                 | add                 al, 4
            //   0403                 | add                 al, 3

        $sequence_11 = { 894dfc 8b55f4 83c201 8955f4 ebaf 8b45f4 a3???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 1500
            //   894dfc               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], ecx
            //   8b55f4               | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0xc]
            //   83c201               | add                 edx, 1
            //   8955f4               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0xc], edx
            //   ebaf                 | jmp                 0xffffffb1
            //   8b45f4               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0xc]
            //   a3????????           |                     

        $sequence_12 = { e9???????? 6a01 ff15???????? 85c0 }
            // n = 4, score = 1500
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   6a01                 | push                1
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax

        $sequence_13 = { 85c0 7447 8b4df4 0fbe11 8b45fc 0fbe08 3bd1 }
            // n = 7, score = 1500
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   7447                 | je                  0x49
            //   8b4df4               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0xc]
            //   0fbe11               | movsx               edx, byte ptr [ecx]
            //   8b45fc               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   0fbe08               | movsx               ecx, byte ptr [eax]
            //   3bd1                 | cmp                 edx, ecx

        $sequence_14 = { 837d0800 7408 8b4508 a3???????? 8b0d???????? 894df8 eb09 }
            // n = 7, score = 1500
            //   837d0800             | cmp                 dword ptr [ebp + 8], 0
            //   7408                 | je                  0xa
            //   8b4508               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp + 8]
            //   a3????????           |                     
            //   8b0d????????         |                     
            //   894df8               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 8], ecx
            //   eb09                 | jmp                 0xb

        $sequence_15 = { 83fa01 7509 8b4508 83c001 894508 8b4dfc 3b4d14 }
            // n = 7, score = 1500
            //   83fa01               | cmp                 edx, 1
            //   7509                 | jne                 0xb
            //   8b4508               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp + 8]
            //   83c001               | add                 eax, 1
            //   894508               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp + 8], eax
            //   8b4dfc               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   3b4d14               | cmp                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x14]

        $sequence_16 = { 0404 010404 0202 020402 0404 0404 }
            // n = 6, score = 1500
            //   0404                 | add                 al, 4
            //   010404               | add                 dword ptr [esp + eax], eax
            //   0202                 | add                 al, byte ptr [edx]
            //   020402               | add                 al, byte ptr [edx + eax]
            //   0404                 | add                 al, 4
            //   0404                 | add                 al, 4

        $sequence_17 = { 83c120 81fae00f0000 76ea 8b0d???????? 8908 a3???????? 5f }
            // n = 7, score = 1300
            //   83c120               | add                 ecx, 0x20
            //   81fae00f0000         | cmp                 edx, 0xfe0
            //   76ea                 | jbe                 0xffffffec
            //   8b0d????????         |                     
            //   8908                 | mov                 dword ptr [eax], ecx
            //   a3????????           |                     
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi

        $sequence_18 = { 7521 6800020000 51 ff35???????? c7460480000000 ff15???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 1300
            //   7521                 | jne                 0x23
            //   6800020000           | push                0x200
            //   51                   | push                ecx
            //   ff35????????         |                     
            //   c7460480000000       | mov                 dword ptr [esi + 4], 0x80
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_19 = { 740a 834a1804 8a03 884210 43 f645fe40 7411 }
            // n = 7, score = 1300
            //   740a                 | je                  0xc
            //   834a1804             | or                  dword ptr [edx + 0x18], 4
            //   8a03                 | mov                 al, byte ptr [ebx]
            //   884210               | mov                 byte ptr [edx + 0x10], al
            //   43                   | inc                 ebx
            //   f645fe40             | test                byte ptr [ebp - 2], 0x40
            //   7411                 | je                  0x13

        $sequence_20 = { 43 f645fe40 7411 814a1810010000 8b03 894210 83c304 }
            // n = 7, score = 1300
            //   43                   | inc                 ebx
            //   f645fe40             | test                byte ptr [ebp - 2], 0x40
            //   7411                 | je                  0x13
            //   814a1810010000       | or                  dword ptr [edx + 0x18], 0x110
            //   8b03                 | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebx]
            //   894210               | mov                 dword ptr [edx + 0x10], eax
            //   83c304               | add                 ebx, 4

        $sequence_21 = { 8b00 85c0 75f4 c3 8b4804 890e }
            // n = 6, score = 1300
            //   8b00                 | mov                 eax, dword ptr [eax]
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   75f4                 | jne                 0xfffffff6
            //   c3                   | ret                 
            //   8b4804               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [eax + 4]
            //   890e                 | mov                 dword ptr [esi], ecx

        $sequence_22 = { 807dfd05 eb12 807dfd04 c645fc03 0f879a000000 807dfd01 }
            // n = 6, score = 1300
            //   807dfd05             | cmp                 byte ptr [ebp - 3], 5
            //   eb12                 | jmp                 0x14
            //   807dfd04             | cmp                 byte ptr [ebp - 3], 4
            //   c645fc03             | mov                 byte ptr [ebp - 4], 3
            //   0f879a000000         | ja                  0xa0
            //   807dfd01             | cmp                 byte ptr [ebp - 3], 1

        $sequence_23 = { 834a1810 8b03 894210 83c304 f645fe04 7431 8b4218 }
            // n = 7, score = 1300
            //   834a1810             | or                  dword ptr [edx + 0x18], 0x10
            //   8b03                 | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebx]
            //   894210               | mov                 dword ptr [edx + 0x10], eax
            //   83c304               | add                 ebx, 4
            //   f645fe04             | test                byte ptr [ebp - 2], 4
            //   7431                 | je                  0x33
            //   8b4218               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [edx + 0x18]

        $sequence_24 = { 0fb6f2 6a05 58 2bc6 8d1437 50 e8???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 1300
            //   0fb6f2               | movzx               esi, dl
            //   6a05                 | push                5
            //   58                   | pop                 eax
            //   2bc6                 | sub                 eax, esi
            //   8d1437               | lea                 edx, [edi + esi]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_25 = { 83c404 85c0 0f95c2 0fb6c2 50 }
            // n = 5, score = 1200
            //   83c404               | add                 esp, 4
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   0f95c2               | setne               dl
            //   0fb6c2               | movzx               eax, dl
            //   50                   | push                eax

        $sequence_26 = { 8d85b8feffff 50 68???????? ff15???????? 8945fc }
            // n = 5, score = 1100
            //   8d85b8feffff         | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0x148]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   8945fc               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], eax

        $sequence_27 = { 83c40c 6804010000 8d85f8fdffff 50 }
            // n = 4, score = 1000
            //   83c40c               | add                 esp, 0xc
            //   6804010000           | push                0x104
            //   8d85f8fdffff         | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0x208]
            //   50                   | push                eax

        $sequence_28 = { ff15???????? 50 ff15???????? 837dfc00 0f95c0 c9 c3 }
            // n = 7, score = 800
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   837dfc00             | cmp                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], 0
            //   0f95c0               | setne               al
            //   c9                   | leave               
            //   c3                   | ret                 

        $sequence_29 = { ff15???????? 85c0 7412 68???????? 50 ff15???????? f7d8 }
            // n = 7, score = 800
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   7412                 | je                  0x14
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   f7d8                 | neg                 eax

        $sequence_30 = { 83c604 83c703 81fe???????? 7ce3 a1???????? }
            // n = 5, score = 800
            //   83c604               | add                 esi, 4
            //   83c703               | add                 edi, 3
            //   81fe????????         |                     
            //   7ce3                 | jl                  0xffffffe5
            //   a1????????           |                     

        $sequence_31 = { 57 33ff 393d???????? 7522 be???????? }
            // n = 5, score = 800
            //   57                   | push                edi
            //   33ff                 | xor                 edi, edi
            //   393d????????         |                     
            //   7522                 | jne                 0x24
            //   be????????           |                     

        $sequence_32 = { be???????? ff15???????? 57 8906 }
            // n = 4, score = 800
            //   be????????           |                     
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   57                   | push                edi
            //   8906                 | mov                 dword ptr [esi], eax

        $sequence_33 = { ff7508 ff15???????? 83f8ff 0f95c0 5d }
            // n = 5, score = 800
            //   ff7508               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 8]
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   83f8ff               | cmp                 eax, -1
            //   0f95c0               | setne               al
            //   5d                   | pop                 ebp

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 507904
}
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