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win.plugx (Back to overview)

PlugX

aka: Destroy RAT, Kaba, Korplug, Sogu, TIGERPLUG, RedDelta

Actor(s): APT 22, APT 26, APT31, APT41, Aurora Panda, Calypso group, DragonOK, EMISSARY PANDA, Hellsing, Hurricane Panda, Leviathan, Mirage, Mustang Panda, NetTraveler, Nightshade Panda, SLIME29, Samurai Panda, Stone Panda, UPS, Violin Panda

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RSA describes PlugX as a RAT (Remote Access Trojan) malware family that is around since 2008 and is used as a backdoor to control the victim's machine fully. Once the device is infected, an attacker can remotely execute several kinds of commands on the affected system.

Notable features of this malware family are the ability to execute commands on the affected machine to retrieve:
machine information
capture the screen
send keyboard and mouse events
keylogging
reboot the system
manage processes (create, kill and enumerate)
manage services (create, start, stop, etc.); and
manage Windows registry entries, open a shell, etc.

The malware also logs its events in a text log file.

References
2025-02-20 ⋅ Orange Cyberdefense ⋅ Alexis Bonnefoi, Marine PICHON
Meet NailaoLocker: a ransomware distributed in Europe by ShadowPad and PlugX backdoors
NailaoLocker PlugX ShadowPad
2025-02-20 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Daniel Lunghi
Updated Shadowpad Malware Leads to Ransomware Deployment
EvilExtractor NailaoLocker PlugX ShadowPad
2025-02-20 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Daniel Lunghi
Updated Shadowpad Malware Leads to Ransomware Deployment
EvilExtractor PlugX ShadowPad Teleboyi
2025-02-18 ⋅ Orange Cyberdefense ⋅ Alexis Bonnefoi, Marine PICHON
IOCs Green Nailao campaign (NailaoLocker, ShadowPad)
NailaoLocker PlugX ShadowPad
2025-02-13 ⋅ Symantec ⋅ Threat Hunter Team
China-linked Espionage Tools Used in Ransomware Attacks
PlugX
2025-01-14 ⋅ Department of Justice ⋅ Office of Public Affairs
Justice Department and FBI Conduct International Operation to Delete Malware Used by China-Backed Hackers
PlugX
2025-01-09 ⋅ Recorded Future ⋅ Insikt Group
Chinese State-Sponsored RedDelta Targeted Taiwan, Mongolia, and Southeast Asia with Adapted PlugX Infection Chain
PlugX
2024-10-10 ⋅ Hunt.io ⋅ Hunt.io
Unmasking Adversary Infrastructure: How Certificates and Redirects Exposed Earth Baxia and PlugX Activity
Cobalt Strike PlugX
2024-09-10 ⋅ Talos Intelligence ⋅ Joey Chen
DragonRank, a Chinese-speaking SEO manipulator service provider
IISpy PlugX DragonRank
2024-08-23 ⋅ TEAMT5 ⋅ Still Hsu
Sailing the Seven SEAs: Deep Dive into Polaris' Arsenal and Intelligence Insights
Cobalt Strike Hodur PlugX TONESHELL
2024-06-03 ⋅ SYGNIA ⋅ Sygnia Team
China-Nexus Threat Group ‘Velvet Ant’ Abuses F5 Load Balancers for Persistence
PlugX
2024-05-23 ⋅ Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 ⋅ Daniel Frank, Lior Rochberger
Operation Diplomatic Specter: An Active Chinese Cyberespionage Campaign Leverages Rare Tool Set to Target Governmental Entities in the Middle East, Africa and Asia
Agent Racoon CHINACHOPPER Ghost RAT JuicyPotato MimiKatz Ntospy PlugX SweetSpecter TunnelSpecter CL-STA-0043
2024-04-27 ⋅ Google ⋅ Rommel-J
Finding Malware: Detecting SOGU with Google Security Operations.
PlugX
2024-04-19 ⋅ ⋅ Spiegel Online ⋅ Christoph Giesen, Hakan Tanriverdi, Simon Hage
VW-Konzern wurde jahrelang ausspioniert – von China?
CHINACHOPPER PlugX
2024-03-18 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Daniel Lunghi, Joseph C Chen
Earth Krahang Exploits Intergovernmental Trust to Launch Cross-Government Attacks
DinodasRAT PlugX Reshell ShadowPad Earth Krahang
2024-02-21 ⋅ YouTube (SentinelOne) ⋅ Kris McConkey
LABSCon23 Replay | Chasing Shadows | The rise of a prolific espionage actor
9002 RAT PlugX ShadowPad Spyder Earth Lusca
2024-01-25 ⋅ JSAC 2024 ⋅ Yi-Chin Chuang, Yu-Tung Chang
Unveiling TeleBoyi: Chinese APT Group Targeting Critical Infrastructure Worldwide
PlugX
2024-01-25 ⋅ JSAC 2024 ⋅ Hara Hiroaki, Kawakami Ryonosuke, Shota Nakajima
The Secret Life of RATs: connecting the dots by dissecting multiple backdoors
DracuLoader GroundPeony HemiGate PlugX
2024-01-23 ⋅ CSIRT-CTI ⋅ CSIRT-CTI
Stately Taurus Targets Myanmar Amidst Concerns over Military Junta’s Handling of Rebel Attacks
PlugX PUBLOAD TONESHELL
2024-01-21 ⋅ Mahmoud Zohdy Blog ⋅ Mahmoud Zohdy
A Look into PlugX Kernel driver
PlugX
2024-01-09 ⋅ Recorded Future ⋅ Insikt Group
2023 Adversary Infrastructure Report
AsyncRAT Cobalt Strike Emotet PlugX ShadowPad
2023-12-06 ⋅ splunk ⋅ Splunk Threat Research Team
Unmasking the Enigma: A Historical Dive into the World of PlugX Malware
PlugX
2023-12-06 ⋅ MITRE ⋅ MITRE ATT&CK
Cinnamon Tempest
Cobalt Strike HUI Loader PlugX Sliver BRONZE STARLIGHT
2023-09-08 ⋅ PolySwarm Tech Team ⋅ The Hivemind
Carderbee Targets Hong Kong in Supply Chain Attack
PlugX Carderbee
2023-09-07 ⋅ Sekoia ⋅ Jamila B.
My Tea’s not cold. An overview of China’s cyber threat
Melofee PingPull SoWaT Sword2033 MgBot MQsTTang PlugX TONESHELL Dalbit MirrorFace
2023-08-22 ⋅ Symantec ⋅ Threat Hunter Team
Carderbee: APT Group use Legit Software in Supply Chain Attack Targeting Orgs in Hong Kong
PlugX Carderbee
2023-08-07 ⋅ Recorded Future ⋅ Insikt Group
RedHotel: A Prolific, Chinese State-Sponsored Group Operating at a Global Scale
Winnti Brute Ratel C4 Cobalt Strike FunnySwitch PlugX ShadowPad Spyder Earth Lusca
2023-07-11 ⋅ Mandiant ⋅ Ng Choon Kiat, Rommel Joven
The Spies Who Loved You: Infected USB Drives to Steal Secrets
PlugX
2023-05-15 ⋅ Symantec ⋅ Threat Hunter Team
Lancefly: Group Uses Custom Backdoor to Target Orgs in Government, Aviation, Other Sectors
Merdoor PlugX ShadowPad ZXShell Lancefly
2023-05-03 ⋅ Lab52 ⋅ Lab52
New Mustang Panda’s campaing against Australia
PlugX
2023-04-18 ⋅ Mandiant ⋅ Mandiant
M-Trends 2023
QUIETEXIT AppleJeus Black Basta BlackCat CaddyWiper Cobalt Strike Dharma HermeticWiper Hive INDUSTROYER2 Ladon LockBit Meterpreter PartyTicket PlugX QakBot REvil Royal Ransom SystemBC WhisperGate
2023-03-30 ⋅ Recorded Future ⋅ Insikt Group
With KEYPLUG, China’s RedGolf Spies On, Steals From Wide Field of Targets
KEYPLUG Cobalt Strike PlugX RedGolf
2023-03-09 ⋅ ASEC ⋅ Sanseo
PlugX Malware Being Distributed via Vulnerability Exploitation
PlugX
2023-03-09 ⋅ Sophos ⋅ Gabor Szappanos
A border-hopping PlugX USB worm takes its act on the road
PlugX
2023-02-24 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Buddy Tancio, Catherine Loveria, Jed Valderama
Investigating the PlugX Trojan Disguised as a Legitimate Windows Debugger Tool
PlugX
2023-02-02 ⋅ EclecticIQ ⋅ EclecticIQ Threat Research Team
Mustang Panda APT Group Uses European Commission-Themed Lure to Deliver PlugX Malware
PlugX
2023-01-26 ⋅ Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 ⋅ Jen Miller-Osborn, Mike Harbison
Chinese PlugX Malware Hidden in Your USB Devices?
PlugX
2023-01-26 ⋅ TEAMT5 ⋅ Still Hsu
Brief History of MustangPanda and its PlugX Evolution
PlugX MUSTANG PANDA
2023-01-09 ⋅ kienmanowar Blog ⋅ m4n0w4r, Tran Trung Kien
[QuickNote] Another nice PlugX sample
PlugX
2022-12-27 ⋅ kienmanowar Blog ⋅ m4n0w4r, Tran Trung Kien
Diving into a PlugX sample of Mustang Panda group
PlugX
2022-12-06 ⋅ Blackberry ⋅ BlackBerry Research & Intelligence Team
Mustang Panda Uses the Russian-Ukrainian War to Attack Europe and Asia Pacific Targets
PlugX
2022-12-02 ⋅ Avast Decoded ⋅ Threat Intelligence Team
Hitching a ride with Mustang Panda
PlugX
2022-11-30 ⋅ ⋅ FFRI Security ⋅ Matsumoto
Evolution of the PlugX loader
PlugX Poison Ivy
2022-10-06 ⋅ Blackberry ⋅ The BlackBerry Research & Intelligence Team
Mustang Panda Abuses Legitimate Apps to Target Myanmar Based Victims
PlugX
2022-09-29 ⋅ Symantec ⋅ Threat Hunter Team
Witchetty: Group Uses Updated Toolset in Attacks on Governments in Middle East
CHINACHOPPER Lookback MimiKatz PlugX Unidentified 096 (Keylogger) x4 Witchetty
2022-09-26 ⋅ Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 ⋅ Daniela Shalev, Itay Gamliel
Hunting for Unsigned DLLs to Find APTs
PlugX Raspberry Robin Roshtyak
2022-09-14 ⋅ Security Joes ⋅ Felipe Duarte
Dissecting PlugX to Extract Its Crown Jewels
PlugX
2022-09-13 ⋅ Symantec ⋅ Threat Hunter Team
New Wave of Espionage Activity Targets Asian Governments
MimiKatz PlugX Quasar RAT ShadowPad Trochilus RAT
2022-09-09 ⋅ Github (m4now4r) ⋅ m4n0w4r
“Mustang Panda” – Enemy at the gate
PlugX
2022-09-08 ⋅ Cybereason ⋅ Aleksandar Milenkoski, Kotaro Ogino, Yuki Shibuya
Threat Analysis Report: PlugX RAT Loader Evolution
PlugX
2022-09-08 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ Counter Threat Unit ResearchTeam
BRONZE PRESIDENT Targets Government Officials
PlugX
2022-07-18 ⋅ YouTube (Security Joes) ⋅ Felipe Duarte
PlugX DLL Side-Loading Technique
PlugX
2022-07-18 ⋅ Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 ⋅ Unit 42
Shallow Taurus
FormerFirstRAT IsSpace NewCT PlugX Poison Ivy Tidepool DragonOK
2022-06-27 ⋅ Kaspersky ICS CERT ⋅ Artem Snegirev, Kirill Kruglov
Attacks on industrial control systems using ShadowPad
Cobalt Strike PlugX ShadowPad
2022-06-23 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ Counter Threat Unit ResearchTeam
BRONZE STARLIGHT Ransomware Operations Use HUI Loader
ATOMSILO Cobalt Strike HUI Loader LockFile NightSky Pandora PlugX Quasar RAT Rook SodaMaster BRONZE STARLIGHT
2022-05-23 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Daniel Lunghi, Jaromír Hořejší
Operation Earth Berberoka
reptile oRAT Ghost RAT PlugX pupy Earth Berberoka
2022-05-20 ⋅ VinCSS ⋅ Dang Dinh Phuong, m4n0w4r, Tran Trung Kien
[RE027] China-based APT Mustang Panda might have still continued their attack activities against organizations in Vietnam
PlugX
2022-05-17 ⋅ Positive Technologies ⋅ Positive Technologies
Space Pirates: analyzing the tools and connections of a new hacker group
FormerFirstRAT PlugX Poison Ivy Rovnix ShadowPad Zupdax
2022-05-16 ⋅ JPCERT/CC ⋅ Shusei Tomonaga
Analysis of HUI Loader
HUI Loader PlugX Poison Ivy Quasar RAT
2022-05-12 ⋅ TEAMT5 ⋅ Leon Chang, Silvia Yeh
The Next Gen PlugX/ShadowPad? A Dive into the Emerging China-Nexus Modular Trojan, Pangolin8RAT (slides)
KEYPLUG Cobalt Strike CROSSWALK FunnySwitch PlugX ShadowPad Winnti SLIME29 TianWu
2022-05-05 ⋅ Cisco Talos ⋅ Aliza Berk, Asheer Malhotra, Jung soo An, Justin Thattil, Kendall McKay
Mustang Panda deploys a new wave of malware targeting Europe
Cobalt Strike Meterpreter PlugX PUBLOAD
2022-05-02 ⋅ Sentinel LABS ⋅ Amitai Ben Shushan Ehrlich, Joey Chen
Moshen Dragon’s Triad-and-Error Approach | Abusing Security Software to Sideload PlugX and ShadowPad
PlugX ShadowPad Moshen Dragon
2022-04-28 ⋅ PWC ⋅ PWC UK
Cyber Threats 2021: A Year in Retrospect (Annex)
Cobalt Strike Conti PlugX RokRAT Inception Framework Red Menshen
2022-04-28 ⋅ DARKReading ⋅ Jai Vijayan
Chinese APT Bronze President Mounts Spy Campaign on Russian Military
PlugX MUSTANG PANDA
2022-04-27 ⋅ Trendmicro ⋅ Daniel Lunghi, Jaromír Hořejší
Operation Gambling Puppet
reptile oRAT AsyncRAT Cobalt Strike DCRat Ghost RAT PlugX Quasar RAT Trochilus RAT Earth Berberoka
2022-04-27 ⋅ Trendmicro ⋅ Trendmicro
IOCs for Earth Berberoka - Windows
AsyncRAT Cobalt Strike PlugX Quasar RAT Earth Berberoka
2022-04-27 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Daniel Lunghi, Jaromír Hořejší
New APT Group Earth Berberoka Targets Gambling Websites With Old and New Malware
HelloBot AsyncRAT Ghost RAT HelloBot PlugX Quasar RAT Earth Berberoka
2022-04-14 ⋅ NSHC RedAlert Labs ⋅ NSHC Threatrecon Team
Hacking activity of SectorB Group in 2021 Chinese government supported hacking group SectorB
PlugX
2022-04-12 ⋅ Max Kersten's Blog ⋅ Max Kersten
Ghidra script to handle stack strings
CaddyWiper PlugX
2022-03-28 ⋅ Trellix ⋅ Marc Elias, Max Kersten
PlugX: A Talisman to Behold
PlugX
2022-03-25 ⋅ ⋅ ESET Research ⋅ Alexandre Côté Cyr
Mustang Panda's Hodur: Old stuff, new variant of Korplug
PlugX
2022-03-24 ⋅ Threat Post ⋅ Nate Nelson
Chinese APT Combines Fresh Hodur RAT with Complex Anti-Detection
PlugX
2022-03-23 ⋅ ESET Research ⋅ Alexandre Côté Cyr
Mustang Panda’s Hodur: Old tricks, new Korplug variant
Hodur PlugX
2022-03-23 ⋅ BleepingComputer ⋅ Bill Toulas
New Mustang Panda hacking campaign targets diplomats, ISPs
PlugX
2022-03-07 ⋅ Proofpoint ⋅ Michael Raggi, Myrtus 0x0
The Good, the Bad, and the Web Bug: TA416 Increases Operational Tempo Against European Governments as Conflict in Ukraine Escalates
PlugX MUSTANG PANDA
2022-02-17 ⋅ SinaCyber ⋅ Adam Kozy
Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Hearing on “China’s Cyber Capabilities: Warfare, Espionage, and Implications for the United States”
PlugX APT26 APT41
2022-01-06 ⋅ Cyber And Ramen blog ⋅ Mike R
A “GULP” of PlugX
PlugX
2021-12-01 ⋅ ESET Research ⋅ Alexis Dorais-Joncas, Facundo Muñoz
Jumping the air gap: 15 years of nation‑state effort
Agent.BTZ Fanny Flame Gauss PlugX Ramsay Retro Stuxnet USBCulprit USBferry
2021-11-18 ⋅ Cisco ⋅ Josh Pyorre
BlackMatter, LockBit, and THOR
BlackMatter LockBit PlugX
2021-11-04 ⋅ Youtube (Virus Bulletin) ⋅ Joey Chen, Yi-Jhen Hsieh
ShadowPad: the masterpiece of privately sold malware in Chinese espionage
PlugX ShadowPad
2021-10-18 ⋅ NortonLifeLock ⋅ Norton Labs
Operation Exorcist - 7 Years of Targeted Attacks against the Roman Catholic Church
NewBounce PlugX Zupdax
2021-09-28 ⋅ Recorded Future ⋅ Insikt Group®
4 Chinese APT Groups Identified Targeting Mail Server of Afghan Telecommunications Firm Roshan
PlugX Winnti
2021-09-14 ⋅ McAfee ⋅ Christiaan Beek
Operation ‘Harvest’: A Deep Dive into a Long-term Campaign
MimiKatz PlugX Winnti
2021-09-10 ⋅ The Record ⋅ Catalin Cimpanu
Indonesian intelligence agency compromised in suspected Chinese hack
PlugX
2021-09-01 ⋅ YouTube (Black Hat) ⋅ Aragorn Tseng, Charles Li
Mem2Img: Memory-Resident Malware Detection via Convolution Neural Network
Cobalt Strike PlugX Waterbear
2021-09-01 ⋅ YouTube (Hack In The Box Security Conference) ⋅ Joey Chen, Yi-Jhen Hsieh
SHADOWPAD: Chinese Espionage Malware-as-a-Service
PlugX ShadowPad
2021-08-23 ⋅ SentinelOne ⋅ Joey Chen, Yi-Jhen Hsieh
ShadowPad: the Masterpiece of Privately Sold Malware in Chinese Espionage
PlugX ShadowPad
2021-07-27 ⋅ Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 ⋅ Alex Hinchliffe, Mike Harbison
THOR: Previously Unseen PlugX Variant Deployed During Microsoft Exchange Server Attacks by PKPLUG Group
PlugX
2021-07-21 ⋅ Bitdefender ⋅ Bogdan Botezatu, Victor Vrabie
LuminousMoth – PlugX, File Exfiltration and Persistence Revisited
PlugX
2021-06-16 ⋅ Recorded Future ⋅ Insikt Group®
Threat Activity Group RedFoxtrot Linked to China’s PLA Unit 69010; Targets Bordering Asian Countries
Icefog PcShare PlugX Poison Ivy QuickHeal DAGGER PANDA
2021-06-02 ⋅ xorhex blog ⋅ Twitter (@xorhex)
RedDelta PlugX Undergoing Changes and Overlapping Again with Mustang Panda PlugX Infrastructure
PlugX
2021-06-02 ⋅ Twitter (@xorhex) ⋅ Xorhex
Tweet on new variant of PlugX from RedDelta Group
PlugX
2021-05-27 ⋅ xorhex blog ⋅ Twitter (@xorhex)
Mustang Panda PlugX - Reused Mutex and Folder Found in the Extracted Config
PlugX
2021-05-17 ⋅ xorhex blog ⋅ Twitter (@xorhex)
Mustang Panda PlugX - 45.251.240.55 Pivot
PlugX
2021-05-07 ⋅ TEAMT5 ⋅ Aragorn Tseng, Charles Li
Mem2Img: Memory-Resident Malware Detection via Convolution Neural Network
Cobalt Strike PlugX Waterbear
2021-03-29 ⋅ The Record ⋅ Catalin Cimpanu
RedEcho group parks domains after public exposure
PlugX ShadowPad RedEcho
2021-03-25 ⋅ Recorded Future ⋅ Insikt Group®
Suspected Chinese Group Calypso APT Exploiting Vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers
Meterpreter PlugX
2021-03-17 ⋅ Recorded Future ⋅ Insikt Group®
China-linked TA428 Continues to Target Russia and Mongolia IT Companies
PlugX Poison Ivy TA428
2021-03-10 ⋅ ESET Research ⋅ Mathieu Tartare, Matthieu Faou, Thomas Dupuy
Exchange servers under siege from at least 10 APT groups
Microcin MimiKatz PlugX Winnti APT27 APT41 Calypso Tick ToddyCat Tonto Team Vicious Panda
2021-02-28 ⋅ PWC UK ⋅ PWC 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
2021-02-28 ⋅ Recorded Future ⋅ Insikt Group®
China-Linked Group RedEcho Targets the Indian Power Sector Amid Heightened Border Tensions
Icefog PlugX ShadowPad
2021-02-28 ⋅ Recorded Future ⋅ Insikt Group®
China-linked Group RedEcho Targets the Indian Power Sector Amid Heightened Border Tensions
PlugX ShadowPad RedEcho
2021-02-23 ⋅ CrowdStrike ⋅ CrowdStrike
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
2021-02-08 ⋅ Myanmar Computer Emergency Response Team ⋅ Myanmar Computer Emergency Response Team
PlugX Removal Guide Version 1.2
PlugX
2021-01-20 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Abraham Camba, Gilbert Sison, Ryan Maglaque
XDR investigation uncovers PlugX, unique technique in APT attack
PlugX
2021-01-15 ⋅ Swisscom ⋅ Markus Neis
Cracking a Soft Cell is Harder Than You Think
Ghost RAT MimiKatz PlugX Poison Ivy Trochilus RAT
2021-01-14 ⋅ PTSecurity ⋅ PT ESC Threat Intelligence
Higaisa or Winnti? APT41 backdoors, old and new
Cobalt Strike CROSSWALK FunnySwitch PlugX ShadowPad
2021-01-09 ⋅ Marco Ramilli's Blog ⋅ Marco Ramilli
Command and Control Traffic Patterns
ostap LaZagne Agent Tesla Azorult Buer Cobalt Strike DanaBot DarkComet Dridex Emotet Formbook IcedID ISFB NetWire RC PlugX Quasar RAT SmokeLoader TrickBot
2021-01-04 ⋅ Bleeping Computer ⋅ Ionut Ilascu
China's APT hackers move to ransomware attacks
Clambling PlugX
2020-12-24 ⋅ IronNet ⋅ Adam Hlavek
China cyber attacks: the current threat landscape
PLEAD TSCookie FlowCloud Lookback PLEAD PlugX Quasar RAT Winnti
2020-12-10 ⋅ ESET Research ⋅ Mathieu Tartare
Operation StealthyTrident: corporate software under attack
HyperBro PlugX ShadowPad Tmanger
2020-12-10 ⋅ ESET Research ⋅ Mathieu Tartare
Operation StealthyTrident: corporate software under attack
HyperBro PlugX Tmanger TA428
2020-12-09 ⋅ Avast Decoded ⋅ Igor Morgenstern, Luigino Camastra
APT Group Targeting Governmental Agencies in East Asia
Albaniiutas HyperBro PlugX PolPo Tmanger
2020-12-09 ⋅ Avast Decoded ⋅ Igor Morgenstern, Luigino Camastra
APT Group Targeting Governmental Agencies in East Asia
Albaniiutas HyperBro PlugX Tmanger TA428
2020-11-23 ⋅ Proofpoint ⋅ Proofpoint Threat Research Team
TA416 Goes to Ground and Returns with a Golang PlugX Malware Loader
PlugX MUSTANG PANDA
2020-11-20 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Abraham Camba, Bren Matthew Ebriega, Gilbert Sison
Weaponizing Open Source Software for Targeted Attacks
LaZagne Defray PlugX
2020-11-04 ⋅ Sophos ⋅ Gabor Szappanos
A new APT uses DLL side-loads to “KilllSomeOne”
KilllSomeOne PlugX
2020-11-03 ⋅ Kaspersky Labs ⋅ GReAT
APT trends report Q3 2020
WellMail EVILNUM Janicab Poet RAT AsyncRAT Ave Maria Cobalt Strike Crimson RAT CROSSWALK Dtrack LODEINFO MoriAgent Okrum PlugX POISONPLUG Rover ShadowPad SoreFang Winnti
2020-10-27 ⋅ Dr.Web ⋅ Dr.Web
Study of the ShadowPad APT backdoor and its relation to PlugX
Ghost RAT PlugX ShadowPad
2020-09-18 ⋅ Symantec ⋅ Threat Hunter Team
APT41: Indictments Put Chinese Espionage Group in the Spotlight
CROSSWALK PlugX POISONPLUG ShadowPad Winnti
2020-09-15 ⋅ Recorded Future ⋅ Insikt Group®
Back Despite Disruption: RedDelta Resumes Operations
PlugX
2020-09-11 ⋅ ThreatConnect ⋅ ThreatConnect Research Team
Research Roundup: Activity on Previously Identified APT33 Domains
Emotet PlugX APT33
2020-07-29 ⋅ ESET Research ⋅ welivesecurity
THREAT REPORT Q2 2020
DEFENSOR ID HiddenAd Bundlore Pirrit Agent.BTZ Cerber ClipBanker CROSSWALK Cryptowall CTB Locker DanaBot Dharma Formbook Gandcrab Grandoreiro Houdini ISFB LockBit Locky Mailto Maze Microcin Nemty NjRAT Phobos PlugX Pony REvil Socelars STOP Tinba TrickBot WannaCryptor
2020-07-29 ⋅ Recorded Future ⋅ Insikt Group
Chinese State-sponsored Group RedDelta Targets the Vatican and Catholic Organizations
PlugX
2020-07-29 ⋅ Kaspersky Labs ⋅ GReAT
APT trends report Q2 2020
PhantomLance Dacls Penquin Turla elf.wellmess AppleJeus Dacls AcidBox Cobalt Strike Dacls EternalPetya Godlike12 Olympic Destroyer PlugX shadowhammer ShadowPad Sinowal VHD Ransomware Volgmer WellMess X-Agent XTunnel
2020-07-28 ⋅ ⋅ NTT ⋅ NTT Security
CraftyPanda 標的型攻撃解析レポート
Ghost RAT PlugX
2020-07-20 ⋅ Risky.biz ⋅ Daniel Gordon
What even is Winnti?
CCleaner Backdoor Ghost RAT PlugX ZXShell
2020-07-20 ⋅ Dr.Web ⋅ Dr.Web
Study of the APT attacks on state institutions in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
Microcin Mirage PlugX WhiteBird
2020-07-20 ⋅ or10nlabs ⋅ oR10n
Reverse Engineering the New Mustang Panda PlugX Downloader
PlugX
2020-07-15 ⋅ ZDNet ⋅ Catalin Cimpanu
Chinese state hackers target Hong Kong Catholic Church
PlugX
2020-07-05 ⋅ or10nlabs ⋅ oR10n
Reverse Engineering the Mustang Panda PlugX RAT – Extracting the Config
PlugX
2020-07-01 ⋅ Contextis ⋅ Lampros Noutsos, Oliver Fay
DLL Search Order Hijacking
Cobalt Strike PlugX
2020-06-03 ⋅ Kaspersky Labs ⋅ Giampaolo Dedola, GReAT, Mark Lechtik
Cycldek: Bridging the (air) gap
8.t Dropper NewCore RAT PlugX USBCulprit GOBLIN PANDA Hellsing
2020-06-02 ⋅ Lab52 ⋅ Jagaimo Kawaii
Mustang Panda Recent Activity: Dll-Sideloading trojans with temporal C2 servers
PlugX
2020-05-24 ⋅ or10nlabs ⋅ oR10n
Reverse Engineering the Mustang Panda PlugX Loader
PlugX
2020-05-15 ⋅ Twitter (@stvemillertime) ⋅ Steve Miller
Tweet on SOGU development timeline, including TIGERPLUG IOCs
PlugX
2020-05-14 ⋅ Lab52 ⋅ Dex
The energy reserves in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and a malicious campaign of APT10 against Turkey
Cobalt Strike HTran MimiKatz PlugX Quasar RAT
2020-05-01 ⋅ ⋅ Viettel Cybersecurity ⋅ Cyberthreat
Chiến dịch của nhóm APT Trung Quốc Goblin Panda tấn công vào Việt Nam lợi dụng đại dịch Covid-19 (phần 1)
NewCore RAT PlugX
2020-03-22 ⋅ Anomali ⋅ Anomali Threat Research
COVID-19 Themes Are Being Utilized by Threat Actors of Varying Sophistication
PlugX
2020-03-19 ⋅ ⋅ VinCSS ⋅ m4n0w4r
Analysis of malware taking advantage of the Covid-19 epidemic to spread fake "Directive of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc" - Part 2
PlugX
2020-03-10 ⋅ ⋅ VinCSS ⋅ m4n0w4r
[RE012] Analysis of malware taking advantage of the Covid-19 epidemic to spread fake "Directive of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc" - Part 1
PlugX
2020-03-02 ⋅ Virus Bulletin ⋅ Alex Hinchliffe
Pulling the PKPLUG: the adversary playbook for the long-standing espionage activity of a Chinese nation-state adversary
HenBox Farseer PlugX Poison Ivy
2020-02-21 ⋅ ADEO DFIR ⋅ ADEO DFIR
APT10 Threat Analysis Report
CHINACHOPPER HTran MimiKatz PlugX Quasar RAT
2020-02-18 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Cedric Pernet, Daniel Lunghi, Jamz Yaneza, Kenney Lu
Uncovering DRBControl: Inside the Cyberespionage Campaign Targeting Gambling Operations
Cobalt Strike HyperBro PlugX Trochilus RAT Operation DRBControl
2020-02-17 ⋅ Talent-Jump Technologies ⋅ Theo Chen, Zero Chen
CLAMBLING - A New Backdoor Base On Dropbox
HyperBro PlugX
2020-01-31 ⋅ Avira ⋅ Shahab Hamzeloofard
New wave of PlugX targets Hong Kong
PlugX
2020-01-31 ⋅ YouTube (Context Information Security) ⋅ Contextis
New AVIVORE threat group – how they operate and managing the risk
PlugX
2020-01-01 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ SecureWorks
BRONZE ATLAS
Speculoos Winnti ACEHASH CCleaner Backdoor CHINACHOPPER Empire Downloader HTran MimiKatz PlugX Winnti APT41
2020-01-01 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ SecureWorks
BRONZE EXPRESS
9002 RAT CHINACHOPPER IsSpace NewCT PlugX smac APT26
2020-01-01 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ SecureWorks
BRONZE FIRESTONE
9002 RAT Derusbi Empire Downloader PlugX Poison Ivy APT19
2020-01-01 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ SecureWorks
BRONZE KEYSTONE
9002 RAT BLACKCOFFEE DeputyDog Derusbi HiKit PlugX Poison Ivy ZXShell APT17
2020-01-01 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ SecureWorks
BRONZE OLIVE
ANGRYREBEL PlugX APT22
2020-01-01 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ SecureWorks
BRONZE OVERBROOK
Aveo DDKONG IsSpace PLAINTEE PlugX Rambo DragonOK
2020-01-01 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ SecureWorks
BRONZE PRESIDENT
CHINACHOPPER Cobalt Strike PlugX MUSTANG PANDA
2020-01-01 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ SecureWorks
BRONZE RIVERSIDE
Anel ChChes Cobalt Strike PlugX Poison Ivy Quasar RAT RedLeaves APT10
2020-01-01 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ SecureWorks
BRONZE UNION
9002 RAT CHINACHOPPER Enfal Ghost RAT HttpBrowser HyperBro owaauth PlugX Poison Ivy ZXShell APT27
2020-01-01 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ SecureWorks
BRONZE WOODLAND
PlugX Zeus Roaming Tiger
2020-01-01 ⋅ Dragos ⋅ Joe Slowik
Threat Intelligence and the Limits of Malware Analysis
Exaramel Exaramel Industroyer Lookback NjRAT PlugX
2019-12-29 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ CTU Research Team
BRONZE PRESIDENT Targets NGOs
PlugX
2019-11-16 ⋅ Silas Cutler's Blog ⋅ Silas Cutler
Fresh PlugX October 2019
PlugX
2019-11-11 ⋅ Virus Bulletin ⋅ Hiroshi Soeda, Shusei Tomonaga, Tomoaki Tani, Wataru Takahashi
APT cases exploiting vulnerabilities in region‑specific software
NodeRAT Emdivi PlugX
2019-10-31 ⋅ PTSecurity ⋅ PTSecurity
Calypso APT: new group attacking state institutions
BYEBY FlyingDutchman Hussar PlugX
2019-10-22 ⋅ Contextis ⋅ Contextis
AVIVORE - An overview of Tools, Techniques and Procedures (Whitepaper)
PlugX Avivore
2019-10-03 ⋅ Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 ⋅ Alex Hinchliffe
PKPLUG: Chinese Cyber Espionage Group Attacking Asia
HenBox Farseer PlugX
2019-10-03 ⋅ ComputerWeekly ⋅ Alex Scroxton
New threat group behind Airbus cyber attacks, claim researchers
PlugX Avivore
2019-09-23 ⋅ MITRE ⋅ MITRE ATT&CK
APT41
Derusbi MESSAGETAP Winnti ASPXSpy BLACKCOFFEE CHINACHOPPER Cobalt Strike Derusbi Empire Downloader Ghost RAT MimiKatz NjRAT PlugX ShadowPad Winnti ZXShell APT41
2019-06-19 ⋅ YouTube (44CON Information Security Conference) ⋅ Kevin O’Reilly
The Malware CAPE: Automated Extraction of Configuration and Payloads from Sophisticated Malware
PlugX
2019-06-03 ⋅ FireEye ⋅ Chi-en Shen
Into the Fog - The Return of ICEFOG APT
Icefog PlugX Sarhust
2019-05-24 ⋅ Fortinet ⋅ Ben Hunter
Uncovering new Activity by APT10
PlugX Quasar RAT
2019-03-19 ⋅ NSHC ⋅ ThreatRecon Team
SectorM04 Targeting Singapore – An Analysis
PlugX Termite
2018-12-14 ⋅ Australian Cyber Security Centre ⋅ ASD
Investigationreport: Compromise of an Australian companyvia their Managed Service Provider
PlugX RedLeaves
2018-08-21 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Jaromír Hořejší, Joseph C Chen, Kawabata Kohei, Kenney Lu
Operation Red Signature Targets South Korean Companies
9002 RAT PlugX Operation Red Signature
2018-07-31 ⋅ Medium Sebdraven ⋅ Sébastien Larinier
Malicious document targets Vietnamese officials
8.t Dropper PlugX 1937CN
2018-05-09 ⋅ COUNT UPON SECURITY ⋅ Luis Rocha
Malware Analysis - PlugX - Part 2
PlugX
2018-03-13 ⋅ Kaspersky Labs ⋅ Denis Makrushin, Yury Namestnikov
Time of death? A therapeutic postmortem of connected medicine
PlugX
2018-02-04 ⋅ COUNT UPON SECURITY ⋅ Luis Rocha
MALWARE ANALYSIS – PLUGX
PlugX
2017-12-18 ⋅ ⋅ LAC ⋅ Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Relationship between PlugX and attacker group "DragonOK"
PlugX
2017-06-27 ⋅ Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 ⋅ Esmid Idrizovic, Tom Lancaster
Paranoid PlugX
PlugX
2017-05-31 ⋅ MITRE ⋅ MITRE ATT&CK
Axiom
Derusbi 9002 RAT BLACKCOFFEE Derusbi Ghost RAT HiKit PlugX ZXShell APT17
2017-04-27 ⋅ US-CERT ⋅ US-CERT
Alert (TA17-117A): Intrusions Affecting Multiple Victims Across Multiple Sectors
PlugX RedLeaves
2017-04-03 ⋅ JPCERT/CC ⋅ Shusei Tomonaga
RedLeaves - Malware Based on Open Source RAT
PlugX RedLeaves Trochilus RAT
2017-04-01 ⋅ PricewaterhouseCoopers ⋅ PricewaterhouseCoopers
Operation Cloud Hopper: Technical Annex
ChChes PlugX Quasar RAT RedLeaves Trochilus RAT
2017-02-21 ⋅ JPCERT/CC ⋅ Shusei Tomonaga
PlugX + Poison Ivy = PlugIvy? - PlugX Integrating Poison Ivy’s Code
PlugX
2017-02-13 ⋅ RSA ⋅ RSA Research
KINGSLAYER – A SUPPLY CHAIN ATTACK
CodeKey PlugX
2016-08-25 ⋅ Malwarebytes ⋅ Malwarebytes Labs
Unpacking the spyware disguised as antivirus
PlugX
2016-06-13 ⋅ ⋅ Macnica Networks ⋅ Macnica Networks
Survey of the actual situation of the large-scale cyber spy activity that hit Japan | 1st edition
Emdivi PlugX
2016-01-22 ⋅ RSA Link ⋅ Norton Santos
PlugX APT Malware
PlugX
2015-09-15 ⋅ Proofpoint ⋅ Aleksey F, Thoufique Haq
In Pursuit of Optical Fibers and Troop Intel: Targeted Attack Distributes PlugX in Russia
PlugX
2015-08-01 ⋅ Arbor Networks ⋅ ASERT Team
Uncovering the Seven Pointed Dagger
9002 RAT EvilGrab PlugX Trochilus RAT APT9
2015-02-06 ⋅ CrowdStrike ⋅ CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike Global Threat Intel Report 2014
BlackPOS CryptoLocker Derusbi Elise Enfal EvilGrab Gameover P2P HttpBrowser Medusa Mirage Naikon NetTraveler pirpi PlugX Poison Ivy Sakula RAT Sinowal sykipot taidoor
2015-01-29 ⋅ JPCERT/CC ⋅ Shusei Tomonaga
Analysis of a Recent PlugX Variant - “P2P PlugX”
PlugX
2014-06-27 ⋅ SophosLabs ⋅ Gabor Szappanos
PlugX - The Next Generation
PlugX
2014-06-10 ⋅ FireEye ⋅ Mike Scott
Clandestine Fox, Part Deux
PlugX
2014-01-06 ⋅ Airbus ⋅ Fabien Perigaud
PlugX: some uncovered points
PlugX
2013-03-29 ⋅ Computer Incident Response Center Luxembourg ⋅ CIRCL
Analysis Report (TLP:WHITE) Analysis of a PlugX variant (PlugX version 7.0)
PlugX
2013-03-26 ⋅ Contextis ⋅ Kevin O’Reilly
PlugX–Payload Extraction
PlugX
2013-02-27 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Abraham Camba
BKDR_RARSTONE: New RAT to Watch Out For
PlugX Naikon
2012-02-10 ⋅ tracker.h3x.eu ⋅ Malware Corpus Tracker
Info for Family: plugx
PlugX
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_plugx_auto (20241030 | Detects win.plugx.)
rule win_plugx_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2024-10-31"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.plugx."
        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.plugx"
        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 = { 51 56 57 6a1c 8bf8 e8???????? 8bf0 }
            // n = 7, score = 1300
            //   51                   | push                ecx
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   57                   | push                edi
            //   6a1c                 | push                0x1c
            //   8bf8                 | mov                 edi, eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8bf0                 | mov                 esi, eax

        $sequence_1 = { 41 3bca 7ce0 3bca }
            // n = 4, score = 1300
            //   41                   | inc                 ecx
            //   3bca                 | cmp                 ecx, edx
            //   7ce0                 | jl                  0xffffffe2
            //   3bca                 | cmp                 ecx, edx

        $sequence_2 = { 56 8b750c 8b4604 050070ffff }
            // n = 4, score = 1300
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   8b750c               | mov                 esi, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc]
            //   8b4604               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esi + 4]
            //   050070ffff           | add                 eax, 0xffff7000

        $sequence_3 = { 33d2 f7f3 33d2 8945fc }
            // n = 4, score = 1300
            //   33d2                 | xor                 edx, edx
            //   f7f3                 | div                 ebx
            //   33d2                 | xor                 edx, edx
            //   8945fc               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], eax

        $sequence_4 = { 55 8bec 8b450c 81780402700000 }
            // n = 4, score = 1300
            //   55                   | push                ebp
            //   8bec                 | mov                 ebp, esp
            //   8b450c               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc]
            //   81780402700000       | cmp                 dword ptr [eax + 4], 0x7002

        $sequence_5 = { 51 53 6a00 6a00 6a02 ffd0 85c0 }
            // n = 7, score = 1300
            //   51                   | push                ecx
            //   53                   | push                ebx
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a02                 | push                2
            //   ffd0                 | call                eax
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax

        $sequence_6 = { 0145f4 8b45fc 0fafc3 33d2 }
            // n = 4, score = 1300
            //   0145f4               | add                 dword ptr [ebp - 0xc], eax
            //   8b45fc               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   0fafc3               | imul                eax, ebx
            //   33d2                 | xor                 edx, edx

        $sequence_7 = { 50 ff15???????? a3???????? 8b4d18 }
            // n = 4, score = 900
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   a3????????           |                     
            //   8b4d18               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x18]

        $sequence_8 = { e8???????? 3de5030000 7407 e8???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 900
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   3de5030000           | cmp                 eax, 0x3e5
            //   7407                 | je                  9
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_9 = { e8???????? 85c0 7508 e8???????? 8945fc }
            // n = 5, score = 900
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   7508                 | jne                 0xa
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8945fc               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], eax

        $sequence_10 = { 85c0 7413 e8???????? 3de5030000 }
            // n = 4, score = 900
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   7413                 | je                  0x15
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   3de5030000           | cmp                 eax, 0x3e5

        $sequence_11 = { e8???????? 85c0 7407 b84f050000 }
            // n = 4, score = 800
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   7407                 | je                  9
            //   b84f050000           | mov                 eax, 0x54f

        $sequence_12 = { 6a00 6a00 6a04 6a00 6a01 6800000040 57 }
            // n = 7, score = 700
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a04                 | push                4
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a01                 | push                1
            //   6800000040           | push                0x40000000
            //   57                   | push                edi

        $sequence_13 = { e8???????? 85c0 750a e8???????? 8945fc }
            // n = 5, score = 700
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   750a                 | jne                 0xc
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8945fc               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], eax

        $sequence_14 = { 85c0 750d e8???????? 8945f4 }
            // n = 4, score = 600
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   750d                 | jne                 0xf
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8945f4               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0xc], eax

        $sequence_15 = { 51 6a00 6800100000 6800100000 68ff000000 6a00 6803000040 }
            // n = 7, score = 600
            //   51                   | push                ecx
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6800100000           | push                0x1000
            //   6800100000           | push                0x1000
            //   68ff000000           | push                0xff
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6803000040           | push                0x40000003

        $sequence_16 = { 6819000200 6a00 6a00 6a00 51 }
            // n = 5, score = 600
            //   6819000200           | push                0x20019
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   51                   | push                ecx

        $sequence_17 = { 57 e8???????? eb0c e8???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 500
            //   57                   | push                edi
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   eb0c                 | jmp                 0xe
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_18 = { 81ec90010000 e8???????? e8???????? e8???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 400
            //   81ec90010000         | sub                 esp, 0x190
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_19 = { 68???????? e8???????? 6800080000 68???????? e8???????? }
            // n = 5, score = 400
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   6800080000           | push                0x800
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_20 = { 50 56 ffb42480000000 ff15???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 400
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   ffb42480000000       | push                dword ptr [esp + 0x80]
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_21 = { 89742434 89f1 8b442434 e8???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 400
            //   89742434             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x34], esi
            //   89f1                 | mov                 ecx, esi
            //   8b442434             | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x34]
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_22 = { 89442424 8b442424 6808020000 6a00 }
            // n = 4, score = 400
            //   89442424             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x24], eax
            //   8b442424             | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x24]
            //   6808020000           | push                0x208
            //   6a00                 | push                0

        $sequence_23 = { 6a02 6a00 e8???????? c705????????00000000 }
            // n = 4, score = 400
            //   6a02                 | push                2
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   c705????????00000000     |     

        $sequence_24 = { 5d c21000 55 53 57 56 83ec18 }
            // n = 7, score = 400
            //   5d                   | pop                 ebp
            //   c21000               | ret                 0x10
            //   55                   | push                ebp
            //   53                   | push                ebx
            //   57                   | push                edi
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   83ec18               | sub                 esp, 0x18

        $sequence_25 = { 6a00 6a00 6a01 6a00 e8???????? a3???????? 6800080000 }
            // n = 7, score = 400
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a01                 | push                1
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   a3????????           |                     
            //   6800080000           | push                0x800

        $sequence_26 = { 6808020000 6a00 ff74242c e8???????? 83c40c }
            // n = 5, score = 400
            //   6808020000           | push                0x208
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   ff74242c             | push                dword ptr [esp + 0x2c]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c40c               | add                 esp, 0xc

        $sequence_27 = { 50 ff75e8 6802000080 e8???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 400
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff75e8               | push                dword ptr [ebp - 0x18]
            //   6802000080           | push                0x80000002
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_28 = { 50 6802000080 53 e8???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 300
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   6802000080           | push                0x80000002
            //   53                   | push                ebx
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_29 = { 68000000a0 6aff ffb424c8000000 ff74241c }
            // n = 4, score = 300
            //   68000000a0           | push                0xa0000000
            //   6aff                 | push                -1
            //   ffb424c8000000       | push                dword ptr [esp + 0xc8]
            //   ff74241c             | push                dword ptr [esp + 0x1c]

        $sequence_30 = { 6808020000 6a00 ff74245c e8???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 300
            //   6808020000           | push                0x208
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   ff74245c             | push                dword ptr [esp + 0x5c]
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_31 = { 6a5c ff74241c e8???????? 83c408 }
            // n = 4, score = 300
            //   6a5c                 | push                0x5c
            //   ff74241c             | push                dword ptr [esp + 0x1c]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c408               | add                 esp, 8

        $sequence_32 = { 5e 5f 5b 5d c20400 50 64a118000000 }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   5e                   | pop                 esi
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi
            //   5b                   | pop                 ebx
            //   5d                   | pop                 ebp
            //   c20400               | ret                 4
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   64a118000000         | mov                 eax, dword ptr fs:[0x18]

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 1284096
}
[TLP:WHITE] win_plugx_w1   (20170517 | PlugX Identifying Strings)
rule win_plugx_w1 {
    meta:
        description = "PlugX Identifying Strings"
        author = "Seth Hardy"
        last_modified = "2014-06-12"
		source = "https://github.com/mattulm/sfiles_yara/blob/master/malware/plugx.yar"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.plugx"
        malpedia_version = "20170517"
        malpedia_license = "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"
        
    strings:
        $BootLDR = "boot.ldr" wide ascii
        $Dwork = "d:\\work" nocase
        $Plug25 = "plug2.5"
        $Plug30 = "Plug3.0"
        $Shell6 = "Shell6"
      
    condition:
        $BootLDR or ($Dwork and ($Plug25 or $Plug30 or $Shell6))
}
[TLP:WHITE] win_plugx_w2   (20170517 | PlugX RAT)
rule win_plugx_w2 {
	meta:
		author = "Jean-Philippe Teissier / @Jipe_"
		description = "PlugX RAT"
		date = "2014-05-13"
		filetype = "memory"
		version = "1.0" 
		ref1 = "https://github.com/mattulm/IR-things/blob/master/volplugs/plugx.py"
		source = "https://github.com/mattulm/sfiles_yara/blob/master/malware/plugx.yar"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.plugx"
        malpedia_version = "20170517"
        malpedia_license = "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"
		
	strings:
		$v1a = { 47 55 4C 50 00 00 00 00 }
		$v1b = "/update?id=%8.8x" 
		$v1algoa = { BB 33 33 33 33 2B } 
		$v1algob = { BB 44 44 44 44 2B } 
		$v2a = "Proxy-Auth:" 
		$v2b = { 68 A0 02 00 00 } 
		$v2k = { C1 8F 3A 71 } 
		
	condition: 
		$v1a at 0 or $v1b or (($v2a or $v2b) and (($v1algoa and $v1algob) or $v2k))
}
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