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win.rcs (Back to overview)

RCS

aka: Remote Control System, Crisis

Actor(s): Hacking Team, APT-C-34

VTCollection    

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References
2024-01-18GoogleGoogle Threat Analysis Group, Wesley Shields
Russian threat group COLDRIVER expands its targeting of Western officials to include the use of malware
RCS SPICA
2024-01-18GoogleWesley Shields
Russian threat group COLDRIVER expands its targeting of Western officials to include the use of malware
RCS SPICA Callisto
2020-07-21ViceLorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
'World's Most Wanted Man' Involved in Bizarre Attempt to Buy Hacking Tools
RCS
2020-01-31Virus BulletinMichal Poslušný, Peter Kálnai
Rich Headers: leveraging this mysterious artifact of the PE format
Dridex Exaramel Industroyer Neutrino RCS Sathurbot
2019-11-20360admin001
Shadow of the Circle Hovering Over Central Asia - The Golden Eagle (APT-C-34) Organizing Attack Revealed
RCS APT-C-34
2019-01-01Virus BulletinFilip Kafka
VB2018 paper: From Hacking Team to hacked team to...?
RCS
2018-03-09ESET ResearchFilip Kafka
New traces of Hacking Team in the wild
RCS Hacking Team
2017-08-25Kaspersky LabsCostin Raiu, Juan Andrés Guerrero-Saade
Walking in your Enemy's Shadow: When Fourth-Party Collection becomes Attribution Hell
NetTraveler RCS WannaCryptor Dancing Salome
2017-04-01F-SecureF-Secure Labs
CALLISTO GROUP
RCS Callisto
2012-12-07Contagiodump BlogMila Parkour
Aug 2012 W32.Crisis and OSX.Crisis - JAR file Samples - APT
Crisis RCS
2012-08-20SymantecTakashi Katsuki
Crisis for Windows Sneaks onto Virtual Machines
Crisis RCS
2012-07-24The Mac Security BlogLysa Myers
New Apple Mac Trojan Called OSX/Crisis Discovered
Crisis RCS
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_rcs_auto (20260504 | Detects win.rcs.)
rule win_rcs_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.rcs."
        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.rcs"
        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 = { 8944245a 8944245e 89442462 89442466 8944246a }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   8944245a             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x5a], eax
            //   8944245e             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x5e], eax
            //   89442462             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x62], eax
            //   89442466             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x66], eax
            //   8944246a             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x6a], eax

        $sequence_1 = { 85ff 0f84d4000000 57 e8???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   85ff                 | test                edi, edi
            //   0f84d4000000         | je                  0xda
            //   57                   | push                edi
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_2 = { 6a00 6880000000 6a01 6a00 6a05 6800000040 }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6880000000           | push                0x80
            //   6a01                 | push                1
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a05                 | push                5
            //   6800000040           | push                0x40000000

        $sequence_3 = { e8???????? 83c430 6aff 68???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c430               | add                 esp, 0x30
            //   6aff                 | push                -1
            //   68????????           |                     

        $sequence_4 = { ff15???????? 5f 5e 5d 5b 33c0 }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi
            //   5e                   | pop                 esi
            //   5d                   | pop                 ebp
            //   5b                   | pop                 ebx
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax

        $sequence_5 = { 40 68???????? 50 e8???????? 83c40c eb0d }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   40                   | inc                 eax
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c40c               | add                 esp, 0xc
            //   eb0d                 | jmp                 0xf

        $sequence_6 = { 8b37 81c604010000 56 ff75fc ff5704 }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   8b37                 | mov                 esi, dword ptr [edi]
            //   81c604010000         | add                 esi, 0x104
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   ff75fc               | push                dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   ff5704               | call                dword ptr [edi + 4]

        $sequence_7 = { 0508070000 50 ff96b8000000 898554f4fbff 85c0 }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   0508070000           | add                 eax, 0x708
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff96b8000000         | call                dword ptr [esi + 0xb8]
            //   898554f4fbff         | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x40bac], eax
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax

        $sequence_8 = { 83fb03 7413 83fb0c 740e }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   83fb03               | cmp                 ebx, 3
            //   7413                 | je                  0x15
            //   83fb0c               | cmp                 ebx, 0xc
            //   740e                 | je                  0x10

        $sequence_9 = { 8b86dc000000 ffb06c020000 ff5658 8b86dc000000 833800 0f94c0 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   8b86dc000000         | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esi + 0xdc]
            //   ffb06c020000         | push                dword ptr [eax + 0x26c]
            //   ff5658               | call                dword ptr [esi + 0x58]
            //   8b86dc000000         | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esi + 0xdc]
            //   833800               | cmp                 dword ptr [eax], 0
            //   0f94c0               | sete                al

        $sequence_10 = { 81f2ab278738 6681f90e53 8d92d531ed6c a94c72b42b 85fe 33da }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   81f2ab278738         | xor                 edx, 0x388727ab
            //   6681f90e53           | cmp                 cx, 0x530e
            //   8d92d531ed6c         | lea                 edx, [edx + 0x6ced31d5]
            //   a94c72b42b           | test                eax, 0x2bb4724c
            //   85fe                 | test                esi, edi
            //   33da                 | xor                 ebx, edx

        $sequence_11 = { 81f2b716590f f8 f5 33da }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   81f2b716590f         | xor                 edx, 0xf5916b7
            //   f8                   | clc                 
            //   f5                   | cmc                 
            //   33da                 | xor                 ebx, edx

        $sequence_12 = { ff5670 ffb58cf4fbff 50 ff5604 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   ff5670               | call                dword ptr [esi + 0x70]
            //   ffb58cf4fbff         | push                dword ptr [ebp - 0x40b74]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff5604               | call                dword ptr [esi + 4]

        $sequence_13 = { c1e704 8b8d48f4fbff 83c103 0fb78c8870020000 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   c1e704               | shl                 edi, 4
            //   8b8d48f4fbff         | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x40bb8]
            //   83c103               | add                 ecx, 3
            //   0fb78c8870020000     | movzx               ecx, word ptr [eax + ecx*4 + 0x270]

        $sequence_14 = { 8b75f0 8b3cbe 037df8 897ddc 6a0e 6a00 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   8b75f0               | mov                 esi, dword ptr [ebp - 0x10]
            //   8b3cbe               | mov                 edi, dword ptr [esi + edi*4]
            //   037df8               | add                 edi, dword ptr [ebp - 8]
            //   897ddc               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x24], edi
            //   6a0e                 | push                0xe
            //   6a00                 | push                0

        $sequence_15 = { f7e1 898530f4fbff 8b8534f4fbff 8b9530f4fbff 8b0402 8945f8 8945f0 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   f7e1                 | mul                 ecx
            //   898530f4fbff         | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x40bd0], eax
            //   8b8534f4fbff         | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x40bcc]
            //   8b9530f4fbff         | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x40bd0]
            //   8b0402               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [edx + eax]
            //   8945f8               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 8], eax
            //   8945f0               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x10], eax

        $sequence_16 = { 47 81ffe8030000 72d7 68a00f0000 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   47                   | inc                 edi
            //   81ffe8030000         | cmp                 edi, 0x3e8
            //   72d7                 | jb                  0xffffffd9
            //   68a00f0000           | push                0xfa0

        $sequence_17 = { 83fb03 5b 7516 68???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   83fb03               | cmp                 ebx, 3
            //   5b                   | pop                 ebx
            //   7516                 | jne                 0x18
            //   68????????           |                     

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 11501568
}
[TLP:WHITE] win_rcs_w0   (20170521 | Hacking Team Disclosure Sample - file elevator.exe)
rule win_rcs_w0 {
	meta:
		author = "Florian Roth"
		description = "Hacking Team Disclosure Sample - file elevator.exe"
		reference = "Hacking Team Disclosure elevator.c"
		date = "2015-07-07"
		hash = "40a10420b9d49f87527bc0396b19ec29e55e9109e80b52456891243791671c1c"
		hash = "92aec56a859679917dffa44bd4ffeb5a8b2ee2894c689abbbcbe07842ec56b8d"
		hash = "9261693b67b6e379ad0e57598602712b8508998c0cb012ca23139212ae0009a1"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.rcs"
        malpedia_version = "20170521"
        malpedia_license = "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"
	strings:
		$x1 = "CRTDLL.DLL" fullword ascii
		$x2 = "\\sysnative\\CI.dll" fullword ascii
		$x3 = "\\SystemRoot\\system32\\CI.dll" fullword ascii
		$x4 = "C:\\\\Windows\\\\Sysnative\\\\ntoskrnl.exe" fullword ascii /* PEStudio Blacklist: strings */

		$s1 = "[*] traversing processes" fullword ascii /* PEStudio Blacklist: strings */
		$s2 = "_getkprocess" fullword ascii /* PEStudio Blacklist: strings */
		$s3 = "[*] LoaderConfig %p" fullword ascii /* PEStudio Blacklist: strings */
		$s4 = "loader.obj" fullword ascii /* PEStudio Blacklist: strings */
		$s5 = "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3" ascii /* PEStudio Blacklist: strings */
		$s6 = "[*] token restore" fullword ascii /* PEStudio Blacklist: strings */
		$s7 = "elevator.obj" fullword ascii
		$s8 = "_getexport" fullword ascii /* PEStudio Blacklist: strings */
	condition:
		uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 3000KB and all of ($x*) and 3 of ($s*)
}
[TLP:WHITE] win_rcs_w1   (20170521 | Hacking Team Disclosure Sample - file ndisk.sys)
rule win_rcs_w1 {
	meta:
		description = "Hacking Team Disclosure Sample - file ndisk.sys"
		author = "Florian Roth"
		reference = "https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/a03a6ed90b89945a992a8c69f716ec3c743fa1d958426f4c50378cca5bef0a01/analysis/1436184181/"
		date = "2015-07-07"
		hash = "cf5089752ba51ae827971272a5b761a4ab0acd84"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.rcs"
        malpedia_version = "20170521"
        malpedia_license = "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"
	strings:
		$s1 = "\\Registry\\Machine\\System\\ControlSet00%d\\services\\ndisk.sys" fullword wide 
		$s2 = "\\Registry\\Machine\\System\\ControlSet00%d\\Enum\\Root\\LEGACY_NDISK.SYS" fullword wide 
		$s3 = "\\Driver\\DeepFrz" fullword wide
		$s4 = "Microsoft Kernel Disk Manager" fullword wide 
		$s5 = "ndisk.sys" fullword wide
		$s6 = "\\Device\\MSH4DEV1" fullword wide
		$s7 = "\\DosDevices\\MSH4DEV1" fullword wide
		$s8 = "built by: WinDDK" fullword wide
	condition:
		uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 30KB and 6 of them
}
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