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win.seduploader (Back to overview)

Seduploader

aka: jhuhugit, jkeyskw, downrage, carberplike, GAMEFISH

Actor(s): APT28

VTCollection    

simple tool to facilitate download and persistence of a next-stage tool; collects system information and metadata probably in an attempt to tell sandbox-environments apart from real targets on the server-side; uses domains of search engines like Google to check for Internet connectivity; XOR-based string obfuscation with a 16-byte key

References
2020-01-01SecureworksSecureWorks
IRON TWILIGHT
X-Agent X-Agent X-Agent Computrace HideDRV Sedreco Seduploader X-Agent XTunnel Zebrocy Zebrocy (AutoIT)
2019-04-18YoroiZLAB-Yoroi
APT28 and Upcoming Elections: Evidence of Possible Interference (Part II)
Seduploader
2018-12-21Emanuele De Lucia
APT28 / Sofacy – SedUploader under the Christmas tree
Seduploader
2018-10-04SymantecCritical Attack Discovery and Intelligence Team
APT28: New Espionage Operations Target Military and Government Organizations
LoJax Seduploader X-Agent XTunnel Zebrocy APT28
2018-02-20Kaspersky LabsGReAT
A Slice of 2017 Sofacy Activity
X-Agent Seduploader X-Agent Zebrocy Zebrocy (AutoIT) APT28
2017-12-21ESET ResearchESET Research
Sednit update: How Fancy Bear Spent the Year
Seduploader X-Agent
2017-10-22CiscoPaul Rascagnères, Vitor Ventura, Warren Mercer
“Cyber Conflict” Decoy Document Used In Real Cyber Conflict
Seduploader
2017-10-19ProofpointKafeine, Pierre T
APT28 racing to exploit CVE-2017-11292 Flash vulnerability before patches are deployed
Seduploader
2017-08-13Adam Chester
Analysis of APT28 hospitality malware (Part 2)
Seduploader
2017-08-11FireEyeBen Read, Lindsay Smith
APT28 Targets Hospitality Sector, Presents Threat to Travelers
Seduploader
2017-05-09ESET ResearchESET Research
Sednit adds two zero‑day exploits using ‘Trump’s attack on Syria’ as a decoy
Seduploader
2017-02-20Contagio DumpMila Parkour
Part I. Russian APT - APT28 collection of samples including OSX XAgent
X-Agent Komplex Coreshell Downdelph HideDRV SEADADDY Sedreco Seduploader X-Agent XTunnel
2017-01-10FireEyeFireEye iSIGHT Intelligence
APT28: At The Center Of The Storm
Coreshell OLDBAIT Sedreco Seduploader X-Agent
2016-08-01ESET ResearchESET Research
En Route with Sednit - Part 1: Approaching the Target
Komplex Seduploader
2016-06-15CrowdStrikeDmitri Alperovitch
Bears in the Midst: Intrusion into the Democratic National Committee
X-Agent ATI-Agent SEADADDY Seduploader X-Agent XTunnel APT28
2016-06-14Palo Alto Networks Unit 42Bryan Lee, Robert Falcone
New Sofacy Attacks Against US Government Agency
Seduploader APT28
2015-12-04Kaspersky LabsGReAT
Sofacy APT hits high profile targets with updated toolset
Coreshell Sedreco Seduploader X-Agent APT28
2015-10-13Trend MicroBrooks Li, Feike Hacquebord, Peter Pi
New Adobe Flash Zero-Day Used in Pawn Storm Campaign Targeting Foreign Affairs Ministries
Seduploader
2014-10-27Trend MicroAlfred Remorin, Douglas Otis, Feike Hacquebord, Fernando Mercês, Jim Gogolinski, Loucif Kharouni, Numaan Huq
Operation Pawn Storm: Using Decoys to Evade Detection
Sedreco Seduploader APT28
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_seduploader_auto (20241030 | Detects win.seduploader.)
rule win_seduploader_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2024-10-31"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.seduploader."
        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.seduploader"
        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 = { ff763c e8???????? 83c40c 3b4508 }
            // n = 4, score = 2400
            //   ff763c               | push                dword ptr [esi + 0x3c]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c40c               | add                 esp, 0xc
            //   3b4508               | cmp                 eax, dword ptr [ebp + 8]

        $sequence_1 = { 50 e8???????? 8b4510 83c6fe 8930 }
            // n = 5, score = 2400
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8b4510               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10]
            //   83c6fe               | add                 esi, -2
            //   8930                 | mov                 dword ptr [eax], esi

        $sequence_2 = { 83c6fe 8930 8d4601 50 e8???????? }
            // n = 5, score = 2400
            //   83c6fe               | add                 esi, -2
            //   8930                 | mov                 dword ptr [eax], esi
            //   8d4601               | lea                 eax, [esi + 1]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_3 = { 83c6fe 8930 8d4601 50 }
            // n = 4, score = 2400
            //   83c6fe               | add                 esi, -2
            //   8930                 | mov                 dword ptr [eax], esi
            //   8d4601               | lea                 eax, [esi + 1]
            //   50                   | push                eax

        $sequence_4 = { e8???????? 6a01 8d45fe 50 }
            // n = 4, score = 2400
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   6a01                 | push                1
            //   8d45fe               | lea                 eax, [ebp - 2]
            //   50                   | push                eax

        $sequence_5 = { e8???????? 8b4510 83c6fe 8930 }
            // n = 4, score = 2400
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8b4510               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10]
            //   83c6fe               | add                 esi, -2
            //   8930                 | mov                 dword ptr [eax], esi

        $sequence_6 = { c3 56 6a3e 8bf1 e8???????? }
            // n = 5, score = 2400
            //   c3                   | ret                 
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   6a3e                 | push                0x3e
            //   8bf1                 | mov                 esi, ecx
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_7 = { 89b5ecfeffff 89b5f0feffff 89b5f4feffff e8???????? 83c40c }
            // n = 5, score = 2400
            //   89b5ecfeffff         | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x114], esi
            //   89b5f0feffff         | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x110], esi
            //   89b5f4feffff         | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x10c], esi
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c40c               | add                 esp, 0xc

        $sequence_8 = { 50 e8???????? 8b4510 83c6fe }
            // n = 4, score = 2400
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8b4510               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10]
            //   83c6fe               | add                 esi, -2

        $sequence_9 = { e8???????? 8b4510 83c6fe 8930 8d4601 }
            // n = 5, score = 2400
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8b4510               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10]
            //   83c6fe               | add                 esi, -2
            //   8930                 | mov                 dword ptr [eax], esi
            //   8d4601               | lea                 eax, [esi + 1]

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 401408
}
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