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win.tinynuke (Back to overview)

TinyNuke

aka: NukeBot, Nuclear Bot, MicroBankingTrojan, Xbot
VTCollection     URLhaus      

TinyNuke (aka Nuclear Bot) is a fully-fledged banking trojan including HiddenDesktop/VNC server and a reverse socks4 server. It was for sale on underground marketplaces for $2500 in 2016. The program's author claimed the malware was written from scratch, but that it functioned similarly to the ZeuS banking trojan in that it could steal passwords and inject arbitrary content when victims visited banking Web sites. However, he then proceeded to destroy his own reputation on hacker forums by promoting his development too aggressively. As a displacement activity, he published his source code on Github. XBot is an off-spring of TinyNuke, but very similar to its ancestor.

References
2022-08-08Medium CSIS TechblogBenoît Ancel
An inside view of domain anonymization as-a-service — the BraZZZerSFF infrastructure
Riltok magecart Anubis Azorult BetaBot Buer CoalaBot CryptBot DiamondFox DreamBot GCleaner ISFB Loki Password Stealer (PWS) MedusaLocker MeguminTrojan Nemty PsiX RedLine Stealer SmokeLoader STOP TinyNuke Vidar Zloader
2022-03-21AhnLabASEC Analysis Team
BitRAT Disguised as Windows Product Key Verification Tool Being Distributed
BitRAT TinyNuke
2021-10-20AhnLabASEC Analysis Team
VNC Malware (TinyNuke, TightVNC) Used by Kimsuky Group
TinyNuke
2019-12-17Brian Krebs
Nuclear Bot Author Arrested in Sextortion Case
TinyNuke Varenyky
2018-05-21JuniperPaul Kimayong
Nukebot Banking Trojan targeting people in France
TinyNuke
2018-02-02BitSightTiago Pereira
Break Out Of The Tinynuke Malware
TinyNuke
2017-07-19Kaspersky LabsSergey Yunakovsky
The NukeBot banking Trojan: from rough drafts to real threats
TinyNuke
2017-04-06KrebsOnSecurityBrian Krebs
Self-Proclaimed ‘Nuclear Bot’ Author Weighs U.S. Job Offer
TinyNuke
2017-03-28SecurityIntelligenceIlya Kolmanovich, Limor Kessem
The NukeBot Trojan, a Bruised Ego and a Surprising Source Code Leak
TinyNuke
2016-12-19NetScoutDennis Schwarz
Dismantling a Nuclear Bot
TinyNuke
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_tinynuke_auto (20251219 | Detects win.tinynuke.)
rule win_tinynuke_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-01-05"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.tinynuke."
        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.tinynuke"
        malpedia_rule_date = "20260105"
        malpedia_hash = "19b79e7cab4eaf532122e5b45a77dd8f6bb5cc79"
        malpedia_version = "20251219"
        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 = { c3 55 8bec 817d0c00040000 }
            // n = 4, score = 1600
            //   c3                   | ret                 
            //   55                   | push                ebp
            //   8bec                 | mov                 ebp, esp
            //   817d0c00040000       | cmp                 dword ptr [ebp + 0xc], 0x400

        $sequence_1 = { ff15???????? ff35???????? 8b7dfc 57 a3???????? ff15???????? ff35???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 1400
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   ff35????????         |                     
            //   8b7dfc               | mov                 edi, dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   57                   | push                edi
            //   a3????????           |                     
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   ff35????????         |                     

        $sequence_2 = { 5e 85c0 753c 56 8d45f8 }
            // n = 5, score = 1400
            //   5e                   | pop                 esi
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   753c                 | jne                 0x3e
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   8d45f8               | lea                 eax, [ebp - 8]

        $sequence_3 = { 8945f4 8d85d4feffff 50 ff15???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 1400
            //   8945f4               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0xc], eax
            //   8d85d4feffff         | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0x12c]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_4 = { 83c418 a3???????? 5f 5e 5b c9 c3 }
            // n = 7, score = 1400
            //   83c418               | add                 esp, 0x18
            //   a3????????           |                     
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi
            //   5e                   | pop                 esi
            //   5b                   | pop                 ebx
            //   c9                   | leave               
            //   c3                   | ret                 

        $sequence_5 = { 8d8530f6ffff 50 6802020000 ff15???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 1400
            //   8d8530f6ffff         | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0x9d0]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   6802020000           | push                0x202
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_6 = { 53 56 57 33c0 33db 6a07 }
            // n = 6, score = 1400
            //   53                   | push                ebx
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   57                   | push                edi
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax
            //   33db                 | xor                 ebx, ebx
            //   6a07                 | push                7

        $sequence_7 = { 6a03 53 53 6800000080 50 ff15???????? a3???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 1400
            //   6a03                 | push                3
            //   53                   | push                ebx
            //   53                   | push                ebx
            //   6800000080           | push                0x80000000
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   a3????????           |                     

        $sequence_8 = { ff75ec ff75fc e8???????? 83c40c 5f }
            // n = 5, score = 1300
            //   ff75ec               | push                dword ptr [ebp - 0x14]
            //   ff75fc               | push                dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c40c               | add                 esp, 0xc
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi

        $sequence_9 = { 50 ff15???????? ff35???????? 8d85a4feffff 50 ff15???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 1300
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   ff35????????         |                     
            //   8d85a4feffff         | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0x15c]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_10 = { a3???????? 68e2010000 68???????? 68???????? e8???????? }
            // n = 5, score = 800
            //   a3????????           |                     
            //   68e2010000           | push                0x1e2
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_11 = { 8b02 8a00 3c0a 7409 3c0d }
            // n = 5, score = 800
            //   8b02                 | mov                 eax, dword ptr [edx]
            //   8a00                 | mov                 al, byte ptr [eax]
            //   3c0a                 | cmp                 al, 0xa
            //   7409                 | je                  0xb
            //   3c0d                 | cmp                 al, 0xd

        $sequence_12 = { 6a2a 50 8945fc ff15???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 800
            //   6a2a                 | push                0x2a
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   8945fc               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_13 = { ff15???????? a3???????? ff35???????? ff75ec ff15???????? }
            // n = 5, score = 800
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   a3????????           |                     
            //   ff35????????         |                     
            //   ff75ec               | push                dword ptr [ebp - 0x14]
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_14 = { a3???????? ff35???????? ff75f8 ff15???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 800
            //   a3????????           |                     
            //   ff35????????         |                     
            //   ff75f8               | push                dword ptr [ebp - 8]
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_15 = { c70604000000 e8???????? eb18 83f803 7519 }
            // n = 5, score = 800
            //   c70604000000         | mov                 dword ptr [esi], 4
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   eb18                 | jmp                 0x1a
            //   83f803               | cmp                 eax, 3
            //   7519                 | jne                 0x1b

        $sequence_16 = { 59 8d85d0fcffff 50 8d85d8feffff 50 ff15???????? ff35???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 700
            //   59                   | pop                 ecx
            //   8d85d0fcffff         | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0x330]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   8d85d8feffff         | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0x128]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   ff35????????         |                     

        $sequence_17 = { 8d45dc 50 ff15???????? 8d85d0fcffff 50 e8???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 700
            //   8d45dc               | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0x24]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   8d85d0fcffff         | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0x330]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_18 = { 8d85d4fdffff 50 ff15???????? ff35???????? 8d85d4fdffff 50 ff15???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 700
            //   8d85d4fdffff         | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0x22c]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   ff35????????         |                     
            //   8d85d4fdffff         | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0x22c]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_19 = { ff15???????? 8b35???????? 8d430c 50 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   8b35????????         |                     
            //   8d430c               | lea                 eax, [ebx + 0xc]
            //   50                   | push                eax

        $sequence_20 = { e8???????? 8945fc 8b0f 83ec08 85c9 75d6 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8945fc               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], eax
            //   8b0f                 | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [edi]
            //   83ec08               | sub                 esp, 8
            //   85c9                 | test                ecx, ecx
            //   75d6                 | jne                 0xffffffd8

        $sequence_21 = { c70424???????? e8???????? 83ec08 85c0 75d6 }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   c70424????????       |                     
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83ec08               | sub                 esp, 8
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   75d6                 | jne                 0xffffffd8

        $sequence_22 = { 85c0 7422 8b0cb2 83ec08 03cf ba???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   7422                 | je                  0x24
            //   8b0cb2               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [edx + esi*4]
            //   83ec08               | sub                 esp, 8
            //   03cf                 | add                 ecx, edi
            //   ba????????           |                     

        $sequence_23 = { 891c24 89442408 e8???????? 0fb76f06 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   891c24               | mov                 dword ptr [esp], ebx
            //   89442408             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 8], eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   0fb76f06             | movzx               ebp, word ptr [edi + 6]

        $sequence_24 = { c785e4fdffff00000000 c785e0fdffff01000000 f3ab ff15???????? 8d85e8fdffff 6804010000 }
            // n = 6, score = 100
            //   c785e4fdffff00000000     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x21c], 0
            //   c785e0fdffff01000000     | mov    dword ptr [ebp - 0x220], 1
            //   f3ab                 | rep stosd           dword ptr es:[edi], eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   8d85e8fdffff         | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0x218]
            //   6804010000           | push                0x104

        $sequence_25 = { e8???????? 83ec08 89c3 c7042400000000 e8???????? }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83ec08               | sub                 esp, 8
            //   89c3                 | mov                 ebx, eax
            //   c7042400000000       | mov                 dword ptr [esp], 0
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_26 = { 5b c20800 891c24 e8???????? 83ec04 }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   5b                   | pop                 ebx
            //   c20800               | ret                 8
            //   891c24               | mov                 dword ptr [esp], ebx
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83ec04               | sub                 esp, 4

        $sequence_27 = { 89bdb8fdffff ff15???????? 83bdbcfdffff01 7477 8b85c4fdffff }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   89bdb8fdffff         | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x248], edi
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   83bdbcfdffff01       | cmp                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x244], 1
            //   7477                 | je                  0x79
            //   8b85c4fdffff         | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x23c]

        $sequence_28 = { 83ec0c 31c0 83c43c 5b 5e }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   83ec0c               | sub                 esp, 0xc
            //   31c0                 | xor                 eax, eax
            //   83c43c               | add                 esp, 0x3c
            //   5b                   | pop                 ebx
            //   5e                   | pop                 esi

        $sequence_29 = { 837c243401 7537 c744241400000000 c744241000000000 c744240c00000000 c7442408???????? c744240400000000 }
            // n = 7, score = 100
            //   837c243401           | cmp                 dword ptr [esp + 0x34], 1
            //   7537                 | jne                 0x39
            //   c744241400000000     | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x14], 0
            //   c744241000000000     | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x10], 0
            //   c744240c00000000     | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0xc], 0
            //   c7442408????????     |                     
            //   c744240400000000     | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 4], 0

        $sequence_30 = { 85c0 75d6 31db 8d742600 c70424???????? }
            // n = 5, score = 100
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   75d6                 | jne                 0xffffffd8
            //   31db                 | xor                 ebx, ebx
            //   8d742600             | lea                 esi, [esi]
            //   c70424????????       |                     

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 1196032
}
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