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win.vawtrak (Back to overview)

Vawtrak

aka: Catch, grabnew, NeverQuest

Actor(s): Lunar Spider

VTCollection     URLhaus    

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References
2023-03-19Ilan Duhin
Vawtrak Analysis
Vawtrak
2022-08-18IBMCharlotte Hammond, Ole Villadsen
From Ramnit To Bumblebee (via NeverQuest): Similarities and Code Overlap Shed Light On Relationships Between Malware Developers
BumbleBee Karius Ramnit TrickBot Vawtrak
2021-09-03Trend MicroMohamad Mokbel
The State of SSL/TLS Certificate Usage in Malware C&C Communications
AdWind ostap AsyncRAT BazarBackdoor BitRAT Buer Chthonic CloudEyE Cobalt Strike DCRat Dridex FindPOS GootKit Gozi IcedID ISFB Nanocore RAT Orcus RAT PandaBanker Qadars QakBot Quasar RAT Rockloader ServHelper Shifu SManager TorrentLocker TrickBot Vawtrak Zeus Zloader
2020-08-09F5 LabsDebbie Walkowski, Remi Cohen
Banking Trojans: A Reference Guide to the Malware Family Tree
BackSwap Carberp Citadel DanaBot Dridex Dyre Emotet Gozi Kronos PandaBanker Ramnit Shylock SpyEye Tinba TrickBot Vawtrak Zeus
2019-02-15CrowdStrikeBex Hartley, Brendon Feeley
“Sin”-ful SPIDERS: WIZARD SPIDER and LUNAR SPIDER Sharing the Same Web
Dyre IcedID TrickBot Vawtrak LUNAR SPIDER WIZARD SPIDER
2018-08-09Fox-ITAlfred Klason
Bokbot: The (re)birth of a banker
IcedID Vawtrak
2017-01-22The Hacker NewsMohit Kumar
Russian Hacker behind 'NeverQuest' Malware, Wanted by FBI, Is Arrested in Spain
Vawtrak
2016-09-01BluelivBlueliv
Chasing Cybercrime: Network insights into Vawtrak v2
Vawtrak
2016-07-12Fidelis CybersecurityThreat Research Team
Me and Mr. Robot: Tracking the Actor Behind the MAN1 Crypter
Hancitor Vawtrak
2016-04-21ThreatpostTom Spring
PoS Attacks Net Crooks 20 Million Stolen Bank Cards
Vawtrak
2014-12-19PhishLabsDon Jackson
The unrelenting evolution of Vawtrak
Vawtrak
2014-12-17SecureworksBrett Stone-Gross, Pallav Khandhar
Dyre Banking Trojan
Dyre Vawtrak WIZARD SPIDER
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_vawtrak_auto (20251219 | Detects win.vawtrak.)
rule win_vawtrak_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-01-05"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.vawtrak."
        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.vawtrak"
        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 = { 6a01 ff35???????? 6a04 6a01 }
            // n = 4, score = 2700
            //   6a01                 | push                1
            //   ff35????????         |                     
            //   6a04                 | push                4
            //   6a01                 | push                1

        $sequence_1 = { 6a04 6a01 50 ff15???????? 85c0 }
            // n = 5, score = 2700
            //   6a04                 | push                4
            //   6a01                 | push                1
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax

        $sequence_2 = { 6a00 6a00 e8???????? 50 ff15???????? }
            // n = 5, score = 2600
            //   6a00                 | mov                 dword ptr [edi], eax
            //   6a00                 | push                4
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   50                   | push                1
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_3 = { 85c0 7415 ff15???????? 50 ff15???????? 6aff }
            // n = 6, score = 2400
            //   85c0                 | push                eax
            //   7415                 | test                eax, eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   50                   | push                4
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   6aff                 | push                1

        $sequence_4 = { ba00ff0000 8bc1 23c2 3bc2 }
            // n = 4, score = 2400
            //   ba00ff0000           | push                1
            //   8bc1                 | push                eax
            //   23c2                 | test                eax, eax
            //   3bc2                 | push                4

        $sequence_5 = { 69d26d4ec641 81c239300000 2ac2 8801 }
            // n = 4, score = 2200
            //   69d26d4ec641         | push                eax
            //   81c239300000         | push                1
            //   2ac2                 | push                4
            //   8801                 | push                1

        $sequence_6 = { e8???????? eb09 a804 7405 e8???????? 803d????????00 }
            // n = 6, score = 2200
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   eb09                 | push                1
            //   a804                 | push                4
            //   7405                 | push                1
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   803d????????00       |                     

        $sequence_7 = { 6a08 68???????? 56 ffd7 85c0 }
            // n = 5, score = 2100
            //   6a08                 | push                8
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   ffd7                 | call                edi
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax

        $sequence_8 = { ff15???????? a3???????? 85c0 74e7 }
            // n = 4, score = 2100
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   a3????????           |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   74e7                 | je                  0xffffffe9

        $sequence_9 = { 7528 68???????? ff15???????? 85c0 7504 33c0 }
            // n = 6, score = 2100
            //   7528                 | jne                 0x2a
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   7504                 | jne                 6
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax

        $sequence_10 = { 59 57 8bf0 ff15???????? 8bc6 }
            // n = 5, score = 2000
            //   59                   | pop                 ecx
            //   57                   | push                edi
            //   8bf0                 | mov                 esi, eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   8bc6                 | mov                 eax, esi

        $sequence_11 = { e8???????? 33d2 b9ff3f0000 f7f1 }
            // n = 4, score = 2000
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   33d2                 | xor                 edx, edx
            //   b9ff3f0000           | mov                 ecx, 0x3fff
            //   f7f1                 | div                 ecx

        $sequence_12 = { 8bc6 8703 3bc6 74f8 }
            // n = 4, score = 1900
            //   8bc6                 | mov                 eax, esi
            //   8703                 | xchg                dword ptr [ebx], eax
            //   3bc6                 | cmp                 eax, esi
            //   74f8                 | je                  0xfffffffa

        $sequence_13 = { 8d429f 3c0f 7705 80ea61 eb0a 8d42bf 3c0f }
            // n = 7, score = 1700
            //   8d429f               | push                1
            //   3c0f                 | push                eax
            //   7705                 | push                1
            //   80ea61               | push                4
            //   eb0a                 | push                1
            //   8d42bf               | push                eax
            //   3c0f                 | push                4

        $sequence_14 = { ff7510 ff750c ff7508 e8???????? 83c40c 8d45fc 50 }
            // n = 7, score = 1600
            //   ff7510               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 0x10]
            //   ff750c               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 0xc]
            //   ff7508               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 8]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c40c               | add                 esp, 0xc
            //   8d45fc               | lea                 eax, [ebp - 4]
            //   50                   | push                eax

        $sequence_15 = { c1e910 e9???????? 8ac1 c1e904 c0e004 }
            // n = 5, score = 1200
            //   c1e910               | shr                 ecx, 0x10
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   8ac1                 | mov                 al, cl
            //   c1e904               | shr                 ecx, 4
            //   c0e004               | shl                 al, 4

        $sequence_16 = { 8ac8 240f 80e1f0 80c110 }
            // n = 4, score = 900
            //   8ac8                 | mov                 cl, al
            //   240f                 | and                 al, 0xf
            //   80e1f0               | and                 cl, 0xf0
            //   80c110               | add                 cl, 0x10

        $sequence_17 = { 3c41 7c11 3c46 7f0d }
            // n = 4, score = 800
            //   3c41                 | cmp                 al, 0x41
            //   7c11                 | jl                  0x13
            //   3c46                 | cmp                 al, 0x46
            //   7f0d                 | jg                  0xf

        $sequence_18 = { 03ea 03ff 03db 4883fe1e }
            // n = 4, score = 700
            //   03ea                 | mov                 edx, esi
            //   03ff                 | dec                 eax
            //   03db                 | mov                 ecx, ebp
            //   4883fe1e             | dec                 eax

        $sequence_19 = { 4533c0 488bd6 488bcd 48897c2428 4889442420 ff15???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 700
            //   4533c0               | dec                 esp
            //   488bd6               | lea                 eax, [esp + 0x30]
            //   488bcd               | inc                 ebp
            //   48897c2428           | xor                 ecx, ecx
            //   4889442420           | xor                 edx, edx
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_20 = { 400f95c7 4533c9 4533c0 ff15???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 700
            //   400f95c7             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x28], edi
            //   4533c9               | dec                 eax
            //   4533c0               | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x20], eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_21 = { 488364242000 4c8d442430 4533c9 33d2 }
            // n = 4, score = 700
            //   488364242000         | dec                 eax
            //   4c8d442430           | and                 dword ptr [esp + 0x20], 0
            //   4533c9               | dec                 esp
            //   33d2                 | lea                 eax, [esp + 0x30]

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 1027072
}
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