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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
2023-03-19 ⋅ Ilan Duhin
Vawtrak Analysis
Vawtrak
2022-08-18 ⋅ IBM ⋅ Charlotte 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
2021-09-03 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Mohamad 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
2020-08-09 ⋅ F5 Labs ⋅ Debbie 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
2019-02-15 ⋅ CrowdStrike ⋅ Bex Hartley, Brendon Feeley
“Sin”-ful SPIDERS: WIZARD SPIDER and LUNAR SPIDER Sharing the Same Web
Dyre IcedID TrickBot Vawtrak LUNAR SPIDER WIZARD SPIDER
2018-08-09 ⋅ Fox-IT ⋅ Alfred Klason
Bokbot: The (re)birth of a banker
IcedID Vawtrak
2017-01-22 ⋅ The Hacker News ⋅ Mohit Kumar
Russian Hacker behind 'NeverQuest' Malware, Wanted by FBI, Is Arrested in Spain
Vawtrak
2016-09-01 ⋅ Blueliv ⋅ Blueliv
Chasing Cybercrime: Network insights into Vawtrak v2
Vawtrak
2016-07-12 ⋅ Fidelis Cybersecurity ⋅ Threat Research Team
Me and Mr. Robot: Tracking the Actor Behind the MAN1 Crypter
Hancitor Vawtrak
2016-04-21 ⋅ Threatpost ⋅ Tom Spring
PoS Attacks Net Crooks 20 Million Stolen Bank Cards
Vawtrak
2014-12-19 ⋅ PhishLabs ⋅ Don Jackson
The unrelenting evolution of Vawtrak
Vawtrak
2014-12-17 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ Brett Stone-Gross, Pallav Khandhar
Dyre Banking Trojan
Dyre Vawtrak WIZARD SPIDER
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_vawtrak_auto (20260917 | Detects win.vawtrak.)
rule win_vawtrak_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-09-17"
        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 = "20260916"
        malpedia_hash = "53a643781c18e08f4a50949af60172d837a0b6f6"
        malpedia_version = "20260917"
        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 50 ff15???????? 85c0 }
            // n = 7, score = 2700
            //   6a01                 | push                1
            //   ff35????????         |                     
            //   6a04                 | push                4
            //   6a01                 | push                1
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax

        $sequence_1 = { 6a00 6a00 e8???????? 50 ff15???????? }
            // n = 5, score = 2600
            //   6a00                 | push                1
            //   6a00                 | push                eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   50                   | test                eax, eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_2 = { b900000080 40 8901 81e900100000 75f6 c20400 55 }
            // n = 7, score = 2400
            //   b900000080           | push                1
            //   40                   | push                4
            //   8901                 | push                1
            //   81e900100000         | push                eax
            //   75f6                 | push                4
            //   c20400               | push                1
            //   55                   | push                eax

        $sequence_3 = { ba00ff0000 8bc1 23c2 3bc2 }
            // n = 4, score = 2400
            //   ba00ff0000           | push                1
            //   8bc1                 | push                4
            //   23c2                 | push                1
            //   3bc2                 | push                4

        $sequence_4 = { 803d????????00 7405 e8???????? e8???????? e8???????? e8???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 2200
            //   803d????????00       |                     
            //   7405                 | push                1
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_5 = { 85c0 7516 c705????????02000000 c705????????03000000 eb14 }
            // n = 5, score = 2200
            //   85c0                 | push                1
            //   7516                 | push                eax
            //   c705????????02000000     |     
            //   c705????????03000000     |     
            //   eb14                 | push                4

        $sequence_6 = { ff15???????? a3???????? 85c0 74e7 }
            // n = 4, score = 2100
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   a3????????           |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   74e7                 | je                  0xffffffe9

        $sequence_7 = { 7528 68???????? ff15???????? 85c0 7504 }
            // n = 5, score = 2100
            //   7528                 | jne                 0x2a
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   7504                 | jne                 6

        $sequence_8 = { 6a08 68???????? 56 ffd7 85c0 }
            // n = 5, score = 2100
            //   6a08                 | push                8
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   ffd7                 | call                edi
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax

        $sequence_9 = { e8???????? 33d2 b9ff3f0000 f7f1 }
            // n = 4, score = 2000
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   33d2                 | xor                 edx, edx
            //   b9ff3f0000           | mov                 ecx, 0x3fff
            //   f7f1                 | div                 ecx

        $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 = { 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_12 = { 3c0f 7705 80ea61 eb0a }
            // n = 4, score = 1700
            //   3c0f                 | push                eax
            //   7705                 | test                eax, eax
            //   80ea61               | push                1
            //   eb0a                 | push                4

        $sequence_13 = { f3aa 5f 5d c3 55 8bec 51 }
            // n = 7, score = 1600
            //   f3aa                 | rep stosb           byte ptr es:[edi], al
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi
            //   5d                   | pop                 ebp
            //   c3                   | ret                 
            //   55                   | push                ebp
            //   8bec                 | mov                 ebp, esp
            //   51                   | push                ecx

        $sequence_14 = { ff7510 ff750c ff7508 e8???????? 83c40c 8d45fc }
            // n = 6, 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]

        $sequence_15 = { c1e910 e9???????? 8ac1 c1e904 }
            // n = 4, score = 1200
            //   c1e910               | shr                 ecx, 0x10
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   8ac1                 | mov                 al, cl
            //   c1e904               | shr                 ecx, 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 = { 488b4a08 b801000000 874108 83f801 }
            // n = 4, score = 700
            //   488b4a08             | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebx]
            //   b801000000           | dec                 eax
            //   874108               | mov                 ecx, ebx
            //   83f801               | dec                 eax

        $sequence_19 = { 4883c602 03ea 03ff 03db }
            // n = 4, score = 700
            //   4883c602             | cmp                 eax, 1
            //   03ea                 | dec                 eax
            //   03ff                 | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [edx + 8]
            //   03db                 | mov                 eax, 1

        $sequence_20 = { 4883ec20 488b05???????? 488bda 488bf9 4885c0 7535 }
            // n = 6, score = 700
            //   4883ec20             | xchg                dword ptr [ecx + 8], eax
            //   488b05????????       |                     
            //   488bda               | cmp                 eax, 1
            //   488bf9               | je                  0xfffffffc
            //   4885c0               | dec                 eax
            //   7535                 | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [edx + 8]

        $sequence_21 = { 4885c0 7523 488b0b ff15???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 700
            //   4885c0               | dec                 eax
            //   7523                 | test                eax, eax
            //   488b0b               | jne                 0x25
            //   ff15????????         |                     

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 1027072
}
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