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win.warmcookie (Back to overview)

WarmCookie

aka: Badspace, Carrotstick, QUICKBIND
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WarmCookie is backdoor that is capable of executing commands reading/writing files and capturing screenshots. It communicates with a command and control (C&C) server via HTTP to receive further instructions and exfiltrate stolen data. It is commonly distributed through phishing campaigns and malicious downloads, targeting unsuspecting users to infiltrate systems undetected.

References
2025-09-30 ⋅ Elastic ⋅ Elastic
WARMCOOKIE One Year Later: New Features and Fresh Insights
WarmCookie
2025-07-14 ⋅ Spamhaus ⋅ Spamhaus Malware Labs
Spamhaus Botnet Threat Update January to June 2025
Coper FluBot Hook Joker Mirai AsyncRAT BianLian BumbleBee Chaos Cobalt Strike DanaBot DCRat Havoc Latrodectus NjRAT Quasar RAT RedLine Stealer Remcos Rhadamanthys Sliver ValleyRAT WarmCookie XWorm
2025-01-30 ⋅ Recorded Future ⋅ Insikt Group
TAG-124’s Multi-Layered TDS Infrastructure and Extensive User Base
Rhysida KongTuke MintsLoader Broomstick Remcos Rhysida WarmCookie
2025-01-22 ⋅ Vertex ⋅ Savage
Categorizing Software with Code Families
WarmCookie
2024-10-23 ⋅ Cisco Talos ⋅ Edmund Brumaghin, Holger Unterbrink, Jordyn Dunk, Nicole Hoffman
Highlighting TA866/Asylum Ambuscade Activity Since 2021
WasabiSeed Cobalt Strike csharp-streamer RAT Resident Rhadamanthys WarmCookie
2024-10-23 ⋅ Cisco Talos ⋅ Edmund Brumaghin, Holger Unterbrink, Jordyn Dunk, Nicole Hoffman
Threat Spotlight: WarmCookie/BadSpace
Cobalt Strike csharp-streamer RAT WarmCookie
2024-10-17 ⋅ Hunt.io ⋅ Hunt.io
From Warm to Burned: Shedding Light on Updated WarmCookie Infrastructure
WarmCookie
2024-10-03 ⋅ GitHub (dstepanic) ⋅ Daniel Stepanic
Getting Cozy with Milk and WARMCOOKIES
WarmCookie
2024-09-30 ⋅ X (@GenThreatLabs) ⋅ Gen Threat Labs
Tweet on FAKEUPDATES pushing WARMCOOKIE backdoor via compromised websites targeting France
FAKEUPDATES WarmCookie
2024-07-26 ⋅ SecurityIntelligence ⋅ Golo Mühr, Joe Fasulo
Hive0137 and AI-supplemented malware distribution
WarmCookie XWorm Hive0137
2024-07-26 ⋅ Darktrace ⋅ DarkTrace
Disarming the WarmCookie Backdoor: Darktrace’s Oven-Ready Solution
WarmCookie
2024-06-12 ⋅ Elastic ⋅ Daniel Stepanic
Dipping into Danger: The WARMCOOKIE backdoor
WarmCookie
2024-06-12 ⋅ Gdata ⋅ Anna Lvova, Karsten Hahn
New backdoor BadSpace delivered by high-ranking infected websites
WarmCookie
2024-05-23 ⋅ Github (x-junior) ⋅ Mohamed Ashraf
String Decryptor for WarmCookie
WarmCookie
2024-05-23 ⋅ Github (x-junior) ⋅ Mohamed Ashraf
IDA Script for WarmCookie
WarmCookie
2024-05-13 ⋅ Emerging Threats ⋅ Kevin Ross
SIGS: W32/Badspace.Backdoor
WarmCookie
2024-05-08 ⋅ Elastic ⋅ Elastic
Elastic Security - WarmCookie YARA Rule
WarmCookie
2023-06-15 ⋅ eSentire ⋅ RussianPanda
eSentire Threat Intelligence Malware Analysis: Resident Campaign
Cobalt Strike Resident Rhadamanthys WarmCookie
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_warmcookie_auto (20260917 | Detects win.warmcookie.)
rule win_warmcookie_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-09-17"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.warmcookie."
        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.warmcookie"
        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 = { c744242880000000 c744242003000000 41b900000000 41b807000000 ba00000080 }
            // n = 5, score = 900
            //   c744242880000000     | dec                 ecx
            //   c744242003000000     | mov                 eax, ebx
            //   41b900000000         | dec                 eax
            //   41b807000000         | mov                 ecx, ebx
            //   ba00000080           | dec                 ecx

        $sequence_1 = { 41b902000000 41b800000000 ba00000000 4889c1 }
            // n = 4, score = 900
            //   41b902000000         | inc                 ecx
            //   41b800000000         | mov                 eax, 7
            //   ba00000000           | mov                 edx, 0x80000000
            //   4889c1               | dec                 eax

        $sequence_2 = { 899c2498000000 488d5e02 48896c2470 8944242c 48b8fffffffffdffffff 4889842480000000 31c0 }
            // n = 7, score = 900
            //   899c2498000000       | mov                 eax, 0
            //   488d5e02             | mov                 edx, 0
            //   48896c2470           | dec                 eax
            //   8944242c             | mov                 ecx, eax
            //   48b8fffffffffdffffff     | dec    eax
            //   4889842480000000     | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x30], 0
            //   31c0                 | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x28], 0x80

        $sequence_3 = { 83e830 6683f809 0f8709060000 4183fe03 }
            // n = 4, score = 900
            //   83e830               | mov                 eax, 7
            //   6683f809             | mov                 edx, 0x80000000
            //   0f8709060000         | inc                 ecx
            //   4183fe03             | mov                 ecx, 0

        $sequence_4 = { 415c c3 55 4157 4156 4155 }
            // n = 6, score = 900
            //   415c                 | inc                 ecx
            //   c3                   | mov                 eax, 7
            //   55                   | mov                 edx, 0x80000000
            //   4157                 | dec                 eax
            //   4156                 | mov                 ecx, eax
            //   4155                 | dec                 eax

        $sequence_5 = { 4181f80080ffff 7470 8b4c2448 4889c2 }
            // n = 4, score = 900
            //   4181f80080ffff       | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x20], 3
            //   7470                 | inc                 ecx
            //   8b4c2448             | mov                 ecx, 0
            //   4889c2               | inc                 ecx

        $sequence_6 = { 0f8e1bffffff 01d0 89430c e9???????? 4157 4156 }
            // n = 6, score = 900
            //   0f8e1bffffff         | dec                 eax
            //   01d0                 | mov                 ecx, eax
            //   89430c               | inc                 ecx
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   4157                 | mov                 ecx, 2
            //   4156                 | inc                 ecx

        $sequence_7 = { e8???????? 3dff2f0000 0f97c0 0fb6c0 }
            // n = 4, score = 700
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   3dff2f0000           | cmp                 eax, 0x2fff
            //   0f97c0               | seta                al
            //   0fb6c0               | movzx               eax, al

        $sequence_8 = { ba19000000 488b4c2438 ff15???????? 85c0 }
            // n = 4, score = 700
            //   ba19000000           | mov                 edx, 0x19
            //   488b4c2438           | dec                 eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   85c0                 | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x38]

        $sequence_9 = { ff5010 b9e8030000 ff15???????? 83ef01 }
            // n = 4, score = 600
            //   ff5010               | std                 
            //   b9e8030000           | inc                 ecx
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   83ef01               | cmp                 eax, 0xffff8000

        $sequence_10 = { 85c0 7409 488b442428 48c1e814 }
            // n = 4, score = 600
            //   85c0                 | dec                 eax
            //   7409                 | mov                 ecx, eax
            //   488b442428           | call                ebx
            //   48c1e814             | test                eax, eax

        $sequence_11 = { 488d4c0301 4801c9 e8???????? 4889c3 4885c0 }
            // n = 5, score = 600
            //   488d4c0301           | add                 ecx, esi
            //   4801c9               | mov                 dword ptr [esi + 0x20], edi
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4889c3               | dec                 eax
            //   4885c0               | mov                 ebx, dword ptr [esp + 0x60]

        $sequence_12 = { ff15???????? 25ff0f0000 8d88b80b0000 ff15???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 600
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   25ff0f0000           | dec                 eax
            //   8d88b80b0000         | shr                 eax, 0x14
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_13 = { ba18000000 4889c1 ffd3 85c0 }
            // n = 4, score = 600
            //   ba18000000           | cmp                 eax, 0x2fff
            //   4889c1               | seta                al
            //   ffd3                 | movzx               eax, al
            //   85c0                 | mov                 edx, 0x18

        $sequence_14 = { 488b01 ff9080000000 85c0 7815 }
            // n = 4, score = 600
            //   488b01               | test                eax, eax
            //   ff9080000000         | je                  0xb
            //   85c0                 | dec                 eax
            //   7815                 | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x28]

        $sequence_15 = { 6642837c40fe00 75f3 4b8d1c00 4889d9 e8???????? 4989d8 }
            // n = 6, score = 500
            //   6642837c40fe00       | and                 eax, 0xfff
            //   75f3                 | lea                 ecx, [eax + 0xbb8]
            //   4b8d1c00             | dec                 eax
            //   4889d9               | mov                 eax, ebp
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4989d8               |                     

        $sequence_16 = { 4889e8 f0480fb13b 4885c0 75e2 488b3d???????? 31ed }
            // n = 6, score = 500
            //   4889e8               | dec                 eax
            //   f0480fb13b           | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ecx]
            //   4885c0               | call                dword ptr [eax + 0x80]
            //   75e2                 | test                eax, eax
            //   488b3d????????       |                     
            //   31ed                 | js                  0x1f

        $sequence_17 = { 488d542470 b901010000 ff15???????? 85c0 }
            // n = 4, score = 300
            //   488d542470           | inc                 ecx
            //   b901010000           | mov                 ecx, 0
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   85c0                 | inc                 ecx

        $sequence_18 = { 488b5c2460 8d4801 e8???????? 4c8bf8 }
            // n = 4, score = 300
            //   488b5c2460           | cmp                 eax, 0x2fff
            //   8d4801               | seta                al
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   4c8bf8               | cmp                 eax, 0x2fff

        $sequence_19 = { ff15???????? 488be8 4883f8ff 7444 4533c9 }
            // n = 5, score = 300
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   488be8               | seta                al
            //   4883f8ff             | movzx               eax, al
            //   7444                 | test                eax, eax
            //   4533c9               | je                  0xb

        $sequence_20 = { 4b8d040b 4688441102 483d00010000 72c8 488b5c2408 488b742410 }
            // n = 6, score = 300
            //   4b8d040b             | mov                 eax, 7
            //   4688441102           | mov                 edx, 0x80000000
            //   483d00010000         | inc                 ecx
            //   72c8                 | mov                 ecx, 0
            //   488b5c2408           | inc                 ecx
            //   488b742410           | mov                 eax, 7

        $sequence_21 = { 83f805 7c34 e8???????? 83f804 720c e8???????? 3d000f0000 }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   83f805               | dec                 eax
            //   7c34                 | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x28]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83f804               | dec                 eax
            //   720c                 | shr                 eax, 0x14
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   3d000f0000           | call                dword ptr [eax + 0x10]

        $sequence_22 = { ff15???????? 85c0 75c2 85f6 740f }
            // n = 5, score = 300
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   85c0                 | sub                 esp, 0x28
            //   75c2                 | cmp                 eax, 0x2fff
            //   85f6                 | seta                al
            //   740f                 | movzx               eax, al

        $sequence_23 = { 8bcf 498bd6 4803ce e8???????? 897e20 }
            // n = 5, score = 300
            //   8bcf                 | mov                 edx, 0x80000000
            //   498bd6               | dec                 eax
            //   4803ce               | mov                 ecx, eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   897e20               | dec                 eax

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 331776
}
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