Sunday, April 24, 2016

Analyzing the Bill Gates Botnet - An Analysis

We've, recently, intercepted, a high-profile, Linux-based, botnet-driven, type of, malicious, software, that's capable, of launching, a multitude of malicious attacks, on, compromised servers, potentially, exposing, the, integrity, confidentiality, and, availability, of, the compromised servers. Malicious attackers, often rely, on the use of compromised servers, for, the purpose, of, utilizing the access for malicious purposes, including, the capability, to launch malicious DDoS (Denial of Service Attack) attacks, and the ability, to spread additional malicious software, to potential users, including the capability to monetize access to the service, by, launching, DDoS for hire type of malicious and fraudulent services, including, the capability to launch high performance DDoS attacks.

In this post, we'll, profile, and analyze, the Bill Gates botnet, provide, actionable intelligence, on, the infrastructure, behind it, and, discuss, in depth, the tactics, techniques, and procedures, of the cybercriminals, behind it.

Malicious MD5s known to be part of the Bill Gates botnet:
MD5: 5d10bcb15bedb4b94092c4c2e4d245b6
MD5: 0d79802eeae43459ef0f6f809ef74ecc
MD5: 9a77f1ad125cf34858be5e438b3f0247
MD5: 9a77f1ad125cf34858be5e438b3f0247
MD5: a89c089b8d020034392536d66851b939
MD5: a5b9270a317c9ef0beda992183717b33

Known Bill Gates botnet C&C server:
hxxp://dgnfd564sdf.com - 122.224.34.42; 122.224.50.37

Malicious C&C servers known to be part of the Bill Gates botnet:
202.103.178.76
121.12.110.96
112.90.252.76
112.90.22.197
112.90.252.79

Known to have responded to the same malicious IP (122.224.50.37) are also the following malicious domains:
hxxp://lfs99.com
hxxp://chchong.com
hxxp://uc43.net
hxxp://59wgw.com
hxxp://frade8c.com
hxxp://96hb.com
hxxp://cq670.com
hxxp://776ka.com

Malicious MD5s known to have phoned back to the same C&C server IP (122.224.50.37):
MD5: 6739ca4a835c7976089e2f00150f252b
MD5: eb234cee4ff769f2b38129bc164809d2
MD5: dc893d16316489dffa4e8d86040189b2
MD5: 0c1cac2a019aa1cc2dcc0d3b17fc4477
MD5: b7765076af036583fc81a50bd0b2a663

Known to have responded to the same malicious IP (122.224.34.42) are also the following malicious domains:
hxxp://76.wawa11.com
hxxp://903.wawa11.com
hxxp://904.wawa11.com
hxxp://905.wawa11.com
hxxp://906.wawa11.com
hxxp://907.wawa11.com
hxxp://91ww.0574yu.com
hxxp://9911sf.com
hxxp://901.t772277.com
hxxp://aisf.jux114.com
hxxp://520.wawa11.com
hxxp://awooolsf.com
hxxp://2288game.com
hxxp://588bc.com
hxxp://488game.com
hxxp://588bc.com

Malicious MD5s known to have been downloaded from the same malicious C&C server IP (122.224.34.42):
MD5: 5d10bcb15bedb4b94092c4c2e4d245b6
MD5: 9a77f1ad125cf34858be5e438b3f0247

Malicious MD5s known to have been phoned back to the same malicious C&C server IP(122.224.34.42):
MD5: 815e453b6e268addf6a6763bfe013928

Once executed the sample phones back to the following malicious C&C server IPs:
hxxp://awooolsf.com/222.txt - 122.224.34.42
hxxp://xxx.com/download/xx.exe - 67.23.112.226

Known to have responded to the same malicious IP (67.23.112.226) are also the following malicious domains:
hxxp://falconglobalimpex.com
hxxp://deschatz-army.net
hxxp://m.xxx.com
hxxp://xxx.com
hxxp://xxxsites.com
hxxp://t.xxx.com
hxxp://m.xxx.org
hxxp://m.xxxsites.com
hxxp://xxx.org

Known to have been downloaded from the same malicious IP (67.23.112.226) are also the following malicious MD5s:
MD5: b4b483eb0d25fa3a9ec589eb11467ab8

Known to have phoned back to the same malicious C&C server (67.23.112.226) are also the following malicious MD5s:
MD5: 53a7fc24cb19463f8df3f4fe3ffd79b9
MD5: 268b8bcacec173eace3079db709b9c69
MD5: 0faf6988dfeaa98241c19fd834eca194
MD5: 87f8ffeb17a72fda7cf28745fa7a6be8
MD5: c973f818a5f9326c412ac9c4dfaeb0bd

This post has been reproduced from Dancho Danchev's blog.

Cybercriminals Launch Malicious Malvertising Campaign, Thousands of Users Affected

We've recently intercepted, a currently ongoing malicious malvertising attack, affecting thousands of users globally, potentially exposing their PCs, to, a multitude of malicious software, compromising, the, integrity, confidentiality, and, availability, of, their, PCs.

The campaign relies on the Angler Web malware exploitation kit, for, the, purpose of serving malicious software, on the, PCs, of, affected users exposing, their, PCs, to, a multitude, of, malicious software, potentially leading, to, a compromise, of, their, PCs. Once, users, visit, a legitimate Web site, part, of the, campaign, their, PCs, automatically become, part, of the botnet, operated, by, the, cybercriminals, behind it, with, the, campaign, relying, on, the, use, of, the, exploitation, of, a well known, client-side, vulnerability.

Cybercriminals, often, rely, on, the, use, of, compromised, accounting, data, obtained, through, active data mining, of, a botnet's infected population, for, the purpose, of, embedding, malicious, client-side exploits, on well known, and highly popular, Web sites, next, to, the, active, client-side, exploitation, of, known, vulnerabilities, found, on public, and well, known, Web sites. Yet, another highly popular attack vector, remains, the use, of compromised, advertiser network publisher's account, for, the, purpose, of taking advantage, of, the publisher's, already established, clean, network, reputation.

In this post, we'll profile, the, malicious campaign, provide, actionable, intelligence, for, the, infrastructure, behind it, provide, malicious MD5s, as, well, as, discuss, in depth, the, tactics, techniques, and procedures, utilized, by, the, cybercriminals, behind it.

Sample detection rate for the Trojan.Win32.Waldek.gip malware:
MD5: f2b92d07bb35f1649b015a5ac10d6f05

Once executed the sample phones back to:
hxxp://datanet.cc/extra/status.html - 146.185.251.154

Malicious URLs, used, in the, campaign:
hxxp://gamergrad.top/track/k.track?wd=48&fid=2 - 104.24.112.169
hxxp://talk915.pw/track/k.track?wd=48&fid=2 - 104.27.190.84

Known to have responded to the same IP (146.185.251.154) are also the following malicious domains:
hxxp://crenwat.cc
hxxp://oldbog.cc
hxxp://datanet.cc
hxxp://glomwork.cc
hxxp://speedport.cc
hxxp://myhostclub.cc
hxxp://terminreg.cc
hxxp://currentnow.cc
hxxp://copyinv.cc
hxxp://lableok.cc
hxxp://agentad.cc
hxxp://appclone.cc
hxxp://tune4.cc
hxxp://objects.cc

Once executed, the, sample, phones, back, to the, following, C&C server:
hxxp://188.138.70.19

Known to have responded to the same IP (188.138.70.19) are also the following malicious domains:
hxxp://alfatrade.cxaff.com
hxxp://affiliates.alfatrade.com

Known to have phoned back to the same malicious C&C server, are, also, the following malicious MD5s:
MD5: aaa6559738f74bd7a2ff1b025a287043
MD5: b919a06e79318c0d50b8961b0e32eb0a
MD5: a384337cad9335b34d877dd4c59c73ce
MD5: e7b7b7664e89be18bcf2b79cc116731f
MD5: d712ddbc9b4fb27d950be93c1e144cce

Related malicious MD5s known to have phoned back to the same C&C server:
MD5: aaa6559738f74bd7a2ff1b025a287043
MD5: b919a06e79318c0d50b8961b0e32eb0a
MD5: a2bd512e438801a2aa1871a2ac28e5bd
MD5: f01f9ded34cfe21098a2275563cf0d9d
MD5: e7b7b7664e89be18bcf2b79cc116731f

This post has been reproduced from Dancho Danchev's blog.

Hundreds of Google Play Apps Compromised, Lead to Mobile Malware

Malicious attackers, have, managed, to, infiltrate, and populate, Google Play, with, hundreds, of rogue, applications, exposing, users, to mobile, malware, compromising, the, integrity, of, their, devices, and, exposing, them, to, misleading, advertisements. Once, a socially, engineered, user, obtains, the, application, and, execute, it, their, device, the malware, phones, back, to, a malicious URL, exposing, the, integrity, confidentiality, and, availability, of, the, device.

Malicious attackers, often, rely, on, a variety of social engineering tactics, to, obtain, access, to, a user's device, including, the use, of, compromised, publisher's accounts, obtained, through, data mining, of botnet's of infected, population. Once, access, to, a particular, publisher's account, is, obtained, the malicious attackers, would, attempt, to use, a do-it-yourself, type, of, mobile, malware, generating tool, for, the, purpose, of, modifying, a legitimate, application, for, the, purpose, of, obtaining, access, to, a user's device.

Malicious attackers, are, also, known, to rely, on secondary, marketplaces, for, the, purpose, of, attempting, to, obtain, access, to user's, device, with, the, secondary, marketplaces, populated, with, rogue, and compromised, applications.

Once, a, socially, engineered, user, obtains, an, application, their, device, automatically, becomes, part, of, a, malicious attacker's, botnet, with, the malicious, attackers, relying on, a multitude, of monetization techniques, while, earning, fraudulently, obtained, revenue, in, the, process. Malicious attackers, are, also, known, to, rely, on, rogue, and, fraudulent, affiliate networks, for, the, purpose, of, monetizing, access, to, the, obtained, hosts, through, a, variety, of, rogue, advertising, networks, largely, set, up, for, the, purpose, of, earning, fraudulent, revenue, for, the, malicious attackers.

These affiliate networks, are, known, to, provide, managed, support, including, the, systematic, rotation of the command and control, server, and, the, availability, of, various, templates, empowering, malicious attackers, with, access, to, a, variety, of, fraudulent techniques, allowing, them, to, easily, monetize, access, to, the, infected hosts.

In this post, we'll profile, profile, the, Android.Spy.277.origin, mobile, malware, found, on hundreds, of applications, at Google Play, expose, the, malicious, infrastructure, behind, it, provide, MD5s, and, discuss, in, depth, the, various tactics, techniques, and procedures, utilized, by, malicious, attackers, for, the purpose, of, spreading, mobile, malware, attempting, to, trick, users, into, executing, malicious software, on their, devices.

Sample detection rate for a sample malware:
MD5: a51d7f8413aa3857a4682fa631d39054

Once executed the sample phones back to the following C&C server:
hxxp://startappexchange.com - 184.26.136.91; 184.26.136.113

The same malicious C&C server (startappexchange.com) is also known to have responded to the following IPs:
23.15.5.200
23.63.227.171
95.101.2.24
23.62.239.19
96.6.122.67
23.15.5.205
23.62.236.98
61.213.181.153
23.63.227.208
23.63.227.192
23.3.13.65
96.6.122.74
23.3.13.58
23.62.236.74
184.50.232.74
184.84.243.57
217.7.48.104
217.7.48.192
80.157.151.48
80.157.151.67
67.135.105.35
23.61.194.186
88.221.134.192
88.221.134.211
23.0.160.8
95.101.0.24
95.101.0.50
2.21.243.57
2.21.243.64
23.0.160.51
184.29.105.43
173.223.232.66
184.29.105.83
96.16.98.113
107.14.46.80
62.208.24.33
217.65.36.6

Related malicious MD5s known to have phoned back to the same C&C server:
MD5: 53958d60a2d52c99ad305ec105d47486
MD5: 45eaa4fc36c9a69b3ac78ddce7800daa
MD5: b355ed6fa08ef0415d4e7c6bc602f9a8
MD5: e4c7d87b7b20ae9555c6efe6466b32e6
MD5: 83a449691ff40cf9d3c8c4d7119aaea7

This post has been reproduced from Dancho Danchev's blog.