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Trojan:Win32/Blakamba.gen!A

First posted on 28 July 2015.
Source: Microsoft

Aliases :

There are no other names known for Trojan:Win32/Blakamba.gen!A.

Explanation :

Threat behavior

Installation

This threat is written in Python and uses multiple layers of obfuscation.

We have seen it installed to %ProgramFiles% using the file name format \ .exe, for example:

• %ProgramFiles% \Abrupt Bench\Abrupt Bench.exe
• %ProgramFiles% \abrupt buyer\abrupt buyer.exe
• %ProgramFiles% \Abrupt Coffee\Abrupt Coffee.exe
• %ProgramFiles% \Abrupt Community\Abrupt Community.exe
• %ProgramFiles% \Abrupt Concert\Abrupt Concert.exe

It can also be registered as a service under the following system registry key:

• HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ \ .exe, for example HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Abrupt Bench\Abrupt Bench.exe

Payload

Connects to a remote host

We have seen this threat connect to the following web domains to download and run malicious code:

• findville.xyz
• levelstate.xyz
• modelshared.xyz
• namehelper.xyz
• parserword.xyz
• positivejob.xyz
• providerstore.xyz
• providerzip.xyz
• thismode.xyz
• versionwind.xyz

Analysis by Jireh Sanico

Symptoms

The following can indicate that you have this threat on your PC:

• You have these files:
  
  %ProgramFiles%\ \ .exe, for example%ProgramFiles%\Abrupt Bench\Abrupt Bench.exe
• You see these entries or keys in your registry:
  
  HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ \ .exe, for example HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Abrupt Bench\Abrupt Bench.exe

Last update 28 July 2015

 

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