Severity
Medium
Analysis Summary
Smoke Loader – a malicious bot application – can be used to load additional malware. Smoke Loader has been spotted in the wild since 2011, carrying a variety of payloads. This malware is mostly used to load additional malicious software, which is often obtained from a third-party source. Smoke Loader can load its modules allowing it to do several activities without the use of additional components. To date, the supplier of Smokeloader, who goes by the alias SmokeLdr, is still active in delivering this malware as a service. It is well-known for using deception and self-defense. This malware can be spread in several ways and is widely linked to criminal activity. To hide its C2 activity, this malware sends queries to popular websites like microsoft.com, bing.com, adobe.com, and others.
Impact
- Information Theft
- Exposure of Sensitive Data
Indicators of Compromise
MD5
- 103735a5f9d3cdcb35b96d1e2d821b49
- d1d54968d08b548858adc90bff816e63
- a50cd687a9a1c8293db18471e2a21d25
SHA-256
- c8e257489871793f4d6dcc324a0812d949ebfdf12893953bb7a55070c67138cc
- 3975089c733468dea30c1db21d64a0231c0e178a64f3fdbaaa59291cc2f1b937
- 728c6b9a807ea063b9d01677ca4bf94837935402070415d40d8a6bb6766c58b7
SHA-1
- e130c51239f7cb3eeeb4b431f89a3960e86490f6
- 296d4d3ba43d8c2fe81771bd07d52bf6dc2f8135
- 9b5cdbeea881098d16613415f208cd1025559a32
Remediation
- Exercise caution when receiving messages from unknown senders.
- Block all threat indicators at your respective controls.
- Keep your software updated to the latest patches.
- Search for IOCs in your environment.