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, often obtained from a third-party source. Smoke Loader can load its modules allowing it to do several activities without additional components. To date, the supplier of Smokeloader, who goes by the alias SmokeLdr, still delivers 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
- Unauthorized Access
Indicators of Compromise
MD5
- 48fc5bc1eecef40363586181076f17a0
- df16487e274c982365a4df96e6c8e2bc
- 811be32070554cc11ee097bbe03d674c
SHA-256
- 863c9b9679dc1646f5126b26c22bb3a3c5e10d15f89325716b33771483e2c7ba
- e8b08cb0774145ac432406f5e579aabaddb485ad29ba7d1eb1c5fb3000c5eefa
- 87ee4b9a9ae1620227814dce5b70288a589dabc288f5ad80e0645fc382322160
SHA1
- b731cda57251c807dc9fcb1f09e1ee41da52523c
- 81b7a8de6db1152ef3b93a805acc4d48f72e1757
- 63a1171e7506cd762084ed2df6bc86e77886920b
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.