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
- Unauthorized Access
Indicators of Compromise
MD5
- b6a95bcb19a3b33ca3ae1c4996a64dc8
- 60ace299323eed3a7ac088224e8f0b25
- 564957e1c71842e8b0086a521253a9ff
SHA-256
- 0058493db632d5470375ffb609c83b351df9c78f86787c6e4d9715baf1d99c25
- ea99bbeb0e815402ef7774e23da24db4239e96da2bf4fa39be6e7305cefe2a89
- e9fe18e34d84cfdc941664d22c656276270ab282ba9c8dd22297eb627836b340
SHA-1
- 482bed9c3b6d52bcd0c820829c009df3ea723db4
- d38f59c4f01188276303d70f1fc63cef85cbf8d2
- 567c5410c0bc6298eb8e81f39a2d08ef6e18fbcf
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.