Severity
High
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
Domain Name
- kitfishstore.ru
- homemademagazine.ru
MD5
- 90dd925afb478664694a3d9e2a46f25a
- 32ebf5ee9c868c1ced444e755a4295c3
- 0daebde971a5f21690f26c1ed8bf8813
- 83864af43140066684a26b419c8c04c3
- 214051e018578d46257d8fe3264f8f0b
- 304a25879a0664a9842f41f4a56f4820
SHA-256
- 63eb741c7b085c5bd26ae804b002735921c50bffcc83199b323b8fef98127489
- 2cbc5689442bfb66fc54d300e60a782638b64d51652e31057eece4144299a4a3
- 7abf5ad882fd72332b0b7fb530c8c6505852d4f7ea39edfe444218bdcd9c7f0e
- 30647636b3bff8dc2e7ffdd191cf3b75e43b1fc3d4793b7ed5edc8a9d512b54d
- e8111bd4b0bb54850153fd0e3365208be0be25e44c9fe2931eb0e9e05b878b41
- ac2cc11ee2957c90a9eaef38a7199e4b60f523127821da822504e72ccbfc2335
SHA-1
- a0ebb4ae249e1a3ba6ffa08d2f672ac1643b24a4
- 373da7e577e25e1b1f86f6c31d4470d07bc89c6b
- 361417ed0552958448b0fde6aeb980fcbec9572a
- 4ab83864e7bbf8cf8ba39b10a0cb93c396e69e84
- 4944ce17a13862fd7708b241986903ed383f5100
- 78196fe9a1bbe0d7987623ac4d3bee9d63000480
URL
- http://kitfishstore.ru/index.php
- http://homemademagazine.ru/index.php
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.