Analysis Summary

DanaBot is a persistent and ever-evolving threat circulating in the wild since 2018. DanaBot was originally marketed as a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) offering that primarily targeted banking fraud and data theft. It has, however, gotten more advanced and intricate as time has progressed. DanaBot is a high-risk trojan-type malware that infiltrates the system and collects a variety of sensitive data. DanaBot is spread by developers through spam email campaigns. Users get unsolicited emails with false content encouraging them to open MS Office documents attached. When these attachments are accessed, DanaBot is secretly downloaded and installed.

Infected email attachments, malicious online advertisements, social engineering, and software cracks are the distribution methods of this Trojan.

Impact

• Credential Theft
• Identity theft
• Data Exfiltration
• Information Theft

Indicators of Compromise

MD5

• a4069964dd3e03b0099416d883c2556c

• bd480b82bb87e008bf26b5a9590539ca

• 274dac0c519ebfd18ea3e1b4ecdec2fc

• 44abc45d946a269e7c383cfad6f69d31

SHA-256

SHA1

• d625fe25061443c33ca1c92997886986ca17cb0e

• a7e80092743e6bdb4ad67328a00edcaedec7b04e

• 1d18781863082729cf8662ea7fc3dd11ed6c536a

• 18ef96fce13d8a6902222d2cfaab19025670f576

Remediation

• Block all threat indicators at your respective controls.
• Search for indicators of compromise (IOCs) in your environment utilizing your respective security controls.
• Never trust or open links and attachments received from unknown sources/senders.
• Maintain cyber hygiene by updating your anti-virus software and implementing a patch management lifecycle.
• Patch and upgrade any platforms and software timely and make it into a standard security policy. Prioritize patching known exploited vulnerabilities and zero-days.
• Enable antivirus and anti-malware software and update signature definitions promptly. Using multi-layered protection is necessary to secure vulnerable assets.