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Database Entry



Smoke Loader


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 9cfcac8bcae24c1abf6ba88298ba8182e92f0e8a2917086f4bc6c57614444f21
SHA3-384 hash: 975ea7c1f3fe7e012d5a9278bea2afa134a1fb7dd5d33345c366adb65e7d45093327818a9c7bf193a6684894991ece73
SHA1 hash: c666d99445c1db0c5b80aa1e0291e90306c7cbbd
MD5 hash: 36e7b6ba630b8343c1348b3f9f02d8ef
humanhash: echo-three-bulldog-ack
File name:SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.BotX-gen.28166.9077
Download: download sample
Signature Smoke Loader
File size:252'416 bytes
First seen:2023-09-19 10:32:17 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 8eab85c44447d2a0b4e321d9e72821f8 (1 x MarsStealer, 1 x Smoke Loader)
ssdeep 3072:yLNnaZvlH7YukL5au7hzCeaFq7Hn2Vruv9eXCspGgbhJF:S0ZNH7YukL5auJa6H2VU4C0bbD
Threatray 1'069 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1C534CF3172F1D432D4A7193058B1C6B66F7BB8622574C68F73941B3E1E603D0AABA35B
TrID 47.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
15.9% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
9.9% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
7.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
6.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4505/5/1)
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon 70d0ddd0c2d9d2dd (1 x Smoke Loader)
Reporter SecuriteInfoCom
Tags:exe Smoke Loader

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
280
Origin country :
FR FR
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Sending a custom TCP request
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
DNS request
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
greyware lolbin masquerade shell32 smokeloader
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
SmokeLoader
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Benign windows process drops PE files
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation))
Checks if the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration)
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Deletes itself after installation
Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Yara detected SmokeLoader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1310704 Sample: SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.BotX... Startdate: 19/09/2023 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 21 alaska-ships.com 2->21 27 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->27 29 Found malware configuration 2->29 31 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->31 33 5 other signatures 2->33 7 SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.BotX-gen.28166.9077.exe 2->7         started        10 cjsiscr 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 35 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 7->35 37 Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation)) 7->37 39 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 7->39 49 2 other signatures 7->49 12 explorer.exe 4 8 7->12 injected 41 Antivirus detection for dropped file 10->41 43 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 10->43 45 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 10->45 47 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 10->47 process6 dnsIp7 23 alaska-ships.com 45.61.136.186, 443, 49705, 49732 AS40676US United States 12->23 25 nebraska-pizza.com 12->25 17 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\cjsiscr, PE32 12->17 dropped 19 C:\Users\user\...\cjsiscr:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 12->19 dropped 51 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 12->51 53 Benign windows process drops PE files 12->53 55 Deletes itself after installation 12->55 57 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 12->57 file8 signatures9
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.SmokeLoader
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2023-09-19 10:33:06 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
4
AV detection:
19 of 22 (86.36%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
smokeloader
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:smokeloader botnet:0023 backdoor trojan
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Deletes itself
SmokeLoader
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
https://nebraska-pizza.com/search.php
https://alaska-ships.com/search.php
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
9cfcac8bcae24c1abf6ba88298ba8182e92f0e8a2917086f4bc6c57614444f21
MD5 hash:
36e7b6ba630b8343c1348b3f9f02d8ef
SHA1 hash:
c666d99445c1db0c5b80aa1e0291e90306c7cbbd
Malware family:
SmokeLoader
Verdict:
Malicious
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:maldoc_find_kernel32_base_method_1
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Smokeloader_3687686f
Author:Elastic Security

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Smoke Loader

Executable exe 9cfcac8bcae24c1abf6ba88298ba8182e92f0e8a2917086f4bc6c57614444f21

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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