CLOUDBURSTMalware
- nickelloader
CLOUDBURST aka NickelLoader is an HTTP(S) downloader. It recognizes a set of four basic commands, all five letters long, like abcde, avdrq, gabnc and dcrqv (alternatively: eknag, eacec, hjmwk, wohnp). The most important functionality is to load a received buffer, either as a DLL via the MemoryModule implementation, or as a shellcode. It uses AES for encryption and decryption of network traffic.From MISP Galaxy
Last reported 3 days ago, by Kaspersky Securelist1 report
ATT&CK techniques
1 technique · each with the sentence it comes from- T1543.003Windows Service
“…echHub in the chain: an in‑memory version, a simple DLL side‑loading version, and a DLL side‑loading version that uses a registered Windows service.”
Reports per month
last 12 monthsOctober so far (hatched). Counted by report, not by story.
What the reports say
1 report, newest first · the exact sentence from each-
Operation FlashHole: Lazarus breaks security, defies control“This variant is a more advanced version of the malware named CLOUDBURST by Mandiant and NickelLoader by ESET.”
Indicators in its reports
named in the reports above- hxxps://javadevhouse.co[.]kr/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.3/jquery.min.jsin 1 report
- javadevhouse.co[.]krin 1 report
- hxxps://pythonapischool[.]com/api/detachin 1 report
- pythonapischool[.]comin 1 report
- hxxps://cubedesign.co[.]kr/news/AABBCCin 1 report
- cubedesign.co[.]krin 1 report
- hxxps://cubedesign.co[.]kr/news/economy/article/12345678in 1 report
- msadc[.]incin 1 report
- objects[.]datain 1 report
- ec84d6cb2ae7974767aedac246b50a3ein 1 report
- a28cba214058fcae2883d8cffc883abdin 1 report
- c105d6b16f544582772de0159f24c00ain 1 report
- 2f8475a90a25624ed02f1d18d4e6d65din 1 report
- 676fabe30a28b53925fba98e34b35986in 1 report
- b4a7eff35f048f06fb0a2d7631f23a7din 1 report
- ff07641dc56914dd90ee0bd7404d7ad7in 1 report
- hxxps://cubedesign.co[.]kr/newsin 1 report
- hxxps://cubedesign.co[.]kr/mobile/fashionin 1 report
- hxxps://fp-news.co[.]kr/shop/cartin 1 report
- fp-news.co[.]krin 1 report
Copy these 20 indicators · defanged
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