CurlBack RATMalware
Last reported 8 months ago, by Zscaler ThreatLabz1 report
ATT&CK techniques
6 of 19 · each with the sentence it comes from- T1027Obfuscated Files or Information
“…Evasion, Reflective Code LoadingA malicious LNK file used [System.Reflection.Assembly]::Load() to reflectively load a .NET assembly.T1027.013Defense Evasion, Obfuscated Files or Information: Encrypted/Encoded FileThe SHEETCREEP backdoor uses TripleDES to encrypt its configur…”
- T1036Masquerading
“… visible window.The SHEETCREEP backdoor creates a hidden cmd.exe process in the background to execute commands received from the C2.T1036.008Defense Evasion, Masquerading: Masquerade File TypeThe initial payload is a .NET binary disguised with a PNG extension.T1620Defense Ev…”
- T1053Scheduled Task/Job
“…1204.002Execution, User Execution: Malicious FileThe victim was required to execute a malicious LNK file to initiate the infection chain.T1053.005Persistence, Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled TaskThe initial payload dropped a loader script, GServices.vbs, and registered it as a…”
- T1053.005Scheduled Task
“…ps the backdoor to disk at C:\Users\Public\Documents\details.png, as well as a loader (GServices.vbs), which is registered as a scheduled task.”
- T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter
“…pearphishing LinkThe threat actor used phishing PDFs which contained a ‘Download Document’ button that linked to a malicious ZIP archive.T1059.001Execution, Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShellAmalicious LNK file executed a PowerShell command to read a file named de…”
- T1071Application Layer Protocol
“…EP backdoor encrypts the output of executed commands using the TripleDES implementation from .NET’s System.Security.Cryptography library.T1071.001Command and Control, Application Layer Protocol: Web ProtocolsThe SHEETCREEP backdoor uses the Google Sheets API over HTTPS for its C2…”
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-
APT Attacks Target Indian Government Using SHEETCREEP, FIREPOWER, and MAILCREEP | Part 2“During the same timeframe, APT36 was observed targeting Linux and Windows systems using malicious .desktop files, HTA files, and CurlBack RAT.”
Indicators in its reports
named in the reports above- hxxps://hcidoc[.]in/in 1 report
- hcidoc[.]inin 1 report
- testfirebase-b24a8.appspot[.]comin 1 report
- domaincoadelhi[.]inin 1 report
- domainshciaccounts[.]inin 1 report
- hxxps://hciaccounts[.]in/Documents.zipin 1 report
- hciaccounts[.]inin 1 report
Copy these 7 indicators · defanged
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