DESCRIPTION NAME:

APT - SIMBOT - HTTP (Request)

 CONFIDENCE LEVEL: HIGH
 SEVERITY INBOUND:
 SEVERITY OUTBOUND:
Informational
Low
Medium
High

  OVERVIEW

SIMBOT is a backdoor family that accesses certain remote servers in order to receive commands from a remote attacker. The following are the executed commands on the affected system: Download and executes files Execute a DOS command sent by the remote user Send an encrypted copy of the content of a specified file to its C&C server Sleep for a specified amount of time It also checks if there are registry keys related to security applications. It does this to avoid detection and easy removal.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Attack Phase: Command and Control Communication

Protocol: HTTP

Risk Type: MALWARE

Threat Type: Malicious Behavior

Confidence Level: High

Severity: High

DDI Default Rule Status: Enable

Event Class: Targeted Attack

Event Sub Class: Callback

Behavior Indicator: Targeted Attack

APT Related: YES

  SOLUTION

Network Content Inspection Pattern Version: 1.12885.00
Network Content Inspection Pattern Release Date: 23 May 2017
Network Content Correlation Pattern Version: 1.12857.00
Network Content Correlation Pattern Release Date: 23 May 2017


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