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BKDR_FALLAGA.A

July 19, 2018
 ALIASES:

WS.Reputation.1 (Symantec); Heuristic.LooksLike.Win32.Suspicious.N(McAfee-GW-Edition)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Backdoor

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: Yes

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Backdoor uses a user interface (UI).

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

40,441,344 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

19 Jul 2018

Payload:

Steals information, Displays windows, Compromises system security

Information Theft

This Backdoor gathers the following data:

  • IP Address
  • Computer Name
  • User Name
  • OS Version
  • Country
  • Passwords
  • Keystrokes

Other Details

This Backdoor uses the following user interfaces (UIs):

It does the following:

  • Access remote camera
  • Access remote desktop and perform file manipulations
  • Create, modify, delete registry entries
  • Executes commands through command prompt
  • Can perform BSOD
  • Can open file from either link or disk
  • Can rename, restart and uninstall its server executable
  • Can access URL from Opera, Chrome, Mozilla or via default browser
  • Build its own server executable

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Identify and terminate files detected as BKDR_FALLAGA.A

[ Learn More ]
  1. Windows Task Manager may not display all running processes. In this case, please use a third-party process viewer, preferably Process Explorer, to terminate the malware/grayware/spyware file. You may download the said tool here.
  2. If the detected file is displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer but you cannot delete it, restart your computer in safe mode. To do this, refer to this link for the complete steps.
  3. If the detected file is not displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer, continue doing the next steps.

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as BKDR_FALLAGA.A . If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check the following Trend Micro Support pages for more information:


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