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TSPY_PASSTEA.DAM

August 07, 2015
 ALIASES:

HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic (Kaspersky); Win32.Malware (Ikarus); a variant of MSIL/PSW.Agent.NER trojan (ESET-NOD32);

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Spyware

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This spyware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

This is the Trend Micro detection for files that exhibit certain behaviors.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

218,456 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

14 May 2014

Arrival Details

This spyware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Stolen Information

This spyware sends the data it gathers to the following email addresses via SMTP:

  • {BLOCKED}dowzxtutorialz@gmail.com

Other Details

This is the Trend Micro detection for:

  • Damaged samples of TSPY_PASSTEA variants. Samples detected by this pattern fail to exhibit their intended routines.

NOTES:

It steals Facebook user names and passwords.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.750

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

11.458.07

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

04 Feb 2015

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

11.459.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

05 Feb 2015

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

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TSPY_PASSTEA.DAM. 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 this Knowledge Base page for more information.


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