HKTL_BLACAS.GA

March 30, 2018
 Analysis by: John Anthony Banes
 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Hacking Tool

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Dropped by other malware, Downloaded from the Internet

This Hacking Tool arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites. It may be manually installed by a user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

95,744 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

28 Mar 2018

Arrival Details

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

It may be manually installed by a user.

Other Details

This Hacking Tool does the following:

  • This hacktool can read and modify the contents of a B-CAS card, and it does the following:
    • Dump card's contents
    • Activate trial, add entitlement or invalidate entitlement for WOWOW, Star Channel HD, Safenet, SkyPerfect E2 / 110CS and NHK.
    • Show the expiry of card.
    • Extend the expiry of card by adding 7, 15, 30, 90, 180, 365 days, or until year 2038.
    • Show or delete email address from card.
  • This hacktool requires a card reader or a dump file of the card in order to access the routines mentioned above.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

SSAPI PATTERN File:

1.935.00

SSAPI PATTERN Date:

29 Mar 2018

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 HKTL_BLACAS.GA. 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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