Trojan.JS.PHISH.AMX

April 16, 2019
 Analysis by: John Anthony Banes
 ALIASES:

Trojan.HTML.Phish.pj (Kaspersky)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: Yes

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet

This Trojan 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 hosted on a website and run when a user accesses the said website.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

1,411,053 bytes

File Type:

HTML, HTM, JS

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

03 Apr 2019

Payload:

Displays windows, Steals information, Connects to URLs/IPs

Arrival Details

This Trojan 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 hosted on a website and run when a user accesses the said website.

NOTES:

This trojan presents users with a fake confirmation page tricking them to sign in:

It also steals the following information:

  • Email address
  • Password

It then sends the gathered information to the following URL:

  • http://{BLOCKED}era-neraida.com/js.php
  • http://{BLOCKED}nline.com/inc.php

After entering the login information, it accesses the following site to display another fake message:

  • http://{BLOCKED}ct.com/app/login.html?cmd=login_submit&id={hex string}session={hex string}

The following fake message tells the user to reenter the password again:

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

14.914.09

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

03 Apr 2019

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

14.915.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

04 Apr 2019

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Close all opened browser windows

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Trojan.JS.PHISH.AMX. 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:


Did this description help? Tell us how we did.