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HKTL_STEAL.GA

July 28, 2015
 Analysis by: Donald Adrian Castillo
 ALIASES:

a variant of MSIL/Packed.NetSeal.A suspicious (ESET-NOD32), Trj/CI.A (Panda), Worm:Win32/Autorun.ZG (Microsoft)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)

 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:

Downloaded from the Internet


This hacking tool arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages. It may be manually installed by a user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

600, 576 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

14 May 2014

Payload:

Displays message/message boxes

Arrival Details

This hacking tool arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.

It may be manually installed by a user.

Installation

This hacking tool drops the following files:

  • %All Users Profile%\Application Data\Nimoru\GizmoSE
  • %All Users Profile%\Application Data\Nimoru\GizmoDll
  • %All Users Profile%\Application Data\Nimoru\6DE717A443510AB9BB378E6E051FEAB1

(Note: %All Users Profile% is the All Users folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\ProgramData on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.)

It creates the following folders:

  • %All Users Profile%\Application Data\Nimoru

(Note: %All Users Profile% is the All Users folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\ProgramData on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.)

NOTES:

This hacking tool sends an email if the user registered an account:
From: noreply@{BLOCKED}u.com
To: {Email provided by user}
Subject: Please activate your account!
Body:
Please click on the following link to activate your account. If you did not register an account or believe this email has been sent to you by mistake please ignore it.    Username: {Username provided by user}
   Activation: http://seal.{BLOCKED}u.com/User/activate.php?t=ae9973475a479b724e8f978a9f7fd5a

This hacking tool sends an email if the user request for a password reset:
From: noreply@{BLOCKED}u.com
To: {Email provided by user}
Subject: Password Reset
Body:
This email has been sent to you because you recently requested a password reset. If you did not make this request or believe this email has been sent to you by mistake please ignore it. Otherwise you may proceed by clicking the reset link below.
   Username: {Username provided by user}
   Activation: http://seal.{BLOCKED}u.com/User/reset.php?t=0978bf540d33fba1b0ca6f3a91f50fb1

This hacking tool connects to the following websites:

  • http://seal.{BLOCKED}u.com

This hacktool displays the following image once executed:

This hacktool displays the following image when the user wants to creates a new account:

This hacktool displays the following image when the user signs in:

This hacktool displays the following image when the user wants to change the account password:

This hacktool displays the following image when the user wants to reset the account password:

This hacktool displays the following images when the user wants to redeem the serial code:

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.750

SSAPI PATTERN File:

1.511.00

SSAPI PATTERN Date:

15 May 2014

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

Note that not all files, folders, and registry keys and entries are installed on your computer during this malware's/spyware's/grayware's execution. This may be due to incomplete installation or other operating system conditions. If you do not find the same files/folders/registry information, please proceed to the next step.

Step 3

Search and delete these folders

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Please make sure you check the Search Hidden Files and Folders checkbox in the More advanced options option to include all hidden folders in the search result.  
  • %All Users Profile%\Application Data\Nimoru

Step 4

Search and delete this file

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There may be some files that are hidden. Please make sure you check the Search Hidden Files and Folders checkbox in the "More advanced options" option to include all hidden files and folders in the search result.
  • %All Users Profile%\Application Data\Nimoru\GizmoSE
  • %All Users Profile%\Application Data\Nimoru\GizmoDll
  • %All Users Profile%\Application Data\Nimoru\6DE717A443510AB9BB378E6E051FEAB1

Step 5

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


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