Backdoor.Win64.COBALT.AB
Win64/TrojanDownloader.Agent.CY trojan (NOD32)
Windows
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Threat Type: Trojan
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted: Yes
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware
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 does not have any propagation routine.
It does not have any information-stealing capability.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
17,920 bytes
Yes
15 May 2020
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.
Propagation
This Trojan does not have any propagation routine.
Rootkit Capabilities
This Trojan does not have rootkit capabilities.
Information Theft
This Trojan does not have any information-stealing capability.
Other Details
This Trojan does the following:
- This trojan creates a named pipe:
- MSSE-{random numbers}-server
- This Trojan connects to the following website(s) to download and execute arbitrary code:
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.233:53/hkEE
It does not exploit any vulnerability.
SOLUTION
9.850
15.876.03
18 May 2020
15.877.00
19 May 2020
Step 1
Trend Micro Predictive Machine Learning detects and blocks malware at the first sign of its existence, before it executes on your system. When enabled, your Trend Micro product detects this malware under the following machine learning name:
- Troj.Win32.TRX.XXPE50FFF035
Step 2
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 3
Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Backdoor.Win64.COBALT.AB. 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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