TSPY_PAPRAS.GO

This spyware may be dropped by other malware. It may be unknowingly downloaded by a user while visiting malicious websites.

It may be injected into processes running in memory.

It attempts to steal sensitive online banking information, such as user names and passwords. This routine risks the exposure of the user's account information, which may then lead to the unauthorized use of the stolen data. It attempts to steal information, such as user names and passwords, used when logging into certain banking or finance-related websites.

Arrival Details

This spyware may be dropped by other malware.

It may be unknowingly downloaded by a user while visiting malicious websites.

Installation

This spyware may be injected into processes running in memory.

Other System Modifications

This spyware adds the following registry entries as part of its installation routine:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AppDataLow\
{17d3a76e-47f5-38d0-82ef-d69304f9783d}
k1 = {DWORD value}

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AppDataLow\
{17d3a76e-47f5-38d0-82ef-d69304f9783d}
k2 = {DWORD value}

It adds the following registry keys as part of its installation routine:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AppDataLow

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AppDataLow\
{17d3a76e-47f5-38d0-82ef-d69304f9783d}

Information Theft

This spyware attempts to steal sensitive online banking information, such as user names and passwords. This routine risks the exposure of the user's account information, which may then lead to the unauthorized use of the stolen data.

It attempts to steal information from the following banks and/or other financial institutions:

• Citibank
• Accurint
• TD Ameritrade
• Charles Schwab
• CitizensBank
• Capital One
• AllTime Online
• First Tennessee
• M&T Bank
• Frostbank
• Webster
• Ally

Other Details

This spyware does the following:

• It monitors the Internet browser activities of the affected system, specifically the address bar or title bar. It recreates a legitimate website with a spoofed login page if a user visits banking sites with the following strings in the address bar or title bar:
  • EBC_EBC1961/EBC1961.ASP
  • EBC_EBC1961/EBC1961.ASP
  • https://online.citibank.com
  • https://wwws.ameritrade.com
  • https://www.schwab.com
  • https://investing.schwab.com
  • https://secure.accurint.com
  • citizensbankonline.com
  • https://onlinebanking.capitalone.com
  • https://alltimeonline.pacificcapitalbank.com
  • https://banking.firsttennessee.com
  • https://onlinebanking.mandtbank.com
  • https://www.frostbank.com
  • https://www.websteronline.com
  • https://secure.ally.com
• It is usually registered by an executable component by creating the following autostart registry entry:
  

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\SessionManager\\AppCertDlls
  {value} = "{malware path and file name}.DLL"

• Its primary purpose is to steal user information.
• It contacts the following servers:
  
  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.207.151
  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.215.130
• It then sends HTTP GET request to the said servers to get encrypted data, which when decrypted, contains HTML inject codes and target URLs which are mostly bank-related websites:
• cgi-bin/options.cgi?user_id=3397599756&version_id=27&passphrase=fkjvhsdvlksdhvlsd&socks=0&version=27&crc=00000000
• It then waits for the user to visit any target URL and injects codes to the said website. It does this by hooking certain APIs.
• It is also capable of doing the following:
  • steals cookies
  • clears cookies
  • downloads and executes files from the server
  • reboots system
  • takes screenshots