HTML_FAKEDLH.P

May 03, 2016
 Analysis by: Jeanne Jocson
 ALIASES:

Mal/Phish-A (Sophos), PWS:HTML/Dhishyal.A (Microsoft)

 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:

Spammed via email, 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 arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

16,473 bytes

File Type:

HTML, HTM

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

20 Apr 2016

Payload:

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 arrives as an attachment to the following email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users:

Stolen Information

This Trojan sends the gathered information via HTTP POST to the following URL:

  • http://www.{BLOCKED}batradeltd.net/ekpe/input.php

NOTES:

It tricks the user into entering their email ID and password using a fake DHL website:

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.800

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

12.478.04

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

20 Apr 2016

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

12.479.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

21 Apr 2016

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

Close all opened browser windows

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as HTML_FAKEDLH.P. 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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