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HKTL_SNAILFLOOD.A

October 22, 2015
 Analysis by: Francis Xavier Antazo
 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Hacking Tool

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: Yes

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW


This hacking tool arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

2581504 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

19 Sep 2011

Arrival Details

This hacking tool arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Installation

This hacking tool drops and executes the following files:

  • %Program Files%\SYN.exe
  • %Program Files%\Udp.exe
  • %Program Files%\taskmgr.exe
  • %Program Files%\NPS.exe

(Note: %Program Files% is the Program Files folder, where it usually is C:\Program Files on all Windows operating system versions; C:\Program Files (x86) for 32-bit applications running on Windows 64-bit operating systems.)

NOTES:

When users click on Syn Flood, it generates the file %Program Files%\SYN.exe, which is used for its flooding technique.

When users click on Udp Flood, it generates the file %Program Files%\Udp.exe, which is used for its flooding technique.