Analysis by: Jayvee Mark Villaroman
ALIASES:

Trojan.Script.GenericKDZ.14109 (BITDEFENDER)

 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: 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.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 466,646 bytes
File Type: HTML, HTM
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 18 Jan 2023
Payload: Connects to URLs/IPs, Collects system information, Displays message/message boxes

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.

Information Theft

This Trojan gathers the following account information:

  • Specific email address
  • Password

Stolen Information

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

  • https://{BLOCKED}nimetal.com/ad/projext.php

Other Details

This Trojan does the following:

  • It disguises as a legitimate Microsoft website to trick users into giving their account credentials

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.800
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 18.362.02
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 04 Apr 2023
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 18.363.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 05 Apr 2023

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:

    Downloader.JS.TRX.XXJSE9EFF045

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 Trojan.HTML.PHISH.QURAAOOITK. 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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