Analysis by: Jay Bradley Nebre
ALIASES:

Trojan-PSW.Win32.Kpot.fw(Kaspersky)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan Spy

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel: Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware

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

It steals certain information from the system and/or the user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 263,168 bytes
File Type: EXE
Memory Resident: Yes
Initial Samples Received Date: 23 Aug 2019
Payload: Connects to URLs/IPs, Steals information

Arrival Details

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

Backdoor Routine

This Trojan Spy connects to the following URL(s) to send and receive commands from a remote malicious user:

  • https://{BLOCKED}k.{BLOCKED}u/b1AGMDTxXuTs238l/gate.php

Information Theft

This Trojan Spy steals the following information:

  • Windows version
  • Machine GUID
  • External IP
  • CPU
  • RAM
  • Screen
  • Computer name
  • User name
  • Local time
  • GPU
  • Keyboard layouts
  • Installed software

Other Details

This Trojan Spy does the following:

  • It also performs the following depending on the commands from the CNC
    • Steal data from Chrome
    • Steal data from Firefox
    • Steals data from Internet Explorer
    • Steals data from Skype
    • Steals data from Telegram
    • Steals data from Discord
    • Steals data from Battle.net
    • Steals data from Steam
    • Steals data from FTP client
    • Steals data from Windows credentials
    • Steals data from Jabber client
    • Steals data from Microsoft Outlook
    • Deletes itself
    • Exfiltrates files
    • Steals cryptocurrency-mining related files
    • Takes a screenshot
  • Terminate itself if the default language ID is as follows:
    • Russian
    • Armenian
    • Azeri
    • Belarusian
    • Georgian
    • Kazak
    • Tajik
    • Turkmen
    • Uzbek

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.850
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 15.316.03
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 23 Aug 2019
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 15.317.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 24 Aug 2019

Step 1

Trend Micro products with the XGen technology detect this malware as

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  • Troj.Win32.TRX.XXPE50FFF030

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

Note that not all files, folders, and registry keys and entries are installed on your computer during this malware's/spyware's/grayware's execution. This may be due to incomplete installation or other operating system conditions. If you do not find the same files/folders/registry information, please proceed to the next step.

Step 4

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TrojanSpy.Win32.KPOT.B. 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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