Analysis by: Jay Garcia

ALIASES:

Trojan.Win32.Vebzenpak.dt (Kaspersky); Trojan:Win32/Bluteal!ctv (Microsoft)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan Spy

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: Yes

  • 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 logs a user's keystrokes to steal information.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 253,952 bytes
File Type: EXE
Memory Resident: Yes
Initial Samples Received Date: 27 Jan 2020

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.

Information Theft

This Trojan Spy gathers the following data:

  • User Name
  • Computer Name
  • OS Name
  • OS Version Platform
  • OS Version
  • Processor Name
  • Amount of Physical Memory
  • Username and Password from the following applications:
    • 360 Browser
    • 7Star
    • Amigo
    • BlackHawk
    • Brave Browser
    • CentBrowser
    • Chedot
    • Chrome
    • Chromium
    • Citrio
    • Claws-mail
    • CocCoc
    • Comodo Dragon
    • CoolNovo
    • Coowon
    • CoreFTP
    • CyberFox
    • DynDNS
    • Edge
    • Elements Browser
    • Epic Privacy Browser
    • Eudora
    • Firefox
    • FlashFXP
    • Flock
    • Foxmail
    • FTPCommander
    • FTPGetter
    • FTP Navigator
    • IceCat
    • IceDragon
    • IncrediMail
    • Internet Download Manager
    • Internet Explorer
    • Ipswitch
    • Iridium Browser
    • jDownloader
    • K-Meleon
    • Kometa
    • Liebao Browser
    • Mozilla
    • No-IP
    • OpenVPN
    • Opera Browser
    • Opera Mail
    • Orbitum
    • Outlook
    • PaleMoon
    • Paltalk
    • Pidgin
    • Pocomail
    • Postbox
    • Psi/Psi+
    • QIP Surf
    • QQ Browser
    • RimArts
    • Safari
    • SeaMonkey
    • Sleipnir 6
    • SmartFTP
    • Sputnik
    • SRWare Iron
    • The Bat!
    • Thunderbird
    • Torch Browser
    • Trillian
    • UC Browser
    • uCozMedia
    • Uran
    • Vitalwerks
    • Vivaldi
    • WaterFox
    • Wi-Fi
    • WinSCP
    • WS_FTP
    • Yandex Browser

It logs a user's keystrokes to steal information.

Stolen Information

This Trojan Spy sends the data it gathers to the following email addresses via SMTP:

  • {BLOCKED}i@billionairesqaud.us

Other Details

This Trojan Spy does the following:

  • It logs keystrokes if the name of a running process contains the following strings:
    • facebook
    • twitter
    • gmail
    • instagram
    • movie
    • skype
    • porn
    • hack
    • whatsapp
    • discord

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.850
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 15.664.04
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 04 Feb 2020
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 15.665.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 05 Feb 2020

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:

    • Troj.Win32.TRX.XXPE50FFF034

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

Identify and terminate files detected as TrojanSpy.Win32.NEGASTEAL.DOCJO

[ Learn More ]
  1. Windows Task Manager may not display all running processes. In this case, please use a third-party process viewer, preferably Process Explorer, to terminate the malware/grayware/spyware file. You may download the said tool here.
  2. If the detected file is displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer but you cannot delete it, restart your computer in safe mode. To do this, refer to this link for the complete steps.
  3. If the detected file is not displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer, continue doing the next steps.

Step 4

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TrojanSpy.Win32.NEGASTEAL.DOCJO. 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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