Analysis by: Anthony Joe Melgarejo
 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Spyware

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

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

This spyware 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: 17376 bytes
Memory Resident: Yes
Initial Samples Received Date: 27 Nov 2014

Arrival Details

This spyware 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 spyware steals the following information:

  • Credit card track data scanned in the process memory specified in the configuration file

Its configuration file contains the following information:

  • proc - process to be scanned
  • time - interval to rescan the process
  • cryp - boolean (1/0) data for stolen information encryption

Stolen Information

The stolen information is saved in the following file:

  • {malware path and file name}\rep.bin
  • {malware path and file name}\rep.tmp

Other Details

This spyware requires the following additional components to properly run:

  • {malware path and file name}\1.ini - configuration file

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.700
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 11.304.04
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 27 Nov 2014
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 11.305.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 28 Nov 2014

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

Search and delete this file

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  • {malware path and file name}\1.ini
  • {malware path and file name}\rep.bin
  • {malware path and file name}\rep.tmp

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TSPY_POSLOGR.K. 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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