ELIRKS
October 28, 2014
PLATFORM:
Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)
OVERALL RISK RATING:
DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
REPORTED INFECTION:
Threat Type: Trojan
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted:
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
Infection Channel:
Downloaded from the Internet
ELIRKS also as known as KLURP is a malware family of Trojans that posts messages, which contains the C&C server to PLURK, a social networking and micro-blogging service.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Memory Resident:
Yes
Payload:
Connects to URLs/IPs
Autostart Technique
This Trojan modifies the following registry entries to ensure it automatic execution at every system startup:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
load = "{malware path}\{malware name}.exe"
(Note: The default value data of the said registry entry is {blank}.)
Other Details
This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:
- http://{BLOCKED}ngossip.pchome-shop.com/{encrypted IP address}
- http://{BLOCKED}app.marketddy.com/{encrypted IP Address}
- http://{BLOCKED}r.henet-web.net/{encrypted IP Address}
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.137.242/usr/{encrypted IP Address}
- http://tw.{BLOCKED}g.yahoo.com/{encrypted IP Address}
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.4.221/usr/{encrypted IP Address}
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.183.178/usr/{encrypted IP address}
- http://www.plurk.com/{BLOCKED}85
- http://www.plurk.com/{BLOCKED}a
- http://www.plurk.com/{BLOCKED}0
- http://www.plurk.com/{BLOCKED}114
- http://www.plurk.com/{BLOCKED}i97
- http://www.plurk.com/{BLOCKED}6