ID | X0023 |
Aliases | None |
Platforms | Windows |
Year | 2018 |
Associated ATT&CK Software | None |
Cryptojacking malware. [1]
Name | Use |
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Discovery::System Information Discovery (E1082) | Learns about the system so it can drop compatible miner software. [1] |
Execution::Command and Scripting Interpreter (E1059) | From the command line, drops and unzips a password-protected Cabinet archive file. [1] |
Defense Evasion::Obfuscated Files or Information (E1027) | Obfuscates files. [1] |
Defense Evasion::Process Injection (E1055) | Injects miner code into a running process. [1] |
Defense Evasion::Disable or Evade Security Tools (F0004) | Most security products hook some APIs to monitor the behavior of malware. To avoid being found by this technique, WebCobra loads ntdll.dll and user32.dll as data files in memory and overwrites the first 8 bytes of those functions, which unhooks the APIs. [1] |
Name | Use |
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Execution::Install Additional Program (B0023) | Downloads and executes Claymore's Zcash miner from a remote server. [1] |
Execution::Conditional Execution (B0025) | Executes differently depending on whether it's running on an x86 or x64 system. [1] |
Impact::Resource Hijacking (B0018) | Drops software that mines for cryptocurrency: Cryptonight or Claymore's Zcash miner, depending on system architecture. [1] |
Anti-Behavioral Analysis::Dynamic Analysis Evasion (B0003) | Evades dynamic analysis. [1] |
Anti-Behavioral Analysis::Emulator Evasion (B0005) | Evades emulator-based analysis. [1] |
Anti-Behavioral Analysis::Virtual Machine Detection (B0009) | WebCobra injects malicious code to svchost.exe and uses an infinite loop to check all open windows and to compare each window’s title bar text with a set of strings to determine whether it is running in an isolated, malware analysis environment. [1] |
SHA256 Hashes
- 5e14478931e31cf804e08a09e8dffd091db9abd684926792dbebea9b827c9f37
[1] https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/other-blogs/mcafee-labs/webcobra-malware-uses-victims-computers-to-mine-cryptocurrency/
[2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelwolfson/2018/11/13/cryptojacking-on-the-rise-webcobra-malware-uses-victims-computers-to-mine-cryptocurrency/#16f5542cc336