2016-08-18 - AFRAIDGATE NEUTRINO EK FROM 176.31.223.167 SENDS LOCKY RANSOMWARE

ASSOCIATED FILES:

• ZIP archive of the pcaps:  2016-08-18-Afraidgate-Neutrino-EK-sends-Locky.pcap.zip   373.5 kB (373,535 bytes)

• 2016-08-18-Afraidgate-Neutrino-EK-sends-Locky.pcap   (414,073 bytes)

• ZIP archive of the malware:  2016-08-18-Afraidgate-Neutrino-EK-sends-Locky-malware-and-artifacts.zip   316.0 kB (316,007 bytes)

• 2016-08-18-Afraidgate-Locky-decrypt-instructions.bmp   (4,006,594 bytes)
• 2016-08-18-Afraidgate-Locky-decrypt-instructions.html   (9,407 bytes)
• 2016-08-18-Afraidgate-Neutrino-EK-flash-exploit.swf   (75,849 bytes)
• 2016-08-18-Afraidgate-Neutrino-EK-landing-page.txt   (2,330 bytes)
• 2016-08-18-Afraidgate-Neutrino-EK-payload-Locky.exe   (263,168 bytes)
• 2016-08-18-green.lasotras.cl-scripts-all.js.txt   (206 bytes)
• 2016-08-18-page-from-lamaisondete.com-with-injected-script.txt   (20,052 bytes)

NOTES:

• Latest developments on the Afraidgate campaign can be found here.
• Locky sent as today's malware payload is the Zepto variant.

Shown above:  Flowchart for this infection traffic.

 

TRAFFIC

Shown above:  Injected script in page from compromised site pointing to the Afraidgate URL.

 

Shown above:  Afraidgate URL returns script with URL for Neutrino EK landing page.

 

Shown above:  Traffic from the pcap filtered in Wireshark.

 

ASSOCIATED DOMAINS:

• lamaisondete.com - [Compromised website]
• 138.197.128.173 port 80 - green.lasotras.cl - GET /scripts/all.js - [Afriadgate redirect]
• 176.31.223.167 port 80 - gjwqsjid.thatother.top - [Neutrino EK]

• 194.67.210.183 port 80 - 194.67.210.183 - POST /upload/_dispatch.php - [Locky post-infection traffic]

DOMAINS FROM THE DECRYPT INSTRUCTIONS:

• zjfq4lnfbs7pncr5.tor2web.org
• zjfq4lnfbs7pncr5.onion.to

NOTE: The above 2 domains from the decrypt instructions are the same ones I've seen from Afraidgate Locky since 2016-07-27.

 

FILE HASHES

FLASH EXPLOIT:

• SHA256 hash:  9061c4b4d8c7f814add99ff60b626a52d3ee0eb391826b8dc21084145489ef4f
  File name:  2016-08-18-Afraidgate-Neutrino-EK-flash-exploit.swf

PAYLOAD:

• SHA256 hash:  64138ac3670ea7d3adacb5d3b90a473065fd5fad5d348a037b89640a00230208
  File name:  2016-08-18-Afraidgate-Neutrino-EK-payload-Locky.exe

 

IMAGES

Shown above:  Desktop of the infected Windows host.

 

Shown above:  Encrypted file names showing this is the Zepto variant of Locky.

 

FINAL NOTES

Once again, here are the associated files:

• ZIP archive of the pcaps:  2016-08-18-Afraidgate-Neutrino-EK-sends-Locky.pcap.zip   373.5 kB (373,535 bytes)
• ZIP archive of the malware:  2016-08-18-Afraidgate-Neutrino-EK-sends-Locky-malware-and-artifacts.zip   316.0 kB (316,007 bytes)

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