APT_Tick_HomamDownloader_Jun18


Description

Detects HomamDownloader from Tick group incident - Weaponized USB

Query · yara

strings:
      $s1 = "cmd /c hostname >>" fullword ascii
      $s2 = "Mstray.exe" fullword ascii
      $s3 = "msupdata.exe" fullword ascii
      $s5 = "Windows\\CurrentVersion\\run" fullword ascii
      $s6 = "Content-Type: */*" fullword ascii
      $s11 = "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Win32)" fullword ascii /* Goodware String - occured 3 times */
   condition:
      uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 30KB and 3 of them
Raw source APT_Tick_HomamDownloader_Jun18 · YARA
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rule APT_Tick_HomamDownloader_Jun18 {
   meta:
      description = "Detects HomamDownloader from Tick group incident - Weaponized USB"
      license = "Detection Rule License 1.1 https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/master/LICENSE"
      author = "Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)"
      reference = "https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/06/unit42-tick-group-weaponized-secure-usb-drives-target-air-gapped-critical-systems/"
      date = "2018-06-23"
      hash1 = "f817c9826089b49d251b8a09a0e9bf9b4b468c6e2586af60e50afe48602f0bec"
      id = "8ec52cb7-41a4-50a9-9cb1-23bee354680f"
   strings:
      $s1 = "cmd /c hostname >>" fullword ascii
      $s2 = "Mstray.exe" fullword ascii
      $s3 = "msupdata.exe" fullword ascii
      $s5 = "Windows\\CurrentVersion\\run" fullword ascii
      $s6 = "Content-Type: */*" fullword ascii
      $s11 = "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Win32)" fullword ascii /* Goodware String - occured 3 times */
   condition:
      uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 30KB and 3 of them
}

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