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Matthew

@embee_research

Jan 16

(Possible) AsyncRat loader - Interesting regex to decode the obfuscated C2.

Script was found on host with an active #AsyncRat infection.

#malware #regex #decoding

@HuntressLabs

[1/6] The team at @HuntressLabs are still observing IronPython executables used to load #malware.

In these cases - IronPython (ipyw.exe) file is typically renamed to SupportTool.exe or Ctfmon.exe

Since ipyw.exe is "legitimate", the VT detection rate is very low (0/72).

[2/6] The "update.py" is where the malicious action starts.

This is usually a simple python file containing an additional obfuscated script.

Below you can see this decoded via #CyberChef.

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Matthew

@embee_research

Jan 3

Setting up an analysis VM for reverse engineering?

Here are a few good tools (with short demos) that I recommend after running the Mandiant/FLARE script, (which installs 99% of tooling for you) 🔥

TLDR:
Garbageman, SpeakEasy, BlobRunner, Dumpulator

#Malware #RE #Analysis

2/ This is the Flare script from Mandiant. Simply running this script will install the majority of tools that you would ever need.

As a beginner RE or malware analyst, you can work comfortably using only the tools included in this script.

github.com/mandiant/flare…

3/ Over time I've picked up some other tooling that isn't installed by default by Flare.

These are relatively lesser-known tools that I have found very useful.

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Matthew

@embee_research

Nov 14, 2022

🐲 Ghidra Tips 🐲- Malware Encryption and Hashing functions often produce byte sequences that are great for #Yara rules.

Using #Ghidra and a Text Editor - You can quickly develop Yara rules to detect common malware families.
(Demonstrated with #Qakbot)

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#Malware #RE

[2/20]
Hashing and encryption functions make good targets for #detection as they are reasonably unique to each malware family and often contain lengthy and specific byte sequences due to the mathematical operations involved.

These characteristics make for good Yara rules 😁

[3/20] The biggest challenge is locating the functions responsible for hashing and encryption. I'll leave that for another thread, but for now...

You can typically recognize hashing/encryption through the use of bitwise operators inside a loop. (xor ^ and shift >> etc).

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Matthew

@embee_research

Oct 18, 2022

🐲 Ghidra Tips🐲For Beginner/Intermediate analysts interested in RE.

These tips are aimed at making Ghidra more approachable and usable for beginners and intermediate analysts 😄

[1/9] 🧵

#Malware #RE #Ghidra

2/ The sample I'm using can be found here if you'd like to follow along. It is a cobalt strike DLL often found in Gootloader campaigns.

bazaar.abuse.ch/sample/a2513cc…

3/ Enable "Cursor Text Highlighting". 🖱️

This will automatically highlight areas of interest when using the Ghidra decompiler.

This is useful for quickly identifying where a value has or will be used.

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Matthew

@embee_research

Oct 2, 2022

https://twitter.com/embee_research/status/1575380832965259265

#Qakbot Dumpulator Script has now been added to Github! 😀

This script is capable of dumping decrypted strings from the encrypted string table used by recent Qakbot malware.

1/ (notes and details below)
#malware #qakbot #dumpulator #RE

https://twitter.com/embee_research/status/1575380832965259265

2/ The script *should* work on the samples that I have provided in the readme, however you may need to change some register values to get it to work on different samples.

In particular, "dp.regs.ecx" and "dp.regs.esp+0x4" may need to be changed. As these ...

3/ cont'd... as these values point to the encrypted string table and key, which will differ between samples. You can re-use the same dump file if you wish, as the code will likely remain the same.

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Matthew

@embee_research

Sep 25, 2022

A quick demo of how to identify "real" exported functions from a #obfuscated #IcedID dll file.

I'll also briefly touch on some #Ghidra tips, and how to extract #shellcode using a debugger.

A moderate sized thread😃
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@malware_traffic

[2/13] You can find the relevant files here. Special thanks to @malware_traffic.

First, download the .zip in the screenshot.👇

Then unzip and locate the "rarest.db" file in the "scabs" folder.

(Make sure to do this inside an isolated Virtual Machine)
malware-traffic-analysis.net/2022/09/23/ind…

[3/14] Drag the "rarest.db" file into Pe-Studio and navigate to the exports tab.

There are 11 exported functions here. 🧐

Most of them have junk names to throw off analysis.

One of them is "real", the rest are "decoys" which don't do anything if executed.

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