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NamesDADJOKE
CategoryMalware
TypeBackdoor, Exfiltration
DescriptionDADJOKE was discovered as being distributed via email, targeting a South-East Asian Ministry of Defense. It is delivered as an embedded EXE file in a Word document using remote templates and a unique macro using multiple GET requests. The payload is deployed using load-order hijacking with a benign Windows Defender executable. Stage 1 has only beacon+download functionality, made to look like a PNG file. Additional analysis by Kaspersky found 8 campaigns over 2019 and no activity prior to January 2019, DADJOKE is attributed with medium confidence to APT40.
Information<https://www.mycert.org.my/portal/advisory?id=MA-770.022020>
Malpedia<https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.dadjoke>
AlienVault OTX<https://otx.alienvault.com/browse/pulses?q=tag:DADJOKE>

Last change to this tool card: 24 April 2021

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APT groups

 Leviathan, APT 40, TEMP.PeriscopeChina2013-Jul 2021X

1 group listed (1 APT, 0 other, 0 unknown)

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