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NamesDistTrack
Shamoon
CategoryMalware
TypeICS malware, Wiper, Worm
Description(Cylance) The malware known as Disttrack is a destructive worm that targets a system’s master boot record (MBR). Disttrack is also known as Shamoon because the original payload included debugging information that referenced a programming database file with this unique name in the path.

Disttrack’s payload has spread in waves, mainly targeting Saudi Arabia’s critical infrastructure, including, but not limited to: Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), and the Saudi Electric Company, leaving critical systems unusable. It is relentless, stealthy, and persistent as it waits in the shadows of infected computers as a Windows service and attacks on hardcoded dates, like a ticking time-bomb waiting to go off every 90 seconds.
Information<https://threatvector.cylance.com/en_us/home/threat-spotlight-disttrack-malware.html>
<http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2012/08/shamoon-or-disttracka-samples.html>
<http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2016/11/unit42-shamoon-2-return-disttrack-wiper/>
<http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/03/unit42-shamoon-2-delivering-disttrack/>
<https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/unit42-second-wave-shamoon-2-attacks-identified/>
<https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/shamoon-3-targets-oil-gas-organization/>
<http://www.vinransomware.com/blog/detailed-threat-analysis-of-shamoon-2-0-malware>
<https://www.codeandsec.com/Sophisticated-CyberWeapon-Shamoon-2-Malware-Analysis>
MITRE ATT&CK<https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0140/>
Malpedia<https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.disttrack>
AlienVault OTX<https://otx.alienvault.com/browse/pulses?q=tag:Disttrack>
<https://otx.alienvault.com/browse/pulses?q=tag:shamoon>

Last change to this tool card: 13 June 2020

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APT groups

XAPT 33, Elfin, MagnalliumIran2013-Apr 2024 
 Cutting Kitten, TG-2889Iran2012-Mar 2016X
 Magic Hound, APT 35, Cobalt Illusion, Charming KittenIran2012-Aug 2024 HOTX
XOilRig, APT 34, Helix Kitten, ChryseneIran2014-Sep 2024 HOTX

4 groups listed (4 APT, 0 other, 0 unknown)

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