Names | Hotwax HOTWAX | |
Category | Malware | |
Type | Loader | |
Description | HOTWAX is a module that upon starting imports all necessary system API functions, and searches for a .CHM file. HOTWAX decrypts a payload using the Spritz algorithm with a hard-coded key and then searches the target process and attempts to inject the decrypted payload module from the CHM file into the address space of the target process. | |
Information | <https://media.kasperskycontenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2018/03/07180244/Lazarus_Under_The_Hood_PDF_final.pdf> <https://content.fireeye.com/apt/rpt-apt38> <https://www.welivesecurity.com/2017/02/16/demystifying-targeted-malware-used-polish-banks/> <https://www.virusbulletin.com/uploads/pdf/magazine/2018/VB2018-Kalnai-Poslusny.pdf> | |
Malpedia | <https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.hotwax> |
Last change to this tool card: 29 December 2022
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![]() | Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima | ![]() | 2007-Feb 2024 | ![]() |
1 group listed (1 APT, 0 other, 0 unknown)
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