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NamesPOWBAT
CategoryMalware
TypeInfo stealer, Exfiltration, Tunneling
Description(FireEye) After the macro successfully creates the scheduled task, the dropped VBScript, update.vbs (Figure 5), will be launched every three minutes. This VBScript performs the following operations:

1. Leverages PowerShell to download content from the URI hxxp://go0gIe[.]com/sysupdate.aspx?req=xxx\dwn&m=d and saves it in the directory %PUBLIC%\Libraries\dn.
2. Uses PowerShell to download a BAT file from the URI hxxp://go0gIe[.]com/sysupdate.aspx?req=xxx\bat&m=d and saves it in the directory %PUBLIC%\Libraries\dn.
3. Executes the BAT file and stores the results in a file in the path %PUBLIC%\Libraries\up.
4. Uploads this file to the server by sending an HTTP POST request to the URI hxxp://go0gIe[.]com/sysupdate.aspx?req=xxx\upl&m=u.
5. Finally, it executes the PowerShell script dns.ps1, which is used for the purpose of data exfiltration using DNS.
Information<https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2016/05/targeted_attacksaga.html>
<https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/12/targeted-attack-in-middle-east-by-apt34.html>

Last change to this tool card: 20 April 2020

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ChangedNameCountryObserved

APT groups

XChafer, APT 39Iran2014-Sep 2020X
XOilRig, APT 34, Helix Kitten, ChryseneIran2014-Aug 2023X

2 groups listed (2 APT, 0 other, 0 unknown)

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