Analysis by: Michael Jhon Ofiaza

 ALIASES:

Trojan:Win32/Sonoko.A!ms (Microsoft) ; Troj/Phish-DBN (Sophos-lite)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: Yes

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Canal de infecção: Spammed via email

This Trojan arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

It redirects browsers to certain sites. However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tipo de compactação: 800 bytes
Tipo de arquivo: HTML, HTM
Residente na memória: No
Data de recebimento das amostras iniciais: 06 Aug 2018

Arrival Details

This Trojan arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

Other Details

This Trojan redirects browsers to the following sites:

  • http://{BLOCKED}hanhongai.com.vn/logon.xhtml.php

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

  SOLUTION

Mecanismo de varredura mínima: 9.850
Primeiro arquivo padrão VSAPI: 14.434.04
Data do lançamento do primeiro padrão VSAPI: 10 Aug 2018
VSAPI OPR Pattern Version: 14.435.00
VSAPI OPR Pattern veröffentlicht am: 11 Aug 2018

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Close all opened browser windows

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as HTML_PHISH.TICOGEJ. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check the following Trend Micro Support pages for more information:


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