TrojanSpy.MSIL.REDLINE.JNCSC

February 23, 2023
 Analysis by: Bryelle Timothy Nisperos
 ALIASES:

HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Agent.gen (KASPERSKY), Trojan:MSIL/Redline.R!MTB (MICROSOFT)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan Spy

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware

This Trojan Spy arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It connects to a website to send and receive information.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

179,200 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

21 Feb 2023

Payload:

Connects to URLs/IPs, Steals information

Arrival Details

This Trojan Spy arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Installation

This Trojan Spy creates the following folders:

  • %AppDataLocal%\Yandex\YaAddon

(Note: %AppDataLocal% is the Local Application Data folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Application Data on Windows 2000(32-bit), XP, and Server 2003(32-bit), or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local on Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 2008(64-bit), 2012(64-bit) and 10(64-bit).)

Backdoor Routine

This Trojan Spy connects to the following websites to send and receive information:

  • {BLOCKED}fo.{BLOCKED}w.com:36127

Information Theft

This Trojan Spy gathers the following data:

  • Country
  • CPU
  • Domain Name
  • GPU
  • Input Languages
  • Installed Anti-virus Products
  • Installed Softwares
  • IP Address
  • Memory Size
  • OS Name and Version
  • Running Processes
  • Screen Resolution
  • Serial Numbers of Disk Drives
  • Timezone
  • Username
  • Windows Serial Number

Other Details

This Trojan Spy connects to the following URL(s) to get the affected system's IP address:

  • https://{BLOCKED}i.{BLOCKED}p.sb/ip

It does the following:

  • It terminates if the infected machine's country is among the list of countries below
    • Armenia
    • Azerbaijan
    • Belarus
    • Kazakhstan
    • Kyrgyzstan
    • Moldova
    • Tajikistan
    • Uzbekistan
    • Ukraine
    • Russia
  • It steals wallet information from:
    • YoroiWallet
    • Tronlink
    • NiftyWallet
    • Metamask
    • MathWallet
    • Coinbase
    • BinanceChain
    • BraveWallet
    • GuardaWallet
    • EqualWallet
    • JaxxxLiberty
    • BitAppWallet
    • iWallet
    • Wombat
    • AtomicWallet
    • MewCx
    • GuildWallet
    • SaturnWallet
    • RoninWallet
    • TerraStation
    • HarmonyWallet
    • Coin98Wallet
    • TonCrystal
    • KardiaChain
    • Phantom
    • Oxygen
    • PaliWallet
    • BoltX
    • LiqualityWallet
    • XdefiWallet
    • NamiWallet
    • MaiarDeFiWallet
    • YoroiWallet
    • Tronlink
    • NiftyWallet
    • Metamask
    • MathWallet
    • Coinbase
    • BinanceChain
    • BraveWallet
    • GuardaWallet
    • EqualWallet
    • JaxxxLiberty
    • BitAppWallet
    • iWallet
    • Wombat
    • AtomicWallet
    • MewCx
    • GuildWallet
    • SaturnWallet
    • RoninWallet
    • TerraStation
    • HarmonyWallet
    • Coin98Wallet
    • TonCrystal
    • KardiaChain
    • Phantom
    • Oxygen
    • PaliWallet
    • BoltX
    • LiqualityWallet
    • XdefiWallet
    • NamiWallet
    • MaiarDeFiWallet
    • Authenticator
    • TempleWallet
  • It steals browser data from:
    • Chrome
    • Firefox
    • Opera GX
  • It steals account information from these services:
    • Discord
    • Steam
    • Telegram
    • NordVPN
    • ProtonVPN
    • OpenVPN
    • FileZilla

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.800

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

18.274.04

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

23 Feb 2023

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

18.275.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

24 Feb 2023

Step 1

Trend Micro Predictive Machine Learning detects and blocks malware at the first sign of its existence, before it executes on your system. When enabled, your Trend Micro product detects this malware under the following machine learning name:

    Ransom.Win32.TRX.XXPE50FFF065

Step 2

Before doing any scans, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 3

Search and delete these folders

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Please make sure you check the Search Hidden Files and Folders checkbox in the More advanced options option to include all hidden folders in the search result.  %AppDataLocal%\Yandex\YaAddon

Step 4

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TrojanSpy.MSIL.REDLINE.JNCSC. 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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