Analysis by: Raighen Sanchez
ALIASES:

Trojan:MSIL/RedLine.MC!MTB (MICROSOFT), UDS:Trojan-Spy.MSIL.Stealer.gen (KASPERSKY)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan Spy

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: Yes

  • 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: 206,336 bytes
File Type: EXE
Memory Resident: Yes
Initial Samples Received Date: 13 Jul 2023
Payload: Collects system information, 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%\SystemCache

(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:

  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.167
  • http://{BLOCKED}ri.org/Entity

Information Theft

This Trojan Spy gathers the following data:

  • CPU Architecture
  • CPU Details
  • GPU Details
  • Hostname
  • Installed Applications
  • Language
  • List of Anti-virus Products
  • List of AntiSpyWare Products
  • List of Firewall Products
  • List of Programs
  • List of Running Processes
  • OS Name and Version
  • Screen Resolution
  • Security Status of the Affected Machine
  • Username

Other Details

This Trojan Spy does the following:

  • It steals wallet information from:
    • Armory
    • Atomic
    • Binance Wallet
    • BitApp Wallet
    • Brave Wallet
    • Coin98 Wallet
    • Coinbase
    • Coinomi
    • Electrum
    • Equal Wallet
    • Ethereum
    • EVER Wallet
    • Exodus
    • Guarda
    • GuildWallet
    • Harmony
    • iWallet
    • Jaxx Liberty
    • KardiaChain
    • Liquality
    • Math Wallet
    • Metamask
    • MEW CX
    • Monero
    • MultiversX DeFi Wallet
    • Nami
    • Nifty
    • Oxygen
    • Pali Wallet
    • Ronin Wallet
    • Saturn Wallet
    • Station Wallet
    • Temple
    • TronLink
    • Wombat
    • XDEF Wallet
    • Yoroi
  • It steals browser data from:
    • Chrome
    • Firefox
    • Internet Explorer
    • VMwareHostOpen.exe --default http → all installed internet browsers in VMware
  • It steals account information from:
    • Authenticator
    • Discord
    • NordVPN
    • OpenVPN
    • ProtonVPN
    • Telegram
  • Steals file properties information from:
    • %AppDataLocal%\{All Subfolders and Files}
  • It terminates itself if the affected machine's country is from:
    • Armenia
    • Azerbaijan
    • Belarus
    • Kazakhstan
    • Kyrgyzstan
    • Moldova
    • Tajikistan
    • Uzbekistan
    • Ukraine
    • Russia

(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).)

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.800
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 18.584.03
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 13 Jul 2023
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 18.585.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 14 Jul 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:

    • TROJ.Win32.TRX.XXPE50FFF070

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

Note that not all files, folders, and registry keys and entries are installed on your computer during this malware's/spyware's/grayware's execution. This may be due to incomplete installation or other operating system conditions. If you do not find the same files/folders/registry information, please proceed to the next step.

Step 4

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%\SystemCache

Step 5

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to clean files detected as TrojanSpy.MSIL.REDLINE.RGNS. 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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