{"id":3742,"date":"2018-06-20T11:30:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T11:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/07d2a80f-3b6b-40e4-8e43-d9a6635ff5c1"},"modified":"2018-06-20T11:30:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T11:30:53","slug":"this-new-windows-malware-wants-to-add-your-pc-to-a-botnet-or-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/this-new-windows-malware-wants-to-add-your-pc-to-a-botnet-or-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"This new Windows malware wants to add your PC to a botnet &#8211; or worse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zdnet2.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2018\/06\/20\/04f1a0d2-e755-4121-b09d-ef07dfb38a3f\/thumbnail\/770x578\/230a7f7326173e704ee95e192dbb3ec0\/istock-dog-with-ball.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"relatedContent alignRight\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\"><span class=\"int\">More security news<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>A new malware campaign is roping systems into a botnet and providing the attackers with complete control over infected victims, plus the ability to deliver additional payloads, putting the victims&#8217; devices at risk of Trojans, keyloggers, DDoS attacks and other malicious schemes.<\/p>\n<p>The malware comes equipped with three different layers of evasion techniques which have been described by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deepinstinct.com\/2018\/06\/20\/meet-mylobot-a-new-highly-sophisticated-never-seen-before-botnet-thats-out-in-the-wild\/\">researchers at Deep Instinct<\/a> who uncovered the malware as complex, rare and &#8220;never seen in the wild before&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed Mylobot after a researcher&#8217;s pet dog, the origins of the malware and its delivery method are currently unknown, but it appears to have a connection to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/the-malware-that-wont-die-is-locky-reclaiming-its-title-as-king-of-ransomware\/\">Locky ransomware<\/a> &#8212; one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/the-malware-that-wont-die-is-locky-reclaiming-its-title-as-king-of-ransomware\/\">the most prolific forms of malware<\/a> during last year.<\/p>\n<p>The sophisticated nature of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/article\/the-6-reasons-why-weve-failed-to-stop-botnets\/\">botnet<\/a> suggests that those behind it aren&#8217;t amateurs, with Mylobot incorporating various techniques to avoid detection.<\/p>\n<p>They include anti-sandboxing, anti-debugging, encrypted files and reflective EXE, which is the ability to execute EXE files directly from memory without having them on the disk. The technique is not common and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackhat.com\/docs\/us-16\/materials\/us-16-Nipravsky-Certificate-Bypass-Hiding-And-Executing-Malware-From-A-Digitally-Signed-Executable-wp.pdf\">was only uncovered in 2016<\/a>, and makes the malware ever harder to detect and trace.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/what-is-malware-everything-you-need-to-know-about-viruses-trojans-and-malicious-software\/\">What is malware? Everything you need to know about viruses, trojans and malicious software<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On top of this, Mylobot incorporates a delaying mechanism which waits for two weeks before making contact with the attacker&#8217;s command and control servers &#8212; another means of avoiding detection.<\/p>\n<section class=\"sharethrough-top\" data-component=\"medusaContentRecommendation\" data-medusa-content-recommendation-options=\"{&quot;promo&quot;:&quot;promo_ZD_recommendation_sharethrough_top_in_article_desktop&quot;,&quot;spot&quot;:&quot;dfp-in-article&quot;}\">\n<\/section>\n<p>&#8220;The reason to do 14 days of sleep is to avoid any network and malicious activity, thus bypassing cyber security solutions like endpoint detection and response, threat hunting and sandboxing,&#8221; Tom Nipravsky, Deep Instinct security researcher told ZDNet.<\/p>\n<p>Once installed on a system Mylobot shuts down Windows Defender and Windows Update, while also blocking additional ports on the firewall &#8212; all tactics to ensure that its malicious activity can operate without being impeded.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to this, it actively targets and deletes any other instances of malware which have previously been installed on the machine, even specifically aiming for other botnets.<\/p>\n<p>The thinking behind this is simple &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/hacker-vs-hacker-this-cryptojacking-malware-kills-off-its-rivals-to-ensure-maximum-profit\/\">eliminating the competition<\/a> in order to ensure the attackers gain control over the largest network of infected computers to make the most profit from abusing the compromised machines as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Once a computer is part of the botnet, the attacker can take complete control of the system and further payloads and instructions can be delivered from the command and control server.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The expected damage here depends on the payload the attacker decides to distribute. It can vary from downloading and executing ransomware and banking trojans, among others,&#8221; said Nipravsky.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This can result in loss of tremendous amount of data, the need to shut down computers for recovery purposes, which can lead to disasters in the enterprise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/resource-library\/whitepapers\/17-tips-for-protecting-windows-computers-and-macs-from-ransomware\/\"><strong>17 tips for protecting Windows computers and Macs from ransomware (free PDF)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong\/>Researchers haven&#8217;t detailed what additional payloads are being downloaded, but analysis of the command and control domains related to Mylobot uncovered connections to Locky ransomware and other malware.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;According to our research, the IP of the C&amp;C server was first seen on November 2015, and is linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/microsoft-law-enforcement-disrupt-sprawling-dorkbot-botnet\/\" target=\"_blank\">DorkBot<\/a>, Locky and Ramdo,&#8221; Nipravsky said.<\/p>\n<p>With the C&amp;C having been active for two and a half years, it indicates those behind Mylobot have been active for some time &#8212; and they use tactics which suggest a well-resourced operation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The botnet is trying to connect to 1,404 different domains &#8212; at the time of writing this research, only one was alive. This is an indication for big resources in order to register all those domains,&#8221; said Nipravsky.<\/p>\n<p>The malware isn&#8217;t widespread and it still remains unclear who the attacker behind Mylobot is, how the malware is delivered or even what their ultimate goal is &#8212; but one thing researchers have concluded from the complexity of the scheme is that it isn&#8217;t an amateur operation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We haven&#8217;t found any indication about who the author is, but based on the code, this is someone who knows what they&#8217;re doing,&#8221; said Nipravsky.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE ON CYBER CRIME<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/this-new-windows-malware-wants-to-add-your-pc-to-a-botnet-or-worse\/#ftag=RSSbaffb68\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The intentions of and delivery method of Mylobot are unknown &#8211; but it appears to be the work of a sophisticated attacker who could deliver trojans, ransomware and more.<br \/>\nREAD MORE HERE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zdnet-security"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>This new Windows malware wants to add your PC to a botnet - or worse 2026 | ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News | ThreatsHub.org | Cloud Security &amp; 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