MalwareUsed by 1 actor

PCRat/Gh0st

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THREAT ACTORS

Groups observed using it

1 distinct threat actor attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.

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TA459

This ZeroT executable communicated with the C&C domain www[.]kz-info[.]net and downloaded PlugX as well as an additional PCRat/Gh0st Trojan which communicated with the www[.]ruvim[.]net C&C server.

via proofpoint threat insight blogproofpoint.com

MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

3 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.

Execution

1 technique

T1204User ExecutionEvidence1

Bundling decoy documents is a common tactic by this group. RAR SFX directives are used to display the decoy while the malicious payload is executed.

Command and Control

2 techniques

T1071.001Web ProtocolsEvidence1

ZeroT uses HTTP beacons to transmit information about the infected system to the command and control (C&C).

T1105Ingress Tool TransferEvidence1

This is a PowerShell script that downloads and runs the ZeroT payload cgi.exe.

INDICATORS OF COMPROMISE

IOCs tracked for this family

1 indicator attributed across vendor reports, sandbox runs, and researcher write-ups. Full values are available in Mallory.

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Network

1 tracked

IPs, domains, and DNS infrastructure linked to this family.

TypeValueLatest sighting

domain●●●●●●●●●●●●View more in app9 years ago

ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

1 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.

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proofpoint threat insight blogNews

Apr 27, 2017

APT Targets Financial Analysts with CVE-2017-0199 | Proofpoint US

PCRat/Gh0st is an additional secondary payload occasionally used by the actor. In the described activity, it was downloaded by ZeroT and communicated with its own C2 server.

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IOC matching1

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Threat actor attribution1

Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.

Exploited vulnerabilities

CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.

Detection signatures

YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.

MITRE ATT&CK mapping3

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.