Heur.CFG A Malware Uses Encryption to Hide Its Intentions

The Dell Sonicwall Threats Research team observed reports of a New Malware family named GAV: Heur.CFG actively spreading in the wild. This time attacker uses Self-Signed encryption for C&C data communication to avoid detection by Anti-Virus programs.

Infection Cycle:

The Malware uses the following icon:

Md5:

• 9F5DF82346249748F6C4A2E681BC33D3

The Malware adds the following keys to the Windows registry to ensure persistence upon reboot:

• HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun

  • Armour =%Userprofile%Malware.exe

Once the computer is compromised, the malware starts to communicate with its own domains via following format:

The malware tries to communicate with its own C&C server such as following IPs:

The Malware uses Self-Signed encryption for C&C data communication to avoid detection by Anti-Virus programs, here is an example:

The Malware tries to download some SWF Adobe Flash and executable files from following domains:

Command and Control (C&C) Traffic

Heur.CFG performs C&C communication over 80, 3009 and 23466 ports. The malware sends your system information to its own C&C server via following format, here are some examples:

SonicWALL Gateway AntiVirus provides protection against this threat via the following signature:

• GAV: Heur.CFG (Trojan)

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