Unpacking the Kwampirs RAT
released on 2020-03-30 @ 04:13:43 PM
Over the past few years, malware threats have increasingly started targeting the industrial control systems. These threats are becoming so concerning that the FBI recently had to issue a public warning about one in particular. As ZDNET reported, the US private sector was warned about a malware campaign that targets supply chain software providers. The malware referenced by this report was Kwampirs RAT - the malicious tool of choice from the Orangeworm group.
Given the possible ramifications this campaign might have, we've decided to leverage the Titanium platform for research into its inner workings. From the threat analysis viewpoint, the most important part of this malware is its configuration (control servers, mutex it uses, registry keys it creates…), since it's essentially a remote access trojan (RAT).