Rewterz Threat Alert – Vidar Malware – Active IOCs

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

Vidar, which first appeared in late 2018, is a malware family that primarily acts as an information stealer and is frequently seen as a prelude to ransomware distribution. This malware takes data and distributes it as spam email, cracked commercial software, and keygen programs.

Vidar can scrape a wide range of digital wallets in addition to credit card data and passwords. Various campaigns can be used to propagate this malware. It allows data such as system information, browser data, and passwords to be captured and exfiltrated from a system. Vidar has also been seen as a secondary payload in ransomware attacks like STOP/DJVU.

Impact

• Data Exfiltration
• Information Theft
• Exposure of Sensitive Data

Indicators of Compromise

MD5

• 4c61e7904c598361feb91b1dd9f6dcd8

SHA-256

• 486ab4d9e0a524b8f734a9e45821538c31e18c7632af8e0765dc417b9a87c64d

SHA-1

• 89fd3b0e1b43b6d8822b945367320455527592b3

Remediation

• Block all the threat indicators at your respective controls.
• Search for IOCs in your environment.