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

• 785498d72002f0323755af78cd492bd2

SHA-256

• b6b6df6abb52d7d2e2eb8496c04d76e2a01e51703b7ce44aa127d60ce53a0be7

SHA-1

• 8cb6279e76dca6dfdef1079cb336c0f2d69ac9d3

Remediation

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