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

• 0621b53eb515d185642b986361eb41ae

SHA-256

• f8c2d1f7b8b5788e5251a4824a17a0519fd6ee600663b4f4531aa86469b21853

SHA-1

• 34eff4e661b43c2a69274d6362166216fe772d27

Remediation

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