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

Filename

• CustomCursor[.]exe
• 9wp5ocjhz[.]dll

MD5

• d6f09c8cb3dd694b13efc1ba373c7f01
• 0785be512cb853a89e62ab7c2ecf58ba

SHA-256

• e55a07157505f3b50c11ec6d8894a6ea442818d59f1a64489e649f7fe6103cc4
• fd92fe8a4534bc6e14e177fee38a13f771a091fa6c7171fcee2791c58fbecf40
• bf671f4f672e07a224b649b53a97d8a3cb4c20b669e464bbb5525cbcbe6721c1

SHA-1

• 2e513ce4696396d801528cc8d819238460725756
• 5e7d92dfdf2caef7f80f65cd009d60a77d9d651d

Remediation

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