Astaroth (Guildma) infection

Published: 2022-02-16
Last Updated: 2022-02-16 05:19:44 UTC
by Brad Duncan (Version: 1)
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Introduction

Today's diary is a quick post of an Astaroth (Guildma) malware infection I generated early on Wednesday 2022-02-16 from a malicious email targeting a Brazil-based recipient on Tuesday 2022-02-15.

Images from the infection


Shown above: Screenshot from the email that kicked off the infection.


Shown above:  Downloading a zip archive after clicking link in the email.


Shown above:  Content of the downloaded zip archive is a text-based .cmd file.


Shown above:  Two shortcuts in the Windows Start Menu Startup folder keep this infection persistent.


Shown above: Files used for the Astaroth (Guildma) infection.


Shown above: Traffic from the infection filtered in Wireshark.

Final Words

A packet capture (pcap) of the Astaroth infection traffic with the associated email and malware/artifacts are here.

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Brad Duncan
brad [at] malware-traffic-analysis.net

 

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