name: Azorult
id: efed5343-4ac2-42b1-a16d-da2428d0ce94
version: 1
date: '2022-06-09'
author: Teoderick Contreras, Splunk
description: Leverage searches that allow you to detect and investigate unusual activities
  that might relate to the Azorult malware including firewall modification, icacl execution, spawning more process, botnet c2 communication, defense evasion and etc.
  The AZORULT malware was first discovered in 2016 to be an information stealer that steals browsing history, cookies, ID/passwords, cryptocurrency information and more. 
  It can also be a downloader of other malware. A variant of this malware was able to create a new, hidden administrator account on the machine to set a registry key 
  to establish a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connection.
  Exploit kits such as Fallout Exploit Kit (EK) and phishing mails with social engineering technique are one of the major infection vectors of the AZORult malware. 
  The current malspam and phishing emails use fake product order requests, invoice documents and payment information requests. This Trojan-Spyware connects to Command And Control (C&C) servers of attacker to send and receive information.
narrative: Adversaries may use this technique to maximize the impact on the target organization in operations where network wide availability interruption
  is the goal. 
references:
- https://success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s/solution/000146108-azorult-malware-information?language=en_US&sfdcIFrameOrigin=null
- https://app.any.run/tasks/a6f2ffe2-e6e2-4396-ae2e-04ea0143f2d8/
tags:
  analytic_story: Azorult
  category:
  - Malware
  product:
  - Splunk Enterprise
  - Splunk Enterprise Security
  - Splunk Cloud
  usecase: Advanced Threat Detection