Trellix Insights: Threat Profile: Vidar Stealer
Technical Articles ID:
KB95171
Last Modified: 2022-09-06 04:56:11 Etc/GMT
Last Modified: 2022-09-06 04:56:11 Etc/GMT
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IMPORTANT: This Knowledge Base article discusses a specific threat that is being automatically tracked by Trellix Insights technology. The content is intended for use by Trellix Insights users, but is provided for general knowledge to all customers. Contact us for more information about Trellix Insights.
Summary
Vidar Stealer is a malware written in C++ that's derived from the Arkei malware. First seen in 2018, Vidar has continued to evolve as its developers attempt to stay under the radar. Vidar uses multiple avenues of infection to compromise victims, such as phishing and spam-email campaigns, as well as disguising itself in cracked software packages that often get downloaded by unsuspecting victims looking for free software. Once a victim has been compromised, Vidar attempts to steal banking details, saved passwords, browser history, login credentials, system, and location details, as well as, more recently, crypto wallets. Other capabilities include theft of 2FA data, screen captures, stealing information from messaging software and history from browsers including TOR. Vidar is also location-aware and has a set of countries that it's instructed not to compromise.
Our Threat Research team will continue to monitor and update the Vidar Stealer event and disseminate information that's deemed appropriate regarding Vidar Stealer and any potential victims.
How to use this article:
- If a Threat Hunting table has been created, use the rules contained to search for malware related to this campaign.
- Review the product detection table and confirm that your environment is at least on the specified content version.
To download the latest content versions, go to the Security Updates page. - Scroll down and review the "Product Countermeasures" section of this article. Consider implementing them if they are not already in place.
- Review
KB91836 - Countermeasures for entry vector threats . - Review KB87843 - Dynamic Application Containment rules and best practices.
- Review KB82925 - Identify what rule corresponds to an Adaptive Threat Protection and Threat Intelligence Exchange event.
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Minimum set of Manual Rules to improve protection to block this campaign:
IMPORTANT: Always follow best practices when you enable new rules and signatures.
When you implement new rules or signatures, always set them to Report mode first and check the alerts generated. Resolve any issues that arise and then set the rules to Block. This step mitigates against triggering false positives and allows you to refine your configuration.
For more information, see KB87843 - List of and best practices for Endpoint Security Dynamic Application Containment rules.
Endpoint Security - Advanced Threat Protection:
Host Intrusion Prevention:
Aggressive set of Manual Rules to improve protection to block this campaign:
IMPORTANT: Always follow best practices when you enable new rules and signatures.
When you implement new rules or signatures, always set them to Report mode first and check the alerts generated. Resolve any issues that arise and then set the rules to Block. This step mitigates against triggering false positives and allows you to refine your configuration.
For more information, see KB87843 - List of and best practices for Endpoint Security Dynamic Application Containment rules.
VirusScan Enterprise - Access Protection Rules:
Prevent creation of new executable files in the Windows folder
Host Intrusion Prevention:
Rule ID: 6011 Generic Application Invocation Protection
Rule ID: 1148 CMD Tool Access by a Network Aware Application
Rule ID: 2806 Attempt to create a hardlink to a file
Rule ID: 6010 Generic Application Hooking Protection