vSkimmer, Another POS malware

Carding · Dec 3, 2020

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vSkimmer - Virtual Skimmer

Functions:
- Track 2 grabber
- HTTP Loader (Download & Execute)
- Update bot itself

Working Modes:
- Online: If internet is reachable it will try to bypass firewalls and communicate to a the control panel.
- Offline: If internet is not reachable it wait for a specific pendrive/flashdrive plugged in and copy logs to it.

Server coded in PHP (can be modified on request to send logs to remote server, via smtp, etc.. )
Client coded in C++ no dependencies, 66kb, cryptable. (can be customized)

The malware check the presence of debugger:

Get PC details (OS,Computer name, GUID for identify you in the POS botnet, etc..)

Check if the file is executed from %APPDATA% if not add registry persistence, firewall rule, make a copy and execute the copy:

Detail of the registry persistence:

Firewall rule to allow the malware:

Create a mutex, thread and get host information:

Check for process:

Some are whitlisted: "System", smss.exe, csrss.exe, winlogon.exe, services.exe, lsass.exe, svchost.exe, spoolsv.exe, wscntfy.exe, alg.exe, mscorsvw.exe, ctfmon.exe, explorer.exe:

And when finally a process is found:

Read the process and search for pattern:

If nothing found:

Get infos, Base64 and call the gate via GET request:

Answer:

• dns: 1 ›› ip: 31.31.196.44 - adresse: WWW.POSTERMINALWORLD.LA

Parse the answer:

Answer is reduced to first 3 letters and compared with 'dlx' (Download & Execute) and 'upd' (Update) if one of these are found that mean the bad guys send us an order.

For example dlx:

Order is executed and a response is send to the server:

The part i love with pos malware:

Or just a simple ";1234567891234567=12345678912345678900?" in a txt but it's more gangsta to swipe a card.
So the algo detect the pattern, the track2 is encoded to base64