Obfuscated Files or Information: Динамическое разрешение API
Other sub-techniques of Obfuscated Files or Information (9)
Adversaries may obfuscate then dynamically resolve API functions called by their malware in order to conceal malicious functionalities and impair defensive analysis. Malware commonly uses various Native API functions provided by the OS to perform various tasks such as those involving processes, files, and other system artifacts. API functions called by malware may leave static artifacts such as strings in payload files. Defensive analysts may also uncover which functions a binary file may execute via an import address table (IAT) or other structures that help dynamically link calling code to the shared modules that provide functions.(Citation: Huntress API Hash)(Citation: IRED API Hashing) To avoid static or other defensive analysis, adversaries may use dynamic API resolution to conceal malware characteristics and functionalities. Similar to Software Packing, dynamic API resolution may change file signatures and obfuscate malicious API function calls until they are resolved and invoked during runtime. Various methods may be used to obfuscate malware calls to API functions. For example, hashes of function names are commonly stored in malware in lieu of literal strings. Malware can use these hashes (or other identifiers) to manually reproduce the linking and loading process using functions such as `GetProcAddress()` and `LoadLibrary()`. These hashes/identifiers can also be further obfuscated using encryption or other string manipulation tricks (requiring various forms of Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information during execution).(Citation: BlackHat API Packers)(Citation: Drakonia HInvoke)(Citation: Huntress API Hash)
Примеры процедур |
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| Название | Описание |
|---|---|
| Bazar |
Bazar can hash then resolve API calls at runtime.(Citation: Cybereason Bazar July 2020)(Citation: NCC Group Team9 June 2020) |
| Lazarus Group |
Lazarus Group has used a custom hashing method to resolve APIs used in shellcode.(Citation: Lazarus APT January 2022) |
| Pteranodon |
Pteranodon can use a dynamic Windows hashing algorithm to map API components.(Citation: Microsoft Actinium February 2022) |
Ссылки
- spotheplanet. (n.d.). Windows API Hashing in Malware. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
- drakonia. (2022, August 10). HInvoke and avoiding PInvoke. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
- Choi, S. (2015, August 6). Obfuscated API Functions in Modern Packers. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
- Brennan, M. (2022, February 16). Hackers No Hashing: Randomizing API Hashes to Evade Cobalt Strike Shellcode Detection. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
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- Saini, A. and Hossein, J. (2022, January 27). North Korea’s Lazarus APT leverages Windows Update client, GitHub in latest campaign. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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- Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center. (2022, February 4). ACTINIUM targets Ukrainian organizations. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
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