SharpDisco

SharpDisco is a dropper developed in C# that has been used by MoustachedBouncer since at least 2020 to load malicious plugins.[1]

ID: S1089
Type: MALWARE
Platforms: Windows
Version: 1.0
Created: 26 September 2023
Last Modified: 26 September 2023

Techniques Used

Domain ID Name Use
Enterprise T1071 .002 Application Layer Protocol: File Transfer Protocols

SharpDisco has the ability to transfer data between SMB shares.[1]

Enterprise T1059 .003 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell

SharpDisco can use cmd.exe to execute plugins and to send command output to specified SMB shares.[1]

Enterprise T1005 Data from Local System

SharpDisco has dropped a recent-files stealer plugin to C:\Users\Public\WinSrcNT\It11.exe.[1]

Enterprise T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel

SharpDisco can load a plugin to exfiltrate stolen files to SMB shares also used in C2.[1]

Enterprise T1083 File and Directory Discovery

SharpDisco can identify recently opened files by using an LNK format parser to extract the original file path from LNK files found in either %USERPROFILE%\Recent (Windows XP) or %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent (newer Windows versions) .[1]

Enterprise T1564 .003 Hide Artifacts: Hidden Window

SharpDisco can hide windows using ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden.[1]

Enterprise T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

SharpDisco has been used to download a Python interpreter to C:\Users\Public\WinTN\WinTN.exe as well as other plugins from external sources.[1]

Enterprise T1106 Native API

SharpDisco can leverage Native APIs through plugins including GetLogicalDrives.[1]

Enterprise T1120 Peripheral Device Discovery

SharpDisco has dropped a plugin to monitor external drives to C:\Users\Public\It3.exe.[1]

Enterprise T1053 .005 Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task

SharpDisco can create scheduled tasks to execute reverse shells that read and write data to and from specified SMB shares.[1]

Enterprise T1082 System Information Discovery

SharpDisco can use a plugin to enumerate system drives.[1]

Groups That Use This Software

ID Name References
G1019 MoustachedBouncer

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References