ShimRatReporter

ShimRatReporter is a tool used by suspected Chinese adversary Mofang to automatically conduct initial discovery. The details from this discovery are used to customize follow-on payloads (such as ShimRat) as well as set up faux infrastructure which mimics the adversary's targets. ShimRatReporter has been used in campaigns targeting multiple countries and sectors including government, military, critical infrastructure, automobile, and weapons development.[1]

ID: S0445
Type: TOOL
Platforms: Windows
Version: 1.0
Created: 12 May 2020
Last Modified: 27 May 2020

Techniques Used

Domain ID Name Use
Enterprise T1087 Account Discovery

ShimRatReporter listed all non-privileged and privileged accounts available on the machine.[1]

Enterprise T1071 .001 Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols

ShimRatReporter communicated over HTTP with preconfigured C2 servers.[1]

Enterprise T1560 Archive Collected Data

ShimRatReporter used LZ compression to compress initial reconnaissance reports before sending to the C2.[1]

Enterprise T1119 Automated Collection

ShimRatReporter gathered information automatically, without instruction from a C2, related to the user and host machine that is compiled into a report and sent to the operators.[1]

Enterprise T1020 Automated Exfiltration

ShimRatReporter sent collected system and network information compiled into a report to an adversary-controlled C2.[1]

Enterprise T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel

ShimRatReporter sent generated reports to the C2 via HTTP POST requests.[1]

Enterprise T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

ShimRatReporter had the ability to download additional payloads.[1]

Enterprise T1036 .005 Masquerading: Match Legitimate Name or Location

ShimRatReporter spoofed itself as AlphaZawgyl_font.exe, a specialized Unicode font.[1]

Enterprise T1106 Native API

ShimRatReporter used several Windows API functions to gather information from the infected system.[1]

Enterprise T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

ShimRatReporter encrypted gathered information with a combination of shifting and XOR using a static key.[1]

Enterprise T1069 Permission Groups Discovery

ShimRatReporter gathered the local privileges for the infected host.[1]

Enterprise T1057 Process Discovery

ShimRatReporter listed all running processes on the machine.[1]

Enterprise T1518 Software Discovery

ShimRatReporter gathered a list of installed software on the infected host.[1]

Enterprise T1082 System Information Discovery

ShimRatReporter gathered the operating system name and specific Windows version of an infected machine.[1]

Enterprise T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery

ShimRatReporter gathered the local proxy, domain, IP, routing tables, mac address, gateway, DNS servers, and DHCP status information from an infected host.[1]

Enterprise T1049 System Network Connections Discovery

ShimRatReporter used the Windows function GetExtendedUdpTable to detect connected UDP endpoints.[1]

Groups That Use This Software

ID Name References
G0103 Mofang

References