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PHP.Brobot

Posted: January 11, 2013

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 9/10
Infected PCs: 61
First Seen: January 11, 2013
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Brobot is a backdoor Trojan that uses any compromised PC to launch DDoS attacks – attacks that flood various websites with artificial traffic in an effort to crash them. Unlike most backdoor Trojans, Brobot hasn't shown any other major capabilities, but its campaign does appear to be receiving ongoing development for enhanced evasion of typical security features, including those that could be used to block its website-crashing attacks. Since Brobot does not display blatant evidence of its presence on the infected PC, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers encourage you to use anti-malware products to detect or remove Brobot in all cases. The latest cyber-terrorist campaign that distributes Brobot is not 'officially' set to launch until May 7th, but at this time Brobot is, nonetheless, being distributed in the wild as part of other campaigns, and currently is engaged in DDoSing American financial websites.

When Politics Comes to Your Hard Drive in a Trojan Package

Currently, Brobot is reported primarily for its upcoming part in OpUSA, an attack campaign supported by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters. Similar operations, such as Operation Ababil, also have used the Brobot's botnet to conduct attacks against United States websites, typically with the aim of making a critical political statement (such as demanding that the 'Innocence of Muslims' movie be removed from Youtube). Brobot, as a specialized backdoor Trojan, is designed to infect unrelated computers and link them to its botnet, through which Brobot can launch Distributed-Denial-of-Service attacks against any websites Brobot pleases. So far, SpywareRemove.com malware experts only have confirmed DDoS attacks against various American financial institutions, such as prominent banks, but the Brobot infection that enables these attacks are a concern for even casual PC users with Internet access.

Even while both anti-malware companies and US banks have been racing to detect Brobot's attacks and minimize its potential for crashing websites, Brobot has, in turn, been continuously upgraded. New scripts in Brobot may allow Brobot to avoid being detected by standard security protocols, and Brobot has been confirmed to spoof such information as the website visitor's access cookie, referrer and user-agent string. The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters have used Brobot to target over a dozen separate financial institutions, forcing their sites down for periods of time that add up to hundreds of hours.

Kicking this Bro Out of Your Hard Drive

Although Brobot is (as far as major US banks are concerned) a rather inconvenient and business-impeding PC threat, for a casual PC users, Brobot actually is less dangerous than a common backdoor Trojan. So far, SpywareRemove.com malware analysts haven't seen any evidence of Brobot being capable of performing major attacks besides its DDoS functions, whereas most backdoor Trojans also include functions for stealing private information, disabling security programs or installing other malware.

Nonetheless, a Brobot infection may be installed right along with other kinds of malicious software that are more dangerous than Brobot, by itself, would be. As a result, removing Brobot quickly always is recommended, and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers encourage using updated anti-malware software for this purpose – particularly since Brobot is being updated to avoid being detected with notable regularity.

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Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:



70683b631de374240a3bb95582ade6c7 File name: 70683b631de374240a3bb95582ade6c7
Size: 3.25 KB (3250 bytes)
MD5: 70683b631de374240a3bb95582ade6c7
Detection count: 77
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 15, 2013
5d9c51bc05c97d57f79d9365c68e8592 File name: 5d9c51bc05c97d57f79d9365c68e8592
Size: 4.7 KB (4704 bytes)
MD5: 5d9c51bc05c97d57f79d9365c68e8592
Detection count: 75
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 15, 2013
9f6451282111378b4d835f3f28e681df File name: 9f6451282111378b4d835f3f28e681df
Size: 3.85 KB (3854 bytes)
MD5: 9f6451282111378b4d835f3f28e681df
Detection count: 66
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 15, 2013
run.pl File name: run.pl
Mime Type: unknown/pl
Group: Malware file
f1.pl File name: f1.pl
Mime Type: unknown/pl
Group: Malware file
start.php File name: start.php
Mime Type: unknown/php
Group: Malware file
srcurl.php File name: srcurl.php
Mime Type: unknown/php
Group: Malware file
stcp.php File name: stcp.php
Mime Type: unknown/php
Group: Malware file
startphp.php File name: startphp.php
Mime Type: unknown/php
Group: Malware file
stpf.php File name: stpf.php
Mime Type: unknown/php
Group: Malware file
stmdu.php File name: stmdu.php
Mime Type: unknown/php
Group: Malware file
stph.php File name: stph.php
Mime Type: unknown/php
Group: Malware file
stp.php File name: stp.php
Mime Type: unknown/php
Group: Malware file

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