Clase: Trojan-FakeAV
Una clase de programas maliciosos que simula la actividad del software antivirus o partes de los módulos de seguridad del sistema operativo. Estos programas están diseñados para obtener dinero de los usuarios a cambio de la supuesta detección y eliminación de amenazas, que de hecho no existen. Hablando en términos generales, este malware muestra muchas ventanas emergentes repetitivas en un esfuerzo por hacer que el usuario se preocupe por la seguridad de su sistema y pague por el falso software AV. Además, los programas Trojan-FakeAV impiden que la computadora funcione correctamente, pero no inhiben por completo el sistema operativo para hacer que el usuario crea que la amenaza es creíble.Más información
Plataforma: Win32
Win32 es una API en sistemas operativos basados en Windows NT (Windows XP, Windows 7, etc.) que admite la ejecución de aplicaciones de 32 bits. Una de las plataformas de programación más extendidas en el mundo.Familia: Trojan-FakeAV.Win32.SpySheriff
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Tactics and Techniques: Mitre*
TA0007
Discovery
The adversary is trying to figure out your environment.
Discovery consists of techniques an adversary may use to gain knowledge about the system and internal network. These techniques help adversaries observe the environment and orient themselves before deciding how to act. They also allow adversaries to explore what they can control and what’s around their entry point in order to discover how it could benefit their current objective. Native operating system tools are often used toward this post-compromise information-gathering objective.
Discovery consists of techniques an adversary may use to gain knowledge about the system and internal network. These techniques help adversaries observe the environment and orient themselves before deciding how to act. They also allow adversaries to explore what they can control and what’s around their entry point in order to discover how it could benefit their current objective. Native operating system tools are often used toward this post-compromise information-gathering objective.
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Software Discovery: Security Software Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of security software, configurations, defensive tools, and sensors that are installed on a system or in a cloud environment. This may include things such as firewall rules and anti-virus. Adversaries may use the information from Security Software Discovery during automated discovery to shape follow-on behaviors, including whether or not the adversary fully infects the target and/or attempts specific actions.
Example commands that can be used to obtain security software information are netsh,
Adversaries may also utilize cloud APIs to discover the configurations of firewall rules within an environment.(Citation: Expel IO Evil in AWS) For example, the permitted IP ranges, ports or user accounts for the inbound/outbound rules of security groups, virtual firewalls established within AWS for EC2 and/or VPC instances, can be revealed by the
Example commands that can be used to obtain security software information are netsh,
reg query with Reg, dir with cmd, and Tasklist, but other indicators of discovery behavior may be more specific to the type of software or security system the adversary is looking for. It is becoming more common to see macOS malware perform checks for LittleSnitch and KnockKnock software.Adversaries may also utilize cloud APIs to discover the configurations of firewall rules within an environment.(Citation: Expel IO Evil in AWS) For example, the permitted IP ranges, ports or user accounts for the inbound/outbound rules of security groups, virtual firewalls established within AWS for EC2 and/or VPC instances, can be revealed by the
DescribeSecurityGroups action with various request parameters. (Citation: DescribeSecurityGroups - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud) * © 2026 The MITRE Corporation. This work is reproduced and distributed with the permission of The MITRE Corporation.