SUNSPOT Malware: A Technical Analysis | CrowdStrike
Common Information
Type Value
UUID 85c38dea-0464-46e4-8d3c-16b16cbd3457
Fingerprint bc00a81926173490
Analysis status DONE
Considered CTI value 2
Text language
Published Nov. 7, 2024, midnight
Added to db Nov. 12, 2024, 11:53 a.m.
Last updated Nov. 17, 2024, 6:55 p.m.
Headline SUNSPOT: An Implant in the Build Process
Title SUNSPOT Malware: A Technical Analysis | CrowdStrike
Detected Hints/Tags/Attributes 44/2/18
Attributes
Details Type #Events CTI Value
Details File 2
taskhostsvc.exe
Details File 26
taskhostw.exe
Details File 2
c:\windows\temp\vmware-vmdmp.log
Details File 4
'msbuild.exe
Details File 29
orion.core
Details File 1
inventorymanager.cs
Details File 149
msbuild.exe
Details File 1
inventorymanager.bk
Details File 1
inventorymanager.tmp
Details File 1
orionimprovementbusinesslayer.zip
Details File 1
orionimprovementbusinesslayer.config
Details File 4
orionimprovementbusinesslayer.ini
Details File 1
ostsvc.exe
Details md5 1
5f40b59ee2a9ac94ddb6ab9e3bd776ca
Details sha256 3
c45c9bda8db1d470f1fd0dcc346dc449839eb5ce9a948c70369230af0b3ef168
Details sha256 2
0819db19be479122c1d48743e644070a8dc9a1c852df9a8c0dc2343e904da389
Details Yara rule 1
rule CrowdStrike_SUNSPOT_01 : artifact stellarparticle sunspot {
	meta:
		copyright = "(c) 2021 CrowdStrike Inc."
		description = "Detects RC4 and AES key encryption material in SUNSPOT"
		version = "202101081448"
		last_modified = "2021-01-08"
		actor = "StellarParticle"
		malware_family = "SUNSPOT"
	strings:
		$key = { FC F3 2A 83 E5 F6 D0 24 A6 BF CE 88 30 C2 48 E7 }
		$iv = { 81 8C 85 49 B9 00 06 78 0B E9 63 60 26 64 B2 DA }
	condition:
		all of them and filesize < 32MB
}
Details Yara rule 1
rule CrowdStrike_SUNSPOT_02 : artifact stellarparticle sunspot {
	meta:
		copyright = "(c) 2021 CrowdStrike Inc."
		description = "Detects mutex names in SUNSPOT"
		version = "202101081448"
		last_modified = "2021-01-08"
		actor = "StellarParticle"
		malware_family = "SUNSPOT"
	strings:
		$mutex_01 = "{12d61a41-4b74-7610-a4d8-3028d2f56395}" ascii wide
		$mutex_02 = "{56331e4d-76a3-0390-a7ee-567adf5836b7}" ascii wide
	condition:
		any of them and filesize < 10MB
}