PULSE NAME
How to uncover a Horabot campaign and detect this malware
WHITE Horabot AlienVault 2026-03-18 Modified: 2026-03-18
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IOCs
MEDIUM VOLUME
This report details the discovery and analysis of a Horabot malware campaign targeting primarily Mexican users. The attack chain begins with a fake CAPTCHA page leading to multiple stages of obfuscated scripts, ultimately delivering an AutoIT loader and a Delphi-based banking Trojan. The malware employs sophisticated encryption techniques, anti-VM checks, and a custom protocol for C2 communication. It also includes a spreader component written in PowerShell that harvests and exfiltrates email addresses to distribute phishing emails. The analysis reveals Brazilian Portuguese comments in the code, suggesting the threat actor's origin. The report provides detection opportunities including YARA rules and hunting queries to identify this threat.
MITRE ATT&CK & Malware Families
ATT&CK TECHNIQUES
MALWARE FAMILIES
Horabot Metamorfo - S0455 Casbaneiro Ponteiro Metamorfo - S0455 Casbaneiro Zusy
Indicators of Compromise (37)
All FileHash-MD5 FileHash-SHA1 FileHash-SHA256 URL domain hostname
TYPEINDICATORDESCRIPTIONCREATED
FileHash-MD5 4caa797130b5f7116f11c0b48013e430 2026-03-18
FileHash-MD5 6272ef6ac1de8fb4bdd4a760be7ba5ed 2026-03-18
FileHash-MD5 c882d948d44a65019df54b0b2996677f 2026-03-18
FileHash-SHA1 b6144f80b32b37393b2da565326cd5085c6842e1 2026-03-18
FileHash-SHA256 474b25badb40f524a7b2fe089e51eb7dbafd2e3e03a9f6750f72055d05b13d76 2026-03-18
URL http://evs.grupotuis.buzz/0capcha17/DMEENLIGGB.hta 2026-03-18
URL https://aufal.filevexcasv.buzz/on7/index15.php 2026-03-18
URL https://aufal.filevexcasv.buzz/on7all/index15.php 2026-03-18
URL https://cfg.brasilinst.site/a/br/logs/index.php?CHLG 2026-03-18
URL https://cgf.facturastbs.shop/0725/a/home 2026-03-18
URL https://cgf.facturastbs.shop/a/08/150822/au/app 2026-03-18
URL https://cgf.facturastbs.shop/a/08/150822/au/at.html 2026-03-18
URL https://cgf.facturastbs.shop/a/08/150822/au/gerapdf/blqs1 2026-03-18
URL https://cgf.facturastbs.shop/a/08/150822/au/gerauto.php 2026-03-18
URL https://cgf.midasx.site/a/08/150822/au/au 2026-03-18
URL https://evs.grupotuis.buzz/0capcha17/ 2026-03-18
URL https://evs.grupotuis.buzz/0capcha17/DMEENLIGGB.hta 2026-03-18
URL https://evs.grupotuis.buzz/0capcha17/DMEENLIGGB/GRXUOIWCEKVX 2026-03-18
URL https://labodeguitaup.space/a/08/150822/au/au 2026-03-18
URL https://pdj.gruposhac.lat/g1/ 2026-03-18
URL https://pdj.gruposhac.lat/g1/auxld1 2026-03-18
URL https://pdj.gruposhac.lat/g1/ctld/ 2026-03-18
URL https://pdj.gruposhac.lat/g1/gerador.php 2026-03-18
URL https://pdj.gruposhac.lat/g1/ld1/ 2026-03-18
URL https://thea.gruposhac.space/0out0408 2026-03-18
URL https://upstar.pics/a/08/150822/up/up 2026-03-18
FileHash-SHA1 e6a6e282a94c7724f5d9ac54d60d8cbd0e3ce892 2026-03-18
domain labodeguitaup.space 2026-03-18
domain lifenews.pro 2026-03-18
domain upstar.pics 2026-03-18
hostname aufal.filevexcasv.buzz 2026-03-18
hostname cfg.brasilinst.site 2026-03-18
hostname cgf.facturastbs.shop 2026-03-18
hostname cgf.midasx.site 2026-03-18
hostname evs.grupotuis.buzz 2026-03-18
hostname pdj.gruposhac.lat 2026-03-18
hostname thea.gruposhac.space 2026-03-18