← BACK TO OPERATIONS
RESTRICTED

[ DEBRIEF · MALWARE ]

BLACK ICE

Reverse-engineered a commodity RAT dropper chain delivering Cobalt-style beacons via signed MSI sideload.

// ENGAGEMENT_TIMELINE

  1. [T+0h] Sample ingested from SOC quarantine; static triage started.
  2. [T+4h] Identified sideload DLL; unpacked second-stage shellcode.
  3. [T+1d] C2 protocol mapped; YARA + Sigma rules drafted.

// VULNERABILITIES

  • [HIGH]IOC-01Signed MSI with vulnerable legitimate EXE
  • [MEDIUM]IOC-02Encrypted config blob in .rsrc

// TOOLS_USED

Ghidrax64dbgVolatilityYARA

// OUTCOME

> Detection pack shipped to SOC. Blocked C2 domains and MSI hash cluster across EDR fleet.