RawPOS

S0169

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About this malware

RawPOS is a point-of-sale (POS) malware family that searches for cardholder data on victims. It has been in use since at least 2008. FireEye divides RawPOS into three components: FIENDCRY, DUEBREW, and DRIFTWOOD.

Techniques used5

Procedure examples5

TechniqueProcedure example
T1005
Data from Local System

RawPOS dumps memory from specific processes on a victim system, parses the dumped files, and scrapes them for credit card data.

T1036.004
Masquerade Task or Service

New services created by RawPOS are made to appear like legitimate Windows services, with names such as "Windows Management Help Service", "Microsoft Support", and "Windows Advanced Task Manager".

T1074.001
Local Data Staging

Data captured by RawPOS is placed in a temporary file under a directory named "memdump".

T1543.003
Windows Service

RawPOS installs itself as a service to maintain persistence.

T1560.003
Archive via Custom Method

RawPOS encodes credit card data it collected from the victim with XOR.

Groups that use it1

Campaigns0

None recorded.

References5

  1. DarkReading FireEye FIN5 Oct 2015 Open source
    Higgins, K. (2015, October 13). Prolific Cybercrime Gang Favors Legit Login Credentials. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  2. Kroll RawPOS Jan 2017 Open source
    Nesbit, B. and Ackerman, D. (2017, January). Malware Analysis Report - RawPOS Malware: Deconstructing an Intruder’s Toolkit. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  3. Mandiant FIN5 GrrCON Oct 2016 Open source
    Bromiley, M. and Lewis, P. (2016, October 7). Attacking the Hospitality and Gaming Industries: Tracking an Attacker Around the World in 7 Years. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  4. TrendMicro RawPOS April 2015 Open source
    TrendLabs Security Intelligence Blog. (2015, April). RawPOS Technical Brief. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  5. Visa RawPOS March 2015 Open source
    Visa. (2015, March). Visa Security Alert: "RawPOS" Malware Targeting Lodging Merchants. Retrieved October 6, 2017.

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