NGR Bot (also known as Dorkbot) was examined to be a user-mode rootkit that could be remotely controlled via Internet-Relay-Chat (IRC) protocol. It was designed with the intention to steal digital identity, perform denial of service, and manipulate the domain name resolution.
It spreads via Recycler bin social engineering as well as by hooking into via social networking sites. This article aims to provide some technical insights of this NGR Bot V1.0.3 sample (MD5 “1CA4E2F3C8C327F8D823EB0E94896538″) on the following topics: (1) Encryption & tampering detection mechanism (2) Functionalities (3) Hooking technique (4) Architecture Set-up for communicating with this malware To view the entire article, go here: http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/ngr-rootkit/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
