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Mallory pivots from this family to the IOCs, detections, and named campaigns that touch your stack, and pages you when something new lands.
11 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.
The script was named “DZWhBTixXsCjSOuNobQfpImvelygwUznrLHGPtkFAaMKVYcJ.cMd”, the script is all one line, the variable names are complicated... looking at the beginning, we can see that it is using PowerShell (spelled “poWeRsHEll” to avoid detection methods that look for the word “PowerShell”).
it appears that a user downloaded an executable that was disguised as a Word document.
Overview: Mars-Deimos-RS-2 is .NET binary injected into memory... As mentioned above, the binary is injected into memory by the script and is not written to file.
It decodes the file using the key and two For-Loops... we appear to be indexing into and manipulating $fileTwo using “-bxor”... So it appears that the variable... is a key for decoding $fileTwo before loading it in line 7.
2 indicators attributed across vendor reports, sandbox runs, and researcher write-ups. Full values are available in Mallory.
File hashes (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256) from samples and reports.
1 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
Match every observed IP, domain, and hash against your live telemetry.
Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.
CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.
Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.