Tracing the footprints of Digital Invaders

ESET researchers have found an energetic espionage marketing campaign concentrating on Android customers with apps primarily posing as messaging providers. Whereas these apps supply useful providers as bait, they’re bundled with open-source XploitSPY malware. Now we have named this marketing campaign eXotic Go to and have tracked its actions from November 2021 by to the top of 2023. The focused marketing campaign has been distributing malicious Android apps by devoted web sites and, for a while, by the Google Play retailer as nicely. Due to the focused nature of the marketing campaign, the apps accessible on Google Play had a low variety of installs; all of them have been faraway from the shop. The eXotic Go to marketing campaign seems to primarily goal a choose group of Android customers in Pakistan and India. There isn’t a indication that this marketing campaign is linked to any identified group; nevertheless, we’re monitoring the menace actors behind it underneath the moniker Digital Invaders.

Key factors of the report:

• This energetic and focused Android espionage marketing campaign, which we have now named eXotic Go to, began in late 2021 and primarily impersonates messaging apps which are distributed by devoted web sites and Google Play.
• General, on the time of writing, round 380 victims have downloaded the apps from each sources and created accounts to make use of their messaging performance. Due to the focused nature of the marketing campaign, the variety of installs of every app from Google Play is comparatively low – between zero and 45.
• Downloaded apps present legit performance, but in addition embrace code from the open-source Android RAT XploitSPY. Now we have linked the samples by their use of the identical C&C, distinctive and customized malicious code updates, and the identical C&C admin panel.
• All through the years, these menace actors have custom-made their malicious code by including obfuscation, emulator detection, hiding of C&C addresses, and use of a local library.
• The area of curiosity appears to be South Asia; specifically, victims in Pakistan and India have been focused.
• Presently, ESET Analysis doesn’t have sufficient proof to attribute this exercise to any identified menace group; we observe the group internally as Digital Invaders.

Apps that include XploitSPY can extract contact lists and recordsdata, get the machine’s GPS location and the names of recordsdata listed in particular directories associated to the digital camera, downloads, and numerous messaging apps akin to Telegram and WhatsApp. If sure filenames are recognized as being of curiosity, they’ll subsequently be extracted from these directories through an extra command from the command and management (C&C) server. Apparently, the implementation of the chat performance built-in with XploitSPY is exclusive; we strongly consider that this chat perform was developed by the Digital Invaders group.

The malware additionally makes use of a local library, which is commonly utilized in Android app growth for enhancing efficiency and accessing system options. Nonetheless, on this case, the library is used to cover delicate info, just like the addresses of the C&C servers, making it more durable for safety instruments to investigate the app.

The apps described within the sections under had been taken down from Google Play; furthermore, as a Google App Protection Alliance companion, ESET recognized ten further apps that include code that’s based mostly on XploitSPY and shared its findings with Google. Following our alert, the apps had been faraway from the shop. Every of the apps described under had a low variety of installs, suggesting a focused method slightly than a broad technique. The Timeline of eXotic Go to apps part under describes the “pretend”, albeit useful, apps we have now recognized as a part of this marketing campaign, whereas the Technical evaluation part focuses on the small print of the XploitSPY code, current in numerous incarnations throughout these apps.

Timeline of eXotic Go to apps

Beginning chronologically, on January 12^th, 2022, MalwareHunterTeam shared a tweet with a hash and a hyperlink to an internet site that distributes an app named WeTalk, which impersonates the favored Chinese language WeChat utility. The web site supplied a hyperlink to a GitHub mission to obtain a malicious Android app. Primarily based on the date accessible on GitHub, the wetalk.apk app was uploaded in December 2021.

At the moment, there have been 5 apps accessible, utilizing the names ChitChat.apk, LearnSindhi.apk, SafeChat.apk, wechat.apk, and wetalk.apk. The ChitChat app had been accessible on GitHub since November 2021, distributed utilizing a devoted web site (chitchat.ngrok[.]io; see Determine 1) in addition to the malicious WeTalk app talked about earlier. Each use the identical C&C tackle with the admin panel login interface proven in Determine 2.

Since July 2023, the identical GitHub account has hosted new malicious Android apps which have the identical malicious code and C&C server. We don’t have any info on how these apps are distributed. Apps are saved in 5 repositories, utilizing names akin to ichat.apk, MyAlbums.apk, PersonalMessenger.apk, Picture Collage Grid & Pic Maker.apk, Pics.apk, PrivateChat.apk, SimInfo.apk, Specialist Hospital.apk, Spotify_ Music and Podcasts.apk, TalkUChat.apk, and Themes for Android.apk.

Returning to ChitChat.apk and wetalk.apk: each apps include the promised messaging performance, but in addition embrace malicious code we have now recognized because the open-source XploitSPY accessible on GitHub. XploitSPY is predicated on one other open-source Android RAT referred to as L3MON; nevertheless, it was faraway from GitHub by its creator. L3MON was impressed by one more open-source Android RAT named AhMyth, with prolonged performance (we lined one other AhMyth-derived Android RAT on this WeLiveSecurity blogpost).

Espionage and distant management of the focused machine are the primary functions of the app. Its malicious code is able to:

• itemizing recordsdata on the machine,
• sending SMS messages,
• acquiring name logs, contacts, textual content messages, and an inventory of put in apps,
• getting an inventory of surrounding Wi-Fi networks, machine location, and consumer accounts,
• taking photos utilizing the digital camera,
• recording audio from the machine’s environment, and
• intercepting notifications obtained for WhatsApp, Sign, and every other notification that incorporates the string new messages.

The final perform could be a lazy try to intercept obtained messages from any messaging app.

The identical C&C tackle that was utilized by beforehand talked about apps (wechat.apk and ChitChat.apk) can also be utilized by Dink Messenger. Primarily based on VirusTotal’s in-the-wild URLs, this pattern was accessible for obtain from letchitchat[.]information on February 24^th, 2022. That area was registered on January 28^th, 2022. On prime of messaging performance, the attackers added malicious code based mostly on XploitSPY.

On November 8^th, 2022, MalwareHunterTeam tweeted a hash of the malicious Android alphachat.apk app with its obtain web site. The app was accessible for obtain on the identical area because the Dink Messenger app (letchitchat[.]information). The Alpha Chat app makes use of the identical C&C server and C&C admin panel login web page as in Determine 2, however on a unique port; the app additionally incorporates the identical malicious code. We don’t have details about when Dink Messenger was accessible on the area; subsequently, it was changed by Alpha Chat.

The trojanized Alpha Chat app, in comparison with earlier variations of XploitSPY from the eXotic Go to marketing campaign, incorporates a malicious code replace that features emulator detection. If this app detects that it’s working in an emulator, then it makes use of a pretend C&C tackle as a substitute of unveiling the true one, as proven in Determine 3. This could probably stop automated malware sandboxes, whereas performing dynamic evaluation, from figuring out the precise C&C server.

Alpha Chat additionally makes use of an extra C&C tackle to exfiltrate non-image recordsdata with a dimension over 2 MB. Different recordsdata are  exfiltrated through an internet socket to the C&C server.

That could be a connection between the Dink Messenger and Alpha Chat apps: each had been distributed on the identical devoted web site. Nonetheless, Dink Messenger was additionally fastidiously distributed by the Google Play retailer: Model 1.0 of Dink Messenger appeared on Google Play on February 8^th, 2022, however with no malicious performance included. This might need been a check by the menace actor to see whether or not the app can be validated and efficiently uploaded to the shop. On Could 24^th, 2022, model 1.2 was uploaded, nonetheless with out malicious performance. At the moment the app was put in over 15 instances. On June 10^th, 2022, model 1.3 was uploaded to Google Play. This model contained malicious code, as proven in Determine 4.

Subsequently, three extra variations had been uploaded to Google Play with the identical malicious code; the final, model 1.6, was uploaded on December 15^th, 2022. All in all, these six variations have over 40 installs. Now we have no info on when the app was faraway from the shop. All of the app variations with and with out malicious code had been signed by the identical developer certificates, which suggests they had been constructed and pushed to Google Play by the identical malicious developer.

It’s also vital to say that the Dink Messenger app accessible on letchitchat[.]information used the identical C&C server because the Dink Messenger app on Google Play, and will carry out prolonged malicious actions; nevertheless, the consumer interface of every was completely different (see Determine 5). Dink Messenger on Google Play carried out emulator checks (simply as Alpha Chat), whereas the one on the devoted web site didn’t.

On August 15^th, 2022, the Telco DB app (with the package deal title com.infinitetechnology.telcodb), which claims to offer details about the house owners of cellphone numbers, was uploaded to an alternate app retailer; see Determine 6. This app has the identical malicious code, a newly added emulator examine with pretend C&C tackle redirection, and an extra C&C server for file exfiltration. The C&C tackle just isn’t hardcoded, as in earlier circumstances; slightly, it’s returned from a Firebase server. We consider that that is one other trick to cover the true C&C server, and maybe even to replace it sooner or later. With a excessive degree of confidence, we assess that this app is part of the eXotic Go to marketing campaign.

4 days later, on August 19^th, 2022, the Sim Information app was uploaded to Google Play as a part of the marketing campaign. It additionally claims to offer the consumer with details about who owns a cellphone quantity.

The malicious code communicates with the identical C&C server as earlier samples and is in any other case the identical besides that the menace actors included a local library. We elaborate on this native library within the Toolset part. Sim Information reached over 30 installs on Google Play; we have now no details about when it was faraway from the shop.

On June 21^st, 2023, the malicious Defcom app was uploaded to Google Play; see Determine 7.

Defcom is a trojanized messaging app that’s a part of the eXotic Go to marketing campaign, utilizing the identical malicious code and native library to retrieve its C&C server. It makes use of a brand new C&C server, however with the identical admin panel login interface proven in Determine 2. This C&C area (zee.xylonn[.]com) was registered on June 2^nd, 2023.

Earlier than the app was eliminated, someday in June 2023, it reached round six installs on Google Play.

In Determine 8, we illustrate a timeline of when all of the apps had been first accessible for obtain as a part of the marketing campaign.

In addition to the already talked about malicious apps which are a part of the marketing campaign, we had been capable of determine further apps had been uploaded to Google Play, and others the place an try was made to add, however we’re unable to inform whether or not the uploads had been profitable. Though we recognized them based mostly on the identical detection names, we weren’t capable of get hold of the samples to investigate them and confirm whether or not they’re a part of the identical marketing campaign. In any case, they include malicious code that’s based mostly on XploitSPY. Desk 1 checklist XploitSPY apps that had been accessible on Google Play. Every of those apps had a low variety of installs. A considerable variety of the apps that had been accessible on Google Play had zero installs, with some yielding underneath 10 installs. The very best set up rely from the Play Retailer got here in at underneath 45.

Desk 1. Extra XploitSPY-containing apps that had been accessible on Google Play

Desk 2 lists the malicious apps that builders tried to add on Google Play; nevertheless, we have now no details about whether or not or not they grew to become accessible on Google Play.

Desk 2. XploitSPY-containing apps that had been uploaded on Google Play

ESET is a member of the App Protection Alliance and an energetic companion within the malware mitigation program, which goals to rapidly discover Probably Dangerous Functions (PHAs) and cease them earlier than they ever make it onto Google Play.

As a Google App Protection Alliance companion, ESET recognized all talked about apps as malicious and shared its findings with Google, who subsequently unpublished them. All of the apps recognized within the report that had been on Google Play are now not accessible on the Play retailer.

Victimology

Our analysis signifies that malicious apps developed by eXotic Go to had been distributed by Google Play and devoted web sites, and 4 of these apps principally focused customers in Pakistan and India. We detected a kind of 4 apps, Sim Information, on an Android machine in Ukraine, however we don’t assume Ukraine is being focused particularly, because the app was accessible on Google Play for anybody to obtain. Primarily based on our knowledge, every of the malicious apps accessible on Google Play was downloaded tens of instances; nevertheless, we don’t have any visibility into the obtain particulars.

We recognized potential targets for 4 of those apps: Sim Information, Telco DB (com.infinitetechnology.telcodb), Shah jee Meals, and Specialist Hospital.

The Sim Information and Telco DB apps present customers the performance to seek for SIM proprietor info for any Pakistani cell quantity, utilizing the web service dbcenteruk.com; see Determine 9.

On July 8^th, 2022, an app named Shah jee Meals was uploaded to VirusTotal from Pakistan. This app is a part of the marketing campaign. After startup, it shows a meals ordering web site for the Pakistan area, foodpanda.pk.

The Specialist Hospital app, accessible on GitHub, poses because the app for Specialist Hospital in India (specialisthospital.in); see Determine 10. After beginning, the app requests the permissions essential to carry out its malicious actions after which requests consumer to put in the legit app from Google Play.

We had been capable of finding over 380 compromised accounts created in a few of these apps; nevertheless, we weren’t capable of retrieve their geolocation. For the reason that similar insecure code was present in ten apps, we are able to say with a excessive degree of confidence that they had been developed by the identical menace actor.

Attribution

We observe this operation, energetic for the reason that finish of 2021, as eXotic Go to, however based mostly on ESET analysis and that of others, we can’t attribute this marketing campaign to any identified group. Because of this, we have now internally labeled the group behind this operation as Digital Invaders.

XploitSPY is extensively accessible and customised variations have been utilized by a number of menace actors such because the Clear Tribe APT group, as documented by Meta. Nonetheless, the modifications discovered within the apps we describe as a part of the eXotic Go to marketing campaign are distinctive and differ from these in beforehand documented variants of the XploitSPY malware.

Technical evaluation

Preliminary entry

Preliminary entry to the machine is gained by tricking a possible sufferer into putting in a pretend, however useful, app. As described within the Timeline of eXotic Go to apps part, the malicious ChitChat and WeTalk apps had been distributed through devoted web sites (chitchat.ngrok[.]io and wetalk.ngrok[.]io, respectively), and hosted on GitHub (https://github[.]com/Sojal87/).

At the moment, three extra apps – LearnSindhi.apk, SafeChat.apk, and wechat.apk – had been accessible from the identical GitHub account; we aren’t conscious of their distribution vector. As of July 2023, these apps weren’t accessible for obtain from their GitHub repositories anymore. Nonetheless, the identical GitHub account now hosts a number of new malicious apps accessible for obtain. All of those new apps are additionally a part of the malicious eXotic Go to espionage marketing campaign, because of additionally containing variants of the identical XploitSPY code.

The Dink Messenger and Alpha Chat apps had been hosted on a devoted web site (letchitchat[.]information), from which victims had been enticed into downloading and putting in the app.

The Dink Messenger, Sim Information, and Defcom apps had been accessible on Google Play till their elimination by Google.

Toolset

All analyzed apps include customizations of the code from the malicious XploitSPY app accessible on GitHub. For the reason that first model present in 2021 till the most recent model, first distributed in July 2023, we have now seen persevering with growth efforts. Digital Invaders has included:

• utilization of a pretend C&C server if an emulator is detected,
• code obfuscation,
• an try to cover the C&C addresses from static evaluation by retrieving it from its Firebase server, and
• use of a local library that retains the C&C server and different info encoded and hidden from static evaluation instruments.

What follows is our evaluation of customized XploitSPY malware that, within the Defcom app, was accessible on Google Play.

Defcom integrates XploitSPY code with a singular chat performance; we consider with excessive degree of confidence the chat performance was created by Digital Invaders. This is applicable to all the different messaging apps which have XploitSPY included.

After its preliminary begin, the app prompts customers to create an account and concurrently makes an attempt to acquire machine location particulars by querying api.ipgeolocation.io and forwarding the outcome to a Firebase server. This server additionally features because the messaging element’s server. The app interface is proven in Determine 11.

Defcom makes use of a native library, typically utilized in Android app growth for efficiency enhancement and system function entry. Written in C or C++, these libraries can be utilized to hide malicious functionalities. Defcom’s native library is called defcome-lib.so.

defcome-lib.so’s objective is to cover delicate info akin to C&C servers from static app evaluation. Strategies carried out within the library return a base64-encoded string that’s then decoded by the malicious code throughout runtime. This method isn’t very refined, however it prevents static evaluation instruments from extracting C&C servers. Determine 12 exhibits the native methodology declarations within the Java code, and Determine 13 the implementation of the getServerUrl methodology in meeting code. Observe that the remark above every declaration in Determine 12 is the decoded return worth when calling that methodology.

The instructions to execute on the compromised machine are returned from the C&C server. Every command is represented by a string worth. The checklist of the instructions is:

• 0xCO – Get contact checklist.
• 0xDA – Exfiltrate file from machine. The trail to the file is obtained from the C&C server.
• 0xFI – Record recordsdata within the listing specified by the server. With an extra argument it might add recordsdata from a specified listing to the C&C server.
• 0xIP – Get machine geolocation utilizing the ipgeolocation.io service.
• 0xLO – Get machine GPS location.
• 0xOF – Record recordsdata in seven particular directories. In 4 circumstances the file paths are hardcoded, in three circumstances solely folder names. A further argument specifies the listing:
  • 0xCA – Digital camera
  • 0xDW – Downloads
  • 0xSS – /storage/emulated/0/Footage/Screenshots
  • 0xTE – Telegram
  • 0xWB – /storage/emulated/0/Android/media/com.whatsapp.w4b/WhatsApp Enterprise/Media
  • 0xWG – /storage/emulated/0/Android/media/com.gbwhatsapp/GBWhatsApp/Media
  • 0xWP – /storage/emulated/0/Android/media/com.whatsapp/WhatsApp/Media

Apparently, GB WhatsApp is an unofficial cloned model of WhatsApp. Whereas it presents further options which have made it fairly widespread, you will need to word that it’s not accessible on Google Play. As a substitute, it’s typically discovered on numerous obtain web sites, the place variations of it are ceaselessly riddled with malware. The app has a considerable consumer base in a number of international locations, together with India, regardless of its related safety dangers.

Determine 14 and Determine 15 present the exfiltration of a contact checklist and a listing itemizing.

Community infrastructure

Digital Invaders use ngrok as its C&C server; the service is a cross-platform utility that permits builders to show a neighborhood growth server to the web. ngrok can create a tunnel that connects utilizing ngrok servers to a neighborhood machine. ngrok permits its customers – so, the attackers on this case – to reserve a specific IP tackle or redirect the sufferer to the attacker’s personal area on a selected port.

Conclusion

Now we have described the eXotic Go to marketing campaign, operated by the Digital Invaders menace actor, which has been energetic since at the least the top of 2021. All through the years the marketing campaign has advanced. Distribution began on devoted web sites after which even moved to the official Google Play retailer.

Now we have recognized the malicious code used as a custom-made model of the open-source Android RAT, XploitSPY. It’s bundled with legit app performance, more often than not being a pretend, however functioning, messaging utility. The marketing campaign has advanced through the years to incorporate obfuscation, emulator detection, and hiding of C&C addresses. The aim of the marketing campaign is espionage and possibly is concentrating on victims in Pakistan and India.

For any inquiries about our analysis printed on WeLiveSecurity, please contact us at threatintel@eset.com.
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IoCs

Recordsdata

SHA-1	Filename	ESET detection title	Description
C9AE3CD4C3742CC3353A F353F96F5C9E8C663734	alphachat.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.
89109BCC3EC5B8EC1DC9 C4226338AECDBE4D8DA4	com.appsspot.defcom.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.
BB28CE23B3387DE43EFB 08575650A23E32D861B6	com.egoosoft.siminfo-4-apksos.com.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.
7282AED684FB1706F026 AA85461FB852891C8849	com.infinitetech.dinkmessenger_v1_3.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.
B58C18DB32B72E6C0054 94DE166C291761518E54	com.infinitetechnology.telcodb.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.
A17F77C0F98613BF349B 038B9BC353082349C7AA	dinkmessenger.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.
991E820274AA02024D45 31581EA7EC6A801C38FA	ChitChat.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.
7C7896613EB6B54B9E9A AD5C19ACC7BF239134D4	ichat.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.
17FCEE9A54AD174AF971 3E39C187C91E31162A2F	MyAlbums.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.
3F0D58A6BA8C0518C8DF 1567ED9761DC9BDC6C77	PersonalMessenger.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.
A7AB289B61353B632227 2C4E7A4C19F49CB799D7	PhotoCollageGridAndPicMaker.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.
FA6624F80BE92406A397 B813828B9275C39BCF75	Pics.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.
4B8D6B33F3704BDA0E69 368C18B7E218CB7970EE	PrivateChat.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.
706E4E701A9A2D42EF35 C08975C79204A73121DC	Shah_jee_Foods__com.electron.secureapp.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.
A92E3601328CD9AF3A69 7B5B09E7EF20EDC79F8E	SimInfo.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.
6B71D58F8247FFE71AC4 EDFD363E79EE89EDDC21	SpecialistHospital.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.
9A92224A0BEF9EFED027 8B70300C8ACC4F7E0D8E	Spotify_Music_and_Podcasts.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.
7D50486C150E9E4308D7 6A6BF81788766292AE55	TalkUChat.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.
50B896E999FA96B5AEBD A7FE8E28E116B1760ED5	Themes_for_Android.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.
0D9F42CE346090F7957C A206E5DC5A393FB3513F	wetalk.apk	Android/Spy.XploitSPY.A	XploitSPY malware.

Community

IP	Area	Internet hosting supplier	First seen	Particulars
3.13.191[.]225	phpdownload.ngrok[.]io	Amazon.com, Inc.	2022-11-14	C&C server.
3.22.30[.]40	chitchat.ngrok[.]io wetalk.ngrok[.]io	Amazon.com, Inc.	2022-01-12	Distribution web sites.
3.131.123[.]134	3.tcp.ngrok[.]io	Amazon Applied sciences Inc.	2020-11-18	C&C server.
3.141.160[.]179	zee.xylonn[.]com	Amazon.com, Inc.	2023‑07‑29	C&C server.
195.133.18[.]26	letchitchat[.]information	Serverion LLC	2022‑01‑27	Distribution web site.

MITRE ATT&CK strategies

This desk was constructed utilizing model 14 of the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

Tactic	ID	Title	Description
Persistence	T1624.001	Occasion Triggered Execution: Broadcast Receivers	XploitSPY registers to obtain the BOOT_COMPLETED broadcast intent to activate on machine startup.
Protection evasion	T1575	Native API	XploitSPY makes use of a local library to cover its C&C servers.
	T1633.001	Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion: System Checks	XploitSPY can detect whether or not it’s working in an emulator and alter its conduct accordingly.
Discovery	T1418	Software program Discovery	XploitSPY can get hold of an inventory of put in purposes.
	T1420	File and Listing Discovery	XploitSPY can checklist recordsdata and directories on exterior storage.
	T1426	System Data Discovery	XploitSPY can extract details about the machine together with machine mannequin, machine ID, and customary system info.
Assortment	T1533	Information from Native System	XploitSPY can exfiltrate recordsdata from a tool.
	T1517	Entry Notifications	XploitSPY can gather messages from numerous apps.
	T1429	Audio Seize	XploitSPY can file audio from the microphone.
	T1414	Clipboard Information	XploitSPY can get hold of clipboard contents.
	T1430	Location Monitoring	XploitSPY tracks machine location.
	T1636.002	Protected Person Information: Name Logs	XploitSPY can extract name logs.
	T1636.003	Protected Person Information: Contact Record	XploitSPY can extract the machine’s contact checklist.
	T1636.004	Protected Person Information: SMS Messages	XploitSPY can extract SMS messages.
Command and Management	T1437.001	Software Layer Protocol: Net Protocols	XploitSPY makes use of HTTPS to speak with its C&C server.
	T1509	Non-Normal Port	XploitSPY communicates with its C&C server utilizing HTTPS requests over port 21,572, 28,213, or 21,656.
Exfiltration	T1646	Exfiltration Over C2 Channel	XploitSPY exfiltrates knowledge utilizing HTTPS.