Unpacking “Cruciferra”: An Analysis of a Sophisticated Crypter Service

    Date: 07/21/2026

    Severity: High

    Summary

    Researchers are tracking Cruciferra, a crypter service used by multiple unrelated threat actors to conceal malware and improve delivery success. Built on Mono, it includes advanced evasion techniques such as indirect system calls, API/IAT unhooking, BYOVD-based EDR tampering, privilege escalation, persistence, and Process Ghosting. The crypter also focuses heavily on payload protection through numerous custom encryption methods that vary across samples. This constant variation makes static analysis and signature-based detection much more difficult for defenders. Researchers observed both production and testing variants, including samples with debugging and experimental features. The report examines Cruciferra’s capabilities, its use in real-world campaigns, and its role as a growing malware-as-a-service platform linked to multiple malware families. 

    Indicators of Compromise (IOC) List 

    Domains/URLs

    http://hsahyteiows.gu.cc

    http://yicoweytcbtw.gu.cc

    http://nciyeyrawoe.gu.cc

    http://lasiduutfe.gu.cc

    http://xkcifgieusr.gu.cc

    http://viuyeyrwqs.gu.cc

    http://pmcjsuyraw.gu.cc

    http://laiwutrencr.gu.cc

    http://maisytawe.gu.cc

    http://kawosyetw.gu.cc

    http://nviuawusye.gu.cc

    http://faeytrdeaw.gu.cc

    http://figyuyrqwr.gu.cc

    http://hfyuayustrv.gu.cc

    http://jsiruytrawey.gu.cc

    http://kawuuterta.gu.cc

    http://nvsieyrrawe.gu.cc

    http://fuaytrwese.love

    http://qeuasytua.love

    http://svuatwea.love

    http://vusuydryt.love

    http://xnbscuya.love

    http://ncduuyese.live

    https://oakwusya.love

    http://syfiaydytea.live

    http://jaiydteds.love

    http://mksfuuerwo.live

    http://fiusyevr.live

    http://lisiutegrm.live

    http://paiwudyea.love

    http://xuastyrdqk.love

    https://fvxcuvuyte.live

    https://kdsuyrse.live

    https://hsauyeet.live

    https://almacensantangel.com/wp-includes/assets/YourSSA_Documents_0000000676152_05_187_2026_Document_0000000676152.rar 

    gatuso.duckdns.org

    https://digital-magicians.com/photo295825092412.zip?_r=ea623202

    0zbqnac1t4dv2t2wuodv1m.com

    IP Address 

    89.34.90.99

    Hash 

    3c181f642e24c28602a87be7f195e2f3d1ffa30b37e20f5121d99f88b22ab80e

    66dbe675480dc229e5b3ab8ad74207f73486e64e57805074f784bb2e01bcb865

    a6fb779be35592fb0ff624a8f8e12ab3cafe7bcfc312cd98263814db7fb01e02

    59ad96dd3b4d5f10a5c53bbd465446e52dc7701a4ac633632f762bf1336d3347

    6dbd6f9f2fa636c16ac4fa81418b68a604424861b9650dd9c4f2b0ba6f67d6ac

    3f31aee0948d16f8d64bf6bec69a4331099993e502b11bfc56b2c0112024489d

    Gurucul Threat Detection and Incident Response (TDIR) Queries for Detection 

    Detection Query 1 :

    domainname like "http://kawuuterta.gu.cc" or url like "http://kawuuterta.gu.cc" or siteurl like "http://kawuuterta.gu.cc" or domainname like "http://svuatwea.love" or url like "http://svuatwea.love" or siteurl like "http://svuatwea.love" or domainname like "http://jaiydteds.love" or url like "http://jaiydteds.love" or siteurl like "http://jaiydteds.love" or domainname like "http://faeytrdeaw.gu.cc" or url like "http://faeytrdeaw.gu.cc" or siteurl like "http://faeytrdeaw.gu.cc" or domainname like "http://xuastyrdqk.love" or url like "http://xuastyrdqk.love" or siteurl like "http://xuastyrdqk.love" or domainname like "http://vusuydryt.love" or url like "http://vusuydryt.love" or siteurl like "http://vusuydryt.love" or domainname like "http://nvsieyrrawe.gu.cc" or url like "http://nvsieyrrawe.gu.cc" or siteurl like "http://nvsieyrrawe.gu.cc" or domainname like "http://jsiruytrawey.gu.cc" or url like "http://jsiruytrawey.gu.cc" or siteurl like "http://jsiruytrawey.gu.cc" or domainname like "http://fuaytrwese.love" or url like "http://fuaytrwese.love" or siteurl like "http://fuaytrwese.love" or domainname like "http://xkcifgieusr.gu.cc" or url like "http://xkcifgieusr.gu.cc" or siteurl like "http://xkcifgieusr.gu.cc" or domainname like "http://qeuasytua.love" or url like "http://qeuasytua.love" or siteurl like "http://qeuasytua.love" or domainname like "http://nciyeyrawoe.gu.cc" or url like "http://nciyeyrawoe.gu.cc" or siteurl like "http://nciyeyrawoe.gu.cc" or domainname like "http://syfiaydytea.live" or url like "http://syfiaydytea.live" or siteurl like "http://syfiaydytea.live" or domainname like "http://hsahyteiows.gu.cc" or url like "http://hsahyteiows.gu.cc" or siteurl like "http://hsahyteiows.gu.cc" or domainname like "http://laiwutrencr.gu.cc" or url like "http://laiwutrencr.gu.cc" or siteurl like "http://laiwutrencr.gu.cc" or domainname like "http://mksfuuerwo.live" or url like "http://mksfuuerwo.live" or siteurl like "http://mksfuuerwo.live" or domainname like "http://pmcjsuyraw.gu.cc" or url like "http://pmcjsuyraw.gu.cc" or siteurl like "http://pmcjsuyraw.gu.cc" or domainname like "http://ncduuyese.live" or url like "http://ncduuyese.live" or siteurl like "http://ncduuyese.live" or domainname like "http://hfyuayustrv.gu.cc" or url like "http://hfyuayustrv.gu.cc" or siteurl like "http://hfyuayustrv.gu.cc" or domainname like "http://lisiutegrm.live" or url like "http://lisiutegrm.live" or siteurl like "http://lisiutegrm.live" or domainname like "https://digital-magicians.com/photo295825092412.zip?_r=ea623202" or url like "https://digital-magicians.com/photo295825092412.zip?_r=ea623202" or siteurl like "https://digital-magicians.com/photo295825092412.zip?_r=ea623202" or domainname like "0zbqnac1t4dv2t2wuodv1m.com" or url like "0zbqnac1t4dv2t2wuodv1m.com" or siteurl like "0zbqnac1t4dv2t2wuodv1m.com" or domainname like "http://figyuyrqwr.gu.cc" or url like "http://figyuyrqwr.gu.cc" or siteurl like "http://figyuyrqwr.gu.cc" or domainname like "http://paiwudyea.love" or url like "http://paiwudyea.love" or siteurl like "http://paiwudyea.love" or domainname like "gatuso.duckdns.org" or url like "gatuso.duckdns.org" or siteurl like "gatuso.duckdns.org" or domainname like "http://nviuawusye.gu.cc" or url like "http://nviuawusye.gu.cc" or siteurl like "http://nviuawusye.gu.cc" or domainname like "http://kawosyetw.gu.cc" or url like "http://kawosyetw.gu.cc" or siteurl like "http://kawosyetw.gu.cc" or domainname like "http://fiusyevr.live" or url like "http://fiusyevr.live" or siteurl like "http://fiusyevr.live" or domainname like "https://fvxcuvuyte.live" or url like "https://fvxcuvuyte.live" or siteurl like "https://fvxcuvuyte.live" or domainname like "https://kdsuyrse.live" or url like "https://kdsuyrse.live" or siteurl like "https://kdsuyrse.live" or domainname like "https://hsauyeet.live" or url like "https://hsauyeet.live" or siteurl like "https://hsauyeet.live" or domainname like "http://lasiduutfe.gu.cc" or url like "http://lasiduutfe.gu.cc" or siteurl like "http://lasiduutfe.gu.cc" or domainname like "http://yicoweytcbtw.gu.cc" or url like "http://yicoweytcbtw.gu.cc" or siteurl like "http://yicoweytcbtw.gu.cc" or domainname like "http://maisytawe.gu.cc" or url like "http://maisytawe.gu.cc" or siteurl like "http://maisytawe.gu.cc" or domainname like "http://xnbscuya.love" or url like "http://xnbscuya.love" or siteurl like "http://xnbscuya.love" or domainname like "http://viuyeyrwqs.gu.cc" or url like "http://viuyeyrwqs.gu.cc" or siteurl like "http://viuyeyrwqs.gu.cc" or domainname like "https://oakwusya.love" or url like "https://oakwusya.love" or siteurl like "https://oakwusya.love" or domainname like "https://almacensantangel.com/wp-includes/assets/YourSSA_Documents_0000000676152_05_187_2026_Document_0000000676152.rar" or url like "https://almacensantangel.com/wp-includes/assets/YourSSA_Documents_0000000676152_05_187_2026_Document_0000000676152.rar" or siteurl like "https://almacensantangel.com/wp-includes/assets/YourSSA_Documents_0000000676152_05_187_2026_Document_0000000676152.rar"

    Detection Query 2 :

    dstipaddress IN ("89.34.90.99") or srcipaddress IN ("89.34.90.99")

    Detection Query 3 :

    sha256hash IN ("3c181f642e24c28602a87be7f195e2f3d1ffa30b37e20f5121d99f88b22ab80e","6dbd6f9f2fa636c16ac4fa81418b68a604424861b9650dd9c4f2b0ba6f67d6ac","3f31aee0948d16f8d64bf6bec69a4331099993e502b11bfc56b2c0112024489d","a6fb779be35592fb0ff624a8f8e12ab3cafe7bcfc312cd98263814db7fb01e02","66dbe675480dc229e5b3ab8ad74207f73486e64e57805074f784bb2e01bcb865","59ad96dd3b4d5f10a5c53bbd465446e52dc7701a4ac633632f762bf1336d3347")

    Reference:    

    https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/unpacking-cruciferra-analysis-sophisticated-crypter-service                      


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