Unraveling Water Saci's New Multi-Format, AI-Enhanced Attacks Propagated via WhatsApp

    Date: 12/03/2025

    Severity: High

    Summary

    The Water Saci campaign in Brazil employs a heavily layered attack chain using multiple file formats—HTA, ZIP, and PDF—to evade simple detection and complicate analysis. Recently, attackers shifted from PowerShell to a Python-based propagation routine, enabling broader browser compatibility, improved error handling, and faster automated malware delivery through WhatsApp Web. Evidence indicates they may have leveraged AI/LLM tools to convert and enhance their scripts, resulting in more efficient batch messaging and execution.

    Indicators of Compromise (IOC) List

    Urls/Domains

    storeshomeestusfluworkss.online

    https://centrogauchodabahia123.com/altor/installer.msi

    centrogauchodabahia123.com

    https://centrogauchodabahia123.com/altor/whatsz.py

    Hash

    2d95769a016b397333ba90fdc2f668f883c64774a2c0aaaf6b2d942bebaee9e0

    c03fecbf52c38cf363bbc4f94bbe183e394f921af756442b674f4fe5f2b2090c

    12f2e7e997480a3ea3150614664d6de4e6e229dacd6e8ff0ed74cd22207e753d

    495697717be4a80c9db9fe2dbb40c57d4811ffe5ebceb9375666066b3dda73c3

    9b0996380c61060ed3bfec25962c56131ea0eac42c7f373216aab72fdb7b8ac7

    15e8f315901ea12639665f1adb9d18a9ace1074a33d70e47ad43203eb8ebfba4

    6745bb11b8c692be78ec7ade285094beef907ecb3a99f475afa284ccbe7565f2

    6ee5355b786282a6904806a4f55e59e9aad8067ae01b37afaf0009527e5c0205

    ec69a53fd3ff11327aa98248bf55572f4ea8c1b40a12f49f5669f3df1f598353

    5db59a8a8c2ca54615a6079fa9035d2886c1ec2270ee508efbb0ff98c98b90be

    de07516f39845fb91d9b4f78abeb32933f39282540f8920fe6508057eedcbbea

    a416cad095a6e77857f8fba4552ddc8ece41ce997b5086a4fbea5ac0fdfc4860

    67ad7a950257cc5920b2119539049bcea3863bb2002f7118fcef57788f7eca59

    ebe37505fa162461515d50bd86cb0fd983a000d418f0be0f9098e087170909bd

    f262434276f3fa09915479277f696585d0b0e4e72e72cbc924c658d7bb07a3ff

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

    Detection Query 1 :

    domainname like "storeshomeestusfluworkss.online" or siteurl like "storeshomeestusfluworkss.online" or url like "storeshomeestusfluworkss.online" or domainname like "https://centrogauchodabahia123.com/altor/installer.msi" or siteurl like "https://centrogauchodabahia123.com/altor/installer.msi" or url like "https://centrogauchodabahia123.com/altor/installer.msi" or domainname like "centrogauchodabahia123.com" or siteurl like "centrogauchodabahia123.com" or url like "centrogauchodabahia123.com" or domainname like "https://centrogauchodabahia123.com/altor/whatsz.py" or siteurl like "https://centrogauchodabahia123.com/altor/whatsz.py" or url like "https://centrogauchodabahia123.com/altor/whatsz.py"

    Detection Query 2 :

    sha256hash IN ("f262434276f3fa09915479277f696585d0b0e4e72e72cbc924c658d7bb07a3ff","12f2e7e997480a3ea3150614664d6de4e6e229dacd6e8ff0ed74cd22207e753d","ec69a53fd3ff11327aa98248bf55572f4ea8c1b40a12f49f5669f3df1f598353","de07516f39845fb91d9b4f78abeb32933f39282540f8920fe6508057eedcbbea","15e8f315901ea12639665f1adb9d18a9ace1074a33d70e47ad43203eb8ebfba4","5db59a8a8c2ca54615a6079fa9035d2886c1ec2270ee508efbb0ff98c98b90be","a416cad095a6e77857f8fba4552ddc8ece41ce997b5086a4fbea5ac0fdfc4860","9b0996380c61060ed3bfec25962c56131ea0eac42c7f373216aab72fdb7b8ac7","495697717be4a80c9db9fe2dbb40c57d4811ffe5ebceb9375666066b3dda73c3","2d95769a016b397333ba90fdc2f668f883c64774a2c0aaaf6b2d942bebaee9e0","c03fecbf52c38cf363bbc4f94bbe183e394f921af756442b674f4fe5f2b2090c","6745bb11b8c692be78ec7ade285094beef907ecb3a99f475afa284ccbe7565f2","6ee5355b786282a6904806a4f55e59e9aad8067ae01b37afaf0009527e5c0205","67ad7a950257cc5920b2119539049bcea3863bb2002f7118fcef57788f7eca59","ebe37505fa162461515d50bd86cb0fd983a000d418f0be0f9098e087170909bd")

    Reference:

    https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/l/water-saci.html


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    MalwareWater SaciBrazilWhatsappAI-Enhance

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