Threat Encyclopedia

Riskware/Elemental

Analysis

Riskware/Elemental is a generic detection for a Riskware Browser. Since this is a generic detection, malware that are detected as Riskware/Elemental may have varying behaviour.
Below are examples of its behaviours:

• The browser was based on open source Chromium according to its Help Page. The distribution appears to be only in Russian language.


• The application on its default installation has been observed to connect to the following:
  
  • hxxps://8{Removed}.208.7.90
  • hxxps://sovetni{Removed}.market.http.yandex.ru
  • hxxps://stati{Removed}.yandex.net:https
  • hxxps://fron{Removed}.portal.rambler.ru


• Below are some its illustration:
  

  Figure 1: Installation.

  
  

  Figure 2: Browser.

  
  

  Figure 3: Bundles.

Recommended Action

• Make sure that your FortiGate/FortiClient system is using the latest AV database.
• Quarantine/delete files that are detected and replace infected files with clean backup copies.