hacktricks/reversing/common-api-used-in-malware.md
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# Common API used in Malware
## Networking
| Raw Sockets | WinAPI Sockets |
| :--- | :--- |
| socket\(\) | WSAStratup\(\) |
| bind\(\) | bind\(\) |
| listen\(\) | listen\(\) |
| accept\(\) | accept\(\) |
| connect\(\) | connect\(\) |
| read\(\)/recv\(\) | recv\(\) |
| write\(\) | send\(\) |
| shutdown\(\) | WSACleanup\(\) |
## Persistence
| Registry | File | Service |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| RegCreateKeyEx\(\) | GetTempPath\(\) | OpenSCManager |
| RegOpenKeyEx\(\) | CopyFile\(\) | CreateService\(\) |
| RegSetValueEx\(\) | CreateFile\(\) | StartServiceCtrlDispatcher\(\) |
| RegDeleteKeyEx\(\) | WriteFile\(\) | |
| RegGetValue\(\) | ReadFile\(\) | |
## Encryption
| Name |
| :--- |
| WinCrypt |
| CryptAcquireContext\(\) |
| CryptGenKey\(\) |
| CryptDeriveKey\(\) |
| CryptDecrypt\(\) |
| CryptReleaseContext\(\) |
## Anti-Analysis/VM
| Function Name | Assembly Instructions |
| :--- | :--- |
| IsDebuggerPresent\(\) | CPUID\(\) |
| GetSystemInfo\(\) | IN\(\) |
| GlobalMemoryStatusEx\(\) | |
| GetVersion\(\) | |
| CreateToolhelp32Snapshot \[Check if a process is running\] | |
| CreateFileW/A \[Check if a file exist\] | |
## Stealth
| Name | |
| :--- | :--- |
| VirtualAlloc | Alloc memory \(packers\) |
| VirtualProtect | Change memory permission \(packer giving execution permission to a section\) |
| ReadProcessMemory | Injection into external processes |
| WriteProcessMemoryA/W | Injection into external processes |
| NtWriteVirtualMemory | |
| CreateRemoteThread | DLL/Process injection... |
| NtUnmapViewOfSection | |
| QueueUserAPC | |
| CreateProcessInternalA/W | |
## Execution
| Function Name |
| :--- |
| CreateProcessA/W |
| ShellExecute |
| WinExec |
| ResumeThread |
| NtResumeThread |
## Miscellaneous
* GetAsyncKeyState\(\) -- Key logging
* SetWindowsHookEx -- Key logging
* GetForeGroundWindow -- Get running window name \(or the website from a browser\)
* LoadLibrary\(\) -- Import library
* GetProcAddress\(\) -- Import library
* CreateToolhelp32Snapshot\(\) -- List running processes
* GetDC\(\) -- Screenshot
* BitBlt\(\) -- Screenshot
* InternetOpen\(\), InternetOpenUrl\(\), InternetReadFile\(\), InternetWriteFile\(\) -- Access the Internet
* FindResource\(\), LoadResource\(\), LockResource\(\) -- Access resources of the executable