{
  "family": "antidenial",
  "sample_count": 1,
  "category": "advanced_threat",
  "description": "<h3>Executive Summary</h3>\nAntidenial is classified as a \"HackTool\" specifically engineered to execute Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Often masquerading as a legitimate network stress-testing utility, its primary purpose is to weaponize the host machine, forcing it to participate in coordinated floods of network traffic designed to overwhelm and disable remote servers, websites, or network infrastructure.\n\n<h3>Infection Vector and Technical Capabilities</h3>\nAntidenial is frequently distributed intentionally by \"hacktivist\" groups asking volunteers to download the tool to participate in coordinated attacks (similar to the infamous LOIC - Low Orbit Ion Cannon). It may also be deployed covertly by botnet operators onto compromised machines to build a massive DDoS army.\n\nUpon execution, the tool focuses on generating massive network disruption:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Volumetric Attacks:</strong> The tool generates a massive volume of specialized network packets (e.g., UDP floods, ICMP floods, or SYN floods) aimed at a target IP address or URL provided by the user or a C2 server.</li>\n<li><strong>Application-Layer Attacks:</strong> More advanced variants may perform HTTP GET floods, repeatedly requesting resource-heavy pages on a target web server to exhaust its CPU and memory, rather than just filling its bandwidth.</li>\n<li><strong>Spoofing:</strong> To mask the origin of the attack and bypass simple IP blacklists, Antidenial often attempts to spoof the source IP address of the malicious packets.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<h3>Threat Assessment</h3>\nThe presence of Antidenial on a corporate network is a severe liability. While it may not directly steal data, it means corporate assets are actively participating in illegal cyberattacks. This can lead to the organization's public IP space being blacklisted globally (disrupting legitimate email and web traffic) and exposes the company to severe legal repercussions.\n\n<h3>Incident Response and Remediation</h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Immediate Network Isolation:</strong> Isolate the machine immediately to halt the outbound flood of malicious traffic.</li>\n<li><strong>Firewall and Proxy Review:</strong> Analyze outbound firewall and proxy logs to identify the target of the DDoS attack and determine if other machines on the internal network are participating in the flood.</li>\n<li><strong>Endpoint Eradication:</strong> Utilize enterprise EDR or anti-malware tools to locate and permanently remove the Antidenial executable and any associated configuration files. Enforce strict Application Control to prevent the future execution of unauthorized network utilities.</li>\n</ul>",
  "cta": "Published by the SystemHelpdesk team.",
  "aliases": [
    "HackTool.DoS.Antidenial",
    "DoS.Tool",
    "Win32/Antidenial"
  ],
  "enrichment_level": "insufficient_information",
  "faq": [],
  "faq_count": 0,
  "mitre_attack": [
    "T1498.001",
    "T1498.002",
    "T1499"
  ],
  "cisa_advisory": null,
  "last_updated": "2026-07-01T17:25:49Z",
  "type": "HackTool / DoS Tool",
  "target_industries": [
    "Global / Opportunistic"
  ],
  "motivation": "Opportunistic",
  "threat_actors": [
    "Unknown / Cybercriminal"
  ],
  "target_geographies": [
    "Global"
  ]
}