Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
142s - platform
windows10_x64 - resource
win10 - submitted
15/08/2020, 22:47
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
77-Venom.exe
Resource
win7
General
- Target 77-Venom.exe
- Size 576KB
- Sample200815-r64bjdd2ae
- SHA256 e83d13fcdc0f133482d558c8ce25b45a491ba3aff13849ce8169f05bb4972f0d
- MD5 a4a92cfdc1b3a949970eb6f5b20e1f21
- SHA1 6f46b5386bb1cdcf83861666ddeb2be02ae7ee5f
- SHA512 8b9153e6ab420e088de44005f5bc8d335ae83ad2b7705802c6140cd407df6a6f690adb172806846e39ce2a899ea849520a0b71c2a7057cf5adb58df436369447
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
Malware Config
Extracted
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quasar
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2.1.0.0
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Office04
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178.33.23.183:60000
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VNM_MUTEX_c2q7y2ayYutZ2XaYe7
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encryption_key
EjSlCu0gcLJmleDu0lDT
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install_name
Discord.exe
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log_directory
Logs
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reconnect_delay
3000
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startup_key
Venom Client Startup
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subdirectory
SubDir
Extracted
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orcus
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2a03:75c0:27:cce0::1:587
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db4b0e3c31bf4b41bf8b2ec94ff95c0f
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autostart_method
TaskScheduler
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enable_keylogger
true
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install_path
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Discord\Discord.exe
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reconnect_delay
10000
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registry_keyname
Orcus
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taskscheduler_taskname
Discord
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watchdog_path
AppData\Discord.exe
Signatures
- Contains code to disable Windows Defender 2 IoCs
A .NET executable tasked with disabling Windows Defender capabilities such as realtime monitoring, blocking at first seen, etc.
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000200000001ad7f-10.dat disable_win_def behavioral2/files/0x000200000001ad7f-12.dat disable_win_def - Orcus Main Payload 5 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x0008000000000653-55.dat family_orcus behavioral2/files/0x0008000000000653-56.dat family_orcus behavioral2/files/0x0004000000015621-85.dat family_orcus behavioral2/files/0x0004000000015621-88.dat family_orcus behavioral2/files/0x0004000000015621-99.dat family_orcus - Quasar Payload 2 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000200000001ad7f-10.dat family_quasar behavioral2/files/0x000200000001ad7f-12.dat family_quasar - Orcurs Rat Executable 5 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x0008000000000653-55.dat orcus behavioral2/files/0x0008000000000653-56.dat orcus behavioral2/files/0x0004000000015621-85.dat orcus behavioral2/files/0x0004000000015621-88.dat orcus behavioral2/files/0x0004000000015621-99.dat orcus - Executes dropped EXE 8 IoCs
pid Process 3500 Discord.exe 500 cZDq9l15FiaD.exe 3244 WindowsInput.exe 1312 WindowsInput.exe 2120 Discord.exe 1552 Discord.exe 2800 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe -
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features 77-Venom.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features\TamperProtection = "0" 77-Venom.exe - Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
flow ioc 2 ip-api.com - Drops file in System32 directory 8 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe cZDq9l15FiaD.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe.config cZDq9l15FiaD.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.InstallState WindowsInput.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SubDir\Discord.exe 77-Venom.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SubDir\Discord.exe 77-Venom.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SubDir\Discord.exe Discord.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SubDir Discord.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SubDir\r77-x64.dll 77-Venom.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.
- Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 3916 schtasks.exe 3844 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 3236 powershell.exe 3236 powershell.exe 3236 powershell.exe 3780 77-Venom.exe 3780 77-Venom.exe 3780 77-Venom.exe 3780 77-Venom.exe 3780 77-Venom.exe 3780 77-Venom.exe 3780 77-Venom.exe 2120 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe 4076 Discord.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3780 77-Venom.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3236 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3500 Discord.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3500 Discord.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2120 Discord.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2800 Discord.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4076 Discord.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 3500 Discord.exe 2120 Discord.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 38 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3780 wrote to memory of 3844 3780 77-Venom.exe 68 PID 3780 wrote to memory of 3844 3780 77-Venom.exe 68 PID 3780 wrote to memory of 3844 3780 77-Venom.exe 68 PID 3780 wrote to memory of 3500 3780 77-Venom.exe 70 PID 3780 wrote to memory of 3500 3780 77-Venom.exe 70 PID 3780 wrote to memory of 3500 3780 77-Venom.exe 70 PID 3780 wrote to memory of 3236 3780 77-Venom.exe 71 PID 3780 wrote to memory of 3236 3780 77-Venom.exe 71 PID 3780 wrote to memory of 3236 3780 77-Venom.exe 71 PID 3500 wrote to memory of 3916 3500 Discord.exe 73 PID 3500 wrote to memory of 3916 3500 Discord.exe 73 PID 3500 wrote to memory of 3916 3500 Discord.exe 73 PID 3780 wrote to memory of 1136 3780 77-Venom.exe 75 PID 3780 wrote to memory of 1136 3780 77-Venom.exe 75 PID 3780 wrote to memory of 1136 3780 77-Venom.exe 75 PID 3780 wrote to memory of 852 3780 77-Venom.exe 77 PID 3780 wrote to memory of 852 3780 77-Venom.exe 77 PID 3780 wrote to memory of 852 3780 77-Venom.exe 77 PID 1136 wrote to memory of 1104 1136 cmd.exe 78 PID 1136 wrote to memory of 1104 1136 cmd.exe 78 PID 1136 wrote to memory of 1104 1136 cmd.exe 78 PID 852 wrote to memory of 1420 852 cmd.exe 80 PID 852 wrote to memory of 1420 852 cmd.exe 80 PID 852 wrote to memory of 1420 852 cmd.exe 80 PID 3500 wrote to memory of 500 3500 Discord.exe 87 PID 3500 wrote to memory of 500 3500 Discord.exe 87 PID 3500 wrote to memory of 500 3500 Discord.exe 87 PID 500 wrote to memory of 3244 500 cZDq9l15FiaD.exe 88 PID 500 wrote to memory of 3244 500 cZDq9l15FiaD.exe 88 PID 500 wrote to memory of 2120 500 cZDq9l15FiaD.exe 90 PID 500 wrote to memory of 2120 500 cZDq9l15FiaD.exe 90 PID 500 wrote to memory of 2120 500 cZDq9l15FiaD.exe 90 PID 2120 wrote to memory of 2800 2120 Discord.exe 92 PID 2120 wrote to memory of 2800 2120 Discord.exe 92 PID 2120 wrote to memory of 2800 2120 Discord.exe 92 PID 2800 wrote to memory of 4076 2800 Discord.exe 93 PID 2800 wrote to memory of 4076 2800 Discord.exe 93 PID 2800 wrote to memory of 4076 2800 Discord.exe 93
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\77-Venom.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\77-Venom.exe"1⤵
- Windows security modification
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3780 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"schtasks" /create /tn "Venom Client Startup" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\77-Venom.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f2⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:3844
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SubDir\Discord.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SubDir\Discord.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3500 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"schtasks" /create /tn "Venom Client Startup" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SubDir\Discord.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f3⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:3916
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cZDq9l15FiaD.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cZDq9l15FiaD.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:500 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe" --install4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
PID:3244
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Discord\Discord.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Discord\Discord.exe"4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2120 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Discord.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Discord.exe" /launchSelfAndExit "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Discord\Discord.exe" 2120 /protectFile5⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2800 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Discord.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Discord.exe" /watchProcess "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Discord\Discord.exe" 2120 "/protectFile"6⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4076
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"powershell" Get-MpPreference -verbose2⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3236
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /k start /b del /q/f/s %TEMP%\* & exit2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1136 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /K del /q/f/s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\*3⤵PID:1104
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\oyliKlt2eaG5.bat" "2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:852 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.comchcp 650013⤵PID:1420
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1312
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Discord\Discord.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Discord\Discord.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1552