hawkeye | 9b094cea00252827dbcb319de5c7cb4d6e91cb63082fb69011947fefedcc8ecf

General

Target

80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe
Size

120KB
MD5

43844410e4bdf67642d7dc23bf1bb347
SHA1

4e8814910f9f2e119fed5ae405999bac0d596737
SHA256

9b094cea00252827dbcb319de5c7cb4d6e91cb63082fb69011947fefedcc8ecf
SHA512

e6e26bb74b1e70154e67fbc3cc7690dbb5749e0b1a56f60caf5c608635f11fb9e8b97917fa517d17086d48121db685b7a7b5997eb4ac57215794da2c87ad6214

Score

10^/10

hawkeye evasion keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

HawkEye
HawkEye is a malware kit that has seen continuous development since at least 2013.
keylogger trojan stealer spyware hawkeye
UAC bypass 3 TTPs
evasion trojan

Bypass User Account Control
T1088

Disabling Security Tools
T1089

Modify Registry
T1112
Windows security bypass 2 TTPs
evasion trojan

Disabling Security Tools
T1089

Modify Registry
T1112
Disables Task Manager via registry modification
evasion
Modifies Windows Firewall 1 TTPs
evasion

Modify Existing Service
T1031

Windows security modification 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

Disabling Security Tools

T1089

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UACDisableNotify = "0"	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Windows Update = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\windowsupdate.exe"	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe

Modifies registry class 3 IoCs

Processes:

80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1985363256-3005190890-1182679451-1000_Classes\MIME\Database	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\MIME\Database\Charset	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\MIME\Database\Codepage	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe

Runs net.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe

description pid process

Token: SeBackupPrivilege 2484 80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes:

80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe

pid process

2484 80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe
2484 80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2484	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe

pid	process
2484	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe
2484	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs

Processes:

80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exenet.exenet.exeWinMail.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2484 wrote to memory of 4016	2484	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe	netsh.exe
PID 2484 wrote to memory of 4016	2484	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe	netsh.exe
PID 2484 wrote to memory of 4016	2484	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe	netsh.exe
PID 2484 wrote to memory of 3972	2484	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe	net.exe
PID 2484 wrote to memory of 3972	2484	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe	net.exe
PID 2484 wrote to memory of 3972	2484	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe	net.exe
PID 2484 wrote to memory of 3892	2484	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe	net.exe
PID 2484 wrote to memory of 3892	2484	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe	net.exe
PID 2484 wrote to memory of 3892	2484	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe	net.exe
PID 3892 wrote to memory of 3176	3892	net.exe	net1.exe
PID 3972 wrote to memory of 408	3972	net.exe	net1.exe
PID 3972 wrote to memory of 408	3972	net.exe	net1.exe
PID 3892 wrote to memory of 3176	3892	net.exe	net1.exe
PID 3972 wrote to memory of 408	3972	net.exe	net1.exe
PID 3892 wrote to memory of 3176	3892	net.exe	net1.exe
PID 2484 wrote to memory of 1172	2484	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe	WinMail.exe
PID 2484 wrote to memory of 1172	2484	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe	WinMail.exe
PID 2484 wrote to memory of 1172	2484	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe	WinMail.exe
PID 1172 wrote to memory of 196	1172	WinMail.exe	WinMail.exe
PID 1172 wrote to memory of 196	1172	WinMail.exe	WinMail.exe

System policy modification 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\80afaa185783064e461eb6b9287f0d13.exe"
1⤵
- Windows security modification
- Adds Run key to start application
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
- System policy modification
PID:2484

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
netsh firewall set opmode disable
2⤵
PID:4016

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
net stop security center
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3972

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop security center
3⤵
PID:408

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
net stop WinDefend
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3892

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop WinDefend
3⤵
PID:3176

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\WinMail.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\WinMail" OCInstallUserConfigOE
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1172