General

  • Target

    sample-326259-9a44b1b88e13eb4719e1bf1d416c3c5d.zip

  • Size

    739KB

  • Sample

    201205-8e331y1gb6

  • MD5

    ed1b4adc71b7f2756f43e26b939f0b5d

  • SHA1

    b4b55b0d65b3abf5c9ee4b4d19c2abfffd998ce8

  • SHA256

    24cb7ddefda210a0ec3e8e4aea6ea96397ae4a55200fc08d2a737272c2c102c3

  • SHA512

    e65381150125f2397589c174c3921c1e7e60fc5ab269abcf1f84c8a34312ee44c070dc80dd7994e868c68f21ecd2b274bff04fdfda76d396b71b1c65a08e98d9

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

matiex

C2

https://api.telegram.org/bot1379319539:AAFQ7f96r1-8ijh6-Hym9Weh67R1ZdDQt0g/sendMessage?chat_id=1472166686

Targets

    • Target

      Quote.exe

    • Size

      887KB

    • MD5

      9a44b1b88e13eb4719e1bf1d416c3c5d

    • SHA1

      1bb55c3f3a34b79cd2753d14e7d1b2e34a861e4f

    • SHA256

      0d74ff32725b829a6af1658c2228c4990a39f310c0c48dea01c8ac467840453f

    • SHA512

      53341ecb3e83186dc109af3e936c0a166b0ed4d3cd6a7c20d9f786330cfb9953ea300a04f46cfe725c3b581bea00a6e84c49d9472ab900bd9fb847ca99bcb8f8

    • Matiex

      Matiex is a keylogger and infostealer first seen in July 2020.

    • Matiex Main Payload

    • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry

    • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

      BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

    • Drops startup file

    • Reads data files stored by FTP clients

      Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.

    • Reads user/profile data of local email clients

      Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

    • Reads user/profile data of web browsers

      Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

    • Looks up external IP address via web service

      Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

    • Maps connected drives based on registry

      Disk information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2
T1497

Credential Access

Credentials in Files

3
T1081

Discovery

Query Registry

4
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2
T1497

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Peripheral Device Discovery

1
T1120

Collection

Data from Local System

3
T1005

Tasks