General

  • Target

    Palo_Alto_Business_Plan_Pro_serial_key_gen.exe

  • Size

    9.0MB

  • Sample

    210213-f9waeef9l6

  • MD5

    efb9f6994cbacf25a09260a6dea2e097

  • SHA1

    28dce13f68b89a4402a557a336c280400129999b

  • SHA256

    9a2895ec90f431962ab8ad4ae4f6808049f7ca629d92c61fb200e788d096c7dd

  • SHA512

    c8b2f89f162896cc9ba50daed06fbb92e4e84f73aa6a85da185e342fb096f535594e791488ac8595cfdf474418b59f1ba9507ff536059cdee0b0ce0288da3b0e

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

azorult

C2

http://kvaka.li/1210776429.php

Extracted

Family

smokeloader

Version

2020

C2

http://naritouzina.net/

http://nukaraguasleep.net/

http://notfortuaj.net/

http://natuturalistic.net/

http://zaniolofusa.net/

http://4zavr.com/upload/

http://zynds.com/upload/

http://atvua.com/upload/

http://detse.net/upload/

http://dsdett.com/upload/

http://dtabasee.com/upload/

http://yeronogles.monster/upload/

rc4.i32
rc4.i32

Extracted

Family

raccoon

Botnet

17694a35d42ac97e2cd3ebd196db01b372cce1b0

Attributes
  • url4cnc

    https://telete.in/o23felk0s

rc4.plain
rc4.plain

Targets

    • Target

      Palo_Alto_Business_Plan_Pro_serial_key_gen.exe

    • Size

      9.0MB

    • MD5

      efb9f6994cbacf25a09260a6dea2e097

    • SHA1

      28dce13f68b89a4402a557a336c280400129999b

    • SHA256

      9a2895ec90f431962ab8ad4ae4f6808049f7ca629d92c61fb200e788d096c7dd

    • SHA512

      c8b2f89f162896cc9ba50daed06fbb92e4e84f73aa6a85da185e342fb096f535594e791488ac8595cfdf474418b59f1ba9507ff536059cdee0b0ce0288da3b0e

    • Azorult

      An information stealer that was first discovered in 2016, targeting browsing history and passwords.

    • PlugX

      PlugX is a RAT (Remote Access Trojan) that has been around since 2008.

    • Raccoon

      Simple but powerful infostealer which was very active in 2019.

    • RedLine

      RedLine Stealer is a malware family written in C#, first appearing in early 2020.

    • RedLine Payload

    • SmokeLoader

      Modular backdoor trojan in use since 2014.

    • Tofsee

      Backdoor/botnet which carries out malicious activities based on commands from a C2 server.

    • Vidar

      Vidar is an infostealer based on Arkei stealer.

    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

    • Nirsoft

    • Creates new service(s)

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Modifies Windows Firewall

    • Suspicious Office macro

      Office document equipped with 4.0 macros.

    • UPX packed file

      Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

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

    • Checks computer location settings

      Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Modifies file permissions

    • Reads user/profile data of web browsers

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

    • themida

      Detects Themida, Advanced Windows software protection system.

    • Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • Checks installed software on the system

      Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    • Enumerates connected drives

      Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

    • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

    • Looks up external IP address via web service

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

    • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)

      Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

    • Enumerates physical storage devices

      Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Persistence

New Service

1
T1050

Modify Existing Service

1
T1031

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Bootkit

1
T1067

Privilege Escalation

New Service

1
T1050

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

File Permissions Modification

1
T1222

Modify Registry

3
T1112

Install Root Certificate

1
T1130

Credential Access

Credentials in Files

2
T1081

Discovery

Query Registry

7
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

System Information Discovery

7
T1082

Peripheral Device Discovery

2
T1120

Remote System Discovery

1
T1018

Collection

Data from Local System

2
T1005

Command and Control

Web Service

1
T1102

Tasks