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Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

Processes:

rundll32.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\DISK&VEN_&PROD_HEARTDISK\4&37CE57BA&0&000000	rundll32.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_&Prod_HeartDisk\4&37ce57ba&0&000000\DeviceDesc	rundll32.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_&Prod_HeartDisk\4&37ce57ba&0&000000\Service	rundll32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CDROM&VEN_SANU&PROD_SANU_DVD-ROM\4&37CE57BA&0&010000	rundll32.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_Sanu&Prod_Sanu_DVD-ROM\4&37ce57ba&0&010000\DeviceDesc	rundll32.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_Sanu&Prod_Sanu_DVD-ROM\4&37ce57ba&0&010000\Service	rundll32.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0	EXCEL.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	EXCEL.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	EXCEL.EXE

Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
persistence

Scheduled Task
T1053

Processes:

schtasks.exe

pid process

660 schtasks.exe

pid	process
660	schtasks.exe

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS	EXCEL.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily	EXCEL.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

4684 EXCEL.EXE
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

Processes:

rundll32.exe

pid process

4324 rundll32.exe
4324 rundll32.exe
4324 rundll32.exe
4324 rundll32.exe
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs

Processes:

rundll32.exe

pid process

4324 rundll32.exe
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

4684 EXCEL.EXE
4684 EXCEL.EXE

pid	process
4324	rundll32.exe
4324	rundll32.exe
4324	rundll32.exe
4324	rundll32.exe

pid	process
4324	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 12 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid	process
4684	EXCEL.EXE
4684	EXCEL.EXE
4684	EXCEL.EXE
4684	EXCEL.EXE
4684	EXCEL.EXE
4684	EXCEL.EXE
4684	EXCEL.EXE
4684	EXCEL.EXE
4684	EXCEL.EXE
4684	EXCEL.EXE
4684	EXCEL.EXE
4684	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXErundll32.exerundll32.exeexplorer.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4684 wrote to memory of 4392	4684	EXCEL.EXE	rundll32.exe
PID 4684 wrote to memory of 4392	4684	EXCEL.EXE	rundll32.exe
PID 4392 wrote to memory of 4324	4392	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 4392 wrote to memory of 4324	4392	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 4392 wrote to memory of 4324	4392	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 4324 wrote to memory of 528	4324	rundll32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 4324 wrote to memory of 528	4324	rundll32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 4324 wrote to memory of 528	4324	rundll32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 4324 wrote to memory of 528	4324	rundll32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 4324 wrote to memory of 528	4324	rundll32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 528 wrote to memory of 660	528	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 528 wrote to memory of 660	528	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 528 wrote to memory of 660	528	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\document-1743692288.xls"
1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4684

C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\rundll32.exe
rundll32 ..\idefje.ekfd,DllRegisterServer
2⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4392

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
rundll32 ..\idefje.ekfd,DllRegisterServer
3⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Checks SCSI registry key(s)
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4324

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
4⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:528

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn wbppmmm /tr "regsvr32.exe -s \"\"" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 18:46 /ET 18:58
5⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:660

\??\c:\windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
regsvr32.exe -s ""
1⤵
PID:1280

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task

T1053

Persistence

Scheduled Task

T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

T1053

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

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Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

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