Analysis

  • max time kernel
    122s
  • max time network
    122s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7v20201028
  • submitted
    17-03-2021 08:23

General

  • Target

    b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe

  • Size

    751KB

  • MD5

    b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915

  • SHA1

    635825a5b35ea82c0255ba2c2e887c27fadd76f2

  • SHA256

    94658982002db6acea22c68b7619f71154933effd6428a81a235aba6e2789328

  • SHA512

    089db4834228073e77dc4af4259905977df9b976f8e4837fccc5f77991fef93d62fd809c2e67b3680f94877ef54209f1693ed93fbd412a13e3de187d0586ed2e

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\readme-warning.txt

Family

makop

Ransom Note
::: Greetings ::: Little FAQ: .1. Q: Whats Happen? A: Your files have been encrypted and now have the "BKGHJ" extension. The file structure was not damaged, we did everything possible so that this could not happen. .2. Q: How to recover files? A: If you wish to decrypt your files you will need to pay in bitcoins. .3. Q: What about guarantees? A: Its just a business. We absolutely do not care about you and your deals, except getting benefits. If we do not do our work and liabilities - nobody will cooperate with us. Its not in our interests. To check the ability of returning files, you can send to us any 2 files with SIMPLE extensions(jpg,xls,doc, etc... not databases!) and low sizes(max 1 mb), we will decrypt them and send back to you. That is our guarantee. .4. Q: How to contact with you? A: You can write us to our mailbox: toddmhickey@outlook.com or penkatyjamie@yahoo.com .5. Q: How will the decryption process proceed after payment? A: After payment we will send to you our scanner-decoder program and detailed instructions for use. With this program you will be able to decrypt all your encrypted files. .6. Q: If I don�t want to pay bad people like you? A: If you will not cooperate with our service - for us, its does not matter. But you will lose your time and data, cause only we have the private key. In practice - time is much more valuable than money. :::BEWARE::: DON'T try to change encrypted files by yourself! If you will try to use any third party software for restoring your data or antivirus solutions - please make a backup for all encrypted files! Any changes in encrypted files may entail damage of the private key and, as result, the loss all data.
Emails

toddmhickey@outlook.com

penkatyjamie@yahoo.com

Signatures

  • Makop

    Ransomware family discovered by @VK_Intel in early 2020.

  • Deletes shadow copies 2 TTPs

    Ransomware often targets backup files to inhibit system recovery.

  • Deletes backup catalog 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses wbadmin.exe to inhibit system recovery.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 16 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 2 IoCs
  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 2 IoCs
  • Interacts with shadow copies 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Shadow copies are often targeted by ransomware to inhibit system recovery.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 25 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 50 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:528
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1464
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c timeout 1
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:268
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
          timeout 1
          4⤵
          • Delays execution with timeout.exe
          PID:848
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe"
        3⤵
          PID:1224
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe"
          3⤵
            PID:1268
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe"
            3⤵
            • Adds Run key to start application
            • Drops file in Program Files directory
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1284
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe" n1284
              4⤵
              • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:280
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe"
                5⤵
                • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
                • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:1504
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c timeout 1
                  6⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:1708
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
                    timeout 1
                    7⤵
                    • Delays execution with timeout.exe
                    PID:1392
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe"
                  6⤵
                    PID:1260
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe
                    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe"
                    6⤵
                      PID:848
                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe
                      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b80103a60fa68e425a4fd200ca223915.exe"
                      6⤵
                        PID:752
                      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1504 -s 908
                        6⤵
                        • Program crash
                        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                        PID:1692
                  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                    "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
                    4⤵
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:1744
                    • C:\Windows\system32\vssadmin.exe
                      vssadmin delete shadows /all /quiet
                      5⤵
                      • Interacts with shadow copies
                      PID:940
                    • C:\Windows\system32\wbadmin.exe
                      wbadmin delete catalog -quiet
                      5⤵
                      • Deletes backup catalog
                      PID:956
                    • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe
                      wmic shadowcopy delete
                      5⤵
                      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                      PID:204
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1464 -s 876
                  3⤵
                  • Program crash
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  PID:1012
            • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
              1⤵
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:1548
            • C:\Windows\system32\wbengine.exe
              "C:\Windows\system32\wbengine.exe"
              1⤵
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:1592
            • C:\Windows\System32\vdsldr.exe
              C:\Windows\System32\vdsldr.exe -Embedding
              1⤵
                PID:1368
              • C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe
                C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe
                1⤵
                  PID:920

                Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

                Execution

                Command-Line Interface

                1
                T1059

                Persistence

                Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

                1
                T1060

                Defense Evasion

                File Deletion

                3
                T1107

                Modify Registry

                1
                T1112

                Discovery

                System Information Discovery

                1
                T1082

                Impact

                Inhibit System Recovery

                3
                T1490

                Replay Monitor

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                Downloads

                • memory/204-48-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
                • memory/268-12-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
                • memory/280-18-0x00000000746D0000-0x0000000074DBE000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  6.9MB

                • memory/280-27-0x0000000004DD0000-0x0000000004DD1000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  4KB

                • memory/528-3-0x0000000000170000-0x0000000000171000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  4KB

                • memory/528-5-0x0000000004300000-0x0000000004301000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  4KB

                • memory/528-2-0x0000000074DC0000-0x00000000754AE000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  6.9MB

                • memory/528-11-0x00000000002C0000-0x00000000002C1000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  4KB

                • memory/752-36-0x0000000000405790-mapping.dmp
                • memory/848-13-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
                • memory/940-22-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
                • memory/956-47-0x000007FEFC3C1000-0x000007FEFC3C3000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  8KB

                • memory/956-46-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
                • memory/1012-21-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
                • memory/1012-23-0x0000000002200000-0x0000000002211000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  68KB

                • memory/1012-42-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  4KB

                • memory/1284-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  120KB

                • memory/1284-16-0x0000000075D01000-0x0000000075D03000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  8KB

                • memory/1284-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  120KB

                • memory/1284-15-0x0000000000405790-mapping.dmp
                • memory/1392-34-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
                • memory/1464-9-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010020000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  128KB

                • memory/1464-8-0x00000000746D0000-0x0000000074DBE000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  6.9MB

                • memory/1464-7-0x000000001001A22E-mapping.dmp
                • memory/1464-24-0x0000000005430000-0x0000000005431000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  4KB

                • memory/1464-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010020000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  128KB

                • memory/1504-29-0x00000000746D0000-0x0000000074DBE000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  6.9MB

                • memory/1504-43-0x00000000041B0000-0x00000000041B1000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  4KB

                • memory/1504-28-0x000000001001A22E-mapping.dmp
                • memory/1692-38-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
                • memory/1692-39-0x0000000001CC0000-0x0000000001CD1000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  68KB

                • memory/1692-45-0x00000000003A0000-0x00000000003A1000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  4KB

                • memory/1708-33-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
                • memory/1744-17-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp