General

  • Target

    KMSPico sample.zip

  • Size

    10.2MB

  • Sample

    210702-g23w726pz6

  • MD5

    6ca86d3e050029e9003b042eeb17a4a2

  • SHA1

    e51b40d94d843ed28724f7c1678c76995c0c72e6

  • SHA256

    c8be49d64cb962af43cb50ff6892ff8a41948820a2ec796314bdd1270d477387

  • SHA512

    e8da4b04ad19c503b702e5e24a28ce0bcc4e855e7faf1fc46ae144f694f4802304044b16326819a34d7939195665d70bddb9a131e9b2f67fedf8da58859b5e13

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      KMSPico sample/KMSPico 11.2.1.exe

    • Size

      10.3MB

    • MD5

      9dcfad9454f9d4fc64e14f829c3e49ad

    • SHA1

      d948f568fea434999ae3c429ad5dbccfbe56a6bd

    • SHA256

      add0fc5f32e919997a4bc3763562e3859b08c24230dcef1714027945a0daa9f6

    • SHA512

      5e5ac1c00889db7ea11765ec6dc1996fa3ff014e58047a2b3dbd421d9bd04c0a94badcb74eda789ba1abaec5cade4f4a8ec4c1d950e60e54591cf522d864c662

    • xmrig

      XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

    • XMRig Miner Payload

    • Creates new service(s)

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Sets file execution options in registry

    • UPX packed file

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

    • Drops startup file

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Windows security modification

    • Checks installed software on the system

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

    • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

New Service

1
T1050

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

New Service

1
T1050

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

3
T1112

Disabling Security Tools

1
T1089

Discovery

Query Registry

4
T1012

System Information Discovery

4
T1082

Peripheral Device Discovery

1
T1120

Command and Control

Web Service

1
T1102

Tasks