General

  • Target

    e32070f84919d59178bd08cfd39c9a4f.exe

  • Size

    317KB

  • Sample

    210726-c2abme8dlj

  • MD5

    e32070f84919d59178bd08cfd39c9a4f

  • SHA1

    f02c69af0907b7c7c434b23c6aa7746901ce4d05

  • SHA256

    c97f7b2a1d29e6ab8e802c3c814e1962452a9ab375a0f0c13ef6d4e4edefe9c2

  • SHA512

    d119b278fa397d3bc73c5ccdb8443bf1124e13e84f02ef00e22f3e33f4ffcb5b11dc0e3473265c56488086058360101c389d5fc4e65ecbebe66d0b388d9c0512

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

smokeloader

Version

2020

C2

http://readinglistforjuly1.xyz/

http://readinglistforjuly2.xyz/

http://readinglistforjuly3.xyz/

http://readinglistforjuly4.xyz/

http://readinglistforjuly5.xyz/

http://readinglistforjuly6.xyz/

http://readinglistforjuly7.xyz/

http://readinglistforjuly8.xyz/

http://readinglistforjuly9.xyz/

http://readinglistforjuly10.xyz/

http://readinglistforjuly1.site/

http://readinglistforjuly2.site/

http://readinglistforjuly3.site/

http://readinglistforjuly4.site/

http://readinglistforjuly5.site/

http://readinglistforjuly6.site/

http://readinglistforjuly7.site/

http://readinglistforjuly8.site/

http://readinglistforjuly9.site/

http://readinglistforjuly10.site/

rc4.i32
rc4.i32
rc4.i32
rc4.i32

Extracted

Family

vidar

Version

39.7

Botnet

408

C2

https://shpak125.tumblr.com/

Attributes
  • profile_id

    408

Extracted

Family

vidar

Version

39.7

Botnet

824

C2

https://shpak125.tumblr.com/

Attributes
  • profile_id

    824

Targets

    • Target

      e32070f84919d59178bd08cfd39c9a4f.exe

    • Size

      317KB

    • MD5

      e32070f84919d59178bd08cfd39c9a4f

    • SHA1

      f02c69af0907b7c7c434b23c6aa7746901ce4d05

    • SHA256

      c97f7b2a1d29e6ab8e802c3c814e1962452a9ab375a0f0c13ef6d4e4edefe9c2

    • SHA512

      d119b278fa397d3bc73c5ccdb8443bf1124e13e84f02ef00e22f3e33f4ffcb5b11dc0e3473265c56488086058360101c389d5fc4e65ecbebe66d0b388d9c0512

    • Raccoon

      Simple but powerful infostealer which was very active in 2019.

    • 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.

    • Windows security bypass

    • suricata: ET MALWARE Sharik/Smoke CnC Beacon 11

    • suricata: ET MALWARE Suspicious Zipped Filename in Outbound POST Request (Passwords.txt)

    • suricata: ET MALWARE Vidar/Arkei Stealer Client Data Upload

    • xmrig

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

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

    • Vidar Stealer

    • XMRig Miner Payload

    • Creates new service(s)

    • Downloads MZ/PE file

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Modifies Windows Firewall

    • Sets service image path in registry

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

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

    • Deletes itself

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • 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.

    • Themida packer

      Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

    • Accesses 2FA software files, possible credential harvesting

    • Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting

    • 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

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    • Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger

    • 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

Privilege Escalation

New Service

1
T1050

Defense Evasion

Disabling Security Tools

1
T1089

Modify Registry

3
T1112

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

Install Root Certificate

1
T1130

Credential Access

Credentials in Files

4
T1081

Discovery

Query Registry

5
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

System Information Discovery

5
T1082

Peripheral Device Discovery

1
T1120

Collection

Data from Local System

4
T1005

Tasks