General

  • Target

    cdcaae5709190ead7b126d3f06456d9f.exe

  • Size

    325KB

  • Sample

    210727-161cqbx5fx

  • MD5

    cdcaae5709190ead7b126d3f06456d9f

  • SHA1

    3548a576e212c7924413e58157b697a66a2d0077

  • SHA256

    d3849946eb2dd2aa6bebcddb30751a4a99bc05ee5011db3f5081df2f970a1854

  • SHA512

    7ae08e1fb93073854391d4a6748d6e7b2e3e899fed999f3c79f946b5b94b4c88fd03c49fbdda222b71820a6fd97c3e64fcdab1737a3a238c898950bea8abb749

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

Extracted

Family

vidar

Version

39.8

Botnet

828

C2

https://xeronxikxxx.tumblr.com/

Attributes
  • profile_id

    828

Extracted

Family

redline

Botnet

pro2

C2

95.217.122.120:8374

Extracted

Family

redline

Botnet

agr

C2

185.234.247.60:5123

Targets

    • Target

      cdcaae5709190ead7b126d3f06456d9f.exe

    • Size

      325KB

    • MD5

      cdcaae5709190ead7b126d3f06456d9f

    • SHA1

      3548a576e212c7924413e58157b697a66a2d0077

    • SHA256

      d3849946eb2dd2aa6bebcddb30751a4a99bc05ee5011db3f5081df2f970a1854

    • SHA512

      7ae08e1fb93073854391d4a6748d6e7b2e3e899fed999f3c79f946b5b94b4c88fd03c49fbdda222b71820a6fd97c3e64fcdab1737a3a238c898950bea8abb749

    • 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.

    • Windows security bypass

    • 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 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