General

  • Target

    793dcf17dbc9db275442b93296d17515.exe

  • Size

    236KB

  • Sample

    210728-66r94bcjw6

  • MD5

    793dcf17dbc9db275442b93296d17515

  • SHA1

    636d14e8a12162714cddbfff0e0811c6b07aa716

  • SHA256

    49791cea301086d06bded20b092ad7154ac774997c43e85de48d36da80a8ebaa

  • SHA512

    57fef8973b587b247204081525222c4840d68edeea130217b1a8453e9ba5002e915bf267446a68d04b1b5784a572c3a5e3ce42e7e96c56870d66120947fcc38b

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

39.8

Botnet

828

C2

https://xeronxikxxx.tumblr.com/

Attributes
  • profile_id

    828

Extracted

Family

vidar

Version

39.8

Botnet

824

C2

https://xeronxikxxx.tumblr.com/

Attributes
  • profile_id

    824

Extracted

Family

vidar

Version

39.7

Botnet

517

C2

https://shpak125.tumblr.com/

Attributes
  • profile_id

    517

Targets

    • Target

      793dcf17dbc9db275442b93296d17515.exe

    • Size

      236KB

    • MD5

      793dcf17dbc9db275442b93296d17515

    • SHA1

      636d14e8a12162714cddbfff0e0811c6b07aa716

    • SHA256

      49791cea301086d06bded20b092ad7154ac774997c43e85de48d36da80a8ebaa

    • SHA512

      57fef8973b587b247204081525222c4840d68edeea130217b1a8453e9ba5002e915bf267446a68d04b1b5784a572c3a5e3ce42e7e96c56870d66120947fcc38b

    • 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.

    • 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 Potential Dridex.Maldoc Minimal Executable Request

    • 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

    • Modifies file permissions

    • 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

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • 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

    • Looks up external IP address via web service

      Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

    • 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

2
T1060

Privilege Escalation

New Service

1
T1050

Defense Evasion

Disabling Security Tools

1
T1089

Modify Registry

4
T1112

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

File Permissions Modification

1
T1222

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