General

  • Target

    Cringers.exe

  • Size

    1.5MB

  • Sample

    211205-saf2yafch7

  • MD5

    f79d68c8b8baac77eea56ffdecc010c1

  • SHA1

    3b5996718d1fcb3f937d4a508cab257d21493059

  • SHA256

    c4b2fb2998f0c6cd914723a5855116dcbe582d8875e25e424d99064e243ff971

  • SHA512

    ad98de3d6e36803e7eaa11fd8e296e5194077106a92f40b045f3a6ff135ef09f4be9a6bc8071f53df7b3686123ea07bcde6a7c042668a7253675c54cb2732a79

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      Cringers.exe

    • Size

      1.5MB

    • MD5

      f79d68c8b8baac77eea56ffdecc010c1

    • SHA1

      3b5996718d1fcb3f937d4a508cab257d21493059

    • SHA256

      c4b2fb2998f0c6cd914723a5855116dcbe582d8875e25e424d99064e243ff971

    • SHA512

      ad98de3d6e36803e7eaa11fd8e296e5194077106a92f40b045f3a6ff135ef09f4be9a6bc8071f53df7b3686123ea07bcde6a7c042668a7253675c54cb2732a79

    • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings

    • RedLine

      RedLine Stealer is a malware family written in C#, first appearing in early 2020.

    • RedLine Payload

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

    • Downloads MZ/PE file

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • UPX packed file

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

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

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

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Reads user/profile data of web browsers

      Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

    • 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

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Persistence

Modify Existing Service

1
T1031

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

3
T1112

Disabling Security Tools

1
T1089

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

Install Root Certificate

1
T1130

Credential Access

Credentials in Files

2
T1081

Discovery

Query Registry

3
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

System Information Discovery

3
T1082

Collection

Data from Local System

2
T1005

Tasks