General

  • Target

    Order .xlsx

  • Size

    228KB

  • Sample

    211207-nhpxlaghen

  • MD5

    c2fac2ea47b1e31d976cd6850258c64f

  • SHA1

    a3a2865d95140d64c1798dcda1377fc1f6753451

  • SHA256

    c9ced202bb7bf9e49e3cca8da6d6154aee9f10d54fb4e88735a7230f988df885

  • SHA512

    bcd0ec83237c46f9b1c48a712f09ca4d1e91ae0af053f2f1333e50eb0d5f6b0a9c623105cb6a46422fb0e4856bc3d76c3a2156d0bb8622492e430bd4d8a31763

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

matiex

C2

https://api.telegram.org/bot1769394961:AAF5BB35akL859CwVaXypIqpVsGWlaKvi7A/sendMessage?chat_id=1735544933

Targets

    • Target

      Order .xlsx

    • Size

      228KB

    • MD5

      c2fac2ea47b1e31d976cd6850258c64f

    • SHA1

      a3a2865d95140d64c1798dcda1377fc1f6753451

    • SHA256

      c9ced202bb7bf9e49e3cca8da6d6154aee9f10d54fb4e88735a7230f988df885

    • SHA512

      bcd0ec83237c46f9b1c48a712f09ca4d1e91ae0af053f2f1333e50eb0d5f6b0a9c623105cb6a46422fb0e4856bc3d76c3a2156d0bb8622492e430bd4d8a31763

    • Matiex

      Matiex is a keylogger and infostealer first seen in July 2020.

    • Matiex Main Payload

    • suricata: ET MALWARE Terse alphanumeric executable downloader high likelihood of being hostile

      suricata: ET MALWARE Terse alphanumeric executable downloader high likelihood of being hostile

    • Blocklisted process makes network request

    • Downloads MZ/PE file

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Reads data files stored by FTP clients

      Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.

    • Reads user/profile data of web browsers

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

    • Uses the VBS compiler for execution

    • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles

    • Looks up external IP address via web service

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

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scripting

1
T1064

Exploitation for Client Execution

1
T1203

Defense Evasion

Scripting

1
T1064

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Credential Access

Credentials in Files

2
T1081

Discovery

System Information Discovery

3
T1082

Query Registry

2
T1012

Collection

Data from Local System

2
T1005

Email Collection

1
T1114

Tasks