arkei | b0bbd786fb3429997e5c0f31e9c7692558bebf90e94b4cc64f03d5bc6c7e63f5

General

Target

MediaPlayer.exe
Size

280KB
MD5

9072310d9896b5a4cf3c0ce04d53d0b7
SHA1

a7ac3f9cfd9c7f20973f7832cd2aae15fdc02c37
SHA256

b0bbd786fb3429997e5c0f31e9c7692558bebf90e94b4cc64f03d5bc6c7e63f5
SHA512

d53dd6b4651600c828616e298b5acdff1fa9a609f4a17000e4ed44e9cd63c9a4e898707c5c9ed4945ff989f319142eb582eaff7db6a327d1b347a8be62eba664

Score

10^/10

arkei homesteadr discovery spyware stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

arkei

Botnet

homesteadr

C2

http://homesteadr.link/ggate.php

Signatures

Arkei
Arkei is an infostealer written in C++.
stealer arkei

Arkei Stealer Payload 2 IoCs

stealer

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1684-55-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D0000-memory.dmp	family_arkei
behavioral1/memory/1684-54-0x0000000000240000-0x000000000025C000-memory.dmp	family_arkei

Downloads MZ/PE file
Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

cmd.exe

pid process

364 cmd.exe
Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

Processes:

MediaPlayer.exe

pid process

1684 MediaPlayer.exe
1684 MediaPlayer.exe
1684 MediaPlayer.exe
1684 MediaPlayer.exe
1684 MediaPlayer.exe
Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials in Files
T1081
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting 2 TTPs
spyware

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials in Files
T1081
Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
discovery

Query Registry
T1012
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

System Information Discovery
T1082

pid	process
364	cmd.exe

pid	process
1684	MediaPlayer.exe
1684	MediaPlayer.exe
1684	MediaPlayer.exe
1684	MediaPlayer.exe
1684	MediaPlayer.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

MediaPlayer.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	MediaPlayer.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	MediaPlayer.exe

Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
evasion

Processes:

timeout.exe

pid process

1740 timeout.exe

pid	process
1740	timeout.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes:

MediaPlayer.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 364	1684	MediaPlayer.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 364	1684	MediaPlayer.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 364	1684	MediaPlayer.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 364	1684	MediaPlayer.exe	cmd.exe
PID 364 wrote to memory of 1740	364	cmd.exe	timeout.exe
PID 364 wrote to memory of 1740	364	cmd.exe	timeout.exe
PID 364 wrote to memory of 1740	364	cmd.exe	timeout.exe
PID 364 wrote to memory of 1740	364	cmd.exe	timeout.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MediaPlayer.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MediaPlayer.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Checks processor information in registry
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1684
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c timeout /t 5 & del /f /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MediaPlayer.exe" & exit
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:364
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
    timeout /t 5
    3⤵
    - Delays execution with timeout.exe
    PID:1740

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Credentials in Files

2

T1081

Discovery

Query Registry

2

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

2

T1005

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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\ProgramData\mozglue.dll

MD5
8f73c08a9660691143661bf7332c3c27

SHA1
37fa65dd737c50fda710fdbde89e51374d0c204a

SHA256
3fe6b1c54b8cf28f571e0c5d6636b4069a8ab00b4f11dd842cfec00691d0c9cd

SHA512
0042ecf9b3571bb5eba2de893e8b2371df18f7c5a589f52ee66e4bfbaa15a5b8b7cc6a155792aaa8988528c27196896d5e82e1751c998bacea0d92395f66ad89

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\ProgramData\msvcp140.dll

MD5
109f0f02fd37c84bfc7508d4227d7ed5

SHA1
ef7420141bb15ac334d3964082361a460bfdb975

SHA256
334e69ac9367f708ce601a6f490ff227d6c20636da5222f148b25831d22e13d4

SHA512
46eb62b65817365c249b48863d894b4669e20fcb3992e747cd5c9fdd57968e1b2cf7418d1c9340a89865eadda362b8db51947eb4427412eb83b35994f932fd39

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\ProgramData\nss3.dll

MD5
bfac4e3c5908856ba17d41edcd455a51

SHA1
8eec7e888767aa9e4cca8ff246eb2aacb9170428

SHA256
e2935b5b28550d47dc971f456d6961f20d1633b4892998750140e0eaa9ae9d78

SHA512
2565bab776c4d732ffb1f9b415992a4c65b81bcd644a9a1df1333a269e322925fc1df4f76913463296efd7c88ef194c3056de2f1ca1357d7b5fe5ff0da877a66

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\ProgramData\sqlite3.dll

MD5
e477a96c8f2b18d6b5c27bde49c990bf

SHA1
e980c9bf41330d1e5bd04556db4646a0210f7409

SHA256
16574f51785b0e2fc29c2c61477eb47bb39f714829999511dc8952b43ab17660

SHA512
335a86268e7c0e568b1c30981ec644e6cd332e66f96d2551b58a82515316693c1859d87b4f4b7310cf1ac386cee671580fdd999c3bcb23acf2c2282c01c8798c

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\ProgramData\vcruntime140.dll

MD5
7587bf9cb4147022cd5681b015183046

SHA1
f2106306a8f6f0da5afb7fc765cfa0757ad5a628

SHA256
c40bb03199a2054dabfc7a8e01d6098e91de7193619effbd0f142a7bf031c14d

SHA512
0b63e4979846ceba1b1ed8470432ea6aa18cca66b5f5322d17b14bc0dfa4b2ee09ca300a016e16a01db5123e4e022820698f46d9bad1078bd24675b4b181e91f

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memory/364-62-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1684-53-0x00000000006EB000-0x00000000006FC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/1684-55-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/1684-54-0x0000000000240000-0x000000000025C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/1684-56-0x0000000075D51000-0x0000000075D53000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1740-63-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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