hawkeye | 2c6ab55eeb9c6860e323d83db778de04484ecca9e44766078985e8ed9e5fd42e

General

Target

PICS.exe
Size

614KB
MD5

d58af35ac0ce272e393f814bc485cf04
SHA1

3cc3b71d1231b4434aab5f4d04ad1ce6321ca44c
SHA256

d6544a0b973c2a4a5ee527a2aa91ea58825b12e3c32e7d93052b4256127f9d0f
SHA512

cf424b7c441b652fae1f6221b277cc263fcf11465fd618d2115fb5840c73947923175b295c2701482ecb8cb43a9dd03ba1d7d97bbf131371cfe0b78edd34cde0

Score

10^/10

hawkeye keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

HawkEye
HawkEye is a malware kit that has seen continuous development since at least 2013.
keylogger trojan stealer spyware hawkeye

NirSoft MailPassView 1 IoCs

Password recovery tool for various email clients

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral6/memory/3608-186-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000488000-memory.dmp	MailPassView

NirSoft WebBrowserPassView 1 IoCs

Password recovery tool for various web browsers

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral6/memory/3608-186-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000488000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView

Nirsoft 1 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral6/memory/3608-186-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000488000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft

Drops startup file 2 IoCs

Processes:

Powershell.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\I$s#$lT3ssl.exe	Powershell.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\I$s#$lT3ssl.exe	Powershell.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

RegAsm.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Windows Update = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\WindowsUpdate.exe"	RegAsm.exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

Processes:

flow ioc

42 whatismyipaddress.com
44 whatismyipaddress.com
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

Processes:

PICS.exe

description pid process target process

PID 4576 set thread context of 3608 4576 PICS.exe RegAsm.exe
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

description ioc process

Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-19\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections svchost.exe
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

Powershell.exe

pid process

3496 Powershell.exe
3496 Powershell.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

Processes:

Powershell.exeRegAsm.exe

description pid process

Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3496 Powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3608 RegAsm.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes:

RegAsm.exe

pid process

3608 RegAsm.exe

flow	ioc
42	whatismyipaddress.com
44	whatismyipaddress.com

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4576 set thread context of 3608	4576	PICS.exe	RegAsm.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-19\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections	svchost.exe

pid	process
3496	Powershell.exe
3496	Powershell.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3496	Powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3608	RegAsm.exe

pid	process
3608	RegAsm.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

Processes:

PICS.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4576 wrote to memory of 3496	4576	PICS.exe	Powershell.exe
PID 4576 wrote to memory of 3496	4576	PICS.exe	Powershell.exe
PID 4576 wrote to memory of 3496	4576	PICS.exe	Powershell.exe
PID 4576 wrote to memory of 3608	4576	PICS.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 4576 wrote to memory of 3608	4576	PICS.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 4576 wrote to memory of 3608	4576	PICS.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 4576 wrote to memory of 3608	4576	PICS.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 4576 wrote to memory of 3608	4576	PICS.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 4576 wrote to memory of 3608	4576	PICS.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 4576 wrote to memory of 3608	4576	PICS.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 4576 wrote to memory of 3608	4576	PICS.exe	RegAsm.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PICS.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PICS.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4576

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Powershell.exe
"Powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -command Copy-Item 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PICS.exe' 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\I$s#$lT3ssl.exe'
2⤵
- Drops startup file
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3496

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe
"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe"
2⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3608

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs -p -s BITS
1⤵
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
PID:816

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs -p -s wuauserv
1⤵
PID:3528

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1060

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

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memory/816-211-0x0000016AB91F0000-0x0000016AB91F4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16KB

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memory/3496-190-0x0000000005420000-0x0000000005486000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/3496-307-0x0000000006230000-0x000000000624E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3496-189-0x00000000050E0000-0x0000000005102000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/3496-488-0x00000000068F0000-0x0000000006912000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/3496-487-0x00000000068D0000-0x00000000068EA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/3496-182-0x0000000002A40000-0x0000000002A76000-memory.dmp

Filesize
216KB

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memory/3496-183-0x0000000075190000-0x0000000075940000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3496-184-0x00000000029B0000-0x0000000002A40000-memory.dmp

Filesize
576KB

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memory/3496-185-0x00000000029B0000-0x0000000002A40000-memory.dmp

Filesize
576KB

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memory/3496-486-0x00000000075E0000-0x0000000007676000-memory.dmp

Filesize
600KB

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memory/3496-187-0x0000000005680000-0x0000000005CA8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.2MB

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memory/3496-191-0x0000000005490000-0x00000000054F6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/3528-489-0x0000018D87F30000-0x0000018D87F40000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3528-490-0x0000018D87F90000-0x0000018D87FA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3528-491-0x0000018D8AC90000-0x0000018D8AC94000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16KB

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memory/3608-192-0x0000000005790000-0x000000000582C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/3608-193-0x0000000005820000-0x000000000582A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/3608-194-0x0000000005B00000-0x0000000005B56000-memory.dmp

Filesize
344KB

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memory/3608-311-0x0000000005790000-0x000000000582C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/3608-188-0x0000000075190000-0x0000000075940000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3608-186-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000488000-memory.dmp

Filesize
544KB

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memory/4576-467-0x0000000005350000-0x00000000058F4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/4576-131-0x0000000075190000-0x0000000075940000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4576-180-0x0000000005690000-0x000000000572C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/4576-179-0x0000000005350000-0x00000000058F4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/4576-130-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000BE0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
640KB

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memory/4576-132-0x0000000005900000-0x0000000005EA4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/4576-178-0x00000000055F0000-0x0000000005682000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

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