Analysis

  • max time kernel
    166s
  • max time network
    169s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220310-en
  • submitted
    15/03/2022, 12:08

General

  • Target
    Halkbank_Ekstre_20220315_1583843832.pdf.exe
  • Size 776KB
  • Sample220315-pawkvachdk
  • SHA256 de9f6c2d1c5290b7b9fb54e959dae7156cfd7005b1eb0299ea93e56e7883ca4b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • snakekeylogger

Credentials

Signatures

  • Snake Keylogger

    Keylogger and Infostealer first seen in November 2020.

  • Snake Keylogger Payload 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs

    Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.

  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

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

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 3 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 16 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Halkbank_Ekstre_20220315_1583843832.pdf.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Halkbank_Ekstre_20220315_1583843832.pdf.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3308
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bFGxywDtG.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1412
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\bFGxywDtG" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp63EE.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1460
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Halkbank_Ekstre_20220315_1583843832.pdf.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Halkbank_Ekstre_20220315_1583843832.pdf.exe"
      2⤵
      • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • outlook_office_path
      • outlook_win_path
      PID:4012

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        memory/1412-144-0x0000000002B72000-0x0000000002B73000-memory.dmp

        memory/1412-153-0x00000000063F0000-0x000000000640E000-memory.dmp

        memory/1412-152-0x0000000005E60000-0x0000000005EC6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1412-151-0x0000000005BC0000-0x0000000005C26000-memory.dmp

        memory/1412-150-0x00000000054A0000-0x00000000054C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1412-145-0x0000000005520000-0x0000000005B48000-memory.dmp

        memory/1412-142-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002B71000-memory.dmp

        memory/1412-141-0x0000000074430000-0x0000000074BE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1412-143-0x0000000002AC0000-0x0000000002AF6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-139-0x0000000004C70000-0x0000000004C7A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-140-0x0000000000930000-0x00000000009CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-134-0x0000000074430000-0x0000000074BE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-138-0x0000000004C90000-0x0000000005234000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-137-0x0000000004BD0000-0x0000000004C62000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-136-0x0000000005240000-0x00000000057E4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-135-0x0000000000160000-0x0000000000228000-memory.dmp

        memory/4012-147-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000426000-memory.dmp

        memory/4012-148-0x0000000074430000-0x0000000074BE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4012-149-0x00000000057B0000-0x0000000005D54000-memory.dmp

        memory/4012-154-0x0000000006EF0000-0x00000000070B2000-memory.dmp