General

  • Target
    959c997ad7beaa75558665d28c9684515da2f5d5cb69b7a5375e1acbe397dc9d
  • Size 790KB
  • Sample220326-vmze6afcc2
  • SHA256 959c997ad7beaa75558665d28c9684515da2f5d5cb69b7a5375e1acbe397dc9d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • matiex

Credentials
  • Protocol

    ftp

  • Host

    ftp://ftp.minister-finance.com/

  • Port

    21

  • Password

    Dakar@911

Targets

    • Target
      959c997ad7beaa75558665d28c9684515da2f5d5cb69b7a5375e1acbe397dc9d
    • Size 790KB
    • SHA256 959c997ad7beaa75558665d28c9684515da2f5d5cb69b7a5375e1acbe397dc9d
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512
    • Matiex

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

    • Matiex Main Payload

    • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry

    • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

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

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Drops startup file

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • Maps connected drives based on registry

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

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Tasks