Analysis

  • max time kernel
    135s
  • max time network
    143s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20220331-en
  • submitted
    01/04/2022, 13:27

General

  • Target
    payment details.xlsx
  • Size 187KB
  • Sample220401-qp417sgbgr
  • SHA256 5399f30cc28fdacef749fbe02a58e47915ac47fb46f17cba6aee3efe3eb5d52e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • lokibot

C2
  • http://mail.outlook-webpage-auth.ml/joe/fre.php

  • http://kbfvzoboss.bid/alien/fre.php

  • http://alphastand.trade/alien/fre.php

  • http://alphastand.win/alien/fre.php

  • http://alphastand.top/alien/fre.php

Signatures

  • Lokibot

    Lokibot is a Password and CryptoCoin Wallet Stealer.

  • suricata: ET MALWARE LokiBot Checkin

    suricata: ET MALWARE LokiBot Checkin

  • suricata: ET MALWARE LokiBot User-Agent (Charon/Inferno)

    suricata: ET MALWARE LokiBot User-Agent (Charon/Inferno)

  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

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

  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Launches Equation Editor 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Equation Editor is an old Office component often targeted by exploits such as CVE-2017-11882.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 31 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 26 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\payment details.xlsx"
    1⤵
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1920
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE" -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Blocklisted process makes network request
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Launches Equation Editor
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:820
    • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
      "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1528
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\nIQhzHalH.exe"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1096
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\nIQhzHalH" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp758E.tmp"
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:572
      • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
        "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:920
      • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
        "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • outlook_office_path
        • outlook_win_path
        PID:1200

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        tmp758E.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp758E.tmp
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 f4331e78223311c93c3b39cbe3c83543686701291f46fbfbf258fa3393a0459d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        vbc.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
        • Size 468KB
        • SHA256 20dde0ac9cfe41a1b3b1d6b7cb58008cb95a76b4876ca823d1b5f6a5ebf03bcc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        vbc.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
        • Size 468KB
        • SHA256 20dde0ac9cfe41a1b3b1d6b7cb58008cb95a76b4876ca823d1b5f6a5ebf03bcc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        vbc.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
        • Size 468KB
        • SHA256 20dde0ac9cfe41a1b3b1d6b7cb58008cb95a76b4876ca823d1b5f6a5ebf03bcc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        vbc.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
        • Size 468KB
        • SHA256 20dde0ac9cfe41a1b3b1d6b7cb58008cb95a76b4876ca823d1b5f6a5ebf03bcc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        vbc.exe

        • Path \Users\Public\vbc.exe
        • Size 468KB
        • SHA256 20dde0ac9cfe41a1b3b1d6b7cb58008cb95a76b4876ca823d1b5f6a5ebf03bcc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        vbc.exe

        • Path \Users\Public\vbc.exe
        • Size 468KB
        • SHA256 20dde0ac9cfe41a1b3b1d6b7cb58008cb95a76b4876ca823d1b5f6a5ebf03bcc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        vbc.exe

        • Path \Users\Public\vbc.exe
        • Size 468KB
        • SHA256 20dde0ac9cfe41a1b3b1d6b7cb58008cb95a76b4876ca823d1b5f6a5ebf03bcc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        vbc.exe

        • Path \Users\Public\vbc.exe
        • Size 468KB
        • SHA256 20dde0ac9cfe41a1b3b1d6b7cb58008cb95a76b4876ca823d1b5f6a5ebf03bcc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/820-58-0x0000000076201000-0x0000000076203000-memory.dmp

        memory/1096-92-0x0000000004B50000-0x0000000004E22000-memory.dmp

        memory/1096-91-0x0000000064730000-0x0000000064CDB000-memory.dmp

        memory/1200-83-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1200-85-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1200-89-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1200-82-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1200-80-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1200-78-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1200-77-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1528-75-0x0000000001090000-0x0000000001132000-memory.dmp

        memory/1528-74-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000C00000-memory.dmp

        memory/1528-69-0x0000000005070000-0x00000000050D2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1528-68-0x0000000000600000-0x000000000060C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1528-66-0x0000000001160000-0x00000000011DA000-memory.dmp

        memory/1920-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

        memory/1920-57-0x00000000729CD000-0x00000000729D8000-memory.dmp

        memory/1920-55-0x00000000719E1000-0x00000000719E3000-memory.dmp

        memory/1920-54-0x000000002F4A1000-0x000000002F4A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1920-93-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp