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Analysis

max time kernel
104s
max time network
193s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20220414-en
submitted
20-05-2022 04:56

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General

Target

hardware.exe
Size

3.8MB
MD5

3ab55ffcb2a3e5ed6736ee140b2517cd
SHA1

1a0ee95472512823db3874f459a4f4af60c93de8
SHA256

fdc567520e5d5c3e1f992758fdc8088930a7e719938d38f59c4cb6f9a4bb971d
SHA512

17dab96c1090cab014562a23cf4b99500a824a1a2fbf6ab97c25e3edef296472cf6f3e5201aa2f5675210c6a7adfa33320b25974498f464582e29635b9d2df04

Score

8^/10

bootkit persistence vmprotect

Malware Config

Signatures

VMProtect packed file 1 IoCs

Detects executables packed with VMProtect commercial packer.

vmprotect

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral7/memory/1928-55-0x0000000000BC0000-0x00000000013A3000-memory.dmp	vmprotect

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

hardware.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	hardware.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosDate	hardware.exe

Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.
bootkit persistence

Bootkit
T1067

Processes:

hardware.exe

description ioc process

File opened for modification \??\PhysicalDrive0 hardware.exe
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs

Processes:

hardware.exe

pid process

1928 hardware.exe
1928 hardware.exe
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

System Information Discovery
T1082
Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Query Registry
T1012

System Information Discovery
T1082

Processes:

hardware.exe

description ioc process

Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Identifier hardware.exe

description	ioc	process
File opened for modification	\??\PhysicalDrive0	hardware.exe

pid	process
1928	hardware.exe
1928	hardware.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Identifier	hardware.exe

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 11 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

hardware.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	hardware.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	hardware.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "63"	hardware.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\virtualhardwares.com\NumberOfSubdomains = "1"	hardware.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total	hardware.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.virtualhardwares.com	hardware.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.virtualhardwares.com\ = "63"	hardware.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\virtualhardwares.com\Total = "63"	hardware.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	hardware.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\virtualhardwares.com	hardware.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage	hardware.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

hardware.exe

pid process

1928 hardware.exe
1928 hardware.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

hardware.exe

description pid process

Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1928 hardware.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes:

hardware.exe

pid process

1928 hardware.exe
1928 hardware.exe

pid	process
1928	hardware.exe
1928	hardware.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1928	hardware.exe

pid	process
1928	hardware.exe
1928	hardware.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hardware.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hardware.exe"
1⤵
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:1928

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Bootkit

T1067

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

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Downloads

memory/1928-54-0x0000000075711000-0x0000000075713000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1928-55-0x0000000000BC0000-0x00000000013A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.9MB

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