Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    164s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220414-en
  • submitted
    21-05-2022 11:17

General

  • Target

    News-Update.scr

  • Size

    566KB

  • MD5

    8db27a63baec87e325fe3245f6778790

  • SHA1

    c639dd9daf6f010142a37ef1fac0fbd8a00c3efd

  • SHA256

    8c254637c5c98fe6755a44e5ea6feba18d0a17c4ad53e8d791277390060c29e5

  • SHA512

    423c2b2d5400079f21025c5c2f0242aba1aeaa3fd9844b06678246e20fc65ae027dbad161ddbb2be10ca61fa992903b21e0d29cd3c415145b760e047377c1201

Malware Config

Signatures

  • AgentTesla

    Agent Tesla is a remote access tool (RAT) written in visual basic.

  • AgentTesla Payload 15 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
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 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 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\News-Update.scr
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\News-Update.scr" /S
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2944
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\YThapGcLkG" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp3D38.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:916
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\News-Update.scr
      "{path}"
      2⤵
        PID:4812
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\News-Update.scr
        "{path}"
        2⤵
        • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • outlook_office_path
        • outlook_win_path
        PID:1384

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Execution

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Persistence

    Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

    1
    T1060

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Privilege Escalation

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Defense Evasion

    Modify Registry

    1
    T1112

    Credential Access

    Credentials in Files

    3
    T1081

    Discovery

    Query Registry

    1
    T1012

    System Information Discovery

    2
    T1082

    Collection

    Data from Local System

    3
    T1005

    Email Collection

    1
    T1114

    Replay Monitor

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\News-Update.scr.log
      Filesize

      507B

      MD5

      76ffb2f33cb32ade8fc862a67599e9d8

      SHA1

      920cc4ab75b36d2f9f6e979b74db568973c49130

      SHA256

      f1a3724670e3379318ec9c73f6f39058cab0ab013ba3cd90c047c3d701362310

      SHA512

      f33502c2e1bb30c05359bfc6819ca934642a1e01874e3060349127d792694d56ad22fccd6c9477b8ee50d66db35785779324273f509576b48b7f85577e001b4e

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp3D38.tmp
      Filesize

      1KB

      MD5

      a7320f51b18d085bc3ada35a65ba81f0

      SHA1

      d73b39dfd25703a9a400a8add5dcb2436dfa4a0e

      SHA256

      a3097c1ca7da63b09631e2bec10b40b59e989264d132f37eddd5a00f6e392982

      SHA512

      b661ef45406f5a0276bd4860ee7372878a3af26dabeda70cb7c810fd38bdf169aaf9c8af974924b1f8e9d9fa0a133aafc5b8f8e2b1baf07c1f18431f6b98aa8a

    • memory/916-134-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1384-151-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      312KB

    • memory/1384-152-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      312KB

    • memory/1384-163-0x0000000006A30000-0x0000000006A3A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/1384-162-0x00000000070C0000-0x0000000007110000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      320KB

    • memory/1384-137-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1384-138-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      312KB

    • memory/1384-161-0x0000000006280000-0x00000000062E6000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      408KB

    • memory/1384-141-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      312KB

    • memory/1384-142-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      312KB

    • memory/1384-143-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      312KB

    • memory/1384-144-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      312KB

    • memory/1384-145-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      312KB

    • memory/1384-146-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      312KB

    • memory/1384-147-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      312KB

    • memory/1384-149-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      312KB

    • memory/1384-160-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      312KB

    • memory/1384-158-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      312KB

    • memory/1384-155-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      312KB

    • memory/1384-157-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      312KB

    • memory/2944-133-0x0000000007910000-0x00000000079AC000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      624KB

    • memory/2944-130-0x00000000008B0000-0x0000000000944000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      592KB

    • memory/2944-131-0x0000000007CA0000-0x0000000008244000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      5.6MB

    • memory/2944-132-0x00000000077D0000-0x0000000007862000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      584KB

    • memory/4812-136-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp