Analysis

  • max time kernel
    91s
  • max time network
    131s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220414-en
  • submitted
    21-05-2022 11:37

General

  • Target

    POLwtksTxCFgqh7.exe

  • Size

    469KB

  • MD5

    5d272c686eeb536b59cc1e899e47c07b

  • SHA1

    a40f0308d6566b917ac5a612d6f9eca57f63eca6

  • SHA256

    a563a898ce1c8dcac374ef8a468e39a185ca3b010f1a41b60731a7beac23f846

  • SHA512

    d25dd0d00316b7dc68caf58b1eae4478edea1d1ff6b65cc797b6b11029a0e8f3d72b770fcf43d8f717631832d20b76069924c361c7fc13c25f2329920f705ad3

Malware Config

Extracted

Credentials

  • Protocol:
    smtp
  • Host:
    mail.islandkingpools.com
  • Port:
    587
  • Username:
    accounts@islandkingpools.com
  • Password:
    Accounts$678

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

Credentials

  • Protocol:
    smtp
  • Host:
    mail.islandkingpools.com
  • Port:
    587
  • Username:
    accounts@islandkingpools.com
  • Password:
    Accounts$678

Signatures

  • AgentTesla

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

  • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings 3 TTPs
  • AgentTesla Payload 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 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.

  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\POLwtksTxCFgqh7.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\POLwtksTxCFgqh7.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Windows security modification
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4628
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" Get-MpPreference -verbose
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4552
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\uDIgzYn" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp15E9.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:4348
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegSvcs.exe
      "{path}"
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Drivers directory
      • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      • outlook_office_path
      • outlook_win_path
      PID:748
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\REG.exe
        REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v NoRun /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        3⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:3084
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        "netsh" wlan show profile
        3⤵
          PID:4796

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Execution

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Persistence

    Modify Existing Service

    1
    T1031

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Privilege Escalation

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Defense Evasion

    Modify Registry

    3
    T1112

    Disabling Security Tools

    2
    T1089

    Discovery

    Query Registry

    1
    T1012

    System Information Discovery

    2
    T1082

    Collection

    Email Collection

    1
    T1114

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp15E9.tmp
      Filesize

      1KB

      MD5

      5b2262c46433df540f7e09fa3443ea43

      SHA1

      6bc9d053a650c304bf3f1fec56009839091b2199

      SHA256

      f77a830c88139678caaa1a4d2911e084047dc9cb7d185c4567e6627e3d355bc9

      SHA512

      3fdd9ec20552a6588b59e82a3b617c2ed8a3cf2c93200d3a022e372a904912be9cf06cb107a2cf3aa4095171444a79d60400088537e1fcfd76020049f2a3ec27

    • memory/748-152-0x0000000074910000-0x0000000074EC1000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      5.7MB

    • memory/748-151-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000452000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      328KB

    • memory/748-150-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/3084-153-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4348-148-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4552-136-0x0000000005B90000-0x0000000005BF6000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      408KB

    • memory/4552-145-0x00000000076E0000-0x00000000076EE000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/4552-138-0x0000000006780000-0x00000000067B2000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      200KB

    • memory/4552-139-0x000000006E630000-0x000000006E67C000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      304KB

    • memory/4552-140-0x0000000006760000-0x000000000677E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      120KB

    • memory/4552-141-0x0000000007B00000-0x000000000817A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      6.5MB

    • memory/4552-142-0x00000000074B0000-0x00000000074CA000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      104KB

    • memory/4552-143-0x0000000007520000-0x000000000752A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/4552-144-0x0000000007730000-0x00000000077C6000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      600KB

    • memory/4552-137-0x00000000061B0000-0x00000000061CE000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      120KB

    • memory/4552-146-0x00000000077F0000-0x000000000780A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      104KB

    • memory/4552-147-0x00000000077D0000-0x00000000077D8000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/4552-131-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4552-135-0x0000000005B20000-0x0000000005B86000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      408KB

    • memory/4552-134-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005222000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      136KB

    • memory/4552-133-0x0000000005480000-0x0000000005AA8000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      6.2MB

    • memory/4552-132-0x0000000002870000-0x00000000028A6000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      216KB

    • memory/4628-130-0x0000000074910000-0x0000000074EC1000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      5.7MB

    • memory/4796-154-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp