General

  • Target

    d5c9f4b6883bb5c63471c8413514eac92419d7f9cefd75a9029419e2f6ff5d9e

  • Size

    7.5MB

  • Sample

    220618-16feaaebg5

  • MD5

    8ad0c738a717fafbced97df34c15a9b4

  • SHA1

    da1a9fa05230b1549592f00cf372fd7311e8659a

  • SHA256

    d5c9f4b6883bb5c63471c8413514eac92419d7f9cefd75a9029419e2f6ff5d9e

  • SHA512

    a436c1d477be1ff2c96d0ae0c3ed46068c45c4cf7870a0cc55a4df105fb69aa6dc0ef4f25c0fadc94f3175516a465562fd800e15dd610eda74feba5e4beb6b5a

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      d5c9f4b6883bb5c63471c8413514eac92419d7f9cefd75a9029419e2f6ff5d9e

    • Size

      7.5MB

    • MD5

      8ad0c738a717fafbced97df34c15a9b4

    • SHA1

      da1a9fa05230b1549592f00cf372fd7311e8659a

    • SHA256

      d5c9f4b6883bb5c63471c8413514eac92419d7f9cefd75a9029419e2f6ff5d9e

    • SHA512

      a436c1d477be1ff2c96d0ae0c3ed46068c45c4cf7870a0cc55a4df105fb69aa6dc0ef4f25c0fadc94f3175516a465562fd800e15dd610eda74feba5e4beb6b5a

    • Modifies security service

    • xmrig

      XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

    • XMRig Miner Payload

    • Drops file in Drivers directory

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Possible privilege escalation attempt

    • Stops running service(s)

    • 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

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Modifies file permissions

    • Themida packer

      Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Modify Existing Service

2
T1031

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

3
T1112

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

Impair Defenses

1
T1562

File Permissions Modification

1
T1222

Discovery

Query Registry

3
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

System Information Discovery

4
T1082

Impact

Service Stop

1
T1489

Tasks