phoenix | a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08

General

Target

a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe
Size

646KB
MD5

8fba405998aa281996ace0b5bf72f100
SHA1

d2493023ab0cb67151bcd7db9fff2f06e46840d3
SHA256

a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08
SHA512

67038ef7123827f4a1510475abd5a5b726ef33ca7f84f5418af09c0c3594ee2404e62f301be8bfbb728d2e5500e78dabfb1f8fa52f10ae24b02dff11785a493b

Score

10^/10

phoenix evasion keylogger stealer trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings 3 TTPs 4 IoCs

evasion trojan

Modify Registry

T1112

Modify Existing Service

T1031

Disabling Security Tools

T1089

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableBehaviorMonitoring = "1"	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableOnAccessProtection = "1"	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableScanOnRealtimeEnable = "1"	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe

Phoenix Keylogger
Phoenix is a keylogger and info stealer first seen in July 2019.
stealer keylogger phoenix

Phoenix Keylogger Payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/328-78-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A38000-memory.dmp	family_phoenix

Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe

Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe

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

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe

Windows security modification 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

evasion trojan

Disabling Security Tools

T1089

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features\TamperProtection = "0"	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

flow	ioc
4	ifconfig.me

Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1640 set thread context of 328	1640	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe	33

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

persistence

Scheduled Task

T1053

pid	Process
1936	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1336	powershell.exe
328	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1336	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	328	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 1336	1640	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe	28
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 1336	1640	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe	28
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 1336	1640	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe	28
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 1336	1640	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe	28
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 1936	1640	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe	32
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 1936	1640	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe	32
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 1936	1640	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe	32
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 1936	1640	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe	32
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 328	1640	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe	33
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 328	1640	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe	33
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 328	1640	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe	33
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 328	1640	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe	33
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 328	1640	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe	33
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 328	1640	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe	33
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 328	1640	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe	33
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 328	1640	a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe	33

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe"
1⤵
- Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
- Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
- Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Windows security modification
- Maps connected drives based on registry
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1640
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "powershell" Get-MpPreference -verbose
  2⤵
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:1336
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\jdwFTpxxYO" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpBC5.tmp"
  2⤵
  - Creates scheduled task(s)
  PID:1936
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a453c72f70300b3ffbafefe87396342061b8b847e68eba4891b51ab1b7edfb08.exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:328

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task

1

T1053

Persistence

Modify Existing Service

Scheduled Task

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1

T1053

Defense Evasion

Disabling Security Tools

Modify Registry

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2

T1497

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

3

T1082

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2

T1497

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpBC5.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
18ba99110cd13a7384a35d58dd14e8f0

SHA1
f39c451b2f6f6b46d8465071954281f19be11bf4

SHA256
c012197ae5967abb9c8c412090470ed9af59ee2ca780a4143495923b7ab18268

SHA512
0a3aea6b225010ee293e7f72e6500146681851bb9de29126810b536a4a8dfb7d4c833f8a06e979e59aa722793cf17e1051dfe7a642186c28b60a19f43418a0a4

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memory/328-68-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/328-72-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/328-78-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A38000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/328-77-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/328-75-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/328-71-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/328-65-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/328-66-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/1336-61-0x000000006FA80000-0x000000007002B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1336-60-0x000000006FA80000-0x000000007002B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1640-56-0x00000000002A0000-0x00000000002AA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/1640-55-0x0000000075AE1000-0x0000000075AE3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1640-54-0x0000000000EA0000-0x0000000000F48000-memory.dmp

Filesize
672KB

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memory/1640-64-0x0000000000E80000-0x0000000000E8A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/1640-57-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006C8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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