General

  • Target

    1dd13dd40b5cd6001d2e97a2162788d7d6d460f5bd6959c4c0c08c0050fc1f9e

  • Size

    8.4MB

  • Sample

    220711-2pzl9sgah5

  • MD5

    bf01b8e7ce0968ebe87d2c912f5a47b4

  • SHA1

    3fc5556bb316658afcf051e7e1bfb26a6483169f

  • SHA256

    1dd13dd40b5cd6001d2e97a2162788d7d6d460f5bd6959c4c0c08c0050fc1f9e

  • SHA512

    1886936cd0d5f1e6dd9bcb66a720490112da5ffe3c3ea1da95fcedc010acb6b9c16a1e3cc9369881ec02f2600715d6925f9018d7ab581a5141299246afdab887

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      1dd13dd40b5cd6001d2e97a2162788d7d6d460f5bd6959c4c0c08c0050fc1f9e

    • Size

      8.4MB

    • MD5

      bf01b8e7ce0968ebe87d2c912f5a47b4

    • SHA1

      3fc5556bb316658afcf051e7e1bfb26a6483169f

    • SHA256

      1dd13dd40b5cd6001d2e97a2162788d7d6d460f5bd6959c4c0c08c0050fc1f9e

    • SHA512

      1886936cd0d5f1e6dd9bcb66a720490112da5ffe3c3ea1da95fcedc010acb6b9c16a1e3cc9369881ec02f2600715d6925f9018d7ab581a5141299246afdab887

    • 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