24354524397121389a297ac8a7c1af8b7d3fd9f9caf6f21975557b6d0e531091

General

Target

Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
Size

6.2MB
MD5

0537e883d76c11df03adfe93ae6d5500
SHA1

f3090d8e68e8c35ed7e35a862759e3f444f0320c
SHA256

24354524397121389a297ac8a7c1af8b7d3fd9f9caf6f21975557b6d0e531091
SHA512

1f44e1acb1a1b66ca988f8233f10fc531c1f71303856ac9e442cc7f950894b8da37e40a89c99bd8cf1f27a85148033ef8bc1068060d6e5a052e60e64010f8380

Score

9^/10

discovery evasion themida trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
evasion

Query Registry
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion
T1497

Processes:

Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe

description ioc process

Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe

Drops file in Drivers directory 2 IoCs

Processes:

Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe

description	ioc	process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.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

Processes:

Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe

Themida packer 11 IoCs

Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

themida

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1056-55-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1056-57-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1056-58-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1056-59-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1056-60-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1056-61-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1056-62-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1056-63-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1056-64-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1056-71-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1056-95-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	themida

Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
discovery

Query Registry
T1012

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe

AutoIT Executable 9 IoCs

AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1056-58-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	autoit_exe
behavioral1/memory/1056-59-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	autoit_exe
behavioral1/memory/1056-60-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	autoit_exe
behavioral1/memory/1056-61-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	autoit_exe
behavioral1/memory/1056-62-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	autoit_exe
behavioral1/memory/1056-63-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	autoit_exe
behavioral1/memory/1056-64-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	autoit_exe
behavioral1/memory/1056-71-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	autoit_exe
behavioral1/memory/1056-95-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp	autoit_exe

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

Processes:

Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe

pid process

1056 Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 27 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

iexplore.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\BrowserEmulation\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Zoom	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{5A45B941-07C5-11ED-A4FC-CA554DF106CD} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IETld\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MINIE	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InternetRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MINIE\TabBandWidth = "500"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingDelete	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingDelete\C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\High\Active\{5A45B943-07C5-11ED-A4FC-CA554DF106CD}.dat = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe

Runs net.exe
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

Processes:

Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe

pid process

1056 Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 10 IoCs

Processes:

Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exeiexplore.exe

pid	process
1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
1276	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 9 IoCs

Processes:

Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe

pid	process
1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

pid process

1276 iexplore.exe
1276 iexplore.exe
1248 IEXPLORE.EXE
1248 IEXPLORE.EXE

pid	process
1276	iexplore.exe
1276	iexplore.exe
1248	IEXPLORE.EXE
1248	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs

Processes:

Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.execmd.exenet.execmd.exenet.execmd.exeiexplore.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 964	1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 964	1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 964	1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe	cmd.exe
PID 964 wrote to memory of 1540	964	cmd.exe	net.exe
PID 964 wrote to memory of 1540	964	cmd.exe	net.exe
PID 964 wrote to memory of 1540	964	cmd.exe	net.exe
PID 1540 wrote to memory of 1508	1540	net.exe	net1.exe
PID 1540 wrote to memory of 1508	1540	net.exe	net1.exe
PID 1540 wrote to memory of 1508	1540	net.exe	net1.exe
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 1560	1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 1560	1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 1560	1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1560 wrote to memory of 1712	1560	cmd.exe	net.exe
PID 1560 wrote to memory of 1712	1560	cmd.exe	net.exe
PID 1560 wrote to memory of 1712	1560	cmd.exe	net.exe
PID 1712 wrote to memory of 1504	1712	net.exe	net1.exe
PID 1712 wrote to memory of 1504	1712	net.exe	net1.exe
PID 1712 wrote to memory of 1504	1712	net.exe	net1.exe
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 620	1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 620	1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 620	1056	Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe	cmd.exe
PID 620 wrote to memory of 1276	620	cmd.exe	iexplore.exe
PID 620 wrote to memory of 1276	620	cmd.exe	iexplore.exe
PID 620 wrote to memory of 1276	620	cmd.exe	iexplore.exe
PID 1276 wrote to memory of 1248	1276	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 1276 wrote to memory of 1248	1276	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 1276 wrote to memory of 1248	1276	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 1276 wrote to memory of 1248	1276	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Acunetix Premium Activation Tool.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Drops file in Drivers directory
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1056

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C net stop Acunetix
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:964

C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
net stop Acunetix
3⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1540

C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop Acunetix
4⤵
PID:1508

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C net start Acunetix
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1560

C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
net start Acunetix
3⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1712

C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
C:\Windows\system32\net1 start Acunetix
4⤵
PID:1504

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c start https://www.Dr-FarFar.com/
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:620

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://www.dr-farfar.com/
3⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1276

C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:1276 CREDAT:275457 /prefetch:2
4⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:1248

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1

T1497

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

3

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1

T1497

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

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memory/620-73-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/964-65-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1056-64-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp

Filesize
14.6MB

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memory/1056-56-0x0000000076CE0000-0x0000000076E89000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/1056-58-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp

Filesize
14.6MB

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memory/1056-59-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp

Filesize
14.6MB

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memory/1056-60-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp

Filesize
14.6MB

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memory/1056-61-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp

Filesize
14.6MB

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memory/1056-62-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp

Filesize
14.6MB

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memory/1056-63-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp

Filesize
14.6MB

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memory/1056-54-0x000007FEFB561000-0x000007FEFB563000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1056-57-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp

Filesize
14.6MB

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memory/1056-96-0x0000000076CE0000-0x0000000076E89000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/1056-95-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp

Filesize
14.6MB

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memory/1056-55-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp

Filesize
14.6MB

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memory/1056-72-0x0000000076CE0000-0x0000000076E89000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/1056-71-0x000000013F0D0000-0x000000013FF65000-memory.dmp

Filesize
14.6MB

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memory/1504-70-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1508-67-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1540-66-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1560-68-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1712-69-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

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