General

  • Target

    835f243d003c5a32c3f1d4cd50713a46fcf70121cfde278f0bc98ef9567af6d4

  • Size

    7.3MB

  • Sample

    220809-ekx7bacfck

  • MD5

    f9ab75206a1dfc85b69ee04068cd34cf

  • SHA1

    3b1a85c8dd2b7080b2e3eb3aa950992886b3c89e

  • SHA256

    835f243d003c5a32c3f1d4cd50713a46fcf70121cfde278f0bc98ef9567af6d4

  • SHA512

    8eb56f43b21d728251a5a8e28ad7f6165a0ccfae37d6f7c43ad636fb1b955ca676c4576429f239c086ad22bbab1187d4e68e63c950b260ea5594ee07df3f4593

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      835f243d003c5a32c3f1d4cd50713a46fcf70121cfde278f0bc98ef9567af6d4

    • Size

      7.3MB

    • MD5

      f9ab75206a1dfc85b69ee04068cd34cf

    • SHA1

      3b1a85c8dd2b7080b2e3eb3aa950992886b3c89e

    • SHA256

      835f243d003c5a32c3f1d4cd50713a46fcf70121cfde278f0bc98ef9567af6d4

    • SHA512

      8eb56f43b21d728251a5a8e28ad7f6165a0ccfae37d6f7c43ad636fb1b955ca676c4576429f239c086ad22bbab1187d4e68e63c950b260ea5594ee07df3f4593

    • 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.

    • 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

2
T1112

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

Impair Defenses

1
T1562

File Permissions Modification

1
T1222

Discovery

Query Registry

2
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Impact

Service Stop

1
T1489

Tasks