Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
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resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system -
submitted
01-09-2022 10:26
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe
Resource
win7-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20220812-en
General
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Target
Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe
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Size
900KB
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MD5
f53d6a0d4693488835b412fb558a75d3
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SHA1
802139308484ab4905f5af9b40f17d01568a9790
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SHA256
3e2842c40ff26c60b69e08934b9b80fefe0cd2d091fbd6fa91a2b97f3487137c
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SHA512
561d6b80db0deca56af17f3debf422d7cfbe867629b000a0e5a232de2a1f296b2e355549edbb10866939e7ace619331919069ad54bc552b1585d4f9788d1febb
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SSDEEP
24576:3Z5sXY+mzo3bvQhPGbuYKeS0eVIUdJyh:J5qlmzMIlGan0eD3C
Malware Config
Signatures
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BluStealer
A Modular information stealer written in Visual Basic.
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StormKitty
StormKitty is an open source info stealer written in C#.
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StormKitty payload 4 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/1556-78-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000EA000-memory.dmp family_stormkitty behavioral1/memory/1556-79-0x00000000000E4F6E-mapping.dmp family_stormkitty behavioral1/memory/1556-83-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000EA000-memory.dmp family_stormkitty behavioral1/memory/1556-81-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000EA000-memory.dmp family_stormkitty -
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2292972927-2705560509-2768824231-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 AppLaunch.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2292972927-2705560509-2768824231-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 AppLaunch.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2292972927-2705560509-2768824231-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 AppLaunch.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 icanhazip.com -
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1976 set thread context of 1052 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 32 PID 1052 set thread context of 1556 1052 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 33 -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.
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Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 AppLaunch.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\Identifier AppLaunch.exe -
Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 2032 schtasks.exe -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
pid Process 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 2044 powershell.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2044 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1556 AppLaunch.exe -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 1052 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 26 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1976 wrote to memory of 2044 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 28 PID 1976 wrote to memory of 2044 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 28 PID 1976 wrote to memory of 2044 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 28 PID 1976 wrote to memory of 2044 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 28 PID 1976 wrote to memory of 2032 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 30 PID 1976 wrote to memory of 2032 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 30 PID 1976 wrote to memory of 2032 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 30 PID 1976 wrote to memory of 2032 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 30 PID 1976 wrote to memory of 1052 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 32 PID 1976 wrote to memory of 1052 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 32 PID 1976 wrote to memory of 1052 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 32 PID 1976 wrote to memory of 1052 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 32 PID 1976 wrote to memory of 1052 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 32 PID 1976 wrote to memory of 1052 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 32 PID 1976 wrote to memory of 1052 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 32 PID 1976 wrote to memory of 1052 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 32 PID 1976 wrote to memory of 1052 1976 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 32 PID 1052 wrote to memory of 1556 1052 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 33 PID 1052 wrote to memory of 1556 1052 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 33 PID 1052 wrote to memory of 1556 1052 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 33 PID 1052 wrote to memory of 1556 1052 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 33 PID 1052 wrote to memory of 1556 1052 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 33 PID 1052 wrote to memory of 1556 1052 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 33 PID 1052 wrote to memory of 1556 1052 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 33 PID 1052 wrote to memory of 1556 1052 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 33 PID 1052 wrote to memory of 1556 1052 Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe 33 -
outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2292972927-2705560509-2768824231-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 AppLaunch.exe -
outlook_win_path 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2292972927-2705560509-2768824231-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 AppLaunch.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1976 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\vFDcoe.exe"2⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2044
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\vFDcoe" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpAD7F.tmp"2⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:2032
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Halkbank_Ekstre_20220901_060735_484554.exe"2⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1052 -
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\AppLaunch.exeC:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\AppLaunch.exe3⤵
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
- Checks processor information in registry
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- outlook_office_path
- outlook_win_path
PID:1556
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6
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Downloads
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Filesize
1KB
MD537f47457da2bf50daaa3e4d3b390f5f4
SHA1b6522cfa616c3f8451c348fa9334d83b3b1a63dc
SHA256100c066a0a057ca40818eaa0dc873426a6a427257b0af1ab821bfad9d0061d17
SHA512576cf2b35f85ad194f91466b19aa884eb8b494aaabb960116e7de847409aa32e0d21af5f6c5e28b12346979f32b133e2a0323525415091fe170330b3349ec3f5