Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220812-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    08/09/2022, 12:39

General

  • Target
    HSBC Customer Information.com.exe
  • Size 196KB
  • Sample220908-pvl7xaefa5
  • SHA256 ef66ea0bcee19ccd3d2771a170ff218a3e43b27f1b18f24e08685cb4d3fe053a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Guloader,Cloudeye

    A shellcode based downloader first seen in 2020.

  • Checks QEMU agent file 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Checks presence of QEMU agent, possibly to detect virtualization.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

  • Gathers network information 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses commandline utility to view network configuration.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 46 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2804
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HSBC Customer Information.com.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HSBC Customer Information.com.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks QEMU agent file
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4724
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HSBC Customer Information.com.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HSBC Customer Information.com.exe"
        3⤵
        • Checks QEMU agent file
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger
        • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:736
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NETSTAT.EXE
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NETSTAT.EXE"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Gathers network information
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1596
      • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe"
        3⤵
          PID:1372

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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          Downloads

          System.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsr75BA.tmp\System.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 98bcd1dd88642f4dd36a300c76ebb1ddfbbbc5bfc7e3b6d7435dc6d6e030c13b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          memory/736-154-0x0000000001660000-0x0000000001760000-memory.dmp

          memory/736-155-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001654000-memory.dmp

          memory/736-147-0x000000001D7C0000-0x000000001DB0A000-memory.dmp

          memory/736-152-0x00007FF8A1FD0000-0x00007FF8A21C5000-memory.dmp

          memory/736-138-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001654000-memory.dmp

          memory/736-150-0x000000001D5C0000-0x000000001D5D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/736-140-0x0000000001660000-0x0000000001760000-memory.dmp

          memory/736-141-0x0000000001660000-0x0000000001760000-memory.dmp

          memory/736-142-0x00007FF8A1FD0000-0x00007FF8A21C5000-memory.dmp

          memory/736-143-0x00000000776F0000-0x0000000077893000-memory.dmp

          memory/736-144-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001654000-memory.dmp

          memory/736-145-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001654000-memory.dmp

          memory/736-146-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000001654000-memory.dmp

          memory/736-153-0x00000000776F0000-0x0000000077893000-memory.dmp

          memory/1596-156-0x0000000001410000-0x000000000175A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1596-157-0x0000000000300000-0x000000000030B000-memory.dmp

          memory/1596-158-0x0000000000CF0000-0x0000000000D1D000-memory.dmp

          memory/1596-159-0x0000000001240000-0x00000000012CF000-memory.dmp

          memory/1596-161-0x0000000000CF0000-0x0000000000D1D000-memory.dmp

          memory/2804-149-0x0000000008200000-0x000000000833A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2804-160-0x0000000002BD0000-0x0000000002CA4000-memory.dmp

          memory/2804-162-0x0000000002BD0000-0x0000000002CA4000-memory.dmp

          memory/4724-148-0x00000000042A0000-0x00000000043A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4724-133-0x00000000042A0000-0x00000000043A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4724-134-0x00000000042A0000-0x00000000043A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4724-139-0x00000000776F0000-0x0000000077893000-memory.dmp

          memory/4724-136-0x00000000776F0000-0x0000000077893000-memory.dmp

          memory/4724-135-0x00007FF8A1FD0000-0x00007FF8A21C5000-memory.dmp