General

  • Target

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnygdcSY1fo

  • Sample

    220924-p1yg5abcc7

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnygdcSY1fo

    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence

    • UAC bypass

    • Disables RegEdit via registry modification

    • Disables Task Manager via registry modification

    • Downloads MZ/PE file

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

    • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)

      Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

1
T1004

Bootkit

1
T1067

Privilege Escalation

Bypass User Account Control

1
T1088

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

3
T1112

Bypass User Account Control

1
T1088

Disabling Security Tools

1
T1089

Discovery

Query Registry

2
T1012

System Information Discovery

4
T1082

Command and Control

Web Service

1
T1102

Tasks