General

  • Target

    Hellgate.exe

  • Size

    1.0MB

  • Sample

    221013-yele4sbca6

  • MD5

    e1cdb32a46b1bf6b3c4dffdaf1058100

  • SHA1

    0405bafb45a384e6e9855f1ca37b3be965e59406

  • SHA256

    96b725f4b6600d65455c4b7c67e417a8c819f06079634f9f8828093509a16054

  • SHA512

    b986e2c5bda8704bd4534098e0becde31588a5d8ae9f9e052869409ad8943bebe9909b9b2d2f4a5f77a546dd23997ee80905c89c0186f7020618ea2b52769906

  • SSDEEP

    6144:GSncRllCFdsiI8WZWuPf021sgkvnHn/gkvnHnldAnHnQbGYzN7+fdTd:L4mtItn021wvJvo8zF+

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

mercurialgrabber

C2

https://discord.com/api/webhooks/987640098617172000/PbaLpTwyRpxg4qbEnOz-zr-tqlDiGl8IEoGkhHD7lhsWbbidSSOOQHu7ONx6CmdAgK7-

Targets

    • Target

      Hellgate.exe

    • Size

      1.0MB

    • MD5

      e1cdb32a46b1bf6b3c4dffdaf1058100

    • SHA1

      0405bafb45a384e6e9855f1ca37b3be965e59406

    • SHA256

      96b725f4b6600d65455c4b7c67e417a8c819f06079634f9f8828093509a16054

    • SHA512

      b986e2c5bda8704bd4534098e0becde31588a5d8ae9f9e052869409ad8943bebe9909b9b2d2f4a5f77a546dd23997ee80905c89c0186f7020618ea2b52769906

    • SSDEEP

      6144:GSncRllCFdsiI8WZWuPf021sgkvnHn/gkvnHnldAnHnQbGYzN7+fdTd:L4mtItn021wvJvo8zF+

    • Mercurial Grabber Stealer

      Mercurial Grabber is an open source stealer targeting Chrome, Discord and some game clients as well as generic system information.

    • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

      BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Reads user/profile data of web browsers

      Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

    • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

    • Looks up external IP address via web service

      Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

    • Maps connected drives based on registry

      Disk information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2
T1497

Install Root Certificate

1
T1130

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Credential Access

Credentials in Files

1
T1081

Discovery

Query Registry

8
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2
T1497

System Information Discovery

7
T1082

Peripheral Device Discovery

2
T1120

Collection

Data from Local System

1
T1005

Command and Control

Web Service

1
T1102

Tasks