General

  • Target

    C4Loader.exe

  • Size

    575KB

  • Sample

    221111-dge1wsgea8

  • MD5

    f159c8d7601d866641a6d31918d62e9e

  • SHA1

    2642f901f2d802e864d0a38da5095938ef143abb

  • SHA256

    eab9a40c5379d460e7d5f3d11c2b766ce8674c2240110e063fecb0c651e0dd67

  • SHA512

    da8ca4535c7476be5a157867cf516973fe634391be33a007f1c53afa3f8936b868edd3ce22da3e2152c14ed04660375781454ed38247d266a3136cb0f5a2f570

  • SSDEEP

    12288:ufG4JSQ6SUuy5OR62Cf/tUdCEiYQIF9GPUIcMGCozutXffjqAZgR:ufG4IQ6SUuyOCEiYQg9GPUIRoyfaR

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

redline

Botnet

1

C2

107.182.129.73:21733

Attributes
  • auth_value

    3a5bb0917495b4312d052a0b8977d2bb

Targets

    • Target

      C4Loader.exe

    • Size

      575KB

    • MD5

      f159c8d7601d866641a6d31918d62e9e

    • SHA1

      2642f901f2d802e864d0a38da5095938ef143abb

    • SHA256

      eab9a40c5379d460e7d5f3d11c2b766ce8674c2240110e063fecb0c651e0dd67

    • SHA512

      da8ca4535c7476be5a157867cf516973fe634391be33a007f1c53afa3f8936b868edd3ce22da3e2152c14ed04660375781454ed38247d266a3136cb0f5a2f570

    • SSDEEP

      12288:ufG4JSQ6SUuy5OR62Cf/tUdCEiYQIF9GPUIcMGCozutXffjqAZgR:ufG4IQ6SUuyOCEiYQg9GPUIRoyfaR

    • Modifies security service

    • RedLine

      RedLine Stealer is a malware family written in C#, first appearing in early 2020.

    • RedLine payload

    • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess

    • xmrig

      XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

    • XMRig Miner payload

    • Blocklisted process makes network request

    • Downloads MZ/PE file

    • Drops file in Drivers directory

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Stops running service(s)

    • UPX packed file

      Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Uses the VBS compiler for execution

    • Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting

    • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scripting

1
T1064

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Modify Existing Service

2
T1031

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Impair Defenses

1
T1562

Scripting

1
T1064

Credential Access

Credentials in Files

1
T1081

Collection

Data from Local System

1
T1005

Command and Control

Web Service

1
T1102

Impact

Service Stop

1
T1489

Tasks