hawkeye | f10ff26e4882c7eab600b372b29278374cda555f4da20b93d8d600a3222a59e2

General

Target

payload.exe_protected.exe
Size

4.1MB
MD5

6b09bdd2536034fd92a6566125d06395
SHA1

6f72dac783433b63d7cdac4897748052b24ce73d
SHA256

61eaf05d36fd2b921f67d4154dc4c7ef573572015a1b0aff1936a99644c2245d
SHA512

9925d988b9d9e066123ac86a33c57d6e1a41e412933aecb3a290c6f4f968b22956e1423fc8129799411e5a835ea5002c9458214d16c9af8924d809ec79a59186
SSDEEP

98304:Eff7JW0H4T0GbQ7wVUUOzR9qq5YaFgQacIQJaRDW8RG:OfL4T0Gb9U3NPhFgpcxJ8DO

Score

10^/10

hawkeye collection evasion keylogger spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

HawkEye
HawkEye is a malware kit that has seen continuous development since at least 2013.
keylogger trojan stealer spyware hawkeye
Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
evasion

Query Registry
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion
T1497

Processes:

payload.exe_protected.exe

description ioc process

Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ payload.exe_protected.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	payload.exe_protected.exe

NirSoft MailPassView 4 IoCs

Password recovery tool for various email clients

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2060-139-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp	MailPassView
behavioral2/memory/2060-140-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	MailPassView
behavioral2/memory/2060-142-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	MailPassView
behavioral2/memory/2060-143-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	MailPassView

NirSoft WebBrowserPassView 5 IoCs

Password recovery tool for various web browsers

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1116-145-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp	WebBrowserPassView
behavioral2/memory/1116-146-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView
behavioral2/memory/1116-148-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView
behavioral2/memory/1116-149-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView
behavioral2/memory/1116-151-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView

Nirsoft 9 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2060-139-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/2060-140-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/2060-142-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/2060-143-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/1116-145-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/1116-146-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/1116-148-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/1116-149-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/1116-151-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

payload.exe_protected.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	payload.exe_protected.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	payload.exe_protected.exe

Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs

Scripting
T1064

Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

Processes:

vbc.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\OMI Account Manager\Accounts	vbc.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
evasion trojan

System Information Discovery
T1082

Processes:

payload.exe_protected.exe

description ioc process

Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA payload.exe_protected.exe
Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

Processes:

flow ioc

29 whatismyipaddress.com
31 whatismyipaddress.com
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

Processes:

payload.exe_protected.exe

pid process

1368 payload.exe_protected.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	payload.exe_protected.exe

flow	ioc
29	whatismyipaddress.com
31	whatismyipaddress.com

pid	process
1368	payload.exe_protected.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

Processes:

payload.exe_protected.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1368 set thread context of 2060	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe
PID 1368 set thread context of 1116	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

vbc.exe

pid process

1116 vbc.exe
1116 vbc.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

payload.exe_protected.exe

description pid process

Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1368 payload.exe_protected.exe

pid	process
1116	vbc.exe
1116	vbc.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs

Processes:

payload.exe_protected.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1368 wrote to memory of 2060	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe
PID 1368 wrote to memory of 2060	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe
PID 1368 wrote to memory of 2060	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe
PID 1368 wrote to memory of 2060	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe
PID 1368 wrote to memory of 2060	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe
PID 1368 wrote to memory of 2060	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe
PID 1368 wrote to memory of 2060	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe
PID 1368 wrote to memory of 2060	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe
PID 1368 wrote to memory of 2060	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe
PID 1368 wrote to memory of 1116	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe
PID 1368 wrote to memory of 1116	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe
PID 1368 wrote to memory of 1116	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe
PID 1368 wrote to memory of 1116	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe
PID 1368 wrote to memory of 1116	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe
PID 1368 wrote to memory of 1116	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe
PID 1368 wrote to memory of 1116	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe
PID 1368 wrote to memory of 1116	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe
PID 1368 wrote to memory of 1116	1368	payload.exe_protected.exe	vbc.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\payload.exe_protected.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\payload.exe_protected.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1368

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\holdermail.txt"
2⤵
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts
PID:2060

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\holderwb.txt"
2⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:1116

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Scripting

1

T1064

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Scripting

1

T1064

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1

T1497

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

2

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1

T1497

Lateral Movement

Collection

Email Collection

1

T1114

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\holderwb.txt
Filesize
3KB

MD5
f94dc819ca773f1e3cb27abbc9e7fa27

SHA1
9a7700efadc5ea09ab288544ef1e3cd876255086

SHA256
a3377ade83786c2bdff5db19ff4dbfd796da4312402b5e77c4c63e38cc6eff92

SHA512
72a2c10d7a53a7f9a319dab66d77ed65639e9aa885b551e0055fc7eaf6ef33bbf109205b42ae11555a0f292563914bc6edb63b310c6f9bda9564095f77ab9196

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memory/1116-145-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1116-151-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

Filesize
352KB

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memory/1116-149-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

Filesize
352KB

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memory/1116-148-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

Filesize
352KB

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memory/1116-146-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

Filesize
352KB

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memory/1368-138-0x0000000077B50000-0x0000000077CF3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.6MB

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memory/1368-144-0x00000000752A0000-0x0000000075851000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1368-132-0x0000000000380000-0x0000000000D84000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.0MB

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memory/1368-137-0x00000000752A0000-0x0000000075851000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1368-134-0x0000000077B50000-0x0000000077CF3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.6MB

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memory/1368-133-0x0000000000380000-0x0000000000D84000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.0MB

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memory/2060-142-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2060-143-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2060-140-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2060-139-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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