General

  • Target

    4113f5b8526a18afb979ae9d4649c7e01abdf2c311608be8cd131a301298ea20

  • Size

    754KB

  • Sample

    221125-k2yr3aaf5w

  • MD5

    7458e53900eacc8d1c0738a242bf3d8b

  • SHA1

    c7665e28afc4b44882916d4abf8acf17abf5ce59

  • SHA256

    4113f5b8526a18afb979ae9d4649c7e01abdf2c311608be8cd131a301298ea20

  • SHA512

    7c8872c2769466762131464780e8982e8f9da652b2524bf13f0c7c8044f61ed54b0df1869ed1f62d6413c0b321176c327daa33d6a15144ab0e5b549c5fd93da2

  • SSDEEP

    12288:C9cxy4jZZ8vDc6h3iUhFbAsUMdzxP0V2t5fI44FPTZFyd4:C9cxy4jZ+vDc05hFXxxEIfhe7yd4

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

quasar

Version

2.1.0.0

Botnet

hacked

C2

23.105.131.178:7812

Mutex

VNM_MUTEX_0Ae9WwC7TPO9smz3BJ

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    jCEkwlvO5Scyan0S8vZo

  • install_name

    Windows Security Health Service.exe

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    Windows Update

  • subdirectory

    Microsoft

Targets

    • Target

      4113f5b8526a18afb979ae9d4649c7e01abdf2c311608be8cd131a301298ea20

    • Size

      754KB

    • MD5

      7458e53900eacc8d1c0738a242bf3d8b

    • SHA1

      c7665e28afc4b44882916d4abf8acf17abf5ce59

    • SHA256

      4113f5b8526a18afb979ae9d4649c7e01abdf2c311608be8cd131a301298ea20

    • SHA512

      7c8872c2769466762131464780e8982e8f9da652b2524bf13f0c7c8044f61ed54b0df1869ed1f62d6413c0b321176c327daa33d6a15144ab0e5b549c5fd93da2

    • SSDEEP

      12288:C9cxy4jZZ8vDc6h3iUhFbAsUMdzxP0V2t5fI44FPTZFyd4:C9cxy4jZ+vDc05hFXxxEIfhe7yd4

    • Contains code to disable Windows Defender

      A .NET executable tasked with disabling Windows Defender capabilities such as realtime monitoring, blocking at first seen, etc.

    • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings

    • Quasar RAT

      Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

    • Quasar payload

    • VenomRAT

      VenomRAT is a modified version of QuasarRAT with some added features, such as rootkit and stealer capabilites.

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Windows security modification

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • Looks up external IP address via web service

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

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Modify Existing Service

1
T1031

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

4
T1112

Disabling Security Tools

2
T1089

Install Root Certificate

1
T1130

Discovery

Query Registry

1
T1012

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Remote System Discovery

1
T1018

Tasks