venus | 0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be

General

Target

0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe
Size

225KB
MD5

8691dae21568faaeda49bcd640e1ad23
SHA1

524b589ef403ff21cf040ef33c21b1d6d8235feb
SHA256

0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be
SHA512

870aedf4a6ee62cbfdc4c094ddf3da08fb603dc248e36baa9ae833b5f22e930650f97b7d1d1a78787c5ae40e03d131b1814ca34a7264cc9b311cb92f2f1eb30d
SSDEEP

6144:2NRgzJmXrQwAPj5XJkcXV50DErs5xgTw7ozFz254W:URglerQwAjkzDZGcoxfW

Score

10^/10

venus persistence ransomware

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

\??\E:\README.html

Ransom Note

<html><head><title>Venus</title><style type = "text/css">*{padding:0;margin:0}p{color:white}.f{background-color:#ff7c00;width:100%;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;height:100%}.c h1{color:white;line-height:80px}.r{word-break:break-all;float:left;width:100%;text-align:center}</style></head><body><div class="f"><div class="c"><h1 align="center"><<<Venus>>></h1></div><div class="r"><p></br></br></br></br><strong>We downloaded and encrypted your data.</strong></br>Only we can decrypt your data.<br><strong>IMPORTANT!</strong><br> If you, your programmers or your friends would try to help you to decrypt the files it can cause data loss even after you pay.<br> In this case we will not be able to help you.<br>Do not play with files.</p><p>Do not rename encrypted files.<br>Do not try to decrypt your data using third party software, it may cause permanent data loss.<br>Decryption of your files with the help of third parties may cause increased price or you can become a victim of a scam.</br>-----------------------------------------------------</br>Contact and send this file to us:<br><strong><br>email:[email protected]<br>email:[email protected]<br></strong><br><br>njUpGL4ybYXsjFWpsFzLr8i/fav12H8VbSivjtSOBwQGzs9Ehs6sjnS2+r8PR9or V1/0Zzs5uLzOeXgeECMqYiFyPmZ9+HEyfB9FWq59o/64aIQfHGyG6PP0YbpQYmKr U4jLl7dQsEqDophMtt5af+lLI6wd0qdqJTZfISnUcLIlIzdEWX7ZSizWSvsuVMUJ RTQ9CpNHizUiiUSFX2T91jFhzbi3dL86Swzj3dXNtQy2PoRWcxVu9j89KQr3lgz0 oMU4uxsjGVuzzQhiBT6hWGpUKFXtCdZZUSON0ta9byjPd5gLzuN0/a2eIxKU5W9t rOdt0vuJR1921Mx03UMqhwuIMQOBjXCNN1/XkWtArh1xap3qpCtxmyPTOzv5QaXu 4uO+Exe3jm1Tj2sq0StfJB1PIgHvPbTj3fD2lp+EYGRKXClg1Qo7WzHE9icq9FO+ BODaoM28JSD3+bGH9/pXJcTV9Iqc/PClP0ID/kLGoIzyP1APEt/U7j2gM1zDCx1y vb315HL7kg9NL20pljOvgjaxs7quWSXYo+cur61sgH1KajNuE4qP+VNJn/bo70W/ Pe1LHv/rOHVOFenAdEIXwlgQBEK0VY5ksb00QBOj3Nw0UZyGgdg4Ed7/x92o0YfT pK1KqyPyyUit </p></div></body></html></html></body></html>

Emails

us:<br><strong><br>email:[email protected]<br>email:[email protected]<br></strong><br><br>njUpGL4ybYXsjFWpsFzLr8i/fav12H8VbSivjtSOBwQGzs9Ehs6sjnS2+r8PR9or

Signatures

Venus
Venus is a ransomware first seen in 2022.
ransomware venus

Venus Ransomware 6 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/668-132-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp	family_venus
behavioral2/memory/668-133-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp	family_venus
behavioral2/files/0x0006000000022e3e-135.dat	family_venus
behavioral2/files/0x0006000000022e3e-137.dat	family_venus
behavioral2/memory/4480-138-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp	family_venus
behavioral2/memory/4480-140-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp	family_venus

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4480	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2386679933-1492765628-3466841596-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2386679933-1492765628-3466841596-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe = "C:\\Windows\\0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe"	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe

Drops desktop.ini file(s) 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	\??\E:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-2386679933-1492765628-3466841596-1000\desktop.ini	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe
File opened for modification	\Device\HarddiskVolume1\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-2386679933-1492765628-3466841596-1000\desktop.ini	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe

Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
File opened (read-only)	\??\E:	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\F:	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\16169505781972527219.png	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe
File created	C:\Windows\0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

System Information Discovery
T1082

Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs

evasion

pid	Process
1828	taskkill.exe

Modifies registry class 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}\Instance\	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.venus	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.venus\DefaultIcon	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.venus\DefaultIcon\ = "C:\\Windows\\16169505781972527219.png"	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
4640	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4480	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe
Token: SeTcbPrivilege	4480	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	4480	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4480	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1828	taskkill.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 668 wrote to memory of 4480	668	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe	82
PID 668 wrote to memory of 4480	668	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe	82
PID 668 wrote to memory of 4480	668	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe	82
PID 668 wrote to memory of 3616	668	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe	84
PID 668 wrote to memory of 3616	668	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe	84
PID 3616 wrote to memory of 4640	3616	cmd.exe	86
PID 3616 wrote to memory of 4640	3616	cmd.exe	86
PID 4480 wrote to memory of 2304	4480	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe	88
PID 4480 wrote to memory of 2304	4480	0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe	88
PID 2304 wrote to memory of 1828	2304	cmd.exe	90
PID 2304 wrote to memory of 1828	2304	cmd.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:668
- C:\Windows\0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe
  "C:\Windows\0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe" g g g o n e123
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Drops desktop.ini file(s)
  - Enumerates connected drives
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - Modifies registry class
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4480
- - C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
    /C taskkill /F /IM msftesql.exe /IM sqlagent.exe /IM sqlbrowser.exe /IM sqlservr.exe /IM sqlwriter.exe /IM oracle.exe /IM ocssd.exe /IM dbsnmp.exe /IM synctime.exe /IM mydesktopqos.exe /IM agntsvc.exe /IM isqlplussvc.exe /IM xfssvccon.exe /IM mydesktopservice.exe /IM ocautoupds.exe /IM agntsvc.exe /IM agntsvc.exe /IM agntsvc.exe /IM encsvc.exe /IM firefoxconfig.exe /IM tbirdconfig.exe /IM ocomm.exe /IM mysqld.exe /IM mysqld-nt.exe /IM mysqld-opt.exe /IM dbeng50.exe /IM sqbcoreservice.exe /IM excel.exe /IM infopath.exe /IM msaccess.exe /IM mspub.exe /IM onenote.exe /IM outlook.exe /IM powerpnt.exe /IM sqlservr.exe /IM thebat64.exe /IM thunderbird.exe /IM winword.exe /IM wordpad.exe
    3⤵
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2304
  - - C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
      taskkill /F /IM msftesql.exe /IM sqlagent.exe /IM sqlbrowser.exe /IM sqlservr.exe /IM sqlwriter.exe /IM oracle.exe /IM ocssd.exe /IM dbsnmp.exe /IM synctime.exe /IM mydesktopqos.exe /IM agntsvc.exe /IM isqlplussvc.exe /IM xfssvccon.exe /IM mydesktopservice.exe /IM ocautoupds.exe /IM agntsvc.exe /IM agntsvc.exe /IM agntsvc.exe /IM encsvc.exe /IM firefoxconfig.exe /IM tbirdconfig.exe /IM ocomm.exe /IM mysqld.exe /IM mysqld-nt.exe /IM mysqld-opt.exe /IM dbeng50.exe /IM sqbcoreservice.exe /IM excel.exe /IM infopath.exe /IM msaccess.exe /IM mspub.exe /IM onenote.exe /IM outlook.exe /IM powerpnt.exe /IM sqlservr.exe /IM thebat64.exe /IM thunderbird.exe /IM winword.exe /IM wordpad.exe
      4⤵
      Kills process with taskkill
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1828
- C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
  /c ping localhost -n 3 > nul & del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3616
- - C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
    ping localhost -n 3
    3⤵
    - Runs ping.exe
    PID:4640

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1060

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

Query Registry

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

3

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Windows\0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe

Filesize
225KB

MD5
8691dae21568faaeda49bcd640e1ad23

SHA1
524b589ef403ff21cf040ef33c21b1d6d8235feb

SHA256
0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be

SHA512
870aedf4a6ee62cbfdc4c094ddf3da08fb603dc248e36baa9ae833b5f22e930650f97b7d1d1a78787c5ae40e03d131b1814ca34a7264cc9b311cb92f2f1eb30d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be.exe

Filesize
225KB

MD5
8691dae21568faaeda49bcd640e1ad23

SHA1
524b589ef403ff21cf040ef33c21b1d6d8235feb

SHA256
0a1dbcff63619c4d9072484bb17b3d06300504e836e42df98eadf57e7ad0d0be

SHA512
870aedf4a6ee62cbfdc4c094ddf3da08fb603dc248e36baa9ae833b5f22e930650f97b7d1d1a78787c5ae40e03d131b1814ca34a7264cc9b311cb92f2f1eb30d

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memory/668-132-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/668-133-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/4480-138-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/4480-140-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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