General

  • Target

    notepad.exe

  • Size

    4.6MB

  • Sample

    230111-lcp93afe91

  • MD5

    f91a4f2fe37f1008f8f2b0d597dbd5fa

  • SHA1

    3293698ca35076659fbaaac4868ba57afc3e560d

  • SHA256

    c3031bd36d177c5468c59ef675d13ac9426a973e23df9c7749fb79e98a89bdc1

  • SHA512

    64e0815402e0b2fa2dc43b23a129c2aeb1378d589924eec3105617f1da96e00568e59dda87040e4f2c43e74410398f98d007f0fb6be8fe835e2a205b29798bc1

  • SSDEEP

    98304:Ff2WmtHyEOQPBxeasACzue9KtecGu7YRq4AXb6nJXSTH1h+MD+xT:ktHRGasnnu0iXb6ntSWM

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      notepad.exe

    • Size

      4.6MB

    • MD5

      f91a4f2fe37f1008f8f2b0d597dbd5fa

    • SHA1

      3293698ca35076659fbaaac4868ba57afc3e560d

    • SHA256

      c3031bd36d177c5468c59ef675d13ac9426a973e23df9c7749fb79e98a89bdc1

    • SHA512

      64e0815402e0b2fa2dc43b23a129c2aeb1378d589924eec3105617f1da96e00568e59dda87040e4f2c43e74410398f98d007f0fb6be8fe835e2a205b29798bc1

    • SSDEEP

      98304:Ff2WmtHyEOQPBxeasACzue9KtecGu7YRq4AXb6nJXSTH1h+MD+xT:ktHRGasnnu0iXb6ntSWM

    • Modifies security service

    • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess

    • xmrig

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

    • XMRig Miner payload

    • Drops file in Drivers directory

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Possible privilege escalation attempt

    • Stops running service(s)

    • Modifies file permissions

    • 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.

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Persistence

Modify Existing Service

2
T1031

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

2
T1112

Impair Defenses

1
T1562

File Permissions Modification

1
T1222

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1
T1082

Command and Control

Web Service

1
T1102

Impact

Service Stop

1
T1489

Tasks