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Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions	SOA.exe

Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Query Registry

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools	SOA.exe

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	SOA.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	SOA.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2629973501-4017243118-3254762364-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	SOA.exe

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2629973501-4017243118-3254762364-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	RegSvcs.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2629973501-4017243118-3254762364-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	RegSvcs.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2629973501-4017243118-3254762364-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	RegSvcs.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.

flow	ioc
89	api.ipify.org
90	api.ipify.org

Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum	SOA.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	SOA.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4612 set thread context of 2084	4612	SOA.exe	91

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

persistence

Scheduled Task

pid	Process
2272	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4612	SOA.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4612	SOA.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2084	RegSvcs.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4612 wrote to memory of 2272	4612	SOA.exe	89
PID 4612 wrote to memory of 2272	4612	SOA.exe	89
PID 4612 wrote to memory of 2272	4612	SOA.exe	89
PID 4612 wrote to memory of 2084	4612	SOA.exe	91
PID 4612 wrote to memory of 2084	4612	SOA.exe	91
PID 4612 wrote to memory of 2084	4612	SOA.exe	91
PID 4612 wrote to memory of 2084	4612	SOA.exe	91
PID 4612 wrote to memory of 2084	4612	SOA.exe	91
PID 4612 wrote to memory of 2084	4612	SOA.exe	91
PID 4612 wrote to memory of 2084	4612	SOA.exe	91
PID 4612 wrote to memory of 2084	4612	SOA.exe	91

outlook_office_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2629973501-4017243118-3254762364-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	RegSvcs.exe

outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2629973501-4017243118-3254762364-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	RegSvcs.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SOA.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SOA.exe"
1⤵
- Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
- Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Checks computer location settings
- Maps connected drives based on registry
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4612
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\kyuaFogx" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF830.tmp"
  2⤵
  - Creates scheduled task(s)
  PID:2272
- C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe
  "{path}"
  2⤵
  - Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - outlook_office_path
  - outlook_win_path
  PID:2084

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task

Persistence

Scheduled Task

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

4

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2

Lateral Movement

Collection

Email Collection