General

  • Target

    0x000900000001231c-55.dat

  • Size

    75KB

  • Sample

    230205-k8k5jscc5y

  • MD5

    cef53d7c28cc468a7cda230634a4c1dd

  • SHA1

    147826c6b313e1274a166852a59f6ea7aff7703f

  • SHA256

    71055501b3a9f1272add3a541ed59592033e1210ef6914422d5536c614c66b4a

  • SHA512

    ed1d4473202f445bed306049b8184545c9857c8e45f5685257540731eb0057cf21519cd29d0db4a0dc9ad2ae4acee326f84849ba37ef54dd93ff5fbb46b13272

  • SSDEEP

    1536:g13Mz8y5D0FLcNU33CxcuxrMhenfFCLeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeWeeeee:JwLFLQs3vuxrPnfF

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

phorphiex

C2

http://185.215.113.66/

Targets

    • Target

      0x000900000001231c-55.dat

    • Size

      75KB

    • MD5

      cef53d7c28cc468a7cda230634a4c1dd

    • SHA1

      147826c6b313e1274a166852a59f6ea7aff7703f

    • SHA256

      71055501b3a9f1272add3a541ed59592033e1210ef6914422d5536c614c66b4a

    • SHA512

      ed1d4473202f445bed306049b8184545c9857c8e45f5685257540731eb0057cf21519cd29d0db4a0dc9ad2ae4acee326f84849ba37ef54dd93ff5fbb46b13272

    • SSDEEP

      1536:g13Mz8y5D0FLcNU33CxcuxrMhenfFCLeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeWeeeee:JwLFLQs3vuxrPnfF

    • Phorphiex

      Malware family which infects systems to distribute other malicious payloads such as ransomware, stealers and cryptominers.

    • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess

    • Windows security bypass

    • xmrig

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

    • XMRig Miner payload

    • Blocklisted process makes network request

    • Downloads MZ/PE file

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • UPX packed file

      Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

    • Windows security modification

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Defense Evasion

Disabling Security Tools

2
T1089

Modify Registry

3
T1112

Tasks