General

  • Target

    PO 55192752_PDF Dalian Hiscien Engineering Co Ltd iGST_eH2mYaM.exE

  • Size

    973KB

  • Sample

    230213-nn4ypscd3x

  • MD5

    76af89cc6f06552cf6815efa1b407161

  • SHA1

    1bdab78ec87c979938c4fd4645961a061abaf80b

  • SHA256

    f0e2be29b4f60291bb5e95eb8e23794502c74d7daff6754762ba486cf92f4c4f

  • SHA512

    2e675e58a5ed9c8f9955b9c0135f754f2965d1d21611826b3e71a8288082a2573c586e901a800f304a2e93ee557657432aa02af990e63813cf470cb0de2356e9

  • SSDEEP

    24576:PSzS0v+YHOtLnTtSnm0Do7BtQKft+pasie3G0iwUI3lN9nZ9GL0/+RA:x1/V+3B20TUGlPZ9GL1A

Malware Config

Extracted

Credentials

  • Protocol:
    ftp
  • Host:
    ftp.brado-it.com
  • Port:
    21
  • Username:
    pro@brado-it.com
  • Password:
    wKqTRDAW8B%F

Targets

    • Target

      PO 55192752_PDF Dalian Hiscien Engineering Co Ltd iGST_eH2mYaM.exE

    • Size

      973KB

    • MD5

      76af89cc6f06552cf6815efa1b407161

    • SHA1

      1bdab78ec87c979938c4fd4645961a061abaf80b

    • SHA256

      f0e2be29b4f60291bb5e95eb8e23794502c74d7daff6754762ba486cf92f4c4f

    • SHA512

      2e675e58a5ed9c8f9955b9c0135f754f2965d1d21611826b3e71a8288082a2573c586e901a800f304a2e93ee557657432aa02af990e63813cf470cb0de2356e9

    • SSDEEP

      24576:PSzS0v+YHOtLnTtSnm0Do7BtQKft+pasie3G0iwUI3lN9nZ9GL0/+RA:x1/V+3B20TUGlPZ9GL1A

    • HawkEye

      HawkEye is a malware kit that has seen continuous development since at least 2013.

    • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry

    • NirSoft MailPassView

      Password recovery tool for various email clients

    • NirSoft WebBrowserPassView

      Password recovery tool for various web browsers

    • Nirsoft

    • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

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

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Uses the VBS compiler for execution

    • Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts

    • 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.

    • Maps connected drives based on registry

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

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scripting

1
T1064

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2
T1497

Scripting

1
T1064

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

5
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2
T1497

System Information Discovery

4
T1082

Peripheral Device Discovery

1
T1120

Collection

Email Collection

1
T1114

Tasks