General

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

vidar

Version

3.3

Botnet

6249428d98f616f0a52a7f6e4d9f589d

C2

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199492257783

https://t.me/justsometg

Attributes
  • profile_id_v2

    6249428d98f616f0a52a7f6e4d9f589d

  • user_agent

    Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux 3.5.4-1-ARCH i686; es) KHTML/4.9.1 (like Gecko) Konqueror/4.9

Targets

    • Detect rhadamanthys stealer shellcode

    • Lumma Stealer

      An infostealer written in C++ first seen in August 2022.

    • Rhadamanthys

      Rhadamanthys is an info stealer written in C++ first seen in August 2022.

    • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess

    • Vidar

      Vidar is an infostealer based on Arkei stealer.

    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

    • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry

    • Downloads MZ/PE file

    • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key

    • Stops running service(s)

    • 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.

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Reads user/profile data of web browsers

      Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

    • Themida packer

      Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

    • UPX packed file

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

    • Accesses 2FA software files, possible credential harvesting

    • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles

    • Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • Checks installed software on the system

      Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    • 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.

    • Maps connected drives based on registry

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

    • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)

      Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Modify Existing Service

1
T1031

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Bootkit

1
T1067

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

3
T1497

Impair Defenses

1
T1562

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Credential Access

Credentials in Files

3
T1081

Discovery

Query Registry

10
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

3
T1497

System Information Discovery

7
T1082

Peripheral Device Discovery

1
T1120

Collection

Data from Local System

3
T1005

Email Collection

1
T1114

Command and Control

Web Service

1
T1102

Impact

Service Stop

1
T1489

Tasks