44235f089fb8a325ccb9266b03c415aaa9d34e6af803eb1c7127fd12327021a0

General

Target

WaterX/waterx.exe
Size

5.1MB
MD5

6a774cdac85aef960516a02d0a6d504b
SHA1

f7cd4171c42337a938fdb2d6b67191eb492885db
SHA256

517d8ea847af39d0dbe01a53705edfa43a69e4ebf0aeb80bf4cf2beb8961c856
SHA512

6116c93ce51167d705baa6a856b1713ef5c4e54201ce6e7b51ac422cc69b45162fd23534946bd0325881d68a4c070f21a9ad483e3697c6eb5c233458f113e2f7
SSDEEP

98304:LYoQQWXDaQGUK76Iw8T2mx+V+iQgXLDLKZzyNxWIa3zYswKJ/BAw:LYoQNEr76Y6mx+VXJiIGIa3z/wdw

Score

9^/10

evasion themida trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	waterx.exe

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

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

Themida packer 2 IoCs

Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

themida

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1768-56-0x0000000000850000-0x0000000001530000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1768-57-0x0000000000850000-0x0000000001530000-memory.dmp	themida

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	waterx.exe

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1768	waterx.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 27 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\BrowserEmulation\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MINIE	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InternetRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{D39C2CE1-E995-11ED-B4C4-F2A4F945A9C1} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IETld\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingDelete	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MINIE\TabBandWidth = "500"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingDelete\C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\High\Active\{D39C2CE3-E995-11ED-B4C4-F2A4F945A9C1}.dat = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Zoom	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2647223082-2067913677-935928954-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1768	waterx.exe
268	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
268	iexplore.exe
268	iexplore.exe
1672	IEXPLORE.EXE
1672	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1768 wrote to memory of 268	1768	waterx.exe	28
PID 1768 wrote to memory of 268	1768	waterx.exe	28
PID 1768 wrote to memory of 268	1768	waterx.exe	28
PID 1768 wrote to memory of 268	1768	waterx.exe	28
PID 268 wrote to memory of 1672	268	iexplore.exe	30
PID 268 wrote to memory of 1672	268	iexplore.exe	30
PID 268 wrote to memory of 1672	268	iexplore.exe	30
PID 268 wrote to memory of 1672	268	iexplore.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WaterX\waterx.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WaterX\waterx.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1768
- C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://api.naxetscripts.com/getkey
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:268
- - C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:268 CREDAT:275457 /prefetch:2
    3⤵
    - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1672

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1

T1497

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

2

T1012

System Information Discovery

3

T1082

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1

T1497

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/1768-56-0x0000000000850000-0x0000000001530000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12.9MB

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memory/1768-57-0x0000000000850000-0x0000000001530000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12.9MB

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memory/1768-58-0x0000000000850000-0x0000000001530000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12.9MB

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memory/1768-59-0x0000000003030000-0x0000000003070000-memory.dmp

Filesize
256KB

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memory/1768-60-0x0000000005970000-0x0000000005D2C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.7MB

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memory/1768-61-0x0000000003030000-0x0000000003070000-memory.dmp

Filesize
256KB

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memory/1768-62-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000007FA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/1768-63-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000007FA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/1768-64-0x0000000003030000-0x0000000003070000-memory.dmp

Filesize
256KB

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memory/1768-66-0x0000000000850000-0x0000000001530000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12.9MB

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memory/1768-68-0x0000000003030000-0x0000000003070000-memory.dmp

Filesize
256KB

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memory/1768-69-0x0000000003030000-0x0000000003070000-memory.dmp

Filesize
256KB

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memory/1768-70-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000007FA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/1768-71-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000007FA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/1768-72-0x0000000003030000-0x0000000003070000-memory.dmp

Filesize
256KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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