hawkeye | bec10e0f1fa3d6a1485f8590c5d11f082a2c3a57eac821332eca390b18d4c036

General

Target

PO#894.exe
Size

1.5MB
MD5

9ae482062c306491334cb178fe919a3e
SHA1

c2f76bc7512dfc45621fc7f23f8b2deb6c45f5f0
SHA256

1f998c6032159b469178389d2cc6debf14c810bd11b3be86a374ee7608d11cac
SHA512

8dcd3ad324ada81ac3c40618b3754aa850f9fbdd4ee26105a28bdd39b62ae0625688827eae5499de6358779f150c7c2f790a136d010b7d55169203253a81bddb
SSDEEP

24576:PXXQKVZnyHJ/mUgHrxpyUdjYxZi/nLzy+yNzbMCms016w33yd2OluON4fA9uCG:PHQ4nypujrxp5YxZ8LzlyZAd/L3yd2O8

Score

10^/10

hawkeye collection evasion keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Credentials

Protocol: ftp
Host:
ftp.lucd.ru
Port:
21
Username:
[email protected]
Password:
doll@@2020

Signatures

HawkEye
HawkEye is a malware kit that has seen continuous development since at least 2013.
keylogger trojan stealer spyware hawkeye
Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
evasion

Query Registry
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion
T1497

Processes:

PO#894.exe

description ioc process

Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions PO#894.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions	PO#894.exe

NirSoft MailPassView 5 IoCs

Password recovery tool for various email clients

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3808-145-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000488000-memory.dmp	MailPassView
behavioral2/memory/4436-153-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	MailPassView
behavioral2/memory/4436-155-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	MailPassView
behavioral2/memory/4436-157-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	MailPassView
behavioral2/memory/3808-166-0x0000000005C60000-0x0000000005C70000-memory.dmp	MailPassView

NirSoft WebBrowserPassView 5 IoCs

Password recovery tool for various web browsers

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3808-145-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000488000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView
behavioral2/memory/2428-160-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView
behavioral2/memory/2428-162-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView
behavioral2/memory/2428-167-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView
behavioral2/memory/2428-170-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView

Nirsoft 9 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3808-145-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000488000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/4436-153-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/4436-155-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/4436-157-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/2428-160-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/2428-162-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/3808-166-0x0000000005C60000-0x0000000005C70000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/2428-167-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/2428-170-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft

Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
evasion

Query Registry
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion
T1497

Processes:

PO#894.exe

description ioc process

Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools PO#894.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools	PO#894.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

Processes:

PO#894.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	PO#894.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	PO#894.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry
T1012

System Information Discovery
T1082

Processes:

PO#894.exe

description ioc process

Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3195054982-4292022746-1467505928-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation PO#894.exe
Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs

Scripting
T1064

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3195054982-4292022746-1467505928-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	PO#894.exe

Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

Processes:

vbc.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3195054982-4292022746-1467505928-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\OMI Account Manager\Accounts	vbc.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

PO#894.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3195054982-4292022746-1467505928-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Windows Update = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\WindowsUpdate.exe"	PO#894.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.

Processes:

flow ioc

15 whatismyipaddress.com
17 whatismyipaddress.com

flow	ioc
15	whatismyipaddress.com
17	whatismyipaddress.com

Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

PO#894.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum	PO#894.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	PO#894.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs

Processes:

PO#894.exePO#894.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 580 set thread context of 3808	580	PO#894.exe	PO#894.exe
PID 3808 set thread context of 4436	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe
PID 3808 set thread context of 2428	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe

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

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
T1053

Processes:

schtasks.exe

pid process

4736 schtasks.exe
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs

Processes:

PO#894.exevbc.exePO#894.exe

pid process

580 PO#894.exe
580 PO#894.exe
580 PO#894.exe
2428 vbc.exe
2428 vbc.exe
3808 PO#894.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

Processes:

PO#894.exePO#894.exe

description pid process

Token: SeDebugPrivilege 580 PO#894.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3808 PO#894.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes:

PO#894.exe

pid process

3808 PO#894.exe

pid	process
4736	schtasks.exe

pid	process
580	PO#894.exe
580	PO#894.exe
580	PO#894.exe
2428	vbc.exe
2428	vbc.exe
3808	PO#894.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	580	PO#894.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3808	PO#894.exe

pid	process
3808	PO#894.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 32 IoCs

Processes:

PO#894.exePO#894.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 580 wrote to memory of 4736	580	PO#894.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 580 wrote to memory of 4736	580	PO#894.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 580 wrote to memory of 4736	580	PO#894.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 580 wrote to memory of 2012	580	PO#894.exe	PO#894.exe
PID 580 wrote to memory of 2012	580	PO#894.exe	PO#894.exe
PID 580 wrote to memory of 2012	580	PO#894.exe	PO#894.exe
PID 580 wrote to memory of 3808	580	PO#894.exe	PO#894.exe
PID 580 wrote to memory of 3808	580	PO#894.exe	PO#894.exe
PID 580 wrote to memory of 3808	580	PO#894.exe	PO#894.exe
PID 580 wrote to memory of 3808	580	PO#894.exe	PO#894.exe
PID 580 wrote to memory of 3808	580	PO#894.exe	PO#894.exe
PID 580 wrote to memory of 3808	580	PO#894.exe	PO#894.exe
PID 580 wrote to memory of 3808	580	PO#894.exe	PO#894.exe
PID 580 wrote to memory of 3808	580	PO#894.exe	PO#894.exe
PID 3808 wrote to memory of 4436	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe
PID 3808 wrote to memory of 4436	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe
PID 3808 wrote to memory of 4436	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe
PID 3808 wrote to memory of 4436	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe
PID 3808 wrote to memory of 4436	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe
PID 3808 wrote to memory of 4436	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe
PID 3808 wrote to memory of 4436	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe
PID 3808 wrote to memory of 4436	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe
PID 3808 wrote to memory of 4436	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe
PID 3808 wrote to memory of 2428	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe
PID 3808 wrote to memory of 2428	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe
PID 3808 wrote to memory of 2428	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe
PID 3808 wrote to memory of 2428	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe
PID 3808 wrote to memory of 2428	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe
PID 3808 wrote to memory of 2428	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe
PID 3808 wrote to memory of 2428	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe
PID 3808 wrote to memory of 2428	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe
PID 3808 wrote to memory of 2428	3808	PO#894.exe	vbc.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PO#894.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PO#894.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:580
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\vIAIAyAXewJvJh" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp72D9.tmp"
  2⤵
  - Creates scheduled task(s)
  PID:4736
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PO#894.exe
  "{path}"
  2⤵
  PID:2012
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PO#894.exe
  "{path}"
  2⤵
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3808
- - C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
    C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\holdermail.txt"
    3⤵
    - Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts
    PID:4436
- - C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
    C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\holderwb.txt"
    3⤵
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:2428

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task

Scripting

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Scheduled Task

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1

T1053

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

Scripting

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2

T1497

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

4

T1082

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2

T1497

Lateral Movement

Collection

Email Collection

1

T1114

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\PO#894.exe.log

Filesize
1KB

MD5
5200da2e50f24d5d543c3f10674acdcb

SHA1
b574a3336839882d799c0a7f635ea238efb934ee

SHA256
d2d81c1c9d35bc66149beaa77029bee68664d8512fc1efe373180bab77d61026

SHA512
24722a7de3250a6027a411c8b79d0720554c4efd59553f54b94ab77dc21efbf3191e0912901db475f08a6e9c1855d9e9594504d80d27300097418f4384a9d9cb

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\holderwb.txt

Filesize
3KB

MD5
f94dc819ca773f1e3cb27abbc9e7fa27

SHA1
9a7700efadc5ea09ab288544ef1e3cd876255086

SHA256
a3377ade83786c2bdff5db19ff4dbfd796da4312402b5e77c4c63e38cc6eff92

SHA512
72a2c10d7a53a7f9a319dab66d77ed65639e9aa885b551e0055fc7eaf6ef33bbf109205b42ae11555a0f292563914bc6edb63b310c6f9bda9564095f77ab9196

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp72D9.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
b79dfd525530fb425e547e75562965da

SHA1
059fe793bd7c6cecc5d61ef8d195f1e0d9535f9e

SHA256
71e6562a9ba476b7b3b6e4474ea423263e4417faaa4235ef3d717e7979f87da0

SHA512
e7358edca8b2c53dad1204c9049fe5b71638da3b761af87165ccd2b9beaa20e3f648f2c8dafb539cef7c76ae489f568ae3bcb3b51e8f5e18cb145a795ab1cb3b

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memory/580-133-0x0000000000F70000-0x00000000010F0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/580-134-0x0000000005A60000-0x0000000005AFC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/580-135-0x00000000060B0000-0x0000000006654000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/580-136-0x0000000005BA0000-0x0000000005C32000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/580-137-0x0000000005B40000-0x0000000005B4A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/580-138-0x0000000005D90000-0x0000000005DE6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
344KB

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memory/580-139-0x0000000005DF0000-0x0000000005E00000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/580-140-0x0000000005DF0000-0x0000000005E00000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/580-141-0x0000000007F90000-0x0000000007FF6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/2428-160-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

Filesize
352KB

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memory/2428-162-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

Filesize
352KB

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memory/2428-167-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

Filesize
352KB

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memory/2428-170-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

Filesize
352KB

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memory/3808-158-0x0000000005C60000-0x0000000005C70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3808-159-0x0000000005C60000-0x0000000005C70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3808-148-0x0000000005C60000-0x0000000005C70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3808-166-0x0000000005C60000-0x0000000005C70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3808-145-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000488000-memory.dmp

Filesize
544KB

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memory/4436-153-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/4436-155-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/4436-157-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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