General

  • Target

    e6ec699b6839f02fec298d786d95244e

  • Size

    2.5MB

  • Sample

    231228-syqahsabem

  • MD5

    e6ec699b6839f02fec298d786d95244e

  • SHA1

    f1c26f1a8729f075f2f49c849be1d8b817bf1b6c

  • SHA256

    d86c9114ecca7a31539278705d7e50f9674a562e1382a6053e735d9d2b30942a

  • SHA512

    e579bbaa11529b8bdcb33771ef39e1b1461aa927bf7ce7f24c633aff2b14fe5367e0bdb259354942a7d95f82f34960f110a1bfad1db55b819de486f1a6d4971c

  • SSDEEP

    1536:Hn/Ay6PcOtb0LO6kWkVc/HfvfNdmNzyrhe:Hn/A7

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      e6ec699b6839f02fec298d786d95244e

    • Size

      2.5MB

    • MD5

      e6ec699b6839f02fec298d786d95244e

    • SHA1

      f1c26f1a8729f075f2f49c849be1d8b817bf1b6c

    • SHA256

      d86c9114ecca7a31539278705d7e50f9674a562e1382a6053e735d9d2b30942a

    • SHA512

      e579bbaa11529b8bdcb33771ef39e1b1461aa927bf7ce7f24c633aff2b14fe5367e0bdb259354942a7d95f82f34960f110a1bfad1db55b819de486f1a6d4971c

    • SSDEEP

      1536:Hn/Ay6PcOtb0LO6kWkVc/HfvfNdmNzyrhe:Hn/A7

    • Makop

      Ransomware family discovered by @VK_Intel in early 2020.

    • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings

    • Turns off Windows Defender SpyNet reporting

    • Windows security bypass

    • Deletes shadow copies

      Ransomware often targets backup files to inhibit system recovery.

    • Nirsoft

    • Renames multiple (212) files with added filename extension

      This suggests ransomware activity of encrypting all the files on the system.

    • Deletes backup catalog

      Uses wbadmin.exe to inhibit system recovery.

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Windows security modification

    • Enumerates connected drives

      Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1
T1059

Persistence

Create or Modify System Process

1
T1543

Windows Service

1
T1543.003

Privilege Escalation

Create or Modify System Process

1
T1543

Windows Service

1
T1543.003

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

4
T1112

Impair Defenses

4
T1562

Disable or Modify Tools

4
T1562.001

Indicator Removal

3
T1070

File Deletion

3
T1070.004

Discovery

Query Registry

4
T1012

System Information Discovery

4
T1082

Peripheral Device Discovery

2
T1120

Impact

Inhibit System Recovery

3
T1490

Tasks