General

  • Target

    ce5706f1a1dd859a8233397c2490680b

  • Size

    416KB

  • Sample

    240316-sbb5dafc58

  • MD5

    ce5706f1a1dd859a8233397c2490680b

  • SHA1

    9a3775d1c673313a4814abe25049efb03a3e674e

  • SHA256

    ad2c6c8d68058c316b1f3c343b59c0c14526f4a7c84ed771b2d90f590fc3c535

  • SHA512

    35b6aec7f2821baf073cc05d0e18173961757db0d458f7ed44979abbfbd040b8ecc6418e97f6bb23006fadd368191c34be0f1f5877a87b46f3c292523be00b7a

  • SSDEEP

    6144:P0XIE3wQQBHn8nd2r1XGUtZXdRloUfk+S+r2I1Fyjbl66A93LnYDttxU7Uu6wB8B:P6Yn8nd2r1XXtCXtvldA93LYzxOd6L

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

arkei

C2

141.95.23.6/kESK2FZqwB.php

Targets

    • Target

      ce5706f1a1dd859a8233397c2490680b

    • Size

      416KB

    • MD5

      ce5706f1a1dd859a8233397c2490680b

    • SHA1

      9a3775d1c673313a4814abe25049efb03a3e674e

    • SHA256

      ad2c6c8d68058c316b1f3c343b59c0c14526f4a7c84ed771b2d90f590fc3c535

    • SHA512

      35b6aec7f2821baf073cc05d0e18173961757db0d458f7ed44979abbfbd040b8ecc6418e97f6bb23006fadd368191c34be0f1f5877a87b46f3c292523be00b7a

    • SSDEEP

      6144:P0XIE3wQQBHn8nd2r1XGUtZXdRloUfk+S+r2I1Fyjbl66A93LnYDttxU7Uu6wB8B:P6Yn8nd2r1XXtCXtvldA93LYzxOd6L

    • Arkei

      Arkei is an infostealer written in C++.

    • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings

    • Turns off Windows Defender SpyNet reporting

    • Windows security bypass

    • Nirsoft

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Windows security modification

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

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

Discovery

Query Registry

1
T1012

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Tasks