chinese_generic_botnet | e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f

General

Target

e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
Size

3.3MB
MD5

c9640bea57f52febe2c4f54144ffb958
SHA1

046a7668c151d03c0c901f23cbb2eff67f4d3ea5
SHA256

e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f
SHA512

94cd7b56dd21efc0c7ddc5cb5bf5c04196cf147ef096518f244740603f3e123a854a13217c8da06ca92cce05c3f2b5f4b011a1d423d221fe9d611b69ea734271
SSDEEP

49152:t/+Uxi03zDWi26fs2cWDAbcl7jkv4+9Ry4kjCz:t/TT0uDhEv4n4M

Score

10^/10

chinese_generic_botnet botnet persistence

Malware Config

Signatures

Generic Chinese Botnet
A botnet originating from China which is currently unnamed publicly.
botnet chinese_generic_botnet

Chinese Botnet payload 1 IoCs

botnet

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4148-0-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001F000-memory.dmp	unk_chinese_botnet

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3808065738-1666277613-1125846146-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Gugqisu.exe = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe"	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe

Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 22 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe

description	ioc	process
File opened (read-only)	\??\P:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\S:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\T:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\V:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\W:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\G:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\R:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Y:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\B:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\K:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\L:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\X:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\J:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\H:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\I:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\M:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\N:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\O:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Q:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\U:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\E:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Z:	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe

pid	process
4148	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
4148	e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes:

e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe

pid process

4148 e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e8f95363f0be9ca630f340dbad8df79238f9a1d14bc73ef7202c7a9212e35b5f.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Enumerates connected drives
- Checks processor information in registry
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4148

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1268 --field-trial-handle=2280,i,4114443225282860369,4764091921472631035,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8
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PID:4400