chinese_generic_botnet | 8ab29d462bedfcb4b4174f2b7a41fe683ba0b6904a09902583ec7a7464964732

General

Target

8ab29d462bedfcb4b4174f2b7a41fe683ba0b6904a09902583ec7a7464964732.exe
Size

2.0MB
MD5

9f914e571b5b4fb328008dc5793715e7
SHA1

c321f44fbb74204e0324fcee5c54b3ae10434e20
SHA256

8ab29d462bedfcb4b4174f2b7a41fe683ba0b6904a09902583ec7a7464964732
SHA512

a6b0e32d0aa1ef6898ac1f4d20f4f3a1b3fce912c5e3becf1d1ca5f01d6ac21265f1e521bf2c4f7fe686d7807adb8eaf0090e1e6c312e8cea3eaa43a6f48aba8
SSDEEP

24576:UXzUbSX5Z/IYno0dbnnmrtyF2ZifBvlGsu6ot9vtC1FoV1pltylcVHhE9HHWAjh3:UX4uXjo0ZCUFN5vUikV1XacrEY3M7TFJ

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 2 IoCs

botnet

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/4084-13097-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010018000-memory.dmp	unk_chinese_botnet
behavioral1/memory/4084-13100-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000548000-memory.dmp	unk_chinese_botnet

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:

8ab29d462bedfcb4b4174f2b7a41fe683ba0b6904a09902583ec7a7464964732.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-399997616-3400990511-967324271-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	8ab29d462bedfcb4b4174f2b7a41fe683ba0b6904a09902583ec7a7464964732.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

Processes:

QQ.exesvchost.exe

pid process

4084 QQ.exe
4508 svchost.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

QQ.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-399997616-3400990511-967324271-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Kvzbtbs.exe = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\QQ.exe"	QQ.exe

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 37 IoCs

Processes:

QQ.exe

pid	process
4084	QQ.exe
4084	QQ.exe
4084	QQ.exe
4084	QQ.exe
4084	QQ.exe
4084	QQ.exe
4084	QQ.exe
4084	QQ.exe
4084	QQ.exe
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4084	QQ.exe
4084	QQ.exe
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4084	QQ.exe
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4084	QQ.exe
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4084	QQ.exe
4084	QQ.exe
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4084	QQ.exe
4084	QQ.exe
4084	QQ.exe
4084	QQ.exe
4084	QQ.exe
4084	QQ.exe
4084	QQ.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid process

4508 svchost.exe

pid	process
4508	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs

Processes:

8ab29d462bedfcb4b4174f2b7a41fe683ba0b6904a09902583ec7a7464964732.exesvchost.exe

pid	process
4016	8ab29d462bedfcb4b4174f2b7a41fe683ba0b6904a09902583ec7a7464964732.exe
4016	8ab29d462bedfcb4b4174f2b7a41fe683ba0b6904a09902583ec7a7464964732.exe
4508	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes:

8ab29d462bedfcb4b4174f2b7a41fe683ba0b6904a09902583ec7a7464964732.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4016 wrote to memory of 4084	4016	8ab29d462bedfcb4b4174f2b7a41fe683ba0b6904a09902583ec7a7464964732.exe	QQ.exe
PID 4016 wrote to memory of 4084	4016	8ab29d462bedfcb4b4174f2b7a41fe683ba0b6904a09902583ec7a7464964732.exe	QQ.exe
PID 4016 wrote to memory of 4084	4016	8ab29d462bedfcb4b4174f2b7a41fe683ba0b6904a09902583ec7a7464964732.exe	QQ.exe
PID 4016 wrote to memory of 4508	4016	8ab29d462bedfcb4b4174f2b7a41fe683ba0b6904a09902583ec7a7464964732.exe	svchost.exe
PID 4016 wrote to memory of 4508	4016	8ab29d462bedfcb4b4174f2b7a41fe683ba0b6904a09902583ec7a7464964732.exe	svchost.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8ab29d462bedfcb4b4174f2b7a41fe683ba0b6904a09902583ec7a7464964732.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8ab29d462bedfcb4b4174f2b7a41fe683ba0b6904a09902583ec7a7464964732.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4016

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\QQ.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\QQ.exe"
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
PID:4084

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe"
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4508

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

Resource Development

Reconnaissance

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\QQ.exe
Filesize
661KB

MD5
3cef29e0859f81f022b4ee8d99c6843c

SHA1
96cad802a548a295938f1297e1682da14ba2aa5d

SHA256
72900785ea25617a700fd5e7e2c345b6b3d790568ccbc89bab73ae7c3f5daf2b

SHA512
a5a7f980d68983f030e85fef0692671988a770248e5a0911d9c719e7a53d6e2d3b98b89fa04c01b12b5117b28f3606378e7e5cf09f3b71c6aa0d5fc915d30f50

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\QQ.exe
Filesize
262KB

MD5
46fd8bc80560855b11461184074dffd4

SHA1
91c22534fc8f48b72a42f3c4a8d90e92bc6a2cb6

SHA256
8412a49b5da94d4b1dfe344892ca532f2387a6c0bd14c445af40a108bc6898d5

SHA512
34fcec3b3db74dd1e0fb0f14069e6a8a708c272f27f51062c558b503ae0e36f069ffa190b663d4c6aaf45dc3f47f23055eca6ea36a8b6e7fc1d332e7b073f5dd

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\QQ.exe
Filesize
565KB

MD5
f135a9e83e30ccfdd6b7e1708536e0aa

SHA1
ffea63e3992d23f4b7ea43670e6f481d102ac141

SHA256
8e6f79c263133c30b4351af882c9cd68a72544a8d17737ee0efbce419ba840fb

SHA512
a1394ea6e792532235063fbda37dfad2fe0b806cc3f1eb18d5b7838eaefe93d3df4daba8089a46516add38d78b67b74f5d5c56e1ecc5dde519a5f304fcfd9363

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe
Filesize
296KB

MD5
a6acb044a1e5f1813c671cd604e614b1

SHA1
35ea9a47a692cc805d6e9050b731d49e5609591b

SHA256
c196618be7a7bac1f55f080c52ca2b51d80fd748554957708741b9ed3c722167

SHA512
487fb1a1c56363d2276e1c5a4f5af2461b6c484e432a6d991e2e6caf2558328be8cd1bf1294c3b3218b21fb2b58bd006155584708fcb2bdc162bad17f187627e

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memory/4084-13091-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000548000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4084-22-0x0000000077080000-0x0000000077295000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.1MB

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memory/4084-3896-0x00000000765F0000-0x0000000076790000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.6MB

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memory/4084-5905-0x0000000075FE0000-0x000000007605A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
488KB

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memory/4084-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000548000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4084-13090-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000548000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4084-13093-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000548000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4084-13092-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000548000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4084-13095-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000548000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4084-13096-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000548000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4084-13097-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010018000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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memory/4084-13100-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000548000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

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