Extracted

• • Target

    https://github.com/Pyran1/MalwareDatabase/blob/master/KeyLogger/CheetahKeyLogger/094da8932234ce56d6869ed089cc8fa6ca6b15d1c4abdf481ccc5cf72ad1f41a.zip

  Score

  10^/10

  cheetahkeyloggeragilenetbootkitcollectionkeyloggerpersistencespywarestealer

  • Cheetah Keylogger

    Cheetah is a keylogger and info stealer first seen in March 2020.

    stealerkeyloggercheetahkeylogger

  • Cheetah Keylogger payload

  • Checks computer location settings

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

  • Executes dropped EXE

  • Obfuscated with Agile.Net obfuscator

    Detects use of the Agile.Net commercial obfuscator, which is capable of entity renaming and control flow obfuscation.

    agilenet

  • Reads data files stored by FTP clients

    Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.

    spywarestealer

  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

    spywarestealer

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

    spywarestealer

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles

    collection

  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

  • Looks up external IP address via web service

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

    bootkitpersistence

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

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