Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240226-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240226-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    25/03/2024, 05:15

General

  • Target
    dd52f625ebf11a32c79f2925bb2b6bd0.exe
  • Size 64KB
  • Sample240325-fx196sha45
  • SHA256 41aec0ed3bc8bd1d989c22e50b447a88740505fed4113c0ebe4e1e1792fef3d5
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
10/10

Malware Config

Extracted

Path
  • C:\Users\Admin\Documents\read_it.txt

  • chaos

Ransom Note
  • ----> Chaos is multi language ransomware. Translate your note to any language <---- All of your files have been encrypted Your computer was infected with a ransomware virus. Your files have been encrypted and you won't be able to decrypt them without our help.What can I do to get my files back?You can buy our special decryption software, this software will allow you to recover all of your data and remove the ransomware from your computer.The price for the software is $1,500. Payment can be made in Bitcoin only. How do I pay, where do I get Bitcoin? Purchasing Bitcoin varies from country to country, you are best advised to do a quick google search yourself to find out how to buy Bitcoin. Many of our customers have reported these sites to be fast and reliable: Coinmama - hxxps://www.coinmama.com Bitpanda - hxxps://www.bitpanda.com Payment informationAmount: 0.1473766 BTC Bitcoin Address: bc1qlnzcep4l4ac0ttdrq7awxev9ehu465f2vpt9x0

Signatures

  • Chaos

    Ransomware family first seen in June 2021.

  • Chaos Ransomware 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Drops startup file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 16 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 53 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dd52f625ebf11a32c79f2925bb2b6bd0.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dd52f625ebf11a32c79f2925bb2b6bd0.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4288
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\顾太望她.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\顾太望她.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4748
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\顾太望她.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\顾太望她.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:3268
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\顾太望她.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\顾太望她.exe"
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2900
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3968
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe"
            5⤵
            • Checks computer location settings
            • Drops startup file
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
            • Modifies registry class
            • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1308
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
              "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\read_it.txt
              6⤵
              • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
              PID:1456

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        svchost.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\svchost.exe.log
        • Size 617B
        • SHA256 33c7dd4c852dae6462c701337f8e0a8647602847ccaee656fa6f1149cccfb5d5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        顾太望她.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\顾太望她.exe.log
        • Size 813B
        • SHA256 d3973ddbd7d34386e8101731201fbab7390bbd8c54675cbb20a10872c6793c7d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        顾太望她.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\顾太望她.exe
        • Size 64KB
        • SHA256 41aec0ed3bc8bd1d989c22e50b447a88740505fed4113c0ebe4e1e1792fef3d5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        read_it.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Documents\read_it.txt
        • Size 964B
        • SHA256 7d767e907be373c680d1f7884d779588eb643bebb3f27bf3b5ed4864aa4d8121
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/1308-276-0x0000000074A00000-0x00000000751B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1308-47-0x0000000074A00000-0x00000000751B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1308-273-0x0000000006760000-0x00000000067F2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1308-274-0x0000000005E80000-0x0000000005E8A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2900-28-0x0000000074A00000-0x00000000751B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2900-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2900-40-0x0000000074A00000-0x00000000751B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3968-41-0x0000000074A00000-0x00000000751B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3968-46-0x0000000074A00000-0x00000000751B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4288-0-0x0000000000F90000-0x0000000000FA6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4288-2-0x0000000005A40000-0x0000000005ADC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4288-17-0x0000000074A00000-0x00000000751B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4288-4-0x00000000019A0000-0x00000000019AA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4288-3-0x00000000034B0000-0x00000000034C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4288-1-0x0000000074A00000-0x00000000751B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4748-18-0x0000000074A00000-0x00000000751B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4748-20-0x0000000004CA0000-0x0000000004CAA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4748-19-0x0000000004D00000-0x0000000004D10000-memory.dmp

        memory/4748-21-0x00000000053C0000-0x0000000005964000-memory.dmp

        memory/4748-27-0x0000000074A00000-0x00000000751B0000-memory.dmp