General

  • Target

    https://github.com/Da2dalus/The-MALWARE-Repo/tree/master/RAT

  • Sample

    240329-taaqlacd75

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

metasploit

Version

windows/download_exec

C2

http://149.129.72.37:23456/SNpK

Attributes
  • headers User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0; NP09; NP09; MAAU)

Targets

    • Target

      https://github.com/Da2dalus/The-MALWARE-Repo/tree/master/RAT

    • CryptoLocker

      Ransomware family with multiple variants.

    • MetaSploit

      Detected malicious payload which is part of the Metasploit Framework, likely generated with msfvenom or similar.

    • Process spawned unexpected child process

      This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

    • Blocklisted process makes network request

    • Downloads MZ/PE file

    • Sets file execution options in registry

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Drops startup file

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Registers COM server for autorun

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • Checks installed software on the system

      Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    • 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.

    • Checks system information in the registry

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

    • Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

3
T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

3
T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

3
T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

3
T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

3
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

6
T1012

System Information Discovery

7
T1082

Peripheral Device Discovery

1
T1120

Command and Control

Web Service

1
T1102

Tasks