General

  • Target

    cheeto.exe

  • Size

    4.1MB

  • Sample

    240425-16h56sfh45

  • MD5

    1b604e1ed3a3d9615d5d4e2c3ed85fef

  • SHA1

    653bc667d0312fc239f6848e5bc1b6d10786b800

  • SHA256

    0569bfd9c2b92c4cd4484e588e0aa86b20f1019886b2e98f5773aac6f9ed0c77

  • SHA512

    b3d49827d96258db18815266cd3e7eebc2a9b8602bfeff5e58b553b97c51aa7e1d7ed647448fefced04738d44ae1fc37d0353f41a2de933722a058c936ba0dd5

  • SSDEEP

    98304:voCWoOGBet6VLgwqtToAygXZAondCkaND5w8PAj+dMoXMK01s:vobGYt4LqtMAtJPn3MNw8Oo8K01s

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      cheeto.exe

    • Size

      4.1MB

    • MD5

      1b604e1ed3a3d9615d5d4e2c3ed85fef

    • SHA1

      653bc667d0312fc239f6848e5bc1b6d10786b800

    • SHA256

      0569bfd9c2b92c4cd4484e588e0aa86b20f1019886b2e98f5773aac6f9ed0c77

    • SHA512

      b3d49827d96258db18815266cd3e7eebc2a9b8602bfeff5e58b553b97c51aa7e1d7ed647448fefced04738d44ae1fc37d0353f41a2de933722a058c936ba0dd5

    • SSDEEP

      98304:voCWoOGBet6VLgwqtToAygXZAondCkaND5w8PAj+dMoXMK01s:vobGYt4LqtMAtJPn3MNw8Oo8K01s

    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

    • Sets service image path in registry

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

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

    • Themida packer

      Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

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

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

2
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Tasks