Analysis Overview
SHA256
fb8001ca430aa77ad5855c489652b607ebd2f62447f2c381101d48d6d389b229
Threat Level: Known bad
The file b5405e989aa2de26a5f40d60671e2fc0_NEIKI was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
KPOT Core Executable
Trickbot x86 loader
KPOT
Kpot family
Trickbot
Stops running service(s)
Loads dropped DLL
Executes dropped EXE
Drops file in System32 directory
Launches sc.exe
Unsigned PE
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-05-08 03:10
Signatures
KPOT Core Executable
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Kpot family
Unsigned PE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-05-08 03:10
Reported
2024-05-08 03:12
Platform
win7-20240220-en
Max time kernel
135s
Max time network
118s
Command Line
Signatures
KPOT
KPOT Core Executable
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Trickbot
Trickbot x86 loader
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Stops running service(s)
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe | N/A |
Loads dropped DLL
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b5405e989aa2de26a5f40d60671e2fc0_NEIKI.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b5405e989aa2de26a5f40d60671e2fc0_NEIKI.exe | N/A |
Drops file in System32 directory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File opened for modification | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Windows PowerShell\Windows PowerShell.lnk | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Launches sc.exe
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b5405e989aa2de26a5f40d60671e2fc0_NEIKI.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b5405e989aa2de26a5f40d60671e2fc0_NEIKI.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b5405e989aa2de26a5f40d60671e2fc0_NEIKI.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeTcbPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeTcbPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b5405e989aa2de26a5f40d60671e2fc0_NEIKI.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b5405e989aa2de26a5f40d60671e2fc0_NEIKI.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b5405e989aa2de26a5f40d60671e2fc0_NEIKI.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
/c sc stop WinDefend
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
/c sc delete WinDefend
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
/c powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
sc stop WinDefend
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
sc delete WinDefend
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
taskeng.exe {9F7C2C46-E478-4D64-8E89-80CA0E39B80A} S-1-5-18:NT AUTHORITY\System:Service:
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
Network
Files
memory/2968-2-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003B1000-memory.dmp
memory/2968-9-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003B1000-memory.dmp
memory/2968-8-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003B1000-memory.dmp
memory/2968-7-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003B1000-memory.dmp
memory/2968-6-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003B1000-memory.dmp
memory/2968-5-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003B1000-memory.dmp
memory/2968-4-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003B1000-memory.dmp
memory/2968-3-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003B1000-memory.dmp
memory/2968-11-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003B1000-memory.dmp
memory/2968-12-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003B1000-memory.dmp
memory/2968-10-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003B1000-memory.dmp
memory/2968-14-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003B1000-memory.dmp
memory/2968-13-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003B1000-memory.dmp
memory/2968-15-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003F9000-memory.dmp
memory/2968-17-0x0000000000421000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp
memory/2968-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000472000-memory.dmp
\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe
| MD5 | b5405e989aa2de26a5f40d60671e2fc0 |
| SHA1 | 586e458daf79bef6ae7ce85da6abf07f7c81622d |
| SHA256 | fb8001ca430aa77ad5855c489652b607ebd2f62447f2c381101d48d6d389b229 |
| SHA512 | fd9a1aee373b645eb15d324247fdc1c8be45840b0967953c13a3fde56b5733e2192067bf2378190933912d2717c76a9407f4f866b3a6124f0295cca432a080a5 |
memory/2444-45-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010007000-memory.dmp
memory/2336-55-0x00000000000E0000-0x00000000000E1000-memory.dmp
memory/2444-44-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000472000-memory.dmp
memory/2336-51-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001E000-memory.dmp
memory/2336-50-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001E000-memory.dmp
memory/2444-41-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F1000-memory.dmp
memory/2444-40-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F1000-memory.dmp
memory/2444-39-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F1000-memory.dmp
memory/2444-38-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F1000-memory.dmp
memory/2444-37-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F1000-memory.dmp
memory/2444-36-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F1000-memory.dmp
memory/2444-35-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F1000-memory.dmp
memory/2444-34-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F1000-memory.dmp
memory/2444-33-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F1000-memory.dmp
memory/2444-32-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F1000-memory.dmp
memory/2444-31-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F1000-memory.dmp
memory/2444-30-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F1000-memory.dmp
memory/2044-74-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000391000-memory.dmp
memory/2044-73-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000391000-memory.dmp
memory/2044-72-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000391000-memory.dmp
memory/2044-71-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000391000-memory.dmp
memory/2044-70-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000391000-memory.dmp
memory/2044-69-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000391000-memory.dmp
memory/2044-68-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000391000-memory.dmp
memory/2044-67-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000391000-memory.dmp
memory/2044-66-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000391000-memory.dmp
memory/2044-65-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000391000-memory.dmp
memory/2044-64-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000391000-memory.dmp
memory/2044-63-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000391000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-05-08 03:10
Reported
2024-05-08 03:12
Platform
win10v2004-20240226-en
Max time kernel
143s
Max time network
151s
Command Line
Signatures
KPOT
KPOT Core Executable
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Trickbot
Trickbot x86 loader
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeTcbPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeTcbPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b5405e989aa2de26a5f40d60671e2fc0_NEIKI.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b5405e989aa2de26a5f40d60671e2fc0_NEIKI.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b5405e989aa2de26a5f40d60671e2fc0_NEIKI.exe"
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3736 --field-trial-handle=3088,i,14310325015283915034,7660943942870463106,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 209.205.72.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 79.190.18.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 17.160.190.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 133.211.185.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 104.219.191.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 157.123.68.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 206.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 13.107.253.67:443 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 139.53.16.96.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 24.247.181.155:449 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 11.227.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 24.247.181.155:449 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 8.173.189.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
Files
memory/792-3-0x00000000030F0000-0x00000000030F1000-memory.dmp
memory/792-4-0x00000000030F0000-0x00000000030F1000-memory.dmp
memory/792-2-0x00000000030F0000-0x00000000030F1000-memory.dmp
memory/792-5-0x00000000030F0000-0x00000000030F1000-memory.dmp
memory/792-7-0x00000000030F0000-0x00000000030F1000-memory.dmp
memory/792-6-0x00000000030F0000-0x00000000030F1000-memory.dmp
memory/792-9-0x00000000030F0000-0x00000000030F1000-memory.dmp
memory/792-8-0x00000000030F0000-0x00000000030F1000-memory.dmp
memory/792-10-0x00000000030F0000-0x00000000030F1000-memory.dmp
memory/792-13-0x00000000030F0000-0x00000000030F1000-memory.dmp
memory/792-14-0x00000000030F0000-0x00000000030F1000-memory.dmp
memory/792-12-0x00000000030F0000-0x00000000030F1000-memory.dmp
memory/792-11-0x00000000030F0000-0x00000000030F1000-memory.dmp
memory/792-15-0x0000000000421000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp
memory/792-16-0x0000000003110000-0x0000000003139000-memory.dmp
memory/792-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000472000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\b6406e999aa2de27a6f40d70781e2fc0_NFJLJ.exe
| MD5 | b5405e989aa2de26a5f40d60671e2fc0 |
| SHA1 | 586e458daf79bef6ae7ce85da6abf07f7c81622d |
| SHA256 | fb8001ca430aa77ad5855c489652b607ebd2f62447f2c381101d48d6d389b229 |
| SHA512 | fd9a1aee373b645eb15d324247fdc1c8be45840b0967953c13a3fde56b5733e2192067bf2378190933912d2717c76a9407f4f866b3a6124f0295cca432a080a5 |
memory/2880-29-0x0000000002040000-0x0000000002041000-memory.dmp
memory/2880-32-0x0000000002040000-0x0000000002041000-memory.dmp
memory/2880-31-0x0000000002040000-0x0000000002041000-memory.dmp
memory/2880-30-0x0000000002040000-0x0000000002041000-memory.dmp
memory/2880-28-0x0000000002040000-0x0000000002041000-memory.dmp
memory/2880-27-0x0000000002040000-0x0000000002041000-memory.dmp
memory/2880-26-0x0000000002040000-0x0000000002041000-memory.dmp
memory/2880-34-0x0000000002040000-0x0000000002041000-memory.dmp
memory/2880-35-0x0000000002040000-0x0000000002041000-memory.dmp
memory/2880-33-0x0000000002040000-0x0000000002041000-memory.dmp
memory/2880-36-0x0000000002040000-0x0000000002041000-memory.dmp
memory/2880-37-0x0000000002040000-0x0000000002041000-memory.dmp
memory/2880-40-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000472000-memory.dmp
memory/2880-41-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010007000-memory.dmp
memory/704-48-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001E000-memory.dmp
memory/704-46-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001E000-memory.dmp
memory/704-51-0x000001DE09F80000-0x000001DE09F81000-memory.dmp
memory/2880-53-0x0000000003160000-0x0000000003429000-memory.dmp
memory/2880-52-0x0000000003060000-0x000000000311E000-memory.dmp
memory/4168-60-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000EB1000-memory.dmp
memory/4168-61-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000EB1000-memory.dmp
memory/4168-59-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000EB1000-memory.dmp
memory/4168-58-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000EB1000-memory.dmp
memory/4168-63-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000EB1000-memory.dmp
memory/4168-64-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000EB1000-memory.dmp
memory/4168-65-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000EB1000-memory.dmp
memory/4168-66-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000EB1000-memory.dmp
memory/4168-67-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000EB1000-memory.dmp
memory/4168-62-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000EB1000-memory.dmp
memory/4168-68-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000EB1000-memory.dmp
memory/4168-69-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000EB1000-memory.dmp
memory/4168-72-0x0000000000421000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp
memory/4168-73-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000472000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinSocket\settings.ini
| MD5 | 68af96c914f19c84fc323d680e4d8869 |
| SHA1 | a5baf1d4286e7aa44591641f8eb890ca61c21b3a |
| SHA256 | a6e93d2b719f7e210c12345fe993af92f9ef5126a91455c907b9adf11fbf3725 |
| SHA512 | 80769e9b87b63d19f39600311213f3967291fddc998c92f27fe5b6b88234da2dfb28261eb9ede3ee3dc2e586ecbe8da8f9cc30db2f89dee1826d595f09d52df6 |