Analysis

  • max time kernel
    146s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240508-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240508-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    10/05/2024, 07:13

General

  • Target
    9c9cfb46f054ba152005a24e4bc13cd0_NeikiAnalytics.exe
  • Size 1.8MB
  • Sample240510-h154msda89
  • SHA256 105661772dbcadfa0e07c1d790efb26adce0e54d33ecb6bee0e42ae201eecef1
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detect ZGRat V1 2 IoCs
  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 18 IoCs

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

  • ZGRat

    ZGRat is remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

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

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 12 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 18 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9c9cfb46f054ba152005a24e4bc13cd0_NeikiAnalytics.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9c9cfb46f054ba152005a24e4bc13cd0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4912
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe" /noconfig /fullpaths @"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d52yz0tu\d52yz0tu.cmdline"
      2⤵
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2176
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe
        C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe /NOLOGO /READONLY /MACHINE:IX86 "/OUT:C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES89D1.tmp" "c:\Windows\System32\CSC4675A77895C348E6B02ECABC90B5CD34.TMP"
        3⤵
          PID:2268
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cya3h2BZSK.bat"
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4608
        • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
          chcp 65001
          3⤵
            PID:1560
          • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
            ping -n 10 localhost
            3⤵
            • Runs ping.exe
            PID:4684
          • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\RuntimeBroker.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\RuntimeBroker.exe"
            3⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:2972
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\sppsvc.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:5044
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:3784
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:2716
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Windows\Provisioning\Autopilot\csrss.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:4616
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Provisioning\Autopilot\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:4828
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Windows\Provisioning\Autopilot\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:3612
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRunO" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:4880
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRun" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:4888
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRunO" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:2328
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dllhost.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:4128
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:4084
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:228
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:232
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:4596
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1788
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "9c9cfb46f054ba152005a24e4bc13cd0_NeikiAnalytics9" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9c9cfb46f054ba152005a24e4bc13cd0_NeikiAnalytics.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:528
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "9c9cfb46f054ba152005a24e4bc13cd0_NeikiAnalytics" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9c9cfb46f054ba152005a24e4bc13cd0_NeikiAnalytics.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:2568
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "9c9cfb46f054ba152005a24e4bc13cd0_NeikiAnalytics9" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9c9cfb46f054ba152005a24e4bc13cd0_NeikiAnalytics.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:3084

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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            Downloads

            RES89D1.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES89D1.tmp
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 33340add363e33dc38aa8b8412cad082c67660b08a1d88d69a4b00be53a5f135
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            cya3h2BZSK.bat

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cya3h2BZSK.bat
            • Size 192B
            • SHA256 e5c185ddbdc5544ed43011958821956c771ebef422d3c20870dbce614dc0691d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            sppsvc.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Default\sppsvc.exe
            • Size 1.8MB
            • SHA256 105661772dbcadfa0e07c1d790efb26adce0e54d33ecb6bee0e42ae201eecef1
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            d52yz0tu.0.cs

            • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d52yz0tu\d52yz0tu.0.cs
            • Size 364B
            • SHA256 5d56c2bf57820c71c81d45c4ff3807b26fe96a544e22b15552513410ebfaa9a6
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            d52yz0tu.cmdline

            • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d52yz0tu\d52yz0tu.cmdline
            • Size 235B
            • SHA256 5b9d789a552c4bb809784c273c198cd6d6b58febf18567bf061a210870ea26b2
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            CSC4675A77895C348E6B02ECABC90B5CD34.TMP

            • Path \??\c:\Windows\System32\CSC4675A77895C348E6B02ECABC90B5CD34.TMP
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 9e6e446a2e264c8af311438fc1e8b4456c3b56aa4836ff9448f4385e6b77ca5d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            memory/2972-59-0x000000001AF60000-0x000000001AF68000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-16-0x00007FFA71590000-0x00007FFA72051000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-30-0x00007FFA71590000-0x00007FFA72051000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-11-0x00007FFA71590000-0x00007FFA72051000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-13-0x0000000002C30000-0x0000000002C48000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-15-0x0000000002AA0000-0x0000000002AAC000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-0-0x00007FFA71593000-0x00007FFA71595000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-17-0x00007FFA71590000-0x00007FFA72051000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-9-0x0000000002C10000-0x0000000002C2C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-29-0x00007FFA71590000-0x00007FFA72051000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-10-0x000000001B9D0000-0x000000001BA20000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-31-0x00007FFA71590000-0x00007FFA72051000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-32-0x00007FFA71590000-0x00007FFA72051000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-7-0x0000000002A90000-0x0000000002A9E000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-5-0x00007FFA71590000-0x00007FFA72051000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-4-0x00007FFA71590000-0x00007FFA72051000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-3-0x00007FFA71590000-0x00007FFA72051000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-50-0x00007FFA71590000-0x00007FFA72051000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-2-0x00007FFA71590000-0x00007FFA72051000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-1-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000009CA000-memory.dmp