Analysis Overview
SHA256
727cfbc73761234c865f795fa925e398f3b2577a8710923e92b7f4d00ff62d35
Threat Level: Known bad
The file c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Neshta
Neshta family
Detect Neshta payload
Loads dropped DLL
Checks computer location settings
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Modifies system executable filetype association
Executes dropped EXE
Drops file in Windows directory
Drops file in Program Files directory
Unsigned PE
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Modifies registry class
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
MITRE ATT&CK Matrix V13
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-05-18 12:30
Signatures
Detect Neshta payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Neshta family
Unsigned PE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-05-18 12:30
Reported
2024-05-18 12:32
Platform
win10v2004-20240508-en
Max time kernel
136s
Max time network
149s
Command Line
Signatures
Detect Neshta payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
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Neshta
Checks computer location settings
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1337824034-2731376981-3755436523-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Modifies system executable filetype association
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command\ = "C:\\Windows\\svchost.com \"%1\" %*" | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in Windows directory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File opened for modification | C:\Windows\svchost.com | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
Modifies registry class
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command\ = "C:\\Windows\\svchost.com \"%1\" %*" | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 3168 wrote to memory of 1420 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe |
| PID 3168 wrote to memory of 1420 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe |
| PID 3168 wrote to memory of 1420 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe |
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe"
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe"
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 228.249.119.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 88.156.103.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| NL | 23.62.61.194:443 | www.bing.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 149.220.183.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 194.61.62.23.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 217.106.137.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 18.31.95.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 157.123.68.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 142.53.16.96.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 57.169.31.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 14.227.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | tse1.mm.bing.net | udp |
| US | 204.79.197.200:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 204.79.197.200:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 204.79.197.200:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 204.79.197.200:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 204.79.197.200:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 200.197.79.204.in-addr.arpa | udp |
Files
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe
| MD5 | 962747d0d80f52e0fbd7d299349b5cc7 |
| SHA1 | 8feffad97430efbb628e8263453e5e196919d8e1 |
| SHA256 | 031327b7465081d138ff176790faecafb221bfd8aaccf464477fc2c8b3a233ba |
| SHA512 | d7f0d6daa56db6a296f0ecfde1fcfd4a3dc9c8324524bb6df0617285f65d9cbcaa6d091c148b4859d41b7029faaacd378be89aca06ea4cbeaa07c0c41823d3bc |
C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\ACROTE~1.EXE
| MD5 | 3b73078a714bf61d1c19ebc3afc0e454 |
| SHA1 | 9abeabd74613a2f533e2244c9ee6f967188e4e7e |
| SHA256 | ded54d1fcca07b6bff2bc3b9a1131eac29ff1f836e5d7a7c5c325ec5abe96e29 |
| SHA512 | 75959d4e8a7649c3268b551a2a378e6d27c0bfb03d2422ebeeb67b0a3f78c079473214057518930f2d72773ce79b106fd2d78405e8e3d8883459dcbb49c163c4 |
memory/3168-99-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-100-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-102-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-05-18 12:30
Reported
2024-05-18 12:32
Platform
win7-20240215-en
Max time kernel
117s
Max time network
118s
Command Line
Signatures
Detect Neshta payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Neshta
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Loads dropped DLL
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Modifies system executable filetype association
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command\ = "C:\\Windows\\svchost.com \"%1\" %*" | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in Windows directory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File opened for modification | C:\Windows\svchost.com | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
Modifies registry class
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command\ = "C:\\Windows\\svchost.com \"%1\" %*" | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 1888 wrote to memory of 2996 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe |
| PID 1888 wrote to memory of 2996 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe |
| PID 1888 wrote to memory of 2996 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe |
| PID 1888 wrote to memory of 2996 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe |
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe"
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe"
Network
Files
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\c348f15e87f767db5cc14e894a5d0690_NeikiAnalytics.exe
| MD5 | 962747d0d80f52e0fbd7d299349b5cc7 |
| SHA1 | 8feffad97430efbb628e8263453e5e196919d8e1 |
| SHA256 | 031327b7465081d138ff176790faecafb221bfd8aaccf464477fc2c8b3a233ba |
| SHA512 | d7f0d6daa56db6a296f0ecfde1fcfd4a3dc9c8324524bb6df0617285f65d9cbcaa6d091c148b4859d41b7029faaacd378be89aca06ea4cbeaa07c0c41823d3bc |
C:\MSOCache\ALLUSE~1\{90140~1\dwtrig20.exe
| MD5 | cf6c595d3e5e9667667af096762fd9c4 |
| SHA1 | 9bb44da8d7f6457099cb56e4f7d1026963dce7ce |
| SHA256 | 593e60cc30ae0789448547195af77f550387f6648d45847ea244dd0dd7abf03d |
| SHA512 | ff4f789df9e6a6d0fbe12b3250f951fcf11e857906c65e96a30bb46266e7e1180d6103a03db2f3764e0d1346b2de7afba8259ba080057e4a268e45e8654dfa80 |
\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\LOGTRA~1.EXE
| MD5 | 9e2b9928c89a9d0da1d3e8f4bd96afa7 |
| SHA1 | ec66cda99f44b62470c6930e5afda061579cde35 |
| SHA256 | 8899b4ed3446b7d55b54defbc1acb7c5392a4b3bc8ec2cdc7c31171708965043 |
| SHA512 | 2ca5ad1d0e12a8049de885b90b7f56fe77c868e0d6dae4ec4b6f3bc0bf7b2e73295cc9b1328c2b45357ffb0d7804622ab3f91a56140b098e93b691032d508156 |
memory/1888-85-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp