Analysis

  • max time kernel
    4s
  • max time network
    126s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240508-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240508-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    19-05-2024 05:59

General

  • Target

    8a58417cf791c9cfb43e7b47478e96c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe

  • Size

    2.0MB

  • MD5

    8a58417cf791c9cfb43e7b47478e96c0

  • SHA1

    6682f80698d0b232d651b4f9188b62821d99541a

  • SHA256

    93dd117d392e5748a0244fa8a9db80347200f59f5c004a928d890a0484e82be3

  • SHA512

    813ee4ff2f4da90dac0e85d5033cfec5ee422981ac7ea9cbef0a08645139fb3e20b0def47f7f62f478e6020b6a8619c23561dd972f52943dbeaf5cab2f61cd33

  • SSDEEP

    24576:su6J33O0c+JY5UZ+XC0kGso6FaI1IXgM6YmenKKSUlmDaGJTA4Pqa6jUvOkQwKYQ:2u0c++OCvkGs9Fap5aLKLkDl+dUvO9Yu

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

quasar

Version

1.3.0.0

Botnet

EbayProfiles

C2

5.8.88.191:443

sockartek.icu:443

Mutex

QSR_MUTEX_0kBRNrRz5TDLEQouI0

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    MWhG6wsClMX8aJM2CVXT

  • install_name

    winsock.exe

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    win defender run

  • subdirectory

    SubDir

Extracted

Family

azorult

C2

http://0x21.in:8000/_az/

Signatures

  • Azorult

    An information stealer that was first discovered in 2016, targeting browsing history and passwords.

  • Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar payload 5 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 12 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • AutoIT Executable 1 IoCs

    AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 3 IoCs
  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 27 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8a58417cf791c9cfb43e7b47478e96c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8a58417cf791c9cfb43e7b47478e96c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1956
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1320
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
        3⤵
          PID:2692
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1320 -s 160
          3⤵
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Program crash
          PID:2568
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2704
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
          3⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:1984
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
          3⤵
            PID:372
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
              "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
              4⤵
              • Creates scheduled task(s)
              PID:2580
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CvB4LuxPErgA.bat" "
              4⤵
                PID:2936
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
                  chcp 65001
                  5⤵
                    PID:1232
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                    ping -n 10 localhost
                    5⤵
                    • Runs ping.exe
                    PID:112
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 372 -s 1496
                  4⤵
                  • Program crash
                  PID:1640
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8a58417cf791c9cfb43e7b47478e96c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8a58417cf791c9cfb43e7b47478e96c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"
              2⤵
                PID:2520
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe" /create /tn RtkAudioService64 /tr "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe" /sc minute /mo 1 /F
                2⤵
                • Creates scheduled task(s)
                PID:2840
            • C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
              taskeng.exe {277FAD65-1FA0-46E9-A2CF-60DE1F0813E4} S-1-5-21-268080393-3149932598-1824759070-1000:UHRQKJCP\Admin:Interactive:[1]
              1⤵
                PID:3012
                • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                  C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                  2⤵
                    PID:772
                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
                      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
                      3⤵
                        PID:1564
                        • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
                          C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
                          4⤵
                            PID:1624
                          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1564 -s 160
                            4⤵
                            • Program crash
                            PID:2112
                        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
                          3⤵
                            PID:1988
                          • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                            "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe"
                            3⤵
                              PID:2080
                            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                              "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe" /create /tn RtkAudioService64 /tr "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe" /sc minute /mo 1 /F
                              3⤵
                              • Creates scheduled task(s)
                              PID:680

                        Network

                        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                        Downloads

                        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CvB4LuxPErgA.bat

                          Filesize

                          208B

                          MD5

                          3792d61d4aba2e7b5be86d1952fe6d03

                          SHA1

                          1ab9f26f4bf82631b752672ea3943c862c0c28bc

                          SHA256

                          549c08dd330c1e4cfad36fe6aec26d37247cb0bf77d80c48d6100f882a124128

                          SHA512

                          dbe5d19011081b0b318a1b77a30c076d58e318cca63c8e7f970387ded44c6316202ea18fc44ba090d31d9fa25ce9c42b821337155c05ea4e7b9432f2859c0c0c

                        • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe

                          Filesize

                          2.0MB

                          MD5

                          dd0a005228349af3a7c3fd243ef5f239

                          SHA1

                          17f5edd827d39628c50aa861b5b6f06dca587b8f

                          SHA256

                          eec86cf63a0bb592473e8636e928d5cc715ad15b5f223d30858a7ab3aa19a61f

                          SHA512

                          4e45ac172c74cbd7753bb7792df6cff6ff5f18f712eae5a42eb7199defc1eafac40b985451b95e18bacd042b5a4882d5b2aa6c78bd58edfafb22da273d5ab36d

                        • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe

                          Filesize

                          405KB

                          MD5

                          b8ba87ee4c3fc085a2fed0d839aadce1

                          SHA1

                          b3a2e3256406330e8b1779199bb2b9865122d766

                          SHA256

                          4e8a99cd33c9e5c747a3ce8f1a3e17824846f4a8f7cb0631aebd0815db2ce3a4

                          SHA512

                          7a775a12cd5bcd182d64be0d31f800b456ca6d1b531189cea9c72e1940871cfe92ccd005938f67bfa4784ae44c54b3a7ea29a5bb59766e98c78bf53b680f2ab2

                        • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe

                          Filesize

                          349KB

                          MD5

                          b4a202e03d4135484d0e730173abcc72

                          SHA1

                          01b30014545ea526c15a60931d676f9392ea0c70

                          SHA256

                          7050608d53f80269df951d00883ed79815c060ce7678a76b5c3f6a2a985beea9

                          SHA512

                          632a035a3b722ea29b02aad1f0da3df5bdc38abc7e6617223790955c6c0830f1070b528680416d5c63ea5e846074cdad87f06c21c35a77b1ccc4edc089d8b1fb

                        • memory/372-60-0x0000000000060000-0x00000000000BE000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          376KB

                        • memory/1956-29-0x0000000002690000-0x0000000002691000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          4KB

                        • memory/1988-83-0x00000000008D0000-0x000000000092E000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          376KB

                        • memory/2080-89-0x00000000FFFDE000-0x00000000FFFDF000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          4KB

                        • memory/2520-39-0x00000000FFFDE000-0x00000000FFFDF000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          4KB

                        • memory/2520-31-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A0000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          128KB

                        • memory/2520-33-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A0000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          128KB

                        • memory/2520-43-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A0000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          128KB

                        • memory/2704-49-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000000E9E000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          376KB