Analysis

  • max time kernel
    5s
  • max time network
    124s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240508-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240508-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-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

azorult

C2

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

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

Signatures

  • Azorult

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

  • Quasar RAT 4 IoCs

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar payload 4 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 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 3 IoCs

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

  • AutoIT Executable 2 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 5 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 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8a58417cf791c9cfb43e7b47478e96c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8a58417cf791c9cfb43e7b47478e96c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1576
    • 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:4200
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
        3⤵
          PID:1616
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4200 -s 548
          3⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:1104
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1532
        • 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:464
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4568
          • 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:264
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bfTiXgQPIeaA.bat" "
            4⤵
              PID:1104
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
                chcp 65001
                5⤵
                  PID:2836
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                  ping -n 10 localhost
                  5⤵
                  • Runs ping.exe
                  PID:3768
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
                  5⤵
                    PID:3228
                    • 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
                      6⤵
                      • Creates scheduled task(s)
                      PID:1016
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4568 -s 2296
                  4⤵
                  • Program crash
                  PID:3976
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8a58417cf791c9cfb43e7b47478e96c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8a58417cf791c9cfb43e7b47478e96c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"
              2⤵
                PID:2856
              • 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⤵
                • Quasar RAT
                • Creates scheduled task(s)
                PID:3988
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 4200 -ip 4200
              1⤵
                PID:644
              • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                1⤵
                  PID:2648
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
                    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
                    2⤵
                      PID:3472
                      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
                        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
                        3⤵
                          PID:4640
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3472 -s 520
                          3⤵
                          • Program crash
                          PID:5116
                      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
                        2⤵
                          PID:2108
                        • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                          "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe"
                          2⤵
                            PID:2708
                          • 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:2144
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 184 -p 3472 -ip 3472
                          1⤵
                            PID:4932
                          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 500 -p 4568 -ip 4568
                            1⤵
                              PID:3924
                            • C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe
                              "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe" /service
                              1⤵
                                PID:2192
                              • C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe
                                "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe" /service
                                1⤵
                                  PID:560

                                Network

                                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                                Downloads

                                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\windef.exe.log

                                  Filesize

                                  1KB

                                  MD5

                                  10eab9c2684febb5327b6976f2047587

                                  SHA1

                                  a12ed54146a7f5c4c580416aecb899549712449e

                                  SHA256

                                  f49dbd55029bfbc15134f7c6a4f967d6c39142c63f2e8f1f8c78fab108a2c928

                                  SHA512

                                  7e5fd90fffae723bd0c662a90e0730b507805f072771ee673d1d8c262dbf60c8a03ba5fe088f699a97c2e886380de158b2ccd59ee62e3d012dd6dd14ea9d0e50

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

                                  Filesize

                                  208B

                                  MD5

                                  3e44bcee9bac21ca2a36458c0624b742

                                  SHA1

                                  7020d7345c3cb165f29a38a7902b68ce8065e24a

                                  SHA256

                                  1a3506599b98f77323707b14d0454468d570a5ee7c25524750ba5f0b8301c23d

                                  SHA512

                                  dca3201d74141940535a48a39a06ac85618782944426bd4f4cd28bd1dfefa7e6d516b764ae53ed35e64eb098e0d6a6b8fac1a112061b9236cc7b609d008ade8b

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

                                  Filesize

                                  405KB

                                  MD5

                                  b8ba87ee4c3fc085a2fed0d839aadce1

                                  SHA1

                                  b3a2e3256406330e8b1779199bb2b9865122d766

                                  SHA256

                                  4e8a99cd33c9e5c747a3ce8f1a3e17824846f4a8f7cb0631aebd0815db2ce3a4

                                  SHA512

                                  7a775a12cd5bcd182d64be0d31f800b456ca6d1b531189cea9c72e1940871cfe92ccd005938f67bfa4784ae44c54b3a7ea29a5bb59766e98c78bf53b680f2ab2

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

                                  Filesize

                                  349KB

                                  MD5

                                  b4a202e03d4135484d0e730173abcc72

                                  SHA1

                                  01b30014545ea526c15a60931d676f9392ea0c70

                                  SHA256

                                  7050608d53f80269df951d00883ed79815c060ce7678a76b5c3f6a2a985beea9

                                  SHA512

                                  632a035a3b722ea29b02aad1f0da3df5bdc38abc7e6617223790955c6c0830f1070b528680416d5c63ea5e846074cdad87f06c21c35a77b1ccc4edc089d8b1fb

                                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Logs\05-19-2024

                                  Filesize

                                  224B

                                  MD5

                                  5542fb7070f786c56bc4f28729dca2da

                                  SHA1

                                  5bd3e9a9c334274fe352c4182a0016d17a5aba18

                                  SHA256

                                  491f3fa1fdd6ba0bc03a9811475cb2d204ffaacc0c8d90eb63560b33449ff0e7

                                  SHA512

                                  f85dd04341b64d056ca9a2dd27e085882be41c5ab2fda45c7f4b56b1a8802309ee32863e822b78a6108d93cb752e6dc337702ed6ba0034f6a3370dfb4381c0aa

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

                                  Filesize

                                  2.0MB

                                  MD5

                                  e9c667dd3616c80e1d57614cdf816242

                                  SHA1

                                  552d01ed374d15192c1d5a1671cef560167a44e4

                                  SHA256

                                  7ed83cde6741318e7cc881be41ccd44359c8822ba4dcb108170c98efcbae21a8

                                  SHA512

                                  acfa62778da568eb5bff802d002bf15a8824e58575089b69063a981cf5eddee708192e8169225668ba92921dee9f6f03b77caeeb81dd5a91823ce7227f13dfe4

                                • memory/1532-36-0x0000000005C40000-0x0000000005C52000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  72KB

                                • memory/1532-34-0x0000000004FC0000-0x0000000005052000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  584KB

                                • memory/1532-35-0x0000000004F20000-0x0000000004F86000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  408KB

                                • memory/1532-30-0x0000000000600000-0x000000000065E000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  376KB

                                • memory/1532-37-0x0000000006180000-0x00000000061BC000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  240KB

                                • memory/1532-29-0x0000000072C0E000-0x0000000072C0F000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  4KB

                                • memory/1532-33-0x0000000005410000-0x00000000059B4000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  5.6MB

                                • memory/1576-18-0x0000000004240000-0x0000000004241000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  4KB

                                • memory/1576-81-0x0000000000600000-0x000000000080A000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  2.0MB

                                • memory/1576-82-0x00007FF8B9E40000-0x00007FF8B9EC3000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  524KB

                                • memory/2708-65-0x0000000000150000-0x0000000000170000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  128KB

                                • memory/2708-71-0x0000000000150000-0x0000000000170000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  128KB

                                • memory/2856-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  128KB

                                • memory/2856-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  128KB

                                • memory/4568-73-0x0000000007020000-0x000000000702A000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  40KB