Extracted

• • Target

    Vape.exe

  • Size

    16.9MB

  • MD5

    b682cd3286eb0cd188dc896d6fd7fa0c

  • SHA1

    f6f15cbc94072cbdab5ae4548c4b13d787f6f617

  • SHA256

    66ac4015c48cc00c995fc8910d09e2ccc0b559785fc52a959a4d2de9fdb8c62b

  • SHA512

    a30ada153f1c2ead70bbe27b3bb770512d04b469ec3e3f19266f81cd06150e1297e06877c5ed899040a7a760d64d24892477df17294721fd8560082a634ce2f5

  • SSDEEP

    393216:61HGgtq8HRisK/m6Smj8xBPKEUVrHCKAfcI:6tGOqKRO/9Smj8bPsxsfcI

  Score

  10^/10

  dcratxwormevasionexecutioninfostealerpersistencerattrojanupxxmrigbootkitminerspywarestealer

  • DcRat

    DarkCrystal(DC) is a new .NET RAT active since June 2019 capable of loading additional plugins.

    ratinfostealerdcrat

  • Deletes Windows Defender Definitions

    Uses mpcmdrun utility to delete all AV definitions.

    evasion

  • Detect Xworm Payload

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence

    persistence

  • Modifies security service

    evasion

  • Process spawned unexpected child process

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

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess

  • Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

    trojanratxworm

  • xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

    minerxmrig

  • DCRat payload

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

    rat

  • XMRig Miner payload

    miner

  • Blocklisted process makes network request

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

    Start PowerShell.

    execution

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

    execution

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

    Using powershell.exe command.

    execution

  • Creates new service(s)

    persistenceexecution

  • Downloads MZ/PE file

  • Sets service image path in registry

    persistence

  • Stops running service(s)

    evasionexecution

  • Checks BIOS information in registry

    BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Checks computer location settings

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

  • Drops startup file

  • Executes dropped EXE

  • Loads dropped DLL

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers

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

    spywarestealer

  • UPX packed file

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

    upx

  • Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting

    spyware

  • Adds Run key to start application

    persistence

  • Enumerates connected drives

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

  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

  • Looks up external IP address via web service

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

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

    bootkitpersistence

  • Drops file in System32 directory

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

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