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Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Processes:

720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
evasion

Query Registry
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion
T1497

Processes:

720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

description ioc process

Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools 720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

Processes:

720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

Windows security modification 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

evasion trojan

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features\TamperProtection = "0"	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

Processes:

720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

Processes:

720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

Processes:

720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2000 set thread context of 2432	2000	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
persistence

Scheduled Task/Job
T1053

Processes:

schtasks.exe

pid process

300 schtasks.exe

pid	process
300	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs

Processes:

powershell.exe720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	process
2364	powershell.exe
2000	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe
2432	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe
2432	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe
2432	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

Processes:

720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid process

2432 720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	process
2432	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

Processes:

powershell.exe720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2364	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2000	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2432	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

Processes:

720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2364	2000	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe	powershell.exe
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2364	2000	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe	powershell.exe
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2364	2000	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe	powershell.exe
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2364	2000	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe	powershell.exe
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2432	2000	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2432	2000	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2432	2000	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2432	2000	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2432	2000	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2432	2000	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2432	2000	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2432	2000	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2432	2000	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2432 wrote to memory of 300	2432	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2432 wrote to memory of 300	2432	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2432 wrote to memory of 300	2432	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2432 wrote to memory of 300	2432	720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe	schtasks.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
- Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
- Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Windows security modification
- Maps connected drives based on registry
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2000

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"powershell" Get-MpPreference -verbose
2⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2364

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\720088308879dde2aefb284c3addc900_JaffaCakes118.exe"
2⤵
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2432

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "DHCP Host" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpECCF.tmp"
3⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:300

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Persistence

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

Scheduled Task/Job

Privilege Escalation

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

Scheduled Task/Job

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Impair Defenses

T1562

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

4

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

System Information Discovery

3

Peripheral Device Discovery