Analysis Overview
SHA256
2cb0b6c1f841332c7ba8cadcf7f33765eb4bfc89f32286d3febdc0c0c99bf3fa
Threat Level: Known bad
The file 2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Quasar RAT
Quasar payload
Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
Checks computer location settings
Checks BIOS information in registry
Maps connected drives based on registry
Looks up external IP address via web service
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Unsigned PE
Enumerates physical storage devices
Program crash
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Creates scheduled task(s)
Runs ping.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
MITRE ATT&CK Matrix V13
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-06-11 06:28
Signatures
Unsigned PE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-06-11 06:28
Reported
2024-06-11 06:31
Platform
win10v2004-20240508-en
Max time kernel
83s
Max time network
86s
Command Line
Signatures
Quasar RAT
Quasar payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Checks BIOS information in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
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\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Looks up external IP address via web service
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | ip-api.com | N/A | N/A |
Maps connected drives based on registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 5068 set thread context of 3200 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe |
Enumerates physical storage devices
Program crash
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe |
Creates scheduled task(s)
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe | N/A |
Runs ping.exe
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\DWnYllkYIWuy" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp39C8.tmp"
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
"{path}"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GYa9fggAXHkT.bat" "
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
chcp 65001
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 3200 -ip 3200
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping -n 10 localhost
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3200 -s 2184
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe"
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | ip-api.com | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | freegeoip.net | udp |
Files
memory/5068-0-0x000000007482E000-0x000000007482F000-memory.dmp
memory/5068-1-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000007C4000-memory.dmp
memory/5068-2-0x00000000075C0000-0x000000000767C000-memory.dmp
memory/5068-3-0x00000000058F0000-0x0000000005E94000-memory.dmp
memory/5068-4-0x0000000074820000-0x0000000074FD0000-memory.dmp
memory/5068-5-0x00000000054E0000-0x0000000005572000-memory.dmp
memory/5068-6-0x0000000005670000-0x000000000567A000-memory.dmp
memory/5068-7-0x00000000058A0000-0x00000000058B4000-memory.dmp
memory/5068-8-0x000000007482E000-0x000000007482F000-memory.dmp
memory/5068-9-0x0000000074820000-0x0000000074FD0000-memory.dmp
memory/5068-10-0x0000000006B10000-0x0000000006B96000-memory.dmp
memory/5068-11-0x0000000006D80000-0x0000000006E1C000-memory.dmp
memory/5068-12-0x0000000006F20000-0x0000000006F86000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp39C8.tmp
| MD5 | c316fba0328c40c557d905d733d8ec02 |
| SHA1 | 4cd78457781c76e57cb88f114d6e525e47da3617 |
| SHA256 | 2d873b80ea947edc913419cbcbc5bf0d0aae416c635abe01fd35d7861cb1bac6 |
| SHA512 | a99d19a497c159b8f5107f31b7b479525e3e3008646436b8f1949b10ce1e7901d952ae18a50c644fe2a91e391b50c5579857c49110f4012729b08f990e95a363 |
memory/3200-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp
memory/5068-18-0x0000000074820000-0x0000000074FD0000-memory.dmp
memory/3200-19-0x0000000074820000-0x0000000074FD0000-memory.dmp
memory/3200-20-0x0000000074820000-0x0000000074FD0000-memory.dmp
memory/3200-21-0x0000000005C20000-0x0000000005C32000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GYa9fggAXHkT.bat
| MD5 | a5e0ece81e73ddd35c3c7856d06347ca |
| SHA1 | 7c1fcb18e331ae324f333491b1c82fabe9878dcc |
| SHA256 | 5f76f7a5f120917c323f4804e94980c7c482b3286d4dffec8f243c11478a5468 |
| SHA512 | d82bb7ecf6b7478421c6b5a22f55a3356179a65202b993d02c3f3395deaa46d610200efc484ccab6c3ab7ce42a9d0887f98ca3f30a3521fbacfc633f42cb3d0d |
memory/3200-27-0x0000000074820000-0x0000000074FD0000-memory.dmp
memory/5032-28-0x0000000000D50000-0x0000000000D90000-memory.dmp
memory/5032-29-0x0000000005550000-0x000000000556A000-memory.dmp
memory/5032-30-0x00000000057F0000-0x000000000594A000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-06-11 06:28
Reported
2024-06-11 06:31
Platform
win7-20240220-en
Max time kernel
118s
Max time network
128s
Command Line
Signatures
Quasar RAT
Quasar payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Checks BIOS information in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Looks up external IP address via web service
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | ip-api.com | N/A | N/A |
Maps connected drives based on registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 2912 set thread context of 2232 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe |
Enumerates physical storage devices
Creates scheduled task(s)
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2af7826b803c1f5fba3e23b9b3de82f0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\DWnYllkYIWuy" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF5A5.tmp"
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
"{path}"
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | ip-api.com | udp |
| US | 208.95.112.1:80 | ip-api.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | starwor.kozow.com | udp |
| GB | 23.19.58.183:1980 | starwor.kozow.com | tcp |
| GB | 23.19.58.183:1980 | starwor.kozow.com | tcp |
Files
memory/2912-0-0x000000007423E000-0x000000007423F000-memory.dmp
memory/2912-1-0x00000000001A0000-0x0000000000344000-memory.dmp
memory/2912-2-0x00000000049F0000-0x0000000004AAC000-memory.dmp
memory/2912-3-0x0000000074230000-0x000000007491E000-memory.dmp
memory/2912-4-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp
memory/2912-5-0x000000007423E000-0x000000007423F000-memory.dmp
memory/2912-6-0x0000000074230000-0x000000007491E000-memory.dmp
memory/2912-7-0x0000000005590000-0x0000000005616000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF5A5.tmp
| MD5 | a4aafa548209b1f08a550306d733f624 |
| SHA1 | 32522ab9db13048137d3c25dbb2a323020f80795 |
| SHA256 | 579341444402c734bfaf87def301bc7e7c8d3349fab85977460dd174c7f6922e |
| SHA512 | 5033905a89911581695184adbc4c76ec13aa4617cb0b1b8b3308554b671587bb775e4f59a89aad5702a04e8eda6b782cb601537e2905db7b9b4f87684f6d1dd5 |
memory/2232-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp
memory/2232-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp
memory/2232-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp
memory/2232-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp
memory/2232-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp
memory/2232-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp
memory/2232-18-0x00000000FFFDE000-0x00000000FFFDF000-memory.dmp
memory/2912-24-0x0000000074230000-0x000000007491E000-memory.dmp