Overview
overview
8Static
static
3ethical.exe
windows11-21h2-x64
8$PLUGINSDI...ls.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...em.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3LICENSES.c...m.html
windows11-21h2-x64
1d3dcompiler_47.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1ethical.exe
windows11-21h2-x64
7ffmpeg.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1libEGL.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1libGLESv2.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1resources/elevate.exe
windows11-21h2-x64
1vk_swiftshader.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1vulkan-1.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1$PLUGINSDI...7z.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3General
- Target ethical.exe
- Size 81.1MB
- Sample240611-me9bdstfpr
- SHA256 bde841c5e04602c4ff3c1c20680c691210ff71a6310d7533933954f5e25fac00
- MD5 555f4f542aa80f72b975e915c54a7a1d
- SHA1 bee96d6dbed3e5b310ca05b7ddcf2c459f77ba94
- SHA512 eb57df51ce6a726c25a1dc2abba8b500f38f5e67647f740e76e8423f3ace1b3247394ad36829ca2f38350fca07c1a74d609e8dd09abd864f6df8c5876f478d50
- SSDEEP 1572864:V4gPXMo6v2JXxy4obk87JWVIAESWXzXiSpfVrVPFAbWUIN+0QZ5dxMX7:V4Acrv2Jx3obkg4DNWjSSpfVrVebAN+k
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
ethical.exe
Resource
win11-20240426-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/StdUtils.dll
Resource
win11-20240426-en
Behavioral task
behavioral3
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/System.dll
Resource
win11-20240419-en
Behavioral task
behavioral4
Sample
LICENSES.chromium.html
Resource
win11-20240508-en
Behavioral task
behavioral5
Sample
d3dcompiler_47.dll
Resource
win11-20240508-en
Behavioral task
behavioral6
Sample
ethical.exe
Resource
win11-20240508-en
Behavioral task
behavioral7
Sample
ffmpeg.dll
Resource
win11-20240508-en
Behavioral task
behavioral8
Sample
libEGL.dll
Resource
win11-20240426-en
Behavioral task
behavioral9
Sample
libGLESv2.dll
Resource
win11-20240426-en
Behavioral task
behavioral10
Sample
resources/elevate.exe
Resource
win11-20240508-en
Behavioral task
behavioral11
Sample
vk_swiftshader.dll
Resource
win11-20240426-en
Behavioral task
behavioral12
Sample
vulkan-1.dll
Resource
win11-20240508-en
Behavioral task
behavioral13
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/nsis7z.dll
Resource
win11-20240419-en
Malware Config
Targets
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- Target ethical.exe
- Size 81.1MB
- SHA256 bde841c5e04602c4ff3c1c20680c691210ff71a6310d7533933954f5e25fac00
- MD5 555f4f542aa80f72b975e915c54a7a1d
- SHA1 bee96d6dbed3e5b310ca05b7ddcf2c459f77ba94
- SHA512 eb57df51ce6a726c25a1dc2abba8b500f38f5e67647f740e76e8423f3ace1b3247394ad36829ca2f38350fca07c1a74d609e8dd09abd864f6df8c5876f478d50
- SSDEEP 1572864:V4gPXMo6v2JXxy4obk87JWVIAESWXzXiSpfVrVPFAbWUIN+0QZ5dxMX7:V4Acrv2Jx3obkg4DNWjSSpfVrVebAN+k
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score8/10-
Disables Task Manager via registry modification
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Drops startup file
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Executes dropped EXE
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Loads dropped DLL
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Adds Run key to start application
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Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2
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Looks up external IP address via web service
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
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- Target $PLUGINSDIR/StdUtils.dll
- Size 100KB
- SHA256 b72e9013a6204e9f01076dc38dabbf30870d44dfc66962adbf73619d4331601e
- MD5 c6a6e03f77c313b267498515488c5740
- SHA1 3d49fc2784b9450962ed6b82b46e9c3c957d7c15
- SHA512 9870c5879f7b72836805088079ad5bbafcb59fc3d9127f2160d4ec3d6e88d3cc8ebe5a9f5d20a4720fe6407c1336ef10f33b2b9621bc587e930d4cbacf337803
- SSDEEP 3072:WNuZmJ9TDP3ahD2TF7Rq9cJNPhF9vyHf:WNuZ81zaAFHhF9v
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score3/10 -
- Target $PLUGINSDIR/System.dll
- Size 12KB
- SHA256 3eb38ae99653a7dbc724132ee240f6e5c4af4bfe7c01d31d23faf373f9f2eaca
- MD5 0d7ad4f45dc6f5aa87f606d0331c6901
- SHA1 48df0911f0484cbe2a8cdd5362140b63c41ee457
- SHA512 c07de7308cb54205e8bd703001a7fe4fd7796c9ac1b4bb330c77c872bf712b093645f40b80ce7127531fe6746a5b66e18ea073ab6a644934abed9bb64126fea9
- SSDEEP 192:1enY0LWelt70elWjvfstJcVtwtYbjnIOg5AaDnbC7ypXhtIj:18PJlt70esj0Mt9vn6ay6
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score3/10 -
- Target LICENSES.chromium.html
- Size 8.8MB
- SHA256 6a717038f81271f62318212f00b1a2173b9cb0cc435f984710ac8355eb409081
- MD5 2675b30d524b6c79b6cee41af86fc619
- SHA1 407716c1bb83c211bcb51efbbcb6bf2ef1664e5b
- SHA512 3214341da8bf3347a6874535bb0ff8d059ee604e779491780f2b29172f9963e23acbe3c534d888f7a3b99274f46d0628962e1e72a5d3fc6f18ca2b62343df485
- SSDEEP 24576:cpD6826x5kSWSsRinoHnmfm646a6N6z68SH4SApTJ:cHSek
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score1/10 -
- Target d3dcompiler_47.dll
- Size 4.7MB
- SHA256 7353f25dc5cf84d09894e3e0461cef0e56799adbc617fce37620ca67240b547d
- MD5 2191e768cc2e19009dad20dc999135a3
- SHA1 f49a46ba0e954e657aaed1c9019a53d194272b6a
- SHA512 5adcb00162f284c16ec78016d301fc11559dd0a781ffbeff822db22efbed168b11d7e5586ea82388e9503b0c7d3740cf2a08e243877f5319202491c8a641c970
- SSDEEP 49152:KCZnRO4XyM53Rkq4ypQqdoRpmruVNYvkaRwvhiD0N+YEzI4og/RfzHLeHTRhFRNc:xG2QCwmHPnog/pzHAo/A6l
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score1/10 -
- Target ethical.exe
- Size 164.7MB
- SHA256 c3c8517b7719e76690a6ea9bcf2e537f7c39ad8e1eb2f12b1a64a0f814027875
- MD5 9690087d5dc01fbec7af15f7706b2663
- SHA1 b59436ab4950592a120e8a41b41ac45949423659
- SHA512 4a386b7ce75a5b0f780b5281c3d92146fd3f87a50852f7941e34c981c5255c7b294b671a92955e470ecb977186066ba9e5e008ca45a2c46ed3417973871bc1da
- SSDEEP 1572864:RtRb5j0Jo3k4uaSwrkaxMnHo/qVfZanrCfYbmLlEkwPT15+ztDTeNokbaGMZAHmM:RTlBaHTf7x+Un
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score7/10-
Loads dropped DLL
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Looks up external IP address via web service
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
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Drops file in System32 directory
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- Target ffmpeg.dll
- Size 2.8MB
- SHA256 5dad57ea08d8af1e78889e7b9191a0d4cb55e6124a447a8ab352064ca20a200d
- MD5 cc00135fe47c2e1e3c2afdae364e343e
- SHA1 b6f2edebeae328004537147e4743523f1eba88fe
- SHA512 cbd7392ffb932241eaa3d67e4df7e2fa1163529e46ecf7ed17eb80fe5f36895ed00b39feccbb9966cfaebafba83b576a4f9a17593bb2bb61d8df70703d90b35f
- SSDEEP 49152:HF5qb84KtStWEK/Ju2lf3tAtiLHQVTf6yfcrhCHDXLl8+0LKSQdSCu:HFvSkJXv+tiLAD0+DdS5
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score1/10 -
- Target libEGL.dll
- Size 477KB
- SHA256 9d3bda43e5a5cecbed08429cd282bebf99934622a2790e714d95cd0228040c24
- MD5 15122a10e56ba77fad6f9de0498bdc23
- SHA1 fe9dd8a2300155c8e1793fd91049cebda914f80f
- SHA512 0bd4ee0e047068e932e74e55c810debf07c8f7099f08f3ed16496efe7070521db240d03b73ae7e0f6c04e9ea1142abd1391e1cf17a9d4dd6296c30e75767c120
- SSDEEP 6144:J8hd1BSjuMmof2SEXVVfgV8hxN7h2NeIEOg51f0FticyQ:J8DXSjZmof2SEsmN12NeIE7f0FticyQ
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score1/10 -
- Target libGLESv2.dll
- Size 7.3MB
- SHA256 ab22f3d242aacd5ad30cb95f95e7091aa72416a68f51d5fa4cd78c3727b0be59
- MD5 76693ad1c75cdc538f5e5578ede80cbc
- SHA1 5317ad99f6a70a582b38cb9f8b25547ce5870a8c
- SHA512 76cd3e8cd04db7ed49022c5bd37f378ae05c9b8c9a767be0a6cb3cd81c0cd6d7a6717f51e0f8d3b6e918a9ed1d454099d6dcce26c5b83621426a27346e8c5796
- SSDEEP 98304:+wY1sQqaLe2Egto8U4r5Pp6TlITQZ3eW888888888tb8dOi:dNaSgtvroZe
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score1/10 -
- Target resources/elevate.exe
- Size 105KB
- SHA256 9b1fbf0c11c520ae714af8aa9af12cfd48503eedecd7398d8992ee94d1b4dc37
- MD5 792b92c8ad13c46f27c7ced0810694df
- SHA1 d8d449b92de20a57df722df46435ba4553ecc802
- SHA512 6c247254dc18ed81213a978cce2e321d6692848c64307097d2c43432a42f4f4f6d3cf22fb92610dfa8b7b16a5f1d94e9017cf64f88f2d08e79c0fe71a9121e40
- SSDEEP 3072:1bLnrwQoRDtdMMgSXiFJWcIgUVCfRjV/GrWl:1PrwRhte1XsE1l
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score1/10 -
- Target vk_swiftshader.dll
- Size 4.9MB
- SHA256 7488ef4036c46d4ef85c65efbc83617478a6401dbc00e94ec953fe46f0307857
- MD5 1f310037e6369da31d700dbd8fee0ac2
- SHA1 dc101393382996c2079815a6911bc780cebb0bb7
- SHA512 09195184484e78a2c70495142a96a9eac4dde7fbed32042b8fb6961ac288a8ffa3049823d30958b5e0fb0ab321107e7ee2d78eb49ed3808070c6c75038fcaf29
- SSDEEP 49152:36h3a0f1ABi1jP9LoS8lne0Zv8EgHI7JXYN3bgFNmEgMYmz2qA0Mr7wsVUsNCOzy:Kh3aMXoSHfPwksHldLiuNr
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score1/10 -
- Target vulkan-1.dll
- Size 931KB
- SHA256 a30dee992d32d160d2eb55ed5c1320b5017b945c2aece5d0b26489d31b297599
- MD5 a6d04cab54d4bcb377939fbdf7b31e34
- SHA1 e082c247e06a0724702ecc0d97082cb7b6af13bf
- SHA512 2330530c5135a71a67e688eed4498545995b233a5eb142912ccba563f596f789be716e65845c28712785e90d33715c0c16be3bd397585e1614d5593130aed078
- SSDEEP 24576:TYWOq/4Kt/Ku8n387ecbFb6Z5WoDYsHY6g3P0zAk7sx:TY65/M387R56Z5WoDYsHY6g3P0zAk7s
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score1/10 -
- Target $PLUGINSDIR/nsis7z.dll
- Size 424KB
- SHA256 b393f05e8ff919ef071181050e1873c9a776e1a0ae8329aefff7007d0cadf592
- MD5 80e44ce4895304c6a3a831310fbf8cd0
- SHA1 36bd49ae21c460be5753a904b4501f1abca53508
- SHA512 c8ba7b1f9113ead23e993e74a48c4427ae3562c1f6d9910b2bbe6806c9107cf7d94bc7d204613e4743d0cd869e00dafd4fb54aad1e8adb69c553f3b9e5bc64df
- SSDEEP 6144:aUWQQ5O3fz0NG3ucDaEUTWfk+ZA0NrCL/k+uyoyBOX1okfW7w+Pfzqibckl:an5QEG39fPAkrE4yrBOXDfaNbck
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score3/10
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1