Malware Analysis Report

2025-08-05 20:07

Sample ID 240611-sabr8a1fqn
Target 388e146d8b5873911b4363142a843080_NeikiAnalytics.exe
SHA256 847fb3489de9667a89d036bf430014088803ed4f1b05b94123a9f2e6442f7d78
Tags
persistence
score
7/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
7/10

SHA256

847fb3489de9667a89d036bf430014088803ed4f1b05b94123a9f2e6442f7d78

Threat Level: Shows suspicious behavior

The file 388e146d8b5873911b4363142a843080_NeikiAnalytics.exe was found to be: Shows suspicious behavior.

Malicious Activity Summary

persistence

Deletes itself

Executes dropped EXE

Adds Run key to start application

Drops file in Windows directory

Unsigned PE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-06-11 14:54

Signatures

Unsigned PE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-11 14:54

Reported

2024-06-11 14:57

Platform

win7-20240215-en

Max time kernel

149s

Max time network

121s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\388e146d8b5873911b4363142a843080_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

Signatures

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe N/A

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe N/A

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\microsofthelp = "C:\\Windows\\microsofthelp.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\388e146d8b5873911b4363142a843080_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A

Drops file in Windows directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\388e146d8b5873911b4363142a843080_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\388e146d8b5873911b4363142a843080_NeikiAnalytics.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\388e146d8b5873911b4363142a843080_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe

"C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe"

Network

N/A

Files

memory/1200-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000403000-memory.dmp

memory/1200-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000403000-memory.dmp

memory/2180-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000403000-memory.dmp

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe

MD5 0a9fd6b00f0dafbee1ace349a5a16aa4
SHA1 995dc5babd1bf7cc941644d3fdceea55d58fe793
SHA256 98ddca82740c68ecba6e336e5cad57fc7f529098f056e257fa544b3776ff6e02
SHA512 c06431717bafd7e685b2ec5711e6194edb1b2e52843433d618c551c686443e2723bf75e9bd021f26d1a4fd3ae58226d115536dbe7db5ac604ceafc3206396dba

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-11 14:54

Reported

2024-06-11 14:57

Platform

win10v2004-20240508-en

Max time kernel

149s

Max time network

52s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\388e146d8b5873911b4363142a843080_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

Signatures

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe N/A

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe N/A

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2804150937-2146708401-419095071-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\microsofthelp = "C:\\Windows\\microsofthelp.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\388e146d8b5873911b4363142a843080_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A

Drops file in Windows directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\388e146d8b5873911b4363142a843080_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\388e146d8b5873911b4363142a843080_NeikiAnalytics.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\388e146d8b5873911b4363142a843080_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe

"C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe"

Network

Files

memory/4180-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000403000-memory.dmp

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe

MD5 0a9fd6b00f0dafbee1ace349a5a16aa4
SHA1 995dc5babd1bf7cc941644d3fdceea55d58fe793
SHA256 98ddca82740c68ecba6e336e5cad57fc7f529098f056e257fa544b3776ff6e02
SHA512 c06431717bafd7e685b2ec5711e6194edb1b2e52843433d618c551c686443e2723bf75e9bd021f26d1a4fd3ae58226d115536dbe7db5ac604ceafc3206396dba

memory/5020-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000403000-memory.dmp