Malware Analysis Report

2025-03-14 22:10

Sample ID 240613-frlbrsyfln
Target 60aa53444323106cb2e29698e6923890_NeikiAnalytics.exe
SHA256 b2bd8cd0a6330d327cea7e14d0720484dd1fb0e7f8dadb9f44c5cb87f0d98090
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

b2bd8cd0a6330d327cea7e14d0720484dd1fb0e7f8dadb9f44c5cb87f0d98090

Threat Level: Shows suspicious behavior

The file 60aa53444323106cb2e29698e6923890_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

2024-06-13 05:06

Signatures

Unsigned PE

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

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-13 05:06

Reported

2024-06-13 05:08

Platform

win7-20240508-en

Max time kernel

149s

Max time network

123s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\60aa53444323106cb2e29698e6923890_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-1-5-21-2737914667-933161113-3798636211-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\microsofthelp = "C:\\Windows\\microsofthelp.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\60aa53444323106cb2e29698e6923890_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\60aa53444323106cb2e29698e6923890_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\60aa53444323106cb2e29698e6923890_NeikiAnalytics.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\60aa53444323106cb2e29698e6923890_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe

"C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe"

Network

N/A

Files

memory/2056-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000403000-memory.dmp

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe

MD5 59a4f3024208462551b48e77472e3800
SHA1 95f82d65b6cfea9e0b657a2e057eb208b682bce6
SHA256 b8e9ffe0619941915cf98c3e5fad4b2f35fb54de6857224f6371a035de02d429
SHA512 890e9d5c96c7ea13f93a45774c5b9b57e9b42f711269e20303c49256cc16a520395f308f32c4efe84697d9a2a7bc2241ea5d2d779218b11e606296437fcd3c0b

memory/1240-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000403000-memory.dmp

memory/2056-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000403000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-13 05:06

Reported

2024-06-13 05:09

Platform

win10v2004-20240611-en

Max time kernel

149s

Max time network

153s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\60aa53444323106cb2e29698e6923890_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-1-5-21-2080292272-204036150-2159171770-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\microsofthelp = "C:\\Windows\\microsofthelp.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\60aa53444323106cb2e29698e6923890_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\60aa53444323106cb2e29698e6923890_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\60aa53444323106cb2e29698e6923890_NeikiAnalytics.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\60aa53444323106cb2e29698e6923890_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe

"C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe"

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 g.bing.com udp
US 204.79.197.237:443 g.bing.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 237.197.79.204.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 82.90.14.23.in-addr.arpa udp
NL 23.62.61.97:443 www.bing.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 57.169.31.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 97.61.62.23.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 26.165.165.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 171.39.242.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 21.236.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/4976-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000403000-memory.dmp

memory/4976-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000403000-memory.dmp

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe

MD5 59a4f3024208462551b48e77472e3800
SHA1 95f82d65b6cfea9e0b657a2e057eb208b682bce6
SHA256 b8e9ffe0619941915cf98c3e5fad4b2f35fb54de6857224f6371a035de02d429
SHA512 890e9d5c96c7ea13f93a45774c5b9b57e9b42f711269e20303c49256cc16a520395f308f32c4efe84697d9a2a7bc2241ea5d2d779218b11e606296437fcd3c0b