General

  • Target
    Nexus Release.rar
  • Size 20.1MB
  • Sample240614-v1l2zstdpn
  • SHA256 b895ad7a2e10bc61670d50322612490e99a66cfd95a7a005a7ce5662617083f5
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xworm

C2
  • 91.92.241.69:5555

Attributes
  • Install_directory

    %ProgramData%

  • install_file

    Windows Runtime.exe

Targets

    • Target
      Nexus Release/ByfronHook.dll
    • Size 21KB
    • SHA256 3811858da4b1f5e7f40d1237d7189ddca3989fa0d7b07e87c538f92975b893d2
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
    Score
    1/10
    • Target
      Nexus Release/Nexus Release V1.7.exe
    • Size 20.1MB
    • SHA256 14a8a060706a3a20704260d43910fb96a7f727d399b08f946cc9a2db1875ee6e
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
    • Detect Xworm Payload

    • Xworm

      Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

    • xmrig

      XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

    • XMRig Miner payload

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

      Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

    • Creates new service(s)

    • Stops running service(s)

    • Checks computer location settings

      Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

    • Drops startup file

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • UPX packed file

      Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • Looks up external IP address via web service

      Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

    • Target
      Nexus Release/assets.dll
    • Size 171KB
    • SHA256 672cb16128dea50e21fd2d98889e2d6a2264b654304a3f4248ebdf4c546f734a
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
    Score
    1/10

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Tasks