Analysis

  • max time kernel
    4s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240611-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240611-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    18-06-2024 11:44

General

  • Target

    4087b3d8aa55fc3ee53d7a8e06ac3360_NeikiAnalytics.exe

  • Size

    2.0MB

  • MD5

    4087b3d8aa55fc3ee53d7a8e06ac3360

  • SHA1

    673872488c11987fbf3a2e500749f0ee87d708c7

  • SHA256

    0c76e18124051194d59ae6c718f0832143ebd9274877325f20dd9013c2600f03

  • SHA512

    fe86a97c6131e6961032785724ab2617eb70ffd33e26fadcd3618866aede01ed19696ae18ff023d26f374c3874feff769f83e602a04082155593c229639ac023

  • SSDEEP

    24576:su6J33O0c+JY5UZ+XC0kGso6FaI1IXgM6YmenKKSUlmDaGJTA4Pqa6jUvOkQwKY9:2u0c++OCvkGs9Fap5aLKLkDl+dUvO9Yz

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

azorult

C2

http://0x21.in:8000/_az/

Extracted

Family

quasar

Version

1.3.0.0

Botnet

EbayProfiles

C2

5.8.88.191:443

sockartek.icu:443

Mutex

QSR_MUTEX_0kBRNrRz5TDLEQouI0

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    MWhG6wsClMX8aJM2CVXT

  • install_name

    winsock.exe

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    win defender run

  • subdirectory

    SubDir

Signatures

  • Azorult

    An information stealer that was first discovered in 2016, targeting browsing history and passwords.

  • Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar payload 3 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

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

  • AutoIT Executable 1 IoCs

    AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Program crash 4 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 26 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4087b3d8aa55fc3ee53d7a8e06ac3360_NeikiAnalytics.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4087b3d8aa55fc3ee53d7a8e06ac3360_NeikiAnalytics.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4952
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3552
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
        3⤵
          PID:3156
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3552 -s 548
          3⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:4260
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3636
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
          3⤵
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4860
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:5104
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
            4⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:644
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VCS9JIB8jIJP.bat" "
            4⤵
              PID:3944
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
                chcp 65001
                5⤵
                  PID:4448
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                  ping -n 10 localhost
                  5⤵
                  • Runs ping.exe
                  PID:5096
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
                  5⤵
                    PID:4704
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                      "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
                      6⤵
                      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                      PID:4664
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\g4VvcbyKsipa.bat" "
                      6⤵
                        PID:4620
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
                          chcp 65001
                          7⤵
                            PID:1284
                          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                            ping -n 10 localhost
                            7⤵
                            • Runs ping.exe
                            PID:4344
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4704 -s 1940
                          6⤵
                          • Program crash
                          PID:3648
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5104 -s 2236
                      4⤵
                      • Program crash
                      PID:324
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4087b3d8aa55fc3ee53d7a8e06ac3360_NeikiAnalytics.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4087b3d8aa55fc3ee53d7a8e06ac3360_NeikiAnalytics.exe"
                  2⤵
                    PID:4544
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                    "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe" /create /tn RtkAudioService64 /tr "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe" /sc minute /mo 1 /F
                    2⤵
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:4428
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 3552 -ip 3552
                  1⤵
                    PID:368
                  • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                    C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                    1⤵
                      PID:3400
                      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
                        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
                        2⤵
                          PID:3664
                          • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
                            C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
                            3⤵
                              PID:2816
                            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                              C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3664 -s 520
                              3⤵
                              • Program crash
                              PID:4272
                          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
                            2⤵
                              PID:1104
                            • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                              "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe"
                              2⤵
                                PID:5040
                              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                                "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe" /create /tn RtkAudioService64 /tr "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe" /sc minute /mo 1 /F
                                2⤵
                                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                                PID:3160
                            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                              C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 456 -p 3664 -ip 3664
                              1⤵
                                PID:760
                              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                                C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 476 -p 5104 -ip 5104
                                1⤵
                                  PID:4340
                                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 456 -p 4704 -ip 4704
                                  1⤵
                                    PID:4772
                                  • C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe
                                    "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe" /service
                                    1⤵
                                      PID:3192

                                    Network

                                    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                                    Downloads

                                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\windef.exe.log

                                      Filesize

                                      1KB

                                      MD5

                                      10eab9c2684febb5327b6976f2047587

                                      SHA1

                                      a12ed54146a7f5c4c580416aecb899549712449e

                                      SHA256

                                      f49dbd55029bfbc15134f7c6a4f967d6c39142c63f2e8f1f8c78fab108a2c928

                                      SHA512

                                      7e5fd90fffae723bd0c662a90e0730b507805f072771ee673d1d8c262dbf60c8a03ba5fe088f699a97c2e886380de158b2ccd59ee62e3d012dd6dd14ea9d0e50

                                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VCS9JIB8jIJP.bat

                                      Filesize

                                      208B

                                      MD5

                                      fd58a65f6d23ecdbcc4538f1744d2baf

                                      SHA1

                                      0575b50e39168688184800130113c7093e958f5c

                                      SHA256

                                      38cbd4c7157b18983d188912af02aa3e58ce59f1408fd9ac94ba936f3585ee71

                                      SHA512

                                      49d5e9697e2c8356df6bc50a10234e5b79d7c76665b6774099017fcf8c2bf86dd6975a5173ae02f7f11cf6fb2f0aebeed65fa874b344eafafe2237528a0f296d

                                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\g4VvcbyKsipa.bat

                                      Filesize

                                      208B

                                      MD5

                                      449bd396cc1957891d3b053089d576f4

                                      SHA1

                                      b689675371344c0926952ebb3f39e4c16ae53caf

                                      SHA256

                                      1f19cebc5aef220bf456124f8e1993bb82ca97b4601930a555b2503c3c243e0d

                                      SHA512

                                      8a34a3d471256cf11d6cb35672aace4ec6dd10a80e6e56ddd7ec0c97a26b1a0c500101750e1f47f6c82e08f08f238011f03e50c4203bd0fab9ba605b166e5b36

                                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe

                                      Filesize

                                      405KB

                                      MD5

                                      b8ba87ee4c3fc085a2fed0d839aadce1

                                      SHA1

                                      b3a2e3256406330e8b1779199bb2b9865122d766

                                      SHA256

                                      4e8a99cd33c9e5c747a3ce8f1a3e17824846f4a8f7cb0631aebd0815db2ce3a4

                                      SHA512

                                      7a775a12cd5bcd182d64be0d31f800b456ca6d1b531189cea9c72e1940871cfe92ccd005938f67bfa4784ae44c54b3a7ea29a5bb59766e98c78bf53b680f2ab2

                                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe

                                      Filesize

                                      349KB

                                      MD5

                                      b4a202e03d4135484d0e730173abcc72

                                      SHA1

                                      01b30014545ea526c15a60931d676f9392ea0c70

                                      SHA256

                                      7050608d53f80269df951d00883ed79815c060ce7678a76b5c3f6a2a985beea9

                                      SHA512

                                      632a035a3b722ea29b02aad1f0da3df5bdc38abc7e6617223790955c6c0830f1070b528680416d5c63ea5e846074cdad87f06c21c35a77b1ccc4edc089d8b1fb

                                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Logs\06-18-2024

                                      Filesize

                                      224B

                                      MD5

                                      64d31b5eb9d4dfcadc7317d9376ed289

                                      SHA1

                                      c349e3cb0f8de0243c6aadefbff5843dc06885c0

                                      SHA256

                                      2bca70ea480eeec6519d9229c227167ec41991a733b6de96171ce64f59553880

                                      SHA512

                                      c957e6775c3123032a976abe0086df299c6d6d25f6d99917c046d39a1fa3a1854b4916d5c62b7e4773e9fb7ffc4ba7afca97c8ffa671fd1a76c116b558d20df4

                                    • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe

                                      Filesize

                                      2.0MB

                                      MD5

                                      ce9d3c289bbe38e7cc6fad10bebf6f86

                                      SHA1

                                      e25c7128092d330f2aa89934bb22fb8310120894

                                      SHA256

                                      e5224b39d8b599467c5c454ea9541730f33a6e3eaeb3e9cb22d585a5d069f56a

                                      SHA512

                                      3fc6ce5361dd50c420a337fb339bd25d62c982958738ffd64f86fa74de2d3a325c968b49f1ba7c518622db01b1267ef6af710b5bbec8a092cf51675320bac8b3

                                    • memory/3636-30-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000DE000-memory.dmp

                                      Filesize

                                      376KB

                                    • memory/3636-34-0x0000000004A10000-0x0000000004AA2000-memory.dmp

                                      Filesize

                                      584KB

                                    • memory/3636-35-0x0000000004AB0000-0x0000000004B16000-memory.dmp

                                      Filesize

                                      408KB

                                    • memory/3636-36-0x00000000056B0000-0x00000000056C2000-memory.dmp

                                      Filesize

                                      72KB

                                    • memory/3636-37-0x0000000005BF0000-0x0000000005C2C000-memory.dmp

                                      Filesize

                                      240KB

                                    • memory/3636-33-0x0000000004E80000-0x0000000005424000-memory.dmp

                                      Filesize

                                      5.6MB

                                    • memory/3636-19-0x0000000072EBE000-0x0000000072EBF000-memory.dmp

                                      Filesize

                                      4KB

                                    • memory/4544-21-0x0000000000CF0000-0x0000000000D10000-memory.dmp

                                      Filesize

                                      128KB

                                    • memory/4544-29-0x0000000000CF0000-0x0000000000D10000-memory.dmp

                                      Filesize

                                      128KB

                                    • memory/4952-20-0x0000000003860000-0x0000000003861000-memory.dmp

                                      Filesize

                                      4KB

                                    • memory/4952-85-0x0000000076570000-0x0000000076576000-memory.dmp

                                      Filesize

                                      24KB

                                    • memory/4952-86-0x0000000077360000-0x0000000077384000-memory.dmp

                                      Filesize

                                      144KB

                                    • memory/5040-67-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

                                      Filesize

                                      128KB

                                    • memory/5040-73-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

                                      Filesize

                                      128KB

                                    • memory/5104-45-0x0000000006D90000-0x0000000006D9A000-memory.dmp

                                      Filesize

                                      40KB