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22/06/2024, 15:37

240622-s2nk4axbmm10

22/06/2024, 01:53

240622-cazahssapb10

Analysis

  • max time kernel
    78s
  • max time network
    81s
  • platform
    windows10-1703_x64
  • resource
    win10-20240404-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10-20240404-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-1703-x64system
  • submitted
    22/06/2024, 01:53

General

  • Target
    AlphaX/AlphaX Installer.exe
  • Size 71.8MB
  • Sample240622-cazahssapb
  • SHA256 57035bc0055229fe94c54b92efea972b0407094bfddad6bf5d84c68ad628e9a2
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Enumerates VirtualBox DLL files 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Sets file to hidden 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Modifies file attributes to stop it showing in Explorer etc.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 64 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 47 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs
  • Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AlphaX\AlphaX Installer.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AlphaX\AlphaX Installer.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4920
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AlphaX\AlphaX Installer.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AlphaX\AlphaX Installer.exe"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates VirtualBox DLL files
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4764
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"
        3⤵
          PID:4540
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath \"C:\Users\Admin\Vega\""
          3⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4676
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\Vega\activate.bat
          3⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4276
          • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
            attrib +s +h .
            4⤵
            • Sets file to hidden
            • Views/modifies file attributes
            PID:2756
          • C:\Users\Admin\Vega\VegaX Installer.exe
            "VegaX Installer.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3204
            • C:\Users\Admin\Vega\VegaX Installer.exe
              "VegaX Installer.exe"
              5⤵
              • Enumerates VirtualBox DLL files
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2776
              • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"
                6⤵
                  PID:1580
                • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                  powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath \"C:\Users\Admin\Vega\""
                  6⤵
                  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  PID:1328
            • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
              taskkill /f /im "AlphaX Installer.exe"
              4⤵
              • Kills process with taskkill
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:2288

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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            Downloads

            INSTALLER

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32042\cryptography-42.0.8.dist-info\INSTALLER
            • Size 4B
            • SHA256 ceebae7b8927a3227e5303cf5e0f1f7b34bb542ad7250ac03fbcde36ec2f1508
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            SDL2.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\SDL2.dll
            • Size 2.4MB
            • SHA256 2e4e823b46e95a29ad4ce4e7134417b0cd60145fefe606920ef6dc0ebcfb0021
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            SDL2_image.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\SDL2_image.dll
            • Size 122KB
            • SHA256 1e364af75fee0c83506fbdfd4d5b0e386c4e9c6a33ddbddac61ddb131e360194
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            SDL2_mixer.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\SDL2_mixer.dll
            • Size 285KB
            • SHA256 2a0fc5e9f72c2eaec3240cb82b7594a58ccda609485981f256b94d0a4dd8d6f8
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            SDL2_ttf.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\SDL2_ttf.dll
            • Size 1.5MB
            • SHA256 fcdfabdfce868eb33f7514025ff59c1bb6c418f1bcd6ace2300a9cd4053e1d63
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            VCRUNTIME140.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\VCRUNTIME140.dll
            • Size 116KB
            • SHA256 4d292623516f65c80482081e62d5dadb759dc16e851de5db24c3cbb57b87db83
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
            • Size 48KB
            • SHA256 a113f192195f245f17389e6ecbed8005990bcb2476ddad33f7c4c6c86327afe5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            _asyncio.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\_asyncio.pyd
            • Size 63KB
            • SHA256 746bc8fa88282afe19dc60e426cc0a75bea3bd137cca06a0b57a30bd31459403
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            _cffi_backend.cp311-win_amd64.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\_cffi_backend.cp311-win_amd64.pyd
            • Size 177KB
            • SHA256 59767b0918859beddf28a7d66a50431411ffd940c32b3e8347e6d938b60facdf
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            _decimal.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\_decimal.pyd
            • Size 249KB
            • SHA256 980a63f2b39cf16910f44384398e25f24482346a482addb00de42555b17d4278
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            _elementtree.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\_elementtree.pyd
            • Size 125KB
            • SHA256 02e30b6a2bee5be5336e40a9c89575603051bde86f9c9cdc78b7fa7d9b7bd1f0
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            _multiprocessing.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\_multiprocessing.pyd
            • Size 33KB
            • SHA256 975c1947798e3c39898c86675ca1eb68249f77361f41f172f9800275227213b9
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            _overlapped.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\_overlapped.pyd
            • Size 50KB
            • SHA256 ca106e4dfdeafeabf9e98956d3d8d0cb73e109f1a96f1a7e35bc47dbd7c7e164
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            _sqlite3.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\_sqlite3.pyd
            • Size 117KB
            • SHA256 ff6a2a2f38b21b7784f97d604c99961d8c07ef455f7908110a4e893835d42b76
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            _tkinter.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\_tkinter.pyd
            • Size 62KB
            • SHA256 6f7bdc2f60a1795b58ec7015ec262d6b234aa8d0f022185de0f52bac4adab449
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            _uuid.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\_uuid.pyd
            • Size 24KB
            • SHA256 e6aa7f1637e211251c9d6f467203b2b6d85e5bc2d901699f2a55af637fa89250
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            base_library.zip

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\base_library.zip
            • Size 1.4MB
            • SHA256 c88cd8549debc046a980b0be3bf27956ae72dcdcf1a448e55892194752c570e6
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            crypto_clipper.json

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\crypto_clipper.json
            • Size 155B
            • SHA256 3f7446866f42bcbeb8426324d3ea58f386f3171abe94279ea7ec773a4adde7d7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            freetype.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\freetype.dll
            • Size 639KB
            • SHA256 1c487392d6d06970ba3c7b52705881f1fb069f607243499276c2f0c033c7df6f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            libffi-8.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\libffi-8.dll
            • Size 38KB
            • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            libjpeg-9.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\libjpeg-9.dll
            • Size 238KB
            • SHA256 3a224af540c96574800f5e9acf64b2cdfb9060e727919ec14fbd187a9b5bfe69
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            libmodplug-1.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\libmodplug-1.dll
            • Size 259KB
            • SHA256 0c1a9032812ec4c20003a997423e67b71ecb5e59d62cdc18a5bf591176a9010e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            libogg-0.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\libogg-0.dll
            • Size 25KB
            • SHA256 57abc4f6a9accdd08bf9a2b022a66640cc626a5bd4dac6c7c4f06a5df61ee1fe
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            libopus-0.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\libopus-0.dll
            • Size 359KB
            • SHA256 771cae79410f7fcc4f993a105a18c4ed9e8cbddd6f807a42228d95f575808806
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            libopus-0.x64.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\libopus-0.x64.dll
            • Size 431KB
            • SHA256 c84da836e8d92421ac305842cfe5a724898ed09d340d46b129e210bdc9448131
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            libopusfile-0.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\libopusfile-0.dll
            • Size 45KB
            • SHA256 ccaaca81810bd2d1cab4692b4253a639f8d5516996db0e24d881efd3efdcc6a4
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            libpng16-16.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\libpng16-16.dll
            • Size 206KB
            • SHA256 e688b4a4d18f4b6ccc99c6ca4980f51218cb825610775192d9b60b2f05eff2d5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            libtiff-5.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\libtiff-5.dll
            • Size 422KB
            • SHA256 ebfe97ac5ef26b94945af3db5ffd110a4b8e92dc02559bf81ccb33f0d5ebce95
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            libwebp-7.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\libwebp-7.dll
            • Size 437KB
            • SHA256 9a53563b6058f70f2725029b7dd2fe96f869c20e8090031cd303e994dfe07b50
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            portmidi.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\portmidi.dll
            • Size 41KB
            • SHA256 c9f8d9043ac1570b10f104f2d00aec791f56261c84ee40773be73d0a3822e013
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            pyexpat.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\pyexpat.pyd
            • Size 194KB
            • SHA256 c7c7564f7f874fb660a46384980a2cf28bc3e245ca83628a197ccf861eab5560
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            python3.DLL

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\python3.DLL
            • Size 65KB
            • SHA256 db84bc052cfb121fe4db36242ba5f1d2c031b600ef5d8d752cf25b7c02b6bac6
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            python311.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\python311.dll
            • Size 5.5MB
            • SHA256 0817a2a657a24c0d5fbb60df56960f42fc66b3039d522ec952dab83e2d869364
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            sqlite3.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\sqlite3.dll
            • Size 1.5MB
            • SHA256 314bba62f4a1628b986afc94c09dc29cdaf08210eae469440fbf46bcdb86d3fd
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            tcl86t.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\tcl86t.dll
            • Size 1.8MB
            • SHA256 4e699ff2d6d147d0586c8c77be5a18f20ca0758f432d7b0f489223f2fa4dd221
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            tk86t.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\tk86t.dll
            • Size 1.5MB
            • SHA256 b6af038120f2b8644c7ce1e11917f410009848287622135d7e386f90d28a831c
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            unicodedata.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\unicodedata.pyd
            • Size 1.1MB
            • SHA256 37c68617fa02a2cadced17ef724e2d450ef12a8a37215da789a4679fde1c5c02
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            zlib1.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\zlib1.dll
            • Size 106KB
            • SHA256 b1f58a17f3bfd55523e7bef685acf5b32d1c2a6f25abdcd442681266fd26ab08
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            __PSScriptPolicyTest_wxifbmgt.0j5.ps1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_wxifbmgt.0j5.ps1
            • Size 1B
            • SHA256 6b86b273ff34fce19d6b804eff5a3f5747ada4eaa22f1d49c01e52ddb7875b4b
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            _bz2.pyd

            • Path \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\_bz2.pyd
            • Size 82KB
            • SHA256 00b8ca9a338d2b47285c9e56d6d893db2a999b47216756f18439997fb80a56e3
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            _ctypes.pyd

            • Path \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\_ctypes.pyd
            • Size 121KB
            • SHA256 c148292328f0aab7863af82f54f613961e7cb95b7215f7a81cafaf45bd4c42b7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            _hashlib.pyd

            • Path \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\_hashlib.pyd
            • Size 63KB
            • SHA256 87dd0c858620287454fd6d31d52b6a48eddbb2a08e09e8b2d9fdb0b92200d766
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            _lzma.pyd

            • Path \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\_lzma.pyd
            • Size 155KB
            • SHA256 f5e01b516c2c23035f7703e23569dec26c5616c05a929b2580ae474a5c6722c5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            _queue.pyd

            • Path \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\_queue.pyd
            • Size 31KB
            • SHA256 3f8e7e6aa13b417acc78b63434fb1144e6319a010a9fc376c54d6e69b638fe4c
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            _socket.pyd

            • Path \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\_socket.pyd
            • Size 77KB
            • SHA256 a19e3c7c03ef1b5625790b1c9c42594909311ab6df540fbf43c6aa93300ab166
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            _ssl.pyd

            • Path \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\_ssl.pyd
            • Size 174KB
            • SHA256 ba5388d6a6557d431e086734a3323621dc447f63ba299b0a815e5837cf869678
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            md.cp311-win_amd64.pyd

            • Path \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\charset_normalizer\md.cp311-win_amd64.pyd
            • Size 10KB
            • SHA256 790a11aa270523c2efa6021ce4f994c3c5a67e8eaaaf02074d5308420b68bd94
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            libcrypto-3.dll

            • Path \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\libcrypto-3.dll
            • Size 5.0MB
            • SHA256 05fe080eab7fc535c51e10c1bd76a2f3e6217f9c91a25034774588881c3f99de
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            libssl-3.dll

            • Path \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\libssl-3.dll
            • Size 768KB
            • SHA256 2e9fbcd8f7fdc13a5179533239811456554f2b3aa2fb10e1b17be0df81c79006
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            select.pyd

            • Path \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49202\select.pyd
            • Size 29KB
            • SHA256 bae0974390945520eb99ab32486c6a964691f8f4a028ac408d98fa8fb0db7d90
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            memory/4676-1236-0x00007FFA358C3000-0x00007FFA358C4000-memory.dmp

            memory/4676-1237-0x000001B0F0C70000-0x000001B0F0C92000-memory.dmp

            memory/4676-1238-0x00007FFA358C0000-0x00007FFA362AC000-memory.dmp

            memory/4676-1239-0x00007FFA358C0000-0x00007FFA362AC000-memory.dmp

            memory/4676-1243-0x000001B0F0FA0000-0x000001B0F1016000-memory.dmp

            memory/4676-1272-0x00007FFA358C0000-0x00007FFA362AC000-memory.dmp

            memory/4676-1282-0x00007FFA358C0000-0x00007FFA362AC000-memory.dmp

            memory/4676-1283-0x00007FFA358C0000-0x00007FFA362AC000-memory.dmp