Malware Analysis Report

2024-09-11 09:06

Sample ID 240625-2h4mmszfpk
Target 1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe
SHA256 1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8
Tags
discordrat evasion persistence rat rootkit stealer themida trojan
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

discordrat evasion persistence rat rootkit stealer themida trojan

Discord RAT

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

Checks BIOS information in registry

Themida packer

Checks whether UAC is enabled

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

Unsigned PE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix V13

Initial Access
TA0001
Execution
TA0002
Persistence
TA0003
Privilege Escalation
TA0004
Defense Evasion
TA0005
Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion
T1497
Credential Access
TA0006
Discovery
TA0007
Query Registry
T1012
Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion
T1497
System Information Discovery
T1082
Lateral Movement
TA0008
Collection
TA0009
Exfiltration
TA0010
Command and Control
TA0011
Web Service
T1102
Impact
TA0040
Resource Development
TA0042
Reconnaissance
TA0043

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-06-25 22:35

Signatures

Themida packer

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

Unsigned PE

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

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-25 22:35

Reported

2024-06-25 22:38

Platform

win10v2004-20240226-en

Max time kernel

143s

Max time network

151s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

Signatures

Discord RAT

stealer rootkit rat persistence discordrat

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A

Checks BIOS information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A

Themida packer

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

Checks whether UAC is enabled

evasion trojan
Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A discord.com N/A N/A
N/A discord.com N/A N/A
N/A discord.com N/A N/A

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1416 --field-trial-handle=3240,i,13319578961094268484,16557498665191861597,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
GB 96.16.110.114:80 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 gateway.discord.gg udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 209.205.72.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.214.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
US 162.159.136.234:443 gateway.discord.gg tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 234.136.159.162.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 discord.com udp
US 162.159.128.233:443 discord.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 geolocation-db.com udp
DE 159.89.102.253:443 geolocation-db.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 233.128.159.162.in-addr.arpa udp
US 162.159.128.233:443 discord.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 253.102.89.159.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 76.234.34.23.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 68.159.190.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 104.219.191.52.in-addr.arpa udp
GB 142.250.187.234:443 tcp
US 13.107.246.64:443 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 97.17.167.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 183.59.114.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 206.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 82.90.14.23.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 240.221.184.93.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 27.178.89.13.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/1600-0-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014065C000-memory.dmp

memory/1600-1-0x00007FF9A664B000-0x00007FF9A664C000-memory.dmp

memory/1600-2-0x00007FF9A6630000-0x00007FF9A66EE000-memory.dmp

memory/1600-3-0x00007FF9A6630000-0x00007FF9A66EE000-memory.dmp

memory/1600-5-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014065C000-memory.dmp

memory/1600-6-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014065C000-memory.dmp

memory/1600-7-0x000000001B9C0000-0x000000001BB82000-memory.dmp

memory/1600-8-0x00007FF9A6630000-0x00007FF9A66EE000-memory.dmp

memory/1600-9-0x000000001F2D0000-0x000000001F7F8000-memory.dmp

memory/1600-11-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014065C000-memory.dmp

memory/1600-12-0x00007FF9A6630000-0x00007FF9A66EE000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-25 22:35

Reported

2024-06-25 22:38

Platform

win7-20240220-en

Max time kernel

141s

Max time network

120s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

Signatures

Discord RAT

stealer rootkit rat persistence discordrat

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A

Checks BIOS information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A

Themida packer

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

Checks whether UAC is enabled

evasion trojan
Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2464 wrote to memory of 2196 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
PID 2464 wrote to memory of 2196 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
PID 2464 wrote to memory of 2196 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bb3238f6138eea3d69ad36434147a1de0c6b6b2be2c11f4536f298703e822b8_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe

C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 2464 -s 664

Network

N/A

Files

memory/2464-0-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014065C000-memory.dmp

memory/2464-3-0x000007FEFD3B0000-0x000007FEFD41C000-memory.dmp

memory/2464-2-0x000007FEFD3B0000-0x000007FEFD41C000-memory.dmp

memory/2464-1-0x000007FEFD3C4000-0x000007FEFD3C5000-memory.dmp

memory/2464-4-0x000007FEFD3B0000-0x000007FEFD41C000-memory.dmp

memory/2464-6-0x000007FEFD3B0000-0x000007FEFD41C000-memory.dmp

memory/2464-7-0x000007FEFD3B0000-0x000007FEFD41C000-memory.dmp

memory/2464-8-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014065C000-memory.dmp

memory/2464-9-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014065C000-memory.dmp

memory/2464-10-0x000007FEFD3B0000-0x000007FEFD41C000-memory.dmp

memory/2464-11-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014065C000-memory.dmp

memory/2464-13-0x000007FEFD3C4000-0x000007FEFD3C5000-memory.dmp

memory/2464-14-0x000007FEFD3B0000-0x000007FEFD41C000-memory.dmp