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Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-384068567-2943195810-3631207890-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-384068567-2943195810-3631207890-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Edius Lisance Activation.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-384068567-2943195810-3631207890-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Edius ( N C S ).exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-384068567-2943195810-3631207890-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	edius.exe

Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2368	Edius Lisance Activation.exe
968	edius.exe
2104	Edius ( N C S ).exe
2944	Edius ( N C S )-original.exe
1304	systems.exe

Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.

evasion

Query Registry

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-384068567-2943195810-3631207890-1000\Software\Wine	3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe

Obfuscated Files or Information: Command Obfuscation 1 TTPs
Adversaries may obfuscate content during command execution to impede detection.
defense_evasion

Command Obfuscation
T1027.010

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2140	3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Edius Lisance Activation.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe

Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs

evasion

pid	Process
4064	timeout.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

pid	Process
316	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 28 IoCs

pid	Process
2140	3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe
2140	3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe
3556	powershell.exe
2104	Edius ( N C S ).exe
3556	powershell.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe
968	edius.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3556	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2104	Edius ( N C S ).exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	968	edius.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1304	systems.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 22 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2140 wrote to memory of 3556	2140	3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe	87
PID 2140 wrote to memory of 3556	2140	3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe	87
PID 2140 wrote to memory of 3556	2140	3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe	87
PID 2140 wrote to memory of 2368	2140	3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe	89
PID 2140 wrote to memory of 2368	2140	3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe	89
PID 2140 wrote to memory of 2368	2140	3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe	89
PID 2140 wrote to memory of 968	2140	3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe	90
PID 2140 wrote to memory of 968	2140	3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe	90
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2104	2368	Edius Lisance Activation.exe	91
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2104	2368	Edius Lisance Activation.exe	91
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2944	2104	Edius ( N C S ).exe	93
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2944	2104	Edius ( N C S ).exe	93
PID 968 wrote to memory of 1936	968	edius.exe	94
PID 968 wrote to memory of 1936	968	edius.exe	94
PID 968 wrote to memory of 1568	968	edius.exe	96
PID 968 wrote to memory of 1568	968	edius.exe	96
PID 1568 wrote to memory of 4064	1568	cmd.exe	98
PID 1568 wrote to memory of 4064	1568	cmd.exe	98
PID 1936 wrote to memory of 316	1936	cmd.exe	99
PID 1936 wrote to memory of 316	1936	cmd.exe	99
PID 1568 wrote to memory of 1304	1568	cmd.exe	104
PID 1568 wrote to memory of 1304	1568	cmd.exe	104

Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
persistence

Query Registry
T1012

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3c0d368d28b89e894e6b568435b7e730N.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Checks computer location settings
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2140
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -EncodedCommand "PAAjAHAAdgB6ACMAPgBBAGQAZAAtAE0AcABQAHIAZQBmAGUAcgBlAG4AYwBlACAAPAAjAHAAcgBpACMAPgAgAC0ARQB4AGMAbAB1AHMAaQBvAG4AUABhAHQAaAAgAEAAKAAkAGUAbgB2ADoAVQBzAGUAcgBQAHIAbwBmAGkAbABlACwAJABlAG4AdgA6AFMAeQBzAHQAZQBtAEQAcgBpAHYAZQApACAAPAAjAGcAawBoACMAPgAgAC0ARgBvAHIAYwBlACAAPAAjAHgAcwB5ACMAPgA="
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:3556
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Edius Lisance Activation.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Edius Lisance Activation.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2368
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ckz_H0MA\Edius ( N C S ).exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ckz_H0MA\Edius ( N C S ).exe"
    3⤵
    - Checks computer location settings
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2104
  - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ckz_H0MA\Edius ( N C S )-original.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ckz_H0MA\Edius ( N C S )-original.exe"
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      PID:2944
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\edius.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\edius.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:968
- - C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "systems" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\systems.exe"' & exit
    3⤵
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1936
  - - C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "systems" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\systems.exe"'
      4⤵
      Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:316
- - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpD7E1.tmp.bat""
    3⤵
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1568
  - - C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
      timeout 3
      4⤵
      Delays execution with timeout.exe
      PID:4064
  - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\systems.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\systems.exe"
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1304

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

Defense Evasion

Obfuscated Files or Information

T1027

Command Obfuscation

T1027.010

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

5

System Information Discovery

4

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2