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General

Target

Cleaners/applecleaner.exe
Size

3.6MB
MD5

f96eb2236970fb3ea97101b923af4228
SHA1

e0eed80f1054acbf5389a7b8860a4503dd3e184a
SHA256

46fe5192387d3f897a134d29c069ebf39c72094c892134d2f0e77b12b11a6172
SHA512

2fd2d28c5f571d40b43a4dd7a22d367ba42420c29627f21ca0a2052070ffb9f689d80dad638238189eed26ed19af626f47e70f1207e10007041c620dac323cc7
SSDEEP

98304:z7m+ij9HD0+jCihNRkl/W6aG/wcKnfu8NUT6Ko:e+y4ihkl/Wo/afHPb

Score

9^/10

discovery evasion themida trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

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

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

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

Themida packer 6 IoCs

Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

themida

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/3668-0-0x00007FF717810000-0x00007FF7181B2000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/3668-3-0x00007FF717810000-0x00007FF7181B2000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/3668-4-0x00007FF717810000-0x00007FF7181B2000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/3668-2-0x00007FF717810000-0x00007FF7181B2000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/3668-5-0x00007FF717810000-0x00007FF7181B2000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/3668-6-0x00007FF717810000-0x00007FF7181B2000-memory.dmp	themida

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

T1082

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

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3668	applecleaner.exe

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

pid	Process
3560	cmd.exe

Kills process with taskkill 3 IoCs

evasion

pid	Process
4776	taskkill.exe
5116	taskkill.exe
356	taskkill.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	356	taskkill.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4776	taskkill.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5116	taskkill.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3668 wrote to memory of 4700	3668	applecleaner.exe	75
PID 3668 wrote to memory of 4700	3668	applecleaner.exe	75
PID 4700 wrote to memory of 356	4700	cmd.exe	76
PID 4700 wrote to memory of 356	4700	cmd.exe	76
PID 3668 wrote to memory of 3560	3668	applecleaner.exe	78
PID 3668 wrote to memory of 3560	3668	applecleaner.exe	78
PID 3560 wrote to memory of 4776	3560	cmd.exe	79
PID 3560 wrote to memory of 4776	3560	cmd.exe	79
PID 3668 wrote to memory of 1404	3668	applecleaner.exe	80
PID 3668 wrote to memory of 1404	3668	applecleaner.exe	80
PID 1404 wrote to memory of 5116	1404	cmd.exe	81
PID 1404 wrote to memory of 5116	1404	cmd.exe	81

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cleaners\applecleaner.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cleaners\applecleaner.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3668
- C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /f /im EpicGamesLauncher.exe >nul 2>&1
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4700
- - C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
    taskkill /f /im EpicGamesLauncher.exe
    3⤵
    - Kills process with taskkill
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:356
- C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /f /im FortniteClient-Win64-Shipping.exe >nul 2>&1
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3560
- - C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
    taskkill /f /im FortniteClient-Win64-Shipping.exe
    3⤵
    - Kills process with taskkill
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4776
- C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /f /im Battle.net.exe >nul 2>&1
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1404
- - C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
    taskkill /f /im Battle.net.exe
    3⤵
    - Kills process with taskkill
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:5116

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1

T1497

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

2

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

System Network Configuration Discovery

1

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

1

T1016.001

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1

T1497

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/3668-0-0x00007FF717810000-0x00007FF7181B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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memory/3668-1-0x00007FFCB19B8000-0x00007FFCB19BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/3668-3-0x00007FF717810000-0x00007FF7181B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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memory/3668-4-0x00007FF717810000-0x00007FF7181B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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memory/3668-2-0x00007FF717810000-0x00007FF7181B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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memory/3668-5-0x00007FF717810000-0x00007FF7181B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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memory/3668-6-0x00007FF717810000-0x00007FF7181B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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