netwire | c424f3d9cd1b47e23678c1d0d02cf9b4befbacf8ba63491019b28d5abcbaf0ee

General

Target

Proof of payment.exe
Size

1006KB
MD5

7e1d18de24aeff3df526dc7ab6ff05dc
SHA1

49f9323be153edc7d4467aa3280f9afc3d6b1533
SHA256

629333f4adba87b2412a8c8fa301a25042de764506ea1f369b38fa10c6112547
SHA512

999e7c19a26fe755132bba012884410d9a181beaa476aade615f3961e2ca911de988d35d04a196ee76748469ac1a0b1c0330d0a7728d574318872766c364449e
SSDEEP

24576:6NA3R5drXdtBeHJePXzHbuzBux7s3oFQYcEn7W:z5bEaxIo6V

Score

10^/10

netwire botnet discovery persistence rat stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

netwire

C2

185.140.53.220:3363

185.140.53.220:3369

Attributes

activex_autorun
false
copy_executable
false
delete_original
false
host_id
HostId-%Rand%
keylogger_dir
%AppData%\Logs\
lock_executable
false
offline_keylogger
true
password
NETHERLAND
registry_autorun
false
use_mutex
false

Signatures

NetWire RAT payload 4 IoCs

rat

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2440-53-0x0000000000B00000-0x000000000117C000-memory.dmp	netwire
behavioral2/memory/2440-50-0x0000000000B00000-0x000000000117C000-memory.dmp	netwire
behavioral2/memory/2440-54-0x0000000000B00000-0x000000000117C000-memory.dmp	netwire
behavioral2/memory/2440-55-0x0000000000B00000-0x000000000117C000-memory.dmp	netwire

Netwire
Netwire is a RAT with main functionalities focused password stealing and keylogging, but also includes remote control capabilities as well.
botnet stealer netwire

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-786284298-625481688-3210388970-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Proof of payment.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2556	niubglejwg.pif
2440	RegSvcs.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WindowsUpdate = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\71281781\\NIUBGL~1.PIF C:\\Users\\Admin\\71281781\\gtogdqb.cwv"	niubglejwg.pif

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2556 set thread context of 2440	2556	niubglejwg.pif	87

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	Proof of payment.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	niubglejwg.pif
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	RegSvcs.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1952 wrote to memory of 2556	1952	Proof of payment.exe	81
PID 1952 wrote to memory of 2556	1952	Proof of payment.exe	81
PID 1952 wrote to memory of 2556	1952	Proof of payment.exe	81
PID 2556 wrote to memory of 2440	2556	niubglejwg.pif	87
PID 2556 wrote to memory of 2440	2556	niubglejwg.pif	87
PID 2556 wrote to memory of 2440	2556	niubglejwg.pif	87
PID 2556 wrote to memory of 2440	2556	niubglejwg.pif	87
PID 2556 wrote to memory of 2440	2556	niubglejwg.pif	87

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Proof of payment.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Proof of payment.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1952
- C:\Users\Admin\71281781\niubglejwg.pif
  "C:\Users\Admin\71281781\niubglejwg.pif" gtogdqb.cwv
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2556
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RegSvcs.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RegSvcs.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2440

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\71281781\acvub.ppt

Filesize
318KB

MD5
9fd93502039581e1eac27a9fe8167334

SHA1
f9fc63483e2f8630adc85ff45549a35b75c1d5ed

SHA256
bc56f33ece852ee01fa40fdb375875429e25ae3486ccbd5c1068ea66be3b80b7

SHA512
bbeaf50e49c7a01e94e192121010701ae1a4e46e9eff8a015fd45ba3b4831dfe0cf5c0392a368b28e9b291575b8b043dde34a33109e454eca5729749d121675d

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C:\Users\Admin\71281781\niubglejwg.pif

Filesize
655KB

MD5
a75bc752c50fb74f7597c2bb59b93d43

SHA1
d2dcd3d104b6b04f0828844aeda188798669b41f

SHA256
877365dfcbe9d4896e9ca544c7d19e106ab78339edbc1bd410f2e11bd32cd2ee

SHA512
e856238e3cb519786365faf17d0d590692fa991d9ca81e2fb8ce094cd090583f4ed1823b7ca9c0f702320398054ba682644a02f8d99d4e0f53733564611d3f97

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RegSvcs.exe

Filesize
44KB

MD5
9d352bc46709f0cb5ec974633a0c3c94

SHA1
1969771b2f022f9a86d77ac4d4d239becdf08d07

SHA256
2c1eeb7097023c784c2bd040a2005a5070ed6f3a4abf13929377a9e39fab1390

SHA512
13c714244ec56beeb202279e4109d59c2a43c3cf29f90a374a751c04fd472b45228ca5a0178f41109ed863dbd34e0879e4a21f5e38ae3d89559c57e6be990a9b

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memory/2440-53-0x0000000000B00000-0x000000000117C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.5MB

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memory/2440-50-0x0000000000B00000-0x000000000117C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.5MB

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memory/2440-54-0x0000000000B00000-0x000000000117C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.5MB

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memory/2440-55-0x0000000000B00000-0x000000000117C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.5MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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