hawkeye | 1a3b55462fa77e273a6be7b24e72b5490f463fc2d8ce036ae52bb83da713d705

General

Target

CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe
Size

506KB
MD5

6be1fce1a3abcf89e0cdeb09d3cf40ad
SHA1

b0a4f12ca291ddef0f549e377631af84d2064e2c
SHA256

c477cd79e2951a1df8afa40388ac0470159b61cf06867d447b2ccbc1ad3986a7
SHA512

ca0df2532e86132dd739614e1e7a61e7e8d0d25c6fb7cc0b0421d19df7cba7584a569d371cbed782b703503663c4593afaf82a4a26d30d775f482775b337ccf1
SSDEEP

6144:3IJbS/QTjhUqBfxrwEnuNcSsm7IoYGW0VvBXCAt6kihwE+VDpJYWmlwnx9bCI:YJQtqB5urTIoYWBQk1E+VF9mOx9j

Score

10^/10

hawkeye collection credential_access discovery keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Credentials

Protocol: smtp
Host:
smtp.gmail.com
Port:
587
Username:
[email protected]
Password:
keylog09

Signatures

HawkEye
HawkEye is a malware kit that has seen continuous development since at least 2013.
keylogger trojan stealer spyware hawkeye
Credentials from Password Stores: Credentials from Web Browsers 1 TTPs
Malicious Access or copy of Web Browser Credential store.
credential_access stealer

Credentials from Web Browsers
T1555.003

Detected Nirsoft tools 8 IoCs

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

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/684-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/684-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/684-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/684-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/1468-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/1468-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/1468-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/1468-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft

NirSoft MailPassView 4 IoCs

Password recovery tool for various email clients

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/684-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	MailPassView
behavioral2/memory/684-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	MailPassView
behavioral2/memory/684-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	MailPassView
behavioral2/memory/684-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	MailPassView

NirSoft WebBrowserPassView 4 IoCs

Password recovery tool for various web browsers

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1468-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView
behavioral2/memory/1468-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView
behavioral2/memory/1468-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView
behavioral2/memory/1468-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView

Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs

Scripting
T1064

Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

Processes:

vbc.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-656926755-4116854191-210765258-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\OMI Account Manager\Accounts	vbc.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-656926755-4116854191-210765258-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Windows Update = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\WindowsUpdate.exe"	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

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

Processes:

flow	ioc
13	whatismyipaddress.com
11	whatismyipaddress.com

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

Processes:

CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1196 set thread context of 684	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	86
PID 1196 set thread context of 1468	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	90

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

Processes:

CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exevbc.exevbc.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	vbc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	vbc.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs

Processes:

vbc.exeCyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe

pid	Process
1468	vbc.exe
1468	vbc.exe
1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes:

CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe

pid	Process
1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs

Processes:

CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 684	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	86
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 684	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	86
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 684	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	86
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 684	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	86
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 684	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	86
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 684	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	86
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 684	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	86
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 684	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	86
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 684	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	86
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 1468	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	90
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 1468	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	90
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 1468	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	90
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 1468	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	90
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 1468	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	90
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 1468	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	90
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 1468	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	90
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 1468	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	90
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 1468	1196	CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CyberghostVPN Premium (CRACKED).exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1196
- C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
  C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\holdermail.txt"
  2⤵
  - Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:684
- C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
  C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\holderwb.txt"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:1468

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Scripting

1

T1064

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

Scripting

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

1

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

1

T1555.003

Discovery

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Email Collection

1

T1114

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\holderwb.txt

Filesize
3KB

MD5
f94dc819ca773f1e3cb27abbc9e7fa27

SHA1
9a7700efadc5ea09ab288544ef1e3cd876255086

SHA256
a3377ade83786c2bdff5db19ff4dbfd796da4312402b5e77c4c63e38cc6eff92

SHA512
72a2c10d7a53a7f9a319dab66d77ed65639e9aa885b551e0055fc7eaf6ef33bbf109205b42ae11555a0f292563914bc6edb63b310c6f9bda9564095f77ab9196

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memory/684-12-0x0000000000420000-0x00000000004E9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
804KB

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memory/684-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/684-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/684-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/684-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/1196-15-0x0000000075020000-0x00000000755D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1196-14-0x0000000075022000-0x0000000075023000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1196-16-0x0000000075020000-0x00000000755D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1196-3-0x0000000075020000-0x00000000755D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1196-2-0x0000000075020000-0x00000000755D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1196-0-0x0000000075022000-0x0000000075023000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1196-17-0x0000000075020000-0x00000000755D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1196-1-0x0000000075020000-0x00000000755D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1468-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

Filesize
352KB

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memory/1468-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

Filesize
352KB

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memory/1468-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

Filesize
352KB

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memory/1468-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

Filesize
352KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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