agenttesla | 3cedd37fed6de86a6478f9fd45140f229844f237c0a3fae03a33a0e4feacc126

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe

Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payment copyf؜d؜p؜..exe = "0"	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe

Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Query Registry

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
732	powershell.exe

Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Query Registry

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..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	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 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-1-5-21-786284298-625481688-3210388970-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe

Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs
Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001
Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001

Credentials from Web Browsers
T1555.003

Windows security modification 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payment copyf؜d؜p؜..exe = "0"	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

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

flow	ioc
14	ip-api.com

Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 696 set thread context of 1864	696	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe	84

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 1 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	regasm.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

pid	Process
732	powershell.exe
732	powershell.exe
1864	regasm.exe
1864	regasm.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	696	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	732	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1864	regasm.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 696 wrote to memory of 732	696	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe	83
PID 696 wrote to memory of 732	696	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe	83
PID 696 wrote to memory of 1864	696	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe	84
PID 696 wrote to memory of 1864	696	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe	84
PID 696 wrote to memory of 1864	696	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe	84
PID 696 wrote to memory of 1864	696	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe	84
PID 696 wrote to memory of 1864	696	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe	84
PID 696 wrote to memory of 1864	696	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe	84
PID 696 wrote to memory of 1864	696	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe	84
PID 696 wrote to memory of 1864	696	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe	84

System policy modification 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payment copy‮f؜d؜p؜..exe"
1⤵
- UAC bypass
- Windows security bypass
- Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
- Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Checks computer location settings
- Windows security modification
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Maps connected drives based on registry
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
- System policy modification
PID:696
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payment copyf؜d؜p؜..exe" -Force
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:732
- C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\regasm.exe
  "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\regasm.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:1864

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Defense Evasion

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Impair Defenses

T1562

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

T1552

Credentials In Files

T1552.001

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion