hawkeye | a5dbdb27dcecc2be689d43da2dcbeef99ff33e583b66ecb6bb2af78d356a1db7

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
150s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20240802-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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27-09-2024 11:03

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General

Target

fa4a3e649b9517d608608f14aad9ee69_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

984KB
MD5

fa4a3e649b9517d608608f14aad9ee69
SHA1

acfdc71b72426d4c30b7c35ee53a95500fd141cc
SHA256

a5dbdb27dcecc2be689d43da2dcbeef99ff33e583b66ecb6bb2af78d356a1db7
SHA512

4833e11ef74adc2e4b0084d08ab3f0105e6622b69ebdf432c030d045f51df6a5fb9f80e5eae38950f09558420df5f6f21bea4df8ca92a5fb37fb1509633ae47b
SSDEEP

24576:ujGFezmC9scgM0VoFC417xjmopLmcFNj2tirYyl:/6mCuc/0VsC4ZxDpzl

Score

10^/10

hawkeye collection discovery keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

HawkEye
HawkEye is a malware kit that has seen continuous development since at least 2013.
keylogger trojan stealer spyware hawkeye

Detected Nirsoft tools 7 IoCs

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

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2196-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000484000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/1864-32-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/1864-33-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/1864-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/1956-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/1956-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/1956-43-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft

NirSoft MailPassView 4 IoCs

Password recovery tool for various email clients

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2196-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000484000-memory.dmp	MailPassView
behavioral2/memory/1864-32-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	MailPassView
behavioral2/memory/1864-33-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	MailPassView
behavioral2/memory/1864-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	MailPassView

NirSoft WebBrowserPassView 4 IoCs

Password recovery tool for various web browsers

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2196-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000484000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView
behavioral2/memory/1956-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView
behavioral2/memory/1956-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView
behavioral2/memory/1956-43-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView

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	fa4a3e649b9517d608608f14aad9ee69_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2992	project7992.exe
2196	project7992.exe

Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs

Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1059

Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-786284298-625481688-3210388970-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\OMI Account Manager\Accounts	vbc.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-786284298-625481688-3210388970-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Application = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\Desktop\\project7992.exe -boot"	project7992.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-786284298-625481688-3210388970-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Windows Update = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\WindowsUpdate.exe"	project7992.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.

flow	ioc
49	whatismyipaddress.com
51	whatismyipaddress.com

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2992 set thread context of 2196	2992	project7992.exe	97
PID 2196 set thread context of 1864	2196	project7992.exe	98
PID 2196 set thread context of 1956	2196	project7992.exe	99

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 7 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	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	project7992.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	project7992.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	vbc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	vbc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	fa4a3e649b9517d608608f14aad9ee69_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1956	vbc.exe
1956	vbc.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4104	fa4a3e649b9517d608608f14aad9ee69_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2992	project7992.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2196	project7992.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2196	project7992.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 35 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4104 wrote to memory of 2056	4104	fa4a3e649b9517d608608f14aad9ee69_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 4104 wrote to memory of 2056	4104	fa4a3e649b9517d608608f14aad9ee69_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 4104 wrote to memory of 2056	4104	fa4a3e649b9517d608608f14aad9ee69_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 4104 wrote to memory of 4140	4104	fa4a3e649b9517d608608f14aad9ee69_JaffaCakes118.exe	94
PID 4104 wrote to memory of 4140	4104	fa4a3e649b9517d608608f14aad9ee69_JaffaCakes118.exe	94
PID 4104 wrote to memory of 4140	4104	fa4a3e649b9517d608608f14aad9ee69_JaffaCakes118.exe	94
PID 4140 wrote to memory of 2992	4140	cmd.exe	96
PID 4140 wrote to memory of 2992	4140	cmd.exe	96
PID 4140 wrote to memory of 2992	4140	cmd.exe	96
PID 2992 wrote to memory of 2196	2992	project7992.exe	97
PID 2992 wrote to memory of 2196	2992	project7992.exe	97
PID 2992 wrote to memory of 2196	2992	project7992.exe	97
PID 2992 wrote to memory of 2196	2992	project7992.exe	97
PID 2992 wrote to memory of 2196	2992	project7992.exe	97
PID 2992 wrote to memory of 2196	2992	project7992.exe	97
PID 2992 wrote to memory of 2196	2992	project7992.exe	97
PID 2992 wrote to memory of 2196	2992	project7992.exe	97
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 1864	2196	project7992.exe	98
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 1864	2196	project7992.exe	98
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 1864	2196	project7992.exe	98
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 1864	2196	project7992.exe	98
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 1864	2196	project7992.exe	98
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 1864	2196	project7992.exe	98
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 1864	2196	project7992.exe	98
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 1864	2196	project7992.exe	98
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 1864	2196	project7992.exe	98
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 1956	2196	project7992.exe	99
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 1956	2196	project7992.exe	99
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 1956	2196	project7992.exe	99
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 1956	2196	project7992.exe	99
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 1956	2196	project7992.exe	99
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 1956	2196	project7992.exe	99
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 1956	2196	project7992.exe	99
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 1956	2196	project7992.exe	99
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 1956	2196	project7992.exe	99

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fa4a3e649b9517d608608f14aad9ee69_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fa4a3e649b9517d608608f14aad9ee69_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4104
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c copy "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fa4a3e649b9517d608608f14aad9ee69_JaffaCakes118.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\project7992.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2056
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c, "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\project7992.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4140
- - C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\project7992.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\project7992.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Adds Run key to start application
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2992
  - - C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\project7992.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\project7992.exe"
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Adds Run key to start application
      Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2196
    - - 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"
        5⤵
        Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        
        PID:1864
    - - 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"
        5⤵
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        
        PID:1956

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Email Collection

T1114

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

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

Filesize
3KB

MD5
f94dc819ca773f1e3cb27abbc9e7fa27

SHA1
9a7700efadc5ea09ab288544ef1e3cd876255086

SHA256
a3377ade83786c2bdff5db19ff4dbfd796da4312402b5e77c4c63e38cc6eff92

SHA512
72a2c10d7a53a7f9a319dab66d77ed65639e9aa885b551e0055fc7eaf6ef33bbf109205b42ae11555a0f292563914bc6edb63b310c6f9bda9564095f77ab9196

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C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\project7992.exe

Filesize
984KB

MD5
fa4a3e649b9517d608608f14aad9ee69

SHA1
acfdc71b72426d4c30b7c35ee53a95500fd141cc

SHA256
a5dbdb27dcecc2be689d43da2dcbeef99ff33e583b66ecb6bb2af78d356a1db7

SHA512
4833e11ef74adc2e4b0084d08ab3f0105e6622b69ebdf432c030d045f51df6a5fb9f80e5eae38950f09558420df5f6f21bea4df8ca92a5fb37fb1509633ae47b

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memory/1864-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/1864-33-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/1864-32-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/1956-43-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

Filesize
352KB

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memory/1956-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

Filesize
352KB

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memory/1956-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

Filesize
352KB

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memory/1956-42-0x0000000000460000-0x0000000000529000-memory.dmp

Filesize
804KB

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memory/2196-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000484000-memory.dmp

Filesize
528KB

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memory/2196-31-0x0000000009170000-0x0000000009178000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2196-28-0x0000000008CE0000-0x0000000008D46000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/2196-25-0x0000000005870000-0x00000000058C6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
344KB

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memory/2992-19-0x0000000075160000-0x0000000075910000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2992-17-0x0000000075160000-0x0000000075910000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2992-20-0x0000000009C00000-0x0000000009C9C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/2992-18-0x0000000075160000-0x0000000075910000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2992-24-0x0000000075160000-0x0000000075910000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4104-9-0x0000000075160000-0x0000000075910000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4104-14-0x0000000075160000-0x0000000075910000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4104-0-0x000000007516E000-0x000000007516F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4104-8-0x000000007516E000-0x000000007516F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4104-7-0x0000000002660000-0x000000000266A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/4104-6-0x0000000007300000-0x000000000731E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/4104-5-0x0000000007390000-0x0000000007422000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/4104-4-0x0000000075160000-0x0000000075910000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4104-3-0x00000000078A0000-0x0000000007E44000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/4104-2-0x00000000071B0000-0x0000000007282000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/4104-1-0x00000000002B0000-0x00000000003AE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1016KB

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