Analysis

  • max time kernel
    130s
  • max time network
    134s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240802-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    27/09/2024, 11:20

General

  • Target
    update SOA.exe
  • Size 527KB
  • Sample240927-nfec3szemp
  • SHA256 b062d46364d8b687533b3c512ac8109849a3ca2bd011fc61edec448335844a34
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • snakekeylogger

Credentials

Signatures

  • Snake Keylogger

    Keylogger and Infostealer first seen in November 2020.

  • Snake Keylogger payload 1 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 16 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\update SOA.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\update SOA.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5744
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\update SOA.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2936
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\rgpcVuyG.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2988
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\rgpcVuyG" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpDF10.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4812
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe"
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3688
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3688 -s 1860
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:4900
  • 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=3820,i,2904906934812054273,11716976550456127484,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4384 /prefetch:8
    1⤵
      PID:5260
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 404 -p 3688 -ip 3688
      1⤵
        PID:5916

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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            Downloads

            powershell.exe.log

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
            • Size 2KB
            • SHA256 92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Size 18KB
            • SHA256 e0e71eab969f0d83831983780dceb9692a27db2d125295030c373d35ed1302e9
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            __PSScriptPolicyTest_ae1ml511.soi.ps1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ae1ml511.soi.ps1
            • Size 60B
            • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            tmpDF10.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpDF10.tmp
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 eaec232d9620a21412bf427962704acf5f1031ce4db9ecb1b411928ec195e564
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            memory/2936-76-0x00000000073A0000-0x00000000073BA000-memory.dmp

            memory/2936-33-0x0000000075240000-0x00000000759F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/2936-89-0x0000000075240000-0x00000000759F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/2936-83-0x0000000007740000-0x0000000007748000-memory.dmp

            memory/2936-79-0x0000000007620000-0x0000000007631000-memory.dmp

            memory/2936-78-0x00000000076A0000-0x0000000007736000-memory.dmp

            memory/2936-64-0x0000000007250000-0x00000000072F3000-memory.dmp

            memory/2936-63-0x0000000006630000-0x000000000664E000-memory.dmp

            memory/2936-16-0x0000000004B70000-0x0000000004BA6000-memory.dmp

            memory/2936-18-0x0000000005310000-0x0000000005938000-memory.dmp

            memory/2936-17-0x0000000075240000-0x00000000759F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/2936-19-0x0000000075240000-0x00000000759F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/2936-53-0x00000000719B0000-0x00000000719FC000-memory.dmp

            memory/2936-52-0x0000000006650000-0x0000000006682000-memory.dmp

            memory/2936-51-0x0000000006190000-0x00000000061DC000-memory.dmp

            memory/2936-50-0x0000000006100000-0x000000000611E000-memory.dmp

            memory/2936-32-0x0000000005AC0000-0x0000000005E14000-memory.dmp

            memory/2988-75-0x0000000007BB0000-0x000000000822A000-memory.dmp

            memory/2988-80-0x00000000077A0000-0x00000000077AE000-memory.dmp

            memory/2988-23-0x0000000005210000-0x0000000005276000-memory.dmp

            memory/2988-90-0x0000000075240000-0x00000000759F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/2988-82-0x00000000078B0000-0x00000000078CA000-memory.dmp

            memory/2988-25-0x0000000075240000-0x00000000759F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/2988-81-0x00000000077B0000-0x00000000077C4000-memory.dmp

            memory/2988-22-0x0000000005170000-0x0000000005192000-memory.dmp

            memory/2988-24-0x0000000005280000-0x00000000052E6000-memory.dmp

            memory/2988-77-0x00000000075E0000-0x00000000075EA000-memory.dmp

            memory/2988-20-0x0000000075240000-0x00000000759F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/2988-35-0x0000000075240000-0x00000000759F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/2988-65-0x00000000719B0000-0x00000000719FC000-memory.dmp

            memory/3688-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000426000-memory.dmp

            memory/5744-3-0x0000000004B90000-0x0000000004C22000-memory.dmp

            memory/5744-0-0x000000007524E000-0x000000007524F000-memory.dmp

            memory/5744-4-0x0000000075240000-0x00000000759F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5744-9-0x0000000075240000-0x00000000759F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5744-8-0x000000007524E000-0x000000007524F000-memory.dmp

            memory/5744-10-0x00000000064B0000-0x0000000006518000-memory.dmp

            memory/5744-49-0x0000000075240000-0x00000000759F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5744-5-0x0000000004C40000-0x0000000004C4A000-memory.dmp

            memory/5744-7-0x0000000006230000-0x0000000006240000-memory.dmp

            memory/5744-2-0x0000000005260000-0x0000000005804000-memory.dmp

            memory/5744-11-0x0000000008B60000-0x0000000008BFC000-memory.dmp

            memory/5744-6-0x00000000061A0000-0x000000000621E000-memory.dmp

            memory/5744-1-0x0000000000100000-0x0000000000186000-memory.dmp