889700429b0d35544c4e13743da131e03d6ca07cb3899eb42ceaf5324e7d7956

General

Target

08ac0c6b64f4a947771ef3833519fd39_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

263KB
MD5

08ac0c6b64f4a947771ef3833519fd39
SHA1

9afe72148aca289df330ddd3ee37fafcfae8cc3c
SHA256

889700429b0d35544c4e13743da131e03d6ca07cb3899eb42ceaf5324e7d7956
SHA512

23a0d21616a4c8bf80011ce8c9e4eadb7a31cd0d891efe4d37617a9c4c16f67a4a6f8f726663356dd8cc5da29e590e6951e65585d2317040865564fc5a046240
SSDEEP

6144:6KpdcCrTqUAGd0iM1WazvNRyge+gwDgNZ+os7cdEuF:60drzAGdQ1Zgwy5soCuF

Score

7^/10

discovery

Malware Config

Signatures

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4880	northstar.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
4040	08ac0c6b64f4a947771ef3833519fd39_JaffaCakes118.exe
4040	08ac0c6b64f4a947771ef3833519fd39_JaffaCakes118.exe
4040	08ac0c6b64f4a947771ef3833519fd39_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops desktop.ini file(s) 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\assembly\Desktop.ini	northstar.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\assembly\Desktop.ini	northstar.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\assembly	northstar.exe
File created	C:\Windows\assembly\Desktop.ini	northstar.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\assembly\Desktop.ini	northstar.exe

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 2 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	08ac0c6b64f4a947771ef3833519fd39_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	northstar.exe

Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

evasion spyware trojan

Install Root Certificate

T1553.004

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\4EB6D578499B1CCF5F581EAD56BE3D9B6744A5E5	northstar.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\4EB6D578499B1CCF5F581EAD56BE3D9B6744A5E5\Blob = 040000000100000010000000cb17e431673ee209fe455793f30afa1c0f0000000100000014000000e91e1e972b8f467ab4e0598fa92285387dee94c953000000010000006300000030613021060b6086480186f8450107170630123010060a2b0601040182373c0101030200c0301f06096086480186fd6c020130123010060a2b0601040182373c0101030200c0301b060567810c010330123010060a2b0601040182373c0101030200c07f000000010000002a000000302806082b0601050507030206082b0601050507030306082b0601050507030406082b0601050507030109000000010000002a000000302806082b0601050507030206082b0601050507030306082b0601050507030406082b060105050703016200000001000000200000009acfab7e43c8d880d06b262a94deeee4b4659989c3d0caf19baf6405e41ab7df1400000001000000140000007fd365a7c2ddecbbf03009f34339fa02af3331330b000000010000001200000056006500720069005300690067006e0000001d0000000100000010000000c6cbcafa17955c4cfd41eca0c654c3617e000000010000000800000000c0032f2df8d6016800000001000000000000000300000001000000140000004eb6d578499b1ccf5f581ead56be3d9b6744a5e5190000000100000010000000d8b5fb368468620275d142ffd2aade372000000001000000d7040000308204d3308203bba003020102021018dad19e267de8bb4a2158cdcc6b3b4a300d06092a864886f70d01010505003081ca310b300906035504061302555331173015060355040a130e566572695369676e2c20496e632e311f301d060355040b1316566572695369676e205472757374204e6574776f726b313a3038060355040b1331286329203230303620566572695369676e2c20496e632e202d20466f7220617574686f72697a656420757365206f6e6c79314530430603550403133c566572695369676e20436c6173732033205075626c6963205072696d6172792043657274696669636174696f6e20417574686f72697479202d204735301e170d3036313130383030303030305a170d3336303731363233353935395a3081ca310b300906035504061302555331173015060355040a130e566572695369676e2c20496e632e311f301d060355040b1316566572695369676e205472757374204e6574776f726b313a3038060355040b1331286329203230303620566572695369676e2c20496e632e202d20466f7220617574686f72697a656420757365206f6e6c79314530430603550403133c566572695369676e20436c6173732033205075626c6963205072696d6172792043657274696669636174696f6e20417574686f72697479202d20473530820122300d06092a864886f70d01010105000382010f003082010a0282010100af240808297a359e600caae74b3b4edc7cbc3c451cbb2be0fe2902f95708a364851527f5f1adc831895d22e82aaaa642b38ff8b955b7b1b74bb3fe8f7e0757ecef43db66621561cf600da4d8def8e0c362083d5413eb49ca59548526e52b8f1b9febf5a191c23349d843636a524bd28fe870514dd189697bc770f6b3dc1274db7b5d4b56d396bf1577a1b0f4a225f2af1c926718e5f40604ef90b9e400e4dd3ab519ff02baf43ceee08beb378becf4d7acf2f6f03dafdd759133191d1c40cb7424192193d914feac2a52c78fd50449e48d6347883c6983cbfe47bd2b7e4fc595ae0e9dd4d143c06773e314087ee53f9f73b8330acf5d3f3487968aee53e825150203010001a381b23081af300f0603551d130101ff040530030101ff300e0603551d0f0101ff040403020106306d06082b0601050507010c0461305fa15da05b3059305730551609696d6167652f6769663021301f300706052b0e03021a04148fe5d31a86ac8d8e6bc3cf806ad448182c7b192e30251623687474703a2f2f6c6f676f2e766572697369676e2e636f6d2f76736c6f676f2e676966301d0603551d0e041604147fd365a7c2ddecbbf03009f34339fa02af333133300d06092a864886f70d0101050500038201010093244a305f62cfd81a982f3deadc992dbd77f6a5792238ecc4a7a07812ad620e457064c5e797662d98097e5fafd6cc2865f201aa081a47def9f97c925a0869200dd93e6d6e3c0d6ed8e606914018b9f8c1eddfdb41aae09620c9cd64153881c994eea284290b136f8edb0cdd2502dba48b1944d2417a05694a584f60ca7e826a0b02aa251739b5db7fe784652a958abd86de5e8116832d10ccdefda8822a6d281f0d0bc4e5e71a2619e1f4116f10b595fce7420532dbce9d515e28b69e85d35befa57d4540728eb70e6b0e06fb33354871b89d278bc4655f0d86769c447af6955cf65d320833a454b6183f685cf2424a853854835fd1e82cf2ac11d6a8ed636a	northstar.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\4EB6D578499B1CCF5F581EAD56BE3D9B6744A5E5\Blob = 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	northstar.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4880	northstar.exe
4880	northstar.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4040 wrote to memory of 4880	4040	08ac0c6b64f4a947771ef3833519fd39_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 4040 wrote to memory of 4880	4040	08ac0c6b64f4a947771ef3833519fd39_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 4040 wrote to memory of 4880	4040	08ac0c6b64f4a947771ef3833519fd39_JaffaCakes118.exe	82

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\08ac0c6b64f4a947771ef3833519fd39_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\08ac0c6b64f4a947771ef3833519fd39_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4040
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrBC5D.tmp\northstar.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrBC5D.tmp\northstar.exe /dT201303101734 /e4995879 /u4fe0cf9f-1fe4-4abb-905a-57915bc06f2f
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Drops desktop.ini file(s)
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies system certificate store
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4880

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Subvert Trust Controls

1

T1553

Install Root Certificate

1

T1553.004

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrBC5D.tmp\System.dll

Filesize
21KB

MD5
5ebc73650256e9c8ddbcda231db829a1

SHA1
988d4535e18754ab2a6248abae96c5697d7dbcd5

SHA256
1eaa543842df7795404184e8892a1654b0773dbc9bd8b54c7fdb9e68f4355493

SHA512
b21266e76fc7263af982a1336a766e47ccf348ed56b305dbb09f03574c9b2a7309f12200e80d86f9a251381be6e87a41206447f11c51899cb31fba10da1d5270

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrBC5D.tmp\f02f0b3df1f109943243ae46c5add977.5139c36a83446

Filesize
106KB

MD5
8c29d46314c8c979196e309f9557623f

SHA1
eec9b8eb853d2fc095a0579db35ac2747af7bcf8

SHA256
af7cab14e008df948ad3ed73d4b617594c5b8d790bae3b5e0f46c59df39fcdab

SHA512
91f9611e7fe099d385f14c4191cb5bbbe83a61e6b384fa98fdbd7ff4e78cc14a5caa5a3bedf6660542e8953aacb10a7cc9df6b24de84f8eb4f73bdcdf9cf6ffb

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrBC5D.tmp\northstar.exe

Filesize
263KB

MD5
b5b157cbd0bce143bae1403eb8d0c45c

SHA1
c7b9d0541e53e7ed1f03ee48f360f1f35e4ed086

SHA256
f418f438e8b2a0b3d035b6206523aa9e21c98997445de70a9e6376b2efa13781

SHA512
354624e437dccd559a4197cd32e5ce7b83fe795927b4d7663e89a76ec704f32a4f89eccc4a10ad1274765cc9c6357f8005895ea3bf13c37e8b202a009c189fbf

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrBC5D.tmp\nsUnzip.dll

Filesize
146KB

MD5
77a26c23948070dc012bba65e7f390aa

SHA1
7e112775770f9b3b24e2a238b5f7c66f8802e5d8

SHA256
4e4e429ecf1c49119a21c817899f64152b03b41b036fc1d92aee335043364c43

SHA512
2e7ffa4ed5c97f555e1b0d6f55ffcfd53cd28302fc77d95fdaea89e0b6b42e67e366331e52358e78e8266d079cc2ca3ea4c909197fb38a5b4c8151c7678d0065

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memory/4040-61-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/4880-46-0x00000000743B0000-0x0000000074961000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4880-25-0x00000000743B0000-0x0000000074961000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4880-47-0x00000000743B0000-0x0000000074961000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4880-48-0x00000000743B0000-0x0000000074961000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4880-49-0x00000000743B0000-0x0000000074961000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4880-50-0x00000000743B2000-0x00000000743B3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4880-51-0x00000000743B0000-0x0000000074961000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4880-53-0x00000000743B0000-0x0000000074961000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4880-24-0x00000000743B0000-0x0000000074961000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4880-23-0x00000000743B2000-0x00000000743B3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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