hawkeye | ae796ccd550f13ec200f3f85cd6b74bbe4ec5dc340433df02ac5ae31abae292e

General

Target

remcos_a.exe
Size

429KB
MD5

d326632e1d027013114bb958480e95a2
SHA1

10166c50d433cc0f8f58029adb440478729e9fef
SHA256

ae796ccd550f13ec200f3f85cd6b74bbe4ec5dc340433df02ac5ae31abae292e
SHA512

4c8da9780cf7a330886847f791d9e4946636b7b649941121082740331bd17283d23b9931202d4be91fe54ecd069a8f16ea74b51f873e2164c4adb85e281cf63f
SSDEEP

6144:SvRscHtVzjwIRFzJZ2p26+jFWXYnj9iT2ebvXmUcCqkmAO2rjXH7ycDN3:SvRs4OIm2hWX4U2ebvRUAr7733

Score

10^/10

hawkeye discovery keylogger 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

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

Processes:

remcos_a.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1302416131-1437503476-2806442725-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	remcos_a.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 8 IoCs

Processes:

dxdiag.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\hdaudbus.inf_amd64_533c8d455025cc59\hdaudbus.PNF	dxdiag.exe
File created	C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\mshdc.inf_amd64_0d06b6638bdb4763\mshdc.PNF	dxdiag.exe
File created	C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\machine.inf_amd64_b748590104fe1c15\machine.PNF	dxdiag.exe
File created	C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\usbport.inf_amd64_254cd5ae09de6b08\usbport.PNF	dxdiag.exe
File created	C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\input.inf_amd64_adeb6424513f60a2\input.PNF	dxdiag.exe
File created	C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\msmouse.inf_amd64_1793a485b491b199\msmouse.PNF	dxdiag.exe
File created	C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\keyboard.inf_amd64_5938c699b80ebb8f\keyboard.PNF	dxdiag.exe
File created	C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\netrtl64.inf_amd64_8e9c2368fe308df2\netrtl64.PNF	dxdiag.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

Processes:

remcos_a.exedxdiag.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	remcos_a.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	dxdiag.exe

Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

dxdiag.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\DISK&VEN_WDC&PROD_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468A5&0&000000	dxdiag.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000\HardwareID	dxdiag.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000\CompatibleIDs	dxdiag.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CDROM&VEN_QEMU&PROD_QEMU_DVD-ROM\4&215468A5&0&010000	dxdiag.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_QEMU&Prod_QEMU_DVD-ROM\4&215468a5&0&010000\HardwareID	dxdiag.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_QEMU&Prod_QEMU_DVD-ROM\4&215468a5&0&010000\CompatibleIDs	dxdiag.exe

Modifies registry class 35 IoCs

Processes:

dxdiag.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DxDiag.DxDiagClassObject.1\ = "DxDiagClassObject Class"	dxdiag.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{EEB1CAE3-D0B2-446E-AEDE-727AA9089A1B}\ProgID\ = "DxDiag.DxDiagClassObject.1"	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A65B8071-3BFE-4213-9A5B-491DA4461CA7}\VersionIndependentProgID	dxdiag.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DxDiag.DxDiagClassObject\ = "DxDiagClassObject Class"	dxdiag.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{EEB1CAE3-D0B2-446E-AEDE-727AA9089A1B}\ = "DxDiagClassObject Class"	dxdiag.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{EEB1CAE3-D0B2-446E-AEDE-727AA9089A1B}\ForceRemove\ = "Programmable"	dxdiag.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{EEB1CAE3-D0B2-446E-AEDE-727AA9089A1B}\InprocServer32\ = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\dxdiagn.dll"	dxdiag.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{EEB1CAE3-D0B2-446E-AEDE-727AA9089A1B}\InprocServer32\ThreadingModel = "Apartment"	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\Deployment\Package\*\S-1-5-21-1302416131-1437503476-2806442725-1000\{10EA17FE-9D9B-4080-A3DB-BC88CB9BA210}	dxdiag.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DxDiag.DxDiagClassObject\CLSID\ = "{EEB1CAE3-D0B2-446E-AEDE-727AA9089A1B}"	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{EEB1CAE3-D0B2-446E-AEDE-727AA9089A1B}\VersionIndependentProgID	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DxDiag.DxDiagProvider\CurVer	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DxDiag.DxDiagProvider	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A65B8071-3BFE-4213-9A5B-491DA4461CA7}\ProgID	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DxDiag.DxDiagClassObject.1	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{EEB1CAE3-D0B2-446E-AEDE-727AA9089A1B}	dxdiag.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{EEB1CAE3-D0B2-446E-AEDE-727AA9089A1B}\VersionIndependentProgID\ = "DxDiag.DxDiagClassObject"	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{EEB1CAE3-D0B2-446E-AEDE-727AA9089A1B}\InprocServer32	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DxDiag.DxDiagProvider.1	dxdiag.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DxDiag.DxDiagProvider\ = "DxDiagProvider Class"	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DxDiag.DxDiagClassObject\CLSID	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DxDiag.DxDiagClassObject\CurVer	dxdiag.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DxDiag.DxDiagClassObject\CurVer\ = "DxDiag.DxDiagClassObject.1"	dxdiag.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DxDiag.DxDiagProvider.1\ = "DxDiagProvider Class"	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DxDiag.DxDiagProvider\CLSID	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A65B8071-3BFE-4213-9A5B-491DA4461CA7}	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DxDiag.DxDiagClassObject.1\CLSID	dxdiag.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DxDiag.DxDiagProvider\CurVer\ = "DxDiag.DxDiagClassObject.1"	dxdiag.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DxDiag.DxDiagClassObject.1\CLSID\ = "{EEB1CAE3-D0B2-446E-AEDE-727AA9089A1B}"	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DxDiag.DxDiagClassObject	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{EEB1CAE3-D0B2-446E-AEDE-727AA9089A1B}\ProgID	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{EEB1CAE3-D0B2-446E-AEDE-727AA9089A1B}\ForceRemove	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DxDiag.DxDiagProvider.1\CLSID	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID	dxdiag.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A65B8071-3BFE-4213-9A5B-491DA4461CA7}\InprocServer32	dxdiag.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

dxdiag.exe

pid process

4576 dxdiag.exe
4576 dxdiag.exe
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

Processes:

remcos_a.exe

pid process

2800 remcos_a.exe
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

Processes:

remcos_a.exe

pid process

2800 remcos_a.exe
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 1 IoCs

Processes:

remcos_a.exe

pid process

2800 remcos_a.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes:

dxdiag.exe

pid process

4576 dxdiag.exe

pid	process
4576	dxdiag.exe
4576	dxdiag.exe

pid	process
2800	remcos_a.exe

pid	process
2800	remcos_a.exe

pid	process
2800	remcos_a.exe

pid	process
4576	dxdiag.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes:

remcos_a.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2800 wrote to memory of 4576	2800	remcos_a.exe	dxdiag.exe
PID 2800 wrote to memory of 4576	2800	remcos_a.exe	dxdiag.exe
PID 2800 wrote to memory of 4576	2800	remcos_a.exe	dxdiag.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\remcos_a.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\remcos_a.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2800
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dxdiag.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\dxdiag.exe" /t C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sysinfo.txt
  2⤵
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Checks SCSI registry key(s)
  - Modifies registry class
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4576

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

3

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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

Filesize
84KB

MD5
a5e6a7c8a8a3cc5bc4c2527ce023991f

SHA1
4953ee0f240f2b0ee49e92e8550fe4d363908b24

SHA256
ab88cebb19eb8874988dd2b675bf9a12e0b3e4adafade5fb152cb8ed490734ab

SHA512
bf7e718b4bc06f0a67290b911ff08f917186dd2010b9f584f214e566ea8f27ebcb8ed15f8fdb47b024515fb7718a44ba70128347505765865c30a82430550b74

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memory/2800-40-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010006000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/2800-37-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010006000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/2800-39-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010006000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/2800-30-0x0000000004260000-0x0000000004485000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.1MB

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memory/4576-10-0x0000000002E30000-0x0000000002E31000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4576-3-0x0000000002E30000-0x0000000002E31000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4576-9-0x0000000002E30000-0x0000000002E31000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4576-8-0x0000000002E30000-0x0000000002E31000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4576-7-0x0000000002E30000-0x0000000002E31000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4576-11-0x0000000002E30000-0x0000000002E31000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4576-12-0x0000000002E30000-0x0000000002E31000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4576-13-0x0000000002E30000-0x0000000002E31000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4576-1-0x0000000002E30000-0x0000000002E31000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4576-2-0x0000000002E30000-0x0000000002E31000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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