snakekeylogger | 399dfa3928c095ced9cc09f3e6c99e11328e20568d5087d012bf022e3cc036b8

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
150s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
21-10-2024 16:42

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General

Target

xUqB.exe
Size

585KB
MD5

15c839edeccf6bfc85f44304aa124eca
SHA1

4a546a8fb15365a59224536fdb24064298379ca0
SHA256

399dfa3928c095ced9cc09f3e6c99e11328e20568d5087d012bf022e3cc036b8
SHA512

93687bbae800f464515b90a9894cbf51d5f77cc830c7a5dd097d8b06a33b754eb665d84bfb84673034f4d52eeb84c3b2852ccd7e1516c6554a0c1d16fb5b103f
SSDEEP

12288:gmYkhMOoltiJrVeAnmM6JpdHqwx1nMPNVs7HfZjBWEZA:dYkh5oDiJZFmzMuYNW7Z

Score

10^/10

snakekeylogger collection discovery execution keylogger spyware stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

snakekeylogger

https://api.telegram.org/bot7778496345:AAH97BM_heZybr1GZUGbzuqOpaxoz5dKGeQ/sendMessage?chat_id=7009377125

Signatures

Snake Keylogger
Keylogger and Infostealer first seen in November 2020.
stealer keylogger snakekeylogger

Snake Keylogger payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1728-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000426000-memory.dmp	family_snakekeylogger

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.

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
4004	powershell.exe
2800	powershell.exe

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-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	xUqB.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

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	xUqB.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	xUqB.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	xUqB.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
33	checkip.dyndns.org

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 928 set thread context of 1728	928	xUqB.exe	100

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 5 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	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	xUqB.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	xUqB.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
1620	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 9 IoCs

pid	Process
4004	powershell.exe
4004	powershell.exe
2800	powershell.exe
2800	powershell.exe
4004	powershell.exe
2800	powershell.exe
1728	xUqB.exe
1728	xUqB.exe
1728	xUqB.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4004	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2800	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1728	xUqB.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 928 wrote to memory of 4004	928	xUqB.exe	94
PID 928 wrote to memory of 4004	928	xUqB.exe	94
PID 928 wrote to memory of 4004	928	xUqB.exe	94
PID 928 wrote to memory of 2800	928	xUqB.exe	96
PID 928 wrote to memory of 2800	928	xUqB.exe	96
PID 928 wrote to memory of 2800	928	xUqB.exe	96
PID 928 wrote to memory of 1620	928	xUqB.exe	98
PID 928 wrote to memory of 1620	928	xUqB.exe	98
PID 928 wrote to memory of 1620	928	xUqB.exe	98
PID 928 wrote to memory of 1728	928	xUqB.exe	100
PID 928 wrote to memory of 1728	928	xUqB.exe	100
PID 928 wrote to memory of 1728	928	xUqB.exe	100
PID 928 wrote to memory of 1728	928	xUqB.exe	100
PID 928 wrote to memory of 1728	928	xUqB.exe	100
PID 928 wrote to memory of 1728	928	xUqB.exe	100
PID 928 wrote to memory of 1728	928	xUqB.exe	100
PID 928 wrote to memory of 1728	928	xUqB.exe	100

outlook_office_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	xUqB.exe

outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	xUqB.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xUqB.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xUqB.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:928
- 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\xUqB.exe"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:4004
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\sRQHgzxw.exe"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2800
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\sRQHgzxw" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE908.tmp"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
  PID:1620
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xUqB.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xUqB.exe"
  2⤵
  - Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - outlook_office_path
  - outlook_win_path
  PID:1728

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

T1552

Credentials In Files

T1552.001

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

T1005

Email Collection

T1114

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

Filesize
2KB

MD5
3d086a433708053f9bf9523e1d87a4e8

SHA1
b3ab5d4f282a4c8fe8c3005b8a557ed5a0e37f28

SHA256
6f8fd1b8d9788ad54eaeee329232187e24b7b43393a01aeba2d6e9675231fb69

SHA512
931ae42b4c68a4507ff2342332b08eb407050d47cf4176137ea022d0f6e513c689e998445a04c6d18d4877391705c586bfce0234632b898d41aaed0957996dfd

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Filesize
18KB

MD5
bf380a5ce1656f994e5303e55746cdb5

SHA1
9f6733920e77177a5adf1e8045c66a5546701d67

SHA256
84c7fbb771351d6e8dd4bac3ad1474d1503c45b24ef4955e8733f569a7be22ab

SHA512
afaa91a0c9f663c2c3dd7a2507f6886ee74a790fa4bd201d91b2693224e2e7c8cc194198c2ca052c09cb000c08683d69e4f0d688bbe84b328aebc25587f0a61b

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_nnwv3glw.5l5.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE908.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
9775abf7ec97b8bb09337cadcc98b41a

SHA1
9d40b1189bbdf3e3d85006b8e5795bf066002dc4

SHA256
7ff1cb0e96b5459c608df78dcd87808ed69aee89d1bf563df797348f0f91a2e1

SHA512
1a1e2f23caf4f0f07718e05ded055a2dd5be861ef0bbdba4c181c840c79907c80eef6f2eacd983d38a943127dcda51e8e583e01a3776379fd4df4183b1445650

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memory/928-8-0x000000007519E000-0x000000007519F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/928-5-0x0000000005B00000-0x0000000005B0A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/928-6-0x0000000005BF0000-0x0000000005C8C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/928-7-0x0000000005DB0000-0x0000000005DCC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/928-4-0x0000000075190000-0x0000000075940000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/928-9-0x0000000075190000-0x0000000075940000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/928-10-0x0000000009260000-0x00000000092C8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
416KB

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memory/928-49-0x0000000075190000-0x0000000075940000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/928-0-0x000000007519E000-0x000000007519F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/928-3-0x0000000005A20000-0x0000000005AB2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/928-2-0x0000000005FD0000-0x0000000006574000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/928-1-0x0000000000EE0000-0x0000000000F78000-memory.dmp

Filesize
608KB

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memory/1728-90-0x0000000006140000-0x0000000006190000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/1728-91-0x0000000006360000-0x0000000006522000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/1728-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000426000-memory.dmp

Filesize
152KB

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memory/2800-20-0x0000000075190000-0x0000000075940000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2800-80-0x0000000007CC0000-0x0000000007CDA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2800-63-0x00000000706D0000-0x000000007071C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/2800-88-0x0000000075190000-0x0000000075940000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2800-21-0x0000000075190000-0x0000000075940000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4004-48-0x0000000006660000-0x00000000066AC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/4004-46-0x0000000006610000-0x000000000662E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/4004-35-0x0000000006120000-0x0000000006474000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/4004-22-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056A2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/4004-61-0x00000000077F0000-0x000000000780E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/4004-51-0x00000000706D0000-0x000000007071C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/4004-62-0x0000000007820000-0x00000000078C3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
652KB

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memory/4004-50-0x00000000075B0000-0x00000000075E2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
200KB

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memory/4004-28-0x0000000005720000-0x0000000005786000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/4004-73-0x0000000007FA0000-0x000000000861A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.5MB

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memory/4004-74-0x0000000007960000-0x000000000797A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4004-75-0x00000000079D0000-0x00000000079DA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/4004-76-0x0000000007BE0000-0x0000000007C76000-memory.dmp

Filesize
600KB

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memory/4004-77-0x0000000007B60000-0x0000000007B71000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/4004-78-0x0000000007B90000-0x0000000007B9E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/4004-79-0x0000000007BA0000-0x0000000007BB4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/4004-29-0x0000000005F70000-0x0000000005FD6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/4004-81-0x0000000007C80000-0x0000000007C88000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/4004-19-0x0000000075190000-0x0000000075940000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4004-17-0x0000000005840000-0x0000000005E68000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.2MB

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memory/4004-89-0x0000000075190000-0x0000000075940000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4004-18-0x0000000075190000-0x0000000075940000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4004-16-0x0000000075190000-0x0000000075940000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4004-15-0x0000000002D00000-0x0000000002D36000-memory.dmp

Filesize
216KB

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