Analysis Overview
SHA256
a16a40d0182a87fc6219693ac664286738329222983bd9e70b455f198e124ba2
Threat Level: Likely malicious
The file a16a40d0182a87fc6219693ac664286738329222983bd9e70b455f198e124ba2.zip was found to be: Likely malicious.
Malicious Activity Summary
MNC_APT_2024_PUBLOAD_Shell
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Adds Run key to start application
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-10-26 05:40
Signatures
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-10-26 05:40
Reported
2024-10-26 05:46
Platform
win10v2004-20241007-en
Max time kernel
300s
Max time network
299s
Command Line
Signatures
MNC_APT_2024_PUBLOAD_Shell
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Adds Run key to start application
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2045521122-590294423-3465680274-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\KeyScrambler = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Libraries\\SmileTV\\KeyScrambler.exe" | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Talking_Points_for_China\Talking_Points_for_China.exe | N/A |
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Talking_Points_for_China\Talking_Points_for_China.exe | N/A |
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Talking_Points_for_China\Talking_Points_for_China.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Talking_Points_for_China\Talking_Points_for_China.exe"
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 13.86.106.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | g.bing.com | udp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | g.bing.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 79.190.18.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 71.159.190.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 10.28.171.150.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 28.118.140.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 196.249.167.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| HK | 103.27.109.157:443 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 212.20.149.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 157.109.27.103.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 241.42.69.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 172.214.232.199.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| HK | 103.27.109.157:443 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 14.227.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | tse1.mm.bing.net | udp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 57.169.31.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| HK | 103.27.109.157:443 | tcp | |
| HK | 103.27.109.157:443 | tcp | |
| HK | 103.27.109.157:443 | tcp | |
| HK | 103.27.109.157:443 | tcp | |
| HK | 103.27.109.157:443 | tcp | |
| HK | 103.27.109.157:443 | tcp | |
| HK | 103.27.109.157:443 | tcp | |
| HK | 103.27.109.157:443 | tcp | |
| HK | 103.27.109.157:443 | tcp | |
| HK | 103.27.109.157:443 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | udp | |
| N/A | 20.189.173.12:443 | tcp |
Files
memory/2444-2-0x0000000002930000-0x0000000002932000-memory.dmp