Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-22 08:29

Sample ID 241026-gc9lgs1ame
Target a16a40d0182a87fc6219693ac664286738329222983bd9e70b455f198e124ba2.zip
SHA256 a16a40d0182a87fc6219693ac664286738329222983bd9e70b455f198e124ba2
Tags
discovery persistence spyware stealer
score
9/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
9/10

SHA256

a16a40d0182a87fc6219693ac664286738329222983bd9e70b455f198e124ba2

Threat Level: Likely malicious

The file a16a40d0182a87fc6219693ac664286738329222983bd9e70b455f198e124ba2.zip was found to be: Likely malicious.

Malicious Activity Summary

discovery persistence spyware stealer

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

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-10-26 05:40

Signatures

N/A

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

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Talking_Points_for_China\Talking_Points_for_China.exe"

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

spyware stealer

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
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

spyware stealer

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

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