Extracted

• • Target

    2HAX8_DeadPayload.exe

  • Size

    500KB

  • MD5

    b315d6de4d0834723914982447aab54f

  • SHA1

    f1b3b51e74e1f24faecf0524e7bbffe54feffe2e

  • SHA256

    75636b480a5d5c94fde4c189286ea07a3c12194de8ee8bb18cd462d3ae019f2b

  • SHA512

    b9afa7e84d33513e2255b24842847a9c25fc041b0d8e361836b4c2fd3787fba5b9a06c7633f1bb9b61ca56c650ddccd992a533b64f71105b6c36b69c648382ee

  • SSDEEP

    12288:s3DTkV1ilKya0FOUuQ0gH+kmtbF6W05EJXp107sdzO:mkGTy

  Score

  10^/10

  xwormdiscoveryevasionexecutionrattrojanbootkitdefense_evasionpersistence

  • Detect Xworm Payload

  • Modifies security service

    evasion

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess

  • Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

    trojanratxworm

  • Xworm family

    xworm

  • Sets service image path in registry

    persistence

  • Checks BIOS information in registry

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

  • Checks computer location settings

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE

  • Indicator Removal: Clear Windows Event Logs

    Clear Windows Event Logs to hide the activity of an intrusion.

    defense_evasion

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

    Using powershell.exe command.

    execution

  • Enumerates connected drives

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

    bootkitpersistence

  • Drops file in System32 directory

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

  behavioral1behavioral2