Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    06-11-2024 12:36

General

  • Target

    2024-11-06_9fc1a894f48c14ca703edb75b4b1d340_cobalt-strike_ryuk.exe

  • Size

    2.4MB

  • MD5

    9fc1a894f48c14ca703edb75b4b1d340

  • SHA1

    64e7263f9c572e65d69eaab3f30c4dfb91cca87a

  • SHA256

    c7b6685f52c3b23d1bc350ab366bcf2acd94c9fe35f18cc3167df325e701ef64

  • SHA512

    36dd4871de58aa05c77a84fb6c5ab818cc36ade818fad3a3fbe10ccc161f095febfae6300ffcd6f433b19d6e9d7ad130d5654da9a32ad39b26b1f0a5629639fb

  • SSDEEP

    49152:By2cW23etDz1x5bhnUHiBRuiH28jbp5ccpnpuoijYT4Uf:pzV5RHVp5Jai

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

phorphiex

C2

http://185.215.113.66/

http://91.202.233.141/

Wallets

0xCa90599132C4D88907Bd8E046540284aa468a035

TRuGGXNDM1cavQ1AqMQHG8yfxP4QWVSMN6

qph44jx8r9k5xeq5cuf958krv3ewrnp5vc6hhdjd3r

XryzFMFVpDUvU7famUGf214EXD3xNUSmQf

rsXCXBf9SagxV8JfC12d8Bybk84oPdMNN9

AULzfBuUAPfCGAXoG5Vq14aP9s6fx3AH4Z

LTK4xdKPAgFHPLan8kriAD7eY4heyy73mB

MP8GEm8QpYgQYaMo8oM5NQhRBgDGiLZW5Q

4BB7ckkaPTyADc8trtuwDoZxywaR4eNL5cDJ3KBjq9GraN4mUFztf7mLS7WgT7Bh7uPqpjvA4ypVwXKCJ1vvLWWAFvSmDoD

15TssKwtjMtwy4vDLcLsQUZUD2B9f7eDjw85sBNVC5LRPPnC

1BzmrjmKPKSR2hH5BeJySfiVA676E8DYaK

ltc1qt0n3f0t7vz9k0mvcswk477shrxwjhf9sj5ykrp

3PMiLynrGVZ8oEqvoqC4hXD67B1WoALR4pc

3ESHude8zUHksQg1h6hHmzY79BS36L91Yn

DLUzwvyxN1RrwjByUPPzVMdfxNRPGVRMMA

t1J6GCPCiHW1eRdjJgDDu6b1vSVmL5U7Twh

stars125f3mw4xd9htpsq4zj5w5ezm5gags37yxxh6mj

bnb1msyt0djx4ecspfxg5en0ye465kg3kmv9utzml2

bc1ppypcmu3684n648gyj62gjp2rw0xy7w3vwfamatlg29ajp4z52desafa0sr

bc1qc9edl4hzl9jyt8twdad3zjeh2df2znq96tdezd

Attributes
  • mutex

    mmn7nnm8na

  • user_agent

    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/128.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Extracted

Family

phorphiex

C2

http://185.215.113.84

http://185.215.113.66

Signatures

  • Modifies security service 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Phorphiex family
  • Phorphiex payload 1 IoCs
  • Phorphiex, Phorpiex

    Phorphiex or Phorpiex Malware family which infects systems to distribute other malicious payloads such as ransomware, stealers and cryptominers.

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 1 IoCs
  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 10 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 7 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 5 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 16 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 62 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
      PID:3504
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-11-06_9fc1a894f48c14ca703edb75b4b1d340_cobalt-strike_ryuk.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-11-06_9fc1a894f48c14ca703edb75b4b1d340_cobalt-strike_ryuk.exe"
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4384
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\97BC.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\97BC.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4392
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2930131908.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2930131908.exe
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Adds Run key to start application
            • Drops file in Windows directory
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4060
            • C:\Windows\sysppvrdnvs.exe
              C:\Windows\sysppvrdnvs.exe
              5⤵
              • Modifies security service
              • Windows security bypass
              • Checks computer location settings
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Windows security modification
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:3384
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:windir; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:TEMP; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:USERPROFILE"
                6⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:2996
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                  powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:windir; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:TEMP; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:USERPROFILE"
                  7⤵
                  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  PID:2908
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c sc stop UsoSvc & sc stop WaaSMedicSvc & sc stop wuauserv & sc stop DoSvc & sc stop BITS /wait
                6⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:664
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop UsoSvc
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:3436
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop WaaSMedicSvc
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:1716
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop wuauserv
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:3112
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop DoSvc
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:4564
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop BITS /wait
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:3928
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\807528065.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\807528065.exe
                6⤵
                • Checks computer location settings
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:2960
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c reg delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Windows Upgrade Manager" /f
                  7⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:952
                  • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                    reg delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Windows Upgrade Manager" /f
                    8⤵
                      PID:4760
                  • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                    "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /delete /f /tn "Windows Upgrade Manager"
                    7⤵
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:3540
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      schtasks /delete /f /tn "Windows Upgrade Manager"
                      8⤵
                        PID:4720
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1462419122.exe
                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1462419122.exe
                    6⤵
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    PID:928
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1833010438.exe
                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1833010438.exe
                    6⤵
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:1068
                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2706036432.exe
                      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2706036432.exe
                      7⤵
                      • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
                      • Executes dropped EXE
                      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                      PID:4036
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\28591499.exe
                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\28591499.exe
                    6⤵
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    PID:740
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-11-06_9fc1a894f48c14ca703edb75b4b1d340_cobalt-strike_ryuk.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-11-06_9fc1a894f48c14ca703edb75b4b1d340_cobalt-strike_ryuk.exe --type=crashpad-handler /prefetch:7 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable\Crash Reports" "--crash-count-file=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable\crash_count.txt" --url=https://crashstats-collector.opera.com/collector/submit --annotation=channel=Stable --annotation=plat=Win64 --annotation=prod=OperaDesktopGX --annotation=ver=78.0.4093.214 --initial-client-data=0x4d0,0x4d4,0x4d8,0x494,0x4dc,0x140246d00,0x140246d10,0x140246d20
              3⤵
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:4984
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\98B6.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\98B6.exe"
                4⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:4808
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1395333493.exe
                  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1395333493.exe
                  5⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:3752
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe <#evrkcgqew#> IF([System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version -lt [System.Version]"6.2") { schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn 'Microsoft Windows Security' /tr '''C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe''' } Else { Register-ScheduledTask -Action (New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe') -Trigger (New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtLogOn) -Settings (New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DisallowHardTerminate -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -DontStopOnIdleEnd -ExecutionTimeLimit (New-TimeSpan -Days 1000)) -TaskName 'Microsoft Windows Security' -RunLevel 'Highest' -Force; }
            2⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1436

        Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\84KCLP1T\newtpp[1].exe

          Filesize

          83KB

          MD5

          06560b5e92d704395bc6dae58bc7e794

          SHA1

          fbd3e4ae28620197d1f02bfc24adaf4ddacd2372

          SHA256

          9eaaadf3857e4a3e83f4f78d96ab185213b6528c8e470807f9d16035daadf33d

          SHA512

          b55b49fc1bd526c47d88fcf8a20fcaed900bfb291f2e3e1186ec196a87127ed24df71385ae04fedcc802c362c4ebf38edfc182013febf4496ddeb66ce5195ee3

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\H6N4U6J0\1[1]

          Filesize

          108KB

          MD5

          1fcb78fb6cf9720e9d9494c42142d885

          SHA1

          fef9c2e728ab9d56ce9ed28934b3182b6f1d5379

          SHA256

          84652bb8c63ca4fd7eb7a2d6ef44029801f3057aa2961867245a3a765928dd02

          SHA512

          cdf58e463af1784aea86995b3e5d6b07701c5c4095e30ec80cc901ffd448c6f4f714c521bf8796ffa8c47538bf8bf5351e157596efaa7ab88155d63dc33f7dc3

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

          Filesize

          18KB

          MD5

          cf60da815246443869f89c96a5cf615a

          SHA1

          fcb1ec603815833497eeb9965565a83db4a7adb6

          SHA256

          84af4a89b802feec8d0323462fb29a4f7467c2839e7d7d4d8e02b2d627c6578f

          SHA512

          67a26fbe61b6a0385f25945c701c49437133535fc49a228ab37e0d9863b6969db1c60a510dbb7008491c84c7fc1c55029d1503a5aeaf650045a7d0f8db530673

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1462419122.exe

          Filesize

          15KB

          MD5

          0c37ee292fec32dba0420e6c94224e28

          SHA1

          012cbdddaddab319a4b3ae2968b42950e929c46b

          SHA256

          981d724feebc36777e99513dc061d1f009e589f965c920797285c46d863060d1

          SHA512

          2b60b571c55d0441ba0cfc695f9db5cd12660ebec7effc7e893c3b7a1c6cb6149df487c31b8d748697e260cbc4af29331592b705ea9638f64a711c7a6164628b

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1833010438.exe

          Filesize

          10KB

          MD5

          96509ab828867d81c1693b614b22f41d

          SHA1

          c5f82005dbda43cedd86708cc5fc3635a781a67e

          SHA256

          a9de2927b0ec45cf900508fec18531c04ee9fa8a5dfe2fc82c67d9458cf4b744

          SHA512

          ff603117a06da8fb2386c1d2049a5896774e41f34d05951ecd4e7b5fc9da51a373e3fcf61af3577ff78490cf898471ce8e71eae848a12812fe98cd7e76e1a9ca

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2706036432.exe

          Filesize

          5.6MB

          MD5

          13b26b2c7048a92d6a843c1302618fad

          SHA1

          89c2dfc01ac12ef2704c7669844ec69f1700c1ca

          SHA256

          1753ad35ece25ab9a19048c70062e9170f495e313d7355ebbba59c38f5d90256

          SHA512

          d6aff89b61c9945002a6798617ad304612460a607ef1cfbdcb32f8932ca648bcee1d5f2e0321bb4c58c1f4642b1e0ececc1eb82450fdec7dff69b5389f195455

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\28591499.exe

          Filesize

          49KB

          MD5

          c1c2524e6fc9dc3f492248f09cf37d32

          SHA1

          fabcb2a675dcb31070d763a2fabc90259921a20d

          SHA256

          d7c3ed2599c214b4dbcdbb34d2f378cc5a99833cc051143338bf848cc87fda97

          SHA512

          ead31dbcd27538dcd734f7568441dc733ae472dbcc475308b69e90f13cc5b1fda5e13afab4241b18006e81b8e52ff9894685a4e8d2cf9161d2b77716119de89f

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\807528065.exe

          Filesize

          8KB

          MD5

          cb8420e681f68db1bad5ed24e7b22114

          SHA1

          416fc65d538d3622f5ca71c667a11df88a927c31

          SHA256

          5850892f67f85991b31fc90f62c8b7791afeb3c08ae1877d857aa2b59471a2ea

          SHA512

          baaabcc4ad5d409267a34ed7b20e4afb4d247974bfc581d39aae945e5bf8a673a1f8eacae2e6783480c8baaeb0a80d028274a202d456f13d0af956afa0110fdf

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\97BC.exe

          Filesize

          9KB

          MD5

          8d8e6c7952a9dc7c0c73911c4dbc5518

          SHA1

          9098da03b33b2c822065b49d5220359c275d5e94

          SHA256

          feb4c3ae4566f0acbb9e0f55417b61fefd89dc50a4e684df780813fb01d61278

          SHA512

          91a573843c28dd32a9f31a60ba977f9a3d4bb19ffd1b7254333e09bcecef348c1b3220a348ebb2cb08edb57d56cb7737f026519da52199c9dc62c10aea236645

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_cfdhwi2w.nqn.ps1

          Filesize

          60B

          MD5

          d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

          SHA1

          6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

          SHA256

          96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

          SHA512

          5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable\Crash Reports\settings.dat

          Filesize

          40B

          MD5

          3b665ebd2774e2c7ceb07596625e5463

          SHA1

          cf7acbe91ae5fee05e51ccbf9b305f08b9f994fc

          SHA256

          e532538fc266ac788b06f17b3479f06b5f5c6b1433209045c3cf272576506c80

          SHA512

          125fde1f9557350c268f681279c53ce8fdf5b52fc6c497e10721bb70f5671bbb98ec416a6aea439a1ad3c5bc35cde65daa7620f7a976fa59ecee435534f040e8

        • memory/1436-129-0x000001ACDCB90000-0x000001ACDCBB2000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          136KB

        • memory/2908-63-0x0000000007770000-0x0000000007DEA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          6.5MB

        • memory/2908-70-0x0000000007400000-0x000000000741A000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          104KB

        • memory/2908-61-0x00000000063B0000-0x00000000063CE000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          120KB

        • memory/2908-62-0x0000000006F90000-0x0000000007033000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          652KB

        • memory/2908-50-0x0000000006360000-0x0000000006392000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          200KB

        • memory/2908-64-0x00000000070C0000-0x00000000070DA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          104KB

        • memory/2908-65-0x0000000007140000-0x000000000714A000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          40KB

        • memory/2908-66-0x0000000007340000-0x00000000073D6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          600KB

        • memory/2908-67-0x00000000072E0000-0x00000000072F1000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          68KB

        • memory/2908-68-0x0000000007300000-0x000000000730E000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          56KB

        • memory/2908-69-0x0000000007310000-0x0000000007324000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          80KB

        • memory/2908-51-0x000000006F830000-0x000000006F87C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          304KB

        • memory/2908-71-0x00000000073E0000-0x00000000073E8000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          32KB

        • memory/2908-49-0x0000000005DD0000-0x0000000005E1C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          304KB

        • memory/2908-48-0x0000000005DB0000-0x0000000005DCE000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          120KB

        • memory/2908-33-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002766000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          216KB

        • memory/2908-47-0x0000000005870000-0x0000000005BC4000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          3.3MB

        • memory/2908-37-0x0000000005700000-0x0000000005766000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          408KB

        • memory/2908-36-0x0000000005690000-0x00000000056F6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          408KB

        • memory/2908-35-0x0000000004D80000-0x0000000004DA2000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          136KB

        • memory/2908-34-0x0000000004EF0000-0x0000000005518000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          6.2MB

        • memory/2960-93-0x0000000000E90000-0x0000000000E96000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          24KB