orcus | cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24

General

Target

cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe
Size

992KB
MD5

e8096839712127e687d0df6ea0ee205f
SHA1

a8bc4c9692f9d081ebc55f35f6560b17c776cb06
SHA256

cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24
SHA512

c5ee0105f17af18929f86a64297279554f756c9bc777c29b5393e8f46e2876eb6e1c087e3d4e4845c39a393f4e4660c45f59c5f0b4daeb1da0ed4ade1ec17cc2
SSDEEP

24576:nQA4MROxnFE31O3XrrcI0AilFEvxHPlfHaooM:n2Miu6XrrcI0AilFEvxHPlf

Score

10^/10

orcus novie discovery rat spyware stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

orcus

Botnet

Novie

C2

192.168.127.128:5765

Mutex

b299e3d18fe04161815341cb7e50270b

Attributes

autostart_method
TaskScheduler
enable_keylogger
true
install_path
%programfiles%\Orcus\Orcus.exe
reconnect_delay
10000
registry_keyname
Orcus
taskscheduler_taskname
WindowsDefender
watchdog_path
AppData\MicrosoftDefender.exe

Signatures

Orcus
Orcus is a Remote Access Trojan that is being sold on underground forums.
rat spyware stealer orcus
Orcus family
orcus

Orcus main payload 1 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe	family_orcus

Orcurs Rat Executable 3 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/432-1-0x0000000001280000-0x000000000137E000-memory.dmp	orcus
\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe	orcus
behavioral1/memory/2684-34-0x00000000013E0000-0x00000000014DE000-memory.dmp	orcus

Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs

Processes:

WindowsInput.exeWindowsInput.exeOrcus.exeOrcus.exeMicrosoftDefender.exeMicrosoftDefender.exe

pid process

2948 WindowsInput.exe
2852 WindowsInput.exe
2684 Orcus.exe
3060 Orcus.exe
2588 MicrosoftDefender.exe
1476 MicrosoftDefender.exe

pid	process
2948	WindowsInput.exe
2852	WindowsInput.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
3060	Orcus.exe
2588	MicrosoftDefender.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

Processes:

cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exeOrcus.exe

pid	process
432	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe
432	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe
2684	Orcus.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs

Processes:

cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exeWindowsInput.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe.config	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.InstallState	WindowsInput.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 3 IoCs

Processes:

cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe.config	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Processes:

Orcus.exeMicrosoftDefender.exeMicrosoftDefender.execafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exeOrcus.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Orcus.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MicrosoftDefender.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MicrosoftDefender.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Orcus.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs

Processes:

MicrosoftDefender.exeOrcus.exe

pid	process
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe
1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe
2684	Orcus.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

Processes:

Orcus.exeMicrosoftDefender.exeMicrosoftDefender.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2684	Orcus.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2588	MicrosoftDefender.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1476	MicrosoftDefender.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

Processes:

Orcus.exe

pid process

2684 Orcus.exe
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 1 IoCs

Processes:

Orcus.exe

pid process

2684 Orcus.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes:

Orcus.exe

pid process

2684 Orcus.exe

pid	process
2684	Orcus.exe

pid	process
2684	Orcus.exe

pid	process
2684	Orcus.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs

Processes:

cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exetaskeng.exeOrcus.exeMicrosoftDefender.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 432 wrote to memory of 2948	432	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe	WindowsInput.exe
PID 432 wrote to memory of 2948	432	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe	WindowsInput.exe
PID 432 wrote to memory of 2948	432	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe	WindowsInput.exe
PID 432 wrote to memory of 2948	432	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe	WindowsInput.exe
PID 432 wrote to memory of 2684	432	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe	Orcus.exe
PID 432 wrote to memory of 2684	432	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe	Orcus.exe
PID 432 wrote to memory of 2684	432	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe	Orcus.exe
PID 432 wrote to memory of 2684	432	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe	Orcus.exe
PID 2056 wrote to memory of 3060	2056	taskeng.exe	Orcus.exe
PID 2056 wrote to memory of 3060	2056	taskeng.exe	Orcus.exe
PID 2056 wrote to memory of 3060	2056	taskeng.exe	Orcus.exe
PID 2056 wrote to memory of 3060	2056	taskeng.exe	Orcus.exe
PID 2684 wrote to memory of 2588	2684	Orcus.exe	MicrosoftDefender.exe
PID 2684 wrote to memory of 2588	2684	Orcus.exe	MicrosoftDefender.exe
PID 2684 wrote to memory of 2588	2684	Orcus.exe	MicrosoftDefender.exe
PID 2684 wrote to memory of 2588	2684	Orcus.exe	MicrosoftDefender.exe
PID 2588 wrote to memory of 1476	2588	MicrosoftDefender.exe	MicrosoftDefender.exe
PID 2588 wrote to memory of 1476	2588	MicrosoftDefender.exe	MicrosoftDefender.exe
PID 2588 wrote to memory of 1476	2588	MicrosoftDefender.exe	MicrosoftDefender.exe
PID 2588 wrote to memory of 1476	2588	MicrosoftDefender.exe	MicrosoftDefender.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:432
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe" --install
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  PID:2948
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
  - Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2684
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftDefender.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftDefender.exe" /launchSelfAndExit "C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe" 2684 /protectFile
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2588
  - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftDefender.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftDefender.exe" /watchProcess "C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe" 2684 "/protectFile"
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1476

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe
"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:2852

C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
taskeng.exe {346BED5C-23C7-45D2-B8EF-A6B9C582579F} S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000:BCXRJFKE\Admin:Interactive:[1]
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2056
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3060

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Center\err_b299e3d18fe04161815341cb7e50270b.dat

Filesize
1KB

MD5
b9198d6386977760e588b0b9c43309e7

SHA1
437d212e02bb400ecc8719ed2e516354f67a80ea

SHA256
44ac7b9b9744d92cb87a379c311a26ced5c1c8c4e2db5d6295331f86be661792

SHA512
17edbf6183d2a0d1a46895025cf86dca7492adcc47ba704a7d81d9bb8c3b44f499047ce49180eff9e7af80dba453cd699056106644b90577e7205c0c4dd44da0

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe.config

Filesize
357B

MD5
a2b76cea3a59fa9af5ea21ff68139c98

SHA1
35d76475e6a54c168f536e30206578babff58274

SHA256
f99ef5bf79a7c43701877f0bb0b890591885bb0a3d605762647cc8ffbf10c839

SHA512
b52608b45153c489419228864ecbcb92be24c644d470818dfe15f8c7e661a7bcd034ea13ef401f2b84ad5c29a41c9b4c7d161cc33ae3ef71659bc2bca1a8c4ad

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\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe

Filesize
992KB

MD5
e8096839712127e687d0df6ea0ee205f

SHA1
a8bc4c9692f9d081ebc55f35f6560b17c776cb06

SHA256
cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24

SHA512
c5ee0105f17af18929f86a64297279554f756c9bc777c29b5393e8f46e2876eb6e1c087e3d4e4845c39a393f4e4660c45f59c5f0b4daeb1da0ed4ade1ec17cc2

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftDefender.exe

Filesize
9KB

MD5
913967b216326e36a08010fb70f9dba3

SHA1
7b6f8c2eb5b443e03c212b85c2f0edb9c76ad2bf

SHA256
8d880758549220154d2ff4ee578f2b49527c5fb76a07d55237b61e30bcc09e3a

SHA512
c6fcb98d9fd509e9834fc3fba143bd36d41869cc104fbce5354951f0a6756156e34a30796baaa130dd45de3ed96e039ec14716716f6da4569915c7ef2d2b6c33

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\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe

Filesize
21KB

MD5
e6fcf516d8ed8d0d4427f86e08d0d435

SHA1
c7691731583ab7890086635cb7f3e4c22ca5e409

SHA256
8dbe814359391ed6b0b5b182039008cf1d00964da9fbc4747f46242a95c24337

SHA512
c496cf8e2e222fe1e19051b291e6860f31aae39f54369c1c5e8c9758c4b56e8af904e3e536e743a0a6fdbbf8478afba4baee92e13fc1b3073376ac6bf4a7948e

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memory/432-33-0x00000000749A0000-0x000000007508E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/432-0-0x00000000749AE000-0x00000000749AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/432-7-0x0000000000C20000-0x0000000000C28000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/432-5-0x0000000000820000-0x0000000000832000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/432-4-0x0000000000BC0000-0x0000000000C1C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
368KB

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memory/432-1-0x0000000001280000-0x000000000137E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1016KB

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memory/432-6-0x0000000000AF0000-0x0000000000AF8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/432-3-0x00000000749A0000-0x000000007508E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/432-2-0x00000000004B0000-0x00000000004BE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2588-50-0x0000000000300000-0x0000000000308000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2684-38-0x0000000004E80000-0x0000000004E98000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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memory/2684-34-0x00000000013E0000-0x00000000014DE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1016KB

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memory/2684-37-0x00000000010E0000-0x000000000112E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
312KB

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memory/2684-39-0x0000000004F20000-0x0000000004F30000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2948-19-0x000007FEF65A0000-0x000007FEF6F8C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.9MB

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memory/2948-18-0x0000000001300000-0x000000000130C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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memory/2948-16-0x000007FEF65A3000-0x000007FEF65A4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2948-52-0x000007FEF65A0000-0x000007FEF6F8C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.9MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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