Extracted

• • Target

    024c922fae15af2813dc921bbdba6126c9c1f09c0c8b6ff27f33aafb586120c4N.exe

  • Size

    3.2MB

  • MD5

    590f3c0bd25a3d846e06cac9b630c770

  • SHA1

    f4785f1b39db8c980bf53509972ba63af84fcb9e

  • SHA256

    024c922fae15af2813dc921bbdba6126c9c1f09c0c8b6ff27f33aafb586120c4

  • SHA512

    3b262e63b73bff888e8cd25e3c2630c3686da8ca7cb27ad6168a3be6df7fdeb6da4aa7519973c6e2e5d1d70b6ea1878c8fbb9679b519d807c4f486586a8c4e36

  • SSDEEP

    98304:D+8hH93YWcoUP3Tmbw89JcaiBWDBoX88m55:DNd3zm/y88sSi65

  Score

  10^/10

  neshtaxwormdiscoveryexecutionpersistenceratspywaretrojanbootkitdefense_evasion

  • Detect Neshta payload

  • Detect Xworm Payload

  • Neshta

    Malware from the neshta family is designed to infect itself into other files to spread itself and cause damage.

    persistencespywareneshta

  • Neshta family

    neshta

  • Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

    trojanratxworm

  • Xworm family

    xworm

  • Detected Nirsoft tools

    Free utilities often used by attackers which can steal passwords, product keys, etc.

  • NirSoft WebBrowserPassView

    Password recovery tool for various web browsers

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

    execution

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

    execution

  • 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

  • Loads dropped DLL

  • Enumerates connected drives

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

  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

  • 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

  behavioral1behavioral2