hxxps://adguard-vpn[.]com/en/welcome[.]html

General

Target

https://adguard-vpn.com/en/welcome.html
Sample

241203-vgdlhatra1

Score

8^/10

Malware Config

Targets

- Target
  
  https://adguard-vpn.com/en/welcome.html
Score

8^/10

defense_evasion discovery persistence phishing privilege_escalation
- Blocklisted process makes network request
- Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
  Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.
  persistence
- Downloads MZ/PE file
- Drops file in Drivers directory
- Manipulates Digital Signatures
  Attackers can apply techniques such as changing the registry keys of authenticode & Cryptography to obtain their binary as valid.
- A potential corporate email address has been identified in the URL: [email protected]
  phishing
- Checks computer location settings
  Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking
  Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.
  persistence privilege_escalation
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
  persistence
- Checks installed software on the system
  Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
  discovery
- Enumerates connected drives
  Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
- Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
  Clear artifacts associated with previously established persistence like scheduletasks on a host.
  defense_evasion
- Drops file in System32 directory
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