Extracted

Extracted

Extracted

• • Target

    CelestialUUpdate.exe

  • Size

    1.2MB

  • MD5

    8b16db15e2df974f1e2d4d36934d8067

  • SHA1

    2392ba431d064fbcdf8812056a0398e28d3985ae

  • SHA256

    c9f1853eb63ea24a952a37bb0a5853be5333e94097e0ff3a60474fb022e09ae7

  • SHA512

    be01dc9ca1db5dbf6399b7568b9e063adbc617dfc686f74faf648318138c9673e09e97e6922116512d1df56cb5197fb016bfe549c21b6f022493bfcde9150f29

  • SSDEEP

    24576:2fFSkjA+SpS/h3UYU2Uq74JZXXKn4VNWF40LrBjcnbPaF/MPqoXj2:2NhfGSJUD2UqGXaHr9cn7PXC

  Score

  10^/10

  dcratgurcuxwormdiscoveryevasionexecutioninfostealerpersistenceratspywarestealertrojan

  • Contains code to disable Windows Defender

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

  • DcRat

    DarkCrystal(DC) is a new .NET RAT active since June 2019 capable of loading additional plugins.

    ratinfostealerdcrat

  • Dcrat family

    dcrat

  • Detect Xworm Payload

  • Gurcu family

    gurcu

  • Gurcu, WhiteSnake

    Gurcu aka WhiteSnake is a malware stealer written in C#.

    stealergurcu

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence

    persistence

  • Process spawned unexpected child process

    This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

  • UAC bypass

    evasiontrojan

  • Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

    trojanratxworm

  • Xworm family

    xworm

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

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

    execution

  • Downloads MZ/PE file

  • Checks computer location settings

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Drops startup file

  • Executes dropped EXE

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

    spywarestealer

  • Adds Run key to start application

    persistence

  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

  • Looks up external IP address via web service

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Drops file in System32 directory

  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

  behavioral1