chinese_generic_botnet | 14ae6f0c312155322d1af339f78179e9feff394bce60c7d51b7a6801f3f8d7dc

General

Target

14ae6f0c312155322d1af339f78179e9feff394bce60c7d51b7a6801f3f8d7dc.exe
Size

386KB
MD5

7dc5ac82bb6ad9349aa264cf21b89f87
SHA1

61904ea7be46eaf3749136d4095b1f158b8d70aa
SHA256

14ae6f0c312155322d1af339f78179e9feff394bce60c7d51b7a6801f3f8d7dc
SHA512

6223155c9ef7b79077b2d6f83f28c89dfa2fc6c8bec2a8ba9dccd8f5718139ea243ca44d7af6cc1d1365ec6986521b3ad59b7a7b7c0f8232be707493390cac9a
SSDEEP

3072:N6h5LJ0Q0CJpiw1w1HoFN6WtljaJuloHs+dtE3KznO:N6h5LJ5TJgZ1HoFN6WtljaJul+pnE6j

Score

10^/10

chinese_generic_botnet botnet discovery upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Chinese_generic_botnet family
chinese_generic_botnet
Generic Chinese Botnet
A botnet originating from China which is currently unnamed publicly.
botnet chinese_generic_botnet

Chinese Botnet payload 3 IoCs

botnet

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2100-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010018000-memory.dmp	unk_chinese_botnet
behavioral1/memory/2100-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp	unk_chinese_botnet
behavioral1/memory/2896-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp	unk_chinese_botnet

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2896	Nkdnwua.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\counters.dat	Nkdnwua.exe

UPX packed file 5 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2100-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2100-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/files/0x0007000000018742-10.dat	upx
behavioral1/memory/2896-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2896-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Cuisgm\Nkdnwua.exe	14ae6f0c312155322d1af339f78179e9feff394bce60c7d51b7a6801f3f8d7dc.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Cuisgm\Nkdnwua.exe	14ae6f0c312155322d1af339f78179e9feff394bce60c7d51b7a6801f3f8d7dc.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 2 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

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	14ae6f0c312155322d1af339f78179e9feff394bce60c7d51b7a6801f3f8d7dc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Nkdnwua.exe

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 24 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections	Nkdnwua.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections\SavedLegacySettings = 4600000002000000090000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000	Nkdnwua.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies\CachePrefix = "Cookie:"	Nkdnwua.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History\CachePrefix = "Visited:"	Nkdnwua.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\{6C87582F-BE40-4146-A140-01801D13C675}	Nkdnwua.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\b6-ca-83-25-1a-41	Nkdnwua.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\	Nkdnwua.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\AutoDetect = "1"	Nkdnwua.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings	Nkdnwua.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad	Nkdnwua.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\{6C87582F-BE40-4146-A140-01801D13C675}\WpadDecision = "0"	Nkdnwua.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\{6C87582F-BE40-4146-A140-01801D13C675}\WpadNetworkName = "Network 3"	Nkdnwua.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\b6-ca-83-25-1a-41\WpadDecisionReason = "1"	Nkdnwua.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\b6-ca-83-25-1a-41\WpadDecisionTime = b051becdcf47db01	Nkdnwua.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections\DefaultConnectionSettings = 4600000002000000090000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000	Nkdnwua.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content\CachePrefix	Nkdnwua.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\{6C87582F-BE40-4146-A140-01801D13C675}\b6-ca-83-25-1a-41	Nkdnwua.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings	Nkdnwua.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\UNCAsIntranet = "0"	Nkdnwua.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ProxyEnable = "0"	Nkdnwua.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections\DefaultConnectionSettings = 4600000003000000090000000000000000000000000000000400000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000020000000a7f00f0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000	Nkdnwua.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\{6C87582F-BE40-4146-A140-01801D13C675}\WpadDecisionReason = "1"	Nkdnwua.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\{6C87582F-BE40-4146-A140-01801D13C675}\WpadDecisionTime = b051becdcf47db01	Nkdnwua.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\b6-ca-83-25-1a-41\WpadDecision = "0"	Nkdnwua.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2100	14ae6f0c312155322d1af339f78179e9feff394bce60c7d51b7a6801f3f8d7dc.exe

Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2100	14ae6f0c312155322d1af339f78179e9feff394bce60c7d51b7a6801f3f8d7dc.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2100	14ae6f0c312155322d1af339f78179e9feff394bce60c7d51b7a6801f3f8d7dc.exe
2896	Nkdnwua.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\14ae6f0c312155322d1af339f78179e9feff394bce60c7d51b7a6801f3f8d7dc.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\14ae6f0c312155322d1af339f78179e9feff394bce60c7d51b7a6801f3f8d7dc.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2100

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Cuisgm\Nkdnwua.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Cuisgm\Nkdnwua.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2896

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:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Cuisgm\Nkdnwua.exe

Filesize
386KB

MD5
7dc5ac82bb6ad9349aa264cf21b89f87

SHA1
61904ea7be46eaf3749136d4095b1f158b8d70aa

SHA256
14ae6f0c312155322d1af339f78179e9feff394bce60c7d51b7a6801f3f8d7dc

SHA512
6223155c9ef7b79077b2d6f83f28c89dfa2fc6c8bec2a8ba9dccd8f5718139ea243ca44d7af6cc1d1365ec6986521b3ad59b7a7b7c0f8232be707493390cac9a

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memory/2100-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.0MB

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memory/2100-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010018000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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memory/2100-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.0MB

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memory/2896-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.0MB

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memory/2896-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.0MB

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