Analysis

  • max time kernel
    40s
  • max time network
    41s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    07-12-2024 07:02

General

  • Target

    Api-Updater.exe

  • Size

    211KB

  • MD5

    c0094906b0e860b9df8aff26b335c308

  • SHA1

    45e1941e2e0bb66b3701be26a8652c84604bfb7d

  • SHA256

    71c71f532a866536e7adb19d12996c2d088d38377b53d5cce792b6d416fee4a1

  • SHA512

    2af5f9d5535488b30ca51a9d01f4ef765c0be33075f2b6312c740c60de2746347ab7a6fc12f39f4dfc1594879d08298f6a9ea7d57740fc1738f426c36b03f855

  • SSDEEP

    3072:xejqKOjH8TJ1P/4a+YKngaulnClmWVw1n3JDcv9ANoGCrI/dSEj7ObfREj8blPsg:xyOj234EFd3iLbmSy7OLREQblP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • AsyncRat

    AsyncRAT is designed to remotely monitor and control other computers written in C#.

  • Asyncrat family
  • Async RAT payload 2 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 3 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 41 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 45 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 45 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Api-Updater.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Api-Updater.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:772
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'Api-Updater.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:872
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Api-Updater.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4676
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\Api-Updater.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2160
    • C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /rl highest /tn "Api-Updater" /tr "C:\ProgramData\Api-Updater.exe"
      2⤵
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4448
  • C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4
    1⤵
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
    PID:384

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

    Filesize

    2KB

    MD5

    d85ba6ff808d9e5444a4b369f5bc2730

    SHA1

    31aa9d96590fff6981b315e0b391b575e4c0804a

    SHA256

    84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f

    SHA512

    8c414eb55b45212af385accc16d9d562adba2123583ce70d22b91161fe878683845512a78f04dedd4ea98ed9b174dbfa98cf696370598ad8e6fbd1e714f1f249

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

    Filesize

    944B

    MD5

    6d3e9c29fe44e90aae6ed30ccf799ca8

    SHA1

    c7974ef72264bbdf13a2793ccf1aed11bc565dce

    SHA256

    2360634e63e8f0b5748e2c56ebb8f4aa78e71008ea7b5c9ca1c49be03b49557d

    SHA512

    60c38c4367352537545d859f64b9c5cbada94240478d1d039fd27b5ecba4dc1c90051557c16d802269703b873546ead416279c0a80c6fd5e49ad361cef22596a

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

    Filesize

    944B

    MD5

    ba169f4dcbbf147fe78ef0061a95e83b

    SHA1

    92a571a6eef49fff666e0f62a3545bcd1cdcda67

    SHA256

    5ef1421e19fde4bc03cd825dd7d6c0e7863f85fd8f0aa4a4d4f8d555dc7606d1

    SHA512

    8d2e5e552210dcda684682538bc964fdd8a8ff5b24cc2cc8af813729f0202191f98eb42d38d2355df17ae620fe401aad6ceaedaed3b112fdacd32485a3a0c07c

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_5yxw2gro.gib.ps1

    Filesize

    60B

    MD5

    d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

    SHA1

    6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

    SHA256

    96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

    SHA512

    5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

  • memory/384-57-0x000002C774430000-0x000002C774431000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/384-58-0x000002C774430000-0x000002C774431000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/384-46-0x000002C774430000-0x000002C774431000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/384-52-0x000002C774430000-0x000002C774431000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/384-53-0x000002C774430000-0x000002C774431000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/384-56-0x000002C774430000-0x000002C774431000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/384-55-0x000002C774430000-0x000002C774431000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/384-54-0x000002C774430000-0x000002C774431000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/384-47-0x000002C774430000-0x000002C774431000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/384-48-0x000002C774430000-0x000002C774431000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/772-45-0x00007FFE4CDD0000-0x00007FFE4D891000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/772-2-0x00007FFE4CDD0000-0x00007FFE4D891000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/772-43-0x000000001C930000-0x000000001C966000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    216KB

  • memory/772-44-0x000000001C960000-0x000000001C992000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    200KB

  • memory/772-0-0x00007FFE4CDD3000-0x00007FFE4CDD5000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/772-63-0x000000001D820000-0x000000001D83E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/772-62-0x000000001CD50000-0x000000001CD60000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/772-61-0x000000001D880000-0x000000001D8F6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    472KB

  • memory/772-1-0x0000000000DF0000-0x0000000000E2C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/872-18-0x00007FFE4CDD0000-0x00007FFE4D891000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/872-3-0x00007FFE4CDD0000-0x00007FFE4D891000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/872-9-0x000001E4D4360000-0x000001E4D4382000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/872-10-0x00007FFE4CDD0000-0x00007FFE4D891000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/872-15-0x00007FFE4CDD0000-0x00007FFE4D891000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB