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System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-493223053-2004649691-1575712786-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	DNKFU.exe

Executes dropped EXE 8 IoCs

pid	Process
3012	DNKFU.exe
4504	DNKFU.exe
5092	DNKFU.exe
1200	DNKFU.exe
1776	DNKFU.exe
2108	DNKFU.exe
3964	DNKFU.exe
1496	DNKFU.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3012 set thread context of 4504	3012	DNKFU.exe	93
PID 3012 set thread context of 5092	3012	DNKFU.exe	95
PID 3012 set thread context of 1200	3012	DNKFU.exe	96
PID 1776 set thread context of 2108	1776	DNKFU.exe	101
PID 1776 set thread context of 3964	1776	DNKFU.exe	102
PID 1776 set thread context of 1496	1776	DNKFU.exe	103

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
4312	4504	WerFault.exe	93

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 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	DNKFU.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DNKFU.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DNKFU.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DNKFU.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DNKFU.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DNKFU.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DNKFU.exe

Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

Query Registry

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000	taskmgr.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000\Properties\{b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac}\000A	taskmgr.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000\FriendlyName	taskmgr.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0	WINWORD.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	WINWORD.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	WINWORD.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	taskmgr.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	taskmgr.exe

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS	WINWORD.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily	WINWORD.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU	WINWORD.EXE

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

pid	Process
4132	schtasks.exe

Script User-Agent 1 IoCs

Uses user-agent string associated with script host/environment.

description	flow	ioc
HTTP User-Agent header	3	Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; Win32; WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5)

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2952	WINWORD.EXE
2952	WINWORD.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs

pid	Process
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3012	DNKFU.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1776	DNKFU.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2364	taskmgr.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2364	taskmgr.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	2364	taskmgr.exe
Token: 33	2364	taskmgr.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2364	taskmgr.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 33 IoCs

pid	Process
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 33 IoCs

pid	Process
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe
2364	taskmgr.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 13 IoCs

pid	Process
2952	WINWORD.EXE
2952	WINWORD.EXE
2952	WINWORD.EXE
2952	WINWORD.EXE
2952	WINWORD.EXE
2952	WINWORD.EXE
2952	WINWORD.EXE
2952	WINWORD.EXE
2952	WINWORD.EXE
2952	WINWORD.EXE
2952	WINWORD.EXE
2952	WINWORD.EXE
2952	WINWORD.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 57 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 3012	2952	WINWORD.EXE	90
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 3012	2952	WINWORD.EXE	90
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 3012	2952	WINWORD.EXE	90
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 4504	3012	DNKFU.exe	93
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 4504	3012	DNKFU.exe	93
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 4504	3012	DNKFU.exe	93
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 4504	3012	DNKFU.exe	93
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 4504	3012	DNKFU.exe	93
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 4504	3012	DNKFU.exe	93
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 4504	3012	DNKFU.exe	93
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 4504	3012	DNKFU.exe	93
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 5092	3012	DNKFU.exe	95
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 5092	3012	DNKFU.exe	95
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 5092	3012	DNKFU.exe	95
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 5092	3012	DNKFU.exe	95
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 5092	3012	DNKFU.exe	95
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 5092	3012	DNKFU.exe	95
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 5092	3012	DNKFU.exe	95
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 5092	3012	DNKFU.exe	95
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 1200	3012	DNKFU.exe	96
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 1200	3012	DNKFU.exe	96
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 1200	3012	DNKFU.exe	96
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 1200	3012	DNKFU.exe	96
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 1200	3012	DNKFU.exe	96
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 1200	3012	DNKFU.exe	96
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 1200	3012	DNKFU.exe	96
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 1200	3012	DNKFU.exe	96
PID 1200 wrote to memory of 1776	1200	DNKFU.exe	100
PID 1200 wrote to memory of 1776	1200	DNKFU.exe	100
PID 1200 wrote to memory of 1776	1200	DNKFU.exe	100
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 2108	1776	DNKFU.exe	101
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 2108	1776	DNKFU.exe	101
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 2108	1776	DNKFU.exe	101
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 2108	1776	DNKFU.exe	101
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 2108	1776	DNKFU.exe	101
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 2108	1776	DNKFU.exe	101
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 2108	1776	DNKFU.exe	101
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 2108	1776	DNKFU.exe	101
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 3964	1776	DNKFU.exe	102
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 3964	1776	DNKFU.exe	102
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 3964	1776	DNKFU.exe	102
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 3964	1776	DNKFU.exe	102
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 3964	1776	DNKFU.exe	102
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 3964	1776	DNKFU.exe	102
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 3964	1776	DNKFU.exe	102
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 3964	1776	DNKFU.exe	102
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 1496	1776	DNKFU.exe	103
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 1496	1776	DNKFU.exe	103
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 1496	1776	DNKFU.exe	103
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 1496	1776	DNKFU.exe	103
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 1496	1776	DNKFU.exe	103
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 1496	1776	DNKFU.exe	103
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 1496	1776	DNKFU.exe	103
PID 1776 wrote to memory of 1496	1776	DNKFU.exe	103
PID 5092 wrote to memory of 4132	5092	DNKFU.exe	116
PID 5092 wrote to memory of 4132	5092	DNKFU.exe	116
PID 5092 wrote to memory of 4132	5092	DNKFU.exe	116

C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ab4cff638814f6af02b404eb9be4546122f56f93b071c44728d79f71e074277.vbs"
1⤵
- Blocklisted process makes network request
PID:3532

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /Automation -Embedding
1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2952
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\DNKFU.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\DNKFU.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3012
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\DNKFU.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\DNKFU.exe
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    PID:4504
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4504 -s 80
      4⤵
      Program crash
      PID:4312
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\DNKFU.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\DNKFU.exe
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5092
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "mrec" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpAC9B.tmp" /F
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4132
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\DNKFU.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\DNKFU.exe
    3⤵
    - Checks computer location settings
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1200
  - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\DNKFU.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\DNKFU.exe"
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1776
    - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\DNKFU.exe
        
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\DNKFU.exe
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        
        PID:2108
    - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\DNKFU.exe
        
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\DNKFU.exe
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        
        PID:3964
    - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\DNKFU.exe
        
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\DNKFU.exe
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        
        PID:1496

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 4504 -ip 4504
1⤵
PID:4472

C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4
1⤵
- Checks SCSI registry key(s)
- Checks processor information in registry
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
PID:2364

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

Query Registry

System Information Discovery