privateloader | 50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe

Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001

Credentials from Web Browsers
T1555.003

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 4 IoCs

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

flow	ioc
24	ipinfo.io
25	ipinfo.io
28	api.db-ip.com
29	api.db-ip.com

Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy	50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\GroupPolicy\gpt.ini	50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe
File created	C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine\Registry.pol	50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\GPT.INI	50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2044	50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 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	50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs

pid	Process
2044	50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe
2044	50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe
2044	50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe
2044	50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe
2044	50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe
2044	50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe
2044	50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe
2044	50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\50149ae9338f1b279ade6b7c0d196e78cebaf39af16463ab43148dcd64524efe.exe"
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- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Checks computer location settings
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:2044

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s fhsvc
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PID:1004

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -s WPDBusEnum
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PID:232

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

T1552

Credentials In Files

T1552.001

Discovery

Query Registry

3

System Information Discovery

3

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System