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Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions	SOAJULY202107.exe

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.

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
808	powershell.exe
3892	powershell.exe
976	powershell.exe

Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Query Registry

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools	SOAJULY202107.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	SOAJULY202107.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	SOAJULY202107.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-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	SOAJULY202107.exe

Reads WinSCP keys stored on the system 2 TTPs
Tries to access WinSCP stored sessions.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials in Registry
T1552.002
Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs
Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001
Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs
Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001
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
Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files 1 TTPs
Steal credentials from unsecured files.
credential_access stealer

Credentials In Files
T1552.001

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	SOAJULY202107.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	SOAJULY202107.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	SOAJULY202107.exe

Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

Disk 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\Services\Disk\Enum	SOAJULY202107.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	SOAJULY202107.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1964 set thread context of 4720	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	110

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 6 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	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	SOAJULY202107.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	SOAJULY202107.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
2740	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs

pid	Process
976	powershell.exe
976	powershell.exe
808	powershell.exe
1964	SOAJULY202107.exe
1964	SOAJULY202107.exe
1964	SOAJULY202107.exe
1964	SOAJULY202107.exe
808	powershell.exe
4720	SOAJULY202107.exe
4720	SOAJULY202107.exe
3892	powershell.exe
3892	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	976	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	808	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4720	SOAJULY202107.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3892	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 26 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 976	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	100
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 976	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	100
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 976	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	100
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 808	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	102
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 808	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	102
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 808	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	102
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2740	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	103
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2740	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	103
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2740	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	103
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 3892	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	106
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 3892	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	106
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 3892	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	106
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2956	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	107
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2956	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	107
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2956	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	107
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 4844	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	109
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 4844	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	109
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 4844	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	109
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 4720	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	110
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 4720	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	110
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 4720	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	110
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 4720	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	110
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 4720	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	110
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 4720	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	110
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 4720	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	110
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 4720	1964	SOAJULY202107.exe	110

outlook_office_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	SOAJULY202107.exe

outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	SOAJULY202107.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SOAJULY202107.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SOAJULY202107.exe"
1⤵
- Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
- Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Checks computer location settings
- Maps connected drives based on registry
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1964
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SOAJULY202107.exe"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:976
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\YxSVQeX.exe"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:808
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\YxSVQeX" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7191.tmp"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
  PID:2740
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\YxSVQeX.exe"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:3892
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SOAJULY202107.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SOAJULY202107.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2956
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SOAJULY202107.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SOAJULY202107.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:4844
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SOAJULY202107.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SOAJULY202107.exe"
  2⤵
  - Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - outlook_office_path
  - outlook_win_path
  PID:4720

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

T1552

Credentials In Files

T1552.001

Credentials in Registry

T1552.002

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion