snakekeylogger | 9341ed285a5e894095430766621508822d6973ef98bfc442336de526c8ad762e

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
275s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
09-01-2025 10:58

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General

Target

Contract_0103.exe
Size

705KB
MD5

c83ee1a2f029b861a6a66ea25e2ae356
SHA1

97b083bf9f6b797d328bc37f43eabcfdd007c3eb
SHA256

e4f2a7707dc8781db5279fef6f56adf628981b82c6b9640f82af0f7decce8626
SHA512

113764c1599dafc25b5e3d5ab1aafe5dfc62cf1b832e6f6794f19cace61cb9ac5b35f3c19e25a0f536f2539ed07d3a462ebb3bfc04bd293ad7f62e39a337cd96
SSDEEP

12288:wIq4E6mfJiLl9yWcbQkpClSxCxC61F9SDc8GFXDfL16T3gu+kx0TpvpKRZNi2L:DEkD+pCljC6X9WG6T3g1JRw

Score

10^/10

snakekeylogger collection discovery execution keylogger spyware stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

snakekeylogger

Credentials

Protocol: smtp
Host:
mail.murchisonspice.co.za
Port:
587
Username:
[email protected]
Password:
accounts786q#
Email To:
[email protected]

Signatures

Snake Keylogger
Keylogger and Infostealer first seen in November 2020.
stealer keylogger snakekeylogger

Snake Keylogger payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2576-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000426000-memory.dmp	family_snakekeylogger

Snakekeylogger family
snakekeylogger

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
2656	powershell.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-493223053-2004649691-1575712786-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Contract_0103.exe

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

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-493223053-2004649691-1575712786-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Contract_0103.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-493223053-2004649691-1575712786-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Contract_0103.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-493223053-2004649691-1575712786-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Contract_0103.exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 3 IoCs

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

flow	ioc
17	checkip.dyndns.org
20	reallyfreegeoip.org
21	reallyfreegeoip.org

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2004 set thread context of 2576	2004	Contract_0103.exe	102

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 4 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	Contract_0103.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	Contract_0103.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

T1053.005

pid	Process
4736	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs

pid	Process
2656	powershell.exe
2004	Contract_0103.exe
2004	Contract_0103.exe
2004	Contract_0103.exe
2004	Contract_0103.exe
2576	Contract_0103.exe
2656	powershell.exe
2576	Contract_0103.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2656	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2004	Contract_0103.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	Contract_0103.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 2656	2004	Contract_0103.exe	96
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 2656	2004	Contract_0103.exe	96
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 2656	2004	Contract_0103.exe	96
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 4736	2004	Contract_0103.exe	98
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 4736	2004	Contract_0103.exe	98
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 4736	2004	Contract_0103.exe	98
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 3708	2004	Contract_0103.exe	100
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 3708	2004	Contract_0103.exe	100
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 3708	2004	Contract_0103.exe	100
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 2640	2004	Contract_0103.exe	101
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 2640	2004	Contract_0103.exe	101
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 2640	2004	Contract_0103.exe	101
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 2576	2004	Contract_0103.exe	102
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 2576	2004	Contract_0103.exe	102
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 2576	2004	Contract_0103.exe	102
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 2576	2004	Contract_0103.exe	102
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 2576	2004	Contract_0103.exe	102
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 2576	2004	Contract_0103.exe	102
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 2576	2004	Contract_0103.exe	102
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 2576	2004	Contract_0103.exe	102

outlook_office_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-493223053-2004649691-1575712786-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Contract_0103.exe

outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-493223053-2004649691-1575712786-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Contract_0103.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Contract_0103.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Contract_0103.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2004
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\aRoqpToBa.exe"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2656
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\aRoqpToBa" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp145E.tmp"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
  PID:4736
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Contract_0103.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Contract_0103.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:3708
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Contract_0103.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Contract_0103.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2640
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Contract_0103.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Contract_0103.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:2576

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

T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

T1552

Credentials In Files

T1552.001

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

T1005

Email Collection

T1114

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ae1ww00m.dio.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp145E.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
806f8962ac83874143497a29f246133c

SHA1
c582e07a36059bba40e44547e054a3bba767db5f

SHA256
cac4be6215b9a4bd632ef0383a0b8a0094f9115260902826451e39402dc58d7c

SHA512
b7c00742fa5f35756518e5eacfa5afe09e486730c820a63af386b777b7b15b83066ac85b1f99c652e7b29fa2b05369e4391afd7993772d36ca9d13216b393dcc

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memory/2004-8-0x000000007480E000-0x000000007480F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2004-9-0x0000000074800000-0x0000000074FB0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2004-4-0x0000000005670000-0x000000000567A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2004-5-0x0000000005960000-0x00000000059FC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/2004-6-0x0000000074800000-0x0000000074FB0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2004-7-0x0000000005B20000-0x0000000005B3C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/2004-1-0x0000000000BD0000-0x0000000000C86000-memory.dmp

Filesize
728KB

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memory/2004-3-0x00000000056C0000-0x0000000005752000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/2004-10-0x0000000006C40000-0x0000000006CAC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
432KB

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memory/2004-0-0x000000007480E000-0x000000007480F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2004-2-0x0000000005C70000-0x0000000006214000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/2004-35-0x0000000074800000-0x0000000074FB0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2576-63-0x0000000006B80000-0x0000000006BD0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2576-64-0x0000000006DA0000-0x0000000006F62000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/2576-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000426000-memory.dmp

Filesize
152KB

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memory/2656-20-0x0000000074800000-0x0000000074FB0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2656-50-0x0000000006DA0000-0x0000000006E43000-memory.dmp

Filesize
652KB

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memory/2656-21-0x00000000054A0000-0x0000000005506000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/2656-22-0x0000000005510000-0x0000000005576000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/2656-19-0x0000000004DD0000-0x0000000004DF2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2656-17-0x0000000004E70000-0x0000000005498000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.2MB

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memory/2656-36-0x0000000005BA0000-0x0000000005BBE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2656-37-0x0000000005BF0000-0x0000000005C3C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/2656-38-0x0000000006180000-0x00000000061B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
200KB

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memory/2656-39-0x0000000070EF0000-0x0000000070F3C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/2656-49-0x0000000006D70000-0x0000000006D8E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2656-34-0x00000000057C0000-0x0000000005B14000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/2656-51-0x0000000007510000-0x0000000007B8A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.5MB

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memory/2656-52-0x0000000006ED0000-0x0000000006EEA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2656-53-0x0000000006F40000-0x0000000006F4A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2656-54-0x0000000007150000-0x00000000071E6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
600KB

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memory/2656-55-0x00000000070D0000-0x00000000070E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/2656-56-0x0000000007100000-0x000000000710E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2656-57-0x0000000007110000-0x0000000007124000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/2656-58-0x0000000007210000-0x000000000722A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2656-59-0x00000000071F0000-0x00000000071F8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2656-62-0x0000000074800000-0x0000000074FB0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2656-16-0x0000000074800000-0x0000000074FB0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2656-15-0x0000000002280000-0x00000000022B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
216KB

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