snakekeylogger | 78a49948453033607b17b96dc3a1b7822fde729025fb29ee50e7978fc287dd8e

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
151s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
15-01-2025 11:49

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General

Target

Contract.exe
Size

687KB
MD5

e1889e7a749a3039492b8c87207f94d6
SHA1

fdfc2777d9f4ffe47302dfcd85e73dc43fabae07
SHA256

1161e839e699bfd8e0065f6b6e3b1c76be8cb56d6c9db918e5fe8e454cb8d56c
SHA512

a141994c80731ec3d425cbfb21c284af682675d6a8aed2da7a7fa5bba85740b5f8e8cb2e2ce4c3a6493ce7c9c755058019279aa7092545e356f50a820336962a
SSDEEP

12288:BFoJNhQ/cWS7stsLbol3BUZKJU499O4NZqD7LtYhxiOkogG/TW:BCJN+UVsa/ol3Se99hNZqD72xiOko/T

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#

Signatures

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

Snake Keylogger payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3060-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000426000-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
5076	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-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Contract.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-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Contract.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Contract.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Contract.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
22	reallyfreegeoip.org
23	reallyfreegeoip.org
20	checkip.dyndns.org

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1468 set thread context of 3060	1468	Contract.exe	93

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	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Contract.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Contract.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.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
4800	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

pid	Process
5076	powershell.exe
3060	Contract.exe
5076	powershell.exe
3060	Contract.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5076	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3060	Contract.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1468 wrote to memory of 5076	1468	Contract.exe	89
PID 1468 wrote to memory of 5076	1468	Contract.exe	89
PID 1468 wrote to memory of 5076	1468	Contract.exe	89
PID 1468 wrote to memory of 4800	1468	Contract.exe	91
PID 1468 wrote to memory of 4800	1468	Contract.exe	91
PID 1468 wrote to memory of 4800	1468	Contract.exe	91
PID 1468 wrote to memory of 3060	1468	Contract.exe	93
PID 1468 wrote to memory of 3060	1468	Contract.exe	93
PID 1468 wrote to memory of 3060	1468	Contract.exe	93
PID 1468 wrote to memory of 3060	1468	Contract.exe	93
PID 1468 wrote to memory of 3060	1468	Contract.exe	93
PID 1468 wrote to memory of 3060	1468	Contract.exe	93
PID 1468 wrote to memory of 3060	1468	Contract.exe	93
PID 1468 wrote to memory of 3060	1468	Contract.exe	93

outlook_office_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Contract.exe

outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Contract.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Contract.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Contract.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1468
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\tCNmFia.exe"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:5076
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\tCNmFia" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF2FB.tmp"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
  PID:4800
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Contract.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Contract.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:3060

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\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\Contract.exe.log

Filesize
1KB

MD5
8ec831f3e3a3f77e4a7b9cd32b48384c

SHA1
d83f09fd87c5bd86e045873c231c14836e76a05c

SHA256
7667e538030e3f8ce2886e47a01af24cb0ea70528b1e821c5d8832c5076cb982

SHA512
26bffa2406b66368bd412bf25869a792631455645992cdcade2dbc13a2e56fb546414a6a9223b94c96c38d89187add6678d4779a88b38b0c9e36be8527b213c3

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_nyoei15s.w4k.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF2FB.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
02dc8ad87eb5e94921e9865fee2d7e8f

SHA1
bb4f26081f336ed0290cb2668716bcbc558bcfd4

SHA256
a00922260c45d8e396f50e4ea037c73e52a9b02d80fbd289c3ed92327929219e

SHA512
6580b927f2259eaf723774ea5f2c4347192ed95e0e537613abf7cb79ef88f7e089af57b1eae9e5a950eefc66f5185f1585546d8d7dad3640d47b75005ce874f3

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memory/1468-10-0x000000000C500000-0x000000000C59C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/1468-3-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005322000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/1468-5-0x0000000005330000-0x000000000533A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/1468-6-0x0000000006AD0000-0x0000000006AF6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
152KB

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memory/1468-7-0x00000000752DE000-0x00000000752DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1468-8-0x00000000752D0000-0x0000000075A80000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1468-9-0x0000000001320000-0x000000000138C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
432KB

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memory/1468-1-0x0000000000920000-0x00000000009D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/1468-0-0x00000000752DE000-0x00000000752DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1468-4-0x00000000752D0000-0x0000000075A80000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1468-2-0x00000000057A0000-0x0000000005D44000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/1468-27-0x00000000752D0000-0x0000000075A80000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3060-67-0x0000000006830000-0x00000000069F2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/3060-66-0x0000000006610000-0x0000000006660000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/3060-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000426000-memory.dmp

Filesize
152KB

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memory/3060-26-0x00000000752D0000-0x0000000075A80000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3060-68-0x00000000752D0000-0x0000000075A80000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3060-69-0x00000000752D0000-0x0000000075A80000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3060-34-0x00000000752D0000-0x0000000075A80000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/5076-15-0x00000000052F0000-0x0000000005326000-memory.dmp

Filesize
216KB

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memory/5076-55-0x0000000007BD0000-0x0000000007BEA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/5076-28-0x0000000006270000-0x00000000065C4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/5076-25-0x0000000006070000-0x00000000060D6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/5076-39-0x00000000068B0000-0x00000000068CE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/5076-40-0x0000000006940000-0x000000000698C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/5076-42-0x0000000071170000-0x00000000711BC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/5076-41-0x0000000006E70000-0x0000000006EA2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
200KB

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memory/5076-52-0x0000000006E50000-0x0000000006E6E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/5076-53-0x0000000007A90000-0x0000000007B33000-memory.dmp

Filesize
652KB

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memory/5076-54-0x0000000008220000-0x000000000889A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.5MB

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memory/5076-24-0x0000000006000000-0x0000000006066000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/5076-56-0x0000000007C50000-0x0000000007C5A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/5076-57-0x0000000007E50000-0x0000000007EE6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
600KB

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memory/5076-58-0x0000000007DD0000-0x0000000007DE1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/5076-59-0x0000000007E00000-0x0000000007E0E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/5076-60-0x0000000007E10000-0x0000000007E24000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/5076-61-0x0000000007F10000-0x0000000007F2A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/5076-62-0x0000000007EF0000-0x0000000007EF8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/5076-65-0x00000000752D0000-0x0000000075A80000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/5076-23-0x0000000005900000-0x0000000005922000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/5076-19-0x00000000752D0000-0x0000000075A80000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/5076-18-0x0000000005960000-0x0000000005F88000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.2MB

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memory/5076-17-0x00000000752D0000-0x0000000075A80000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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