Extracted

• • Target

    PassatHook.exe

  • Size

    81KB

  • MD5

    6a94bba080aa0680e802f11fc15f3097

  • SHA1

    5c02939054e727378cb0b53d33cf10fbce153ab8

  • SHA256

    799e38a2d934e537b2f1caf0803549a16f436b36c75d370f82d8565fa707945a

  • SHA512

    4de71ce1b3f3de66626a03f136f19f49bd9df9bafc1ded49e1df4c2ee4466e05e8e6c8de88ee45f36118d8d2f5c5194641ba4382fada02d34be2dccfe544c84e

  • SSDEEP

    1536:jV8pE5LncGZb7ivIUn72/aN6nnOP8YKqX:jV8mncCb2jeOE0X

  Score

  10^/10

  xwormexecutionpersistencerattrojandiscoveryransomware

  • Contains code to disable Windows Defender

    A .NET executable tasked with disabling Windows Defender capabilities such as realtime monitoring, blocking at first seen, etc.

  • Detect Xworm Payload

  • Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

    trojanratxworm

  • Xworm family

    xworm

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

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

    execution

  • Checks computer location settings

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

  • Drops startup file

  • Executes dropped EXE

  • Adds Run key to start application

    persistence

  • Looks up external IP address via web service

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

  • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry

    ransomware
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