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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    55s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    18-01-2025 14:02

General

  • Target

    a8acc7216ba2fde7f2f3b180dfc4f70b2bcaed44a50253612f4e05ddc3d1ccfdN.exe

  • Size

    26KB

  • MD5

    c799d8f92463a1ebc9d33222a81738b0

  • SHA1

    0df761e3bc4625337991005af3404fab654eec4d

  • SHA256

    a8acc7216ba2fde7f2f3b180dfc4f70b2bcaed44a50253612f4e05ddc3d1ccfd

  • SHA512

    ebd020db88d818bf47769c2198d7698e432b63f107aed27bc53e854249175a8bba8916814aac0fd5ee4ca300b95c1e57f137dcbb099f549afc3239577407153e

  • SSDEEP

    384:qYenjLLAG9rPOB+Xvzb/xqwbOVp91W01Ib5oxDGS:5+ru+7tc9RIb6xD9

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\read_it.txt

Family

chaos

Ransom Note
----> Chaos is multi language ransomware. Translate your note to any language <---- All of your files have been encrypted Your computer was infected with a ransomware virus. Your files have been encrypted and you won't be able to decrypt them without our help.What can I do to get my files back?You can buy our special decryption software, this software will allow you to recover all of your data and remove the ransomware from your computer.The price for the software is $1,500. Payment can be made in Bitcoin only. How do I pay, where do I get Bitcoin? Purchasing Bitcoin varies from country to country, you are best advised to do a quick google search yourself to find out how to buy Bitcoin. Many of our customers have reported these sites to be fast and reliable: Coinmama - hxxps://www.coinmama.com Bitpanda - hxxps://www.bitpanda.com Payment informationAmount: 0.1473766 BTC Bitcoin Address: bc1qlnzcep4l4ac0ttdrq7awxev9ehu465f2vpt9x0

Signatures

  • Chaos

    Ransomware family first seen in June 2021.

  • Chaos Ransomware 2 IoCs
  • Chaos family
  • Deletes shadow copies 3 TTPs

    Ransomware often targets backup files to inhibit system recovery.

  • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Deletes backup catalog 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses wbadmin.exe to inhibit system recovery.

  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Drops startup file 3 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 64 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Interacts with shadow copies 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Shadow copies are often targeted by ransomware to inhibit system recovery.

  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 37 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 50 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a8acc7216ba2fde7f2f3b180dfc4f70b2bcaed44a50253612f4e05ddc3d1ccfdN.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a8acc7216ba2fde7f2f3b180dfc4f70b2bcaed44a50253612f4e05ddc3d1ccfdN.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5364
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe"
      2⤵
      • Drops startup file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1556
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C vssadmin delete shadows /all /quiet & wmic shadowcopy delete
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5908
        • C:\Windows\system32\vssadmin.exe
          vssadmin delete shadows /all /quiet
          4⤵
          • Interacts with shadow copies
          PID:3028
        • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe
          wmic shadowcopy delete
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:6000
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C bcdedit /set {default} bootstatuspolicy ignoreallfailures & bcdedit /set {default} recoveryenabled no
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5152
        • C:\Windows\system32\bcdedit.exe
          bcdedit /set {default} bootstatuspolicy ignoreallfailures
          4⤵
          • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
          PID:4636
        • C:\Windows\system32\bcdedit.exe
          bcdedit /set {default} recoveryenabled no
          4⤵
          • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
          PID:3476
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C wbadmin delete catalog -quiet
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4852
        • C:\Windows\system32\wbadmin.exe
          wbadmin delete catalog -quiet
          4⤵
          • Deletes backup catalog
          PID:1412
      • C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE
        "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\read_it.txt
        3⤵
        • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
        PID:3628
  • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2416
  • C:\Windows\system32\wbengine.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\wbengine.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2072
  • C:\Windows\System32\vdsldr.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\vdsldr.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:5488
    • C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:4524
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\MiniSearchHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\MiniSearchHost.exe" -ServerName:MiniSearchUI.AppXj3y73at8fy1htwztzxs68sxx1v7cksp7.mca
      1⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2380

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\read_it.txt

      Filesize

      964B

      MD5

      4217b8b83ce3c3f70029a056546f8fd0

      SHA1

      487cdb5733d073a0427418888e8f7070fe782a03

      SHA256

      7d767e907be373c680d1f7884d779588eb643bebb3f27bf3b5ed4864aa4d8121

      SHA512

      2a58c99fa52f99c276e27eb98aef2ce1205f16d1e37b7e87eb69e9ecda22b578195a43f1a7f70fead6ba70421abf2f85c917551c191536eaf1f3011d3d24f740

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\a8acc7216ba2fde7f2f3b180dfc4f70b2bcaed44a50253612f4e05ddc3d1ccfdN.exe.log

      Filesize

      226B

      MD5

      4ae344179932dc8e2c6fe2079f9753ef

      SHA1

      60eacc624412b1f34809780769e3b212f138ea9c

      SHA256

      3063de3898a9b34e19f8cf0beeec2b8bd6bd05896b52abd73f4703d07b8a7cd4

      SHA512

      fadfe2b83f1af8fdc50430325f69d6172d2c1e889ca3800b3b83e5535d5970c32e9a176b48563275a0630d56c96d9f88df148fd6b2d281f0fc58129e5f4dba19

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\SearchHoverUnifiedTileModelCache.dat

      Filesize

      9KB

      MD5

      99aea26b5b1773e23e096f125957504a

      SHA1

      fc3082efc0c9d498337400059d6983bfc0c21394

      SHA256

      54ca935a5f5698ece0bc13ec8f5678d8d2675c7c279e93d3ff74e64096d53c26

      SHA512

      a1fda2e5be4a1171d0f9fc458fe21a75bf822c2a2667209faf7647abf19c069277fd8ace46b2e0dd5f4606308c559cac88ede60a8ca3971cd87094df3cc00b1b

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ConvertToResize.docx

      Filesize

      1B

      MD5

      d1457b72c3fb323a2671125aef3eab5d

      SHA1

      5bab61eb53176449e25c2c82f172b82cb13ffb9d

      SHA256

      8a8de823d5ed3e12746a62ef169bcf372be0ca44f0a1236abc35df05d96928e1

      SHA512

      ca63c07ad35d8c9fb0c92d6146759b122d4ec5d3f67ebe2f30ddb69f9e6c9fd3bf31a5e408b08f1d4d9cd68120cced9e57f010bef3cde97653fed5470da7d1a0

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe

      Filesize

      26KB

      MD5

      c799d8f92463a1ebc9d33222a81738b0

      SHA1

      0df761e3bc4625337991005af3404fab654eec4d

      SHA256

      a8acc7216ba2fde7f2f3b180dfc4f70b2bcaed44a50253612f4e05ddc3d1ccfd

      SHA512

      ebd020db88d818bf47769c2198d7698e432b63f107aed27bc53e854249175a8bba8916814aac0fd5ee4ca300b95c1e57f137dcbb099f549afc3239577407153e

    • memory/1556-14-0x00007FFB24D70000-0x00007FFB25832000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/1556-1233-0x00007FFB24D70000-0x00007FFB25832000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/5364-0-0x00007FFB24D73000-0x00007FFB24D75000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/5364-1-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000000D8C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB