blackguard | 817cd1a400d6133e5959971d975a5cba0f03f403a2eedeeb4004fd48bc6d367b

General

Target

AdvegaHack.exe
Size

7.7MB
MD5

5f8d5770292267bca8c17dd1bf4ecdf2
SHA1

debdca02009b642fc15e990fcf286838d8d16cf4
SHA256

817cd1a400d6133e5959971d975a5cba0f03f403a2eedeeb4004fd48bc6d367b
SHA512

fc28ebd0d216efca4dd0d31b60d29ce0c6e253381825e478dcf1bcb7792ee2b9d26ff2317a09247710504cb3f9d9cd15e88e483c59bfd36884788df43f37e10d
SSDEEP

98304:hgl47z3Aldea5a/OhtJeq+4NK+dG7M0mWZsE6+YhU+dbkh4yiMP0T:X/wld79ht+j1M0mWZsE6+YASy10T

Score

10^/10

blackguard discovery spyware stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

blackguard

C2

https://api.telegram.org/bot6540906397:AAG08fPgT-V7I17vtz49STaZEuwqXqKshuM/sendMessage?chat_id=5445185021

Signatures

BlackGuard
Infostealer first seen in Late 2021.
stealer blackguard
Blackguard family
blackguard

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3892	VegaStealer_v2.exe
3508	v2.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
3508	v2.exe
3508	v2.exe
3508	v2.exe
3508	v2.exe
3508	v2.exe

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 cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting 2 TTPs
spyware

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001

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
1	freegeoip.app
1	ip-api.com
2	freegeoip.app

Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs
Enumerate browser information.
discovery

Browser Information Discovery
T1217
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 3 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	AdvegaHack.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	VegaStealer_v2.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	v2.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0	v2.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\Identifier	v2.exe

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3064	vlc.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

pid	Process
3508	v2.exe
3508	v2.exe
3508	v2.exe
3508	v2.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3064	vlc.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3508	v2.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 4 IoCs

pid	Process
3064	vlc.exe
3064	vlc.exe
3064	vlc.exe
3064	vlc.exe

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 3 IoCs

pid	Process
3064	vlc.exe
3064	vlc.exe
3064	vlc.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3064	vlc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3492 wrote to memory of 3892	3492	AdvegaHack.exe	77
PID 3492 wrote to memory of 3892	3492	AdvegaHack.exe	77
PID 3492 wrote to memory of 3892	3492	AdvegaHack.exe	77
PID 3892 wrote to memory of 3508	3892	VegaStealer_v2.exe	78
PID 3892 wrote to memory of 3508	3892	VegaStealer_v2.exe	78
PID 3892 wrote to memory of 3508	3892	VegaStealer_v2.exe	78

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AdvegaHack.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AdvegaHack.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3492
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VegaStealer_v2.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VegaStealer_v2.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3892
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\v2.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\v2.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Loads dropped DLL
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Checks processor information in registry
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3508

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
1⤵
PID:3556

C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --started-from-file "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\ShowLock.TS"
1⤵
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3064

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

1

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

1

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

2

T1552

Credentials In Files

2

T1552.001

Discovery

Browser Information Discovery

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

2

T1005

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Newtonsoft.Json.dll

Filesize
571KB

MD5
169b6d383b7c650ab3ae2129397a6cf3

SHA1
fcaef7defb04301fd55fb1421bb15ef96d7040d6

SHA256
b896083feb2bdedc1568b62805dbd354c55e57f2d2469a52aec6c98f4ec2dedf

SHA512
7a7a7bdb508b8bf177249251c83b65a2ef4a5d8b29397cab130cb8444b23888678673a9a2e4b1c74cc095b358f923b9e7e5a91bfa8c240412d95765851f1dd87

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SQLite.Interop.dll

Filesize
1.3MB

MD5
0a1e95b0b1535203a1b8479dff2c03ff

SHA1
20c4b4406e8a3b1b35ca739ed59aa07ba867043d

SHA256
788d748b4d35dfd091626529457d91e9ebc8225746211086b14fb4a25785a51e

SHA512
854abcca8d807a98a9ad0ca5d2e55716c3ce26fae7ee4642796baf415c3cfad522b658963eafe504ecaed6c2ecdcdf332c9b01e43dfa342fcc5ca0fbedfe600e

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\System.Data.SQLite.dll

Filesize
410KB

MD5
056d3fcaf3b1d32ff25f513621e2a372

SHA1
851740bca46bab71d0b1d47e47f3eb8358cbee03

SHA256
66b64362664030bff1596cda2ec5bd5df48cc7c8313c32f771db4aa30a3f86f9

SHA512
ce47c581538f48a46d70279a62c702195beacbfafb48a5a862b3922625fe56f6887d1679c6d9366f946d3d2124cb31c2a3eacbbd14d601ea56e66575cdf46180

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VegaStealer_v2.exe

Filesize
7.7MB

MD5
9f4f298bcf1d208bd3ce3907cfb28480

SHA1
05c1cfde951306f8c6e9d484d3d88698c4419c62

SHA256
bf7057293d871cac087daab42daf22c1737a1df6adc7b7963989658f3b65f4cc

SHA512
4c763c3b6d4884f77083db5ccada59bc57803b3226294eff2ec3db8f2121ac01ee240b0e822cb090f5320ce40df545b477e323efabdbca31722731adc4b46806

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\v2.exe

Filesize
271KB

MD5
3f62213d184b639a0a62bcb1e65370a8

SHA1
bbf50b3c683550684cdb345d348e98fbe2fcafe0

SHA256
c692dfc29e70a17cabc19561e8e2662e1fe32fdba998a09fe1a8dc2b7e045b34

SHA512
0cd40d714e6a6ebd60cc0c8b0e339905a5f1198a474a531b1794fb562f27053f118718cc68b9652fef3411906f9d8ad22d0253af256fa1922133e9907298e803

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\wLTJuXFRZRRVVwZDNRJPFPAOYVSZIO.Admin\Browsers\Firefox\Bookmarks.txt

Filesize
105B

MD5
2e9d094dda5cdc3ce6519f75943a4ff4

SHA1
5d989b4ac8b699781681fe75ed9ef98191a5096c

SHA256
c84c98bbf5e0ef9c8d0708b5d60c5bb656b7d6be5135d7f7a8d25557e08cf142

SHA512
d1f7eed00959e902bdb2125b91721460d3ff99f3bdfc1f2a343d4f58e8d4e5e5a06c0c6cdc0379211c94510f7c00d7a8b34fa7d0ca0c3d54cbbe878f1e9812b7

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\wLTJuXFRZRRVVwZDNRJPFPAOYVSZIO.Admin\Process.txt

Filesize
1KB

MD5
d24bb088921a322538c096b1dd13ba69

SHA1
6fe9caf54881d009763ed25d8254e5b7e1efb659

SHA256
9a4e6c7b7429437f41ce1d62c25b168a02d3f5392eafa9fd5e237b3022deaaea

SHA512
b10b881583d2c9790d2093a171cd1e3a7409b12aadae68ce8615d911779049df0d55b9e8b26eedf5ee035b4382a3d82d7073b2ae0ccfb9584bd77ab19901135e

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\wLTJuXFRZRRVVwZDNRJPFPAOYVSZIO.Admin\Process.txt

Filesize
1KB

MD5
821d52b7f959a15b9b24914b8fa5ef83

SHA1
85cfd82d0bb5513a9f217a48c3f59521a9358b15

SHA256
c0052ea1e0ba7dbb7a2a4a999b0d546bea65590f5b23ec9fc31602639ac620fc

SHA512
0739d165665473aeb3b19f697afc8da129f671f1342bea5f1213ba4f8e969c759eadf9ab4add04a1f804b8042f25367fc1b988164b471b155b9d42cd9ad57bbc

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memory/3064-205-0x00007FF96B220000-0x00007FF96C2D0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16.7MB

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memory/3064-204-0x00007FF96C710000-0x00007FF96C9C6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.7MB

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memory/3064-202-0x00007FF6126B0000-0x00007FF6127A8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
992KB

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memory/3064-203-0x00007FF979560000-0x00007FF979594000-memory.dmp

Filesize
208KB

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memory/3492-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000BBE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3508-107-0x00000000081A0000-0x0000000008362000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/3508-39-0x000000007461E000-0x000000007461F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3508-40-0x0000000000FE0000-0x000000000102A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
296KB

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memory/3508-103-0x00000000071B0000-0x00000000071D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/3508-102-0x0000000007220000-0x000000000725C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
240KB

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memory/3508-75-0x00000000065A0000-0x0000000006632000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/3508-111-0x0000000008920000-0x0000000008EC6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/3508-97-0x0000000006D30000-0x0000000006D7C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/3508-96-0x0000000006E10000-0x0000000007167000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/3508-190-0x0000000008700000-0x0000000008766000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/3508-191-0x0000000008370000-0x00000000083E6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
472KB

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memory/3508-192-0x0000000008130000-0x000000000814E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3508-41-0x0000000006360000-0x00000000063F2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/3508-95-0x0000000006DA0000-0x0000000006E08000-memory.dmp

Filesize
416KB

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memory/3508-91-0x00000000068B0000-0x00000000068D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/3508-85-0x0000000006550000-0x00000000065A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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