blackshades | 82f7b78f2714e2a4f501415969796881b108e0d2b3cd6d70810ef3b713377e74

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe
Size

503KB
MD5

37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4
SHA1

90bb942f3a7205f853b70884aabe98bb413f2e29
SHA256

82f7b78f2714e2a4f501415969796881b108e0d2b3cd6d70810ef3b713377e74
SHA512

baeff0f6e943d98afdc9c1dbc36ae5a21d24bc1f72fadf1ab385ef08fc841f5ec25e914b0a74c0c2336ee84635917fa42fdcd3a984cab51c434aace6cd4368c7
SSDEEP

12288:9HmM3RwBc7MdnpEugZvoM66w/voZphlqdxBKt61MpRj878qhQl:9Gu65dnSh38oZTl4Qqmq7lm

Score

10^/10

blackshades defense_evasion discovery rat trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Blackshades
Blackshades is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.
rat blackshades
Blackshades family
blackshades

Blackshades payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2964-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp	family_blackshades
behavioral1/memory/2964-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp	family_blackshades

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2356 set thread context of 1616	2356	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	30
PID 1616 set thread context of 2964	1616	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	31

UPX packed file 9 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1616-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000049A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1616-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000049A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1616-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000049A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1616-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000049A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2964-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2964-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2964-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1616-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000049A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2964-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp	upx

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
2700	2964	WerFault.exe	31

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	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2356	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2964	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 24 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 1616	2356	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	30
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 1616	2356	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	30
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 1616	2356	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	30
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 1616	2356	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	30
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 1616	2356	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	30
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 1616	2356	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	30
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 1616	2356	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	30
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 1616	2356	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	30
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 1616	2356	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	30
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 2964	1616	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	31
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 2964	1616	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	31
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 2964	1616	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	31
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 2964	1616	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	31
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 2964	1616	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	31
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 2964	1616	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	31
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 2964	1616	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	31
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 2964	1616	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	31
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 2964	1616	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	31
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 2964	1616	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	31
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 2964	1616	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	31
PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2700	2964	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	32
PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2700	2964	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	32
PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2700	2964	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	32
PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2700	2964	JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe	32

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2356
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks whether UAC is enabled
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1616
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_37438f7c4ade8f683b35933ff40026f4.exe"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2964
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2964 -s 208
      4⤵
      Program crash
      PID:2700

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/1616-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000049A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
616KB

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memory/1616-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000049A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
616KB

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memory/1616-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000049A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
616KB

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memory/1616-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000049A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
616KB

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memory/1616-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000049A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
616KB

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memory/2356-0-0x0000000074C61000-0x0000000074C62000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2356-1-0x0000000074C60000-0x000000007520B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2356-8-0x0000000074C60000-0x000000007520B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2356-2-0x0000000074C60000-0x000000007520B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2964-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

Filesize
464KB

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memory/2964-11-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000021000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2964-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

Filesize
464KB

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memory/2964-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

Filesize
464KB

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memory/2964-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

Filesize
464KB

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