vipkeylogger | 071d0a5405c4bc0d3319aa4756ad6afb703c8462d1a6d616765eeae22dcdbd30

General

Target

MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe
Size

821KB
MD5

429c7a3322bd34eafacec92baba5ec09
SHA1

61bbaec2ed91d5885cb2ee21e23b781ac91824d9
SHA256

071d0a5405c4bc0d3319aa4756ad6afb703c8462d1a6d616765eeae22dcdbd30
SHA512

8181ee44d934d6303f4ad2414741d4b422cdc2b038332ed13330bc6c8b3eb75d57dd1905a976a24ba40a78a2634c11539338db141ada5e4e810c2bef464c4d33
SSDEEP

12288:qKY00jgMZ9+x/KDUBfssWfQoIGEcFC/oqE1TqIKqmuUN93ANpe0:qKdjMZ9+x/pBEDfycFC/A1tZmV3el

Score

10^/10

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Malware Config

Extracted

Family

vipkeylogger

Credentials

Protocol: smtp
Host:
mail.htcp.homes
Port:
587
Username:
[email protected]
Password:
7213575aceACE@@
Email To:
[email protected]

Signatures

VIPKeylogger
VIPKeylogger is a keylogger and infostealer written in C# and it resembles SnakeKeylogger that was found in 2020.
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Vipkeylogger family
vipkeylogger

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
2560	powershell.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-1-5-21-312935884-697965778-3955649944-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-312935884-697965778-3955649944-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-312935884-697965778-3955649944-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.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
4	checkip.dyndns.org
8	reallyfreegeoip.org
9	reallyfreegeoip.org

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2112 set thread context of 2552	2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	35

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 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	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.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
2580	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe
2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe
2552	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe
2560	powershell.exe
2552	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2552	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2560	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2560	2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	31
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2560	2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	31
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2560	2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	31
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2560	2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	31
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2580	2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	33
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2580	2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	33
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2580	2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	33
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2580	2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	33
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2552	2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	35
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2552	2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	35
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2552	2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	35
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2552	2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	35
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2552	2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	35
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2552	2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	35
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2552	2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	35
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2552	2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	35
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2552	2112	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	35

outlook_office_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-312935884-697965778-3955649944-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe

outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-312935884-697965778-3955649944-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2112
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\cWGcrDZzGfui.exe"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2560
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\cWGcrDZzGfui" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp230B.tmp"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
  PID:2580
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.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:2552

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1

T1059

PowerShell

1

T1059.001

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

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

1

T1217

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

Email Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp230B.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
06b9835aaf03a4ee1c01c74e9f529c31

SHA1
b325a31efc898055b62ab6a340b256e05b775c54

SHA256
f8836cac6f065c5962ecb694d7d3a26901acfc3682cca7d8956f79cbe88eeea2

SHA512
fd365628f83e8e3b557e013116bda6821534bac1eda56a6b48849dc395bf0b2cb658b5f67a69bc9033810fb4145cae0c73566da0403ae66806b5e21926ab9157

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memory/2112-25-0x0000000074D30000-0x000000007541E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2112-1-0x0000000001080000-0x0000000001152000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/2112-2-0x0000000074D30000-0x000000007541E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2112-3-0x0000000000530000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2112-4-0x0000000074D3E000-0x0000000074D3F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2112-5-0x0000000074D30000-0x000000007541E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2112-6-0x0000000005400000-0x000000000548E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
568KB

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memory/2112-0-0x0000000074D3E000-0x0000000074D3F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2552-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

Filesize
288KB

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memory/2552-20-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2552-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

Filesize
288KB

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memory/2552-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

Filesize
288KB

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memory/2552-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

Filesize
288KB

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memory/2552-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

Filesize
288KB

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memory/2552-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

Filesize
288KB

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memory/2552-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

Filesize
288KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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