vipkeylogger | 071d0a5405c4bc0d3319aa4756ad6afb703c8462d1a6d616765eeae22dcdbd30

Analysis

max time kernel
122s
max time network
153s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
28-01-2025 11:32

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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
888	powershell.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.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-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\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
20	checkip.dyndns.org
22	reallyfreegeoip.org
23	reallyfreegeoip.org

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1872 set thread context of 4576	1872	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	101

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
2768	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1872	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe
888	powershell.exe
1872	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe
4576	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe
888	powershell.exe
4576	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1872	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	888	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4576	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1872 wrote to memory of 888	1872	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	97
PID 1872 wrote to memory of 888	1872	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	97
PID 1872 wrote to memory of 888	1872	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	97
PID 1872 wrote to memory of 2768	1872	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	99
PID 1872 wrote to memory of 2768	1872	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	99
PID 1872 wrote to memory of 2768	1872	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	99
PID 1872 wrote to memory of 4576	1872	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	101
PID 1872 wrote to memory of 4576	1872	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	101
PID 1872 wrote to memory of 4576	1872	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	101
PID 1872 wrote to memory of 4576	1872	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	101
PID 1872 wrote to memory of 4576	1872	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	101
PID 1872 wrote to memory of 4576	1872	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	101
PID 1872 wrote to memory of 4576	1872	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	101
PID 1872 wrote to memory of 4576	1872	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe	101

outlook_office_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	MechanicalTenderingEngineerInfrastructure.exe

outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\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⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1872
- 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:888
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\cWGcrDZzGfui" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpCE5C.tmp"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
  PID:2768
- 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:4576

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

T1552

Credentials In Files

T1552.001

Discovery

Browser Information Discovery

T1217

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

T1005

Email Collection

T1114

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_11xfxymp.w3m.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpCE5C.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
cb4b907307b23d5f1b0dcd11b1d5da3f

SHA1
5c0b9c57bc2883034cd2cf3ec765e76258cb1c09

SHA256
3db94fe7d3f0290c9477a48b289a0fd7a12bc3faae811ad31428cf88aa7bb1c6

SHA512
cedf5fcdef2240ea807fa7818f6dc2577f00efefb1bc3750795708c71c7cc4a185a6f757f13a131a73b517e3be24a9286a5d3320f7f585f5bbabbc3858b07c9b

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memory/888-33-0x0000000005820000-0x0000000005B74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/888-55-0x0000000007190000-0x000000000719A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/888-64-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075230000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/888-61-0x0000000007430000-0x0000000007438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/888-60-0x0000000007450000-0x000000000746A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/888-59-0x0000000007350000-0x0000000007364000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/888-58-0x0000000007340000-0x000000000734E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/888-57-0x0000000007310000-0x0000000007321000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/888-56-0x0000000007390000-0x0000000007426000-memory.dmp

Filesize
600KB

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memory/888-15-0x0000000002500000-0x0000000002536000-memory.dmp

Filesize
216KB

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memory/888-16-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075230000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/888-17-0x0000000004FF0000-0x0000000005618000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.2MB

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memory/888-53-0x0000000007760000-0x0000000007DDA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.5MB

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memory/888-54-0x0000000007110000-0x000000000712A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/888-19-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075230000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/888-24-0x00000000057B0000-0x0000000005816000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/888-23-0x0000000005690000-0x00000000056F6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/888-52-0x0000000006FC0000-0x0000000007063000-memory.dmp

Filesize
652KB

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memory/888-51-0x0000000006380000-0x000000000639E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/888-22-0x0000000004F30000-0x0000000004F52000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/888-41-0x00000000710A0000-0x00000000710EC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/888-40-0x00000000063A0000-0x00000000063D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
200KB

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memory/888-39-0x0000000005E80000-0x0000000005ECC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/888-38-0x0000000005DF0000-0x0000000005E0E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/1872-6-0x0000000005350000-0x000000000536E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/1872-3-0x00000000051C0000-0x0000000005252000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/1872-2-0x00000000056D0000-0x0000000005C74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/1872-1-0x00000000006D0000-0x00000000007A2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/1872-4-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075230000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1872-10-0x0000000006940000-0x00000000069DC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/1872-0-0x0000000074A8E000-0x0000000074A8F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1872-9-0x0000000002B40000-0x0000000002BCE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
568KB

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memory/1872-32-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075230000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1872-8-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075230000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1872-5-0x0000000005150000-0x000000000515A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/1872-7-0x0000000074A8E000-0x0000000074A8F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4576-25-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075230000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4576-34-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075230000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4576-67-0x00000000068B0000-0x0000000006900000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/4576-65-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075230000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4576-66-0x0000000006A10000-0x0000000006BD2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/4576-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

Filesize
288KB

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