Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    29/01/2025, 04:38

General

  • Target
    JaffaCakes118_52cc6db37aa1e05d7c5c2fdf8a698a7d.exe
  • Size 248KB
  • Sample250129-e9l6ca1mbs
  • SHA256 46e610ff828789306eb1895d5e420ae847e8e885fa4766218c9ec6917be7becd
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Blackshades

    Blackshades is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.

  • Blackshades family
  • Blackshades payload 12 IoCs
  • Modifies firewall policy service 3 TTPs 10 IoCs
  • Adds policy Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 19 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 14 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 37 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 48 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_52cc6db37aa1e05d7c5c2fdf8a698a7d.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_52cc6db37aa1e05d7c5c2fdf8a698a7d.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4364
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dGVsB.bat" "
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:116
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
        REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Firewalls" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsFirewalls\ApexDc.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2040
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsFirewalls\ApexDc.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsFirewalls\ApexDc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3300
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsFirewalls\ApexDc.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsFirewalls\ApexDc.exe
        3⤵
        • Adds policy Run key to start application
        • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1036
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3016
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
            5⤵
            • Modifies firewall policy service
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Modifies registry key
            PID:400
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsFirewalls\ApexDc.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsFirewalls\ApexDc.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4296
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsFirewalls\ApexDc.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsFirewalls\ApexDc.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
            5⤵
            • Modifies firewall policy service
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Modifies registry key
            PID:4016
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1216
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
            5⤵
            • Modifies firewall policy service
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Modifies registry key
            PID:3504
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ApexDc.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ApexDc.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3216
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ApexDc.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ApexDc.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
            5⤵
            • Modifies firewall policy service
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Modifies registry key
            PID:3032
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsFirewalls\ApexDc.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsFirewalls\ApexDc.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:1724

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        dGVsB.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dGVsB.bat
        • Size 152B
        • SHA256 c50308f74276bb29b216b35c5b0036fcf730519eae6454253e44359472666751
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        ApexDc.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsFirewalls\ApexDc.exe
        • Size 248KB
        • SHA256 46e610ff828789306eb1895d5e420ae847e8e885fa4766218c9ec6917be7becd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/1036-61-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp

        memory/1036-83-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp

        memory/1036-100-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp

        memory/1036-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp

        memory/1036-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp

        memory/1036-95-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp

        memory/1036-87-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp

        memory/1036-52-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp

        memory/1036-46-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp

        memory/1036-78-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp

        memory/1036-74-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp

        memory/1036-57-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp

        memory/1036-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp

        memory/1036-48-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp

        memory/1724-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000407000-memory.dmp

        memory/1724-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000407000-memory.dmp

        memory/1724-47-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000407000-memory.dmp

        memory/1724-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000407000-memory.dmp

        memory/1724-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000407000-memory.dmp

        memory/3300-43-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000527000-memory.dmp

        memory/3300-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000527000-memory.dmp

        memory/4364-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000527000-memory.dmp

        memory/4364-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000527000-memory.dmp