Analysis

  • max time kernel
    84s
  • max time network
    117s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250129-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250129-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    05/02/2025, 02:50

General

  • Target
    a915a001996f2f151520c9690004332595b7497b7e9e9caf5adb41f36af2e232.exe
  • Size 405KB
  • Sample250205-dbmtjsxlfl
  • SHA256 a915a001996f2f151520c9690004332595b7497b7e9e9caf5adb41f36af2e232
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Blackshades

    Blackshades is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.

  • Blackshades family
  • Blackshades payload 11 IoCs
  • Modifies firewall policy service 3 TTPs 10 IoCs
  • 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 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 5 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 27 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 16 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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a915a001996f2f151520c9690004332595b7497b7e9e9caf5adb41f36af2e232.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a915a001996f2f151520c9690004332595b7497b7e9e9caf5adb41f36af2e232.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3644
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:2364
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2364 -s 84
          3⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:2548
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a915a001996f2f151520c9690004332595b7497b7e9e9caf5adb41f36af2e232.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a915a001996f2f151520c9690004332595b7497b7e9e9caf5adb41f36af2e232.exe"
        2⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4344
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QEBPY.bat" "
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:5000
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "javaruntime" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Windows\javaruntime.exe" /f
            4⤵
            • Adds Run key to start application
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:1092
        • C:\Windows\javaruntime.exe
          "C:\Windows\javaruntime.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2788
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe"
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            PID:4052
          • C:\Windows\javaruntime.exe
            "C:\Windows\javaruntime.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            PID:1812
          • C:\Windows\javaruntime.exe
            "C:\Windows\javaruntime.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:5084
            • 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
              5⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:1576
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
                REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
                6⤵
                • Modifies firewall policy service
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Modifies registry key
                PID:2760
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              cmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Windows\javaruntime.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Windows\javaruntime.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
              5⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1852
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
                REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Windows\javaruntime.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Windows\javaruntime.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
                6⤵
                • Modifies firewall policy service
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Modifies registry key
                PID:4640
            • 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
              5⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:1252
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
                REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
                6⤵
                • Modifies firewall policy service
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Modifies registry key
                PID:316
            • 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\winprocess.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\winprocess.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
              5⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:4324
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
                REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\winprocess.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\winprocess.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
                6⤵
                • Modifies firewall policy service
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Modifies registry key
                PID:5032
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 2364 -ip 2364
      1⤵
        PID:3452

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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            Downloads

            QEBPY.txt

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QEBPY.txt
            • Size 124B
            • SHA256 dc60287c419225759aa9e1ea0423be4106337dad71aaa0cdc9d55d2b1af3edb7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            javaruntime.exe

            • Path C:\Windows\javaruntime.exe
            • Size 405KB
            • SHA256 c11494ddb2f66be3c9f67909f58b247c5aff0ba270ce5fbb4d75d4a9a6bb01f1
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            memory/1812-75-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

            memory/2788-52-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052D000-memory.dmp

            memory/2788-65-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052D000-memory.dmp

            memory/2788-42-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052D000-memory.dmp

            memory/2788-43-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052D000-memory.dmp

            memory/3644-4-0x0000000002C30000-0x0000000002C32000-memory.dmp

            memory/3644-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052D000-memory.dmp

            memory/3644-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052D000-memory.dmp

            memory/3644-5-0x0000000002C70000-0x0000000002C72000-memory.dmp

            memory/3644-3-0x0000000002C20000-0x0000000002C22000-memory.dmp

            memory/3644-8-0x0000000002D00000-0x0000000002D02000-memory.dmp

            memory/3644-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052D000-memory.dmp

            memory/3644-7-0x0000000002CE0000-0x0000000002CE2000-memory.dmp

            memory/4052-74-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4052-51-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4052-44-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4052-47-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4052-46-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4344-50-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

            memory/4344-71-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

            memory/4344-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

            memory/4344-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

            memory/4344-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

            memory/5084-80-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

            memory/5084-62-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

            memory/5084-63-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

            memory/5084-78-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

            memory/5084-60-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

            memory/5084-83-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

            memory/5084-85-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

            memory/5084-87-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

            memory/5084-90-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

            memory/5084-92-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

            memory/5084-94-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

            memory/5084-99-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

            memory/5084-101-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp