Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250207-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250207-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    10-02-2025 00:09

General

  • Target

    malwareransomware.exe

  • Size

    23KB

  • MD5

    47750b58657debaa542dc362b2b475d2

  • SHA1

    4a69be06f72fc4cfab62914ef3f5ee7a6ad98500

  • SHA256

    8ccace3ee82c7a575a2256a35a74e52981d34a92f979fac94cc5e8406260e9f5

  • SHA512

    078b5716bb55171ba8af69246caca0951e8c2193611516210b703d6fd5500aef35c5a02f8e059704102ac903fddad2e9de08014174856bc418a6f375856af0de

  • SSDEEP

    384:h3Mg/bqo2Yag2bu01Skp7DPJIXrTyKJ0r91Cibb5SeZ:Dqo2BHuOVp7DPJcyu0r9pbb4eZ

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

C:\Users\Admin\Documents\read_it.txt

Family

chaos

Ransom Note
----> Chaos is multi language ransomware. Translate your note to any language <---- All of your files have been encrypted! Your computer was infected with a ransomware called nigger ransomware. Your files have been encrypted and fucked. pay $1,500. Payment can be made in Bitcoin only. How do I pay, where do I get Bitcoin? Purchasing Bitcoin varies from country to country, you are best advised to do a quick google search yourself to find out how to buy Bitcoin. Many of our customers have reported these sites to be fast and reliable: Coinmama - hxxps://www.coinmama.com Bitpanda - hxxps://www.bitpanda.com Payment informationAmount: 0.1473766 BTC Bitcoin Address: bc1qlnzcep4l4ac0ttdrq7awxev9ehu465f2vpt9x0

Signatures

  • Chaos

    Ransomware family first seen in June 2021.

  • Chaos Ransomware 2 IoCs
  • Chaos family
  • Deletes shadow copies 3 TTPs

    Ransomware often targets backup files to inhibit system recovery.

  • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Deletes backup catalog 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses wbadmin.exe to inhibit system recovery.

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Drops startup file 3 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 34 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

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

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

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 4 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Interacts with shadow copies 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Shadow copies are often targeted by ransomware to inhibit system recovery.

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 50 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 50 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\malwareransomware.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\malwareransomware.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1172
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Drops startup file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3828
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C vssadmin delete shadows /all /quiet & wmic shadowcopy delete
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2384
        • C:\Windows\system32\vssadmin.exe
          vssadmin delete shadows /all /quiet
          4⤵
          • Interacts with shadow copies
          PID:4388
        • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe
          wmic shadowcopy delete
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2540
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C bcdedit /set {default} bootstatuspolicy ignoreallfailures & bcdedit /set {default} recoveryenabled no
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:716
        • C:\Windows\system32\bcdedit.exe
          bcdedit /set {default} bootstatuspolicy ignoreallfailures
          4⤵
          • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
          PID:2272
        • C:\Windows\system32\bcdedit.exe
          bcdedit /set {default} recoveryenabled no
          4⤵
          • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
          PID:2244
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C wbadmin delete catalog -quiet
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1692
        • C:\Windows\system32\wbadmin.exe
          wbadmin delete catalog -quiet
          4⤵
          • Deletes backup catalog
          PID:4592
      • C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE
        "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\read_it.txt
        3⤵
        • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
        PID:3812
  • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3892
  • C:\Windows\system32\wbengine.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\wbengine.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2344
  • C:\Windows\System32\vdsldr.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\vdsldr.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:4188
    • C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:1140
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" /ping 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-PGFwcCBhcHBpZD0iezhBNjlEMzQ1LUQ1NjQtNDYzYy1BRkYxLUE2OUQ5RTUzMEY5Nn0iIHZlcnNpb249IjEyMy4wLjYzMTIuMTIzIiBuZXh0dmVyc2lvbj0iIiBsYW5nPSJlbiIgYnJhbmQ9IkdHTFMiIGNsaWVudD0iIiBpbnN0YWxsYWdlPSIyIiBpbnN0YWxsZGF0ZXRpbWU9IjE3Mzg5NDQ5MjgiIG9vYmVfaW5zdGFsbF90aW1lPSIxMzM4MzQxNzQzMjM4OTAwMDAiPjxldmVudCBldmVudHR5cGU9IjMxIiBldmVudHJlc3VsdD0iMSIgZXJyb3Jjb2RlPSIwIiBleHRyYWNvZGUxPSIyMTc5ODYyIiBzeXN0ZW1fdXB0aW1lX3RpY2tzPSI0OTg1Mjc1ODY2Ii8-PC9hcHA-PC9yZXF1ZXN0Pg
      1⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
      PID:5024

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe

      Filesize

      23KB

      MD5

      47750b58657debaa542dc362b2b475d2

      SHA1

      4a69be06f72fc4cfab62914ef3f5ee7a6ad98500

      SHA256

      8ccace3ee82c7a575a2256a35a74e52981d34a92f979fac94cc5e8406260e9f5

      SHA512

      078b5716bb55171ba8af69246caca0951e8c2193611516210b703d6fd5500aef35c5a02f8e059704102ac903fddad2e9de08014174856bc418a6f375856af0de

    • C:\Users\Admin\Documents\read_it.txt

      Filesize

      730B

      MD5

      28ad4453caca3da57691b85343ad6514

      SHA1

      4c1d668249a335069588317a62869ed0ca08c402

      SHA256

      a5672ca772604963bc85a92c1c0bb5b4183a7f0985c29fce6a2852eee402e043

      SHA512

      e925a3cffd5bab48b50935d60dbe9ae02ac08247c0eed8c8290b4ef702dc89ed76cc3599257ae74b12762d5cf308bd2a1eac3ed385bc5c47ee011525aebe8d7a

    • memory/1172-0-0x00007FFED8A63000-0x00007FFED8A65000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1172-1-0x0000000000510000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/3828-14-0x00007FFED8A60000-0x00007FFED9521000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/3828-504-0x00007FFED8A60000-0x00007FFED9521000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB