Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250207-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250207-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    17-02-2025 16:31

General

  • Target

    pica.exe

  • Size

    40.0MB

  • MD5

    30ad2c460bec3cec4078de57849e76c8

  • SHA1

    86455b67f56495bbb5efa2bf19b4824c77e432b4

  • SHA256

    aabac842ff753a562b44874af5a849db7df6c1d79678c2c5e746aa3c9ade35c3

  • SHA512

    e873e4b2d7ca5df411efa2e3a13159387ad419050bf6d64e0a8151763aeb725446df3713deed736990693e916166093b05a6d74371d6516356feb169df854910

  • SSDEEP

    98304:rRq0X6DOzl4pysJwWVNUK1oiUf4EdbldN+VNQo:bXoysJwWXUKa4EvdmQo

Malware Config

Signatures

  • SectopRAT

    SectopRAT is a remote access trojan first seen in November 2019.

  • SectopRAT payload 1 IoCs
  • Sectoprat family
  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 7 IoCs

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

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting 2 TTPs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Installs/modifies Browser Helper Object 2 TTPs 8 IoCs

    BHOs are DLL modules which act as plugins for Internet Explorer.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • 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.

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

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 24 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 4 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.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pica.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pica.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4352
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\choice.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\choice.exe
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5088
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
        C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:2868
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" /ping 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-PGFwcCBhcHBpZD0iezhBNjlEMzQ1LUQ1NjQtNDYzYy1BRkYxLUE2OUQ5RTUzMEY5Nn0iIHZlcnNpb249IjEyMy4wLjYzMTIuMTIzIiBuZXh0dmVyc2lvbj0iIiBsYW5nPSJlbiIgYnJhbmQ9IkdHTFMiIGNsaWVudD0iIiBpbnN0YWxsYWdlPSI5IiBpbnN0YWxsZGF0ZXRpbWU9IjE3Mzg5NDU5ODUiIG9vYmVfaW5zdGFsbF90aW1lPSIxMzM4MzQxODQ0NDQzNjAwMDAiPjxldmVudCBldmVudHR5cGU9IjMxIiBldmVudHJlc3VsdD0iMSIgZXJyb3Jjb2RlPSIwIiBleHRyYWNvZGUxPSIyMTc5ODYyIiBzeXN0ZW1fdXB0aW1lX3RpY2tzPSI0OTY2NjcyMzQ4Ii8-PC9hcHA-PC9yZXF1ZXN0Pg
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    PID:4360
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Install\{B4C59C03-D394-4F56-BD80-E014B63446EC}\MicrosoftEdge_X64_133.0.3065.69.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Install\{B4C59C03-D394-4F56-BD80-E014B63446EC}\MicrosoftEdge_X64_133.0.3065.69.exe" --msedge --verbose-logging --do-not-launch-msedge --system-level --channel=stable
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4808
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Install\{B4C59C03-D394-4F56-BD80-E014B63446EC}\EDGEMITMP_2321D.tmp\setup.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Install\{B4C59C03-D394-4F56-BD80-E014B63446EC}\EDGEMITMP_2321D.tmp\setup.exe" --install-archive="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Install\{B4C59C03-D394-4F56-BD80-E014B63446EC}\MicrosoftEdge_X64_133.0.3065.69.exe" --msedge --verbose-logging --do-not-launch-msedge --system-level --channel=stable
      2⤵
      • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Installs/modifies Browser Helper Object
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      • System policy modification
      PID:2240
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Install\{B4C59C03-D394-4F56-BD80-E014B63446EC}\EDGEMITMP_2321D.tmp\setup.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Install\{B4C59C03-D394-4F56-BD80-E014B63446EC}\EDGEMITMP_2321D.tmp\setup.exe" --type=crashpad-handler /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Program Files\MsEdgeCrashpad" --annotation=IsOfficialBuild=1 --annotation=channel= --annotation=chromium-version=133.0.6943.99 "--annotation=exe=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Install\{B4C59C03-D394-4F56-BD80-E014B63446EC}\EDGEMITMP_2321D.tmp\setup.exe" --annotation=plat=Win64 --annotation=prod=Edge --annotation=ver=133.0.3065.69 --initial-client-data=0x224,0x228,0x22c,0x200,0x230,0x7ff69d936a68,0x7ff69d936a74,0x7ff69d936a80
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:4776

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Install\{B4C59C03-D394-4F56-BD80-E014B63446EC}\EDGEMITMP_2321D.tmp\setup.exe

    Filesize

    6.8MB

    MD5

    bdb1aecedc15fc82a63083452dad45c2

    SHA1

    a074fcd78665ff90ee3e50ffcccad5f6c3e7ddcb

    SHA256

    4ea0907c3fc2c2f6a4259002312671c82e008846d49957bb3b9915612e35b99f

    SHA512

    50909640c2957fc35dd5bcac3b51797aa5daa2fb95364e69df95d3577482e13f0c36a70ae098959cb9c2aaeb4cfe43025c1d8d55b5f8858b474bcb702609749d

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dd0a6ada

    Filesize

    1.4MB

    MD5

    b5b4208ee39579bc120764a76a796d0e

    SHA1

    3449b2f887c71faff0577159de691159af7d43f7

    SHA256

    5dcad4edd19e993a959944c80067b8eb19f3b5dae94dab4ac5ceb9cd8f27d13c

    SHA512

    460d449a8593d1b2c8440f871b7f75e1547da22b7d6eafe42c9425b0fbf83a92c740d86178011557bab53c4bb6ed8a964e1e17ecd9d7629dca94704589424fba

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\df6f6a65

    Filesize

    1.4MB

    MD5

    3a95e22e27bf4fe8aadc667b33450594

    SHA1

    a7aac961cf5734649f04fb5a0954ce6ebe7b5e6b

    SHA256

    66ae5635d7eefb7572b49b1957a1e7e353d0aa6f9ec3ce6202da921cdfbbf2f0

    SHA512

    a90a0c101d2a9ac599b0f223bc81667038deda89566933118779993c50e4200349f385fad1ec9b2859e0321856a4e37c5c6f86602457b8ed65ad0b964d0318fe

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE840.tmp

    Filesize

    20KB

    MD5

    49693267e0adbcd119f9f5e02adf3a80

    SHA1

    3ba3d7f89b8ad195ca82c92737e960e1f2b349df

    SHA256

    d76e7512e496b7c8d9fcd3010a55e2e566881dc6dacaf0343652a4915d47829f

    SHA512

    b4b9fcecf8d277bb0ccbb25e08f3559e3fc519d85d8761d8ad5bca983d04eb55a20d3b742b15b9b31a7c9187da40ad5c48baa7a54664cae4c40aa253165cbaa2

  • memory/2868-38-0x0000000006920000-0x0000000006E4C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    5.2MB

  • memory/2868-40-0x0000000006570000-0x00000000065D6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    408KB

  • memory/2868-65-0x0000000005C30000-0x0000000005C6C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/2868-64-0x0000000005950000-0x0000000005962000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    72KB

  • memory/2868-62-0x0000000072660000-0x0000000072E10000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/2868-61-0x000000007266E000-0x000000007266F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2868-58-0x0000000008350000-0x000000000835A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/2868-39-0x0000000006480000-0x000000000649E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/2868-37-0x0000000072660000-0x0000000072E10000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/2868-36-0x00000000057E0000-0x0000000005830000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    320KB

  • memory/2868-35-0x0000000005850000-0x00000000058C6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    472KB

  • memory/2868-34-0x0000000005A20000-0x0000000005BE2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.8MB

  • memory/2868-33-0x0000000005690000-0x000000000569A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/2868-26-0x0000000072E10000-0x0000000074064000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    18.3MB

  • memory/2868-29-0x000000007266E000-0x000000007266F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2868-30-0x0000000001180000-0x0000000001244000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    784KB

  • memory/2868-31-0x00000000056F0000-0x0000000005782000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    584KB

  • memory/2868-32-0x0000000005D40000-0x00000000062E4000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    5.6MB

  • memory/4352-7-0x00007FFD016F0000-0x00007FFD018E5000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    2.0MB

  • memory/4352-6-0x0000000074070000-0x00000000741EB000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.5MB

  • memory/4352-10-0x0000000074083000-0x0000000074085000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/4352-11-0x0000000074070000-0x00000000741EB000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.5MB

  • memory/4352-13-0x0000000074070000-0x00000000741EB000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.5MB

  • memory/4352-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000769000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    3.4MB

  • memory/4352-8-0x0000000074083000-0x0000000074085000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/4352-9-0x0000000074070000-0x00000000741EB000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.5MB

  • memory/5088-21-0x0000000074070000-0x00000000741EB000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.5MB

  • memory/5088-18-0x00007FFD016F0000-0x00007FFD018E5000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    2.0MB

  • memory/5088-16-0x0000000074070000-0x00000000741EB000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.5MB

  • memory/5088-19-0x0000000074070000-0x00000000741EB000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.5MB

  • memory/5088-24-0x0000000074070000-0x00000000741EB000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.5MB

  • memory/5088-20-0x0000000074070000-0x00000000741EB000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.5MB

  • memory/5088-23-0x0000000074070000-0x00000000741EB000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.5MB