Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
134s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20250217-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system - submitted
18/02/2025, 12:03
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
Researches.exe
Resource
win7-20241010-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
Researches.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
Behavioral task
behavioral3
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/System.dll
Resource
win7-20241010-en
Behavioral task
behavioral4
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/System.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
General
- Target Researches.exe
- Size 985KB
- Sample250218-n8a65aznat
- SHA256 6e24c014d9214bbf4f57d547a64e3b0e8655784094673d97f0cb61cf37470ec6
- MD5 c52b880eb8aaeee90ceddecd2b1ff4f8
- SHA1 98f0771cfcd46fea300f8b93628e3be97a657401
- SHA512 5c9369b339be3d6d1ad168b5c8ab3c8b5ce8092c120c178b2b54bb6a41c78db50b5b3b601a92a6d1274d372f6345c52d0a8c66be601b09c3c0c3cc12e99910dc
- SSDEEP 24576:9GF+EgVm1pvmELwhbXcS8BMTwQhBpIrR0/wrSMaA4/5r0:osVm1pvRLwhbMFKThLK0vN0
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Malware Config
Extracted
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vipkeylogger
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Protocol
smtp
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Host
mail.novacitacor.pt
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Port
587
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Username
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Password
#Novasystem123#
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Email to
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https://api.telegram.org/bot7502066508:AAGz5-yl79jZ7Tfefk024IrMFNLc6CGJF4I/sendMessage?chat_id=6978326966
Signatures
- Guloader family
- Guloader,Cloudeye
A shellcode based downloader first seen in 2020.
- VIPKeylogger
VIPKeylogger is a keylogger and infostealer written in C# and it resembles SnakeKeylogger that was found in 2020.
- Vipkeylogger family
- Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
pid Process 3376 Researches.exe 3376 Researches.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.
- Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-250031470-1197856012-2659781506-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 Researches.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-250031470-1197856012-2659781506-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 Researches.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-250031470-1197856012-2659781506-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 Researches.exe - Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
flow ioc 15 drive.google.com 16 drive.google.com - 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 31 reallyfreegeoip.org 32 reallyfreegeoip.org 28 checkip.dyndns.org - Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\revyviserne\Tilbed.ini Researches.exe - Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs
pid Process 3908 Researches.exe - Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs
pid Process 3376 Researches.exe 3908 Researches.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\delarbejderne.nar Researches.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\fremmder\ifaldne.lev Researches.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Researches.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Researches.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 3908 Researches.exe 3908 Researches.exe - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
pid Process 3376 Researches.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3908 Researches.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3376 wrote to memory of 3908 3376 Researches.exe 87 PID 3376 wrote to memory of 3908 3376 Researches.exe 87 PID 3376 wrote to memory of 3908 3376 Researches.exe 87 PID 3376 wrote to memory of 3908 3376 Researches.exe 87 - outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-250031470-1197856012-2659781506-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 Researches.exe - outlook_win_path 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-250031470-1197856012-2659781506-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 Researches.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Researches.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Researches.exe"1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3376 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Researches.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Researches.exe"2⤵
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
- Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- outlook_office_path
- outlook_win_path
PID:3908
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
2Credentials In Files
2Replay Monitor
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\dinosaurusserne.lnk
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 2184733751a04f66bafbd830556da1c35090413cfaf76f8240ebb0ddba5d3f2a
- MD5 20efea9a8b860414b72836109f3564ef
- SHA1 1fd300f508093283de2dc041e5dce2192b1583c6
- SHA512 06bcb14af7ad13855ab6ce46881228e141656d816716edc9631ab4deede355b4040af07a49586ab8cfe578049dae2ac9707417ba10cf884d4acb618d98f274c8
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsz9107.tmp\System.dll
- Size 11KB
- SHA256 f0cd96e0b6e40f92ad1aa0efacde833bae807b92fca19bf062c1cf8acf29484b
- MD5 b853d5d2361ade731e33e882707efc34
- SHA1 c58b1aeabdf1cbb8334ef8797e7aceaa7a1cb6be
- SHA512 8ea31d82ffa6f58dab5632fe72690d3a6db0be65aec85fc8a1f71626773c0974dcebefae17bcf67c4c56ef442545e985eea0b348ff6e4fc36740640092b08d69
- SSDEEP 192:eA2HS+ihg200uWz947Wzvxu6v0MI7JOde+Ij5Z77dslFsEf:mS62Gw947ExuGDI7J8EF7KIE
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP