hawkeye | f5f915bab2da6d58e9c07823cd89594f631425a041cd2e642b5f1a64ca23203e

Analysis

max time kernel
137s
max time network
142s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
05/03/2025, 03:44

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General

Target

javs.exe
Size

645KB
MD5

b7f4ecc258e5795b93cf4c8239d80cae
SHA1

457b52c2e260527ec6a648cac7b5170125f8952a
SHA256

f5f915bab2da6d58e9c07823cd89594f631425a041cd2e642b5f1a64ca23203e
SHA512

94578f60c1d5b0ca637047a52df3109c1233f8a9a790640af245cef59c74b5f8a0eb988b917fbdb3f1822ac339cea2e3679db06e3babca8e3455ea7681120fc0
SSDEEP

12288:upcJsqHRb0bgiB+/iVWRTPwbmA20i4o+nsltXS879jKVoMNug9Szi:upcJsobEg4vVWRjwbmAS47nsP79jioVr

Score

10^/10

hawkeye collection discovery keylogger spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Credentials

Protocol: smtp
Host:
smtp.mail.com
Port:
587
Username:
[email protected]
Password:
malaysia25

Signatures

HawkEye
HawkEye is a malware kit that has seen continuous development since at least 2013.
keylogger trojan stealer spyware hawkeye
Hawkeye family
hawkeye

Detected Nirsoft tools 10 IoCs

Free utilities often used by attackers which can steal passwords, product keys, etc.

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4544-12-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000614000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/4544-14-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000614000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/4544-13-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000614000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/1320-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/1320-26-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/1320-27-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/1320-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/2032-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/2032-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft
behavioral2/memory/2032-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	Nirsoft

NirSoft MailPassView 7 IoCs

Password recovery tool for various email clients

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4544-12-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000614000-memory.dmp	MailPassView
behavioral2/memory/4544-14-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000614000-memory.dmp	MailPassView
behavioral2/memory/4544-13-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000614000-memory.dmp	MailPassView
behavioral2/memory/1320-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	MailPassView
behavioral2/memory/1320-26-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	MailPassView
behavioral2/memory/1320-27-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	MailPassView
behavioral2/memory/1320-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	MailPassView

NirSoft WebBrowserPassView 6 IoCs

Password recovery tool for various web browsers

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4544-12-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000614000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView
behavioral2/memory/4544-14-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000614000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView
behavioral2/memory/4544-13-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000614000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView
behavioral2/memory/2032-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView
behavioral2/memory/2032-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView
behavioral2/memory/2032-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp	WebBrowserPassView

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3181990009-820930284-137514597-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	javs.exe

Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs

Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1059

Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3181990009-820930284-137514597-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\OMI Account Manager\Accounts	vbc.exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

flow	ioc
35	whatismyipaddress.com

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 428 set thread context of 4544	428	javs.exe	99
PID 4544 set thread context of 1320	4544	javs.exe	100
PID 4544 set thread context of 2032	4544	javs.exe	102

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	javs.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	javs.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	vbc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	vbc.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
2528	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2032	vbc.exe
2032	vbc.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4544	javs.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4544	javs.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 29 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 428 wrote to memory of 2528	428	javs.exe	97
PID 428 wrote to memory of 2528	428	javs.exe	97
PID 428 wrote to memory of 2528	428	javs.exe	97
PID 428 wrote to memory of 4544	428	javs.exe	99
PID 428 wrote to memory of 4544	428	javs.exe	99
PID 428 wrote to memory of 4544	428	javs.exe	99
PID 428 wrote to memory of 4544	428	javs.exe	99
PID 428 wrote to memory of 4544	428	javs.exe	99
PID 428 wrote to memory of 4544	428	javs.exe	99
PID 428 wrote to memory of 4544	428	javs.exe	99
PID 428 wrote to memory of 4544	428	javs.exe	99
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 1320	4544	javs.exe	100
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 1320	4544	javs.exe	100
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 1320	4544	javs.exe	100
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 1320	4544	javs.exe	100
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 1320	4544	javs.exe	100
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 1320	4544	javs.exe	100
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 1320	4544	javs.exe	100
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 1320	4544	javs.exe	100
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 1320	4544	javs.exe	100
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 2032	4544	javs.exe	102
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 2032	4544	javs.exe	102
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 2032	4544	javs.exe	102
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 2032	4544	javs.exe	102
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 2032	4544	javs.exe	102
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 2032	4544	javs.exe	102
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 2032	4544	javs.exe	102
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 2032	4544	javs.exe	102
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 2032	4544	javs.exe	102

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\javs.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\javs.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:428
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Update\Cpudll" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\z197"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
  PID:2528
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\javs.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\javs.exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4544
- - C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
    C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\holdermail.txt"
    3⤵
    - Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1320
- - C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
    C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\holderwb.txt"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:2032

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Email Collection

T1114

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\holderwb.txt

Filesize
3KB

MD5
f94dc819ca773f1e3cb27abbc9e7fa27

SHA1
9a7700efadc5ea09ab288544ef1e3cd876255086

SHA256
a3377ade83786c2bdff5db19ff4dbfd796da4312402b5e77c4c63e38cc6eff92

SHA512
72a2c10d7a53a7f9a319dab66d77ed65639e9aa885b551e0055fc7eaf6ef33bbf109205b42ae11555a0f292563914bc6edb63b310c6f9bda9564095f77ab9196

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\z197

Filesize
1KB

MD5
882aafd8b08c913d71b817a983011a67

SHA1
70e8527b4160d9a6c1dba8f1ef3817fea87b7521

SHA256
3fd4d7b462963c3253032413d2bca33b7c30d713e9677e2fb6e8e0823e1b1d30

SHA512
ce64a03d1ba0c6b4e8184403ebc887a7b5998e3fe6a73a80607cb6067c4cb161217a87b7e9389ff0593480177047007da4a717c2ddba03511c54712e79be87de

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memory/428-8-0x00000000749A0000-0x0000000074F51000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/428-1-0x00000000749A0000-0x0000000074F51000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/428-7-0x00000000749A2000-0x00000000749A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/428-2-0x00000000749A0000-0x0000000074F51000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/428-0-0x00000000749A2000-0x00000000749A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/428-19-0x00000000749A0000-0x0000000074F51000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1320-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/1320-27-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/1320-28-0x0000000000420000-0x00000000004E9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
804KB

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memory/1320-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/1320-26-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2032-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

Filesize
352KB

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memory/2032-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

Filesize
352KB

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memory/2032-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

Filesize
352KB

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memory/4544-12-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000614000-memory.dmp

Filesize
528KB

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memory/4544-23-0x00000000749A0000-0x0000000074F51000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4544-20-0x00000000749A0000-0x0000000074F51000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4544-30-0x00000000749A0000-0x0000000074F51000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4544-18-0x00000000749A0000-0x0000000074F51000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4544-13-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000614000-memory.dmp

Filesize
528KB

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memory/4544-16-0x00000000749A0000-0x0000000074F51000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4544-14-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000614000-memory.dmp

Filesize
528KB

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