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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    139s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250217-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    07/03/2025, 19:02

General

  • Target

    JaffaCakes118_58ef8399e896e60b181961292fb6d666.exe

  • Size

    1.2MB

  • MD5

    58ef8399e896e60b181961292fb6d666

  • SHA1

    d5b651f75234877814d8efabb6256fbc23c662ed

  • SHA256

    6deff5735317a9b7addf8d9f8d3aeca1de68364e63b69037b2c916bcaee44003

  • SHA512

    b9c4059148ff6ff96b376b69450a5234b4de8684ef41173601c24140da62a2b623f4117f5f483be478c9542be676cd705511d9540689b247cd44215b8c2f7b37

  • SSDEEP

    24576:D6t9iwCQliK/JJDORRrQl9uM1aIcLkNC2brX5qXI8PP:Wt9iwJTDOPsrNcwNbwxP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

enzcrash

C2

whatthe.no-ip.biz:1604

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-F54S21D

Attributes
  • InstallPath

    winupdate.exe

  • gencode

    =fgh�Num+Xi-

  • install

    true

  • offline_keylogger

    true

  • persistence

    true

  • reg_key

    Windows Updater

rc4.plain

Signatures

  • Blackshades

    Blackshades is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.

  • Blackshades family
  • Blackshades payload 11 IoCs
  • Darkcomet

    DarkComet is a remote access trojan (RAT) developed by Jean-Pierre Lesueur.

  • Darkcomet family
  • HawkEye

    HawkEye is a malware kit that has seen continuous development since at least 2013.

  • Hawkeye family
  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies firewall policy service 3 TTPs 10 IoCs
  • Adds policy Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs

    Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.

  • Reads local data of messenger clients 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored data of messaging applications, which can include saved credentials and account information.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

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

  • Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files 1 TTPs

    Steal credentials from unsecured files.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 12 IoCs

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

  • 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 15 IoCs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 60 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 59 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_58ef8399e896e60b181961292fb6d666.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_58ef8399e896e60b181961292fb6d666.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3256
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_58ef8399e896e60b181961292fb6d666.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_58ef8399e896e60b181961292fb6d666.exe"
      2⤵
      • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
      • Checks BIOS information in registry
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Checks processor information in registry
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3724
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINDOWSUPDATE.EXE
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINDOWSUPDATE.EXE"
        3⤵
        • Adds policy Run key to start application
        • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4632
        • 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
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:816
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
            5⤵
            • Modifies firewall policy service
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Modifies registry key
            PID:1092
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINDOWSUPDATE.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINDOWSUPDATE.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4924
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINDOWSUPDATE.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINDOWSUPDATE.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
            5⤵
            • Modifies firewall policy service
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Modifies registry key
            PID:976
        • 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
          4⤵
          • 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 /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
            5⤵
            • Modifies firewall policy service
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Modifies registry key
            PID:2920
        • 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\windowsupdate.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windowsupdate.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4516
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windowsupdate.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windowsupdate.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
            5⤵
            • Modifies firewall policy service
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Modifies registry key
            PID:1748
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINUPDTR.EXE
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINUPDTR.EXE"
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3236
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c timeout 5 && del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINUPDTR.EXE
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1752
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
            timeout 5
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Delays execution with timeout.exe
            PID:4440
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1408
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
          "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe"
          4⤵
            PID:4696
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4696 -s 80
              5⤵
              • Program crash
              PID:2648
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 420 -p 4696 -ip 4696
      1⤵
        PID:1308

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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      Downloads

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINDOWSUPDATE.EXE

        Filesize

        163KB

        MD5

        24e2f8699579dc971a255076c08e829f

        SHA1

        5b45b15f4993d3112083b73806415d5eb587b9ea

        SHA256

        2a05046af890c5c4daa47277ccf630ac99228709ee489bd5517ba019fd0f5750

        SHA512

        de76329069c601feb874159360a28e3106dca47c05b069cb4c1d25e80a6fe7a44e6fa756a83c9f4d7da0b1f27628e389aaa60e2db7ae29d5e6d47537acce4a84

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINUPDTR.EXE

        Filesize

        340KB

        MD5

        55642a17d2b2f4a3b0622380cbd7a398

        SHA1

        54a6f1c9d6f207af5dcea9557b420fade8a30f82

        SHA256

        c8bb9bc16ff8cebc7ec50e94c4d6ee1c884c5bbe57c61b5dde520e953845fca0

        SHA512

        83084e5595f4e5e226f4a924100b8f9d9707b15966aa54956a0169b84c1e852b55f82280f8f9014ec78ece6e151078aa51c4ae2e841f23a44b9c060ad24d0948

      • memory/1408-39-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.2MB

      • memory/1408-33-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.2MB

      • memory/1408-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.2MB

      • memory/1408-42-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.2MB

      • memory/1408-41-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.2MB

      • memory/1408-35-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.2MB

      • memory/3724-3-0x0000000002460000-0x0000000002461000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        4KB

      • memory/3724-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.2MB

      • memory/3724-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.2MB

      • memory/3724-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.2MB

      • memory/3724-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.2MB

      • memory/3724-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.2MB

      • memory/4632-53-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        464KB

      • memory/4632-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        464KB

      • memory/4632-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        464KB

      • memory/4632-49-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        464KB

      • memory/4632-56-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        464KB

      • memory/4632-63-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        464KB

      • memory/4632-66-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        464KB

      • memory/4632-69-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        464KB

      • memory/4632-73-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        464KB

      • memory/4632-83-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        464KB

      • memory/4632-86-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        464KB