snakekeylogger | 3ef6482e94e62b0f674c24b66fed5230b07395929f5fc77708fed0cb536c4a2b

Analysis

max time kernel
127s
max time network
144s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
12/03/2025, 18:44

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General

Target

221b9.exe
Size

754KB
MD5

849c47adca493169ca05d46b16912631
SHA1

7149fcfc067b91fa57186d3c0ed0c9056bb59842
SHA256

854b59aa584237418101867e86018d0e0c3e8a588010d8cc8f8850e66b5221b9
SHA512

5184dd5af0587cd95c8f92ef1d9f3239fb9501ced1dbb216677211ee1b304eff2921c14f9e02f763394a73f50d6cad62433867dbc218333a29767358f66f8df7
SSDEEP

12288:hA5CB0OqJhZrzJV665IHCzwdvkSCcr/+VQ7CSOqJ7KEk0Vr2IPeiBS8rBy:hA5aWDyaIic1nxGVQ7CTxEX4IG

Score

10^/10

snakekeylogger discovery execution keylogger stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

snakekeylogger

Credentials

Protocol: smtp
Host:
valleycountysar.org
Port:
26
Username:
[email protected]
Password:
}eQA)VL2!$V}

Signatures

Snake Keylogger
Keylogger and Infostealer first seen in November 2020.
stealer keylogger snakekeylogger

Snake Keylogger payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/3016-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000426000-memory.dmp	family_snakekeylogger

Snakekeylogger family
snakekeylogger

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
3412	powershell.exe

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	221b9.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
43	checkip.dyndns.org

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4396 set thread context of 3016	4396	221b9.exe	104

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
3452	3016	WerFault.exe	104

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	221b9.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	221b9.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
2408	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs

pid	Process
4396	221b9.exe
3412	powershell.exe
3412	powershell.exe
4396	221b9.exe
4396	221b9.exe
4396	221b9.exe
4396	221b9.exe
3016	221b9.exe
3016	221b9.exe
3412	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4396	221b9.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3412	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3016	221b9.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 3412	4396	221b9.exe	99
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 3412	4396	221b9.exe	99
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 3412	4396	221b9.exe	99
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 2408	4396	221b9.exe	101
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 2408	4396	221b9.exe	101
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 2408	4396	221b9.exe	101
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 1080	4396	221b9.exe	103
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 1080	4396	221b9.exe	103
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 1080	4396	221b9.exe	103
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 3016	4396	221b9.exe	104
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 3016	4396	221b9.exe	104
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 3016	4396	221b9.exe	104
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 3016	4396	221b9.exe	104
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 3016	4396	221b9.exe	104
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 3016	4396	221b9.exe	104
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 3016	4396	221b9.exe	104
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 3016	4396	221b9.exe	104

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\221b9.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\221b9.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4396
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\wHikeiS.exe"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:3412
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\wHikeiS" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpB021.tmp"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
  PID:2408
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\221b9.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\221b9.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:1080
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\221b9.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\221b9.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:3016
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3016 -s 1488
    3⤵
    - Program crash
    PID:3452

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 420 -p 3016 -ip 3016
1⤵
PID:3204

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

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

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_uzidswbv.wv5.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpB021.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
f518f6a430333319dde64f5804483f97

SHA1
11590da03b34120a74d2b61f64a8abb40de95752

SHA256
5f8ab30b865f5389bf3da0322a0fbe6ee28c50826539a488cddc31e5302f1b34

SHA512
18db908f6dd0c02434900c804a9abd90574325c013b4cbba5cf708dd99e6aecf700c060c95f694a2474e00371940028da19b2466b9480855566ac37b49b53aba

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memory/3016-67-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3016-38-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3016-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000426000-memory.dmp

Filesize
152KB

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memory/3412-55-0x0000000007510000-0x0000000007B8A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.5MB

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memory/3412-36-0x00000000055E0000-0x0000000005934000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/3412-66-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3412-63-0x00000000071F0000-0x00000000071F8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/3412-62-0x0000000007210000-0x000000000722A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/3412-61-0x0000000007110000-0x0000000007124000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/3412-60-0x0000000007100000-0x000000000710E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/3412-16-0x00000000022A0000-0x00000000022D6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
216KB

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memory/3412-17-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3412-18-0x0000000004FB0000-0x00000000055D8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.2MB

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memory/3412-19-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3412-59-0x00000000070D0000-0x00000000070E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/3412-22-0x0000000004C80000-0x0000000004CE6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/3412-58-0x0000000007150000-0x00000000071E6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
600KB

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memory/3412-57-0x0000000006F40000-0x0000000006F4A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/3412-56-0x0000000006ED0000-0x0000000006EEA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/3412-23-0x0000000004DF0000-0x0000000004E56000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/3412-24-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3412-21-0x0000000004BE0000-0x0000000004C02000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/3412-54-0x0000000006D80000-0x0000000006E23000-memory.dmp

Filesize
652KB

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memory/3412-53-0x0000000006160000-0x000000000617E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3412-43-0x0000000071A50000-0x0000000071A9C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/3412-40-0x0000000005BB0000-0x0000000005BCE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3412-41-0x0000000005C40000-0x0000000005C8C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/3412-42-0x0000000006D40000-0x0000000006D72000-memory.dmp

Filesize
200KB

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memory/4396-25-0x00000000066B0000-0x00000000066D8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/4396-7-0x000000007526E000-0x000000007526F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4396-6-0x0000000005380000-0x00000000053A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/4396-0-0x000000007526E000-0x000000007526F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4396-3-0x0000000005080000-0x0000000005112000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/4396-4-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4396-11-0x0000000006A60000-0x0000000006AFC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/4396-39-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4396-2-0x00000000056E0000-0x0000000005C84000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/4396-10-0x0000000006920000-0x00000000069C0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
640KB

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memory/4396-9-0x0000000005550000-0x000000000555C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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memory/4396-8-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4396-5-0x0000000005240000-0x000000000524A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/4396-1-0x0000000000600000-0x00000000006C2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
776KB

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