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description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe

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.

persistence

Active Setup

T1547.014

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{W88XUBT7-D1G6-OL4R-X87V-785S28C6O86D}	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{W88XUBT7-D1G6-OL4R-X87V-785S28C6O86D}\StubPath = "C:\\Windows\\WinUpdate\\WinUpdate.exe restart"	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{W88XUBT7-D1G6-OL4R-X87V-785S28C6O86D}	svchost.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{W88XUBT7-D1G6-OL4R-X87V-785S28C6O86D}\StubPath = "C:\\Windows\\WinUpdate\\WinUpdate.exe"	svchost.exe

Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.

defense_evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4177215427-74451935-3209572229-1000\Software\Wine	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\HKLM = "C:\\Windows\\WinUpdate\\WinUpdate.exe"	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4177215427-74451935-3209572229-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\HKCU = "C:\\Windows\\WinUpdate\\WinUpdate.exe"	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\HKLM = "C:\\Windows\\WinUpdate\\WinUpdate.exe"	svchost.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4177215427-74451935-3209572229-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\HKCU = "C:\\Windows\\WinUpdate\\WinUpdate.exe"	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1904 set thread context of 2516	1904	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe	30

UPX packed file 8 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2516-2-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001004D000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2516-4-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001004D000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2516-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001004D000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2516-7-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001004D000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2256-10-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001004D000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2516-13-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001004D000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2516-15-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001004D000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2256-16-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001004D000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\WinUpdate\WinUpdate.exe	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe
File created	C:\Windows\WinUpdate\WinUpdate.exe	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\WinUpdate\	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe

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 3 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	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1904	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe
2516	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 2516	1904	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe	30
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 2516	1904	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe	30
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 2516	1904	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe	30
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 2516	1904	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe	30
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 2516	1904	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe	30
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 2516	1904	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe	30
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 2516	1904	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe	30
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 2516	1904	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe	30
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 2516	1904	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe	30
PID 2516 wrote to memory of 2256	2516	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe	31
PID 2516 wrote to memory of 2256	2516	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe	31
PID 2516 wrote to memory of 2256	2516	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe	31
PID 2516 wrote to memory of 2256	2516	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe	31
PID 2516 wrote to memory of 2256	2516	JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1904
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_7e298ba89ebc4a47409a7b55d754bd50.exe"
  2⤵
  - Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2516
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
    svchost.exe
    3⤵
    - Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
    - Adds Run key to start application
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2256

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Active Setup

T1547.014

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Active Setup

T1547.014

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion