Analysis

  • max time kernel
    70s
  • max time network
    70s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20241010-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    29/03/2025, 20:07

General

  • Target

    JaffaCakes118_97121a1adc292b9662fdd2589a7a63bd.exe

  • Size

    112KB

  • MD5

    97121a1adc292b9662fdd2589a7a63bd

  • SHA1

    7186a3e386b24a2fd9f563bb78545e98c5511f27

  • SHA256

    8297c737844e45c510c376df0bec692508f10fd54e252ad53e1d072a77e872cd

  • SHA512

    42a66e44e836ccf8a0535289c009cfe32f638268b653f7122211a9c6b3635f36af06f30a67cadf911c2237cc0afc61aeb18dcc3afffc51641e17ab18989d84b4

  • SSDEEP

    1536:awmM3Ygts6GTHPquFz86tJzUx9qOKr8rF0srLbVI/6ZSYt9ofa+16qeU:awmpTiadtp/r4XrfVS84p7e

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Blackshades

    Blackshades is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.

  • Blackshades family
  • Blackshades payload 7 IoCs
  • Modifies firewall policy service 3 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • Adds policy Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 10 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 10 IoCs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 10 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 30 IoCs
  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 36 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_97121a1adc292b9662fdd2589a7a63bd.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_97121a1adc292b9662fdd2589a7a63bd.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds policy Run key to start application
    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
    • 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:752
    • 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
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2608
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
        REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
        3⤵
        • Modifies firewall policy service
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:2784
    • 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\JaffaCakes118_97121a1adc292b9662fdd2589a7a63bd.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_97121a1adc292b9662fdd2589a7a63bd.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:484
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
        REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_97121a1adc292b9662fdd2589a7a63bd.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_97121a1adc292b9662fdd2589a7a63bd.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
        3⤵
        • Modifies firewall policy service
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:2840
    • 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
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2300
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
        REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
        3⤵
        • Modifies firewall policy service
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:2800
    • 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\hoez.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hoez.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1512
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
        REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hoez.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hoez.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
        3⤵
        • Modifies firewall policy service
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:2772
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    explorer.exe
    1⤵
    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2760
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hoez.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hoez.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2664
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    explorer.exe
    1⤵
    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
    PID:1968
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    explorer.exe
    1⤵
    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
    PID:2200
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    explorer.exe
    1⤵
    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
    PID:2020
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    explorer.exe
    1⤵
    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    PID:2396
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    explorer.exe
    1⤵
    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    PID:2884

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hoez.exe

    Filesize

    112KB

    MD5

    97121a1adc292b9662fdd2589a7a63bd

    SHA1

    7186a3e386b24a2fd9f563bb78545e98c5511f27

    SHA256

    8297c737844e45c510c376df0bec692508f10fd54e252ad53e1d072a77e872cd

    SHA512

    42a66e44e836ccf8a0535289c009cfe32f638268b653f7122211a9c6b3635f36af06f30a67cadf911c2237cc0afc61aeb18dcc3afffc51641e17ab18989d84b4

  • memory/752-31-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    368KB

  • memory/752-41-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    368KB

  • memory/752-36-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    368KB

  • memory/752-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    368KB

  • memory/752-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    368KB

  • memory/752-26-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    368KB

  • memory/752-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    368KB

  • memory/1968-21-0x0000000004C50000-0x0000000004C51000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2020-32-0x0000000004A80000-0x0000000004A81000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2200-27-0x0000000004EF0000-0x0000000004EF1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2664-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    368KB

  • memory/2664-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    368KB

  • memory/2760-16-0x0000000004C10000-0x0000000004C11000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB