Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240729-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240729-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    30/03/2025, 07:15

General

  • Target

    JaffaCakes118_98557c0d1b535086bec54d7149a4f3db.exe

  • Size

    245KB

  • MD5

    98557c0d1b535086bec54d7149a4f3db

  • SHA1

    2c2e6b26b64aa97e2b58646cf508757bd757e32e

  • SHA256

    3ce1eee52dc8fea528222d6bdd72ae63919cd33c373f1ec47583a7cab7dfc6c8

  • SHA512

    dfb54d7da09a035f0628f1fac1f3f39a7aeb4bb8938153441b7fb22a18d2a0439619b4b10241126da99857e4e7d838693cbfd43ce3b3bcf624fb21a8c013911b

  • SSDEEP

    6144:PLy4KzNoLvn/7fheYFmJBNwcuvJ5uBelDBdJFNkhzR0CW3oS:jyp8nz76H4h5u4lFnghWoS

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Blackshades

    Blackshades is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.

  • Blackshades family
  • Blackshades payload 1 IoCs
  • Modifies firewall policy service 3 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 13 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 17 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 5 IoCs
  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 48 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 25 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 16 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 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_98557c0d1b535086bec54d7149a4f3db.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_98557c0d1b535086bec54d7149a4f3db.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2236
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BWJFQA.bat" "
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2688
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
        REG ADD
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2584
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
        REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
        3⤵
        • UAC bypass
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2792
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gIYfD.bat" "
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2728
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
        REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Microsoft" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Windows\Microsoft\svchost.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2544
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft\svchost.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft\svchost.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2624
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
        False
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2848
        • 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:1504
          • 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:2180
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2528
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
            5⤵
            • Modifies firewall policy service
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Modifies registry key
            PID:2608
        • 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:2964
          • 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:2140
        • 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\WinDefender.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinDefender.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2220
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinDefender.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinDefender.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
            5⤵
            • Modifies firewall policy service
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Modifies registry key
            PID:2880
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft\svchost.exe
        False
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Checks whether UAC is enabled
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:1272
  • 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:2228

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BWJFQA.bat

    Filesize

    158B

    MD5

    27c0901dd0c2c867221ef0b9c9e02898

    SHA1

    909256eaf2866e610e8f1df8c015c613828cb16e

    SHA256

    087d9be6b18d52420e48f5a9c82417fdba3c01d5d5d3bddddd4ed89cf349716a

    SHA512

    d6131c9eac12393ac76e3c6e82966727244054cdd1e4342cfdbd9c0f0dc5985405be3cd15c8c4b103e4fd3d7b5b542c725a9162c980c0450f19f2bd4e9feef78

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gIYfD.bat

    Filesize

    126B

    MD5

    2f5e2259fa1a5cfe1e238b5357df3ceb

    SHA1

    3921edd3d628da827905fd3a9e237dad5156c0e4

    SHA256

    92238bdf4aeaa08b3c254a6d689c0ad82fb4864f481e790017298d335bb0eb7a

    SHA512

    acec756d63e271abb0075c09fbfe4ff610cf933861330f22ae2c5b4187e496ce47eb826c4a3775aef18c77bda54f4f3a184c3771fe0b55fa10804cfa3b71aa2d

  • \Windows\Microsoft\svchost.exe

    Filesize

    245KB

    MD5

    98557c0d1b535086bec54d7149a4f3db

    SHA1

    2c2e6b26b64aa97e2b58646cf508757bd757e32e

    SHA256

    3ce1eee52dc8fea528222d6bdd72ae63919cd33c373f1ec47583a7cab7dfc6c8

    SHA512

    dfb54d7da09a035f0628f1fac1f3f39a7aeb4bb8938153441b7fb22a18d2a0439619b4b10241126da99857e4e7d838693cbfd43ce3b3bcf624fb21a8c013911b

  • memory/1272-71-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    36KB

  • memory/1272-74-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    36KB

  • memory/1272-59-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    36KB

  • memory/1272-64-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    36KB

  • memory/1272-65-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    36KB

  • memory/2228-95-0x0000000002AD0000-0x0000000002AE0000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2236-47-0x0000000003CB0000-0x0000000003F3F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    2.6MB

  • memory/2236-48-0x0000000003CB0000-0x0000000003F3F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    2.6MB

  • memory/2236-51-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000068F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    2.6MB

  • memory/2236-46-0x0000000003CB0000-0x0000000003F3F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    2.6MB

  • memory/2236-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000068F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    2.6MB

  • memory/2624-70-0x0000000002AC0000-0x0000000002D4F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    2.6MB

  • memory/2624-69-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000068F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    2.6MB

  • memory/2848-54-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045D000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    372KB

  • memory/2848-58-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045D000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    372KB

  • memory/2848-57-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045D000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    372KB