amadey | 0c7c79b06ebdce1cfdd30af9c1ea2afb962426dfe27cfe036f21e7818549c483

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	2c0a4a442d.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	fdd07a8263.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	skotes.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	0c7c79b06ebdce1cfdd30af9c1ea2afb962426dfe27cfe036f21e7818549c483.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	skotes.exe

Downloads MZ/PE file 3 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
25	2060	skotes.exe
25	2060	skotes.exe
25	2060	skotes.exe

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 12 IoCs

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

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	0c7c79b06ebdce1cfdd30af9c1ea2afb962426dfe27cfe036f21e7818549c483.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	0c7c79b06ebdce1cfdd30af9c1ea2afb962426dfe27cfe036f21e7818549c483.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	skotes.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	skotes.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	fdd07a8263.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	fdd07a8263.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	skotes.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	2c0a4a442d.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	2c0a4a442d.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	c617eeb8e3.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	c617eeb8e3.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	skotes.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-805952410-2104024357-1716932545-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	0c7c79b06ebdce1cfdd30af9c1ea2afb962426dfe27cfe036f21e7818549c483.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-805952410-2104024357-1716932545-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	skotes.exe

Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2060	skotes.exe
4316	2c0a4a442d.exe
704	fdd07a8263.exe
3972	c617eeb8e3.exe
2400	skotes.exe

Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

defense_evasion

Query Registry

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-805952410-2104024357-1716932545-1000\Software\Wine	0c7c79b06ebdce1cfdd30af9c1ea2afb962426dfe27cfe036f21e7818549c483.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-805952410-2104024357-1716932545-1000\Software\Wine	skotes.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-805952410-2104024357-1716932545-1000\Software\Wine	2c0a4a442d.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-805952410-2104024357-1716932545-1000\Software\Wine	fdd07a8263.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-805952410-2104024357-1716932545-1000\Software\Wine	skotes.exe

Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs
Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-805952410-2104024357-1716932545-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\fdd07a8263.exe = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\1095381001\\fdd07a8263.exe"	skotes.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-805952410-2104024357-1716932545-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\c617eeb8e3.exe = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\1095382001\\c617eeb8e3.exe"	skotes.exe

Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
discovery

Query Registry
T1012

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 5 IoCs

pid	Process
3396	0c7c79b06ebdce1cfdd30af9c1ea2afb962426dfe27cfe036f21e7818549c483.exe
2060	skotes.exe
4316	2c0a4a442d.exe
704	fdd07a8263.exe
2400	skotes.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\Tasks\skotes.job	0c7c79b06ebdce1cfdd30af9c1ea2afb962426dfe27cfe036f21e7818549c483.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 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	0c7c79b06ebdce1cfdd30af9c1ea2afb962426dfe27cfe036f21e7818549c483.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	skotes.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2c0a4a442d.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	fdd07a8263.exe

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 15 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentPalette = a6d8ff0076b9ed00429ce3000078d700005a9e000042750000264200f7630c00	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationAfterglowBalance = "10"	LogonUI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\History	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\History\AutoColor = "0"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\StartColorMenu = "4288567808"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentColorMenu = "4292311040"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationColor = "3288365271"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationBlurBalance = "1"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\EnableWindowColorization = "173"	LogonUI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\AccentColor = "4292311040"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationColorBalance = "89"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationAfterglow = "3288365271"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationGlassAttribute = "1"	LogonUI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent	LogonUI.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs

pid	Process
3396	0c7c79b06ebdce1cfdd30af9c1ea2afb962426dfe27cfe036f21e7818549c483.exe
3396	0c7c79b06ebdce1cfdd30af9c1ea2afb962426dfe27cfe036f21e7818549c483.exe
2060	skotes.exe
2060	skotes.exe
4316	2c0a4a442d.exe
4316	2c0a4a442d.exe
704	fdd07a8263.exe
704	fdd07a8263.exe
704	fdd07a8263.exe
704	fdd07a8263.exe
704	fdd07a8263.exe
704	fdd07a8263.exe
2400	skotes.exe
2400	skotes.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4380	LogonUI.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3396 wrote to memory of 2060	3396	0c7c79b06ebdce1cfdd30af9c1ea2afb962426dfe27cfe036f21e7818549c483.exe	89
PID 3396 wrote to memory of 2060	3396	0c7c79b06ebdce1cfdd30af9c1ea2afb962426dfe27cfe036f21e7818549c483.exe	89
PID 3396 wrote to memory of 2060	3396	0c7c79b06ebdce1cfdd30af9c1ea2afb962426dfe27cfe036f21e7818549c483.exe	89
PID 2060 wrote to memory of 4316	2060	skotes.exe	98
PID 2060 wrote to memory of 4316	2060	skotes.exe	98
PID 2060 wrote to memory of 4316	2060	skotes.exe	98
PID 2060 wrote to memory of 704	2060	skotes.exe	104
PID 2060 wrote to memory of 704	2060	skotes.exe	104
PID 2060 wrote to memory of 704	2060	skotes.exe	104
PID 2060 wrote to memory of 3972	2060	skotes.exe	108
PID 2060 wrote to memory of 3972	2060	skotes.exe	108

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0c7c79b06ebdce1cfdd30af9c1ea2afb962426dfe27cfe036f21e7818549c483.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0c7c79b06ebdce1cfdd30af9c1ea2afb962426dfe27cfe036f21e7818549c483.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Checks computer location settings
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3396
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\abc3bc1985\skotes.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\abc3bc1985\skotes.exe"
  2⤵
  - Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
  - Downloads MZ/PE file
  - Checks BIOS information in registry
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Identifies Wine through registry keys
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2060
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1092840001\2c0a4a442d.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1092840001\2c0a4a442d.exe"
    3⤵
    - Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
    - Checks BIOS information in registry
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Identifies Wine through registry keys
    - Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:4316
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1095381001\fdd07a8263.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1095381001\fdd07a8263.exe"
    3⤵
    - Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
    - Checks BIOS information in registry
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Identifies Wine through registry keys
    - Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:704
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1095382001\c617eeb8e3.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1095382001\c617eeb8e3.exe"
    3⤵
    - Checks BIOS information in registry
    - Executes dropped EXE
    PID:3972

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\abc3bc1985\skotes.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\abc3bc1985\skotes.exe
1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Executes dropped EXE
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:2400

C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe
"LogonUI.exe" /flags:0x4 /state0:0xa3918855 /state1:0x41c64e6d
1⤵
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4380

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2

Credential Access

Unsecured Credentials

T1552

Credentials In Files

T1552.001

Discovery

Query Registry

5

System Information Discovery

3

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System