Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
windows10-2004_x64 -
resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250313-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
04/04/2025, 02:30
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
Hydrargyrum.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250314-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
Hydrargyrum.harmless.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250313-en
General
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Target
Hydrargyrum.harmless.exe
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Size
3.6MB
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MD5
e253841459b798a5ca861daaeb44ff5c
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SHA1
9d4069fb41c3dfa9314ece82efde72d8602ce9b7
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SHA256
d3b50942c8262e5bd658a3938e3218168adbfe86698a55bd02f6a94fd7afbbfe
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SHA512
99d3328f52de8995467c32797ad81a8d37b93e814a535bffd617b5a8aed0a2412f1e037eb28f1d6e3777dfb1fed25429b2da2ae6dab1645dfce7cb792f9a11db
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SSDEEP
49152:0hdgcpljaq6JfqRZBX8iYI9VwSUO+5+/uKLCsS7MSVQKpbfd56R0StwWkWo9Ck9B:0jpBqdqRLJZkdeSwSVQwf2x7KCKK
Malware Config
Signatures
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Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ Hydrargyrum.harmless.exe -
Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion Hydrargyrum.harmless.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion Hydrargyrum.harmless.exe -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3040-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000DF9000-memory.dmp themida behavioral2/memory/3040-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000DF9000-memory.dmp themida behavioral2/memory/3040-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000DF9000-memory.dmp themida behavioral2/memory/3040-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000DF9000-memory.dmp themida behavioral2/memory/3040-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000DF9000-memory.dmp themida -
Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA Hydrargyrum.harmless.exe -
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs
pid Process 3040 Hydrargyrum.harmless.exe -
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Hydrargyrum.harmless.exe -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 3040 Hydrargyrum.harmless.exe 3040 Hydrargyrum.harmless.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: 33 1008 AUDIODG.EXE Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 1008 AUDIODG.EXE -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 3040 Hydrargyrum.harmless.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Hydrargyrum.harmless.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Hydrargyrum.harmless.exe"1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3040
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C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXEC:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x498 0x49c1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1008