phorphiex | 1980e370c276b65321018e736e20bc73d40090894d60bca4e428474cb13862ab

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
150s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250502-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250502-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
14/05/2025, 00:43

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General

Target
2025-05-14_1652d7c80952a9ac54d59d4d2aedc182_black-basta_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_satacom.exe
Size 349KB
Sample250514-a2wmlaspx9
SHA256 1980e370c276b65321018e736e20bc73d40090894d60bca4e428474cb13862ab
MD5 1652d7c80952a9ac54d59d4d2aedc182
SHA1 d0b51c295395913f836de488cded592a25383f58
SHA512 e65f1709faeb9445ce30f1e8e0b48f3fde2a7b52165dee0930b27512bc05502dc8a18c4566af6786a4fc66ae08a3646b997daf8fff9672c2502043c1a754d2d6
SSDEEP 6144:meGJSOoWzzmlPls4SUzT5FDhCohCVBwB9:mX1oW36eETYoMBwB
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

10^/10

phorphiex defense_evasion discovery execution loader persistence spyware stealer trojan worm

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

phorphiex

http://185.156.72.39
185.156.72.39

Extracted

Family

phorphiex

http://185.156.72.39/
http://45.141.233.6/

Wallets

TW3wpRJmZgC5WifuY468JBUCF3TEkzBT5H
qph44jx8r9k5xeq5cuf958krv3ewrnp5vc6hhdjd3r
rsXCXBf9SagxV8JfC12d8Bybk84oPdMNN9
AULzfBuUAPfCGAXoG5Vq14aP9s6fx3AH4Z
LdgchXq1sKbAaAJ1EXAPSRBzLb8jnTZstT
MF6iVGLmErYP9y4B9SwtzarDoy3ETSzYrh
4AtjkCVKbtEC3UEN77SQHuH9i1XkzNiRi5VCbA2XGsJh46nJSXfGQn4GjLuupCqmC57Lo7LvKmFUyRfhtJSvKvuw3h9ReKK
XryzFMFVpDUvU7famUGf214EXD3xNUSmQf
0x46e5cc402BC848ceC9f4d65c9B48aE7D7A24821B
15TssKwtjMtwy4vDLcLsQUZUD2B9f7eDjw85sBNVC5LRPPnC
1B8FF5WwJXNnjkVzxgPkAznVZ8uKb3Watx
ltc1qyfzdpxky7q2grz4zmqv5x0t0uwfuznl5u43c93
3PMiLynrGVZ8oEqvoqC4hXD67B1WoALR4pc
3GcQJkfHq7NWgBhhNKjz7uSfM6LzADpLvX
CSLKveRL2zqkbV2TqiFVuW6twtpqgFajoUZLAJQTTQk2
DLUzwvyxN1RrwjByUPPzVMdfxNRPGVRMMA
t1J6GCPCiHW1eRdjJgDDu6b1vSVmL5U7Twh
stars125f3mw4xd9htpsq4zj5w5ezm5gags37yxxh6mj
bnb1msyt0djx4ecspfxg5en0ye465kg3kmv9utzml2
bc1ppypcmu3684n648gyj62gjp2rw0xy7w3vwfamatlg29ajp4z52desafa0sr
bc1q9tgkga69k094n5v0pn7ewmpp2kn66sh9hu65gq
GBQJMXYXPRIWFMXIFJR35ZB7LRKMB4PHCIUAUFR3TKUL6RDBZVLZEUJ3
bitcoincash:qph44jx8r9k5xeq5cuf958krv3ewrnp5vc6hhdjd3r

Attributes

mutex
l9n7b5f2r
user_agent
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/128.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Signatures

Phorphiex family
phorphiex

Phorphiex payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0008000000024039-10.dat	family_phorphiex

Phorphiex, Phorpiex
Phorphiex or Phorpiex Malware family which infects systems to distribute other malicious payloads such as ransomware, stealers and cryptominers.
worm trojan loader phorphiex

Downloads MZ/PE file 2 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
30	3492	375C.exe
3	4820	2025-05-14_1652d7c80952a9ac54d59d4d2aedc182_black-basta_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_satacom.exe

Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
defense_evasion execution

Windows Service
T1543.003

Impair Defenses
T1562

Service Stop
T1489

Service Execution
T1569.002

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3623617754-4043701611-775564599-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	148326440.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3623617754-4043701611-775564599-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	76175684.exe

Executes dropped EXE 9 IoCs

pid	Process
3492	375C.exe
2928	1062511859.exe
468	syscrondvr.exe
3768	syscrondvr.exe
4020	148326440.exe
1776	1853730523.exe
2392	3340922858.exe
2684	2720321319.exe
3144	76175684.exe

Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001

Credentials from Web Browsers
T1555.003

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 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\Windows Settings = "C:\\Windows\\syscrondvr.exe"	1062511859.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe	1062511859.exe
File created	C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe	1062511859.exe

Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs

Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

pid	Process
4300	sc.exe
4884	sc.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 6 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	375C.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	1062511859.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	syscrondvr.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	1853730523.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	3340922858.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2720321319.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4020	148326440.exe
3144	76175684.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4020	148326440.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3144	76175684.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 37 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4820 wrote to memory of 3492	4820	2025-05-14_1652d7c80952a9ac54d59d4d2aedc182_black-basta_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_satacom.exe	87
PID 4820 wrote to memory of 3492	4820	2025-05-14_1652d7c80952a9ac54d59d4d2aedc182_black-basta_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_satacom.exe	87
PID 4820 wrote to memory of 3492	4820	2025-05-14_1652d7c80952a9ac54d59d4d2aedc182_black-basta_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_satacom.exe	87
PID 3492 wrote to memory of 2928	3492	375C.exe	97
PID 3492 wrote to memory of 2928	3492	375C.exe	97
PID 3492 wrote to memory of 2928	3492	375C.exe	97
PID 2928 wrote to memory of 468	2928	1062511859.exe	98
PID 2928 wrote to memory of 468	2928	1062511859.exe	98
PID 2928 wrote to memory of 468	2928	1062511859.exe	98
PID 3820 wrote to memory of 3768	3820	cmd.exe	101
PID 3820 wrote to memory of 3768	3820	cmd.exe	101
PID 3820 wrote to memory of 3768	3820	cmd.exe	101
PID 468 wrote to memory of 4020	468	syscrondvr.exe	103
PID 468 wrote to memory of 4020	468	syscrondvr.exe	103
PID 4020 wrote to memory of 3780	4020	148326440.exe	104
PID 4020 wrote to memory of 3780	4020	148326440.exe	104
PID 3780 wrote to memory of 4300	3780	cmd.exe	106
PID 3780 wrote to memory of 4300	3780	cmd.exe	106
PID 3780 wrote to memory of 4220	3780	cmd.exe	107
PID 3780 wrote to memory of 4220	3780	cmd.exe	107
PID 468 wrote to memory of 1776	468	syscrondvr.exe	116
PID 468 wrote to memory of 1776	468	syscrondvr.exe	116
PID 468 wrote to memory of 1776	468	syscrondvr.exe	116
PID 468 wrote to memory of 2392	468	syscrondvr.exe	117
PID 468 wrote to memory of 2392	468	syscrondvr.exe	117
PID 468 wrote to memory of 2392	468	syscrondvr.exe	117
PID 468 wrote to memory of 2684	468	syscrondvr.exe	118
PID 468 wrote to memory of 2684	468	syscrondvr.exe	118
PID 468 wrote to memory of 2684	468	syscrondvr.exe	118
PID 468 wrote to memory of 3144	468	syscrondvr.exe	119
PID 468 wrote to memory of 3144	468	syscrondvr.exe	119
PID 3144 wrote to memory of 516	3144	76175684.exe	120
PID 3144 wrote to memory of 516	3144	76175684.exe	120
PID 516 wrote to memory of 4884	516	cmd.exe	122
PID 516 wrote to memory of 4884	516	cmd.exe	122
PID 516 wrote to memory of 1048	516	cmd.exe	123
PID 516 wrote to memory of 1048	516	cmd.exe	123

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-14_1652d7c80952a9ac54d59d4d2aedc182_black-basta_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_satacom.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-14_1652d7c80952a9ac54d59d4d2aedc182_black-basta_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_satacom.exe"
1⤵
- Downloads MZ/PE file
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4820
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\375C.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\375C.exe"
  2⤵
  - Downloads MZ/PE file
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3492
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1062511859.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1062511859.exe
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Adds Run key to start application
    - Drops file in Windows directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2928
  - - C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe
      C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:468
    - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\148326440.exe
        
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\148326440.exe
        5⤵
        Checks computer location settings
        Executes dropped EXE
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:4020
      - C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c sc delete "DrvTcfgsvc" & reg delete "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DrvTcfgsvc" /f
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3780
        
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        
        sc delete "DrvTcfgsvc"
        7⤵
        Launches sc.exe
        
        PID:4300
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        reg delete "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DrvTcfgsvc" /f
        7⤵
        
        PID:4220
    - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1853730523.exe
        
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1853730523.exe
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        
        PID:1776
    - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3340922858.exe
        
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3340922858.exe
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        
        PID:2392
    - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2720321319.exe
        
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2720321319.exe
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        
        PID:2684
    - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\76175684.exe
        
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\76175684.exe
        5⤵
        Checks computer location settings
        Executes dropped EXE
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3144
      - C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c sc delete "DrvCfgSvcs" & reg delete "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DrvCfgSvcs" /f
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:516
        
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        
        sc delete "DrvCfgSvcs"
        7⤵
        Launches sc.exe
        
        PID:4884
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        reg delete "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DrvCfgSvcs" /f
        7⤵
        
        PID:1048

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3820
- C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe
  C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:3768

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

System Services

T1569

Service Execution

T1569.002

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Defense Evasion

Impair Defenses

T1562

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

T1552

Credentials In Files

T1552.001

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

T1005

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

Service Stop

T1489

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Downloads

148326440.exe.log

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\148326440.exe.log
Size 425B
SHA256 b8f7e4ed81764db56b9c09050f68c5a26af78d8a5e2443e75e0e1aa7cd2ccd76
MD5 fff5cbccb6b31b40f834b8f4778a779a
SHA1 899ed0377e89f1ed434cfeecc5bc0163ebdf0454
SHA512 1a188a14c667bc31d2651b220aa762be9cce4a75713217846fbe472a307c7bbc6e3c27617f75f489902a534d9184648d204d03ee956ac57b11aa90551248b8f9
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1062511859.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1062511859.exe
Size 80KB
SHA256 81783b558904becc5b86553faba9525070de5f43339766eb1c025bcfbfe1eef8
MD5 f30fdbf3448f67cbc3566f31729cb7a6
SHA1 fbf005c38f4a1c2e86817a2cb70406fc241f2c90
SHA512 b428df2c8f8b4a002c8d7e1bfd9926e5cf95ee998688a2c360b8551e80be5bfbfa17ef210bea35f247da4a5c8a940fb5dba49f4786da9a74e5d001b771c8e9a8
SSDEEP 1536:MJDGp6NFmav82ld1VEZh4GNI4HXc5oLMRlmY4KwUL:8o7O9d1VpGNI+GoLC8Y4Kl
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148326440.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\148326440.exe
Size 8KB
SHA256 7563681ee1464143363b1b7b6d59cef4c2a3b9a431c94feae043465cc7d23be0
MD5 c2252ee01d47f885c466fea46d77b337
SHA1 0e5e5e21dfdd47632831935e98d46fb4c4bf9168
SHA512 8e0fdf90fc8c1c014b6c183dafa58ccf18251a3ea2e279c671a35ff702b60a5be3058c2eceac7a00e4b747796b1e1ed10a64abf95f26bd288980592db4e690d7
SSDEEP 192:WCRB7usW1vpQjRR8Fbdp9/ijG/DpFQcHy5DBC+:BBydpQ1iFxp96IpFQSyRBC+
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1853730523.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1853730523.exe
Size 10KB
SHA256 326c70a965d4e642275c26cd913e268b1db89edd59b31a86ee600a7a9c664eb0
MD5 c08cfa523c9377d3ae24fdb373b3ae13
SHA1 5289219770ad28b0fa4f0bdd91817f76bd6be222
SHA512 c91acd580ac832d5fed363a9a2b98b724a255d82e4fdda6eca62133feb5e60dd79a8caca36597a52bfbfa907a44208c48b15142e2e6020db219d14e970c3f57c
SSDEEP 96:292eryFlQ7wxBOpMd0i6Db9Z+Z8oYL/ZydFJxGE9b+z2FFhRC7tCEbEWm:w2gyRxBOVicZ+CdQFJxTZ+zmFhybEWm
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2720321319.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2720321319.exe
Size 51KB
SHA256 d6a96251f4bd75df5e68bbc2ce0cea37e0c5fadf1bace5b035245832930a4d2c
MD5 588e67994dd9e1084cbe989ee0d7eecd
SHA1 1a9e7f30d4b14b2054c6947ec7b25024dac5c50e
SHA512 ad9f235b9c03c391d2cd10f1fc0d07d748b305a254dc310da0ad6e1b27160f65a811a1586a632c4f331c5660a2cb77dec8f06b163c6c226f6a2c39b0d13af25e
SSDEEP 768:in8Iq/0vaXDiTLlGCI0App3647U7+dEErFqsq:hOEiTLXA3K3idEov
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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3340922858.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3340922858.exe
Size 20KB
SHA256 5cf738edd0028523f23a77d7dc02087e6f99cf1110f5b51766bf79f00bff6d09
MD5 680f371f2918acd9c01ebd9b2624e191
SHA1 2f6d2bc41d8ec3c2cdddeb894f8af082a51acfa9
SHA512 df251b794acf1ede346f0b01bca3fe576b0d36d127f33e4942e8093625a40d6b74ec26fc51111ebba705a1e9c37d923069de98d2658b416d1f7410846f873e40
SSDEEP 192:iNoGq4vSM3XaKuwfQfIpUE/pHzkPlekR9HlNBR60rZYu8J4pfVBcF7PJJxTZSTQq:iN5SPP8FNgPUk7zFYhJ4JVB0TJtSSR
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375C.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\375C.exe
Size 10KB
SHA256 252171bdaa35d19f872c165e861b03d347a4afb85d7a03d02f8eae09d191038d
MD5 0ec46393976eb51f307cc11d80bae845
SHA1 69d4cb168f3a1b97c37a0ba1519d0adb1ff7e245
SHA512 803351760e3c422e4825103235e13085004b3418b483a2c646aafaef62b7212a1ba4ed28469134a236c5b6121e6a748ba958bbae2dbe4afe9f9f45704928d31f
SSDEEP 96:cqO8uVlz6rfKUIYYdRWrmDi8R+58bw3TpZzuJxGENXRh2qhRC7tCEbYi2Z4:cqWlz6fPI+riR+ibkCJxTNhhthybHo4
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76175684.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\76175684.exe
Size 8KB
SHA256 559dfe706ff2f2ce820748d25a91173972c89f6bb9510fba52f40815f018621c
MD5 0cd27d2aa3bc58e4fc3c6639f4797e55
SHA1 1224947928cbdb0634d3aa7b374825552fe20fde
SHA512 9a595bfaa5ed85d895337a488969d75a00f33a6dd4e8759b95179428ea44922cccbef6189f08579ff806fe030e9833506c0aa8fedd1108622ffed3d0815d7d62
SSDEEP 192:KUjhZusWh/sn4A8Fb6p9/ijG/DASHy5WZ+:phoOn4VF2p96IAYy8Z+
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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memory/3144-57-0x0000000000AF0000-0x0000000000AF6000-memory.dmp

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memory/4020-25-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A56000-memory.dmp

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