Malware Analysis Report

2025-05-28 15:16

Sample ID 250517-1w6hqasjv5
Target 2025-05-17_cca5612050dd05593e619781a44a2e89_black-basta_cryptbot_elex_hawkeye_luca-stealer
SHA256 f3296dd91f848c1cc25bbc0ae8c4180e0457a623ec9ba4367d587c8d452a7726
Tags
phorphiex discovery loader persistence trojan worm
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V16

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

f3296dd91f848c1cc25bbc0ae8c4180e0457a623ec9ba4367d587c8d452a7726

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 2025-05-17_cca5612050dd05593e619781a44a2e89_black-basta_cryptbot_elex_hawkeye_luca-stealer was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

phorphiex discovery loader persistence trojan worm

Phorphiex, Phorpiex

Phorphiex family

Phorphiex payload

Downloads MZ/PE file

Executes dropped EXE

Adds Run key to start application

Drops file in Windows directory

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2025-05-17 22:01

Signatures

N/A

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2025-05-17 22:01

Reported

2025-05-17 22:03

Platform

win11-20250502-en

Max time kernel

148s

Max time network

150s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-17_cca5612050dd05593e619781a44a2e89_black-basta_cryptbot_elex_hawkeye_luca-stealer.exe"

Signatures

Phorphiex family

phorphiex

Phorphiex payload

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Phorphiex, Phorpiex

worm trojan loader phorphiex

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\630F.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3277515724.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe N/A

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Windows Settings = "C:\\Windows\\syscrondvr.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3277515724.exe N/A

Drops file in Windows directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3277515724.exe N/A
File opened for modification C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3277515724.exe N/A

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-17_cca5612050dd05593e619781a44a2e89_black-basta_cryptbot_elex_hawkeye_luca-stealer.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\630F.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3277515724.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 5184 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-17_cca5612050dd05593e619781a44a2e89_black-basta_cryptbot_elex_hawkeye_luca-stealer.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\630F.exe
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 5184 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-17_cca5612050dd05593e619781a44a2e89_black-basta_cryptbot_elex_hawkeye_luca-stealer.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\630F.exe
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 5184 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-17_cca5612050dd05593e619781a44a2e89_black-basta_cryptbot_elex_hawkeye_luca-stealer.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\630F.exe
PID 5184 wrote to memory of 4944 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\630F.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3277515724.exe
PID 5184 wrote to memory of 4944 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\630F.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3277515724.exe
PID 5184 wrote to memory of 4944 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\630F.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3277515724.exe
PID 4944 wrote to memory of 4348 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3277515724.exe C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe
PID 4944 wrote to memory of 4348 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3277515724.exe C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe
PID 4944 wrote to memory of 4348 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3277515724.exe C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe
PID 4388 wrote to memory of 1964 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe
PID 4388 wrote to memory of 1964 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe
PID 4388 wrote to memory of 1964 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-17_cca5612050dd05593e619781a44a2e89_black-basta_cryptbot_elex_hawkeye_luca-stealer.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-17_cca5612050dd05593e619781a44a2e89_black-basta_cryptbot_elex_hawkeye_luca-stealer.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\630F.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\630F.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3277515724.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3277515724.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe

C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe

C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe

C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe

C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
UA 185.156.72.39:80 185.156.72.39 tcp
UA 185.156.72.39:80 185.156.72.39 tcp
UA 185.156.72.39:80 185.156.72.39 tcp
NL 45.141.233.6:80 45.141.233.6 tcp
US 20.109.209.108:80 www.update.microsoft.com tcp
YE 109.200.163.33:40500 udp
IR 5.200.219.106:40500 tcp
IR 46.100.164.239:40500 udp
IR 46.245.4.254:40500 udp
RU 178.205.154.114:40500 udp
IR 46.21.87.136:40500 udp
IR 78.38.98.117:40500 udp
IR 185.124.112.123:40500 tcp
YE 178.130.123.186:40500 udp
EG 197.164.229.81:40500 udp
PK 39.46.155.182:40500 udp
MX 189.165.252.21:40500 udp
MX 189.167.17.208:40500 udp
KZ 5.251.244.13:40500 tcp
AO 129.122.132.126:40500 udp
KZ 2.133.162.140:40500 udp
KZ 213.211.89.188:40500 udp
RO 37.120.247.6:40500 udp
BA 5.43.127.65:40500 udp
TR 78.160.11.227:40500 tcp

Files

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\630F.exe

MD5 0ec46393976eb51f307cc11d80bae845
SHA1 69d4cb168f3a1b97c37a0ba1519d0adb1ff7e245
SHA256 252171bdaa35d19f872c165e861b03d347a4afb85d7a03d02f8eae09d191038d
SHA512 803351760e3c422e4825103235e13085004b3418b483a2c646aafaef62b7212a1ba4ed28469134a236c5b6121e6a748ba958bbae2dbe4afe9f9f45704928d31f

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3277515724.exe

MD5 f30fdbf3448f67cbc3566f31729cb7a6
SHA1 fbf005c38f4a1c2e86817a2cb70406fc241f2c90
SHA256 81783b558904becc5b86553faba9525070de5f43339766eb1c025bcfbfe1eef8
SHA512 b428df2c8f8b4a002c8d7e1bfd9926e5cf95ee998688a2c360b8551e80be5bfbfa17ef210bea35f247da4a5c8a940fb5dba49f4786da9a74e5d001b771c8e9a8

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2025-05-17 22:01

Reported

2025-05-17 22:03

Platform

win10v2004-20250502-en

Max time kernel

148s

Max time network

153s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-17_cca5612050dd05593e619781a44a2e89_black-basta_cryptbot_elex_hawkeye_luca-stealer.exe"

Signatures

Phorphiex family

phorphiex

Phorphiex payload

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Phorphiex, Phorpiex

worm trojan loader phorphiex

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5A93.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15548735.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe N/A

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Windows Settings = "C:\\Windows\\syscrondvr.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15548735.exe N/A

Drops file in Windows directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15548735.exe N/A
File opened for modification C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15548735.exe N/A

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-17_cca5612050dd05593e619781a44a2e89_black-basta_cryptbot_elex_hawkeye_luca-stealer.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5A93.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15548735.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 4532 wrote to memory of 4316 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-17_cca5612050dd05593e619781a44a2e89_black-basta_cryptbot_elex_hawkeye_luca-stealer.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5A93.exe
PID 4532 wrote to memory of 4316 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-17_cca5612050dd05593e619781a44a2e89_black-basta_cryptbot_elex_hawkeye_luca-stealer.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5A93.exe
PID 4532 wrote to memory of 4316 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-17_cca5612050dd05593e619781a44a2e89_black-basta_cryptbot_elex_hawkeye_luca-stealer.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5A93.exe
PID 4316 wrote to memory of 2224 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5A93.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15548735.exe
PID 4316 wrote to memory of 2224 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5A93.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15548735.exe
PID 4316 wrote to memory of 2224 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5A93.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15548735.exe
PID 2224 wrote to memory of 3640 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15548735.exe C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe
PID 2224 wrote to memory of 3640 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15548735.exe C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe
PID 2224 wrote to memory of 3640 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15548735.exe C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe
PID 3408 wrote to memory of 4448 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe
PID 3408 wrote to memory of 4448 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe
PID 3408 wrote to memory of 4448 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-17_cca5612050dd05593e619781a44a2e89_black-basta_cryptbot_elex_hawkeye_luca-stealer.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-17_cca5612050dd05593e619781a44a2e89_black-basta_cryptbot_elex_hawkeye_luca-stealer.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5A93.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5A93.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15548735.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15548735.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe

C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe

C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe

C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe

C:\Windows\syscrondvr.exe

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
UA 185.156.72.39:80 185.156.72.39 tcp
GB 2.18.27.76:443 www.bing.com tcp
UA 185.156.72.39:80 185.156.72.39 tcp
UA 185.156.72.39:80 185.156.72.39 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 tse1.mm.bing.net udp
US 150.171.27.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 150.171.27.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 150.171.27.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 150.171.27.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 150.171.27.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
NL 45.141.233.6:80 45.141.233.6 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 www.update.microsoft.com udp
US 20.109.209.108:80 www.update.microsoft.com tcp
YE 134.35.238.16:40500 udp
KZ 5.251.1.70:40500 tcp
KZ 178.88.251.92:40500 udp
MX 201.114.164.3:40500 udp
YE 78.137.66.141:40500 udp
RU 89.232.86.84:40500 udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 c.pki.goog udp
GB 142.250.178.3:80 c.pki.goog tcp
KZ 89.218.186.142:40500 udp
SY 82.137.199.137:40500 tcp
IR 212.120.199.18:40500 udp
KG 212.112.121.59:40500 udp
UZ 94.141.68.204:40500 udp
KZ 5.76.12.137:40500 udp
AO 154.71.244.54:40500 udp
KZ 92.47.62.86:40500 tcp
KZ 37.150.50.52:40500 udp
YE 134.35.166.30:40500 udp
YE 178.130.81.52:40500 udp
IR 151.234.195.94:40500 udp
SG 216.107.138.162:40500 udp
UZ 217.30.163.6:40500 tcp

Files

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5A93.exe

MD5 0ec46393976eb51f307cc11d80bae845
SHA1 69d4cb168f3a1b97c37a0ba1519d0adb1ff7e245
SHA256 252171bdaa35d19f872c165e861b03d347a4afb85d7a03d02f8eae09d191038d
SHA512 803351760e3c422e4825103235e13085004b3418b483a2c646aafaef62b7212a1ba4ed28469134a236c5b6121e6a748ba958bbae2dbe4afe9f9f45704928d31f

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15548735.exe

MD5 f30fdbf3448f67cbc3566f31729cb7a6
SHA1 fbf005c38f4a1c2e86817a2cb70406fc241f2c90
SHA256 81783b558904becc5b86553faba9525070de5f43339766eb1c025bcfbfe1eef8
SHA512 b428df2c8f8b4a002c8d7e1bfd9926e5cf95ee998688a2c360b8551e80be5bfbfa17ef210bea35f247da4a5c8a940fb5dba49f4786da9a74e5d001b771c8e9a8