Analysis
- max time kernel
122s - max time network
137s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20250619-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250619-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system - submitted
02/10/2025, 12:31
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
PI.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250619-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
PI.exe
Resource
win11-20250619-en
General
- Target PI.exe
- Size 693KB
- Sample251002-pp3mpswm13
- SHA256 fa4036ae09207d287c5f19e218825ffa26b8a3e3f1a1b07435cab97efbac0feb
- MD5 8b0bd1b2fed0bd492236a09be29d35eb
- SHA1 d61addfdd5f61f221dfda886db7ab0681a58abca
- SHA512 df99744febbb32e253a101453a9d076be35a440dba9df3fa37b7bf1582ce8e1eb2f27588e2f702e54998ab84ee26dca9811a529994db52a49ad95236ee5edad2
- SSDEEP 12288:d9FfvNIgIcfosdEXBXIqG4mLiyWIgnIuWbTG7jBV:d9NvNxAsEB8PLijWU7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Malware Config
Extracted
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vipkeylogger
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Protocol
smtp
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Host
hosting2.ro.hostsailor.com
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Port
587
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Username
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Password
7213575aceACE@@#
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Email to
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https://api.telegram.org/bot8099843793:AAGeYKMLti1IpyT9o6bz7OtgdXF9md25uXA/sendMessage?chat_id=6337180137
Signatures
- VIPKeylogger
VIPKeylogger is a keylogger and infostealer written in C# and it resembles SnakeKeylogger that was found in 2020.
- Vipkeylogger family
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.
pid Process 808 powershell.exe - Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3008489981-1977616533-741913813-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation PI.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.
- Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3008489981-1977616533-741913813-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 PI.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3008489981-1977616533-741913813-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 PI.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3008489981-1977616533-741913813-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 PI.exe - Looks up external IP address via web service 3 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
flow ioc 23 reallyfreegeoip.org 19 checkip.dyndns.org 22 reallyfreegeoip.org - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3560 set thread context of 3036 3560 PI.exe 93 - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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 PI.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language PI.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language powershell.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
pid Process 3036 PI.exe 808 powershell.exe 808 powershell.exe 3036 PI.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3036 PI.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 808 powershell.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3560 wrote to memory of 808 3560 PI.exe 91 PID 3560 wrote to memory of 808 3560 PI.exe 91 PID 3560 wrote to memory of 808 3560 PI.exe 91 PID 3560 wrote to memory of 3036 3560 PI.exe 93 PID 3560 wrote to memory of 3036 3560 PI.exe 93 PID 3560 wrote to memory of 3036 3560 PI.exe 93 PID 3560 wrote to memory of 3036 3560 PI.exe 93 PID 3560 wrote to memory of 3036 3560 PI.exe 93 PID 3560 wrote to memory of 3036 3560 PI.exe 93 PID 3560 wrote to memory of 3036 3560 PI.exe 93 PID 3560 wrote to memory of 3036 3560 PI.exe 93 - outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3008489981-1977616533-741913813-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 PI.exe - outlook_win_path 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3008489981-1977616533-741913813-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 PI.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PI.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PI.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3560 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PI.exe"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:808
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PI.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PI.exe"2⤵
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- outlook_office_path
- outlook_win_path
PID:3036
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
2Credentials In Files
2Replay Monitor
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\PI.exe.log
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 7667e538030e3f8ce2886e47a01af24cb0ea70528b1e821c5d8832c5076cb982
- MD5 8ec831f3e3a3f77e4a7b9cd32b48384c
- SHA1 d83f09fd87c5bd86e045873c231c14836e76a05c
- SHA512 26bffa2406b66368bd412bf25869a792631455645992cdcade2dbc13a2e56fb546414a6a9223b94c96c38d89187add6678d4779a88b38b0c9e36be8527b213c3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ooubvnz4.gng.ps1
- Size 60B
- SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
- MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
- SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
- SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512