Analysis

  • max time kernel
    122s
  • max time network
    129s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20250619-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20250619-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    02/10/2025, 12:31

General

  • Target
    PI.exe
  • Size 693KB
  • Sample251002-pp3mpswm13
  • SHA256 fa4036ae09207d287c5f19e218825ffa26b8a3e3f1a1b07435cab97efbac0feb
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • vipkeylogger

Credentials
C2
  • 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.

  • 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
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 3 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs

    Enumerate browser information.

  • 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.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PI.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PI.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5612
    • 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:252
    • 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:2116

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        PI.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\PI.exe.log
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 4c17576f64dea465c45a50573ee41771f7be9962ab2d07f961af4df5589bdcce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_ixasphxn.a2q.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ixasphxn.a2q.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/252-43-0x0000000007860000-0x0000000007EDA000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-29-0x0000000005EE0000-0x0000000005EFE000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-51-0x0000000007550000-0x0000000007558000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-50-0x0000000007560000-0x000000000757A000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-49-0x0000000007460000-0x0000000007475000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-30-0x0000000005F10000-0x0000000005F5C000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-48-0x0000000007450000-0x000000000745E000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-47-0x0000000007420000-0x0000000007431000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-46-0x00000000074A0000-0x0000000007536000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-45-0x0000000007290000-0x000000000729A000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-15-0x0000000004CF0000-0x0000000004D00000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-14-0x00000000026E0000-0x0000000002716000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-12-0x0000000004CF0000-0x0000000004D00000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-16-0x0000000005330000-0x000000000595A000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-17-0x0000000005130000-0x0000000005152000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-18-0x0000000005960000-0x00000000059C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-19-0x00000000059D0000-0x0000000005A36000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-44-0x0000000007210000-0x000000000722A000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-42-0x00000000070E0000-0x0000000007184000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-28-0x0000000005A40000-0x0000000005D97000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-41-0x00000000070C0000-0x00000000070DE000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-31-0x0000000007080000-0x00000000070B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/252-32-0x0000000070F40000-0x0000000070F8C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2116-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

        memory/2116-56-0x0000000006AF0000-0x0000000006B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2116-55-0x0000000006C70000-0x0000000006E32000-memory.dmp

        memory/2116-54-0x00000000058B0000-0x00000000058C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2116-13-0x00000000058B0000-0x00000000058C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5612-1-0x0000000005BE0000-0x0000000006186000-memory.dmp

        memory/5612-5-0x00000000058B0000-0x000000000594C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5612-2-0x0000000005630000-0x00000000056C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5612-6-0x0000000005A80000-0x0000000005A8C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5612-7-0x0000000005800000-0x0000000005810000-memory.dmp

        memory/5612-4-0x0000000005600000-0x000000000560A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5612-8-0x0000000008370000-0x00000000083FE000-memory.dmp

        memory/5612-0-0x0000000000AA0000-0x0000000000B54000-memory.dmp

        memory/5612-3-0x0000000005800000-0x0000000005810000-memory.dmp