Analysis

  • max time kernel
    898s
  • max time network
    900s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20250619-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20250619-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    07/10/2025, 19:41

General

  • Target
    BitcoinGenerator.exe
  • Size 190KB
  • Sample251007-yd535askz3
  • SHA256 515cb7f19d5273972f71c0f25c8ea05f0bba3608efd9b8db0734f9214cc18518
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • limerat

Wallets
  • 1MQLGFqwsmwXELfrdBw6kXkr3GgpfQzW4m

Attributes
  • aes_key

    NYANCAT

  • antivm

    false

  • c2_url

    https://pastebin.com/raw/DDTVwwbu

  • delay

    3

  • download_payload

    false

  • install

    true

  • install_name

    system.exe

  • main_folder

    AppData

  • pin_spread

    true

  • sub_folder

    \

  • usb_spread

    true

Signatures

  • LimeRAT

    Simple yet powerful RAT for Windows machines written in .NET.

  • Limerat family
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BitcoinGenerator.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BitcoinGenerator.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5824
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      schtasks /create /f /sc ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /tn LimeRAT-Admin /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\system.exe'"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:5368
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\system.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\system.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3308

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        system.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\system.exe
        • Size 190KB
        • SHA256 515cb7f19d5273972f71c0f25c8ea05f0bba3608efd9b8db0734f9214cc18518
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/3308-14-0x00000000056A0000-0x00000000056B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-15-0x0000000007000000-0x0000000007092000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-16-0x00000000056A0000-0x00000000056B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5824-0-0x0000000000DB0000-0x0000000000DE6000-memory.dmp

        memory/5824-1-0x0000000005710000-0x00000000057AC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5824-2-0x00000000057B0000-0x0000000005816000-memory.dmp

        memory/5824-3-0x00000000059B0000-0x00000000059C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5824-4-0x00000000063F0000-0x0000000006996000-memory.dmp