Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
139s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20251015-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20251015-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system - submitted
21/10/2025, 06:07
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20251016-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe
Resource
win11-20251015-en
General
- Target MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe
- Size 630KB
- Sample251021-gvmvfa1qer
- SHA256 516caa5876ff1a9e76d69c69967090ff8556283402109bc76e5e5d896bbc5a0b
- MD5 dacb48d3616556709544bb9d99540b6b
- SHA1 4607f2ed34f87698b4496b0f488e959fd1cc16de
- SHA512 b08c26ad046637afec556f7c731e56cb47e779d0149bba2757acfd0e4a05a63b2cf64ec292f963c9eaee8c74fbe36e70f0f672319f9e64db80e5d695184b950f
- SSDEEP 12288:QBBf7uybfFa0cuxP6iXSI8bOV3Jo6qpVwQIfrnbiHo7Pv:Qvf7uyTFa1YPPXH7oFnUrbOWH
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Malware Config
Extracted
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snakekeylogger
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Protocol
smtp
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Host
lavilla.co.ke
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Port
587
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Username
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Password
aHk3NnZGdHpyNTRQa0p1ODdCdnpndHJmemQK
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Email to
Signatures
- Snake Keylogger
Keylogger and Infostealer first seen in November 2020.
- Snake Keylogger payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/420-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000426000-memory.dmp family_snakekeylogger - Snakekeylogger family
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.
pid Process 4260 powershell.exe 2504 powershell.exe - Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
pid Process 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 4624 bsmlwzD.exe 4776 bsmlwzD.exe 4772 bsmlwzD.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 6 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2631871815-168557882-4268713161-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2631871815-168557882-4268713161-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 bsmlwzD.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2631871815-168557882-4268713161-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 bsmlwzD.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2631871815-168557882-4268713161-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 bsmlwzD.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2631871815-168557882-4268713161-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2631871815-168557882-4268713161-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe - Looks up external IP address via web service 5 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
flow ioc 1 reallyfreegeoip.org 3 reallyfreegeoip.org 5 checkip.dyndns.org 7 reallyfreegeoip.org 1 checkip.dyndns.org - SmartAssembly .NET packer 1 IoCs
Detects SmartAssembly .NET packer.
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/2548-6-0x0000000005880000-0x0000000005896000-memory.dmp SmartAssembly - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2548 set thread context of 420 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 84 PID 4872 set thread context of 4772 4872 bsmlwzD.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 8 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 powershell.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language schtasks.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language bsmlwzD.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language schtasks.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language powershell.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language bsmlwzD.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 2656 schtasks.exe 3140 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs
pid Process 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 4260 powershell.exe 420 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 4260 powershell.exe 420 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 2504 powershell.exe 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 2504 powershell.exe 4772 bsmlwzD.exe 4772 bsmlwzD.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4260 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 420 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4872 bsmlwzD.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2504 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4772 bsmlwzD.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 40 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2548 wrote to memory of 4260 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 78 PID 2548 wrote to memory of 4260 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 78 PID 2548 wrote to memory of 4260 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 78 PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2656 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 80 PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2656 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 80 PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2656 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 80 PID 2548 wrote to memory of 5632 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 82 PID 2548 wrote to memory of 5632 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 82 PID 2548 wrote to memory of 5632 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 82 PID 2548 wrote to memory of 1100 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 83 PID 2548 wrote to memory of 1100 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 83 PID 2548 wrote to memory of 1100 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 83 PID 2548 wrote to memory of 420 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 84 PID 2548 wrote to memory of 420 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 84 PID 2548 wrote to memory of 420 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 84 PID 2548 wrote to memory of 420 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 84 PID 2548 wrote to memory of 420 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 84 PID 2548 wrote to memory of 420 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 84 PID 2548 wrote to memory of 420 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 84 PID 2548 wrote to memory of 420 2548 MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe 84 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 2504 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 87 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 2504 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 87 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 2504 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 87 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 3140 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 89 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 3140 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 89 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 3140 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 89 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 4776 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 91 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 4776 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 91 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 4776 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 91 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 4624 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 92 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 4624 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 92 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 4624 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 92 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 4772 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 93 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 4772 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 93 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 4772 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 93 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 4772 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 93 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 4772 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 93 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 4772 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 93 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 4772 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 93 PID 4872 wrote to memory of 4772 4872 bsmlwzD.exe 93 - outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2631871815-168557882-4268713161-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 bsmlwzD.exe - outlook_win_path 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2631871815-168557882-4268713161-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 bsmlwzD.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2548 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bsmlwzD.exe"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4260
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\bsmlwzD" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpD4C5.tmp"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2656
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe"2⤵PID:5632
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe"2⤵PID:1100
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MT APPOLO PARTICULARS.exe"2⤵
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:420
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bsmlwzD.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bsmlwzD.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4872 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bsmlwzD.exe"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2504
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\bsmlwzD" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp1AB7.tmp"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:3140
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bsmlwzD.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bsmlwzD.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4776
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bsmlwzD.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bsmlwzD.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4624
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bsmlwzD.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bsmlwzD.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- outlook_office_path
- outlook_win_path
PID:4772
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1PowerShell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Credential 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\powershell.exe.log
- Size 2KB
- SHA256 9600b3fdf0565ccb49e21656aa4b24d7c18f776bfd04d9ee984b134707550f02
- MD5 d0c46cad6c0778401e21910bd6b56b70
- SHA1 7be418951ea96326aca445b8dfe449b2bfa0dca6
- SHA512 057531b468f7fbbb2175a696a8aab274dec0d17d9f71df309edcff35e064f3378050066a3df47ccd03048fac461594ec75e3d4fe64f9dd79949d129f51e02949
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 18KB
- SHA256 8f95688987056149e521c1d3ed84b011e949be4e37a4792248fb728e6aadd9dd
- MD5 281d487af1638d8a6056535e0478f51d
- SHA1 052e37aba0d0fda178a1e5db91292a70b30720cf
- SHA512 0d1d74d71eee14ae7546d8a88e512ecb90811000bac097c64e1dc130875eef963ff36dde12c2d716e5f7df72ea8d6d34f7f91a13658f67338ea03ab893580d3a
- SSDEEP 384:HL3HhsSS1rbbJ5FRHEMEMyh7HByNvjs2xtgPN6h2D9l9EAu0iFFX:rySSNbJ3RPElb2vj7xtg16hul9EAu0Y
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_0urg205j.fqa.ps1
- Size 60B
- SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
- MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
- SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
- SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpD4C5.tmp
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 23f5933056a8ea2ed9f2b22e472e32c196152900b2c7f85417b291ca586379e4
- MD5 42c05cec32400a8b0a83114910fd727d
- SHA1 5d18e2b477bff311774d1ca0d647c63c5a4c52b3
- SHA512 4ce6d10878c48919b85451cf44b322a96d0a01af27cf0e46c9f905e34e9d6858d51e401369ebc40e759fadb40e11d458b236d6ce228aeedd08fe088f33d8b20b
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bsmlwzD.exe
- Size 630KB
- SHA256 516caa5876ff1a9e76d69c69967090ff8556283402109bc76e5e5d896bbc5a0b
- MD5 dacb48d3616556709544bb9d99540b6b
- SHA1 4607f2ed34f87698b4496b0f488e959fd1cc16de
- SHA512 b08c26ad046637afec556f7c731e56cb47e779d0149bba2757acfd0e4a05a63b2cf64ec292f963c9eaee8c74fbe36e70f0f672319f9e64db80e5d695184b950f
- SSDEEP 12288:QBBf7uybfFa0cuxP6iXSI8bOV3Jo6qpVwQIfrnbiHo7Pv:Qvf7uyTFa1YPPXH7oFnUrbOWH
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP