Checks BIOS information in registry

BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Checks computer location settings

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Credentials from Password Stores: Windows Credential Manager

Suspicious access to Credentials History.

Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking

Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

Executes dropped EXE

Impair Defenses: Safe Mode Boot

Loads dropped DLL

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

Unexpected DNS network traffic destination

Network traffic to other servers than the configured DNS servers was detected on the DNS port.

Checks installed software on the system

Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

Checks whether UAC is enabled

Enumerates connected drives

Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

ConfuserEx .NET packer

Detects ConfuserEx .NET packer.

Drops file in System32 directory

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger