General

  • Target
    windhawk_setup.exe
  • Size 11.0MB
  • Sample260420-jph1eact2k
  • SHA256 5116cc1703384aac88b8d7a3b57f172aea5da32b6df7355fb2f8247d23813c8f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      windhawk_setup.exe
    • Size 11.0MB
    • SHA256 5116cc1703384aac88b8d7a3b57f172aea5da32b6df7355fb2f8247d23813c8f
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess

    • Indicator Removal: Clear Windows Event Logs

      Clear Windows Event Logs to hide the activity of an intrusion.

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

      Using powershell.exe command.

    • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2

      Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

    • Downloads MZ/PE file

    • Network Share Discovery

      Attempt to gather information on host network.

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    • Target
      $LOCALAPPDATA/Windhawk/Engine/Mods/32/windhawk-mod-shim.dll
    • Size 80KB
    • SHA256 1c0e8105bdfb3c6a7f3a2ebd2f25e38e7c23dd66619364a3fe620e6603a0ba2d
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    • Target
      $LOCALAPPDATA/Windhawk/Engine/Mods/64/windhawk-mod-shim.dll
    • Size 88KB
    • SHA256 cb4808ede8e31abb5142657187ebf51449331112c1679a3bca6792d6d1fe09bf
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    • Target
      $PLUGINSDIR/AccessControl.dll
    • Size 15KB
    • SHA256 5fd5d8aec97cffaad9b7df6371b348d436cf1401e86fab614dc4cb8575428e52
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    • Target
      Compiler/include/wil/windowing.h
    • Size 5KB
    • SHA256 1a998285702f7fe94c5c4173d469a209b04555dbae3c5bec7162d68b8a7a138c
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    • Target
      Compiler/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/libc++.dll
    • Size 2.0MB
    • SHA256 74c541f76732d738642072e90f26343e44d66d97bb258db76f2f3bee7e30060c
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    • Target
      Compiler/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/libunwind.dll
    • Size 211KB
    • SHA256 6e6d1e74d17ee361b3f3661faa3d07fa7597257df1cd3dd360719222e54aa36c
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    • Target
      Compiler/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/windhawk-mod-shim.dll
    • Size 88KB
    • SHA256 cb4808ede8e31abb5142657187ebf51449331112c1679a3bca6792d6d1fe09bf
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/32/msdia140_windhawk.dll
    • Size 2.1MB
    • SHA256 d9c4fd69f7bc0bf1f9066df0502a57de5f6d73dfff99c9fe5c75b491aecee86b
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/32/symsrv_windhawk.dll
    • Size 320KB
    • SHA256 7a9fadded044916c645789a1e7185b0bc83f226052dc93015d59826541dcfa4a
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/32/windhawk.dll
    • Size 905KB
    • SHA256 67cdaaf26d342b3f2a2a84ea6f7474ac43340711675b66edef34cc3fcee1ea8f
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/64/msdia140_windhawk.dll
    • Size 2.1MB
    • SHA256 6465aca7b9a162726ca98c6e633fc70b8cb2a8c0a4f90c2b32e0ca99fb5f9cf8
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • 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.

    • Target
      Engine/$R1/64/symsrv_windhawk.dll
    • Size 422KB
    • SHA256 67bdff85d161888f2c6a8a385f9b35aa1c1c231ed3b59c01fa54f598ac37d374
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/64/windhawk.dll
    • Size 956KB
    • SHA256 0aad074caf156200be7a77e4615f9171cea884cde96baf90397366c28c4f10a1
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/arm64/msdia140_windhawk.dll
    • Size 4.8MB
    • SHA256 385ce9aae0dc0cdcbfa21e86abca5a9ea4a7fbf891d43b51852fa7d023a629cf
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/arm64/symsrv_windhawk.dll
    • Size 708KB
    • SHA256 97610e918b8f33fa5ce3b337512534d817057f1bcbed257241aca0c7f30c65ea
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/arm64/windhawk.dll
    • Size 1.7MB
    • SHA256 60c72a84289f333704c8e35d21e7b1362d0481c426041daac0e5eb7af7d13c1c
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    • Target
      UI/resources/app/extensions/clangd/out/bundle.js
    • Size 797KB
    • SHA256 4537d7e62ce3fd248775b44a8df926d183417767d83510f3ec96193d2bdc8400
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    • Target
      UI/resources/app/extensions/windhawk/webview/logo-white.8c7b2e26389a94a26b1ffdd44cf241b6.svg
    • Size 1KB
    • SHA256 1b7ccaa82d8497ad2fb85b0ce31eaeb6a5cad46a8b63ec451211c59634dc8193
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
    Score
    6/10
    • Network Share Discovery

      Attempt to gather information on host network.

    • Target
      UI/resources/app/extensions/windhawk/webview/main.00022388fd0b5324.js
    • Size 5.4MB
    • SHA256 a772f98f408cc230e29d6dbebfadffac92310fe4d7220752262c09d6776dba2d
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    • Target
      UI/resources/app/extensions/windhawk/webview/polyfills.40a6837842596b27.js
    • Size 169KB
    • SHA256 cff2446e6c40f4151ba3b7a568c0a361a5da31423f242085cb10fe938e5a4281
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    • Target
      UI/resources/app/extensions/windhawk/webview/runtime.6e3546d6c0e0e892.js
    • Size 3KB
    • SHA256 856bec59e1cea6b7e36d128de2e393eec8548aa8d75b5a389a72195373865bb7
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    • Target
      UI/resources/app/out/vs/code/electron-main/main.js
    • Size 931KB
    • SHA256 28a11360c6381cdbda5d6110d45d48e080f57ef831c958d928b3fe7fe9745c03
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    • Target
      UI/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/browser/media/code-icon.svg
    • Size 2KB
    • SHA256 469bee8975d893e4085d00d9a59fbc09c14b0c1bcb47f3292b611a24ee703193
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
    Score
    4/10
    • Target
      UI/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/media/letterpress-dark.svg
    • Size 2KB
    • SHA256 3d88dc275cd053bb28435aff34bc98a5bae0ae755d2bbb7f4dc09c324a40c63c
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
    Score
    4/10
    • Target
      UI/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/media/letterpress-hcDark.svg
    • Size 2KB
    • SHA256 c26bdd09e6c461fff0b553777c4515bdda9befd69cff7b1530b102dbdd85a48c
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
    Score
    4/10
    • Target
      UI/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/media/letterpress-hcLight.svg
    • Size 2KB
    • SHA256 fe3f5dcfe0c6220932918777540fdbe2acb3f8229a56129fab2e0b4d08977c09
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
    Score
    4/10
    • Target
      UI/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/media/letterpress-light.svg
    • Size 2KB
    • SHA256 c46688c88a6e90f0b48043dbb42e533097fac1a62d3b73b60083c3a2a492f589
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
    Score
    4/10
    • Target
      UI/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js
    • Size 11.0MB
    • SHA256 6bea55d21c1a94193a811941c59db4370fb875e90e11b1955c087f1d046f693e
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    • Target
      uninstall.exe
    • Size 432KB
    • SHA256 ec6cba90113312562fe5b91bfd13b32b8d34d143c7e284403c2326574c244e6b
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    4/10
    • Target
      windhawk-x64-helper.exe
    • Size 18KB
    • SHA256 d8f771ca3bf96dadb24767603acf01255c2b3bc509c9d7faf463edc388dbcd99
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    • Target
      windhawk.exe
    • Size 815KB
    • SHA256 52db87dee0160a13cf51e31bee6320da09767582f1f359f8cf9a787d1228bf44
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks

static1

Score
3/10

behavioral1

defense_evasiondiscoveryexecutionpersistence
Score
10/10

behavioral2

discovery
Score
3/10

behavioral3

Score
1/10

behavioral4

discovery
Score
3/10

behavioral5

execution
Score
3/10

behavioral6

Score
1/10

behavioral7

Score
1/10

behavioral8

Score
1/10

behavioral9

discovery
Score
3/10

behavioral10

discovery
Score
3/10

behavioral11

discovery
Score
3/10

behavioral12

persistenceprivilege_escalation
Score
5/10

behavioral13

Score
1/10

behavioral14

Score
1/10

behavioral15

Score
1/10

behavioral16

Score
1/10

behavioral17

Score
1/10

behavioral18

execution
Score
3/10

behavioral19

discovery
Score
6/10

behavioral20

execution
Score
3/10

behavioral21

execution
Score
3/10

behavioral22

execution
Score
3/10

behavioral23

execution
Score
3/10

behavioral24

discovery
Score
4/10

behavioral25

discovery
Score
4/10

behavioral26

discovery
Score
4/10

behavioral27

discovery
Score
4/10

behavioral28

discovery
Score
4/10

behavioral29

execution
Score
3/10

behavioral30

discovery
Score
4/10

behavioral31

Score
1/10

behavioral32

discovery
Score
3/10