General

  • Target
    vortex.zip
  • Size 3.5MB
  • Sample260703-ldmkkabt7j
  • SHA256 32d5831f16e34b20896165f384237a8aa1e0a868a1c02c8350b00757564e760e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      Vortex/Bootstrapper.exe
    • Size 3.5MB
    • SHA256 a958590ad4a3505caf86fa8f473dc4ff11081d8b03b0cf850efece9e00a9dd96
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

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

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Themida packer

      Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2

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

    • Enumerates connected drives

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

    • Network Share Discovery

      Attempt to gather information on host network.

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks