General

  • Target
    ainstall-setup63tt0012.zip
  • Size 5.8MB
  • Sample260709-ahxesabx7x
  • SHA256 ee128fe98768a6e97ebbffdb97b4ed79d0b631c50fd02a9d3e6f76013ce60ea9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      ainstall-setup63tt0012.msi
    • Size 6.0MB
    • SHA256 b1b586b20083208212a9b083e8afd97ce32651703447c6f54c2317857782bce2
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Windows security bypass

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

      Run Powershell and hide display window.

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

      Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

    • Drops file in Drivers directory

    • Possible privilege escalation attempt

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Disables service(s)

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Modifies file permissions

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • Badlisted process makes network request

      Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

    • Enumerates connected drives

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

    • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence

      Clear artifacts associated with previously established persistence like scheduletasks on a host.

    • Drops file in System32 directory

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks