General

  • Target
    https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/vx-underground-main/Builders/WarzoneRat/WARZONE%20RAT%203.03.7z?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=005e2c099359ccf0000000004%2F20260720%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260720T014901Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=47da8600328fcc20d4077e7009627f89673a969a388ba817c6072846fb7d2e93
  • Sample260720-b875msev7s

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/vx-underground-main/Builders/WarzoneRat/WARZONE%20RAT%203.03.7z?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=005e2c099359ccf0000000004%2F20260720%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260720T014901Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=47da8600328fcc20d4077e7009627f89673a969a388ba817c6072846fb7d2e93
    • Family: WarzoneRat, AveMaria

      WarzoneRat is a native RAT developed in C++ with multiple plugins sold as a MaaS.

    • Warzone RAT payload

    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup

      Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

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

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • 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.

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks