General

  • Target
    CrypteX Advanced.rar
  • Size 2.6MB
  • Sample260812-qcqcaach34
  • SHA256 c432fdcb2365b0fcc4771545def56b14abd40ceaf4adc1ce1d79aa17e1874e6b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      CrypteX Advanced/Cryptex_Advanced-V3.0.5.exe
    • Size 226KB
    • SHA256 0653ac196ef55f89a855611e3bf205445317d01052afb7d062c01d360b04cebf
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

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

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Creates a file in the Startup directory

      A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • SmartAssembly .NET packer

      Detects SmartAssembly .NET packer.

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

    • Target
      CrypteX Advanced/Mono.Cecil.dll
    • Size 265KB
    • SHA256 7289271edf046a1b256dae978082fd775d5d84be50d2fac7cd650de4acb7fff3
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    • Target
      CrypteX Advanced/data/Ionic.Zip.dll
    • Size 480KB
    • SHA256 17bb0c9be45289a2be56a5f5a68ec9891d7792b886e0054bc86d57fe84d01c89
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    • Target
      CrypteX Advanced/data/Launcher.exe
    • Size 53KB
    • SHA256 0d87b9b141a592711c52e7409ec64de3ab296cddc890be761d9af57cea381b32
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

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

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Creates a file in the Startup directory

      A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • SmartAssembly .NET packer

      Detects SmartAssembly .NET packer.

    • Target
      CrypteX Advanced/data/Mono.Cecil.dll
    • Size 265KB
    • SHA256 7289271edf046a1b256dae978082fd775d5d84be50d2fac7cd650de4acb7fff3
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    • Target
      CrypteX Advanced/data/ca3.exe
    • Size 2.0MB
    • SHA256 443c5ab7c95bbd78df4cce9a90e93a22b92f4bc1fb52de25efce12ad1d526740
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    5/10
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks