General

  • Target
    Synaptics.exe.bin
  • Size 764KB
  • Sample260814-3clqbatepd
  • SHA256 4e5cc8cb98584335400d00f0a0803c3e0202761f3fbe50bcab3858a80df255e1
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xred

C2
  • xred.mooo.com

Attributes
  • email

    [email protected]

  • payload_url

    http://freedns.afraid.org/api/?action=getdyndns&sha=a30fa98efc092684e8d1c5cff797bcc613562978

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1w4p8gc6jzo0sg/SUpdate.ini?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SUpdate.ini

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVzUyaHFYVkQxeFk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/zhp1b06imehwylq/Synaptics.rar?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/Synaptics.rar

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSTmlVYkxhSDg5TzQ&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/fzj752whr3ontsm/SSLLibrary.dll?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SSLLibrary.dll

Extracted

Family
  • umbral

Version
  • v1.3

C2
  • https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1309109349976772669/btEqlDM2ocrsuktKkKj31Gmh1CdwZzJyC0Kemkugf6P7NQd4BBhHTJ1dF0IUeMDACNjF

Extracted

Family
  • phorphiex

C2
  • http://178.16.54.109

Extracted

Family
  • redline

Botnet
  • LiveTraffoc

C2
  • 4.185.56.82:42687

Extracted

Family
  • phorphiex

C2
  • http://178.16.54.109/spmm/

Mutex
  • 975595

Attributes
  • user_agent

    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/202.0.4664.110 Safari/537.36

Extracted

Family
  • xworm

C2
  • 193.222.96.30:4040

Attributes
  • Install_directory

    %LocalAppData%

  • install_file

    USB.exe

  • telegram

    https://api.telegram.org/bot6703930852:AAHkGtAzjTv18cTE6yjZ0UbhefLu4Fjl9Gc

Extracted

Family
  • needle_stealer

C2
  • http://130.12.180.135:3000/api/v2

Attributes
  • api_key

    alk_2f668968ee87e7d30f8b996112bebef880cfe8626af9c1d8d53e0f719e47be4f

  • base_extension

    false

  • self_destruct

    false

Extracted

Path
  • C:\$Recycle.Bin\HOW_TO_DECRYPT.txt

  • hive

Ransom Note
  • Your network has been breached and all data is encrypted. To decrypt all the data you will need to purchase our decryption software. Please contact our sales department at: http://hivecust6vhekztbqgdnkks64ucehqacge3dij3gyrrpdp57zoq3ooqd.onion/ Login: EQA9oydTxwXS Password: vNtgAgb3kMFmCooANNQr Follow the guidelines below to avoid losing your data: - Do not shutdown or reboot your computers, unmount external storages. - Do not try to decrypt data using third party software. It may cause irreversible damage. - Do not fool yourself. Encryption has perfect secrecy and it's impossible to decrypt without knowing the key. - Do not modify, rename or delete *.key.hive files. Your data will be undecryptable. - Do not modify or rename encrypted files. You will lose them. - Do not report to authorities. The negotiation process will be terminated immediately and the key will be erased. - Do not reject to purchase. Your sensitive data will be publicly disclosed at http://hiveleakdbtnp76ulyhi52eag6c6tyc3xw7ez7iqy6wc34gd2nekazyd.onion/
URLs
  • http://hivecust6vhekztbqgdnkks64ucehqacge3dij3gyrrpdp57zoq3ooqd.onion/

  • http://hiveleakdbtnp76ulyhi52eag6c6tyc3xw7ez7iqy6wc34gd2nekazyd.onion/

Targets

    • Target
      Synaptics.exe.bin
    • Size 764KB
    • SHA256 4e5cc8cb98584335400d00f0a0803c3e0202761f3fbe50bcab3858a80df255e1
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Detect Xworm Payload

    • Detects Go variant of Hive Ransomware

    • Detects NeedleStealer payload

    • Detects Umbral payload

    • Family: Cobaltstrike

      Detected malicious payload which is part of Cobaltstrike.

    • Family: Hive

      A ransomware written in Golang first seen in June 2021.

    • Family: NeedleStealer

      NeedleStealer is a modular stealer written in Golang.

    • Family: Phorphiex, Phorpiex

      Phorphiex or Phorpiex Malware family which infects systems to distribute other malicious payloads such as ransomware, stealers and cryptominers.

    • Family: RedLine

      RedLine Stealer is a malware family written in C#, first appearing in early 2020.

    • Family: Umbral

      Umbral stealer is an open-source modular stealer written in C#.

    • Family: Xred

      Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.

    • Family: Xworm

      Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

    • RedLine payload

    • Badlisted process makes network request

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

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

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

    • Disables one or more Microsoft Defender components

      Uses the Powershell Set-MpPreference cmdlet to disable one or more Microsoft Defender components.

    • Downloads MZ/PE file

    • Signed with revoked ConnectWise certificate

      Binary is signed using a ConnectWise certificate revoked for key compromise.

    • Suspicious Office macro

      Office document equipped with macros.

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Disables automatic submission of suspicious files to Microsoft by Windows Defender

      Uses the Powershell Set-MpPreference cmdlet to prevent Windows Defender from automatically sending files to Microsoft for analysis.

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • 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.

    • Indicator Removal: File Deletion

      Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.

    • Looks up external IP address via web service

      Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    • Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host.

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

    • UPX packed file

      Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks