General

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • vidar

Version
  • 2.9

Botnet
  • e9bf104a963da535b0fb5aaebe6f06e1

C2
  • https://62.238.97.30

  • https://telegram.me/j0tt0s

  • https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198660175584

Attributes
  • user_agent

    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 Safari/537.36 Edg/144.0.0.0

Targets

    • Family: Vidar

      Vidar is an infostealer based on Arkei stealer.

    • Family: xmrig

      XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

    • Enumerates VirtualBox registry keys

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

    • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry

    • XMRig Miner payload

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

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

    • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

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

    • 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

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Reads user/profile data of web browsers

      Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

    • Themida packer

      Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

    • Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files

      Steal credentials from unsecured files.

    • Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting

    • 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.

    • Drops desktop.ini file(s)

    • Enumerates connected drives

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

    • Looks up external IP address via web service

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

    • Network Service Discovery

      Attempt to gather information on host's network.

    • Discovers running processes

      Running process information can be used to identify security tools or plan follow-on actions.

    • Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host.

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

    • UPX packed file

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

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks