General

  • Target
    9544aea8f1b315d809504fe127868d755e3ea86a244b240b19b70149cf925dc7.exe
  • Size 5.0MB
  • Sample260819-dpy4qswalg
  • SHA256 9544aea8f1b315d809504fe127868d755e3ea86a244b240b19b70149cf925dc7
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      9544aea8f1b315d809504fe127868d755e3ea86a244b240b19b70149cf925dc7.exe
    • Size 5.0MB
    • SHA256 9544aea8f1b315d809504fe127868d755e3ea86a244b240b19b70149cf925dc7
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Family: xmrig

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

    • Modifies security service

    • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess

    • XMRig Miner payload

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

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

    • Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL

    • Sets service image path in registry

      This determines the executable launched when a service starts. It can be used to establish persistence.

    • Creates new service(s)

    • Cryptocurrency Miner

      Makes network request to known mining pool URL.

    • Deletes itself

    • Disables service(s)

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Stops running service(s)

    • Power Settings

      powercfg controls all configurable power system settings on a Windows system and can be abused to prevent an infected host from locking or shutting down.

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks