General

  • Target
    Exploration and Colonization in Georgia Vocabulary.pdf
  • Size 69KB
  • Sample260903-qx5mpsyarc
  • SHA256 246a4e0608a44e90074db9cbe4ac792c0518d537f0a4b5f924240fe0dfc86f7e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      Exploration and Colonization in Georgia Vocabulary.pdf
    • Size 69KB
    • SHA256 246a4e0608a44e90074db9cbe4ac792c0518d537f0a4b5f924240fe0dfc86f7e
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup

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

    • Downloads MZ/PE file

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking

      Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • Badlisted process makes network request

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

    • Checks installed software on the system

      Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

    • 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.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks