General

  • Target
    https://farpp.com/Farpp.zip
  • Sample260916-tx4besshlc

Malware Config

Targets

    • Family: xmrig

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

    • Modifies Windows Defender notification settings

    • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess

    • Clears Windows event logs

    • XMRig Miner payload

    • Badlisted process makes network request

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

    • Drops file in Drivers directory

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

      Using powershell.exe command.

    • Drops desktop.ini file(s)

    • Modifies powershell logging option

    • 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

    • UPX packed file

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

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks