Overview

overview

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Static

static

3

gg.exe

windows11-21h2-x64

10

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General

  • Target
    gg.exe
  • Size 11.5MB
  • Sample260930-ynlr8s1t8k
  • SHA256 abfbbf98a95d72156c2988651dfa59fc194fdd0ad89638be99393e423c1699e2
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
10/10
xmrigdiscoveryexecutionminerpersistenceprivilege_escalation

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      gg.exe
    • Size 11.5MB
    • SHA256 abfbbf98a95d72156c2988651dfa59fc194fdd0ad89638be99393e423c1699e2
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    10/10
    discoveryexecutionxmrigminerpersistenceprivilege_escalation

    • Family: xmrig

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

      minerxmrig

    • XMRig Miner payload

      miner

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Adds Run key to start application

      persistence

    • 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.

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

    behavioral1

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1
T1059

Windows Command Shell

1
T1059.003

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1
T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1547.001

Event Triggered Execution

1
T1546

Netsh Helper DLL

1
T1546.007

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1
T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1547.001

Event Triggered Execution

1
T1546

Netsh Helper DLL

1
T1546.007

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

2
T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Browser Information Discovery

1
T1217

Peripheral Device Discovery

1
T1120

Query Registry

3
T1012

System Information Discovery

3
T1082

System Network Configuration Discovery

2
T1016

Wi-Fi Discovery

1
T1016.002

System Time Discovery

1
T1124

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Web Service

1
T1102

Exfiltration

Impact

Tasks