Overview

overview

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Static

static

3

windhawk_setup.exe

windows10-2004-x64

10

windhawk_setup.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

10

Compiler/i...ing.js

windows10-2004-x64

3

Compiler/i...ing.js

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

3

Compiler/x...++.dll

windows10-2004-x64

1

Compiler/x...++.dll

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

1

Compiler/x...nd.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Compiler/x...nd.dll

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

1

Compiler/x...im.dll

windows10-2004-x64

1

Compiler/x...im.dll

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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UI/resourc...dle.js

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UI/resourc...dle.js

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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UI/resourc...on.svg

windows10-2004-x64

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UI/resourc...on.svg

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UI/resourc...ck.svg

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UI/resourc...ck.svg

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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General

  • Target
    windhawk_setup.exe
  • Size 11.0MB
  • Sample261003-payp7sda86
  • SHA256 5116cc1703384aac88b8d7a3b57f172aea5da32b6df7355fb2f8247d23813c8f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
10/10
adwaredefense_evasiondiscoveryexecutionpersistenceprivilege_escalationransomwarespyware

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      windhawk_setup.exe
    • Size 11.0MB
    • SHA256 5116cc1703384aac88b8d7a3b57f172aea5da32b6df7355fb2f8247d23813c8f
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    10/10
    defense_evasiondiscoveryexecutionpersistenceprivilege_escalation

    • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess

      defense_evasionprivilege_escalation

    • Indicator Removal: Clear Windows Event Logs

      Clear Windows Event Logs to hide the activity of an intrusion.

      defense_evasion

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

      Using powershell.exe command.

      execution

    • Enumerates connected drives

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

    • Network Share Discovery

      Attempt to gather information on host network.

      discovery

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    behavioral1behavioral2
    • Target
      Compiler/include/wil/windowing.h
    • Size 5KB
    • SHA256 1a998285702f7fe94c5c4173d469a209b04555dbae3c5bec7162d68b8a7a138c
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    execution
    behavioral3behavioral4
    • Target
      Compiler/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/libc++.dll
    • Size 2.0MB
    • SHA256 74c541f76732d738642072e90f26343e44d66d97bb258db76f2f3bee7e30060c
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    behavioral5behavioral6
    • Target
      Compiler/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/libunwind.dll
    • Size 211KB
    • SHA256 6e6d1e74d17ee361b3f3661faa3d07fa7597257df1cd3dd360719222e54aa36c
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    behavioral7behavioral8
    • Target
      Compiler/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/windhawk-mod-shim.dll
    • Size 88KB
    • SHA256 cb4808ede8e31abb5142657187ebf51449331112c1679a3bca6792d6d1fe09bf
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    behavioral10behavioral9
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/32/msdia140_windhawk.dll
    • Size 2.1MB
    • SHA256 d9c4fd69f7bc0bf1f9066df0502a57de5f6d73dfff99c9fe5c75b491aecee86b
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    discovery
    behavioral11behavioral12
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/32/symsrv_windhawk.dll
    • Size 320KB
    • SHA256 7a9fadded044916c645789a1e7185b0bc83f226052dc93015d59826541dcfa4a
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    discovery
    behavioral13
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/32/windhawk.dll
    • Size 905KB
    • SHA256 67cdaaf26d342b3f2a2a84ea6f7474ac43340711675b66edef34cc3fcee1ea8f
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    discovery
    behavioral14behavioral15
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/64/msdia140_windhawk.dll
    • Size 2.1MB
    • SHA256 6465aca7b9a162726ca98c6e633fc70b8cb2a8c0a4f90c2b32e0ca99fb5f9cf8
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    5/10
    persistenceprivilege_escalation

    • 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.

      persistenceprivilege_escalation
    behavioral16behavioral17
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/64/symsrv_windhawk.dll
    • Size 422KB
    • SHA256 67bdff85d161888f2c6a8a385f9b35aa1c1c231ed3b59c01fa54f598ac37d374
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    behavioral18
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/64/windhawk.dll
    • Size 956KB
    • SHA256 0aad074caf156200be7a77e4615f9171cea884cde96baf90397366c28c4f10a1
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    6/10
    adwarepersistenceransomwarespyware

    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup

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

      persistence

    • Enumerates connected drives

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

    behavioral19behavioral20
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/arm64/msdia140_windhawk.dll
    • Size 4.8MB
    • SHA256 385ce9aae0dc0cdcbfa21e86abca5a9ea4a7fbf891d43b51852fa7d023a629cf
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    behavioral21behavioral22
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/arm64/symsrv_windhawk.dll
    • Size 708KB
    • SHA256 97610e918b8f33fa5ce3b337512534d817057f1bcbed257241aca0c7f30c65ea
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    8/10
    adwarepersistenceransomwarespyware

    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup

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

      persistence

    • Enumerates connected drives

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

    behavioral23behavioral24
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/arm64/windhawk.dll
    • Size 1.7MB
    • SHA256 60c72a84289f333704c8e35d21e7b1362d0481c426041daac0e5eb7af7d13c1c
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    behavioral25behavioral26
    • Target
      UI/resources/app/extensions/clangd/out/bundle.js
    • Size 797KB
    • SHA256 4537d7e62ce3fd248775b44a8df926d183417767d83510f3ec96193d2bdc8400
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    execution
    behavioral27behavioral28
    • Target
      UI/resources/app/extensions/windhawk/assets/main-icon.svg
    • Size 2KB
    • SHA256 084a27f3ced9a7527d7fc453e0d94f3e3d668b14f30aff6b3ad0af8a5ff69509
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
    Score
    7/10
    adwarediscoveryspyware

    • Loads dropped DLL

    behavioral29behavioral30
    • Target
      UI/resources/app/extensions/windhawk/assets/tab-icon-black.svg
    • Size 1KB
    • SHA256 40424e2915a4790058b86b8c855748b73e977ab2a9b18ca0359819eb55f6d18f
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
    Score
    7/10
    adwarediscoveryspyware

    • Loads dropped DLL

    behavioral31behavioral32

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

3
T1059

JavaScript

1
T1059.007

PowerShell

1
T1059.001

Windows Command Shell

1
T1059.003

Scheduled Task/Job

1
T1053

Scheduled Task

1
T1053.005

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1
T1547

Active Setup

1
T1547.014

Event Triggered Execution

1
T1546

Component Object Model Hijacking

1
T1546.015

Scheduled Task/Job

1
T1053

Scheduled Task

1
T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Access Token Manipulation

1
T1134

Parent PID Spoofing

1
T1134.004

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1
T1547

Active Setup

1
T1547.014

Event Triggered Execution

1
T1546

Component Object Model Hijacking

1
T1546.015

Process Injection

1
T1055

Process Hollowing

1
T1055.012

Scheduled Task/Job

1
T1053

Scheduled Task

1
T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Access Token Manipulation

1
T1134

Parent PID Spoofing

1
T1134.004

Indicator Removal

1
T1070

Clear Windows Event Logs

1
T1070.001

Modify Registry

2
T1112

Process Injection

1
T1055

Process Hollowing

1
T1055.012

Credential Access

Discovery

Browser Information Discovery

1
T1217

Network Share Discovery

1
T1135

Peripheral Device Discovery

2
T1120

Query Registry

7
T1012

System Information Discovery

6
T1082

System Location Discovery

1
T1614

System Language Discovery

1
T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

1
T1016

System Time Discovery

1
T1124

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

Tasks

static1

Score
3/10

behavioral1

defense_evasiondiscoveryexecutionpersistenceprivilege_escalation
Score
10/10

behavioral2

defense_evasiondiscoveryexecutionpersistenceprivilege_escalation
Score
10/10

behavioral3

execution
Score
3/10

behavioral4

execution
Score
3/10

behavioral5

Score
1/10

behavioral6

Score
1/10

behavioral7

Score
1/10

behavioral8

Score
1/10

behavioral9

Score
1/10

behavioral10

Score
1/10

behavioral11

discovery
Score
3/10

behavioral12

discovery
Score
3/10

behavioral13

discovery
Score
3/10

behavioral14

discovery
Score
3/10

behavioral15

discovery
Score
3/10

behavioral16

persistenceprivilege_escalation
Score
5/10

behavioral17

persistenceprivilege_escalation
Score
5/10

behavioral18

Score
1/10

behavioral19

Score
1/10

behavioral20

adwarepersistenceransomwarespyware
Score
6/10

behavioral21

Score
1/10

behavioral22

Score
1/10

behavioral23

Score
1/10

behavioral24

adwarepersistenceransomwarespyware
Score
8/10

behavioral25

Score
1/10

behavioral26

Score
1/10

behavioral27

execution
Score
3/10

behavioral28

execution
Score
3/10

behavioral29

adwarediscoveryspyware
Score
3/10

behavioral30

adwarediscoveryspyware
Score
7/10

behavioral31

adwarediscoveryspyware
Score
3/10

behavioral32

adwarediscoveryspyware
Score
7/10