General

  • Target
    qwley-shade-launcher (1).exe
  • Size 11.9MB
  • Sample261107-nlek2axybw
  • SHA256 e7fa1cf72e5ae1ef7f7ed18e099d28ac2dbce8ed2cafa5c57206d1978a608115
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      qwley-shade-launcher (1).exe
    • Size 11.9MB
    • SHA256 e7fa1cf72e5ae1ef7f7ed18e099d28ac2dbce8ed2cafa5c57206d1978a608115
    • 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.

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

      Using powershell.exe command.

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

      Run Powershell and hide display window.

    • Downloads MZ/PE file

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Checks installed software on the system

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

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    • 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.

    • Network Share Discovery

      Attempt to gather information on host network.

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks