General

  • Target

    a5d3fdf55abb54ec0b632dee9d3459d4.exe

  • Size

    2.5MB

  • Sample

    210223-4vdsxjlk12

  • MD5

    a5d3fdf55abb54ec0b632dee9d3459d4

  • SHA1

    c177421eb77f0d341e5d1bd6cfbccb60e0c86a1c

  • SHA256

    677618666eb31c80e9dbecb17907676d2da2a39d24f7c20785ef577239ef5e6f

  • SHA512

    4faafc484d66545a3355ba4d76da6dd021b556a06ec5b15fa8b4b8a4f1161b44ffad5e654991cf658fc6bd49b458e59586155dfdf339e1150b278ff5b9a41324

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      a5d3fdf55abb54ec0b632dee9d3459d4.exe

    • Size

      2.5MB

    • MD5

      a5d3fdf55abb54ec0b632dee9d3459d4

    • SHA1

      c177421eb77f0d341e5d1bd6cfbccb60e0c86a1c

    • SHA256

      677618666eb31c80e9dbecb17907676d2da2a39d24f7c20785ef577239ef5e6f

    • SHA512

      4faafc484d66545a3355ba4d76da6dd021b556a06ec5b15fa8b4b8a4f1161b44ffad5e654991cf658fc6bd49b458e59586155dfdf339e1150b278ff5b9a41324

    • xmrig

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

    • Detected Stratum cryptominer command

      Looks to be attempting to contact Stratum mining pool.

    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

    • XMRig Miner Payload

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

      BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Reads user/profile data of web browsers

      Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

    • themida

      Detects Themida, Advanced Windows software protection system.

    • 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

    • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

Install Root Certificate

1
T1130

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Credential Access

Credentials in Files

1
T1081

Discovery

Query Registry

3
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

System Information Discovery

3
T1082

Collection

Data from Local System

1
T1005

Command and Control

Web Service

1
T1102

Tasks