General

  • Target

    cheat.exe

  • Size

    4.1MB

  • Sample

    240629-qs2egs1frm

  • MD5

    b0249f1787cef00fb4596ce451efd9d6

  • SHA1

    72577826ca5bc08379243f1eb8bf811433d177d5

  • SHA256

    0660840bc8a5cdc35eded24f85a5d8bc09473e262f86fc581e50d5693a887bef

  • SHA512

    fcdb9398d49193b7961e9cf54687f07c271fa4f6e2ccd4164474e5d45385322d5e1139357af4ff7a7eb35ed71a36265eaa1f5f64853d467fa584fac089461bc4

  • SSDEEP

    98304:ESTNaYyX8LiJ4Ec4GuIkjmtlVz2vUqBIE3xD:ESxaYcOEc4GHkjmtlZYU6f3xD

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      cheat.exe

    • Size

      4.1MB

    • MD5

      b0249f1787cef00fb4596ce451efd9d6

    • SHA1

      72577826ca5bc08379243f1eb8bf811433d177d5

    • SHA256

      0660840bc8a5cdc35eded24f85a5d8bc09473e262f86fc581e50d5693a887bef

    • SHA512

      fcdb9398d49193b7961e9cf54687f07c271fa4f6e2ccd4164474e5d45385322d5e1139357af4ff7a7eb35ed71a36265eaa1f5f64853d467fa584fac089461bc4

    • SSDEEP

      98304:ESTNaYyX8LiJ4Ec4GuIkjmtlVz2vUqBIE3xD:ESxaYcOEc4GHkjmtlZYU6f3xD

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

    • Sets service image path in registry

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

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

    • Themida packer

      Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1
T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1
T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

2
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Tasks