Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    156s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240508-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240508-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    30-06-2024 20:57

General

  • Target

    190b59533d38ee969b361261bd4a48e5e38a3d4ee94dda1853a81dc3197e4b89_NeikiAnalytics.exe

  • Size

    1.8MB

  • MD5

    cccde21b7aa72f82653f08cd7dc99810

  • SHA1

    9404a35d44af2596afa70aa99d77038708f1a590

  • SHA256

    190b59533d38ee969b361261bd4a48e5e38a3d4ee94dda1853a81dc3197e4b89

  • SHA512

    eada6496281b8d6c1c61e3f1e534767fc5f8b1204d985f191afb65d2829730bedd55117ca871e6aa00ed0afb55fd6182c9cf454d9d9fb955ea490eb5cc1b6ca3

  • SSDEEP

    24576:VPMF5WAjrjYtwFHzJAfAH+wR7/tN/RtFIxXx35TvWeaO4K6zYd500RBBB6eGgNbC:C2AjrzdJAYjVtNpIBDmMd5zBBpGS

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

amadey

Version

4.21

Botnet

0e6740

C2

http://147.45.47.155

Attributes
  • install_dir

    9217037dc9

  • install_file

    explortu.exe

  • strings_key

    8e894a8a4a3d0da8924003a561cfb244

  • url_paths

    /ku4Nor9/index.php

rc4.plain

Signatures

  • Amadey

    Amadey bot is a simple trojan bot primarily used for collecting reconnaissance information.

  • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.

  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\190b59533d38ee969b361261bd4a48e5e38a3d4ee94dda1853a81dc3197e4b89_NeikiAnalytics.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\190b59533d38ee969b361261bd4a48e5e38a3d4ee94dda1853a81dc3197e4b89_NeikiAnalytics.exe"
    1⤵
    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Identifies Wine through registry keys
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4592
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9217037dc9\explortu.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9217037dc9\explortu.exe"
      2⤵
      • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
      • Checks BIOS information in registry
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Identifies Wine through registry keys
      • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1488
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /k "taskkill /f /im "explortu.exe" && timeout 1 && del "explortu.exe" && ren 0e6740 explortu.exe && C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9217037dc9\explortu.exe && Exit"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2200
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /f /im "explortu.exe"
          4⤵
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2144
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
          timeout 1
          4⤵
          • Delays execution with timeout.exe
          PID:2784

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2
T1497

Discovery

Query Registry

4
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2
T1497

System Information Discovery

3
T1082

Replay Monitor

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9217037dc9\0e6740
    Filesize

    1.8MB

    MD5

    c28f1b84c0c57d2821a7bd6df00d4bb1

    SHA1

    9295f6a3a97abc1e686c2628ff7f8a14dfd5edcc

    SHA256

    757e36fe4f5f8dcaee86b15974bee0e2b45445d679235c5857c349a4ff5f6353

    SHA512

    69ac8f8912f4b269699ac65aedd6dd91c4a32533df64ddbb56af838ae1a16d65808d623aeff444b82c3a2bc6c6e76cbcf9b840f8aab542bfe742b3bc8f2e9787

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9217037dc9\explortu.exe
    Filesize

    1.8MB

    MD5

    cccde21b7aa72f82653f08cd7dc99810

    SHA1

    9404a35d44af2596afa70aa99d77038708f1a590

    SHA256

    190b59533d38ee969b361261bd4a48e5e38a3d4ee94dda1853a81dc3197e4b89

    SHA512

    eada6496281b8d6c1c61e3f1e534767fc5f8b1204d985f191afb65d2829730bedd55117ca871e6aa00ed0afb55fd6182c9cf454d9d9fb955ea490eb5cc1b6ca3

  • memory/1488-19-0x0000000000871000-0x000000000089F000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    184KB

  • memory/1488-18-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000D1B000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4.7MB

  • memory/1488-20-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000D1B000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4.7MB

  • memory/1488-21-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000D1B000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4.7MB

  • memory/1488-30-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000D1B000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4.7MB

  • memory/4592-3-0x00000000007C0000-0x0000000000C6B000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4.7MB

  • memory/4592-5-0x00000000007C0000-0x0000000000C6B000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4.7MB

  • memory/4592-2-0x00000000007C1000-0x00000000007EF000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    184KB

  • memory/4592-17-0x00000000007C0000-0x0000000000C6B000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4.7MB

  • memory/4592-0-0x00000000007C0000-0x0000000000C6B000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4.7MB

  • memory/4592-1-0x00000000775F4000-0x00000000775F6000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB