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Back to the Future: Inside the Kimsuky KGH Spyware Suite

Written by Cybereason Nocturnus | Nov 2, 2020 5:00:00 AM

Research by: Assaf Dahan, Lior Rochberger, Daniel Frank and Tom Fakterman

The Cybereason Nocturnus Team has been tracking various North Korean threat actors, among them the cyber espionage group known as Kimsuky, (aka: Velvet Chollima, Black Banshee and Thallium), which has been active since at least 2012 and is believed to be operating on behalf of the North Korean regime. The group has a rich and notorious history of offensive cyber operations around the world, including operations targeting South Korean think tanks, but over the past few years they have expanded their targeting to countries including the United States, Russia and various nations in Europe. Some of their observed targets include:

• Pharmaceutical/Research companies working on COVID-19 vaccines and therapies
• UN Security Council
• South Korean Ministry of Unification 
• Various Human Rights Groups
• South Korean Institute for Defense Analysis
• Various Education and Academic Organizations
• Various Think Tanks
• Government Research Institutes
• Journalists covering Korean Peninsula relations
• South Korean Military

On October 27th, the US-CERT published a report summarizing Kimusky’s recent activities and describing the group’s TTPs and infrastructure.

Combining the information in the report with the intelligence accumulated by Cybereason Nocturnus over time, the researchers discovered a previously undocumented modular spyware suite dubbed KGH_SPY that provides Kimsuky with stealth capabilities to carry out espionage operations. 

In addition, Cybereason Nocturnus uncovered another new malware strain dubbed CSPY Downloader that was observed to be a sophisticated tool with extensive anti-analysis and evasion capabilities, allowing the attackers to determine if  “the coast is clear” before downloading additional payloads. 

Lastly, the Cybereason Nocturnus team identified new server infrastructure used by Kimsuky that overlaps with previously identified Kimsuky infrastructure.

KGH backdoor caught by Cybereason Platform

Table of Contents

- Key Findings

- Kimsuky Infrastructure Overlap

- New Toolset Infrastructure

- Back to the Future: Suspected Anti-Forensics

- KGH Spyware Suite

- Infection Vector: Weaponized Word Documents

- KGH Spyware Payloads Overview

- Analysis of the KGH Installer (M1.dll)

- Analysis of the KGH Backdoor Loader (msic.exe)

- KGH Backdoor Commands

- KGH Infostealer Module (m.dll)

- CSPY Downloader - A New Downloader in the Arsenal

- Anti-analysis Techniques

- Conclusion

- MITRE ATTACK Breakdown

- Indicators of Compromise

Key Findings

Discovery of a New Modular Spyware Suite: “KGH_SPY” is a modular suite of tools that provides the threat actors with reconnaissance, keylogging, information stealing and backdoor capabilities

Discovery of a Stealthy New Malware: “CSPY Downloader” is a tool designed to evade analysis and download additional payloads

New toolset Infrastructure: Newly discovered toolset infrastructure registered between 2019-2020 that overlaps with another Kimsuky’s malware called BabyShark that was used in the past to target US-based Think tanks 

Anti-Forensics: The creation/compilation timestamps of malware in the report appear to have been tampered with and backdated to 2016 in an attempt to thwart forensic investigation

Behavioral and Code Similarities to Other Kimsuky Malware: The newly discovered malware shares various behavioral and code similarities to known Kimsuky malware, including: code signing with EGIS revoked certificate; shared strings; file naming convention; string decryption algorithms; PDB paths referencing authors / projects

Undetected by Antivirus: At the time of writing this report, some of the mentioned payloads  are not detected by any antivirus vendors

Kimsuky Infrastructure Overlap

Kimsuky is known for their complex infrastructure that uses free-registered domains, compromised domains, as well as private domains registered by the group. Tracking down the infrastructure, the Nocturnus team was able to detect overlaps with BabyShark malware and other connections to different malware such as AppleSeed backdoor:

Infrastructure graph for different Kimsuky’s domains and the overlaps between them

Throughout the years, Kimsuky has been using an array of malware in their operations. The infrastructure of some of the malware used by Kimsuky can be tracked using pattern analysis of the URI structures used by some of their tools. The following table maps commonly observed URI patterns to their respective malware:

Malware name

Description

C2 URL Pattern

AppleSeed 

Backdoor

http://hao.aini.pe[.]hu/init/image?i=ping&u=8dc1078f1639d34c&p=wait..

http://mernberinfo[.]tech/wp-data/?m=dunan&p=de3f6e263724&v=win6.1.0-sp1-x64

http://eastsea.or[.]kr/?m=a&p1=00000009&p2=Win6.1.7601x64-Spy-v2370390

FlowerPower

Powershell based profiling tool

http://dongkuiri.atwebpages[.]com/venus02/venus03/venus03.ps1

http://attachchosun.atwebpages[.]com/leess1982/leess1982.ps1

Gold Dragon

Backdoor

http://portable.epizy[.]com/img/png/download.php?filename=images01

http://foxonline123.atwebpages[.]com/home/jpg/download.php?filename=flower03

BabyShark

VBS-based backdoor and reconnaissance tool

http://nhpurumy.mireene[.]com/theme/basic/skin/member/basic/ upload/download.php?param=res2.txt

http://jmable.mireene[.]com/shop/kcp/js/com/expres.php?op=2

New toolset Infrastructure

By tracking the previous infrastructure and correlating the data regarding the URI patterns used by different Kimsuky tools, the Cybereason Nocturnus Team was able to uncover a new infrastructure that was used by the new malware toolset: 

Malware name

Description

C2 URL Pattern

KGH malware suite

Different components in the KGH malware suite

http://csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home?id=[Machine_name]&act=sbk&ver=x64

http://csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home/up.php?id=[Machine_name]

CSPY Downloader

Downloader

http://wave.posadadesantiago[.]com/home/dwn.php?van=10860
http://wave.posadadesantiago[.]com/home/dwn.php?van=101
http://wave.posadadesantiago[.]com/home/dwn.php?van=102

KGH_Backdoor

winload.x

Backdoor and Keylogger component, VBS downloader

http://csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home?act=news&id=[Machine_name]

http://csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home?id=ֿ[Machine_name]&act=upf&ver=x64

http://csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home?id=[Machine_name]&act=tre&ver=x64

http://csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home?id=[Machine_name]&act=wbi&ver=x64

http://csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home?id=[Machine_name]&act=cmd&ver=x64

http://csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home?id=[Machine_name]&act=pws&ver=x64

PM_Abe_draft_letter _on_UN_NK_20200130.doc

Phishing document

http://myaccounts.posadadesantiago[.]com/test/Update. php?wShell=201

 

The new domains are all registered to the same IP address that was reported in previous Kimsuky-related attacks involving the Baby Shark malware: 

IP Address

Domain Name

Kimsuky Activity



173.205.125.124

csv.posadadesantiago[.]com

KGH Backdoor

wave.posadadesantiago[.]com

CSPY Downloader

myaccounts.posadadesantiago[.]com

Malicious Phishing Document

www.eventosatitlan[.]com

Baby Shark / Autumn Aperture Campaign

Phishing Themes related to the New Infrastructure

When analyzing the weaponized phishing documents that were connected to the new tools infrastructure, one can notice the topic of human rights in the North Korea repeated in at least two documents:

  • PM_Abe_draft_letter_on_UN_NK_20200130.doc - This document contains what appears to be a letter in English and Japanese that was addressed to the (now former) Prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, regarding the subject of human rights in North Korea. The document’s malicious macro code communicates with the domain myaccounts.posadadesantiago[.]com 

  • Interview with a north korean defector.doc - This document contains an interview with a North Korean defector who escaped to Japan and discusses problems with life in North Korea. This document drops a malware that communicates with the domain wave.posadadesantiago[.]com

The topic of human rights violations in North Korea previously appeared in multiple phishing documents attributed to Kimsuky. 

Phishing Documents containing DPRK-related human rights issues

Back to the Future: Suspected Anti-Forensics 

Backdating, or timestomping, is a technique used by many threat actors which involves the manipulation of the creation timestamps or compilation date of a file in order to thwart analysis attempts (anti-forensics). It is suspected that the creation date of most of the files mentioned in this report were tampered with by the threat actors and backdated to 2016:

Name

SHA-256

Creation Date (likely fake)

VT Upload Date

m1.dll

cur_install_x64.dll

af13b16416760782ec81d587736cb4c9b2e7099afc10cb764eeb4c 922ee8802f

2016-10-02 07:35:25

2020-10-07 13:03:45

msic.exe



E4d28fd7e0fc63429fc199c1b683340f725f0bf9834345174ff0b6a 3c0b1f60e

2016-09-28 02:08:00

2020-10-07 13:03:530

msfltr32.dll

66fc8b03bc0ab95928673e0ae7f06f34f17537caf159e178a452c2 c56ba6dda7

2016-10-02 07:23:16

2020-10-07 13:03:56

m.dll

f989d13f7d0801b32735fee018e816f3a2783a47cff0b13d70ce2f  1cbc754fb9

2016-09-28 08:41:36

2020-10-07 13:03:56

0807.dotm

97d4898c4e70335f0adbbace34593236cb84e849592e5971a797 554d3605d323

2016-08-07 11:31:00

2020-08-19 09:46:33

0928.dotm

d88c5695ccd83dce6729b84c8c43e8a804938a7ab7cfeccaa0699 d6b1f81c95c

2016-09-28 02:08:00

2020-10-06 07:53:38

winload.exe

7158099406d99db82b7dc9f6418c1189ee472ce3c25a3612a5ec 5672ee282dc0

2016-07-30 01:20:23

2020-06-12 01:48:02

 

The assumption is backed by the registration dates of the domains that were hardcoded in all the above mentioned malware samples. According to the domain registration information in RiskIQ PassiveTotal, these domains were first registered between January 2019 to August 2020, years after the seemingly manipulated creation dates: 

Domain

IP Resolution

First Observed

Earliest Observed Certificate Issue Date

csv.posadadesantiago[.]com

173.205.125.124

2020-08-09

SHA-1: 87b35e1998bf00a8b7e32ed391c217deaec408ad 

Date: 2020-08-19

wave.posadadesantiago[.]com

173.205.125.124

2020-02-27

SHA-1: F846981567760d40b5a90c8923ca8c2e7c881c5f 

Date: 2020-03-24

myaccounts.posadadesantiago[.]com

173.205.125.124

2019-01-25

SHA-1: 90d00ecb1e903959a3853e8ee1c8af89fb82a179 

Date: 2019-01-25

KGH Spyware Suite


The connection between different components of the KGH malware suite

During our analysis, Cybereason Nocturnus discovered a new malware suite dubbed “KGH” which contains several modules used as spyware. The name “KGH” is derived from the PDB path and internal names found in the malware samples: 

“KGH” in an internal name of the backdoor

“m.dll” pdb path

A possible link to North Korean attacks referencing the name “KGH” was mentioned in 2017 in a research by Ahnlab, however it is unclear whether it is related to the same malware authors. 

Infection Vector: Weaponized Word Documents

The infection vector seems to originate from a Word documents containing malicious macros: 

Name

SHA-256

Domain

Creation Date (likely fake)

VT Upload Date

0807.dotm

97d4898c4e70335f0adbbace34593236cb 84e849592e5971a797554d3605d323

csv.posadadesantiago.com

2016-08-07 11:31:00

2020-08-19 09:46:33

0928.dotm

d88c5695ccd83dce6729b84c8c43e8a804 938a7ab7cfeccaa0699d6b1f81c95c

csv.posadadesantiago.com

2016-09-28 02:08:00

2020-10-06 07:53:38


We observed two Word documents that communicate with the domains above which contain code similarities to each other and to the previously mentioned “Interview with a north korean defector.doc”. The macros of the malicious documents do the following: 

0807.dotm:

  • 1. Drops a script named “winload.x” and a wscript.exe binary renamed as “cs.exe” to “%appdata%\Micorosoft\Templates”.

  • 2. Sets the reg key “HKCU\Environment\UserInitMprLogonScript” to run a cmd command that copies “winload.x” as “a.vbs”, executes it and deletes “a.vbs”.  The mentioned registry key is used to execute Logon Scripts, and will execute what is written to it at startup. The document is using this key to achieve persistence for the file “winload.x”:

Persistence using UserInitMprLogonScript Registry keys

  • 3. Collects system, network and drive information and installed applications, saves it to a file named “info” and sends it to the C2 using iexplorer.exe

  • 4. When “winload.x” (“a.vbs”) is executed, it tries to download and execute code from “csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home?act=news&id=[Machine_name]”:

Winload.x (a.vbs) contents deobfuscated

0928.dotm:

  • 1. Collects information about the infected system, network, drives, and installed applications.

  • 2. Saves the collected information to a file named “info” in “%appdata%\Micorosoft\Templates” and sends it to the C2.

  • 3. Downloads m1.dll (KGH Installer) from “csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home?id=[Machine_name]&act=sbk&ver=x64”
  • 4. Downloads m.dll (KGH-Browser Stealer) from “csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home?id=[Machine_name]&act=wbi&ver=x64”

  • 5. Executes the KGH installer:

URLs creation from 0928.dotm macro code

Both documents use similar function names and variable names:

0928.dotm VB code (left) & 0807.dotm VB code (right)

Once the macro collected all the information, it sends the data to the C2 server over an HTTP POST request: 

Exfiltration of the collected system information stored in “info”

KGH Spyware Payloads Overview

The following payloads were observed to be downloaded and dropped by the previously mentioned malicious documents:

File Name(s)

Purpose

Creation Date (likely fake)

VT Upload Date

m1.dll 

Drops KGH backdoor and creates persistence to msic.exe and drops: 

 - C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\AreSoft\msic.exe

 - C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\AreSoft\msfltr32.dll

 

2016-10-02 07:35:25

2020-10-07 13:03:45

msic.exe

Loads and executes msfltr32.dll

C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\AreSoft\msfltr32.dll

2016-09-28 02:08:00

2020-10-07 13:03:53

msfltr32.dll

KGH backdoor capabilities: 

  •  - Persistence
  •  - Keylogger
  •  - Downloads additional payloads
  • - Executes arbitrary commands (cmd.exe / powershell)

2016-10-02 07:23:16

2020-10-07 13:03:56

m.dll

KGH-Browser Stealer 

Steals stored data from Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Thunderbird, Opera, Winscp. 

2016-09-28 08:41:36

2020-10-07 13:03:56

 

The following files were downloaded / dropped by the macro as caught by the Cybereason platform: 

Cybereason defense platform presenting the creation of the files

Analysis of the KGH Installer (M1.dll)

The KGH installer was uploaded to VirusTotal in October 2020 and at the time of writing this report is not detected by any Antivirus engines: 

 KGH installer detections in VT

The file is a DLL that executes the installation / dropper code located in the “outinfo” export:

 KGH installer exports

The DLL contains two encrypted blobs in its resource section. It can be noticed that there are traces of Korean language in those resources: 

 KGH installer resources

These encrypted blobs are dropped to C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\3f34a.tmp one after the other. Once they are dropped, the dropper also decrypts them and writes them to a newly created folder and creates persistence:

  • C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\AreSoft\msic.exe
  • C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\AreSoft\msfltr32.dll

Dropped files location on an infected machine

The backdoor achieves persistence by creating the following registry autoruns keys: 

  • Key: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\Load
  • Value: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\AreSoft\msic.exe

Analysis of the KGH Backdoor Loader (msic.exe)

The KGH loader (msic.exe) is responsible for loading and executing the KGH backdoor DLL (msfltr32.dll) in memory: 

Msic.exe loads msfltr32.dll to memory

The file itself is unsigned and masquerades as a legitimate Microsoft Windows tool:

Msfltr32.dll Signature Info

KGH Backdoor - Main Module (msfltr32.dll)

The msfltr32.dll module is the core module of the KGH backdoor. The backdoor contains the following functionality: 

  • Persistence using autorun keys
  • Keylogger
  • Directory and file listing
  • Downloading secondary payloads from the C2 server
  • Exfiltrating collected information from the host to the C2 server
  • Executing arbitrary commands via cmd.exe or PowerShell

KGH Backdoor: Keylogger Functionality

The KGH backdoor has a keylogger functionality built into its code, which is achieved by a common technique of polling the GetAsyncKeyState() function:

Excerpt from KGH’s Keylogger function

The recorded keystrokes are stored in the “lg” folder in %appdata% with the file extension “.x”

KGH Backdoor Secondary Payloads

The KGH backdoor contacts the C2 with URL “csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home?act=news&id=[Machine_name]” and saves the response to “C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\n.x”:

URL string in KGH Backdoor

The KGH backdoor will then parse the contents of “n.x”. The “n.x” file may contain an “SHL”, “DLL” or “EXE” file.

In case it is a “DLL” or an “EXE” the KGH backdoor will execute the file. In case the downloaded file contains an “SHL” file, the KGH backdoor will parse the file to retrieve commands sent by the C2:

Check “n.x” file type code from KGH backdoor 

KGH Backdoor Commands

The KGH backdoor has a predefined set of commands that it receives from the server: 

KGH’s backdoor commands

Command

Purpose

upf

Uploads files to the C2

tre

Create a list of all files in the system using the “tree” command, save to a file named “c.txt” and upload the file to the C2

wbi

Download “m.dll” browser stealer module and exfiltrates stolen data

cmd

Execute a cmd shell command

pws

Execute a powershell command 

 

List of files generated by or downloaded by the KGH backdoor: 

File

Purpose

C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\lg\[year_month_day].x

Keylogger stolen data storage

C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\n.x

Payload downloaded from the server

C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\C.txt

Output of tree command (directory and files listing)

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c tree /f C:\ >> C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\C.txt

C:\Users\user\Documents\w.x

Stolen browser data (from m.dll module)

sig.x

Likely checks write permission to the disk

C:\test1.txt

N/A

KGH Infostealer Module (m.dll)

Another component of the KGH suite is the m.dll module, which is an information stealer that harvest data from browsers, Windows Credential Manager, WINSCP and mail clients. The infostealer module is not detected by any AV vendor at the time of writing this report: 

KGH infostealer module is undetected by any Antivirus vendors

The PDB path embedded in the m.dll module further shows a clear connection to the KGH backdoor, as it is named “KGH_Browser-Master”:

E:\SPY\WebBrowser\KGH_Browser-Master\x64\Release\KGH_Browser-Master.pdb

The “SPY” user was also observed in PDB of the “CSPY Downloader”, which is also mentioned in this report: 

PDB Path of the CSPY Downloader

The infostealer module steals information stored (cookies, credentials) in the following applications: 

    • Browsers: Chrome, IE / Edge, Firefox, Opera
  • WinSCP Client
  • Windows Credential Manager
  • Mozilla Thunderbird Mail Client

Main Infostealing routine

The stolen information is written to a file called “w.x”: 

Creation of the “w.x” file that stores the stolen data

CSPY Downloader - A New Downloader in the Arsenal

When hunting for some of the URI patterns mentioned in the US-CERT report (“/home/dwn.php?van=101”), another malicious executable was found communicating with the C2 wave.posadadesantiago[.]com, named winload.exe.

This sample was delivered by a malicious document named “Interview with a north Korean defector”. The macro embedded inside unpacks and executes winload.exe.

Upon analysis, the Nocturnus determined that winload.exe is a new type of a downloader, dubbed “CSPY” by Cybereason, that is packed with robust evasion techniques meant to ensure that the “coast is clear” and that the malware does not run in a context of a virtual machine or analysis tools before it continues to download secondary payloads: 

VirusTotal uploads of winload.exe communicating with the above mentioned C2

This file is mentioned in the report by ESTSecurity. In alignment with the findings there, it is packed with UPX, has resources in Korean, Anti-VM functionality and a timestamp that is tempered to July 30, 2016:

The PDB Path of the CSPY Downloader

PDB Path and resources of the malware

The file is also signed with the following revoked certificate. As can be seen, the signing date may be fake as well. EGIS Co., Ltd certificate issuer was previously reported to be used by Kimsuky:

Kimsuky’s typical revoked certificate

When further examining the file, some interesting functionality can be found. Indicative strings and API calls can be decrypted by deducting 1 from each character, similar to the KGH backdoor whose strings can be decrypted by deducting 5 from each character. When decrypting the strings, the malware’s full logs are revealed. The log file is stored in %appdata%\microsoft\NTUSERS.log:

Decrypted logging strings of CSPY Downloader

It is interesting to note that some of the abovementioned log strings are grammatically incorrect, which can suggest that the malware author is not a native English speaker.

The above logs imply that this sample might be a debug version of the malware. In many cases, debug versions are used by the malware authors for testing new malware or new features. This can also suggest that the malware is newly developed and has not been fully operationalized yet. Another clue that points to this assumption is that some parts of the malware code seem to be buggy or incomplete.

Anti-analysis Techniques

Prior to downloading secondary payloads, CSPY Downloader initiates an extensive series of checks to determine if it is being debugged or running in a virtual environment, by searching for specific virtualization-related loaded modules, the process PEB structure, various file paths, registry keys, and memory:

A list of methods performing anti-analysis checks by the malware

It is worth mentioning that the document which unpacks CSPY Downlader, runs an almost identical series of Anti-VM techniques prior to dropping the downloader, which highlights the attackers’ efforts to avoid detection and remain under-the-radar.

After the anti-analysis checks are complete, the loader starts preparing the infected environment for the downloading of additional payloads. There are 3 download attempts (and thus 3 GET requests trailing by a different numeric ID), the payloads are downloaded subsequently to the user’s %temp% folder.

Payloads download method

After downloading the payloads, they are moved and renamed. The whole process can be summarized as follows:

Download URI

Filename

Copied To

Purpose

dwn.php?van=10860

dwn.dat0

%temp%\Appx.exe

Main executable

dwn.php?van=101

dwn.dat1

C:\Users\Public\Documents\AppxUp\BSup.hf

Possible module

dwn.php?van=102

dwn.dat2

C:\Users\Public\Documents\AppxUp\BCup.hf

Possible module

 

To execute the main downloaded payload, the loader tries to masquerade as a legitimate Windows service, claiming in its fake description, that it is used to support packed applications:

Registering the freshly downloaded malware as a service

In order to avoid raising suspicions from the victim, CSPY Downloader exploits a known UAC bypass technique that uses the SilentCleanup task to execute the binary with elevated privileges.

Using schtasks utility to disable UAC

As part of the exploitation process, the above value will be written to the registry under the %windir% variable, and deleted after execution. Appx.exe is moved once again, this time to %programdata%\Microsoft\Windows and registered as a service.

Finally, CSpy will initiate its self-deletion method.

Conclusion

In this report we uncovered a new toolset infrastructure that is used by the Kimsuky group, a notorious activity group that has been operating on behalf of the North Korean regime since 2012. A close examination of the new infrastructure combined with pattern-analysis led Cybereason’s Nocturnus team to the discovery of the “KGH Spyware Suite”, a modular malware likely involved in recent espionage operations, and the “CSPY Downloader” - both were previously undocumented. 

In addition, our report shows certain interesting overlaps between older Kimsuky malware and servers and the newly discovered malware and infrastructure. Moreover, the report highlights several behavior-based and code similarities between the new malware samples and older known Kimsuky malware and TTPs. 

Throughout the report it is noticeable that the threat actors invested efforts in order to remain under the radar, by employing various anti-forensics and anti-analysis techniques which included backdating the creation/compilation time of the malware samples to 2016, code obfuscation, anti-VM and anti-debugging techniques. At the time of writing this report, some of the samples mentioned in the report are still not detected by any AV vendor. 

While the identity of the victims of this campaign remains unclear, there are clues that can suggest that the infrastructure targeted organizations dealing with human rights violations. At the time of writing this report, there is not enough information available to Cybereason to determine this with a high certainty, and in any case, there could be a wide range of industries, organizations and individuals that were targeted by Kimsuky using this infrastructure.

MITRE ATT&CK BREAKDOWN

Reconnaissance

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Collection

Exfiltration

Gather Victim Host Information

Phishing

Command and Scripting Interpreter

Registry Run Keys 

Masquerading

Credentials from Web Browsers

File and Directory Discovery

Keylogging

Exfiltration Over C2 Channel

Gather Victim Network Information

 

User Execution

Logon Script (Windows)

Bypass User Account Control

Keylogging

System Information Discovery

   
     

Windows  Service

Timestomp

Steal Web Session Cookie

System Network Configuration Discovery

   
       

Software Packing

 

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

   

 

Indicators of Compromise

URLs:

http://csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home?act=news&id=[Machine_name]

http://csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home?id=[Machine_name]&act=upf&ver=x64

http://csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home?id=[Machine_name]&act=tre&ver=x64

http://csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home?id=[Machine_name]&act=wbi&ver=x64

http://csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home?id=[Machine_name]&act=cmd&ver=x64

http://csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home?id=[Machine_name]&act=pws&ver=x64

http://csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home?id=[Machine_name]&act=sbk&ver=x64

http://csv.posadadesantiago[.]com/home/up.php?id=[Machine_name]

http://myaccounts.posadadesantiago[.]com/test/Update.php?wShell=201

http://wave.posadadesantiago[.]com/home/dwn.php?van=10860

http://wave.posadadesantiago[.]com/home/dwn.php?van=101

http://wave.posadadesantiago[.]com/home/dwn.php?van=102

Domains

csv.posadadesantiago[.]com

wave.posadadesantiago[.]com

myaccounts.posadadesantiago[.]com

www.eventosatitlan[.]com

IPs

173.205.125.124

Malicious Documents

97d4898c4e70335f0adbbace34593236cb84e849592e5971a797554d3605d323

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