MalwareOfTheWeek-March23

Malware of the Week – March 23

c80a7ab07611836f0da1e9084d765a84049f1beb95174c1cef16bb2524924e13 (SHA-256)

Malicious with 82% Confidence 

SecondWrite’s DeepView Sandbox analyzed this file last week and declared it to be 82%  malicious using our proprietary techniques. At the time of detection, this malware did not appear on leading malware black-lists. A link to the full report is below but here are some key highlights: 

Type of Malware:  Infostealer – Installs a hook procedure to monitor for mouse events- Sniffs keystrokes- Creates an Alternative Data Stream (ADS)- Creates a suspicious Powershell process- More than 50% of the external calls do not go through the import address table


Evasiveness Indicators:– Checks amount of memory in the system, this can be used to detect virtual machines that have a low amount of memory available- Queries for the computername- Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time- Checks amount of memory in the system, this can be used to detect virtual machines that have a low amount of memory available


Other Compelling Indicators:– Creates a hidden or system file- Attempts to create or modify system certificates- Attempts to identify installed AV products by installation directory- Creates executable files on the filesystem- Reads data out of its own binary image

See full detailed report:

Malware Of The Week is sourced by DeepView Sandbox using SecondWrite’s patented techniques of Forced Code Execution, Program Level Indicators, and Automatic Sequence Detection

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