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Database Entry



Chaos


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 098a4f04ab89f497a4ad50144ca98872eefa6047fceb387ad900e7cb59072389
SHA3-384 hash: f24df0756b07dcb26477550b60f6a8154eb833ece79271c12235d1cf4095dc35890921c860b27c703216080df6a3e519
SHA1 hash: c9e94a5c814ac1deeed5156deea9554c235669c8
MD5 hash: e94273df0cf8cfcc0388c1766b95db35
humanhash: michigan-gee-iowa-alabama
File name:098a4f04ab89f497a4ad50144ca98872eefa6047fceb387ad900e7cb59072389
Download: download sample
Signature Chaos
File size:87'040 bytes
First seen:2022-10-12 09:00:10 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'740 x AgentTesla, 19'600 x Formbook, 12'241 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 768:xn3kIcLpytiJbr9SCRrUtXZfkrJwYzfE0rZBIqbzeBm:53kIvtiJbr9SCRrUtXZfkrJDM0rAB
Threatray 2'805 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1018341243AEA403FF3B76EF40BE4659D7E2AF9FF671B9149107102CA0722A458D91736
TrID 72.5% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
10.4% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
6.5% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.4% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4505/5/1)
2.0% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Reporter petikvx
Tags:Chaos

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
203
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a file
Sending a custom TCP request
Changing a file
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Moving a file to the %AppData% subdirectory
Running batch commands
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a window
Launching a service
Launching a process
Searching for synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the Windows subdirectories
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Creating a file in the mass storage device
Deleting volume shadow copies
Preventing system recovery
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
azorult cmd.exe filecoder hydracrypt packed ransomware sorry
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Malware family:
CHAOS Ransomware
Verdict:
Malicious
Result
Threat name:
Chaos, TrojanRansom
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
rans.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains very large strings
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Creates files inside the volume driver (system volume information)
Deletes shadow drive data (may be related to ransomware)
Deletes the backup plan of Windows
Drops PE files with benign system names
Found ransom note / readme
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
May disable shadow drive data (uses vssadmin)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Sigma detected: Delete shadow copy via WMIC
Sigma detected: Drops script at startup location
Uses bcdedit to modify the Windows boot settings
Writes a notice file (html or txt) to demand a ransom
Yara detected Chaos Ransomware
Yara detected TrojanRansom
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 721282 Sample: AD0D5E3VTH.exe Startdate: 12/10/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 79 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->79 81 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->81 83 Found ransom note / readme 2->83 85 7 other signatures 2->85 8 AD0D5E3VTH.exe 4 2->8         started        12 svchost.exe 7 2->12         started        14 wbengine.exe 3 2->14         started        16 3 other processes 2->16 process3 file4 73 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe, PE32 8->73 dropped 75 C:\Users\user\...\svchost.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 8->75 dropped 77 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\AD0D5E3VTH.exe.log, CSV 8->77 dropped 103 Drops PE files with benign system names 8->103 18 svchost.exe 3 48 8->18         started        105 Deletes shadow drive data (may be related to ransomware) 12->105 107 Uses bcdedit to modify the Windows boot settings 12->107 22 cmd.exe 12->22         started        24 cmd.exe 12->24         started        26 cmd.exe 12->26         started        28 notepad.exe 12->28         started        109 Creates files inside the volume driver (system volume information) 14->109 signatures5 process6 file7 65 C:\Users\user\Videos\read_it.txt, ASCII 18->65 dropped 67 C:\Users\user\Saved Games\read_it.txt, ASCII 18->67 dropped 69 C:\Users\user\Pictures\read_it.txt, ASCII 18->69 dropped 71 8 other malicious files 18->71 dropped 87 Antivirus detection for dropped file 18->87 89 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 18->89 91 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 18->91 93 Writes a notice file (html or txt) to demand a ransom 18->93 30 cmd.exe 1 18->30         started        33 cmd.exe 1 18->33         started        35 cmd.exe 1 18->35         started        37 notepad.exe 18->37         started        95 May disable shadow drive data (uses vssadmin) 22->95 97 Deletes shadow drive data (may be related to ransomware) 22->97 39 conhost.exe 22->39         started        41 vssadmin.exe 22->41         started        43 WMIC.exe 22->43         started        99 Uses bcdedit to modify the Windows boot settings 24->99 45 3 other processes 24->45 101 Deletes the backup plan of Windows 26->101 47 2 other processes 26->47 signatures8 process9 signatures10 111 May disable shadow drive data (uses vssadmin) 30->111 113 Deletes shadow drive data (may be related to ransomware) 30->113 115 Uses bcdedit to modify the Windows boot settings 30->115 49 WMIC.exe 1 30->49         started        51 conhost.exe 30->51         started        53 vssadmin.exe 1 30->53         started        55 bcdedit.exe 8 1 33->55         started        57 bcdedit.exe 7 1 33->57         started        59 conhost.exe 33->59         started        117 Deletes the backup plan of Windows 35->117 61 conhost.exe 35->61         started        63 wbadmin.exe 3 35->63         started        process11
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Ransomware.HydraCrypt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-10-12 09:01:08 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
25 of 26 (96.15%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:chaos evasion ransomware spyware stealer
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Interacts with shadow copies
Modifies registry class
Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Program crash
Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
Drops desktop.ini file(s)
Checks computer location settings
Drops startup file
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Deletes backup catalog
Executes dropped EXE
Deletes shadow copies
Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
Chaos
Chaos Ransomware
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
098a4f04ab89f497a4ad50144ca98872eefa6047fceb387ad900e7cb59072389
MD5 hash:
e94273df0cf8cfcc0388c1766b95db35
SHA1 hash:
c9e94a5c814ac1deeed5156deea9554c235669c8
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YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:Destructive_Ransomware_Gen1
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects destructive malware
Reference:http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/olympic-destroyer.html
Rule name:Destructive_Ransomware_Gen1_RID31CB
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects destructive malware
Reference:http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/olympic-destroyer.html
Rule name:INDICATOR_KB_ID_Ransomware_Chaos
Author:ditekShen
Description:Detects files referencing identities associated with Chaos ransomware
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENRansomware
Author:ditekSHen
Description:detects command variations typically used by ransomware
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_Chaos
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects Chaos ransomware
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash

File information


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