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Database Entry



Smoke Loader


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 35717c891450767af251ec90a7c05ffd407d7b2d2897d96c176c51b5b8a156b5
SHA3-384 hash: d0ef38e1f817dfa06293c241051062a14dd179b2bbca19d16f82e24a52552337e4b2236d8d5c6306fe638a3842227d84
SHA1 hash: 77c19b392d39bce4906b5c4e5f1ab0a0c9182dc7
MD5 hash: 05dcffe1d8e8e209a90b522192ad8000
humanhash: wolfram-bravo-idaho-ink
File name:bestthingsalwaysgetbesrentirelifethingstogdomybetterthignswithgreat.hta
Download: download sample
Signature Smoke Loader
File size:182'569 bytes
First seen:2024-11-18 17:35:48 UTC
Last seen:2024-11-18 19:05:47 UTC
File type:HTML Application (hta) hta
MIME type:text/html
ssdeep 48:4vahW5oZz7eWLB2ZfywyQhhY1ywyQbD6ngS5RJCS0d399Dd5nCYmIYZAjo3ueufc:4vCl17ZtQjtQhVFlfnnCO4AjovtQX5Q
Threatray 97 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T149047C96EA3448DABBCC4E63BDFC739E3AB8275F62C60E95931B3412DD5039C588052C
Magika txt
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:hta Smoke Loader

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
100
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
92.5%
Tags:
xtreme gumen shell sage
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
HTA File - Malicious
Behaviour
BlacklistAPI detected
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
powershell
Result
Threat name:
Cobalt Strike, HTMLPhisher, SmokeLoader
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
phis.bank.troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
AI detected suspicious sample
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Benign windows process drops PE files
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation))
Checks if browser processes are running
Checks if the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration)
Contains functionality to compare user and computer (likely to detect sandboxes)
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Detected Cobalt Strike Beacon
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex)
Found malware configuration
Found suspicious powershell code related to unpacking or dynamic code loading
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe)
Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Obfuscated command line found
PowerShell case anomaly found
Sigma detected: Base64 Encoded PowerShell Command Detected
Sigma detected: Dot net compiler compiles file from suspicious location
Sigma detected: Potential PowerShell Command Line Obfuscation
Sigma detected: Potential PowerShell Obfuscation Via Reversed Commands
Sigma detected: Potentially Suspicious PowerShell Child Processes
Sigma detected: PowerShell Base64 Encoded FromBase64String Cmdlet
Sigma detected: Suspicious MSHTA Child Process
Sigma detected: Suspicious PowerShell Parameter Substring
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Suspicious execution chain found
Suspicious powershell command line found
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly)
Yara detected HtmlPhish44
Yara detected Powershell download and execute
Yara detected SmokeLoader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1557927 Sample: bestthingsalwaysgetbesrenti... Startdate: 18/11/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 74 prolinice.ga 2->74 76 ip.1017.filemail.com 2->76 78 1017.filemail.com 2->78 86 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->86 88 Found malware configuration 2->88 90 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->90 92 16 other signatures 2->92 14 mshta.exe 1 2->14         started        17 djvbaae 2->17         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 140 Detected Cobalt Strike Beacon 14->140 142 Suspicious powershell command line found 14->142 144 PowerShell case anomaly found 14->144 19 powershell.exe 36 14->19         started        24 conhost.exe 17->24         started        process6 dnsIp7 82 107.172.44.178, 49730, 49738, 80 AS-COLOCROSSINGUS United States 19->82 68 seemybestnetworkwh...sentirelifewith.vbS, Unicode 19->68 dropped 70 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\tnaq44gy.cmdline, Unicode 19->70 dropped 108 Detected Cobalt Strike Beacon 19->108 110 Suspicious powershell command line found 19->110 112 Obfuscated command line found 19->112 114 Found suspicious powershell code related to unpacking or dynamic code loading 19->114 26 wscript.exe 1 19->26         started        29 powershell.exe 21 19->29         started        31 csc.exe 3 19->31         started        34 conhost.exe 19->34         started        file8 signatures9 process10 file11 126 Detected Cobalt Strike Beacon 26->126 128 Suspicious powershell command line found 26->128 130 Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly) 26->130 134 3 other signatures 26->134 36 powershell.exe 7 26->36         started        132 Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module 29->132 72 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\tnaq44gy.dll, PE32 31->72 dropped 39 cvtres.exe 1 31->39         started        signatures12 process13 signatures14 94 Detected Cobalt Strike Beacon 36->94 96 Suspicious powershell command line found 36->96 98 Obfuscated command line found 36->98 41 powershell.exe 15 16 36->41         started        45 conhost.exe 36->45         started        process15 dnsIp16 84 ip.1017.filemail.com 142.215.209.78, 443, 49731 HUMBER-COLLEGECA Canada 41->84 136 Writes to foreign memory regions 41->136 138 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 41->138 47 aspnet_compiler.exe 41->47         started        signatures17 process18 signatures19 146 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 47->146 148 Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation)) 47->148 150 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 47->150 152 3 other signatures 47->152 50 explorer.exe 47->50 injected process20 dnsIp21 80 prolinice.ga 46.173.214.24, 49781, 49817, 80 GARANT-PARK-INTERNETRU Russian Federation 50->80 66 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\djvbaae, PE32 50->66 dropped 100 Benign windows process drops PE files 50->100 102 Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 50->102 104 Writes to foreign memory regions 50->104 106 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 50->106 55 explorer.exe 50->55         started        58 explorer.exe 50->58         started        60 explorer.exe 50->60         started        62 6 other processes 50->62 file22 signatures23 process24 signatures25 116 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 55->116 118 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 55->118 120 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 55->120 124 3 other signatures 55->124 122 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 58->122 64 WerFault.exe 62->64         started        process26
Threat name:
Script-JS.Trojan.Acsogenixx
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-11-18 05:53:16 UTC
File Type:
Text
AV detection:
8 of 38 (21.05%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
smokeloader
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:smokeloader backdoor defense_evasion discovery execution trojan
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Checks computer location settings
Blocklisted process makes network request
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Evasion via Device Credential Deployment
SmokeLoader
Smokeloader family
Malware Config
Dropper Extraction:
https://1017.filemail.com/api/file/get?filekey=2Aa_bWo9Reu45t7BU1kVgsd9pT9pgSSlvStGrnTICfFhmTKj3LC6SQtIcOc_T35w&pk_vid=fd4f614bb209c62c1730945176a0904f
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File information


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Web download

Smoke Loader

HTML Application (hta) hta 35717c891450767af251ec90a7c05ffd407d7b2d2897d96c176c51b5b8a156b5

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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