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Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments 1

SHA256 hash: 7ce97f4056638942e117d1ea5be336c817d9f56b6548cc220ddf9f7e36db915c
SHA3-384 hash: 9f52adce876bbf0a30e44b23b07363b91dbec5404eec02e30781c1cfe4797fef17027a6ca48c9d3cad6fb8832647c831
SHA1 hash: 518520420f6a75cf1a5b2e944a10126a7ee7c18a
MD5 hash: e98fb50ed4e5b2ae6e6afc92aa7edf98
humanhash: glucose-minnesota-moon-beer
File name:music_watchdog.exe
Download: download sample
File size:10'249'278 bytes
First seen:2021-05-15 15:16:41 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash b0d2bcfaf69e32f6189b93d5e3f439ad (1 x Demonware, 1 x BlackKingdom, 1 x CobaltStrike)
ssdeep 196608:IuLaeIwA0MXCpaz9onJ5hrZERZyiU8AdZYJER2/NUrTEmCeFfEqb9b:TkxbXCpS9c5hlERVAdZYyI/mreeF
Threatray 37 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH 72A63354660024EAC0F6143A55A10710D5B27DFB5BF3931F5B7813B91FA3CEA6CFAA90
Reporter r3dbU7z
Tags:exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
121
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
music_watchdog.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2021-05-15 15:19:14 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Launching a process
Sending an HTTP GET request
Sending a UDP request
Creating a file in the system32 directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Enabling autorun
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.
Result
Threat name:
Unknown
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
adwa.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
Creates an undocumented autostart registry key
Disables Windows Defender (via service or powershell)
Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them
Drops PE files with benign system names
Modifies the hosts file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Potentially malicious time measurement code found
Sigma detected: Suspect Svchost Activity
Sigma detected: Suspicious Svchost Process
Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules)
Uses cmd line tools excessively to alter registry or file data
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 415203 Sample: music_watchdog.exe Startdate: 15/05/2021 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 91 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->91 93 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->93 95 Sigma detected: Suspect Svchost Activity 2->95 97 Sigma detected: Suspicious Svchost Process 2->97 10 music_watchdog.exe 88 2->10         started        process3 file4 69 C:\Users\user\...\music_watchdog.exe.manifest, XML 10->69 dropped 71 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\unicodedata.pyd, PE32+ 10->71 dropped 73 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\ucrtbase.dll, PE32+ 10->73 dropped 75 63 other files (none is malicious) 10->75 dropped 109 Uses cmd line tools excessively to alter registry or file data 10->109 111 Drops PE files with benign system names 10->111 113 Potentially malicious time measurement code found 10->113 14 music_watchdog.exe 4 10->14         started        signatures5 process6 file7 83 C:\Windows\System32\drivers\svchost.exe, PE32+ 14->83 dropped 85 C:\Windows\System32\searchbroker.exe, PE32+ 14->85 dropped 87 C:\Windows\System32\searchapp.exe, PE32+ 14->87 dropped 89 C:\Windows\System32\drivers\svihost.exe, PE32+ 14->89 dropped 123 Creates an undocumented autostart registry key 14->123 125 Uses cmd line tools excessively to alter registry or file data 14->125 18 svchost.exe 99 14->18         started        22 attrib.exe 1 14->22         started        24 attrib.exe 1 14->24         started        26 3 other processes 14->26 signatures8 process9 file10 61 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\win32ui.pyd, PE32+ 18->61 dropped 63 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\win32trace.pyd, PE32+ 18->63 dropped 65 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\win32api.pyd, PE32+ 18->65 dropped 67 72 other files (none is malicious) 18->67 dropped 99 Uses cmd line tools excessively to alter registry or file data 18->99 101 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 18->101 103 Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender 18->103 105 2 other signatures 18->105 28 svchost.exe 8 18->28         started        32 conhost.exe 22->32         started        34 conhost.exe 24->34         started        36 conhost.exe 26->36         started        38 conhost.exe 26->38         started        40 conhost.exe 26->40         started        signatures11 process12 file13 77 C:\Windows\System32\drivers\wininit.exe, PE32+ 28->77 dropped 79 C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts, ASCII 28->79 dropped 81 C:\Windows\System32\drivers\winlogon.exe, PE32+ 28->81 dropped 115 Uses cmd line tools excessively to alter registry or file data 28->115 117 Modifies the hosts file 28->117 119 Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender 28->119 121 Disables Windows Defender (via service or powershell) 28->121 42 cmd.exe 1 28->42         started        45 cmd.exe 28->45         started        47 attrib.exe 1 28->47         started        49 cmd.exe 28->49         started        signatures14 process15 signatures16 107 Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender 42->107 51 powershell.exe 21 42->51         started        53 conhost.exe 42->53         started        55 conhost.exe 45->55         started        57 powershell.exe 45->57         started        59 conhost.exe 47->59         started        process17
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.Cerbu
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2021-04-22 18:50:14 UTC
AV detection:
18 of 29 (62.07%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
pyinstaller
Behaviour
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Views/modifies file attributes
Loads dropped DLL
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:PE_File_pyinstaller
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Description:Detect PE file produced by pyinstaller
Reference:https://isc.sans.edu/diary/21057
Rule name:PyInstaller
Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies executable converted using PyInstaller.

File information


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a̵c̵c̸i̵d̷e̵n̷t̴a̷l̴r̵e̷b̸e̴l̸ commented on 2021-05-15 16:00:51 UTC

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MBC behaviors list (github.com/accidentalrebel/mbcscan):
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0) [B0009] Anti-Behavioral Analysis::Virtual Machine Detection
1) [C0027.009] Cryptography Micro-objective::RC4::Encrypt Data
2) [C0021.004] Cryptography Micro-objective::RC4 PRGA::Generate Pseudo-random Sequence
3) [C0032.005] Data Micro-objective::Adler::Checksum
4) [C0060] Data Micro-objective::Compression Library
5) [C0026.002] Data Micro-objective::XOR::Encode Data
7) [C0046] File System Micro-objective::Create Directory
8) [C0048] File System Micro-objective::Delete Directory
9) [C0047] File System Micro-objective::Delete File
10) [C0051] File System Micro-objective::Read File
11) [C0052] File System Micro-objective::Writes File
12) [C0034.001] Operating System Micro-objective::Set Variable::Environment Variable
13) [C0040] Process Micro-objective::Allocate Thread Local Storage
14) [C0017] Process Micro-objective::Create Process
15) [C0041] Process Micro-objective::Set Thread Local Storage Value
16) [C0018] Process Micro-objective::Terminate Process