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Database Entry



Loki


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 12 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8cef0dc8479d3d0b88687c1ae17866e71de668c032bc2f9965e03e3f36993d60
SHA3-384 hash: 53cba5e9f9e53d3818d255d95b2bba3cdcd35147ca3a1222fc4f498b17b639b5c7f0ba2324f83431dab819a54c7f91ab
SHA1 hash: d7a491b8309bde3e246f814b4db99da5e8517963
MD5 hash: 6438c88f8a68fb3a9b78dbbdb54c08e8
humanhash: florida-north-johnny-lamp
File name:6438c88f8a68fb3a9b78dbbdb54c08e8.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Loki
File size:287'312 bytes
First seen:2022-01-25 20:08:37 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 9f4693fc0c511135129493f2161d1e86 (253 x Neshta, 15 x Formbook, 14 x AgentTesla)
ssdeep 6144:k9HpMVrHjnAe2o2CHnyw2lR40bPllxSOah8yptrsWBNUeqk8wVU:AWNHjn72eHoD5r1yjBe2m
Threatray 6'211 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T16754024AF5F4C8B7D02006788E2B9B75C6BB7A125A381A4377B46F5FEC353C2A81C255
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon b2a89c96a2cada72 (2'283 x Formbook, 981 x Loki, 803 x AgentTesla)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe Loki

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
155
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
6438c88f8a68fb3a9b78dbbdb54c08e8.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2022-01-25 21:29:06 UTC
Tags:
trojan lokibot stealer

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
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the Windows directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Modifying an executable file
Creating a file
Reading critical registry keys
Changing a file
DNS request
Creating a file in the Program Files subdirectories
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Enabling autorun with the shell\open\command registry branches
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Stealing user critical data
Infecting executable files
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  5/10
Tags:
n/a
Behaviour
MalwareBazaar
CheckCmdLine
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
control.exe neshta overlay packed shell32.dll
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:
Lokibot Neshta
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Creates an undocumented autostart registry key
Drops PE files with a suspicious file extension
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after reading information in the PEB, e.g. number of processors)
Found malware configuration
Infects executable files (exe, dll, sys, html)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials
Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry)
Yara detected aPLib compressed binary
Yara detected Lokibot
Yara detected Neshta
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 559936 Sample: HfHDUV8K9K.exe Startdate: 26/01/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 42 Found malware configuration 2->42 44 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->44 46 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->46 48 9 other signatures 2->48 7 HfHDUV8K9K.exe 4 2->7         started        process3 file4 22 C:\Windows\svchost.com, PE32 7->22 dropped 24 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\DismHost.exe, PE32 7->24 dropped 26 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\setup.exe, PE32 7->26 dropped 28 8 other malicious files 7->28 dropped 50 Creates an undocumented autostart registry key 7->50 52 Drops PE files with a suspicious file extension 7->52 54 Infects executable files (exe, dll, sys, html) 7->54 11 HfHDUV8K9K.exe 19 7->11         started        signatures5 process6 file7 30 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\...\ksih.dll, PE32 11->30 dropped 56 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry) 11->56 58 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 11->58 60 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after reading information in the PEB, e.g. number of processors) 11->60 62 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 11->62 15 HfHDUV8K9K.exe 57 11->15         started        signatures8 process9 dnsIp10 32 137.184.118.248, 80 PANDGUS United States 15->32 20 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\B52B3F.exe (copy), PE32 15->20 dropped 34 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 15->34 36 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 15->36 38 Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials 15->38 40 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 15->40 file11 signatures12
Threat name:
Win32.Virus.Neshta
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-01-25 17:16:17 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
2
AV detection:
27 of 27 (100.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:lokibot family:neshta collection persistence spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Modifies registry class
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
NSIS installer
Enumerates physical storage devices
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in Windows directory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Loads dropped DLL
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Executes dropped EXE
Lokibot
Modifies system executable filetype association
Neshta
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://137.184.118.248/sheng/logs/fre.php
http://kbfvzoboss.bid/alien/fre.php
http://alphastand.trade/alien/fre.php
http://alphastand.win/alien/fre.php
http://alphastand.top/alien/fre.php
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
8cef0dc8479d3d0b88687c1ae17866e71de668c032bc2f9965e03e3f36993d60
MD5 hash:
6438c88f8a68fb3a9b78dbbdb54c08e8
SHA1 hash:
d7a491b8309bde3e246f814b4db99da5e8517963
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_Referenfces_File_Transfer_Clients
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many file transfer clients. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENInfoStealer
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing common artifcats observed in infostealers
Rule name:infostealer_loki
Rule name:infostealer_xor_patterns
Author:jeFF0Falltrades
Description:The XOR and string patterns shown here appear to be unique to certain information-stealing malware families, namely LokiBot and Pony/Fareit. The XOR patterns were observed in a several loaders and payloads for LokiBot, but have also appeared (less frequently) in Pony/Fareit loaders and samples. The two accompanying rules below can be used to further classify the final payloads.
Rule name:Loki
Author:kevoreilly
Description:Loki Payload
Rule name:Lokibot
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect Lokibot in memory
Reference:internal research
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_Neshta
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects Neshta
Rule name:MAL_Neshta_Generic
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Neshta malware
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:MAL_Neshta_Generic_RID2DC9
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Neshta malware
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:STEALER_Lokibot
Author:Marc Rivero | McAfee ATR Team
Description:Rule to detect Lokibot stealer
Rule name:win_lokipws_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.lokipws.

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Loki

Executable exe 8cef0dc8479d3d0b88687c1ae17866e71de668c032bc2f9965e03e3f36993d60

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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