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Database Entry

Loki

Vendor detections: 12

Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 16 File information Comments 1

SHA256 hash:	f491ca92789db4ebf58c5107059fd90616472d55a8ee51734cb9b77d89d0a7e3
SHA3-384 hash:	b0f6197b673f7be56e2823c206851f26bd738c780e49184fa5108fcdd8df738c8102c6c6adfc28161b87bc141960913d
SHA1 hash:	08aef251650cf0dab6dc2c5311793a1d2352a554
MD5 hash:	9b45abb7db4c36079e437c49972fdbd6
humanhash:	may-jig-fourteen-carpet
File name:	9b45abb7db4c36079e437c49972fdbd6
Download:	download sample
Signature	Loki Create hunting rule
File size:	232'960 bytes
First seen:	2022-03-04 08:11:24 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	9f4693fc0c511135129493f2161d1e86 (250 x Neshta, 15 x Formbook, 14 x AgentTesla)
ssdeep	3072:sr85C+JiCyWkaMD43h7Tvqu+nDyc45za6+D5WvpJ3TowFtzLwUs6:k9AhJjR7gnDP45zcgvHFtzLTs6
Threatray	6'914 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH	T1BB34BF1075E1C032D127197A8834C3F44E7B78A66E356DDFBFD52ABD4F292E19A2430A
File icon (PE):
dhash icon	d2b9e4d4ecb987f9 (8 x RedLineStealer, 2 x Loki, 2 x Smoke Loader)
Reporter	zbetcheckin
Tags:	32 exe Loki Neshta

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

271

Origin country :

n/a

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/247286/

Detection(s):

Win.Trojan.Neshuta-1

PUA.Win.Packer.Pequake-4

Win.Virus.Neshta-7101689-0

Win.Malware.Generic-9937750-0

Win.Dropper.Tofsee-9937828-0

Win.Dropper.Tofsee-9937829-0

Win.Trojan.Jadtre-5

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Searching for the window

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

Reading critical registry keys

Changing a file

Sending an HTTP POST request

Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories

Moving a file to the %AppData% subdirectory

Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files

Creating a file

Creating a file in the Program Files subdirectories

Sending a custom TCP request

Enabling autorun with the shell\open\command registry branches

Stealing user critical data

Infecting executable files

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

5/10

Tags:

n/a

Link:

https://dragonfly.certego.net/analysis/8205/overview

Behaviour

MalwareBazaar

CheckCmdLine

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:

Loki

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/86fd90d4-11c5-4963-9581-2718f00b8b4e

Result

Threat name:

Lokibot Neshta

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

spre.troj.spyw.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/950636

Signature

Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample

Antivirus detection for dropped file

Antivirus detection for URL or domain

C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration

Creates an undocumented autostart registry key

Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)

Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header)

Drops executable to a common third party application directory

Drops PE files with a suspicious file extension

Found malware configuration

Infects executable files (exe, dll, sys, html)

Machine Learning detection for dropped file

Machine Learning detection for sample

Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)

Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL

Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file

Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file

Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules)

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:

Download SVG

Detection:

lokibot

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/f491ca92789db4ebf58c5107059fd90616472d55a8ee51734cb9b77d89d0a7e3/

Threat name:

Win32.Virus.Neshta

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2022-03-04 08:12:11 UTC

File Type:

PE (Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

27 of 27 (100.00%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Malicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=6si4vetytw2ox5mmkedqlh6zayleolkvvdxfc42mxg3x3coqu7rq._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

lokipasswordstealer(pws)

Loki

6f975378cb65fa40e27b22cd6676e4385b46cdb0df3111cb94530a8615516281

Loki

6fa3ca5bec61c6c9427b467ecefd895568f9d2db64097a2acb5d987228f97b0c

Loki

6fcd9b779accb07c3b05ac111df68e64fbc255f81887a60d810b94acd6f44388

Loki

7ec8d23c5167687f3e60e57527cedf105a3de3b1d88e47924d96bad31bfe5385

Loki

a0baff0515a6ff0a42b19248dd7823063a25118963fc396c25f5e5cd6af3d59e

Loki

ba66dd24d4e15ad89e20c99cc4fc7dbbdd429299e0edd1a36be467d98334a30a

Loki

dba4b5c90843262455092bc0fa32431f1025fb61d85b96e700cdd82c0cb64b72

Loki

fdec06df5406c4ce7396704a8160927a2bdceeac0bb111b702ec310498e9a5ba

Loki

+ 6'904 additional samples on MalwareBazaar

Result

Malware family:

neshta

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:lokibot family:neshta collection persistence spyware stealer trojan

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/220304-j3vw5aeae8/

Behaviour

Modifies registry class

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

outlook_office_path

outlook_win_path

Enumerates physical storage devices

Drops file in Program Files directory

Drops file in Windows directory

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles

Checks computer location settings

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://164.90.194.235/?id=17007285853618101
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:

f491ca92789db4ebf58c5107059fd90616472d55a8ee51734cb9b77d89d0a7e3

MD5 hash:

9b45abb7db4c36079e437c49972fdbd6

SHA1 hash:

08aef251650cf0dab6dc2c5311793a1d2352a554

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/9d857aac-3f59-4329-b27b-6d71aaf07c4b/

Malware family:

Lokibot

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/f491ca92789d/report/overview.html

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Suspicious File

Score:

0.39

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/f491ca92789db4ebf58c5107059fd90616472d55a8ee51734cb9b77d89d0a7e3

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 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables referencing many file transfer clients. Observed in information stealers

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENInfoStealer Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables containing common artifcats observed in infostealers

Rule name:	infostealer_loki Create hunting rule

Rule name:	infostealer_xor_patterns Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	kevoreilly
Description:	Loki Payload

Rule name:	malware_Lokibot_strings Create hunting rule
Author:	JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:	detect Lokibot in memory
Reference:	internal research

Rule name:	MALWARE_Win_Neshta Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects Neshta

Rule name:	MAL_Neshta_Generic Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	Detects Neshta malware
Reference:	Internal Research

Rule name:	MAL_Neshta_Generic_RID2DC9 Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	Detects Neshta malware
Reference:	Internal Research

Rule name:	STEALER_Lokibot Create hunting rule
Author:	Marc Rivero \| McAfee ATR Team
Description:	Rule to detect Lokibot stealer

Rule name:	SUSP_XORed_URL_in_EXE Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	Detects an XORed URL in an executable
Reference:	https://twitter.com/stvemillertime/status/1237035794973560834

Rule name:	SUSP_XORed_URL_in_EXE_RID2E46 Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	Detects an XORed URL in an executable
Reference:	https://twitter.com/stvemillertime/status/1237035794973560834

Rule name:	win_lokipws_auto Create hunting rule
Author:	Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:	Detects win.lokipws.

Rule name:	win_neshta_auto Create hunting rule
Author:	Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:	autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

Rule name:	XOREngine_Misc_XOR_Func Create hunting rule
Author:	smiller cc @florian @wesley idea on implementation with yara's built in XOR function
Description:	Use with care, https://twitter.com/cyb3rops/status/1237042104406355968