| File name: | taskhostw.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/161559e7-b975-4a76-afa7-dd65f9eebf27 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | A keylogger is a type of spyware that infects a system and has the ability to record every keystroke made on the device. This lets attackers collect personal information of victims, which may include their online banking credentials, as well as personal conversations. The most widespread vector of attack leading to a keylogger infection begins with a phishing email or link. Keylogging is also often present in remote access trojans as part of an extended set of malicious tools. |
| Analysis date: | October 03, 2024, 05:12:42 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-dosexec |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows |
| MD5: | 58FF14D476F2BBAAB31B12587C09559E |
| SHA1: | EA9C7CE65A67F2A2D4E1CA4A2C3AC6785021FC94 |
| SHA256: | 1640E87780B219EBA703C734E68B0F5CF793BC94FE0CDF9121658D12BB1F9364 |
| SSDEEP: | 49152:mypBqwrT5pWicSSOhiFLaWLwV2A07JN+iuYvKr9xUQp4JghhGdBigLNXubAQaUwJ:hpBqA/OJN+Qhub6TRpESZbb |
MALICIOUS
SNAKEKEYLOGGER has been detected (SURICATA)
- RegSvcs.exe (PID: 5988)
SNAKE has been detected (YARA)
- RegSvcs.exe (PID: 5988)
Actions looks like stealing of personal data
- RegSvcs.exe (PID: 5988)
Steals credentials from Web Browsers
- RegSvcs.exe (PID: 5988)
SUSPICIOUS
Checks for external IP
- svchost.exe (PID: 2256)
- RegSvcs.exe (PID: 5988)
The process verifies whether the antivirus software is installed
- RegSvcs.exe (PID: 5988)
INFO
Reads the computer name
- RegSvcs.exe (PID: 5988)
Checks supported languages
- taskhostw.exe (PID: 1148)
- RegSvcs.exe (PID: 5988)
Reads mouse settings
- taskhostw.exe (PID: 1148)
Create files in a temporary directory
- taskhostw.exe (PID: 1148)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- RegSvcs.exe (PID: 5988)
Disables trace logs
- RegSvcs.exe (PID: 5988)
Checks proxy server information
- RegSvcs.exe (PID: 5988)
Reads the software policy settings
- RegSvcs.exe (PID: 5988)
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SnakeKeylogger
(PID) Process(5988) RegSvcs.exe
Keys
DES6fc98cd68a1aab8b
Options
SMTP Userinfo@purityontap.com
SMTP Passwordmail55
SMTP Hostmail.purityontap.com
SMTP SendTogmheritage@naharhotels.com
SMTP Port587
TRiD
| .exe | | | AutoIt3 compiled script executable (92.2) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (4.9) |
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (1.1) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (0.8) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (0.3) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2010:03:07 16:08:39+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | No relocs, Executable, Large address aware, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 9 |
| CodeSize: | 524800 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 120320 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x16310 |
| OSVersion: | 5 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 5 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 3.3.6.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 3.3.6.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x0017 |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Unknown |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | English (British) |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| FileDescription: | - |
| FileVersion: | 3, 3, 6, 0 |
| CompiledScript: | AutoIt v3 Script: 3, 3, 6, 0 |
Total processes
116
Monitored processes
3
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
1
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1148 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\taskhostw.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\taskhostw.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Version: 3, 3, 6, 0 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 2256 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p -s Dnscache | C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Host Process for Windows Services Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 5988 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\taskhostw.exe" | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe | taskhostw.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft .NET Services Installation Utility Version: 4.8.9037.0 built by: NET481REL1 Modules
SnakeKeylogger(PID) Process(5988) RegSvcs.exe Keys DES6fc98cd68a1aab8b Options SMTP Userinfo@purityontap.com SMTP Passwordmail55 SMTP Hostmail.purityontap.com SMTP SendTogmheritage@naharhotels.com SMTP Port587 | |||||||||||||||
Total events
4 124
Read events
4 110
Write events
14
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (5988) RegSvcs.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\RegSvcs_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5988) RegSvcs.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\RegSvcs_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableAutoFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5988) RegSvcs.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\RegSvcs_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5988) RegSvcs.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\RegSvcs_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileTracingMask |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5988) RegSvcs.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\RegSvcs_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ConsoleTracingMask |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5988) RegSvcs.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\RegSvcs_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | MaxFileSize |
Value: 1048576 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5988) RegSvcs.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\RegSvcs_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileDirectory |
Value: %windir%\tracing | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5988) RegSvcs.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\RegSvcs_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5988) RegSvcs.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\RegSvcs_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableAutoFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5988) RegSvcs.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\RegSvcs_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
1
Text files
0
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1148 | taskhostw.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ghauts | binary | |
MD5:9E9B0957B38945A79CFE3EEE1C4E4A44 | SHA256:747ECAE61FEEA9BDCC43E231C5DA36D53CD4E9E4293526172DD2AD006C1137AA | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
18
TCP/UDP connections
30
DNS requests
8
Threats
14
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.21.171:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5988 | RegSvcs.exe | GET | 200 | 132.226.247.73:80 | http://checkip.dyndns.org/ | unknown | — | — | malicious |
5988 | RegSvcs.exe | GET | 200 | 132.226.247.73:80 | http://checkip.dyndns.org/ | unknown | — | — | malicious |
5988 | RegSvcs.exe | GET | 200 | 132.226.247.73:80 | http://checkip.dyndns.org/ | unknown | — | — | malicious |
— | — | GET | 200 | 188.114.96.3:443 | https://reallyfreegeoip.org/xml/103.94.255.80 | unknown | — | — | — |
5988 | RegSvcs.exe | GET | 200 | 132.226.247.73:80 | http://checkip.dyndns.org/ | unknown | — | — | malicious |
— | — | GET | 200 | 188.114.97.3:443 | https://reallyfreegeoip.org/xml/103.94.255.80 | unknown | — | — | — |
5988 | RegSvcs.exe | GET | 200 | 132.226.247.73:80 | http://checkip.dyndns.org/ | unknown | — | — | malicious |
— | — | GET | 200 | 188.114.96.3:443 | https://reallyfreegeoip.org/xml/103.94.255.80 | unknown | — | — | — |
5988 | RegSvcs.exe | GET | 200 | 132.226.247.73:80 | http://checkip.dyndns.org/ | unknown | — | — | malicious |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3888 | svchost.exe | 239.255.255.250:1900 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
8 | svchost.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
— | — | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
8 | svchost.exe | 184.30.21.171:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
5988 | RegSvcs.exe | 132.226.247.73:80 | checkip.dyndns.org | ORACLE-BMC-31898 | BR | shared |
8 | svchost.exe | 51.124.78.146:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
5988 | RegSvcs.exe | 188.114.97.3:443 | reallyfreegeoip.org | CLOUDFLARENET | NL | malicious |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
checkip.dyndns.org |
| shared |
reallyfreegeoip.org |
| malicious |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2256 | svchost.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET INFO External IP Lookup Domain in DNS Query (checkip .dyndns .org) |
5988 | RegSvcs.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET POLICY External IP Lookup - checkip.dyndns.org |
5988 | RegSvcs.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET INFO 404/Snake/Matiex Keylogger Style External IP Check |
5988 | RegSvcs.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET POLICY External IP Lookup - checkip.dyndns.org |
2256 | svchost.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | INFO [ANY.RUN] External IP Address Lookup Domain (reallyfreegeoip .org) |
2256 | svchost.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO External IP Address Lookup Domain in DNS Lookup (reallyfreegeoip .org) |
5988 | RegSvcs.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO External IP Lookup Service Domain (reallyfreegeoip .org) in TLS SNI |
5988 | RegSvcs.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET POLICY External IP Lookup - checkip.dyndns.org |
5988 | RegSvcs.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET POLICY External IP Lookup - checkip.dyndns.org |
5988 | RegSvcs.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET POLICY External IP Lookup - checkip.dyndns.org |