| File name: | Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/48b6e242-cd36-4ef1-b0b2-46a8eed8ea62 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Quasar is a very popular RAT in the world thanks to its code being available in open-source. This malware can be used to control the victim’s computer remotely. |
| Analysis date: | May 03, 2020, 23:42:57 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-dosexec |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows |
| MD5: | 1459FFCCD455C614020592A0ABC42545 |
| SHA1: | 198E769432F8A02A977580E20FC801D3E4A2DCE8 |
| SHA256: | 943B535330D30DD51F61AC482A80777FC16DC14C22486409FFE89B47C0C55FE2 |
| SSDEEP: | 6144:djNHXf500MJxFQkCVbJYsFdf+grFkrEeUXImiQ:xd50fQvXYsdf+CFkrFUXImiQ |
MALICIOUS
Changes the autorun value in the registry
- Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe (PID: 2812)
- AmaqAgency.exe (PID: 3916)
Drops/Copies Quasar RAT executable
- Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe (PID: 2812)
QUASAR was detected
- Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe (PID: 2812)
- AmaqAgency.exe (PID: 3916)
Runs PING.EXE for delay simulation
- cmd.exe (PID: 2732)
SUSPICIOUS
Starts itself from another location
- Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe (PID: 2812)
Checks for external IP
- Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe (PID: 2812)
- AmaqAgency.exe (PID: 3916)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe (PID: 2812)
Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
- AmaqAgency.exe (PID: 3916)
Creates files in the user directory
- Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe (PID: 2812)
Starts application with an unusual extension
- cmd.exe (PID: 2732)
INFO
No info indicators.
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (63.1) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (23.8) |
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (5.6) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (3.8) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (1.7) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2020:05:03 19:43:21+02:00 |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 8 |
| CodeSize: | 352768 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 70656 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x581ae |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 1.1.1.1 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 1.1.1.1 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Neutral |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| Comments: | - |
| CompanyName: | Amaq |
| FileDescription: | Secret Channel |
| FileVersion: | 1.1.1.1 |
| InternalName: | AmaqAgency |
| LegalCopyright: | AmaqAgency |
| LegalTrademarks: | AmaqAgency |
| OriginalFileName: | AmaqAgency |
| ProductName: | AmaqAgency |
| ProductVersion: | 1.1.1.1 |
| AssemblyVersion: | 1.1.1.1 |
Summary
| Architecture: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
|---|---|
| Subsystem: | IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI |
| Compilation Date: | 03-May-2020 17:43:21 |
| Comments: | - |
| CompanyName: | Amaq |
| FileDescription: | Secret Channel |
| FileVersion: | 1.1.1.1 |
| InternalName: | AmaqAgency |
| LegalCopyright: | AmaqAgency |
| LegalTrademarks: | AmaqAgency |
| OriginalFilename: | AmaqAgency |
| ProductName: | AmaqAgency |
| ProductVersion: | 1.1.1.1 |
| Assembly Version: | 1.1.1.1 |
DOS Header
| Magic number: | MZ |
|---|---|
| Bytes on last page of file: | 0x0090 |
| Pages in file: | 0x0003 |
| Relocations: | 0x0000 |
| Size of header: | 0x0004 |
| Min extra paragraphs: | 0x0000 |
| Max extra paragraphs: | 0xFFFF |
| Initial SS value: | 0x0000 |
| Initial SP value: | 0x00B8 |
| Checksum: | 0x0000 |
| Initial IP value: | 0x0000 |
| Initial CS value: | 0x0000 |
| Overlay number: | 0x0000 |
| OEM identifier: | 0x0000 |
| OEM information: | 0x0000 |
| Address of NE header: | 0x00000080 |
PE Headers
| Signature: | PE |
|---|---|
| Machine: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
| Number of sections: | 3 |
| Time date stamp: | 03-May-2020 17:43:21 |
| Pointer to Symbol Table: | 0x00000000 |
| Number of symbols: | 0 |
| Size of Optional Header: | 0x00E0 |
| Characteristics: |
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Sections
Name | Virtual Address | Virtual Size | Raw Size | Charateristics | Entropy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.text | 0x00002000 | 0x000561B4 | 0x00056200 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 6.44601 |
.rsrc | 0x0005A000 | 0x00011134 | 0x00011200 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 2.78313 |
.reloc | 0x0006C000 | 0x0000000C | 0x00000200 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 0.10191 |
Resources
Title | Entropy | Size | Codepage | Language | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5.22615 | 1171 | Latin 1 / Western European | UNKNOWN | RT_MANIFEST |
Imports
mscoree.dll |
Total processes
41
Monitored processes
5
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
1
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1352 | ping -n 10 localhost | C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: TCP/IP Ping Command Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 2732 | cmd /c ""C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QSRzcpuRjy71.bat" " | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe | — | AmaqAgency.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 1 Version: 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850) Modules
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| 2812 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Amaq Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Secret Channel Exit code: 0 Version: 1.1.1.1 Modules
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| 3072 | chcp 65001 | C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Change CodePage Utility Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 3916 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\AmaqAgency.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\AmaqAgency.exe | Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Amaq Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Secret Channel Exit code: 0 Version: 1.1.1.1 Modules
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Total events
496
Read events
465
Write events
30
Delete events
1
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (2812) Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2812) Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2812) Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileTracingMask |
Value: 4294901760 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2812) Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ConsoleTracingMask |
Value: 4294901760 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2812) Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | MaxFileSize |
Value: 1048576 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2812) Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileDirectory |
Value: %windir%\tracing | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2812) Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2812) Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2812) Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileTracingMask |
Value: 4294901760 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2812) Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ConsoleTracingMask |
Value: 4294901760 | |||
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
0
Text files
1
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3916 | AmaqAgency.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QSRzcpuRjy71.bat | text | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2812 | Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\AmaqAgency.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
2
TCP/UDP connections
3
DNS requests
1
Threats
9
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2812 | Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe | GET | 200 | 208.95.112.1:80 | http://ip-api.com/json/ | unknown | text | 290 b | malicious |
3916 | AmaqAgency.exe | GET | 200 | 208.95.112.1:80 | http://ip-api.com/json/ | unknown | text | 290 b | malicious |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2812 | Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe | 208.95.112.1:80 | ip-api.com | IBURST | — | malicious |
3916 | AmaqAgency.exe | 87.221.251.118:1604 | — | Orange Espagne S.A.U. | ES | suspicious |
3916 | AmaqAgency.exe | 208.95.112.1:80 | ip-api.com | IBURST | — | malicious |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
ip-api.com |
| malicious |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2812 | Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET POLICY External IP Lookup ip-api.com |
2812 | Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | AV POLICY Internal Host Retrieving External IP Address (ip-api. com) |
2812 | Hacking Kali Linux Tutorial.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | REMOTE [PTsecurity] Quasar.RAT IP Lookup |
3916 | AmaqAgency.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET POLICY External IP Lookup ip-api.com |
3916 | AmaqAgency.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | AV POLICY Internal Host Retrieving External IP Address (ip-api. com) |
3916 | AmaqAgency.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | REMOTE [PTsecurity] Quasar.RAT IP Lookup |
3916 | AmaqAgency.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | REMOTE [PTsecurity] Quasar |
2 ETPRO signatures available at the full report