Malware analysis Particle.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	Particle.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/e35b635a-78e0-421d-b938-49965376412e
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	July 05, 2024, 19:25:04
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	application/x-dosexec
File info:	PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows
MD5:	F6A3A40DA4D9203F28DA87B44E1ECA5C
SHA1:	7DD7881F7A775F9CF0323F5E803EB1182165F98B
SHA256:	F191147C185FD7BADA80523E56BA9A49D448A5106178C44A6E32443D5A602113
SSDEEP:	98304:m899g1egy2sEAbOVlVQN3cyvi2LA625vkEIOywf815K881Kh1uEU7cJBvSk1ejVO:LAiBI1yTenARNh44

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (122.0.6261.70)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
- Drops the executable file immediately after the start
  - Particle.exe (PID: 5100)
SUSPICIOUS
- Reads the BIOS version
  - Particle.exe (PID: 5100)
INFO
- Process checks whether UAC notifications are on
  - Particle.exe (PID: 5100)
- Reads the computer name
  - Particle.exe (PID: 5100)
- Checks supported languages
  - Particle.exe (PID: 5100)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (50)
.exe	\|	DOS Executable Generic (49.9)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	AMD AMD64
TimeStamp:	2024:06:15 22:05:45+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	14.38
CodeSize:	1354752
InitializedDataSize:	6628352
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0xb62058
OSVersion:	6
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	6
Subsystem:	Windows GUI

No data.

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Total processes

142

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

1924

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Particle.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Particle.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

3221226540

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\particle.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll

5100

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Particle.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Particle.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Exit code:

Modules

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c:\users\admin\desktop\particle.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll

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Total events

342

Read events

342

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
5100	Particle.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\bin\agree.txt		text
		MD5:B326B5062B2F0E69046810717534CB09	SHA256:B5BEA41B6C623F7C09F1BF24DCAE58EBAB3C0CDD90AD966BC43A45B44867E12B
5100	Particle.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\temp		compressed
		MD5:76F0CB32B225291ABA34C762FB9C4667	SHA256:48EA7A552133FD536499C6E2A8C95A02A018B35095927EE2C7AAA73FA371837B
5100	Particle.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\bin\version.txt		text
		MD5:DCD8A052581BF8AA5CE41B52F33EDCD0	SHA256:30B34F3309C08228A72079F95A2BC14C0D7F2077C5551EFDDE357D070FCFFF86

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
768	lsass.exe	GET	200	172.217.18.3:80	http://c.pki.goog/r/gsr1.crl	unknown	—	—	unknown
768	lsass.exe	GET	200	172.217.18.3:80	http://c.pki.goog/r/r4.crl	unknown	—	—	unknown
1828	svchost.exe	GET	200	23.48.23.156:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	unknown
768	lsass.exe	GET	200	172.217.18.3:80	http://ocsp.pki.goog/gtsr1/ME4wTDBKMEgwRjAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQwkcLWD4LqGJ7bE7B1XZsEbmfwUAQU5K8rJnEaK0gnhS9SZizv8IkTcT4CDQIDvFCjJ1PwkYAi7fE%3D	unknown	—	—	unknown
1828	svchost.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	unknown
4656	SearchApp.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D	unknown	—	—	unknown
5100	Particle.exe	GET	301	188.114.96.3:80	http://download.ryo.sh/index.php?license=a9e7c5c926db4ff9969677d6b77cf929	unknown	—	—	unknown
6064	svchost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	unknown
6160	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	unknown
6160	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	unknown

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
4032	svchost.exe	239.255.255.250:1900	—	—	—	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
1828	svchost.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
5328	RUXIMICS.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
2832	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
5100	Particle.exe	188.114.96.3:443	lapi.ryo.sh	CLOUDFLARENET	NL	unknown
768	lsass.exe	172.217.18.3:80	c.pki.goog	GOOGLE	US	whitelisted
5100	Particle.exe	104.21.24.210:443	nocap.land	CLOUDFLARENET	—	unknown
1828	svchost.exe	23.48.23.156:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	unknown

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
lapi.ryo.sh	188.114.96.3 188.114.97.3	unknown
c.pki.goog	172.217.18.3	unknown
nocap.land	104.21.24.210 172.67.220.206	unknown
ocsp.pki.goog	172.217.18.3	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	20.73.194.208	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.48.23.156 23.48.23.143	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	184.30.21.171	whitelisted
ryo.sh	188.114.96.3 188.114.97.3	unknown
download.ryo.sh	188.114.96.3 188.114.97.3	unknown
www.bing.com	104.126.37.178 104.126.37.184 104.126.37.171 104.126.37.139 104.126.37.136 104.126.37.170 104.126.37.163 104.126.37.130 104.126.37.186 104.126.37.146 104.126.37.152 104.126.37.123 104.126.37.128	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

Particle.exe

F6A3A40DA4D9203F28DA87B44E1ECA5C

7DD7881F7A775F9CF0323F5E803EB1182165F98B

F191147C185FD7BADA80523E56BA9A49D448A5106178C44A6E32443D5A602113

98304:m899g1egy2sEAbOVlVQN3cyvi2LA625vkEIOywf815K881Kh1uEU7cJBvSk1ejVO:LAiBI1yTenARNh44

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Drops the executable file immediately after the start

SUSPICIOUS

Reads the BIOS version

INFO

Process checks whether UAC notifications are on

Reads the computer name

Checks supported languages

Malware configuration

Static information

TRiD

EXIF

EXE

Video and screenshots

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Process information

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Modules

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