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It is worth mentioning that the filenames and scheduled task name can be different even if the initial payload was downloaded from the same infected webpage.
The threat actor(s) retrieved and ran the Cobalt Strike payload zieu.ps1 from path appdata\roaming\btbh\.
After establishing the connection with the Cobalt Strike server (91.215.85[.]176), the threat actor(s) proceeded with retrieving and extracting BloodHound, a tool used for graphically analyzing Active Directory and other identity systems to identify attack pathways (20230103151757_bloodhound.zip) that contained pshound.ps1 under C:\Users\<username>.
After further analyzing the Windows Event Logs, we concluded that the script is similar to the one mentioned by GuidePoint Security that appears to be a BloodHound executable.
Besides the Cobalt Strike payload, the threat actor(s) retrieved the following files/tools:
The persistence via Registry Run Keys was created to run the PowerShell SOCKS proxy script with the following values:
Registry Run Key name: socks_powershell
Data (command to run): Powershell.exe -windowstyle hidden -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\Users\
The threat actor(s) removed most of the files they dropped on the host including the results produced by BloodHound as well as an unidentified krb.txt file dropped under C:\Users\
After running BloodHound, the threat actor(s) attempted to move laterally by using PsExec to execute file rz.ps1 on a second host. This was not successful due to the PowerShell execution policy preventing execution of untrusted scripts. We were unable to retrieve the rz.ps1 script, but we assess it was likely a Cobalt Strike payload.
Indicator | Note |
23d3d8cd3a5b8e4703a9b91970d790d1 | zieu.ps1 (Cobalt Strike payload) |
785fcb9380b4c2310c2200790641bc73 | s5.ps1 (PowerShell SOCKS proxy) |
cadb91ac90f52e27c0acae43b79aa202 | son.ps1 (PowerShell SOCKS proxy) |
bbbfab2763b717178141f0561584d087 | contract salary calculator ontario 34123.js |
hxxps[://]skymedia360[.]com/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
hxxps[://]filorga[.]com/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
hxxp[://]breadoflifetabernacle[.]com/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
hxxps[://]lyngsfjord[.]com/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
hxxps[://]galonivan[.]com[.]br/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
hxxps[://]assistironline[.]net/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
hxxps[://]dexacoin[.]net/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
hxxps[://]thetripgoeson[.]com/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
hxxps[://]hcss[.]nl/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
hxxp[://]beechdesigngroup[.]com/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
hxxp[://]dentalofficeathens[.]gr/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
hxxp[://]aracelicolin[.]org[.]mx/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
hxxps[://]shareddata[.]org/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
hxxps[://]dunkandjump[.]com/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
hxxps[://]nickthomm[.]com/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
hxxps[://]1worldsync[.]com/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
hxxps[://]hozoboz[.]com/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
hxxps[://]burmancoffee[.]com/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
hxxps[://]tonyevers[.]com/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
hxxps[://]serialowy[.]pl/xmlrpc[.]php | Contacted domain |
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