Managed XDR

halkbank.xls — malware analysis report

File info

Filename
halkbank.xls
File type
Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 6.2, Code page: 1252, Name of Creating Application: Microsoft Excel, Create Time/Date: Sat Sep 16 00:00:00 2006, Last Saved Time/Date: Mon Jun 15 06:25:02 2026, Security: 1
File size
415 KB
First seen
Last seen

Environment

w10/x64 en

Hashes

SHA1
d34b9745324ac0e6bccc839ce53165fd087a12a9
SHA256
4e5f9208334d0df6b8604bc36fe9ee418887ad789520f7e9b3b6a0b7c3551b9d
MD5
0056d948fae1e29daca7c7d29feee67f

Signatures

Execution

T1059.001 suspicious_powershell: Suspicious document behavior (creates PowerShell process)
T1059.005 bad_vbs: Suspicious VBScript file
T1203 office_exploit_creates_process: The document exhibits suspicious behavior (spawns a process)
T1203 office_exploit_http: The document exhibits suspicious behavior (performs HTTP requests)
T1059 cmd_vbs: Detected command line that interacts with VBS-script
T1059.001 suspicious_process: Spawns a suspicious process
T1059.003 suspicious_process: Spawns a suspicious process
T1059.005 obfuscated_vbs: Detected obfuscated VBS
T1047 antivm_wmi: Uses WMI to detect virtual environment
T1047 has_wmi: Executes one or several WMI requests
T1064 office_macros: The document contains macro
T1059 wscript_info_discovery: Collects info about system with Wscript.Shell
T1204.002 office_com_load: Microsoft Office loads COM DLL files (indicator of COM usage in macros)

Persistence

T1547.001 persistence_autorun: Makes itself run automatically on Windows startup

Privilege Escalation

T1547.001 persistence_autorun: Makes itself run automatically on Windows startup
T1055 injection_failed: The attempt to inject into a process has failed
T1134 opens_thread_token: Opens the access token associated with a thread
T1134 opens_process_token: Opens the access token associated with a process

Defense Evasion

T1027 obfuscated_vbs: Detected obfuscated VBS
T1497 debugs_self: Creates a process and debugs it
T1497.001 antivm_wmi: Uses WMI to detect virtual environment
T1497.003 antisandbox_idletime: Detects Windows Idle Time to determine the uptime
T1064 office_macros: The document contains macro
T1055 injection_failed: The attempt to inject into a process has failed
T1134 opens_thread_token: Opens the access token associated with a thread
T1134 opens_process_token: Opens the access token associated with a process
T1497 evasion_trustrecords: Attempts to detect Sandbox exploring trusted documents
T1497.001 antisandbox_script_timer: Detected script timer window (indicative of sleep style evasion)
T1497.001 antivm_generic_productname: Checks system product name in registry, possibly for anti-virtualization

Credential Access

T1555.004 windows_credential_manager: Acquire credentials from the Windows Credential Manager

Discovery

T1497 debugs_self: Creates a process and debugs it
T1497.001 antivm_wmi: Uses WMI to detect virtual environment
T1497.003 antisandbox_idletime: Detects Windows Idle Time to determine the uptime
T1082 has_wmi: Executes one or several WMI requests
T1518 locates_browser: Attempts to identify where browsers are installed
T1497 evasion_trustrecords: Attempts to detect Sandbox exploring trusted documents
T1497.001 antisandbox_script_timer: Detected script timer window (indicative of sleep style evasion)
T1497.001 antivm_generic_productname: Checks system product name in registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
T1083 checks_recent_files: Attempt to check recently opened files through registry
T1033 wscript_info_discovery: Collects info about system with Wscript.Shell

Command and Control

T1071.001 office_exploit_http: The document exhibits suspicious behavior (performs HTTP requests)
T1071.004 office_exploit_dns: The document exhibits suspicious behavior (performs DNS requests)
T1071.001 network_http: Performs HTTP requests
T1071.001 wininet_https: Performs HTTP/HTTPS requests using WinInet

Other

suricata_alert: Malicious traffic detected
creates_exe: Creates executable files in the file system
create_process_failed: Could not start the process
suspicious_process_network: Unusual process network activity detected
dead_host: Connects to IP addresses that do not respond to requests
network_powershell: PowerShell process network connection detected
office_summary: The document contains suspicious metadata
create_rpc_bindings: Creates RPC connection
creates_suspended_process: Creates suspended process
test_check_service: Starts services
yara_rules: Static rules
Managed XDR