Managed XDR

beacon.ps1 (Cobalt Strike) — malware analysis report

File info

Filename
beacon.ps1
File type
ASCII text, with very long lines
File size
363 KB
First seen
Last seen

Environment

w10/x64 en

Hashes

SHA1
36e1e19147d972f443f1d62c5494586bdc5dcf6d
SHA256
1a1ed91427b936d97441068f2e23371bf898eb42cca000b815169f1b96c6c3fb
MD5
e8774cad8756a4a060a666ac53612103

Malwares

  • Cobalt Strike

Signatures

Execution

T1047 antivm_wmi: Uses WMI to detect virtual environment
T1047 has_wmi: Executes one or several WMI requests

Privilege Escalation

T1134 sets_privilegies_via_adjusttokenprivileges: Sets process privilege via AdjustTokenPrivileges
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

T1497.001 antivm_wmi: Uses WMI to detect virtual environment
T1497 evasion_printers: Attempts to detect Sandbox by exploring existing printers
T1497.001 antivm_generic_productname: Checks system product name in registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
T1497.001 antivm_queries_computername: Retrieves the computer name
T1497.003 antisandbox_sleep: The process attempted to slow down analysis
T1134 sets_privilegies_via_adjusttokenprivileges: Sets process privilege via AdjustTokenPrivileges
T1134 opens_thread_token: Opens the access token associated with a thread
T1134 opens_process_token: Opens the access token associated with a process

Credential Access

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

Discovery

T1497.001 antivm_wmi: Uses WMI to detect virtual environment
T1057 has_wmi: Executes one or several WMI requests
T1082 has_wmi: Executes one or several WMI requests
T1518 locates_browser: Attempts to identify where browsers are installed
T1497 evasion_printers: Attempts to detect Sandbox by exploring existing printers
T1497.001 antivm_generic_productname: Checks system product name in registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
T1497.001 antivm_queries_computername: Retrieves the computer name
T1497.003 antisandbox_sleep: The process attempted to slow down analysis

Command and Control

T1071.001 winhttp_https: Performs HTTP/HTTPS requests using WinHttp
T1071.001 wininet_https: Performs HTTP/HTTPS requests using WinInet

Other

yara_rules: Static rules
network_bind: Starts servers listening at None
network_powershell: PowerShell process network connection detected
create_rpc_bindings: Creates RPC connection
suspicious_network_port: Performs TCP or UDP request to non-standard port
test_check_service: Starts services

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