Technical Information
To ensure autorun and distribution
Sets the following service settings
- [HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DFDA4653] 'ImagePath' = '<DRIVERS>\DFDA4653.sys'
Creates the following services
- 'DFDA4653' <DRIVERS>\DFDA4653.sys
Malicious functions
Intercepts control using hardware breakpoints
in NTDLL dll
- 092effd5d8.exe process, ntdll.dll module
Modifies file system
Creates the following files
- <Current directory>\092effd5d8.exe
- %TEMP%\deadstar\secureenginesdk64.dll
- %TEMP%\deadstar\vehhandler.dll
- <DRIVERS>\dfda4653.sys
Sets the 'hidden' attribute to the following files
- %TEMP%\deadstar\vehhandler.dll
Deletes following files that it created itself
- %TEMP%\deadstar\secureenginesdk64.dll
- %TEMP%\deadstar\vehhandler.dll
Deletes itself.
Miscellaneous
Searches for the following windows
- ClassName: '' WindowName: 'Rust'
Creates and executes the following
- '<Current directory>\092effd5d8.exe' --deadstar-morphed
Executes the following
- '<SYSTEM32>\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' -NoProfile -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Wait-Process -Id 1104 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; Remove-Item -LiteralPath '<Full path to file>' -Force"
- '<SYSTEM32>\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' -NoProfile -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Wait-Process -Id 1104 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; Remove-Item -LiteralPath '<Full path to file>' -Force"' (with hidden window)
