RogueRobin
RogueRobin is a payload used by DarkHydrus that has been developed in PowerShell and C#. [1][2]
Techniques Used
| Domain | ID | Name | Use | |
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| Enterprise | T1547 | .001 | Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder |
RogueRobin created a shortcut in the Windows startup folder to launch a PowerShell script each time the user logs in to establish persistence.[1] |
| .009 | Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Shortcut Modification |
RogueRobin establishes persistence by creating a shortcut (.LNK file) in the Windows startup folder to run a script each time the user logs in.[1][2] |
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| Enterprise | T1059 | .001 | Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell |
RogueRobin uses a command prompt to run a PowerShell script from Excel.[1] To assist in establishing persistence, RogueRobin creates |
| .003 | Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell |
RogueRobin uses Windows Script Components.[2][1] |
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| Enterprise | T1132 | .001 | Data Encoding: Standard Encoding |
RogueRobin base64 encodes strings that are sent to the C2 over its DNS tunnel.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1140 | Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information |
RogueRobin decodes an embedded executable using base64 and decompresses it.[2] |
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| Enterprise | T1105 | Ingress Tool Transfer |
RogueRobin can save a new file to the system from the C2 server.[1][2] |
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| Enterprise | T1027 | Obfuscated Files or Information |
The PowerShell script with the RogueRobin payload was obfuscated using the COMPRESS technique in Invoke-Obfuscation.[1][3] |
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| Enterprise | T1057 | Process Discovery |
RogueRobin checks the running processes for evidence it may be running in a sandbox environment. It specifically enumerates processes for Wireshark and Sysinternals.[1] |
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| Enterprise | T1113 | Screen Capture |
RogueRobin has a command named |
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| Enterprise | T1218 | .010 | Signed Binary Proxy Execution: Regsvr32 |
RogueRobin uses regsvr32.exe to run a .sct file for execution.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1518 | .001 | Software Discovery: Security Software Discovery |
RogueRobin enumerates running processes to search for Wireshark and Windows Sysinternals suite.[1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1082 | System Information Discovery |
RogueRobin gathers BIOS versions and manufacturers, the number of CPU cores, the total physical memory, and the computer name.[1] |
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| Enterprise | T1016 | System Network Configuration Discovery |
RogueRobin gathers the IP address and domain from the victim’s machine.[1] |
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| Enterprise | T1033 | System Owner/User Discovery |
RogueRobin collects the victim’s username and whether that user is an admin.[1] |
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| Enterprise | T1497 | .001 | Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion: System Checks |
RogueRobin uses WMI to check BIOS version for VBOX, bochs, qemu, virtualbox, and vm to check for evidence that the script might be executing within an analysis environment. [1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1102 | .002 | Web Service: Bidirectional Communication |
RogueRobin has used Google Drive as a Command and Control channel. [2] |
| Enterprise | T1047 | Windows Management Instrumentation |
RogueRobin uses various WMI queries to check if the sample is running in a sandbox.[1][2] |
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Groups That Use This Software
| ID | Name | References |
|---|---|---|
| G0079 | DarkHydrus |