MBCProject-mbc-markdown/micro-behaviors/cryptography/cryptographic-hash.md

ID	C0029
Objective(s)	Cryptography
Related ATT&CK Techniques	None
Version	2.0
Created	13 October 2020
Last Modified	5 December 2023

Cryptographic Hash

Malware may use a cryptographic hash.

Methods

Name	ID	Description
MD5	C0029.001	Malware uses an MD5 hash.
SHA1	C0029.002	Malware uses a SHA-1 hash.
SHA224	C0029.004	Malware uses a SHA-224 hash.
SHA256	C0029.003	Malware uses a SHA-256 hash.
Snefru	C0029.006	Malware uses a Snefru hash.
Tiger	C0029.005	Malware uses a Tiger hash.

Use in Malware

Name	Date	Method	Description
BlackEnergy	2007	--	BlackEnergy hashes data via WinCrypt. [1]
BlackEnergy	2007	C0029.001	BlackEnergy hashes data with MD5. [1]
BlackEnergy	2007	C0029.002	BlackEnergy hashes data using SHA1. [1]
Kovter	2016	--	Kovter hashes data via WinCrypt. [1]
Redhip	2011	--	Redhip hashes data via WinCrypt. [1]
Redhip	2011	C0029.002	Redhip hashes data using SHA1. [1]
UP007	2016	C0029.002	UP007 hashes data using SHA1. [1]

Detection

Tool: capa	Mapping	APIs
hash data via WinCrypt	Cryptographic Hash (C0029)	advapi32.CryptHashData, advapi32.CryptGetHashParam
hash data using tiger	Cryptographic Hash::Tiger (C0029.005)	--
hash data using SHA1	Cryptographic Hash::SHA1 (C0029.002)	advapi32.CryptCreateHash, System.Security.Cryptography.SHA1Managed::ctor, System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm::ComputeHash
hash data using SHA256	Cryptographic Hash::SHA256 (C0029.003)	System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256Managed::Initialize, System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256CryptoServiceProvider::Initialize, System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256::Create, System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256Managed::ctor, System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm::ComputeHash
hash data with MD5	Cryptographic Hash::MD5 (C0029.001)	advapi32.CryptCreateHash, System.Security.Cryptography.MD5::Create, System.Security.Cryptography.MD5CryptoServiceProvider::ctor, System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm::ComputeHash
hash data using SHA224	Cryptographic Hash::SHA224 (C0029.004)	--
resolve function by FIN8 fasthash	Cryptographic Hash (C0029)	--

References

[1] capa v4.0, analyzed at MITRE on 10/12/2022