Attention: We have transitioned to a new AAD or Microsoft Entra ID from the week of May 20, 2024. In case your tenant requires admin consent, please refer to this document located at Overview of user and admin consent - Microsoft Entra ID | Microsoft Learn and grant access to App ID: 6ba09155-cb24-475b-b24f-b4e28fc74365 with graph permissions for Directory.Read.All and User.Read for continued access. While the app may appear unverified, you can confirm its legitimacy by verifying the App ID provided.
It can also be registered as a service under the following system registry key:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\<adjective> <noun>\<adjective> <noun>.exe, for example HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Abrupt Bench\Abrupt Bench.exe
Payload
Connects to a remote host
We have seen this threat connect to the following web domains to download and run malicious code:
The following can indicate that you have this threat on your PC:
You have these files:
%ProgramFiles%\<adjective> <noun>\<adjective> <noun>.exe, for example%ProgramFiles%\Abrupt Bench\Abrupt Bench.exe
You see these entries or keys in your registry:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\<adjective> <noun>\<adjective> <noun>.exe, for example HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Abrupt Bench\Abrupt Bench.exe
