orcus | a8774951e5a4f42f51c648a6303a8506ee6a4f9cead732c1ea19c8dbc7eb81f3

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
150s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
08-01-2025 01:06

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General

Target

a8774951e5a4f42f51c648a6303a8506ee6a4f9cead732c1ea19c8dbc7eb81f3.exe
Size

924KB
MD5

2666c3e10ddf6dd5136f8f7a98208bad
SHA1

607409553a00cd1586897f2417a6f64d3511e4a5
SHA256

a8774951e5a4f42f51c648a6303a8506ee6a4f9cead732c1ea19c8dbc7eb81f3
SHA512

77db9644579507110035f1bc73708d0048412e42c068414f686b1e35108b703931eae53af7c628f68b1a6977ded5f6c7ff5bb1ce8a7a1f26615572486639e53f
SSDEEP

24576:tHt4MROxnFE3a0rrcI0AilFEvxHjGvYBQo:tH6Miua0rrcI0AilFEvxHj

Score

10^/10

orcus discovery rat spyware stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

orcus

hp-kissing.gl.joinmc.link:25565

Mutex

b72b0f402ff141278242ee74106b34b8

Attributes

autostart_method
TaskScheduler
enable_keylogger
true
install_path
%programfiles%\WindowsFiels\Orcus.exe
reconnect_delay
10000
registry_keyname
IntelAutoStart
taskscheduler_taskname
DiscordUpdater
watchdog_path
AppData\OrcusWatchdog.exe

Signatures

Orcus
Orcus is a Remote Access Trojan that is being sold on underground forums.
rat spyware stealer orcus
Orcus family
orcus

Orcus main payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000a000000023bad-38.dat	family_orcus

Orcurs Rat Executable 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2224-1-0x0000000000040000-0x000000000012E000-memory.dmp	orcus
behavioral2/files/0x000a000000023bad-38.dat	orcus

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	OrcusWatchdog.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	a8774951e5a4f42f51c648a6303a8506ee6a4f9cead732c1ea19c8dbc7eb81f3.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Orcus.exe

Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs

pid	Process
2908	WindowsInput.exe
1112	WindowsInput.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
3112	Orcus.exe
3564	OrcusWatchdog.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe	a8774951e5a4f42f51c648a6303a8506ee6a4f9cead732c1ea19c8dbc7eb81f3.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe.config	a8774951e5a4f42f51c648a6303a8506ee6a4f9cead732c1ea19c8dbc7eb81f3.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.InstallState	WindowsInput.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 3 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Program Files\WindowsFiels\Orcus.exe	a8774951e5a4f42f51c648a6303a8506ee6a4f9cead732c1ea19c8dbc7eb81f3.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\WindowsFiels\Orcus.exe	a8774951e5a4f42f51c648a6303a8506ee6a4f9cead732c1ea19c8dbc7eb81f3.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\WindowsFiels\Orcus.exe.config	a8774951e5a4f42f51c648a6303a8506ee6a4f9cead732c1ea19c8dbc7eb81f3.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	OrcusWatchdog.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	OrcusWatchdog.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs

pid	Process
1416	Orcus.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe
1416	Orcus.exe
5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1416	Orcus.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3564	OrcusWatchdog.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5116	OrcusWatchdog.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1416	Orcus.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2224 wrote to memory of 2908	2224	a8774951e5a4f42f51c648a6303a8506ee6a4f9cead732c1ea19c8dbc7eb81f3.exe	84
PID 2224 wrote to memory of 2908	2224	a8774951e5a4f42f51c648a6303a8506ee6a4f9cead732c1ea19c8dbc7eb81f3.exe	84
PID 2224 wrote to memory of 1416	2224	a8774951e5a4f42f51c648a6303a8506ee6a4f9cead732c1ea19c8dbc7eb81f3.exe	86
PID 2224 wrote to memory of 1416	2224	a8774951e5a4f42f51c648a6303a8506ee6a4f9cead732c1ea19c8dbc7eb81f3.exe	86
PID 1416 wrote to memory of 3564	1416	Orcus.exe	88
PID 1416 wrote to memory of 3564	1416	Orcus.exe	88
PID 1416 wrote to memory of 3564	1416	Orcus.exe	88
PID 3564 wrote to memory of 5116	3564	OrcusWatchdog.exe	89
PID 3564 wrote to memory of 5116	3564	OrcusWatchdog.exe	89
PID 3564 wrote to memory of 5116	3564	OrcusWatchdog.exe	89

Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
persistence

Query Registry
T1012

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a8774951e5a4f42f51c648a6303a8506ee6a4f9cead732c1ea19c8dbc7eb81f3.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a8774951e5a4f42f51c648a6303a8506ee6a4f9cead732c1ea19c8dbc7eb81f3.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2224
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe" --install
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  PID:2908
- C:\Program Files\WindowsFiels\Orcus.exe
  "C:\Program Files\WindowsFiels\Orcus.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1416
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\OrcusWatchdog.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\OrcusWatchdog.exe" /launchSelfAndExit "C:\Program Files\WindowsFiels\Orcus.exe" 1416 /protectFile
    3⤵
    - Checks computer location settings
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3564
  - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\OrcusWatchdog.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\OrcusWatchdog.exe" /watchProcess "C:\Program Files\WindowsFiels\Orcus.exe" 1416 "/protectFile"
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5116

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe
"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1112

C:\Program Files\WindowsFiels\Orcus.exe
"C:\Program Files\WindowsFiels\Orcus.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:3112

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Program Files\WindowsFiels\Orcus.exe

Filesize
924KB

MD5
2666c3e10ddf6dd5136f8f7a98208bad

SHA1
607409553a00cd1586897f2417a6f64d3511e4a5

SHA256
a8774951e5a4f42f51c648a6303a8506ee6a4f9cead732c1ea19c8dbc7eb81f3

SHA512
77db9644579507110035f1bc73708d0048412e42c068414f686b1e35108b703931eae53af7c628f68b1a6977ded5f6c7ff5bb1ce8a7a1f26615572486639e53f

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\OrcusWatchdog.exe

Filesize
9KB

MD5
913967b216326e36a08010fb70f9dba3

SHA1
7b6f8c2eb5b443e03c212b85c2f0edb9c76ad2bf

SHA256
8d880758549220154d2ff4ee578f2b49527c5fb76a07d55237b61e30bcc09e3a

SHA512
c6fcb98d9fd509e9834fc3fba143bd36d41869cc104fbce5354951f0a6756156e34a30796baaa130dd45de3ed96e039ec14716716f6da4569915c7ef2d2b6c33

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Orcuslogs\err_b72b0f402ff141278242ee74106b34b8.dat

Filesize
1KB

MD5
1c6c4d987bb8693e5b44386737edc972

SHA1
7f8ef8058180ce412d2265487f8435ce51e9a9e7

SHA256
9115a6d5ccfa98956cf9f876904d5f9a21da92ba68860312dbef25c942d99a04

SHA512
8efa384331b596ec4b50d3fe2e8a939bc73fa4b425b2626ca811f7e6820ccba3e024b8e449b2a7578a0a1bb1e757e70051d16ac199446c38f16a06970e02c40a

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe

Filesize
21KB

MD5
e6fcf516d8ed8d0d4427f86e08d0d435

SHA1
c7691731583ab7890086635cb7f3e4c22ca5e409

SHA256
8dbe814359391ed6b0b5b182039008cf1d00964da9fbc4747f46242a95c24337

SHA512
c496cf8e2e222fe1e19051b291e6860f31aae39f54369c1c5e8c9758c4b56e8af904e3e536e743a0a6fdbbf8478afba4baee92e13fc1b3073376ac6bf4a7948e

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe.config

Filesize
357B

MD5
a2b76cea3a59fa9af5ea21ff68139c98

SHA1
35d76475e6a54c168f536e30206578babff58274

SHA256
f99ef5bf79a7c43701877f0bb0b890591885bb0a3d605762647cc8ffbf10c839

SHA512
b52608b45153c489419228864ecbcb92be24c644d470818dfe15f8c7e661a7bcd034ea13ef401f2b84ad5c29a41c9b4c7d161cc33ae3ef71659bc2bca1a8c4ad

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memory/1416-75-0x000000001B870000-0x000000001B9DA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.4MB

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memory/1416-56-0x000000001BB60000-0x000000001BB70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1416-55-0x000000001C550000-0x000000001C712000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/1416-54-0x000000001BA00000-0x000000001BA18000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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memory/1416-52-0x000000001BE80000-0x000000001BECE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
312KB

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memory/1416-49-0x0000000002910000-0x0000000002922000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/2224-5-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A32000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/2224-3-0x00000000009D0000-0x00000000009DE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2224-1-0x0000000000040000-0x000000000012E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
952KB

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memory/2224-74-0x00007FFC4FD40000-0x00007FFC50801000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/2224-2-0x0000000002380000-0x00000000023DC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
368KB

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memory/2224-10-0x000000001B420000-0x000000001B52A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.0MB

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memory/2224-8-0x000000001ADE0000-0x000000001ADF2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/2224-46-0x000000001B160000-0x000000001B2CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.4MB

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memory/2224-9-0x000000001B2D0000-0x000000001B30C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
240KB

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memory/2224-0-0x00007FFC4FD43000-0x00007FFC4FD45000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2224-6-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A08000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2224-7-0x0000000000A30000-0x0000000000A38000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2224-4-0x00007FFC4FD40000-0x00007FFC50801000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/2908-31-0x00007FFC4FD40000-0x00007FFC50801000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/2908-30-0x00007FFC4FD40000-0x00007FFC50801000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/2908-26-0x00007FFC4FD40000-0x00007FFC50801000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/2908-25-0x0000000000830000-0x000000000083C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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memory/3564-70-0x0000000000350000-0x0000000000358000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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