418d91aa65e3ab38c3c95015d986684ee9c7bcb326f186ad0fba5c12dc77e8bc

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
150s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250129-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250129-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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30-01-2025 17:16

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General

Target

Instagram Account Checker By Amir v0.1/SHELL/Launcher.exe
Size

53KB
MD5

c6d4c881112022eb30725978ecd7c6ec
SHA1

ba4f96dc374195d873b3eebdb28b633d9a1c5bf5
SHA256

0d87b9b141a592711c52e7409ec64de3ab296cddc890be761d9af57cea381b32
SHA512

3bece10b65dfda69b6defbf50d067a59d1cd1db403547fdf28a4cbc87c4985a4636acfcff8300bd77fb91f2693084634d940a91517c33b5425258835ab990981
SSDEEP

768:FKtnBTTQi/YqMFlVt52ftDhKeoNzZq8OujxUu5XEAb4b9yvMzUV5:qBTUgYFveDRuFEAb4b99QV5

Score

8^/10

discovery execution persistence

Malware Config

Signatures

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
4988	powershell.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 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-1-5-21-2089655958-977706906-1981639424-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Windows Services.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2089655958-977706906-1981639424-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Launcher.exe

Drops startup file 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Microsoft Startup.lnk	Launcher.exe

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
884	Windows Services.exe
1064	Secure System Shell.exe
4232	Runtime Explorer.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2089655958-977706906-1981639424-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Runtime Explorer = "C:\\Windows\\IMF\\\\Windows Services.exe"	Launcher.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 9 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\IMF\Secure System Shell.exe	Launcher.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\IMF\Runtime Explorer.exe	Launcher.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\IMF\Windows Services.exe	Launcher.exe
File created	C:\Windows\IMF\LICENCE.dat	Launcher.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\IMF\LICENCE.zip	Launcher.exe
File created	C:\Windows\IMF\Secure System Shell.exe.tmp	Launcher.exe
File created	C:\Windows\IMF\Runtime Explorer.exe.tmp	Launcher.exe
File created	C:\Windows\IMF\Windows Services.exe.tmp	Launcher.exe
File created	C:\Windows\IMF\LICENCE.zip	Launcher.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 5 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	Runtime Explorer.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Launcher.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Windows Services.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Secure System Shell.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs

pid	Process
312	Launcher.exe
4988	powershell.exe
4988	powershell.exe
884	Windows Services.exe
884	Windows Services.exe
884	Windows Services.exe
884	Windows Services.exe
1064	Secure System Shell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	312	Launcher.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4988	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	884	Windows Services.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1064	Secure System Shell.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4232	Runtime Explorer.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 312 wrote to memory of 4988	312	Launcher.exe	85
PID 312 wrote to memory of 4988	312	Launcher.exe	85
PID 312 wrote to memory of 4988	312	Launcher.exe	85
PID 312 wrote to memory of 884	312	Launcher.exe	87
PID 312 wrote to memory of 884	312	Launcher.exe	87
PID 312 wrote to memory of 884	312	Launcher.exe	87
PID 884 wrote to memory of 1064	884	Windows Services.exe	88
PID 884 wrote to memory of 1064	884	Windows Services.exe	88
PID 884 wrote to memory of 1064	884	Windows Services.exe	88
PID 884 wrote to memory of 4232	884	Windows Services.exe	89
PID 884 wrote to memory of 4232	884	Windows Services.exe	89
PID 884 wrote to memory of 4232	884	Windows Services.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Instagram Account Checker By Amir v0.1\SHELL\Launcher.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Instagram Account Checker By Amir v0.1\SHELL\Launcher.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops startup file
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:312
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" add-mppreference -exclusionpath C:\Windows\IMF\
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:4988
- C:\Windows\IMF\Windows Services.exe
  "C:\Windows\IMF\Windows Services.exe" {Arguments If Needed}
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:884
- - C:\Windows\IMF\Secure System Shell.exe
    "C:\Windows\IMF\Secure System Shell.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1064
- - C:\Windows\IMF\Runtime Explorer.exe
    "C:\Windows\IMF\Runtime Explorer.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4232

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_qhn5pmqx.ygz.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\Windows\IMF\Runtime Explorer.exe

Filesize
128KB

MD5
48ce06f77a388b177c1734917c90680b

SHA1
90535ec2ab9335e02c322353dca8fae456ad9932

SHA256
4b18fc549b933c2d202a5ce684a062cb4c68c3ecdc695b83b365e0149c2d2a25

SHA512
64c05e79886af83d123c29dfcab40dc979e4aab1869543fbf97629fa6148eb5c08233b0cdade82b7c96db51d9b073b2712e5f044cf6ee9619bf9307fc71763bf

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C:\Windows\IMF\Secure System Shell.exe

Filesize
45KB

MD5
7d0c7359e5b2daa5665d01afdc98cc00

SHA1
c3cc830c8ffd0f53f28d89dcd9f3426be87085cb

SHA256
f1abd5ab03189e82971513e6ca04bd372fcf234d670079888f01cf4addd49809

SHA512
a8f82b11b045d8dd744506f4f56f3382b33a03684a6aebc91a02ea901c101b91cb43b7d0213f72f39cbb22f616ecd5de8b9e6c99fb5669f26a3ea6bcb63c8407

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C:\Windows\IMF\Windows Services.exe

Filesize
46KB

MD5
ad0ce1302147fbdfecaec58480eb9cf9

SHA1
874efbc76e5f91bc1425a43ea19400340f98d42b

SHA256
2c339b52b82e73b4698a0110cdfe310c00c5c69078e9e1bd6fa1308652bf82a3

SHA512
adccd5520e01b673c2fc5c451305fe31b1a3e74891aece558f75fefc50218adf1fb81bb8c7f19969929d3fecb0fdb2cb5b564400d51e0a5a1ad8d5bc2d4eed53

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memory/312-68-0x0000000006930000-0x000000000694E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/312-5-0x0000000074D50000-0x0000000075500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/312-6-0x0000000006CF0000-0x0000000006D6E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
504KB

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memory/312-7-0x0000000074D50000-0x0000000075500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/312-86-0x0000000074D50000-0x0000000075500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/312-0-0x0000000074D5E000-0x0000000074D5F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/312-4-0x0000000005670000-0x000000000567A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/312-67-0x0000000006950000-0x00000000069C6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
472KB

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memory/312-3-0x00000000056C0000-0x0000000005752000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/312-2-0x0000000005BD0000-0x0000000006174000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/312-1-0x0000000000C40000-0x0000000000C54000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/884-84-0x00000000007D0000-0x00000000007E2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/1064-92-0x0000000000EC0000-0x0000000000ED2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/4988-11-0x0000000074D50000-0x0000000075500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4988-14-0x00000000057C0000-0x0000000005826000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/4988-27-0x0000000005FE0000-0x000000000602C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/4988-28-0x0000000006560000-0x0000000006592000-memory.dmp

Filesize
200KB

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memory/4988-39-0x0000000074D50000-0x0000000075500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4988-29-0x000000006FEF0000-0x000000006FF3C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/4988-41-0x0000000074D50000-0x0000000075500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4988-40-0x0000000007150000-0x000000000716E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/4988-42-0x0000000007180000-0x0000000007223000-memory.dmp

Filesize
652KB

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memory/4988-45-0x0000000074D50000-0x0000000075500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4988-47-0x00000000072C0000-0x00000000072DA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4988-46-0x0000000007900000-0x0000000007F7A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.5MB

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memory/4988-25-0x0000000005B20000-0x0000000005E74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/4988-26-0x0000000005F90000-0x0000000005FAE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/4988-15-0x0000000005830000-0x0000000005896000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/4988-13-0x0000000005720000-0x0000000005742000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/4988-12-0x0000000074D50000-0x0000000075500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4988-69-0x0000000007330000-0x000000000733A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/4988-10-0x00000000050C0000-0x00000000056E8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.2MB

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memory/4988-85-0x0000000007540000-0x00000000075D6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
600KB

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memory/4988-9-0x0000000074D50000-0x0000000075500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4988-87-0x00000000074C0000-0x00000000074D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/4988-8-0x00000000049C0000-0x00000000049F6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
216KB

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memory/4988-95-0x00000000074F0000-0x00000000074FE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/4988-96-0x0000000007500000-0x0000000007514000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/4988-97-0x0000000007600000-0x000000000761A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4988-98-0x00000000075E0000-0x00000000075E8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/4988-101-0x0000000074D50000-0x0000000075500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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