Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
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resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250129-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
05-02-2025 03:04
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
68d0686ff562cf360eee1cfe20ece65fd17350611621aecd2bee7a60426a462dN.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
68d0686ff562cf360eee1cfe20ece65fd17350611621aecd2bee7a60426a462dN.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250129-en
General
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Target
68d0686ff562cf360eee1cfe20ece65fd17350611621aecd2bee7a60426a462dN.exe
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Size
1.8MB
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MD5
cc4fc6b999f2a74992d7d89eca2ef830
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SHA1
f10abeb0049a2425ce7fd94e5d4565642cb016b5
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SHA256
68d0686ff562cf360eee1cfe20ece65fd17350611621aecd2bee7a60426a462d
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SHA512
954149f521b60b171b3ee4bc3e252dfed6ff1f3c8746758693e64c470bc246d4f3e7026a1a050f19220038f1d1550b0d489d4f2a25fc6b6b4689f705b82c8f8a
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SSDEEP
12288:BHTVhI8jdG+sV1p0x/k9fkQ3KypwkBPKxY9XZdFh29DNDupLdXUoWxOT8oSI:tV35QOk3KWNo34nOOTV
Malware Config
Signatures
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Blackshades
Blackshades is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.
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Blackshades family
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Blackshades payload 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4944-37-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/4944-50-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/4944-53-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/4944-56-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/4944-58-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/4944-60-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/4944-63-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/4944-67-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp family_blackshades -
Modifies firewall policy service 3 TTPs 10 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile reg.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DoNotAllowExceptions = "0" reg.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DoNotAllowExceptions = "0" reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List reg.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Updater.exe = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Windows Updater.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile reg.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Window Updates\winupdt2.exe = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Window Updates\\winupdt2.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" reg.exe -
Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3625106387-4207083342-115176794-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 68d0686ff562cf360eee1cfe20ece65fd17350611621aecd2bee7a60426a462dN.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
pid Process 1348 winupdt2.exe 4944 winupdt2.exe 3984 winupdt2.exe -
Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3625106387-4207083342-115176794-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinUpdt = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Window Updates\\winupdt2.exe" reg.exe -
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1348 set thread context of 4944 1348 winupdt2.exe 91 PID 1348 set thread context of 3984 1348 winupdt2.exe 92 -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4124-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005CA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023c55-16.dat upx behavioral2/memory/4124-29-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005CA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4944-31-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4944-35-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4944-37-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3984-43-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3984-46-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3984-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/1348-49-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005CA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4944-50-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3984-52-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4944-53-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4944-56-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4944-58-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4944-60-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4944-63-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4944-67-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp upx -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 14 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language reg.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language reg.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language winupdt2.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language winupdt2.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language reg.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language winupdt2.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 68d0686ff562cf360eee1cfe20ece65fd17350611621aecd2bee7a60426a462dN.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language reg.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language reg.exe -
Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
pid Process 1804 reg.exe 644 reg.exe 1768 reg.exe 1844 reg.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 36 IoCs
description pid Process Token: 1 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeLockMemoryPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeMachineAccountPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeTcbPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeCreatePermanentPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeAuditPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeUndockPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeSyncAgentPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeEnableDelegationPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: 31 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: 32 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: 33 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: 34 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: 35 4944 winupdt2.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3984 winupdt2.exe -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
pid Process 4124 68d0686ff562cf360eee1cfe20ece65fd17350611621aecd2bee7a60426a462dN.exe 1348 winupdt2.exe 4944 winupdt2.exe 4944 winupdt2.exe 4944 winupdt2.exe 3984 winupdt2.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 49 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4124 wrote to memory of 1840 4124 68d0686ff562cf360eee1cfe20ece65fd17350611621aecd2bee7a60426a462dN.exe 86 PID 4124 wrote to memory of 1840 4124 68d0686ff562cf360eee1cfe20ece65fd17350611621aecd2bee7a60426a462dN.exe 86 PID 4124 wrote to memory of 1840 4124 68d0686ff562cf360eee1cfe20ece65fd17350611621aecd2bee7a60426a462dN.exe 86 PID 1840 wrote to memory of 3252 1840 cmd.exe 89 PID 1840 wrote to memory of 3252 1840 cmd.exe 89 PID 1840 wrote to memory of 3252 1840 cmd.exe 89 PID 4124 wrote to memory of 1348 4124 68d0686ff562cf360eee1cfe20ece65fd17350611621aecd2bee7a60426a462dN.exe 90 PID 4124 wrote to memory of 1348 4124 68d0686ff562cf360eee1cfe20ece65fd17350611621aecd2bee7a60426a462dN.exe 90 PID 4124 wrote to memory of 1348 4124 68d0686ff562cf360eee1cfe20ece65fd17350611621aecd2bee7a60426a462dN.exe 90 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 4944 1348 winupdt2.exe 91 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 4944 1348 winupdt2.exe 91 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 4944 1348 winupdt2.exe 91 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 4944 1348 winupdt2.exe 91 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 4944 1348 winupdt2.exe 91 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 4944 1348 winupdt2.exe 91 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 4944 1348 winupdt2.exe 91 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 4944 1348 winupdt2.exe 91 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 3984 1348 winupdt2.exe 92 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 3984 1348 winupdt2.exe 92 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 3984 1348 winupdt2.exe 92 PID 4944 wrote to memory of 2792 4944 winupdt2.exe 93 PID 4944 wrote to memory of 2792 4944 winupdt2.exe 93 PID 4944 wrote to memory of 2792 4944 winupdt2.exe 93 PID 4944 wrote to memory of 3996 4944 winupdt2.exe 94 PID 4944 wrote to memory of 3996 4944 winupdt2.exe 94 PID 4944 wrote to memory of 3996 4944 winupdt2.exe 94 PID 4944 wrote to memory of 216 4944 winupdt2.exe 96 PID 4944 wrote to memory of 216 4944 winupdt2.exe 96 PID 4944 wrote to memory of 216 4944 winupdt2.exe 96 PID 4944 wrote to memory of 1992 4944 winupdt2.exe 98 PID 4944 wrote to memory of 1992 4944 winupdt2.exe 98 PID 4944 wrote to memory of 1992 4944 winupdt2.exe 98 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 3984 1348 winupdt2.exe 92 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 3984 1348 winupdt2.exe 92 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 3984 1348 winupdt2.exe 92 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 3984 1348 winupdt2.exe 92 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 3984 1348 winupdt2.exe 92 PID 3996 wrote to memory of 1804 3996 cmd.exe 102 PID 3996 wrote to memory of 1804 3996 cmd.exe 102 PID 3996 wrote to memory of 1804 3996 cmd.exe 102 PID 2792 wrote to memory of 644 2792 cmd.exe 101 PID 2792 wrote to memory of 644 2792 cmd.exe 101 PID 2792 wrote to memory of 644 2792 cmd.exe 101 PID 1992 wrote to memory of 1844 1992 cmd.exe 103 PID 1992 wrote to memory of 1844 1992 cmd.exe 103 PID 1992 wrote to memory of 1844 1992 cmd.exe 103 PID 216 wrote to memory of 1768 216 cmd.exe 104 PID 216 wrote to memory of 1768 216 cmd.exe 104 PID 216 wrote to memory of 1768 216 cmd.exe 104
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\68d0686ff562cf360eee1cfe20ece65fd17350611621aecd2bee7a60426a462dN.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\68d0686ff562cf360eee1cfe20ece65fd17350611621aecd2bee7a60426a462dN.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4124 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\yqZTS.bat" "2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exeREG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "WinUpdt" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Window Updates\winupdt2.exe" /f3⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3252
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Window Updates\winupdt2.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Window Updates\winupdt2.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Window Updates\winupdt2.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Window Updates\winupdt2.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4944 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exeREG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f5⤵
- Modifies firewall policy service
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry key
PID:644
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Window Updates\winupdt2.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Window Updates\winupdt2.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exeREG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Window Updates\winupdt2.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Window Updates\winupdt2.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f5⤵
- Modifies firewall policy service
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry key
PID:1804
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exeREG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f5⤵
- Modifies firewall policy service
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry key
PID:1768
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Updater.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Updater.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1992 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exeREG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Updater.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Updater.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f5⤵
- Modifies firewall policy service
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry key
PID:1844
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Window Updates\winupdt2.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Window Updates\winupdt2.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3984
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Defense Evasion
Impair Defenses
1Disable or Modify System Firewall
1Modify Registry
3Replay Monitor
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Downloads
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Filesize
152B
MD549bb161b07149b1bda99901c71d98b1f
SHA1e5e3b389c09d551bd8f3a4cf71ee30e566fdf6e2
SHA256734c4f48449a118dbdfbbe4971ecf112b26b2b45d1889678c01dea98eb5767d8
SHA512da09a2af9b7f9528916ab719ed97ee8b61179bba92016eaed64b3e7d6bf08646801aeeb0eb332bdde175eb64b48106f7cf2fe2bf01ea6128753e4ce1d48707be
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Filesize
1.8MB
MD5e552d0dacf614b0be38d6efa60fb61a8
SHA173ef82ac2d7293d4e4f98fa4655e09ea394411e6
SHA256aa7b280e073d54ec5187c5d8043721f76ba9e14eabf21090602bdde74c97f9b2
SHA51227c9b2093e6bca0c0fd6b20af945e475797af554735684fe87b308627c6b4bc1ea37a92dc4a111b610557a5a73dac14b326ce2a24ada7283922b4b9f3c2ca8ec