Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
151s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260130-en - resource tags
- submitted
24/03/2026, 16:20
General
- Target AAM UpdatesEqn/AAM Updates.exe
- Size 185KB
- Sample260324-ttbf8sgv9j
- SHA256 0459e62c5444896d5be404c559c834ba455fa5cae1689c70fc8c61bc15468681
Malware Config
Extracted
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plugx
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103.200.97.189:965
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103.200.97.189:110
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185.239.226.17:965
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185.239.226.17:110
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folder
AAM UpdatesEqn
Signatures
- PlugX
PlugX is a RAT (Remote Access Trojan) that has been around since 2008.
- Plugx family
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
- Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
- 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.
- Modifies registry class 5 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AAM UpdatesEqn\AAM Updates.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AAM UpdatesEqn\AAM Updates.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\ProgramData\AAM UpdatesEqn\AAM Updates.exe"C:\ProgramData\AAM UpdatesEqn\AAM Updates.exe" 9152⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Enumerates connected drives
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
AAM Updates.exe
adobeupdate.dat
hex.dll
memory/1176-1-0x00000000013E0000-0x0000000005016000-memory.dmp
memory/1176-2-0x0000000001060000-0x0000000001160000-memory.dmp
memory/5116-13-0x0000000001220000-0x0000000004E56000-memory.dmp
memory/5116-14-0x0000000000D00000-0x0000000000E00000-memory.dmp
memory/5116-15-0x0000000001220000-0x0000000004E56000-memory.dmp
memory/5116-16-0x0000000000D00000-0x0000000000E00000-memory.dmp
memory/5116-17-0x0000000001220000-0x0000000004E56000-memory.dmp
memory/5116-18-0x0000000001220000-0x0000000004E56000-memory.dmp
memory/5116-19-0x0000000001220000-0x0000000004E56000-memory.dmp
memory/5116-20-0x0000000001220000-0x0000000004E56000-memory.dmp
memory/5116-21-0x0000000001220000-0x0000000004E56000-memory.dmp