Overview
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7Static
static
3EqualizerA....2.exe
windows10-2004-x64
7EqualizerA....2.exe
windows11-21h2-x64
7$PLUGINSDI...ol.dll
windows10-2004-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...ol.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...re.dll
windows10-2004-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...re.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...nu.dll
windows10-2004-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...nu.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...em.dll
windows10-2004-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...em.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...ay.dll
windows10-2004-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...ay.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...gs.dll
windows10-2004-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...gs.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3Benchmark.exe
windows10-2004-x64
1Benchmark.exe
windows11-21h2-x64
1Configurat...e).url
windows10-2004-x64
1Configurat...e).url
windows11-21h2-x64
1Configurat...e).url
windows10-2004-x64
1Configurat...e).url
windows11-21h2-x64
1DeviceSelector.exe
windows10-2004-x64
7DeviceSelector.exe
windows11-21h2-x64
7Editor.exe
windows10-2004-x64
1Editor.exe
windows11-21h2-x64
1EqualizerAPO.dll
windows10-2004-x64
7EqualizerAPO.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
7Qt6Core.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1Qt6Core.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1Qt6Gui.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1Qt6Gui.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1Qt6Network.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1Qt6Network.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
157s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260130-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
24/04/2026, 15:01
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
EqualizerAPO-x64-1.4.2.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
windows10-2004-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
EqualizerAPO-x64-1.4.2.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
windows11-21h2-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral3
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/AccessControl.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
windows10-2004-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral4
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/AccessControl.dll
Resource
win11-20260130-en
windows11-21h2-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral5
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/NSISpcre.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
windows10-2004-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral6
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/NSISpcre.dll
Resource
win11-20260130-en
windows11-21h2-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral7
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/StartMenu.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
windows10-2004-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral8
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/StartMenu.dll
Resource
win11-20260130-en
windows11-21h2-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral9
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/System.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
windows10-2004-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral10
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/System.dll
Resource
win11-20260130-en
windows11-21h2-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral11
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/nsArray.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
windows10-2004-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral12
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/nsArray.dll
Resource
win11-20260130-en
windows11-21h2-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral13
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/nsDialogs.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
windows10-2004-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral14
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/nsDialogs.dll
Resource
win11-20260130-en
windows11-21h2-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral15
Sample
Benchmark.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
windows10-2004-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral16
Sample
Benchmark.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
windows11-21h2-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral17
Sample
Configuration reference (online).url
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
windows10-2004-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral18
Sample
Configuration reference (online).url
Resource
win11-20260130-en
windows11-21h2-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral19
Sample
Configuration tutorial (online).url
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
windows10-2004-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral20
Sample
Configuration tutorial (online).url
Resource
win11-20260130-en
windows11-21h2-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral21
Sample
DeviceSelector.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
windows10-2004-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral22
Sample
DeviceSelector.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
windows11-21h2-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral23
Sample
Editor.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
windows10-2004-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral24
Sample
Editor.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
windows11-21h2-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral25
Sample
EqualizerAPO.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
windows10-2004-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral26
Sample
EqualizerAPO.dll
Resource
win11-20260130-en
windows11-21h2-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral27
Sample
Qt6Core.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
windows10-2004-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral28
Sample
Qt6Core.dll
Resource
win11-20260130-en
windows11-21h2-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral29
Sample
Qt6Gui.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
windows10-2004-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral30
Sample
Qt6Gui.dll
Resource
win11-20260130-en
windows11-21h2-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral31
Sample
Qt6Network.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
windows10-2004-x64
Behavioral task
behavioral32
Sample
Qt6Network.dll
Resource
win11-20260130-en
windows11-21h2-x64
General
- Target EqualizerAPO.dll
- Size 632KB
- Sample260424-sdvdqsd14k
- SHA256 fb73fc8b94f271464ae4f83918bb3cb3243c4f50a8035c07fa538ad16ad66aa4
- MD5 57058b608040688fb46294b1228b4df6
- SHA1 3b13ee55922c0aa1cf745ee9a316ad73a681434c
- SHA512 e46d4978657554082dbaf086fb02da5bc57123885e719f5345fb37ccbbea932158c459662a39cb05d2769a15ff508484a3ddbc70f99b524f48960d2e147728fb
- SSDEEP 6144:0Fj38OfiqlfJmZb/ILyaINlnkXEOhrAGhnRCGX7uIINT4ZATOjhn3zAHp47lqJ2p:09huI9SlnkXEJO9XDemDrYLQXY44aN
- TLSH T1EFD43917A2A901ACD1BBD2B88A974912E7B77C450772D7CF039146AA1F23BD49F3E710
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs
Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.
- Modifies registry class 37 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\MaxInputConnections = "1" regsvr32.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\MaxInstances = "4294967295" regsvr32.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\MinInputConnections = "1" regsvr32.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\NumAPOInterfaces = "1" regsvr32.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\MajorVersion = "1" regsvr32.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\ = "EqualizerAPO Post-Mix Class" regsvr32.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\InprocServer32 regsvr32.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\InprocServer32\ = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\EqualizerAPO.dll" regsvr32.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79} regsvr32.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F} regsvr32.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\FriendlyName = "EqualizerAPO" regsvr32.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\MinOutputConnections = "1" regsvr32.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\MaxOutputConnections = "1" regsvr32.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\APOInterface0 = "{FD7F2B29-24D0-4B5C-B177-592C39F9CA10}" regsvr32.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\InprocServer32\ = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\EqualizerAPO.dll" regsvr32.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\FriendlyName = "EqualizerAPO" regsvr32.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\NumAPOInterfaces = "1" regsvr32.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\APOInterface0 = "{FD7F2B29-24D0-4B5C-B177-592C39F9CA10}" regsvr32.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects regsvr32.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\MinorVersion = "0" regsvr32.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\Flags = "13" regsvr32.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\ = "EqualizerAPO Pre-Mix Class" regsvr32.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\InprocServer32 regsvr32.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\MaxInputConnections = "1" regsvr32.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\InprocServer32\ThreadingModel = "Both" regsvr32.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F} regsvr32.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\Copyright = "Copyright (C) 2015" regsvr32.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\MajorVersion = "1" regsvr32.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\Flags = "13" regsvr32.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79} regsvr32.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\MinOutputConnections = "1" regsvr32.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\InprocServer32\ThreadingModel = "Both" regsvr32.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\Copyright = "Copyright (C) 2015" regsvr32.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\MaxOutputConnections = "1" regsvr32.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\MaxInstances = "4294967295" regsvr32.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\MinorVersion = "0" regsvr32.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\MinInputConnections = "1" regsvr32.exe