Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    156s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    05/05/2026, 12:15

General

  • Target
    setup.exe
  • Size 424KB
  • Sample260505-pewfmsfs91
  • SHA256 7a68c7ce3c6b6203a71932318ae0ec5f3b128d6f41b7a35936069b55c3f2ef1c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs
  • Badlisted process makes network request 6 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 53 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 14 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4920
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe" -I "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HiveMind_1_0_0_46.msi"
      2⤵
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:4768
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1332
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 5C809D166F80C2EEB17065DDFE66D4C4 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1636
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:5308
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding F0303E182BE17C29AE32F65AB6D01B50
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4548
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:2040

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e58c09d.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e58c09d.rbs
          • Size 32KB
          • SHA256 41679ae6660940bf9ddc1d83552b25c6196150b3874b2a1a63ad1920f85a1206
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          NCalc.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Decision Makers\HiveMind\DLL\NCalc.dll
          • Size 189KB
          • SHA256 a3f2137f7eb744d43732341539d1f6163a4c3bc90e4d78dc4f07d8b432dcf5a3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          HiveMindLib.DLL

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Decision Makers\HiveMind\HiveMindExampleProject\bin\Debug\HiveMindLib.DLL
          • Size 50KB
          • SHA256 24419847f0e199da7f4387ca0afefd7a54761f34ef5b0bd324bf03ea5242fb07
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          1F356F4D07FE8C483E769E4586569404

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\1F356F4D07FE8C483E769E4586569404
          • Size 37KB
          • SHA256 b070a2480945989f59e6f3fc2ccc0fecc6fef8d4f8dba47fcf4c0822ca5a4602
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          3B6E683A7A45CC59BF035C9BA8C7AB9D

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\3B6E683A7A45CC59BF035C9BA8C7AB9D
          • Size 546B
          • SHA256 31ce0ee6e02970a1e4b4005429e4de3bbf014d1507069780577354efa3bf8153
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          B90B117906B8A74C79D1BC450C2B94B1_A54F26A8A41DE52C237D54D67F12793F

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B90B117906B8A74C79D1BC450C2B94B1_A54F26A8A41DE52C237D54D67F12793F
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 e51b2f70777031090066dd4c040d2091ccddb25c5d72129eb8d5062063ba9d80
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          F4D9C889B7AEBCF4E1A2DAABC5C3628A_07E19536AD36D9C337A7321FC4162CD1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\F4D9C889B7AEBCF4E1A2DAABC5C3628A_07E19536AD36D9C337A7321FC4162CD1
          • Size 5B
          • SHA256 bebe2853a3485d1c2e5c5be4249183e0ddaff9f87de71652371700a89d937128
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          1F356F4D07FE8C483E769E4586569404

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\1F356F4D07FE8C483E769E4586569404
          • Size 300B
          • SHA256 a48a3402398f10758c87f44ba91f17e382d06072275b4068fd491a8799723fed
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          3B6E683A7A45CC59BF035C9BA8C7AB9D

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\3B6E683A7A45CC59BF035C9BA8C7AB9D
          • Size 306B
          • SHA256 21497e190ffac8c93c0349e0aa6c5c120061c553a4c02e4400811bd1ded333bb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          5457A8CE4B2A7499F8299A013B6E1C7C_D734EC3DD00546F46D368325396086B0

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\5457A8CE4B2A7499F8299A013B6E1C7C_D734EC3DD00546F46D368325396086B0
          • Size 398B
          • SHA256 3e04ec5effb48b0b7f80fc8e4e93e09071adb22ed269fa530be3a3de88f657d3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          B90B117906B8A74C79D1BC450C2B94B1_A54F26A8A41DE52C237D54D67F12793F

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B90B117906B8A74C79D1BC450C2B94B1_A54F26A8A41DE52C237D54D67F12793F
          • Size 500B
          • SHA256 8d03ab5e29e60d5ea8c16a22d0c23716816e5964ed313931924d51dfda877224
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          F4D9C889B7AEBCF4E1A2DAABC5C3628A_07E19536AD36D9C337A7321FC4162CD1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\F4D9C889B7AEBCF4E1A2DAABC5C3628A_07E19536AD36D9C337A7321FC4162CD1
          • Size 396B
          • SHA256 b3e683f2dec224b26807625702b0d7f4e490b6fc156290ed60c9849eed2fd681
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSI3236.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI3236.tmp
          • Size 231KB
          • SHA256 ba0ad3a4d2112b269e379a2231128e7ebe23e95d5d04878d6ee8815e657bb055
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _48FB3119D460F4716DADA7.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Installer\{0FCC03AE-3EED-4680-9786-023076FF48A4}\_48FB3119D460F4716DADA7.exe
          • Size 361KB
          • SHA256 c478ccc77c89e180198d3e5fba8ab019697e2b0fc58a71520659e60bee7993be
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _E95F4F630D6D54F57C9A75.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Installer\{0FCC03AE-3EED-4680-9786-023076FF48A4}\_E95F4F630D6D54F57C9A75.exe
          • Size 9KB
          • SHA256 d4f066db44f8ec61d8ec183091bead9578022c2385d4f7552b32f1b0c53fd26b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          e58c09c.msi

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e58c09c.msi
          • Size 11.7MB
          • SHA256 63c99b222fae2241a88c8be381f152049c5f60a1be817e52b55693c754a59667
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 24.6MB
          • SHA256 aff38f3a291ef05313a74194a0a550fb9c522ad461db1bd18559a7c7f873b4f7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {41ae2550-b845-467b-98f3-d2fa2e97bf3c}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{b9c79ca0-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{41ae2550-b845-467b-98f3-d2fa2e97bf3c}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 fe5865540c50c7680024f600f401cedea9b9fc03135ae15cc4cc7a686fb9b55b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1332-29-0x000001D538840000-0x000001D5388EF000-memory.dmp

          memory/1332-164-0x000001D5394E0000-0x000001D5394EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-31-0x0000000002E40000-0x00000000030CB000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-173-0x0000000002E40000-0x00000000030CB000-memory.dmp

          memory/2040-45-0x000001E870A00000-0x000001E870AAF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4548-162-0x00000000027A0000-0x0000000002A2B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4768-44-0x00000000024E0000-0x000000000276B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4768-168-0x00000000024E0000-0x000000000276B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4768-28-0x00000000024E0000-0x000000000276B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4768-10-0x00000000024E0000-0x000000000276B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4768-174-0x00000000024E0000-0x000000000276B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4920-9-0x0000000000EF0000-0x000000000117B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4920-38-0x0000000000EF0000-0x000000000117B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4920-176-0x0000000000EF0000-0x000000000117B000-memory.dmp

          memory/5308-172-0x00000235FC2E0000-0x00000235FC38F000-memory.dmp

          memory/5308-179-0x00000235FC2E0000-0x00000235FC38F000-memory.dmp