Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    29/05/2026, 06:49

General

  • Target
    hkdfkhfd19.exe
  • Size 2.0MB
  • Sample260529-hlnk2set2k
  • SHA256 1f921e25dd57750a484fbe2af25db6e5f7a1f977a432acfd54bcee6f58521aea
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 1 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting 2 TTPs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs

    Enumerate browser information.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

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

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

  • System Time Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversary may gather the system time and/or time zone settings from a local or remote system.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 34 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
      PID:3212
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hkdfkhfd19.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hkdfkhfd19.exe"
        2⤵
        • Downloads MZ/PE file
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3820
        • C:\Users\Admin\Documents\Screenshot album\1FBIOgCRkPUNwKHjVgiQNlZ6.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Documents\Screenshot album\1FBIOgCRkPUNwKHjVgiQNlZ6.exe"
          3⤵
          • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4160
      • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --no-first-run --new-window
        2⤵
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • Enumerates system info in registry
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4024
        • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
          "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad" "--metrics-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=channel= --annotation=plat=Win64 --annotation=prod=Chrome --annotation=ver=140.0.7339.81 --initial-client-data=0xfc,0x100,0x104,0xd8,0x108,0x7ffb4fa3c728,0x7ffb4fa3c734,0x7ffb4fa3c740
          3⤵
            PID:3488
          • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --no-pre-read-main-dll --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --gpu-preferences=SAAAAAAAAADgAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAQAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA== --metrics-shmem-handle=1700,i,11949113410685074161,439774132284751409,262144 --field-trial-handle=1968,i,1947380321422490824,7643828426349084456,262144 --variations-seed-version=20260513-090056.789000-production --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1960 /prefetch:2
            3⤵
              PID:3120
            • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --metrics-shmem-handle=2244,i,16852093052459227874,16965449004828770996,524288 --field-trial-handle=1968,i,1947380321422490824,7643828426349084456,262144 --variations-seed-version=20260513-090056.789000-production --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2248 /prefetch:11
              3⤵
              • System Time Discovery
              PID:3668
            • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --metrics-shmem-handle=2380,i,16145710134071467317,2154588022232059574,524288 --field-trial-handle=1968,i,1947380321422490824,7643828426349084456,262144 --variations-seed-version=20260513-090056.789000-production --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2632 /prefetch:13
              3⤵
                PID:232
              • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
                "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --enable-dinosaur-easter-egg-alt-images --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=6 --metrics-shmem-handle=3244,i,18155561086826540039,17327300427116614347,2097152 --field-trial-handle=1968,i,1947380321422490824,7643828426349084456,262144 --variations-seed-version=20260513-090056.789000-production --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3296 /prefetch:1
                3⤵
                  PID:3900
                • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
                  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --enable-dinosaur-easter-egg-alt-images --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --metrics-shmem-handle=3248,i,10765646921322536132,5492029999215016965,2097152 --field-trial-handle=1968,i,1947380321422490824,7643828426349084456,262144 --variations-seed-version=20260513-090056.789000-production --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3316 /prefetch:1
                  3⤵
                    PID:3944
                  • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
                    "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --extension-process --enable-dinosaur-easter-egg-alt-images --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=7 --metrics-shmem-handle=4244,i,18358036825404939906,3256051015104329703,2097152 --field-trial-handle=1968,i,1947380321422490824,7643828426349084456,262144 --variations-seed-version=20260513-090056.789000-production --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4252 /prefetch:9
                    3⤵
                      PID:804
                    • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
                      "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --enable-dinosaur-easter-egg-alt-images --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --disable-gpu-compositing --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=8 --metrics-shmem-handle=4672,i,1995713102059636128,266041223347920170,2097152 --field-trial-handle=1968,i,1947380321422490824,7643828426349084456,262144 --variations-seed-version=20260513-090056.789000-production --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4636 /prefetch:1
                      3⤵
                        PID:4536
                  • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
                    "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe"
                    1⤵
                      PID:2968

                    Network

                          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                          Downloads

                          SCT Auditing Pending Reports

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Network\SCT Auditing Pending Reports
                          • Size 2B
                          • SHA256 4f53cda18c2baa0c0354bb5f9a3ecbe5ed12ab4d8e11ba873c2f11161202b945
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                          Local State

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Local State
                          • Size 115KB
                          • SHA256 37f8cf0ddca1edd366aacf7cbfc565bf0dc8414f455ba8740b2fa6a83c327abb
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          1FBIOgCRkPUNwKHjVgiQNlZ6.exe

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Documents\Screenshot album\1FBIOgCRkPUNwKHjVgiQNlZ6.exe
                          • Size 3.4MB
                          • SHA256 7f9634ff29b278d08c1b04feec298f0f57969076c83b115ef3bcf5ec56f79945
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          memory/3820-0-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140095000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3820-10-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140095000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3820-11-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140095000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4160-9-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DA000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4160-12-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DA000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4160-13-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DA000-memory.dmp