netwire | be7c0ec3f10ce55cc8a321a1fce2de5e095532c5135d847b6a3a11857c73d646

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
150s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
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01/06/2026, 19:28

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General

Target
tmpg_duracn.exe
Size 991KB
Sample260601-x61tfaft7k
SHA256 be7c0ec3f10ce55cc8a321a1fce2de5e095532c5135d847b6a3a11857c73d646
MD5 d67cad093a0b2cfef0e5bd9c0cbda686
SHA1 a4066dc414d26de0bad84780e2a224480b5fc731
SHA512 c73aa621437e5c6324fff0ba889f2243d1c886ae9477ad30a93b39cf2edc294b30f1af8b89700fac1a0a52e3b6838765e420fd10838780c3471fd5ade9b1f82b
SSDEEP 24576:tgV6rfC5BF3QDwZoW0lD1cgj7Y2qPreXE+xtvWD5+QZp0dO2y:t/fCnFAMZKlJ70jCEYFW1vYO
TLSH
T185252307E2CA3672F502B870AB1F95D58BAB742F4E943E3DBC48E6A03F721D1955431A
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

botnet discovery netwire persistence rat stealer upx

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

netwire

akamai-update.no-ip.org:33333

Attributes

activex_autorun
true
activex_key
{E7VK76V1-8E7Y-I53I-ET41-C8H4828ISX31}
copy_executable
true
delete_original
true
host_id
HostId-%Rand%
install_path
%AppData%\Akamai Labs\akmupdate.exe
lock_executable
false
mutex
VesHwCJR
offline_keylogger
false
password
Password
registry_autorun
true
startup_name
Akamai Labs
use_mutex
true

Signatures

Family: Netwire
Netwire is a RAT with main functionalities focused password stealing and keylogging, but also includes remote control capabilities as well.
botnet stealer netwire

NetWire RAT payload 3 IoCs

rat

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1708-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp	netwire
behavioral2/memory/3804-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp	netwire
behavioral2/memory/4356-42-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp	netwire

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

persistence

Active Setup

T1547.014

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{E7VK76V1-8E7Y-I53I-ET41-C8H4828ISX31}	akmupdate.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{E7VK76V1-8E7Y-I53I-ET41-C8H4828ISX31}\StubPath = "\"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Akamai Labs\\akmupdate.exe\""	akmupdate.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	tmpg_duracn.exe

Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2196	akmupdate.exe
3804	akmupdate.exe
2604	akmupdate.exe
4356	akmupdate.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Akamai Labs = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Akamai Labs\\akmupdate.exe"	akmupdate.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5096 set thread context of 1708	5096	tmpg_duracn.exe	87
PID 2196 set thread context of 3804	2196	akmupdate.exe	92
PID 2604 set thread context of 4356	2604	akmupdate.exe	95

UPX packed file 11 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/5096-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/5096-2-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/5096-3-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/5096-4-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x0007000000024438-14.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/2196-23-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2196-24-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2196-29-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2604-34-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2604-35-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2604-36-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp	upx

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	tmpg_duracn.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	tmpg_duracn.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	akmupdate.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	akmupdate.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5096 wrote to memory of 1708	5096	tmpg_duracn.exe	87
PID 5096 wrote to memory of 1708	5096	tmpg_duracn.exe	87
PID 5096 wrote to memory of 1708	5096	tmpg_duracn.exe	87
PID 5096 wrote to memory of 1708	5096	tmpg_duracn.exe	87
PID 5096 wrote to memory of 1708	5096	tmpg_duracn.exe	87
PID 1708 wrote to memory of 2196	1708	tmpg_duracn.exe	90
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 3804	2196	akmupdate.exe	92
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 3804	2196	akmupdate.exe	92
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 3804	2196	akmupdate.exe	92
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 3804	2196	akmupdate.exe	92
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 3804	2196	akmupdate.exe	92
PID 2604 wrote to memory of 4356	2604	akmupdate.exe	95
PID 2604 wrote to memory of 4356	2604	akmupdate.exe	95
PID 2604 wrote to memory of 4356	2604	akmupdate.exe	95
PID 2604 wrote to memory of 4356	2604	akmupdate.exe	95
PID 2604 wrote to memory of 4356	2604	akmupdate.exe	95

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpg_duracn.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpg_duracn.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5096
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpg_duracn.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpg_duracn.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1708
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Akamai Labs\akmupdate.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Akamai Labs\akmupdate.exe" -m C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpg_duracn.exe
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2196
  - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Akamai Labs\akmupdate.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Akamai Labs\akmupdate.exe" Labs\akmupdate.exe" -m C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpg_duracn.exe
      4⤵
      Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
      Executes dropped EXE
      Adds Run key to start application
      PID:3804

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Akamai Labs\akmupdate.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Akamai Labs\akmupdate.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2604
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Akamai Labs\akmupdate.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Akamai Labs\akmupdate.exe" Labs\akmupdate.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:4356

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Active Setup

T1547.014

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Active Setup

T1547.014

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

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akmupdate.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Akamai Labs\akmupdate.exe
Size 991KB
SHA256 be7c0ec3f10ce55cc8a321a1fce2de5e095532c5135d847b6a3a11857c73d646
MD5 d67cad093a0b2cfef0e5bd9c0cbda686
SHA1 a4066dc414d26de0bad84780e2a224480b5fc731
SHA512 c73aa621437e5c6324fff0ba889f2243d1c886ae9477ad30a93b39cf2edc294b30f1af8b89700fac1a0a52e3b6838765e420fd10838780c3471fd5ade9b1f82b
SSDEEP 24576:tgV6rfC5BF3QDwZoW0lD1cgj7Y2qPreXE+xtvWD5+QZp0dO2y:t/fCnFAMZKlJ70jCEYFW1vYO
TLSH
T185252307E2CA3672F502B870AB1F95D58BAB742F4E943E3DBC48E6A03F721D1955431A
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/1708-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp

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memory/1708-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp

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memory/1708-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp

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memory/1708-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp

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memory/2196-29-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp

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memory/2196-23-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp

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memory/2196-24-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp

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memory/2604-34-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp

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memory/2604-35-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp

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memory/2604-36-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp

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memory/3804-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp

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memory/4356-42-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp

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memory/5096-4-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp

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memory/5096-3-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp

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memory/5096-2-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp

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memory/5096-1-0x00000000005A6000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp

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memory/5096-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A7000-memory.dmp

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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