netwire | 7649b0d5eac5d15692826bcaff2ac11264c87e3aea26ff89e19e280ed3a5806d

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
147s
platform
windows11-21h2_x64
resource
win11-20260513-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
submitted
01/06/2026, 19:30

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General

Target
tmpkw6fryc7.exe
Size 638KB
Sample260601-x77y5sd13y
SHA256 7649b0d5eac5d15692826bcaff2ac11264c87e3aea26ff89e19e280ed3a5806d
MD5 727d339d4485e05c1cc8764c854eddbf
SHA1 c230be06684e4f27dfaa066c0d3f631232770bb6
SHA512 f1bd31e1963bc36468f0fde5c50de555e6dba5361585017e9720e249cc8133fdd72a7274928cb7ba8564d0d42d508a008ae0ee220ea9773af98f7f7b4d9c3925
SSDEEP 6144:IbjjGk3F9ELCvfCdgv232mrXLK1UTVMkayZEkcR9eKS+rId:kGkVSLCvu3nXLKoVM0EkcR9BId
TLSH
T1FAD48E75B3645EA3E5BD48B1C8228AC462306D2783D4D71E301A7B3E58723D6D21BA7F
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

botnet discovery netwire persistence rat stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

netwire

nightwolf.dyndns-ip.com:2020

Attributes

activex_autorun
false
copy_executable
false
delete_original
false
host_id
HostId-giA6q6
keylogger_dir
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Logs\
lock_executable
false
offline_keylogger
true
password
Password
registry_autorun
false
use_mutex
false

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

Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1679180529-4058988202-686829476-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\file.exe"	tmpkw6fryc7.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1679180529-4058988202-686829476-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\file.exe"	file.exe

NetWire RAT payload 2 IoCs

rat

resource	yara_rule
behavioral3/memory/4164-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp	netwire
behavioral3/memory/3352-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp	netwire

Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs

pid	Process
4164	tmp.exe
1076	file.exe
3352	tmp.exe
3836	notepad .exe
4948	notepad .exe

SmartAssembly .NET packer 1 IoCs

Detects SmartAssembly .NET packer.

resource	yara_rule
behavioral3/files/0x001900000002b57f-23.dat	SmartAssembly

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1904 set thread context of 3836	1904	tmpkw6fryc7.exe	87
PID 1076 set thread context of 4948	1076	file.exe	91

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Program crash 2 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
1924	3836	WerFault.exe	87
3832	4948	WerFault.exe	91

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 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	tmp.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	file.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	notepad .exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	tmpkw6fryc7.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	wscript.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1904	tmpkw6fryc7.exe
1904	tmpkw6fryc7.exe
1076	file.exe
1076	file.exe
1904	tmpkw6fryc7.exe
1076	file.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1904	tmpkw6fryc7.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1076	file.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 4700	1904	tmpkw6fryc7.exe	81
PID 4700 wrote to memory of 2216	4700	cmd.exe	83
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 3732	2216	wscript.exe	85
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 4164	1904	tmpkw6fryc7.exe	84
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 3836	1904	tmpkw6fryc7.exe	87
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 3836	1904	tmpkw6fryc7.exe	87
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 3836	1904	tmpkw6fryc7.exe	87
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 3836	1904	tmpkw6fryc7.exe	87
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 3836	1904	tmpkw6fryc7.exe	87
PID 1076 wrote to memory of 3352	1076	file.exe	90
PID 1076 wrote to memory of 4948	1076	file.exe	91
PID 1076 wrote to memory of 4948	1076	file.exe	91
PID 1076 wrote to memory of 4948	1076	file.exe	91
PID 1076 wrote to memory of 4948	1076	file.exe	91
PID 1076 wrote to memory of 4948	1076	file.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpkw6fryc7.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpkw6fryc7.exe"
1⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1904
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\mata.bat
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4700
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wscript.exe
    wscript.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\invs.vbs" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mata2.bat
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2216
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mata2.bat" "
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3732
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4164
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\notepad .exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\notepad .exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3836
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3836 -s 388
    3⤵
    - Program crash
    PID:1924

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe
1⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1076
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:3352
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\notepad .exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\notepad .exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:4948
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4948 -s 356
    3⤵
    - Program crash
    PID:3832

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 3836 -ip 3836
1⤵
PID:2768

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 492 -p 4948 -ip 4948
1⤵
PID:4972

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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.Identifier

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.Identifier
Size 64B
SHA256 d0934dc0c16c1eaf7b9805b37da99effd6535be28ff87163ce4761d9553dda36
MD5 35a7ce0ce9d9bb52b92ab7a7a0fd395f
SHA1 bf6b9b72ccff3e1c296530aa8b0efca0709491ef
SHA512 0daa47cecb98f54c497bdd6a46ee1b2060d0bc1695c26dba9cf54f03cbbd50ada66cacd8c3152750ff01a0b13664cb98c7fac72f38680639da9676d54aa993e7
TLSH
T1D0A00405111511DCF4501470C0571F4401147157070DF5D175C450C450404043DD0105
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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invs.vbs

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\invs.vbs
Size 78B
SHA256 20a98a7e6e137bb1b9bd5ef6911a479cb8eac925b80d6db4e70b19f62a40cce2
MD5 c578d9653b22800c3eb6b6a51219bbb8
SHA1 a97aa251901bbe179a48dbc7a0c1872e163b1f2d
SHA512 3ae6dc8f02d1a78e1235a0782b632972da5a74ab32287cc41aa672d4fa4a9d34bb5fc50eba07b6915f2e61c402927cd5f6feeb7f7602afa2f64e91efb3b7fc4d
TLSH
T106A02407FC04DC53011040530530CC0DCDC444707000C4747F41CCD510057400D41401
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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mata.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mata.bat
Size 47B
SHA256 6bcc0e04d9bc32209d90a65c320dc6363e523dd94b38b17bcdc5b980b6405f53
MD5 58c538a6ae20a3c6031217903cdf8e5d
SHA1 399fd50eadf4945b665877facfc4f53d16e18b1e
SHA512 c01828a5390fec3443e19d317137ae873de77c7737db7802650430e6a0a1edbd3aabe362903243b372536418fbd8482c2a6efd122d853744a41ade567956c359
MD5 SHA1 SHA512

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mata2.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mata2.bat
Size 47B
SHA256 22b182644ab28f5e9e17b5a03ba404d09b02da367146b80484584adc842a3ed1
MD5 095b2908ae8b2e0e3704c0163f26e283
SHA1 3429b6c1421d448c98c1da9625badcea2484a521
SHA512 e22e379b4f0d8e11fa7c29c3297a3e24a533fb08895d18e9bb27e8cab84da1dd52ff437aca90c5c32a9bdb578b3c1bfb3ff42d3bc2c5951ffeb5941c8286c731
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notepad .exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\notepad .exe
Size 52KB
SHA256 f54e019c1896811e1d737c9f15b6b50b43ad6bff3a1dd952662f1b5bdc4069b9
MD5 c295725624e91cea14cb5e5d6faf15f0
SHA1 e563ad27d44f1d20341493f0ec8292827f64ae9c
SHA512 7fc76d9b8397665b044ca2716eedec5495ea90758dc041112d2596f7bd269c938b953a1f85c9c8b23f3fb41e7c2286e09bf4ea9e71bbadb95848f3c05635deb2
SSDEEP 768:8P2Bbv+VazyoD2z9TU//1mz1+M9GnLEu+250eFRJS8s+:fJv46yoD2BTNz1+M9GLfOYw8s+
TLSH
T1A133C814A7E84329F6FB4F795CF180068576B9979E26C35D298D039D0B363C4C922BB7
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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rundll11-.txt

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rundll11-.txt
Size 638KB
SHA256 7649b0d5eac5d15692826bcaff2ac11264c87e3aea26ff89e19e280ed3a5806d
MD5 727d339d4485e05c1cc8764c854eddbf
SHA1 c230be06684e4f27dfaa066c0d3f631232770bb6
SHA512 f1bd31e1963bc36468f0fde5c50de555e6dba5361585017e9720e249cc8133fdd72a7274928cb7ba8564d0d42d508a008ae0ee220ea9773af98f7f7b4d9c3925
SSDEEP 6144:IbjjGk3F9ELCvfCdgv232mrXLK1UTVMkayZEkcR9eKS+rId:kGkVSLCvu3nXLKoVM0EkcR9BId
TLSH
T1FAD48E75B3645EA3E5BD48B1C8228AC462306D2783D4D71E301A7B3E58723D6D21BA7F
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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stres.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\stres.bat
Size 200B
SHA256 acf2946adf8e613c5f2d776863f844b9572fc580eb4d9324f285d1bb3844e70e
MD5 fc10f5325d4bf4be8eaac50c0a463469
SHA1 54d4daf129d17abf8284835017865f99c70ffe22
SHA512 ae3ba84843312be74fda36615bd476f7b6aec5223cc0dbb183d42a57c27a8d2a6545f5273866ded6d3e3c31ef640724c74c0f47992c1c825f6f2e56ab5160490
TLSH
T193D0124A9A81471BD1B875FB05B9B2076AE2485A5D541AA54520CC0E624A98A32C9685
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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tmp.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp.exe
Size 68KB
SHA256 0b182398ee3a3b27e70bacce39a8dbd9faeec94ca2d82a12a644efecf9d426bd
MD5 0a5984405864c6f61bf0e4d5b7fbe8ed
SHA1 083051131e44a5d7a7dbba7cbbbc195849193042
SHA512 892028e7f2a128fa0706118bda10d68b415ed328cd28c2fb70c004cebe5d418259e5b28ac6d77aade568a8668db8065696d908d94a2f221d9e8b4d268c0b2ebd
SSDEEP 1536:hUN0UtdKyy3LaHyOH/1xL0RmceyqoYyffdEm/y+qqohqlLs9rxfkuIO:hUN/tjy3LGH/1xgDeyqund/y+qqohqlk
TLSH
T14663D629F90BD0F2DD69097166CFF4AF4766B530E8748E88EBC50C03E663D966208BD5
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/1904-0-0x0000000074881000-0x0000000074882000-memory.dmp

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memory/1904-1-0x0000000074880000-0x0000000074E31000-memory.dmp

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memory/1904-31-0x0000000074880000-0x0000000074E31000-memory.dmp

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memory/1904-52-0x0000000074880000-0x0000000074E31000-memory.dmp

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memory/3352-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp

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memory/3836-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp

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memory/3836-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp

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memory/4164-22-0x0000000000416000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp

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memory/4164-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp

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