Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    64s
  • max time network
    56s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    22/06/2026, 11:16

General

  • Target
    Vortix.exe
  • Size 1.2MB
  • Sample260622-nc6cdsbs5p
  • SHA256 5036af591a3c3b09bb170152380bfe6d421d5d472d5d8eb1205d1c927eb01845
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
6/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs

    Enumerate browser information.

  • 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
  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 33 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Vortix.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Vortix.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3372
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:4404
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --single-argument C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ShowLock.html
      1⤵
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2200
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data" /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Crashpad" --annotation=IsOfficialBuild=1 --annotation=channel= --annotation=chromium-version=139.0.7258.155 "--annotation=exe=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --annotation=plat=Win64 --annotation=prod=Edge --annotation=ver=139.0.3405.125 --initial-client-data=0x2e0,0x2e4,0x2e8,0x2dc,0x32c,0x7ffb92fbc188,0x7ffb92fbc194,0x7ffb92fbc1a0
        2⤵
          PID:2976
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=gpu-process --no-pre-read-main-dll --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --gpu-preferences=SAAAAAAAAADgAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAQAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA== --always-read-main-dll --metrics-shmem-handle=1680,i,8338724519821156061,2499453215537961198,262144 --field-trial-handle=1776,i,15253563413440400433,15671103545235423709,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2064 /prefetch:2
          2⤵
            PID:864
          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --always-read-main-dll --metrics-shmem-handle=2324,i,9229745465648053025,418909576732751909,524288 --field-trial-handle=1776,i,15253563413440400433,15671103545235423709,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2180 /prefetch:11
            2⤵
            • System Time Discovery
            PID:4916
          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --always-read-main-dll --metrics-shmem-handle=2548,i,13142369666623401624,10731767782941221004,524288 --field-trial-handle=1776,i,15253563413440400433,15671103545235423709,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2560 /prefetch:13
            2⤵
              PID:4308
            • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --pdf-upsell-enabled --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=6 --always-read-main-dll --metrics-shmem-handle=3552,i,10269062144283652525,15886133613169122685,2097152 --field-trial-handle=1776,i,15253563413440400433,15671103545235423709,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3788 /prefetch:1
              2⤵
                PID:1628
              • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --pdf-upsell-enabled --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --always-read-main-dll --metrics-shmem-handle=3568,i,9213850409666702412,4548066969869141877,2097152 --field-trial-handle=1776,i,15253563413440400433,15671103545235423709,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3808 /prefetch:1
                2⤵
                  PID:4188
                • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --pdf-upsell-enabled --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=7 --always-read-main-dll --metrics-shmem-handle=4316,i,1012198911261739188,10818556364111651062,2097152 --field-trial-handle=1776,i,15253563413440400433,15671103545235423709,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4332 /prefetch:1
                  2⤵
                    PID:3212
                  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --extension-process --renderer-sub-type=extension --pdf-upsell-enabled --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=8 --always-read-main-dll --metrics-shmem-handle=4348,i,10680737367410762622,12913444206327342842,2097152 --field-trial-handle=1776,i,15253563413440400433,15671103545235423709,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4400 /prefetch:9
                    2⤵
                      PID:2244
                    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --pdf-upsell-enabled --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=9 --always-read-main-dll --metrics-shmem-handle=4364,i,17205784185480697514,7830306715118278333,2097152 --field-trial-handle=1776,i,15253563413440400433,15671103545235423709,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4428 /prefetch:1
                      2⤵
                        PID:4560
                      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --extension-process --renderer-sub-type=extension --pdf-upsell-enabled --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=10 --always-read-main-dll --metrics-shmem-handle=4300,i,18009546557361854545,8503964974818274249,2097152 --field-trial-handle=1776,i,15253563413440400433,15671103545235423709,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4440 /prefetch:9
                        2⤵
                          PID:2480
                        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=PooledProcess2 --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --always-read-main-dll --metrics-shmem-handle=5424,i,13299270732037746518,8467637301330003673,524288 --field-trial-handle=1776,i,15253563413440400433,15671103545235423709,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5336 /prefetch:14
                          2⤵
                            PID:4056
                          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=PooledProcess2 --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --always-read-main-dll --metrics-shmem-handle=5328,i,10367692175767858654,8038482219403572090,524288 --field-trial-handle=1776,i,15253563413440400433,15671103545235423709,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5460 /prefetch:14
                            2⤵
                              PID:4552
                            • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --always-read-main-dll --metrics-shmem-handle=3928,i,8819955936935516500,1956140444305363990,524288 --field-trial-handle=1776,i,15253563413440400433,15671103545235423709,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4404 /prefetch:14
                              2⤵
                                PID:644
                              • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                                "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=entity_extraction_service.mojom.Extractor --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=entity_extraction --onnx-enabled-for-ee --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --always-read-main-dll --metrics-shmem-handle=3936,i,4535458831522774788,4305242694116188416,524288 --field-trial-handle=1776,i,15253563413440400433,15671103545235423709,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3912 /prefetch:14
                                2⤵
                                  PID:3288
                              • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe
                                "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe"
                                1⤵
                                  PID:3748

                                Network

                                      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                                      Downloads

                                      settings.dat

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Crashpad\settings.dat
                                      • Size 280B
                                      • SHA256 e3c932e879f8a7071362a654b47cd73c05f90d7fe66be785d811b84b86743e1b
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                      settings.dat

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Crashpad\settings.dat
                                      • Size 280B
                                      • SHA256 0b5dc1bf65a27f8ea20844919d7db192caf7a54fd791434a1304a7df2e9b496f
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                      settings.dat

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Crashpad\settings.dat
                                      • Size 280B
                                      • SHA256 857bab2335a4b224194b39d52f3f99f79d132e2f92be9ee918b3196cc99f64bc
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                      BookmarkMergedSurfaceOrdering

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\BookmarkMergedSurfaceOrdering
                                      • Size 6B
                                      • SHA256 4489f9e3e454748b3521eb214e0a5694d562cff3d9ff511cb456953c8f534c00
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                      the-real-index

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Code Cache\js\index-dir\the-real-index
                                      • Size 3KB
                                      • SHA256 3aca7098b016ad4629802fb91d31866d7710f635226834cf9b27afa287b42491
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                      the-real-index~RFe59073a.TMP

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Code Cache\js\index-dir\the-real-index~RFe59073a.TMP
                                      • Size 3KB
                                      • SHA256 b5f82476caaf8c332c7ede1e59a507eee1204157630e803fe3038ff2ae88d5f8
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                      SiteList-Enterprise.json

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\DualEngine\SiteList-Enterprise.json
                                      • Size 2B
                                      • SHA256 44136fa355b3678a1146ad16f7e8649e94fb4fc21fe77e8310c060f61caaff8a
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                      Edge Profile.ico

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Edge Profile.ico
                                      • Size 70KB
                                      • SHA256 31a226211c491e1b0832d4cd3cf34d97165e24a7ce4ec655259cd188f3a2bd88
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      Network Persistent State

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Network\Network Persistent State
                                      • Size 890B
                                      • SHA256 f88fa2f504a9b9c672c0fc273b63a5d3e2c5abb373e18e6abe0bbe5afab000a2
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                      SCT Auditing Pending Reports

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

                                      Preferences

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Preferences
                                      • Size 12KB
                                      • SHA256 e40e3ffda43dd24c58e8d8f37ef4bfab5f4b5a4a2aed8f63143563019e2fb41d
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      Secure Preferences

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Secure Preferences
                                      • Size 31KB
                                      • SHA256 b2f1ca896a49999711481ae6d2a56fc08bf5ae1c4c6021266bb465e9121b412c
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      Local State

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Local State
                                      • Size 8KB
                                      • SHA256 80ceab11cf70198973cd4e1c45320b7e2885217b619bc7a3c39a0f46ced44bbd
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      Local State

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Local State
                                      • Size 8KB
                                      • SHA256 321b79aba5d9a6d7ec2ae833f2661aee9348e73524868695f56349da193b062a
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      Local State

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Local State
                                      • Size 17KB
                                      • SHA256 26ccf23f65d29eaeb612c5654e931130f631dc4e6b56de59688e99a99a3ef2ed
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      data_1

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\ShaderCache\data_1
                                      • Size 264KB
                                      • SHA256 b1e963d702392fb7224786e7d56d43973e9b9efd1b89c17814d7c558ffc0cdec
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                      193bcdd2-9fcb-451e-a10a-6c9707edb3d0.tmp

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\extensions_crx_cache\193bcdd2-9fcb-451e-a10a-6c9707edb3d0.tmp
                                      • Size 13B
                                      • SHA256 2771d13c637c267132afff9db67537bef95708534b79ae8d954254c4e64e4e0f
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512