Analysis
- max time kernel
299s - max time network
305s - platform
windows10-ltsc_2021_x64 - resource
win10ltsc2021-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc_2021-x64systemwindows - submitted
29/06/2026, 03:09
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
safew_tseup.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
3 signatures
300 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
safew_tseup.exe
Resource
win10ltsc2021-20260513-en
11 signatures
300 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral3
Sample
safew_tseup.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
11 signatures
300 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral4
Sample
safew_tseup.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260617-en
11 signatures
300 seconds
General
- Target safew_tseup.exe
- Size 139.0MB
- Sample260629-dnmdjsbz2z
- SHA256 8b8d0fe656209302a8d20ebaf7807f73846119d6916e3a02795b686c8890596e
- MD5 e62fbeef55ee3eef5cc424b2edf0fe8c
- SHA1 0745a3b995a076be48733ff63dad2fc75600b1a0
- SHA512 4120c8f574bca3f9ae95416def4572114f1c4ee31a0520d67821c694e05d80a0dea125046d4fc257de2dcf6eba5ca4b323951e09ef6e51a0ea4e21f72fc10924
- SSDEEP 3145728:jF3LDCpQYpO9i+y5X3T90DCt4ixigSNibTn1:j1nA+y5niDC3Vb71
- TLSH T11668E012B6D48075E5BB3230192D7368967EBD204F7081CB3298BBAD6E716C25F32767
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3054922120-1500138384-519748408-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation safew_tseup.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3828 DesktopCompanion.exe - Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
pid Process 4892 safew_tseup.exe 4892 safew_tseup.exe 3828 DesktopCompanion.exe - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 9 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3184 set thread context of 1072 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 94 PID 3184 set thread context of 2984 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 97 PID 3184 set thread context of 3884 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 98 PID 3184 set thread context of 1424 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 99 PID 3184 set thread context of 5056 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 100 PID 3184 set thread context of 1688 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 101 PID 3184 set thread context of 704 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 102 PID 3184 set thread context of 1368 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 103 PID 3184 set thread context of 1072 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 104 - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 10 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language backgroundTaskHost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language backgroundTaskHost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language backgroundTaskHost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language backgroundTaskHost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language backgroundTaskHost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language backgroundTaskHost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language safew_tseup.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language backgroundTaskHost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language backgroundTaskHost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language backgroundTaskHost.exe - Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \Registry\Machine\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0 TieringEngineService.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz TieringEngineService.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs
pid Process 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 10 IoCs
pid Process 3828 DesktopCompanion.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 3184 TieringEngineService.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 12 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3828 DesktopCompanion.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 3184 TieringEngineService.exe Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 3184 TieringEngineService.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3184 TieringEngineService.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3184 TieringEngineService.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3184 TieringEngineService.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3184 TieringEngineService.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3184 TieringEngineService.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3184 TieringEngineService.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3184 TieringEngineService.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3184 TieringEngineService.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3184 TieringEngineService.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4892 wrote to memory of 3828 4892 safew_tseup.exe 92 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 1072 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 94 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 2984 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 97 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 3884 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 98 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 1424 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 99 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 5056 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 100 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 1688 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 101 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 704 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 102 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 1368 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 103 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 1072 3184 TieringEngineService.exe 104
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\safew_tseup.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\safew_tseup.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4892 -
C:\ProgramData\DesktopCompanion\DesktopCompanion.exe"C:\ProgramData\DesktopCompanion\DesktopCompanion.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3828
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C:\Windows\system32\TieringEngineService.exeC:\Windows\system32\TieringEngineService.exe1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Checks processor information in registry
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3184 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundTaskHost.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundTaskHost.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1072
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundTaskHost.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundTaskHost.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2984
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundTaskHost.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundTaskHost.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3884
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundTaskHost.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundTaskHost.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1424
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundTaskHost.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundTaskHost.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5056
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundTaskHost.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundTaskHost.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1688
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundTaskHost.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundTaskHost.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:704
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundTaskHost.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundTaskHost.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1368
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundTaskHost.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundTaskHost.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1072
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"cmd /c cd /d "C:\System Volume Information\Heat" && start "" "C:\ProgramData\DesktopCompanion\DesktopCompanion.exe""1⤵PID:4512
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\DesktopCompanion\Cache.pmt
- Size 8.6MB
- SHA256 c211e29a630088bc5117006002fb4f3d8c14acc8bafd726a5b57b1e18441b513
- MD5 70a24a02342759ac5bdf061d2a108d8b
- SHA1 5f80a1a4d69ddb3b960488fd8751020cbf1ce6db
- SHA512 d5414045a186a6cbb941ab350eafbeb95ff0bf6347a06b1cc79ede8191a6592b7b1fefb2f88f679bd247e11050995b5686bb13fd24e1dc6db5ff02511064cd9b
- SSDEEP 196608:pbkrVptZQUeKtCFHnmfz9TgD60zLLeXEd7+v7D:pbu3VYFH6zdgD60/LMv
- TLSH T14696332A54CD918000D6FCAA055F49AD6098DB7C83EE4246E3583FBB46FF3A29F471D9
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\DesktopCompanion\DesktopCompanion.exe
- Size 2.2MB
- SHA256 625053d0cd2f56581b595a48f7a4831d4f3a9ba0f0d982ccdad288306b4a42cd
- MD5 f4943431542b1b46c54dc6420bd1cce8
- SHA1 8b83c131f459d48cc3b49b8875a490c721c8abd0
- SHA512 26d25287c176dabf8c7a64cef9fcbabe2b60b9ad53197b022191b3d11cd6df649e9c4fa9d0653dbe61a92367683fd7f5fddb2b70c1f957f5d1ac964e603c7880
- SSDEEP 49152:d4fbT3Hif6JilTa9ibN8TI2a+EBUU9RgH5NE045uCjA+d:d4H3ifQQTU0HXgCjA+d
- TLSH T113B5181BA247DDABC46F9130C5AAA332A021FD813231ED6D3B60F71DDE71D544ACAB16
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\DesktopCompanion\IrTIJt32.dll
- Size 105KB
- SHA256 bd75b496df7630db2333f71dabe3ef98de9ab24eb3d5fb534c010f0e505ac597
- MD5 1962aa0242dc444f9e0de7cebec0b064
- SHA1 8b02546293223780a9616fa385240c26d7b1b69b
- SHA512 89bb65cabeb8409f694b92f2f64f6e56eeb552405c1835538a5b3c55b8142870e4055b862eb0d26c18d2180ed90d0f42c83874013d890a4c348bf2c8142761b1
- SSDEEP 3072:jK4T6gAKVB9B/8AQbOvb5naOdbm2lD3f:e42zKVTypbOv9pXJv
- TLSH T115B35A57A3A500FBE07B8678C4630E46E7B2B85507609FEF43A4865A1F63BD18D3DB20
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsj1C9C.tmp\System.dll
- Size 12KB
- SHA256 8b4c47c4cf5e76ec57dd5a050d5acd832a0d532ee875d7b44f6cdaf68f90d37c
- MD5 9b38a1b07a0ebc5c7e59e63346ecc2db
- SHA1 97332a2ffcf12a3e3f27e7c05213b5d7faa13735
- SHA512 26e77f8e10f6d8693c92bd036b53a3f6e0c523090ef8dfe479815f556ecd2b57fc90ce9f7cceebe70460d464decb27ad1fe240819fd56997764e96506b6a439c
- SSDEEP 192:kjHcQ0qWTlt7wi5Aj/lM0sEWD/wtYbBjpNQybC7y+XZ40QPi:U/Qlt7wiij/lMRv/9V4b4r
- TLSH T1E8427C1297B089F2F151093419667F2A6FBEAC5D17F405A3CFE304C63D212CB9839243
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsj1C9C.tmp\modern-wizard.bmp
- Size 25KB
- SHA256 3ad2dc318056d0a2024af1804ea741146cfc18cc404649a44610cbf8b2056cf2
- MD5 cbe40fd2b1ec96daedc65da172d90022
- SHA1 366c216220aa4329dff6c485fd0e9b0f4f0a7944
- SHA512 62990cb16e37b6b4eff6ab03571c3a82dcaa21a1d393c3cb01d81f62287777fb0b4b27f8852b5fa71bc975feab5baa486d33f2c58660210e115de7e2bd34ea63
- SSDEEP 24:Qwika6aSaaDaVYoG6abuJsnZs5GhI11BayNXPcDrSsUWcSphsWwlEWqCl6aHAX2x:Qoi47a5G8SddzKFIcsOz3Xz
- TLSH T139C29757DE6B6EA4BE0804EF1A0694931C71FE211AB0CD0561D2B767B4FC93B19A0B3C
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsj1C9C.tmp\nsDialogs.dll
- Size 9KB
- SHA256 b1350f487692057c8ffde75dcc55287a52a3272240d4d4912f24464b27551fc0
- MD5 8f0e7415f33843431df308bb8e06af81
- SHA1 1314272e6ad3be1985d4a1607b890a34b0bde8b5
- SHA512 5450b2070c40b257c28ba9a472d762f91b78928d1e8d4d88e0576992065a61fb9a6513006e6b5947c415c9e02ae80a90a85b58da7e016a424331c8cd596ed684
- SSDEEP 96:obEv02zUu56FcS817eTaXx85qHFcUcxSgB5PKtAtoniJninnt3DVEB3YHNqkzfFc:obEvCu5e81785qHFcU0PuAw0uytIFc
- TLSH T19D12F892E2A454B3C5D6523B36AA2F2DCBBD5329B0927C01C7738E4D39395766E38343
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH