Overview

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Static

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honest.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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honest.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    109s
  • max time network
    130s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/07/2026, 22:43

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General

  • Target
    honest.exe
  • Size 134.5MB
  • Sample260701-2ngp3ahs4y
  • SHA256 44111b86d928bac319c845a67e78c6e9150d9d7d8970953896e673287f5ce231
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10
adwarepersistenceransomwarespyware

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

    persistence
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 64 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
    adwarespyware
  • Modifies registry class 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

    persistence
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

    ransomware
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

    ransomware

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\honest.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\honest.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3284
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:356
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
      2⤵
      • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4800
      • C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4
        3⤵
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:3772
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4432
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2436
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:200

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
          • Size 599B
          • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
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          clrjit_host.dll
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Microsoft.NET\cache\v4.0_x64\clrjit_host.dll
          • Size 6.4MB
          • SHA256 3e0bcc3c0a755b1e26804b98d62be646240ccfc999b71e4dc0977f23874f4e4c
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          Inter-VariableFont.ttf
          • Path C:\Windows\Fonts\Inter-VariableFont.ttf
          • Size 854KB
          • SHA256 0be2399ea925f1f83ff974764761da9860ec50742ed29a5d4c1ffd0c5c7ac3a8
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          memory/3284-40-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-4-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-5-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-6-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-7-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-8-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-9-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-10-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-3-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-15-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-17-0x00007FF89A990000-0x00007FF89B8E2000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-22-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-2-0x000001F5AFEC0000-0x000001F5B0EC0000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-34-0x000001F5D5240000-0x000001F5D545C000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-36-0x000001F5BA520000-0x000001F5BA53A000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-35-0x000001F5BA2B0000-0x000001F5BA2C2000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-38-0x000001F5D2D90000-0x000001F5D2D98000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-39-0x000001F5BA540000-0x000001F5BA55E000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-37-0x000001F5BA2C0000-0x000001F5BA2E8000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-0-0x00007FF89E5BF000-0x00007FF89E5C0000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-43-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-41-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-42-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-44-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-45-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-46-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-47-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-48-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-49-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-50-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3284-1-0x00007FF89E430000-0x00007FF89EDD4000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3772-251-0x0000028F5ECE0000-0x0000028F5ECE1000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3772-252-0x0000028F5ECE0000-0x0000028F5ECE1000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3772-249-0x0000028F5ECE0000-0x0000028F5ECE1000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3772-253-0x0000028F5ECE0000-0x0000028F5ECE1000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3772-244-0x0000028F5ECE0000-0x0000028F5ECE1000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3772-250-0x0000028F5ECE0000-0x0000028F5ECE1000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3772-242-0x0000028F5ECE0000-0x0000028F5ECE1000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3772-248-0x0000028F5ECE0000-0x0000028F5ECE1000-memory.dmp
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          memory/4432-104-0x0000011B01EA0000-0x0000011B01EC0000-memory.dmp
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          memory/4432-85-0x0000011B019D0000-0x0000011B019F0000-memory.dmp
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          memory/4432-118-0x0000011B14320000-0x0000011B14340000-memory.dmp
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          memory/4432-86-0x0000011B14000000-0x0000011B14100000-memory.dmp
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          memory/4432-54-0x0000011B001E0000-0x0000011B002E0000-memory.dmp
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