Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/07/2026, 16:34

General

  • Target
    pirathook.exe
  • Size 5.2MB
  • Sample260709-t28rpsev71
  • SHA256 f189deabc5333fb1b0953c31e813a5f9e65c5473f12b4877d20b93c0b55b09c2
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Themida packer 13 IoCs

    Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs
  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pirathook.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pirathook.exe"
    1⤵
    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1248
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c certutil -hashfile "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pirathook.exe" MD5 | find /i /v "md5" | find /i /v "certutil"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4292
      • C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe
        certutil -hashfile "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pirathook.exe" MD5
        3⤵
          PID:1552
        • C:\Windows\system32\find.exe
          find /i /v "md5"
          3⤵
            PID:5052
          • C:\Windows\system32\find.exe
            find /i /v "certutil"
            3⤵
              PID:2740
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c start cmd /C "color b && title Error && echo You need to run the KeyAuthApp.init(); function before any other KeyAuth functions && timeout /t 5"
            2⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4768
            • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
              cmd /C "color b && title Error && echo You need to run the KeyAuthApp.init(); function before any other KeyAuth functions && timeout /t 5"
              3⤵
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2640
              • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
                timeout /t 5
                4⤵
                • Delays execution with timeout.exe
                PID:3712

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              memory/1248-0-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp

              memory/1248-2-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp

              memory/1248-3-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp

              memory/1248-1-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp

              memory/1248-7-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp

              memory/1248-6-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp

              memory/1248-5-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp

              memory/1248-8-0x00007FF72271F000-0x00007FF722721000-memory.dmp

              memory/1248-4-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp

              memory/1248-9-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp

              memory/1248-10-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp

              memory/1248-11-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp

              memory/1248-12-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp

              memory/1248-13-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp