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
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
pirathook.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
9 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
pirathook.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
9 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target pirathook.exe
- Size 5.2MB
- Sample260709-t28rpsev71
- SHA256 f189deabc5333fb1b0953c31e813a5f9e65c5473f12b4877d20b93c0b55b09c2
- MD5 c691ffe2d99640230174d323dc32525b
- SHA1 10aab2c86ef89648bcedc64991b107be3ae871e9
- SHA512 23fc609b21aa14e86a2c0b10332a9c2afd3571bba27f7aaa45a105e8bb14e3783c875c44edcccdbdfaa53cc73eca54779893f66d3b1fe128c7664be6fbc3edac
- SSDEEP 98304:NTLQUGqcqlHuNEJ87D4rmXP8HXPTkgOENFbypL727ekn0s9hnK3s+Wg1DRcrk2yp:p5cUg1GPwglnbyd27ekn0EA3syNekZFr
- TLSH T1A34633460F8AB969D64922B09205808F8340EB0E8F6B7E5DBC3BEF77954F14C5796B48
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ pirathook.exe - Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion pirathook.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion pirathook.exe -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/1248-0-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp themida behavioral1/memory/1248-2-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp themida behavioral1/memory/1248-3-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp themida behavioral1/memory/1248-1-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp themida behavioral1/memory/1248-7-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp themida behavioral1/memory/1248-6-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp themida behavioral1/memory/1248-5-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp themida behavioral1/memory/1248-4-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp themida behavioral1/memory/1248-9-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp themida behavioral1/memory/1248-10-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp themida behavioral1/memory/1248-11-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp themida behavioral1/memory/1248-12-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp themida behavioral1/memory/1248-13-0x00007FF722510000-0x00007FF7231A2000-memory.dmp themida - Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA pirathook.exe - Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs
pid Process 1248 pirathook.exe - Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
pid Process 3712 timeout.exe - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
pid Process 1248 pirathook.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 1248 pirathook.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1248 wrote to memory of 4292 1248 pirathook.exe 88 PID 4292 wrote to memory of 1552 4292 cmd.exe 90 PID 4292 wrote to memory of 5052 4292 cmd.exe 91 PID 4292 wrote to memory of 2740 4292 cmd.exe 92 PID 1248 wrote to memory of 4768 1248 pirathook.exe 93 PID 4768 wrote to memory of 2640 4768 cmd.exe 95 PID 2640 wrote to memory of 3712 2640 cmd.exe 100
Processes
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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.exeC:\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.execertutil -hashfile "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pirathook.exe" MD53⤵PID:1552
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C:\Windows\system32\find.exefind /i /v "md5"3⤵PID:5052
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C:\Windows\system32\find.exefind /i /v "certutil"3⤵PID:2740
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exeC:\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.execmd /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.exetimeout /t 54⤵
- Delays execution with timeout.exe
PID:3712
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