Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    106s
  • max time network
    123s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260706-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260706-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/07/2026, 18:45

General

  • Target
    QueueSniper.exe
  • Size 22.7MB
  • Sample260709-xd3gkagy41
  • SHA256 5cd1c168c62030b48a3f12cf7944c3e347fc80514d9164937700fadd6d02deee
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 40 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 32 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 57 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 46 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 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.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QueueSniper.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QueueSniper.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:608
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QueueSniper\2.4\QueueSniper.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QueueSniper.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5420
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"
        3⤵
          PID:2388
    • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
      sihost.exe
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4992
      • 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: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:2784
    • 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:5788
    • 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:4952

    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
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          _asyncio.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QUEUES~1\2.4\_asyncio.pyd
          • Size 63KB
          • SHA256 746bc8fa88282afe19dc60e426cc0a75bea3bd137cca06a0b57a30bd31459403
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _bz2.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QUEUES~1\2.4\_bz2.pyd
          • Size 82KB
          • SHA256 00b8ca9a338d2b47285c9e56d6d893db2a999b47216756f18439997fb80a56e3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ctypes.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QUEUES~1\2.4\_ctypes.pyd
          • Size 121KB
          • SHA256 c148292328f0aab7863af82f54f613961e7cb95b7215f7a81cafaf45bd4c42b7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _hashlib.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QUEUES~1\2.4\_hashlib.pyd
          • Size 63KB
          • SHA256 87dd0c858620287454fd6d31d52b6a48eddbb2a08e09e8b2d9fdb0b92200d766
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _lzma.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QUEUES~1\2.4\_lzma.pyd
          • Size 155KB
          • SHA256 f5e01b516c2c23035f7703e23569dec26c5616c05a929b2580ae474a5c6722c5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _overlapped.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QUEUES~1\2.4\_overlapped.pyd
          • Size 50KB
          • SHA256 ca106e4dfdeafeabf9e98956d3d8d0cb73e109f1a96f1a7e35bc47dbd7c7e164
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _tkinter.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QUEUES~1\2.4\_tkinter.pyd
          • Size 62KB
          • SHA256 6f7bdc2f60a1795b58ec7015ec262d6b234aa8d0f022185de0f52bac4adab449
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _uuid.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QUEUES~1\2.4\_uuid.pyd
          • Size 24KB
          • SHA256 e6aa7f1637e211251c9d6f467203b2b6d85e5bc2d901699f2a55af637fa89250
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _http_parser.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QUEUES~1\2.4\aiohttp\_http_parser.pyd
          • Size 246KB
          • SHA256 334cb4eedf73dbe9ab7660724054b09f96addf481d3ca618aa2b1325cb5c9548
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          cacert.pem

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QUEUES~1\2.4\certifi\cacert.pem
          • Size 266KB
          • SHA256 fc9165a12403263e7ebfbdad7be7a3eac0fa5d325d3c70465f28d3690072ca28
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libcrypto-3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QUEUES~1\2.4\libcrypto-3.dll
          • Size 5.0MB
          • SHA256 05fe080eab7fc535c51e10c1bd76a2f3e6217f9c91a25034774588881c3f99de
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tk86t.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QUEUES~1\2.4\tk86t.dll
          • Size 1.5MB
          • SHA256 b6af038120f2b8644c7ce1e11917f410009848287622135d7e386f90d28a831c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          unicodedata.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QUEUES~1\2.4\unicodedata.pyd
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 37c68617fa02a2cadced17ef724e2d450ef12a8a37215da789a4679fde1c5c02
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _quoting_c.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QUEUES~1\2.4\yarl\_quoting_c.pyd
          • Size 79KB
          • SHA256 e76fbdd98dbaed77baaccd32299c7b86394a6caf6255505d468421803e31faa2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _decimal.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QueueSniper\2.4\_decimal.pyd
          • Size 249KB
          • SHA256 980a63f2b39cf16910f44384398e25f24482346a482addb00de42555b17d4278
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _socket.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QueueSniper\2.4\_socket.pyd
          • Size 77KB
          • SHA256 a19e3c7c03ef1b5625790b1c9c42594909311ab6df540fbf43c6aa93300ab166
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ssl.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QueueSniper\2.4\_ssl.pyd
          • Size 174KB
          • SHA256 ba5388d6a6557d431e086734a3323621dc447f63ba299b0a815e5837cf869678
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _http_writer.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QueueSniper\2.4\aiohttp\_http_writer.pyd
          • Size 44KB
          • SHA256 e874239a672641eb31797e14640ded883aa99c61c967e35918a2d7d22af53613
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          mask.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QueueSniper\2.4\aiohttp\_websocket\mask.pyd
          • Size 35KB
          • SHA256 5a5f077f006dd567f6917eae33ad7381a86c879e29a5997869a0c8b0b77d6866
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _frozenlist.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QueueSniper\2.4\frozenlist\_frozenlist.pyd
          • Size 66KB
          • SHA256 cb0227473d0c9e53c49fd548b539522a73e5ba7fc02ba7702ef45db8da7b4119
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libssl-3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QueueSniper\2.4\libssl-3.dll
          • Size 768KB
          • SHA256 2e9fbcd8f7fdc13a5179533239811456554f2b3aa2fb10e1b17be0df81c79006
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          msvcp140.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QueueSniper\2.4\msvcp140.dll
          • Size 540KB
          • SHA256 def46aa6a8f72f27bafac0c43334419486a4d1dcdb6c479a8ef7034b3e1fa4cb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _multidict.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QueueSniper\2.4\multidict\_multidict.pyd
          • Size 77KB
          • SHA256 f92555975df808e8f4ba64e60af52ba32ccdebc69aa4dcca23d54d098dcb5d74
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _helpers_c.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QueueSniper\2.4\propcache\_helpers_c.pyd
          • Size 62KB
          • SHA256 3947d0188c405d0425dfe4363a00f180eed28eb8839e518418c7eed96afee82d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          python311.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QueueSniper\2.4\python311.dll
          • Size 5.5MB
          • SHA256 0817a2a657a24c0d5fbb60df56960f42fc66b3039d522ec952dab83e2d869364
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          select.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QueueSniper\2.4\select.pyd
          • Size 29KB
          • SHA256 bae0974390945520eb99ab32486c6a964691f8f4a028ac408d98fa8fb0db7d90
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tcl86t.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QueueSniper\2.4\tcl86t.dll
          • Size 1.8MB
          • SHA256 4e699ff2d6d147d0586c8c77be5a18f20ca0758f432d7b0f489223f2fa4dd221
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          cp1252.enc

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QueueSniper\2.4\tcl\encoding\cp1252.enc
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 741859cf238c3a63bbb20ec6ed51e46451372bb221cfff438297d261d0561c2e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ujson.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QueueSniper\2.4\ujson.pyd
          • Size 66KB
          • SHA256 e6f5bd62b2710b0a7c709d23d1d034a216d0761fdd3b328769cab2ed43431f72
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          vcruntime140.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QueueSniper\2.4\vcruntime140.dll
          • Size 116KB
          • SHA256 4d292623516f65c80482081e62d5dadb759dc16e851de5db24c3cbb57b87db83
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          vcruntime140_1.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QueueSniper\2.4\vcruntime140_1.dll
          • Size 48KB
          • SHA256 a113f192195f245f17389e6ecbed8005990bcb2476ddad33f7c4c6c86327afe5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          config.json

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\NeverServices\config.json
          • Size 51B
          • SHA256 04759deddfee838a95f99d0b993fb9192b27e7202d3355e8d37acb84aa3b8d3d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/608-1070-0x00007FF7AEDB0000-0x00007FF7B0491000-memory.dmp

          memory/2784-1275-0x000000000F0B0000-0x000000000F92B000-memory.dmp

          memory/5420-1285-0x00007FF706CB0000-0x00007FF70A181000-memory.dmp

          memory/5420-1292-0x00007FF706CB0000-0x00007FF70A181000-memory.dmp

          memory/5420-1305-0x00007FF706CB0000-0x00007FF70A181000-memory.dmp

          memory/5420-1301-0x00007FF706CB0000-0x00007FF70A181000-memory.dmp

          memory/5420-1298-0x00007FF706CB0000-0x00007FF70A181000-memory.dmp

          memory/5420-1295-0x00007FF706CB0000-0x00007FF70A181000-memory.dmp

          memory/5420-1080-0x00007FF706CB0000-0x00007FF70A181000-memory.dmp

          memory/5420-1288-0x00007FF706CB0000-0x00007FF70A181000-memory.dmp

          memory/5420-1071-0x00007FF706CB0000-0x00007FF70A181000-memory.dmp

          memory/5420-1078-0x00007FF706CB0000-0x00007FF70A181000-memory.dmp

          memory/5420-1076-0x00007FF706CB0000-0x00007FF70A181000-memory.dmp

          memory/5420-1276-0x00007FF706CB0000-0x00007FF70A181000-memory.dmp

          memory/5420-1279-0x00007FF706CB0000-0x00007FF70A181000-memory.dmp

          memory/5420-1282-0x00007FF706CB0000-0x00007FF70A181000-memory.dmp

          memory/5788-1095-0x000001E9A9BB0000-0x000001E9A9CB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5788-1093-0x000001E999790000-0x000001E9997B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5788-1128-0x000001E9A9FE0000-0x000001E9AA000000-memory.dmp

          memory/5788-1083-0x000001E194C50000-0x000001E194D50000-memory.dmp

          memory/5788-1082-0x000001E194C50000-0x000001E194D50000-memory.dmp

          memory/5788-1114-0x000001E9998D0000-0x000001E9998F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5788-1084-0x000001E194C50000-0x000001E194D50000-memory.dmp