Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    901s
  • max time network
    553s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/07/2026, 04:33

General

  • Target
    hypertune-setup-2.3.0.18.exe
  • Size 213.1MB
  • Sample260714-e6pgaset4r
  • SHA256 500f0dab319f575c883a45ad7417366b21418d7a7777545aece612aeab4b862c
  • 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.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • System Time Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversary may gather the system time and/or time zone settings from a local or remote system.

  • Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications. 2 IoCs

    Inno Setup installer

  • 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 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 53 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 43 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.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

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

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

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

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hypertune-setup-2.3.0.18.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hypertune-setup-2.3.0.18.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2544
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-L79WT6MAYA.tmp\hypertune-setup-2.3.0.18.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-L79WT6MAYA.tmp\hypertune-setup-2.3.0.18.tmp" /SL5="$90064,222168820,941568,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hypertune-setup-2.3.0.18.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4656
      • C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        "C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe" --list-runtimes
        3⤵
        • System Time Discovery
        PID:1992
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:1144
    • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
      sihost.exe
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:476
      • 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 use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:5140
    • 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:5924
    • 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:2828
    • C:\Windows\System32\SecurityHealthHost.exe
      \\?\C:\Windows\System32\SecurityHealthHost.exe {08728914-3F57-4D52-9E31-49DAECA5A80A} -Embedding
      1⤵
        PID:2436

      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

            hypertune-setup-2.3.0.18.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-L79WT6MAYA.tmp\hypertune-setup-2.3.0.18.tmp
            • Size 4.2MB
            • SHA256 028b39229c791bd4089579f4a663ed3d24f4effeda1c6a1e462a946996e44ef7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/2544-0-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000F04000-memory.dmp

            memory/2544-8-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000F04000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-28-0x00000000006A0000-0x0000000000AEF000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-34-0x00000000006A0000-0x0000000000AEF000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-12-0x00000000006A0000-0x0000000000AEF000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-14-0x00000000006A0000-0x0000000000AEF000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-16-0x00000000006A0000-0x0000000000AEF000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-18-0x00000000006A0000-0x0000000000AEF000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-20-0x00000000006A0000-0x0000000000AEF000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-22-0x00000000006A0000-0x0000000000AEF000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-24-0x00000000006A0000-0x0000000000AEF000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-26-0x00000000006A0000-0x0000000000AEF000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-9-0x00000000006A0000-0x0000000000AEF000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-30-0x00000000006A0000-0x0000000000AEF000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-32-0x00000000006A0000-0x0000000000AEF000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-10-0x0000000001B00000-0x0000000001B01000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-36-0x00000000006A0000-0x0000000000AEF000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-38-0x00000000006A0000-0x0000000000AEF000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-40-0x00000000006A0000-0x0000000000AEF000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-42-0x00000000006A0000-0x0000000000AEF000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-44-0x00000000006A0000-0x0000000000AEF000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-6-0x0000000001B00000-0x0000000001B01000-memory.dmp

            memory/4656-278-0x00000000006A0000-0x0000000000AEF000-memory.dmp

            memory/5140-279-0x000000000A240000-0x000000000A49F000-memory.dmp

            memory/5924-119-0x000001AE03BA0000-0x000001AE03BC0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5924-117-0x000001AE13D80000-0x000001AE13E80000-memory.dmp

            memory/5924-136-0x000001AE14050000-0x000001AE14070000-memory.dmp

            memory/5924-116-0x000001AE03840000-0x000001AE03860000-memory.dmp

            memory/5924-111-0x000001AE00100000-0x000001AE00200000-memory.dmp