Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    145s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/07/2026, 09:23

General

  • Target
    2026-07-20_8845de9a3ffac91177a3bba275779bca_akira_amadey_elex_glassworm.exe
  • Size 5.9MB
  • Sample260720-lcw3lsfw8x
  • SHA256 2666b50bc5c6f0ece0654679301ab85c4ec4eece839809264d5d336ebc2eac18
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Quasar payload 1 IoCs
  • Custom signature
    Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents 1 IoCs
  • Custom signature
    Detects executables containing bas64 encoded gzip files 1 IoCs
  • Custom signature
    Detects executables containing common artifacts observed in infostealers 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 7 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 43 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 11 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 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\2026-07-20_8845de9a3ffac91177a3bba275779bca_akira_amadey_elex_glassworm.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_8845de9a3ffac91177a3bba275779bca_akira_amadey_elex_glassworm.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5024
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Wbem\wmic.exe
      "wmic" process get name
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4140
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Wbem\wmic.exe
      "wmic" process get name
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1796
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate\wRYUHFJhqJIWYiE.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate\wRYUHFJhqJIWYiE.exe" x "C:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate\FocusPortalLimitless" -p:_397ZRapODiscoverPromoterNimble "-oC:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate" -y
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3344
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate\wRYUHFJhqJIWYiE.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate\wRYUHFJhqJIWYiE.exe" x "C:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate\AchieveReviewerKnowledgeable" "-oC:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate" -p{.+17GzWCnEvaluateContributorLuminous -x!1_DefineMonitor.exe -x!1_ReloadSpecify.exe -x!vpm_alky -x!zfrpp_thhoi -x!k_g_nk_ka -x!yv_hfg_l -x!1_FocusLead.xml -x!1_ThreadSteer.xml -x!zzf_h -x!CheckExhibit.exe -y
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4216
    • C:\Windows\DefineMonitor.exe
      "C:\Windows\DefineMonitor.exe" -UnderstandIllustrated Understand -UnderstandIllustrateS Illustrate -UnderstandIllustrateP 1078
      2⤵
      • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4468
      • C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe
        /Processid:{13B6B196-AD7B-4C7F-9BDC-B1CB2EE86552}
        3⤵
          PID:5292
        • C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe
          /Processid:{13B6B196-AD7B-4C7F-9BDC-B1CB2EE86552}
          3⤵
            PID:5856
      • C:\Windows\ReloadSpecify.exe
        "C:\Windows\ReloadSpecify.exe"
        1⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2780
        • C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe
          /Processid:{13B6B196-AD7B-4C7F-9BDC-B1CB2EE86552}
          2⤵
            PID:5376
        • C:\Windows\ReloadSpecify.exe
          C:\Windows\ReloadSpecify.exe
          1⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1524
          • C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe
            /Processid:{13B6B196-AD7B-4C7F-9BDC-B1CB2EE86552}
            2⤵
              PID:5560
          • C:\Windows\CheckExhibit.exe
            C:\Windows\CheckExhibit.exe
            1⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:2036
          • C:\Windows\ReloadSpecify.exe
            "C:\Windows\ReloadSpecify.exe"
            1⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2812
            • C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe
              /Processid:{13B6B196-AD7B-4C7F-9BDC-B1CB2EE86552}
              2⤵
                PID:4960

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                  Downloads

                  2_DefineMonitor.exe

                  • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate\2_DefineMonitor.exe
                  • Size 2.7MB
                  • SHA256 5867249f9cccf293810b9c18634d3f6a9890bdebecff84dc42301f0d58e4c1fb
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  2_FocusLead.xml

                  • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate\2_FocusLead.xml
                  • Size 470B
                  • SHA256 1d5b757be38ba3a7a6b30c274d13258f1f9253556a394353be67378ace58b411
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  2_ReloadSpecify.exe

                  • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate\2_ReloadSpecify.exe
                  • Size 2.5MB
                  • SHA256 c5199ec9d63a665c5702570675eea26785881f3b1f05268b1c2a3a47cf0c4d5d
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  2_ThreadSteer.xml

                  • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate\2_ThreadSteer.xml
                  • Size 425B
                  • SHA256 0d01cbe61b8b405bea0ac5b5bddcdec93ffb8e3bf9c1fb5769f05529787a54fe
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  AchieveReviewerKnowledgeable

                  • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate\AchieveReviewerKnowledgeable
                  • Size 4.6MB
                  • SHA256 0b724393f199b390a7c6dbddfae0f4b78aaf9189f12d99be8db4962b0d8d8003
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  FocusLead.exe

                  • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate\FocusLead.exe
                  • Size 606KB
                  • SHA256 7b36e127e1fa53e0c6462312777c5d004ea83bde67e6df32fb8920b6c001d664
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  FocusPortalLimitless

                  • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate\FocusPortalLimitless
                  • Size 4.6MB
                  • SHA256 d47addbcc29751ea523e8e0231ecc3542964f3e11736334b20378cadc30e1028
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  PursueSpecify.sys

                  • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate\PursueSpecify.sys
                  • Size 1.1MB
                  • SHA256 668ff7bbc51d69a4353cd24f1c27247ede9b6bcdd35661109c5994329b908513
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  ScalabilityIdentify.exe

                  • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate\ScalabilityIdentify.exe
                  • Size 232KB
                  • SHA256 8c6379a0d5909d8d2b29bbed20c3e088b868d7ab50aeba9d1344d09f40eeb611
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  d8b28890-d5ba-4f34-9978-aee0a3393820.tmp

                  • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate\d8b28890-d5ba-4f34-9978-aee0a3393820.tmp
                  • Size 1B
                  • SHA256 36a9e7f1c95b82ffb99743e0c5c4ce95d83c9a430aac59f84ef3cbfab6145068
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  psRMEDkSfQPVTTwCxoPxrMEYFCYaKc

                  • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate\psRMEDkSfQPVTTwCxoPxrMEYFCYaKc
                  • Size 22KB
                  • SHA256 0b14af7ddbd946de4d71db5474487c3a109636f6f01700e989174a2a7944454d
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  wRYUHFJhqJIWYiE.exe

                  • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\UnderstandIllustrate\wRYUHFJhqJIWYiE.exe
                  • Size 577KB
                  • SHA256 06654d17334fa342f62d42bd805c8bc6da8105612d9ff45c45b8f092a7c46e17
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  p

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\WindowsNT\p
                  • Size 133B
                  • SHA256 3d02a87c2a5975ed635a2af6fca2e25882a2a8d59450a2552ac8541b6173102a
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  memory/1524-126-0x000002522FE00000-0x000002522FEE4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1524-116-0x000002522FE00000-0x000002522FEE4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1524-123-0x000002522FE00000-0x000002522FEE4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1524-124-0x000002522FE00000-0x000002522FEE4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1524-121-0x000002522FE00000-0x000002522FEE4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1524-125-0x000002522FE00000-0x000002522FEE4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1524-120-0x000002522FE00000-0x000002522FEE4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1524-119-0x000002522FE00000-0x000002522FEE4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1524-118-0x000002522FE00000-0x000002522FEE4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1524-117-0x000002522FE00000-0x000002522FEE4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1524-115-0x000002522FE00000-0x000002522FEE4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1524-122-0x000002522FE00000-0x000002522FEE4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1524-114-0x000002522FE00000-0x000002522FEE4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2780-95-0x0000010F35B60000-0x0000010F35C44000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2780-94-0x0000010F35B60000-0x0000010F35C44000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2780-96-0x0000010F35B60000-0x0000010F35C44000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2780-83-0x0000010F359D0000-0x0000010F35A78000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2780-84-0x0000010F35B60000-0x0000010F35C44000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2780-85-0x0000010F35B60000-0x0000010F35C44000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2780-87-0x0000010F35B60000-0x0000010F35C44000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2780-86-0x0000010F35B60000-0x0000010F35C44000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2780-91-0x0000010F35B60000-0x0000010F35C44000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2780-88-0x0000010F35B60000-0x0000010F35C44000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2780-89-0x0000010F35B60000-0x0000010F35C44000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2780-90-0x0000010F35B60000-0x0000010F35C44000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2780-92-0x0000010F35B60000-0x0000010F35C44000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2780-93-0x0000010F35B60000-0x0000010F35C44000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4468-44-0x000001CBDE650000-0x000001CBDE77D000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4468-48-0x000001CBDE650000-0x000001CBDE77D000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4468-56-0x000001CBDE650000-0x000001CBDE77D000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4468-54-0x000001CBDE650000-0x000001CBDE77D000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4468-53-0x000001CBDE650000-0x000001CBDE77D000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4468-52-0x000001CBDE650000-0x000001CBDE77D000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4468-51-0x000001CBDE650000-0x000001CBDE77D000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4468-49-0x000001CBDE650000-0x000001CBDE77D000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4468-45-0x000001CBDE650000-0x000001CBDE77D000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4468-55-0x000001CBDE650000-0x000001CBDE77D000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4468-218-0x000001CBDE650000-0x000001CBDE77D000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4468-43-0x000001CBDE450000-0x000001CBDE51D000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4468-46-0x000001CBDE650000-0x000001CBDE77D000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4468-57-0x000001CBDE650000-0x000001CBDE77D000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4468-50-0x000001CBDE650000-0x000001CBDE77D000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5292-220-0x0000022443C30000-0x0000022443C42000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5292-219-0x000002245C710000-0x000002245C830000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5376-98-0x0000022DB2710000-0x0000022DB2790000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5376-99-0x0000022DB2710000-0x0000022DB2790000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5376-106-0x0000022DB2710000-0x0000022DB2790000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5376-109-0x0000022DB2710000-0x0000022DB2790000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5376-108-0x0000022DB2710000-0x0000022DB2790000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5376-107-0x0000022DB2710000-0x0000022DB2790000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5376-105-0x0000022DB2710000-0x0000022DB2790000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5376-104-0x0000022DB2710000-0x0000022DB2790000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5376-103-0x0000022DB2710000-0x0000022DB2790000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5376-102-0x0000022DB2710000-0x0000022DB2790000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5376-101-0x0000022DB2710000-0x0000022DB2790000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5376-100-0x0000022DB2710000-0x0000022DB2790000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5376-97-0x0000022DB2710000-0x0000022DB2790000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5560-130-0x00000247296E0000-0x0000024729760000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5560-132-0x00000247296E0000-0x0000024729760000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5560-139-0x00000247296E0000-0x0000024729760000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5560-138-0x00000247296E0000-0x0000024729760000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5560-137-0x00000247296E0000-0x0000024729760000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5560-129-0x00000247296E0000-0x0000024729760000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5560-136-0x00000247296E0000-0x0000024729760000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5560-131-0x00000247296E0000-0x0000024729760000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5560-133-0x00000247296E0000-0x0000024729760000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5560-134-0x00000247296E0000-0x0000024729760000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5560-135-0x00000247296E0000-0x0000024729760000-memory.dmp