Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    136s
  • max time network
    130s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    21/07/2026, 23:01

General

  • Target
    Tone2 - Gladiator v4.0.0/Tone2 - Gladiator 4 v4.0.0.exe
  • Size 63.3MB
  • Sample260721-2zrdmsgb54
  • SHA256 611ad215366e0f3bd83954491c032664f4f70cf159ca24fa57c6f2776fd2be69
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 11 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • 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.

  • Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications. 3 IoCs

    Inno Setup installer

  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tone2 - Gladiator v4.0.0\Tone2 - Gladiator 4 v4.0.0.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tone2 - Gladiator v4.0.0\Tone2 - Gladiator 4 v4.0.0.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4312
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-CHB1O.tmp\Tone2 - Gladiator 4 v4.0.0.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-CHB1O.tmp\Tone2 - Gladiator 4 v4.0.0.tmp" /SL5="$400B2,65017721,1187328,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tone2 - Gladiator v4.0.0\Tone2 - Gladiator 4 v4.0.0.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5424
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /C ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-BMTR1.tmp\mklink.bat" Run"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4344

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Gladiator2.t2k

        • Path C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VSTPlugins\Tone2\Gladiator\Gladiator2.t2k
        • Size 256B
        • SHA256 49a2c005b82b1301349994bd8966533897a9e3560d27c23446e74055df100d8b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Gladiator2exp1.t2k

        • Path C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VSTPlugins\Tone2\Gladiator\Gladiator2exp1.t2k
        • Size 256B
        • SHA256 e654c8b1d28c597a800be61c784bb89b5514e4a533617a8290552c6ef5513de3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Gladiator2exp2.t2k

        • Path C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VSTPlugins\Tone2\Gladiator\Gladiator2exp2.t2k
        • Size 256B
        • SHA256 938fe15f42a0b9562d13e8cfce5c6fcfdb3898f99f326fd1fdb4667d40f7df48
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Gladiator2exp3.t2k

        • Path C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VSTPlugins\Tone2\Gladiator\Gladiator2exp3.t2k
        • Size 256B
        • SHA256 e3b51ac92200995e65b9b5d709d7d727eaf9ca7225df9b618b5a71c669974834
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        GladiatorX64.dll

        • Path C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VSTPlugins\Tone2\Gladiator\GladiatorX64.dll
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 fe848dad19897de6ee384be2aaa9d70646d8658ad561f3387aab079a9e126594
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        mklink.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-BMTR1.tmp\mklink.bat
        • Size 561B
        • SHA256 7dc07706e6d6789e25cd2aa28bf9558023e822187b4bcd108287cf29148d83fa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Tone2 - Gladiator 4 v4.0.0.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-CHB1O.tmp\Tone2 - Gladiator 4 v4.0.0.tmp
        • Size 3.4MB
        • SHA256 46ddfea94a48ba51f9343c4cde0c71e43ee7a6ca54ffea95b1fd99f4d5bbc451
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        GladiatorX64.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Documents\Tone2\Gladiator\GladiatorX64.exe
        • Size 4.4MB
        • SHA256 1025d60e284b13f1673f8bd425aa0242152133f690883a47fc3fc8df744b1ef9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4312-1481-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4312-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4312-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5424-10-0x0000000002520000-0x0000000002521000-memory.dmp

        memory/5424-1025-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000076B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5424-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000076B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5424-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000076B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5424-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000076B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5424-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000076B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5424-1480-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000076B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5424-6-0x0000000002520000-0x0000000002521000-memory.dmp