Overview
overview
7Static
static
3Nightlight....6.exe
windows11-21h2-x64
7$PLUGINSDI...er.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...ls.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...em.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...ll.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3LICENSES.c...m.html
windows11-21h2-x64
3Nightlight...er.exe
windows11-21h2-x64
7d3dcompiler_47.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1dxcompiler.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1dxil.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1ffmpeg.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1libEGL.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1libGLESv2.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1resources/elevate.exe
windows11-21h2-x64
3vk_swiftshader.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1vulkan-1.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1$PLUGINSDI...ec.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...7z.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3$R0/Uninst...er.exe
windows11-21h2-x64
7$PLUGINSDI...ls.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...em.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...ll.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...ec.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3Analysis
- geolocation tags
eueuropefrfrance - max time kernel
900s - max time network
615s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
27/07/2026, 04:24
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
Nightlight.Launcher.Setup.5.2.6.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/SpiderBanner.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral3
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/StdUtils.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral4
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/System.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral5
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/WinShell.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral6
Sample
LICENSES.chromium.html
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral7
Sample
Nightlight Launcher.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral8
Sample
d3dcompiler_47.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral9
Sample
dxcompiler.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral10
Sample
dxil.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral11
Sample
ffmpeg.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral12
Sample
libEGL.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral13
Sample
libGLESv2.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral14
Sample
resources/elevate.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral15
Sample
vk_swiftshader.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral16
Sample
vulkan-1.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral17
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/nsExec.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral18
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/nsis7z.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral19
Sample
$R0/Uninstall Nightlight Launcher.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral20
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/StdUtils.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral21
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/System.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral22
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/WinShell.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral23
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/nsExec.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
General
- Target Nightlight Launcher.exe
- Size 221.6MB
- Sample260727-e1h3bsvhjd
- SHA256 ea7979cb60ff338e71620dc9d677d4ebb41328397c0e76f5b907eb2ea244912d
- MD5 ba9dee5e0bf310c7b5e6551176d2597a
- SHA1 99e5292f920f43e9e2f8589d98881d299ce4aa07
- SHA512 f14b964cafc0f2516b22ec2d795cbe11d3991f7ded5759e7e1c64441d96bf00afd7d05f30bf6b33235bb624414fec46152dbe361bc5181df266187c055a41dc3
- SSDEEP 1572864:N6s3R+1OrrQQrHzz/HNBnhOuKb3aynBZS+OdF9/f1FlKVROhJA0lf9MQyRUHuJTQ:In1Ofrv5GttDl66w/
- TLSH T1D9B88B03F29A41E9C01DC1799B5B9633FE71B8454B24A7DF2B5407922F66EE82B3D720
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.
flow ioc 15 raw.githubusercontent.com 16 raw.githubusercontent.com 17 raw.githubusercontent.com - 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.
pid Process 5860 cmd.exe - Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0 Nightlight Launcher.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString Nightlight Launcher.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 5608 Nightlight Launcher.exe 5608 Nightlight Launcher.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2484 wrote to memory of 5904 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe 79 PID 2484 wrote to memory of 5860 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe 80 PID 2484 wrote to memory of 3600 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe 81 PID 5860 wrote to memory of 4108 5860 cmd.exe 83 PID 2484 wrote to memory of 5712 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe 84 PID 2484 wrote to memory of 5608 2484 Nightlight Launcher.exe 85
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Nightlight Launcher.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Nightlight Launcher.exe"1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2484 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Nightlight Launcher.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Nightlight Launcher.exe" --type=gpu-process --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\nightlight-launcher" --gpu-preferences=SAAAAAAAAADgAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA== --field-trial-handle=1776,i,423133022633609087,3763460487493414396,262144 --enable-features=PdfUseShowSaveFilePicker --disable-features=DropInputEventsWhilePaintHolding,LocalNetworkAccessChecks,NetworkServiceSandbox,ScreenAIOCREnabled,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,TraceSiteInstanceGetProcessCreation --variations-seed-version --pseudonymization-salt-handle=1780,i,17625510314733383960,8980195023982996143,4 --trace-process-track-uuid=3190708988185955192 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1772 /prefetch:22⤵PID:5904
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Valve\Steam" /v InstallPath"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5860 -
C:\Windows\system32\reg.exereg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Valve\Steam" /v InstallPath3⤵PID:4108
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Nightlight Launcher.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Nightlight Launcher.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\nightlight-launcher" --field-trial-handle=1776,i,423133022633609087,3763460487493414396,262144 --enable-features=PdfUseShowSaveFilePicker --disable-features=DropInputEventsWhilePaintHolding,LocalNetworkAccessChecks,NetworkServiceSandbox,ScreenAIOCREnabled,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,TraceSiteInstanceGetProcessCreation --variations-seed-version --pseudonymization-salt-handle=1780,i,17625510314733383960,8980195023982996143,4 --trace-process-track-uuid=3190708989122997041 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1892 /prefetch:112⤵PID:3600
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Nightlight Launcher.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Nightlight Launcher.exe" --type=renderer --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\nightlight-launcher" --app-path="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\resources\app.asar" --no-sandbox --no-zygote --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=4 --time-ticks-at-unix-epoch=-1785126007150039 --launch-time-ticks=510239196 --field-trial-handle=1776,i,423133022633609087,3763460487493414396,262144 --enable-features=PdfUseShowSaveFilePicker --disable-features=DropInputEventsWhilePaintHolding,LocalNetworkAccessChecks,NetworkServiceSandbox,ScreenAIOCREnabled,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,TraceSiteInstanceGetProcessCreation --variations-seed-version --pseudonymization-salt-handle=1780,i,17625510314733383960,8980195023982996143,4 --trace-process-track-uuid=3190708990060038890 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2636 /prefetch:12⤵PID:5712
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Nightlight Launcher.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Nightlight Launcher.exe" --type=gpu-process --disable-gpu-sandbox --use-gl=disabled --gpu-vendor-id=5140 --gpu-device-id=140 --gpu-sub-system-id=0 --gpu-revision=0 --gpu-driver-version=10.0.22000.1 --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\nightlight-launcher" --gpu-preferences=SAAAAAAAAADoAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA== --field-trial-handle=1776,i,423133022633609087,3763460487493414396,262144 --enable-features=PdfUseShowSaveFilePicker --disable-features=DropInputEventsWhilePaintHolding,LocalNetworkAccessChecks,NetworkServiceSandbox,ScreenAIOCREnabled,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,TraceSiteInstanceGetProcessCreation --variations-seed-version --pseudonymization-salt-handle=1780,i,17625510314733383960,8980195023982996143,4 --trace-process-track-uuid=3190708990997080739 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2404 /prefetch:102⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:5608
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\nightlight-launcher\GPUCache\data_0
- Size 8KB
- SHA256 d6a5fe39cd672781b256e0e3102f7022635f1d4bb7cfcc90a80fffe4d0f3877e
- MD5 cf89d16bb9107c631daabf0c0ee58efb
- SHA1 3ae5d3a7cf1f94a56e42f9a58d90a0b9616ae74b
- SHA512 8cb5b059c8105eb91e74a7d5952437aaa1ada89763c5843e7b0f1b93d9ebe15ed40f287c652229291fac02d712cf7ff5ececef276ba0d7ddc35558a3ec3f77b0
- SSDEEP 3:MsFl:/F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\nightlight-launcher\GPUCache\data_1
- Size 264KB
- SHA256 b1e963d702392fb7224786e7d56d43973e9b9efd1b89c17814d7c558ffc0cdec
- MD5 f50f89a0a91564d0b8a211f8921aa7de
- SHA1 112403a17dd69d5b9018b8cede023cb3b54eab7d
- SHA512 bf8cda48cf1ec4e73f0dd1d4fa5562af1836120214edb74957430cd3e4a2783e801fa3f4ed2afb375257caeed4abe958265237d6e0aacf35a9ede7a2e8898d58
- SSDEEP 3:MsEllllkEthXllkl2zE:/M/xT02z
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\nightlight-launcher\GPUCache\data_2
- Size 8KB
- SHA256 ec1702806f4cc7c42a82fc2b38e89835fde7c64bb32060e0823c9077ca92efb7
- MD5 0962291d6d367570bee5454721c17e11
- SHA1 59d10a893ef321a706a9255176761366115bedcb
- SHA512 f555e961b69e09628eaf9c61f465871e6984cd4d31014f954bb747351dad9cea6d17c1db4bca2c1eb7f187cb5f3c0518748c339c8b43bbd1dbd94aeaa16f58ed
- SSDEEP 3:MsHlDll:/H
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\nightlight-launcher\GPUCache\data_3
- Size 8KB
- SHA256 e09f42c398d688dce168570291f1f92d079987deda3099a34adb9e8c0522b30c
- MD5 41876349cb12d6db992f1309f22df3f0
- SHA1 5cf26b3420fc0302cd0a71e8d029739b8765be27
- SHA512 e9a4fc1f7cb6ae2901f8e02354a92c4aaa7a53c640dcf692db42a27a5acc2a3bfb25a0de0eb08ab53983132016e7d43132ea4292e439bb636aafd53fb6ef907e
- SSDEEP 3:MsGl3ll:/y
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\nightlight-launcher\Network\Network Persistent State
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 11e730eab49a43b6e9c34568968dd601b3b27b3341d557bef1e6d058b9ab061d
- MD5 cbf0a62eb0db5f4c6e6948ed5c87d539
- SHA1 23ab31679037cea33c6b99c856851dcfb19b5f96
- SHA512 619d71c96b62fbee73e6b7d0f7616d1d81e5a20464e5013abe6eb2155856768ea3db5745ebe2c9534e040a24cdb34e2ae17a193639307e2aaa13b30c09a7b4d3
- TLSH T1872135EAC3E8497E4A62A6F46A253E27C5BE0518535C7C0288D89F4E97F1832464168E
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\nightlight-launcher\Network\d7027904-a6e9-44dc-a176-29b4d8a9c525.tmp
- Size 59B
- SHA256 226eec4486509917aa336afebd6ff65777b75b65f1fb06891d2a857a9421a974
- MD5 2800881c775077e1c4b6e06bf4676de4
- SHA1 2873631068c8b3b9495638c865915be822442c8b
- SHA512 e342407ab65cc68f1b3fd706cd0a37680a0864ffd30a6539730180ede2cdcd732cc97ae0b9ef7db12da5c0f83e429df0840dbf7596aca859a0301665e517377b
- TLSH T164A0026A99622D881B4A83902B18B547807B0445230982FDE43877A8415616D5C2C855
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Spelling\en-US\default.dic
- Size 2B
- SHA256 b3d510ef04275ca8e698e5b3cbb0ece3949ef9252f0cdc839e9ee347409a2209
- MD5 f3b25701fe362ec84616a93a45ce9998
- SHA1 d62636d8caec13f04e28442a0a6fa1afeb024bbb
- SHA512 98c5f56f3de340690c139e58eb7dac111979f0d4dffe9c4b24ff849510f4b6ffa9fd608c0a3de9ac3c9fd2190f0efaf715309061490f9755a9bfdf1c54ca0d84
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512