Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    118s
  • max time network
    115s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/07/2026, 09:08

General

  • Target
    reFX - Nexus v4.5.4/reFX Nexus v4.5.4 CE.exe
  • Size 14.8MB
  • Sample260728-k4as1staph
  • SHA256 4f405b6012422e227aba366494a8bf12bc6460b4246b2176ea0e850f188220c8
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 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 5 IoCs
  • Detects Pyinstaller 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.

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

    Inno Setup installer

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\reFX - Nexus v4.5.4\reFX Nexus v4.5.4 CE.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\reFX - Nexus v4.5.4\reFX Nexus v4.5.4 CE.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3228
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-6IGKK.tmp\reFX Nexus v4.5.4 CE.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-6IGKK.tmp\reFX Nexus v4.5.4 CE.tmp" /SL5="$400CA,14571176,791040,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\reFX - Nexus v4.5.4\reFX Nexus v4.5.4 CE.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3536
      • C:\Users\Public\Documents\reFX\NEXUS library\update_nexus_library_location.exe
        "C:\Users\Public\Documents\reFX\NEXUS library\update_nexus_library_location.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:6276
        • C:\Users\Public\Documents\reFX\NEXUS library\update_nexus_library_location.exe
          "C:\Users\Public\Documents\reFX\NEXUS library\update_nexus_library_location.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          PID:5380

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        VCRUNTIME140.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI62762\VCRUNTIME140.dll
        • Size 95KB
        • SHA256 9d2b40f0395cc5d1b4d5ea17b84970c29971d448c37104676db577586d4ad1b1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        base_library.zip

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI62762\base_library.zip
        • Size 1.0MB
        • SHA256 024a2f6a0d2ff800db3777ec568f21a543d1a3de8ad6f78793035a85b40d536d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python310.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI62762\python310.dll
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 5783c5c5a3ffce181691f19d27de376a03010d32e41360b72bcdbd28467cfcc5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ucrtbase.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI62762\ucrtbase.dll
        • Size 1020KB
        • SHA256 de8d08d01291df93821314176381f3d1ae863e6c5584a7f8ea42f0b94b15ef65
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        reFX Nexus v4.5.4 CE.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-6IGKK.tmp\reFX Nexus v4.5.4 CE.tmp
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 e054198d6d446c069df80af7628fb0cfe5ed8cc3fca233c5921ea4b4199c5805
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        update_nexus_library_location.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\reFX\NEXUS library\update_nexus_library_location.exe
        • Size 6.5MB
        • SHA256 78e7192751e4edf5eb48df9b1c7c6724c17213e7a209e28375b24df339179f67
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        settings.json

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\reFX\nexus\settings.json
        • Size 610B
        • SHA256 ef49b7b477f47cc6ce8cd5cf049de3fd2332598b21f4b2b35aaa7ec4696ae003
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/3228-8-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CE000-memory.dmp

        memory/3228-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CE000-memory.dmp

        memory/3228-486-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CE000-memory.dmp

        memory/3536-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000707000-memory.dmp

        memory/3536-10-0x00000000024F0000-0x00000000024F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3536-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000707000-memory.dmp

        memory/3536-6-0x00000000024F0000-0x00000000024F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3536-485-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000707000-memory.dmp