Analysis

  • geolocation tags

    nanew-jerseynorth-americaunited-statesususa
  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    899s
  • max time network
    430s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    29/07/2026, 12:18

General

  • Target
    reFX Nexus Expansion Packs.exe
  • Size 2.4MB
  • Sample260729-pgp2mstenc
  • SHA256 079397f455ea335234985520fc61ce28113dbb039a0bdccb3512d9af4e75bda4
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Control Panel 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\reFX Nexus Expansion Packs.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\reFX Nexus Expansion Packs.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies Control Panel
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:6104
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:3028
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
      1⤵
        PID:2012
      • C:\Windows\System32\SecurityHealthHost.exe
        \\?\C:\Windows\System32\SecurityHealthHost.exe {08728914-3F57-4D52-9E31-49DAECA5A80A} -Embedding
        1⤵
          PID:704

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              NSIS_SkinCrafter_Plugin.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsw39F3.tmp\NSIS_SkinCrafter_Plugin.dll
              • Size 4.1MB
              • SHA256 7b812a2ea93b9ba362121ec2792a4f91b5045f6d6ad24ac7e33b60d1d1fce8df
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              SkinCrafter.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsw39F3.tmp\SkinCrafter.dll
              • Size 424KB
              • SHA256 2b3c11d9563af56f7eea83a9428cb95fadc7f6630eaefcff348981ebadda5d67
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              nsDialogs.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsw39F3.tmp\nsDialogs.dll
              • Size 8KB
              • SHA256 8396244efbea72ea690620d15dadfad677c9b8437bed449975c70fb226b7bb58
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/6104-12-0x00000000024D0000-0x0000000002540000-memory.dmp