Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    31/07/2026, 06:50

General

  • Target
    Fortnite.FPS.Tweaks.exe
  • Size 68.4MB
  • Sample260731-hmepjaed69
  • SHA256 9f4bd843c58d6caf5412d583de4452d6a548319cd751b60a1977de72e7741b39
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 64 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
  • Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Fortnite.FPS.Tweaks.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Fortnite.FPS.Tweaks.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4504
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Fortnite.FPS.Tweaks.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Fortnite.FPS.Tweaks.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3020
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\attrib.exe
        attrib +h C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Fortnite.FPS.Tweaks.exe
        3⤵
        • Views/modifies file attributes
        PID:5568
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Fortnite.FPS.Tweaks.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Fortnite.FPS.Tweaks.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5080
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Fortnite.FPS.Tweaks.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Fortnite.FPS.Tweaks.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4140
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\attrib.exe
        attrib +h C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Fortnite.FPS.Tweaks.exe
        3⤵
        • Views/modifies file attributes
        PID:4952

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        MSVCP140.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\PyQt5\Qt5\bin\MSVCP140.dll
        • Size 576KB
        • SHA256 88f55d86b50b0a7e55e71ad2d8f7552146ba26e927230daf2e26ad3a971973c5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSVCP140_1.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\PyQt5\Qt5\bin\MSVCP140_1.dll
        • Size 30KB
        • SHA256 446c48c1224c289bd3080087fe15d6759416d64f4136addf30086abd5415d83f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Qt5Core.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\PyQt5\Qt5\bin\Qt5Core.dll
        • Size 5.7MB
        • SHA256 8d2ff4ce9096ddccc4f4cd62c2e41fc854cfd1b0d6e8d296645a7f5fd4ae565a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        QtCore.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\PyQt5\QtCore.pyd
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 d6e45fd8c3b3f93f52c4d1b6f9e3ee220454a73f80f65f3d70504bd55415ea37
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        sip.cp314-win_amd64.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\PyQt5\sip.cp314-win_amd64.pyd
        • Size 119KB
        • SHA256 d28abbdd34489218c228dbbd3b6d2dfad87e172e975e8d69d2e8f3c4d6d4d376
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VCRUNTIME140.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\VCRUNTIME140.dll
        • Size 117KB
        • SHA256 052ad6a20d375957e82aa6a3c441ea548d89be0981516ca7eb306e063d5027f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
        • Size 48KB
        • SHA256 6a99bc0128e0c7d6cbbf615fcc26909565e17d4ca3451b97f8987f9c6acbc6c8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _asyncio.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\_asyncio.pyd
        • Size 76KB
        • SHA256 dc6db118862ab3298e55e0f7c44c2c0dae4af9e810d2578271280202d6aa098a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _bz2.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\_bz2.pyd
        • Size 85KB
        • SHA256 d28c3dd1c22bfb8a6e8a6a9c2359842b797d08e878ecb7805f60e86a45589d11
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _ctypes.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\_ctypes.pyd
        • Size 139KB
        • SHA256 25d9b0be550d428fecc697ca20450343a7c3ce77c9f5283e9aecfd188d609250
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _hashlib.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\_hashlib.pyd
        • Size 67KB
        • SHA256 36ce760b9fac53fe51755f30a68d86f5fde89bf1b66c65c19e04aa3afa404ac2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _lzma.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\_lzma.pyd
        • Size 157KB
        • SHA256 5f7003f9f0256e36351ca2810b3485db28579b08e4d1d65f6f211fcd1136f395
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _overlapped.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\_overlapped.pyd
        • Size 56KB
        • SHA256 ac877f3da413c1523c07b6a0dd1f7e0d7ceb3e8590a5e9e20a78eb1bcb700793
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _queue.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\_queue.pyd
        • Size 35KB
        • SHA256 bb53357b4e91ac23ed4061f15ff3e5e91a5b3be1cbb0c6cf294521ae5b4efa1c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _socket.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\_socket.pyd
        • Size 85KB
        • SHA256 25ac83cac32ed0d67b2cc9672ce64cb53f0a29a75b14c276e901023ff43da5f9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _ssl.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\_ssl.pyd
        • Size 186KB
        • SHA256 5c07572df2913618cfb851b608cb5f74d740fcce5c3f2e63dc0a2ba39ab35dad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _tkinter.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\_tkinter.pyd
        • Size 67KB
        • SHA256 a49520e94f19d025a6be6ac7bbb73a7b32442838c62b68c162d44f81d92838ec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _wmi.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\_wmi.pyd
        • Size 39KB
        • SHA256 0ab1fbcf18c95d70343012feb1aad61e1ba95aaed5b4a08e57fc5990e8a9a452
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _zstd.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\_zstd.pyd
        • Size 491KB
        • SHA256 262aea62a994920daf152a10bdc0ca83a8b1c0874e71db23734862431de182c6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ada92cb5d92a588d1b93__mypyc.cp314-win_amd64.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\ada92cb5d92a588d1b93__mypyc.cp314-win_amd64.pyd
        • Size 218KB
        • SHA256 3048af5864e17f79410273b3074416d67473eae22b3d7d1b7b58f24a506f82ed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        base_library.zip

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\base_library.zip
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 498224a80209a650f91a277ef28592c2651a4b9dc059786fdd7f56dabacd33f5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        cd.cp314-win_amd64.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\charset_normalizer\cd.cp314-win_amd64.pyd
        • Size 10KB
        • SHA256 032b490f6b42a0928b3cb6e17fd4caf8a6becaaf05739c4fe41267dcf890c278
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libcrypto-3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\libcrypto-3.dll
        • Size 6.0MB
        • SHA256 53c529145339fb042a3dcd3a09c2d7753204f8b4fc79d99e0d31e69a33985958
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libffi-8.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\libffi-8.dll
        • Size 38KB
        • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libssl-3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\libssl-3.dll
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 b17a87979862d19241edc4318f967e24c3ec356ed6c2368f561179fab2311001
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\python3.dll
        • Size 72KB
        • SHA256 22c6e46d8bd563cdb072650901461ef68be2ea6cb1e80af859559d9395a27e39
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python314.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\python314.dll
        • Size 6.5MB
        • SHA256 fde89cdb5c2d08ae65de7ef4abca1876c93ba3796002f5ac0bf7e4d4f5a94da0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        select.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\select.pyd
        • Size 32KB
        • SHA256 fab1b4cee101359d82d72061b83cff1855337b3677b9fe01cd69f7548f4c496e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Lorem ipsum.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\setuptools\_vendor\jaraco\text\Lorem ipsum.txt
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 37fedcffbf73c4eb9f058f47677cb33203a436ff9390e4d38a8e01c9dad28e0b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        tcl86t.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\tcl86t.dll
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 224f7121c7d7b963f4767154dd185f62c49c442bf8916d6d4c1c567702ccc7fa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tk86t.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\tk86t.dll
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 39773640fc235b30d1b2a05f7b5eeba6fa9771e10f33f4ccc1649a9d99ff95e8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ucrtbase.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\ucrtbase.dll
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 2e5fb14b7bf8540278f3614a12f0226e56a7cc9e64b81cbd976c6fcf2f71cbfb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        unicodedata.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI45042\unicodedata.pyd
        • Size 741KB
        • SHA256 0d4f124b2d6622d276d777f7106972219f9b310edb5df8149c253da7c013d6d8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        qt_help_en.qm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50802\PyQt5\Qt5\translations\qt_help_en.qm
        • Size 16B
        • SHA256 9959b510b15d18937848ad13007e30459d2e993c67e564badbfc18f935695c85
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/3020-1278-0x000001E518040000-0x000001E5182A3000-memory.dmp

        memory/3020-2540-0x000001E518040000-0x000001E5182A3000-memory.dmp

        memory/3020-2543-0x000001E51B9A0000-0x000001E51B9C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/3020-2541-0x000001E51B7A0000-0x000001E51B855000-memory.dmp

        memory/3020-2542-0x000001E51B870000-0x000001E51B896000-memory.dmp

        memory/4140-2539-0x00007FFEB7DB0000-0x00007FFEB8013000-memory.dmp