Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    157s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/08/2026, 21:33

General

  • Target
    Auto Clicker.exe
  • Size 32.0MB
  • Sample260802-1ejmmascmg
  • SHA256 4f94b0323fe0c179e15f786f83da6a4634295f237202d135ead8b33b29106876
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • neptunerat

C2
  • wqdjqdwpn-58784.portmap.host:58784

Attributes
  • filename

    USB.exe

  • group

    MasonGroup

  • key

    6Ua5OvHfrBf3KNRD

  • rat_name

    MasonRAT

Signatures

  • Family: NeptuneRAT, MasonRAT

    NeptuneRAT aka MasonRAT is a trojan written in C#.

  • Detects NeptuneRAT stealer 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 10 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 16 IoCs
  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • Detects Pyinstaller 1 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.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Auto Clicker.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Auto Clicker.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5460
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\masn.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\masn.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:476
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\MasonClient.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\MasonClient.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:3572
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\Bypassed.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\Bypassed.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4736
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b79514bc-522a-4f2c-9d17-04aaf9bf15ff.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b79514bc-522a-4f2c-9d17-04aaf9bf15ff.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4552
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\Auto Clicker top Verison.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\Auto Clicker top Verison.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2820
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\Auto Clicker top Verison.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\Auto Clicker top Verison.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4572
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"
          4⤵
          • Executes a command shell one-liner
          PID:1636
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\taskhostw.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\taskhostw.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:708
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\taskhostw.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\taskhostw.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4880
    • C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "taskhostw" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\taskhostw.exe"
      2⤵
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:5432
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\taskhostw.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\taskhostw.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1592
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\taskhostw.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\taskhostw.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3820

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Auto Clicker top Verison.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\Auto Clicker top Verison.exe
        • Size 31.3MB
        • SHA256 5bfb220977d005db83d251b72121086c9a267b2fdf38415eafd20b063cbed736
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Bypassed.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\Bypassed.exe
        • Size 629KB
        • SHA256 b6a64b66e8a9c1fb9f500e3e1cdee8bac57c17fa50aec9a4775161131e5c4fc6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MasonClient.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\MasonClient.exe
        • Size 54KB
        • SHA256 4c82f4e654cfc43f7eb2eba351658a3aedb2ad6e8035054f185514c69466d8e2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        masn.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\masn.exe
        • Size 710KB
        • SHA256 2c4dadc918df14e4d3af3d87483baaa18d53463ac123ef1f8626beaea6a98737
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _imaging.cp311-win_amd64.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\PIL\_imaging.cp311-win_amd64.pyd
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 e04dfdb2bdba09efc4bee07924e7be18b0b324a890eae81a12509d54370d4621
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VCRUNTIME140.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\VCRUNTIME140.dll
        • Size 116KB
        • SHA256 4d292623516f65c80482081e62d5dadb759dc16e851de5db24c3cbb57b87db83
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _asyncio.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\_asyncio.pyd
        • Size 63KB
        • SHA256 746bc8fa88282afe19dc60e426cc0a75bea3bd137cca06a0b57a30bd31459403
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _bz2.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\_bz2.pyd
        • Size 82KB
        • SHA256 00b8ca9a338d2b47285c9e56d6d893db2a999b47216756f18439997fb80a56e3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _ctypes.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\_ctypes.pyd
        • Size 121KB
        • SHA256 c148292328f0aab7863af82f54f613961e7cb95b7215f7a81cafaf45bd4c42b7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _decimal.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\_decimal.pyd
        • Size 249KB
        • SHA256 980a63f2b39cf16910f44384398e25f24482346a482addb00de42555b17d4278
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _elementtree.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\_elementtree.pyd
        • Size 125KB
        • SHA256 02e30b6a2bee5be5336e40a9c89575603051bde86f9c9cdc78b7fa7d9b7bd1f0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _hashlib.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\_hashlib.pyd
        • Size 63KB
        • SHA256 87dd0c858620287454fd6d31d52b6a48eddbb2a08e09e8b2d9fdb0b92200d766
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _lzma.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\_lzma.pyd
        • Size 155KB
        • SHA256 f5e01b516c2c23035f7703e23569dec26c5616c05a929b2580ae474a5c6722c5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _multiprocessing.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\_multiprocessing.pyd
        • Size 33KB
        • SHA256 975c1947798e3c39898c86675ca1eb68249f77361f41f172f9800275227213b9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _overlapped.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\_overlapped.pyd
        • Size 50KB
        • SHA256 ca106e4dfdeafeabf9e98956d3d8d0cb73e109f1a96f1a7e35bc47dbd7c7e164
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _queue.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\_queue.pyd
        • Size 31KB
        • SHA256 3f8e7e6aa13b417acc78b63434fb1144e6319a010a9fc376c54d6e69b638fe4c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _socket.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\_socket.pyd
        • Size 77KB
        • SHA256 a19e3c7c03ef1b5625790b1c9c42594909311ab6df540fbf43c6aa93300ab166
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _ssl.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\_ssl.pyd
        • Size 174KB
        • SHA256 ba5388d6a6557d431e086734a3323621dc447f63ba299b0a815e5837cf869678
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        auto.tcl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\_tcl_data\auto.tcl
        • Size 21KB
        • SHA256 517204ee436d08efc287abc97433c3bffcaf42ec6592a3009b9fd3b985ad772c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        cp1252.enc

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\_tcl_data\encoding\cp1252.enc
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 741859cf238c3a63bbb20ec6ed51e46451372bb221cfff438297d261d0561c2e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        init.tcl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\_tcl_data\init.tcl
        • Size 25KB
        • SHA256 331bcf0f9f635bd57c3384f2237260d074708b0975c700cfcbdb285f5f59ab1f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tclIndex

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\_tcl_data\tclIndex
        • Size 5KB
        • SHA256 ddf7e42def37888ad0a564aa4f8ca95f4eec942cebebfca851d35515104d5c89
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tm.tcl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\_tcl_data\tm.tcl
        • Size 11KB
        • SHA256 4b7ed9fd2363d6876092db3f720cbddf97e72b86b519403539ba96e1c815ed8f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tk.tcl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\_tk_data\tk.tcl
        • Size 23KB
        • SHA256 0f617d96cbf213296d7a5f7fcffbb4ae1149840d7d045211ef932e8dd66683e9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _tkinter.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\_tkinter.pyd
        • Size 62KB
        • SHA256 6f7bdc2f60a1795b58ec7015ec262d6b234aa8d0f022185de0f52bac4adab449
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        base_library.zip

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\base_library.zip
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 b17d13b8e49ef891343dff3117cd8290285fec9e1fcde794b141750c2d775409
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        blue.json

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\customtkinter\assets\themes\blue.json
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 c9417470c16ced7a43d6c4a8e027afa6edc62c24d5aee7c4c2dcd11385964d3b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libcrypto-3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\libcrypto-3.dll
        • Size 5.0MB
        • SHA256 05fe080eab7fc535c51e10c1bd76a2f3e6217f9c91a25034774588881c3f99de
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libffi-8.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\libffi-8.dll
        • Size 38KB
        • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libssl-3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\libssl-3.dll
        • Size 768KB
        • SHA256 2e9fbcd8f7fdc13a5179533239811456554f2b3aa2fb10e1b17be0df81c79006
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pyexpat.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\pyexpat.pyd
        • Size 194KB
        • SHA256 c7c7564f7f874fb660a46384980a2cf28bc3e245ca83628a197ccf861eab5560
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python3.DLL

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\python3.DLL
        • Size 65KB
        • SHA256 db84bc052cfb121fe4db36242ba5f1d2c031b600ef5d8d752cf25b7c02b6bac6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python311.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\python311.dll
        • Size 5.5MB
        • SHA256 0817a2a657a24c0d5fbb60df56960f42fc66b3039d522ec952dab83e2d869364
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        select.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\select.pyd
        • Size 29KB
        • SHA256 bae0974390945520eb99ab32486c6a964691f8f4a028ac408d98fa8fb0db7d90
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tcl86t.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\tcl86t.dll
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 4e699ff2d6d147d0586c8c77be5a18f20ca0758f432d7b0f489223f2fa4dd221
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        msgcat-1.6.1.tm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\tcl8\8.5\msgcat-1.6.1.tm
        • Size 34KB
        • SHA256 6774519f179872ec5292523f2788b77b2b839e15665037e097a0d4edddd1c6fb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tk86t.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\tk86t.dll
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 b6af038120f2b8644c7ce1e11917f410009848287622135d7e386f90d28a831c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        unicodedata.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28202\unicodedata.pyd
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 37c68617fa02a2cadced17ef724e2d450ef12a8a37215da789a4679fde1c5c02
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        b79514bc-522a-4f2c-9d17-04aaf9bf15ff.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b79514bc-522a-4f2c-9d17-04aaf9bf15ff.exe
        • Size 234KB
        • SHA256 444acb0fe105bb1bed163526bf491a43310e45f6b64ba60e9565ffaa6833f259
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/476-56-0x00007FF6405D0000-0x00007FF6405DD000-memory.dmp

        memory/3572-34-0x000000026AD90000-0x000000026ADEA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3572-1139-0x00007FF685FC0000-0x00007FF685FD7000-memory.dmp

        memory/4552-64-0x0000000000F00000-0x0000000000F40000-memory.dmp

        memory/4736-31-0x0000000000AB0000-0x0000000000B54000-memory.dmp

        memory/4880-1089-0x0000000001510000-0x0000000001522000-memory.dmp

        memory/5460-55-0x00007FF6CF4E0000-0x00007FF6CF4EE000-memory.dmp