Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    156s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/08/2026, 01:57

General

  • Target
    Fortnite internal.exe
  • Size 107.9MB
  • Sample260803-cdbzdsaf58
  • SHA256 704552437ea62f6f6c9f10d528c931a59d44126261430f858203f6f624a96da6
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Obfuscated Files or Information: Command Obfuscation 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may obfuscate content during command execution to impede detection.

  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Fortnite internal.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Fortnite internal.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2652
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\CCS-Free.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\CCS-Free.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3324
    • C:\Windows\redtiger 3m.exe
      "C:\Windows\redtiger 3m.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3416
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -EncodedCommand "PAAjAHEAbgBwACMAPgBBAGQAZAAtAFQAeQBwAGUAIAAtAEEAcwBzAGUAbQBiAGwAeQBOAGEAbQBlACAAUwB5AHMAdABlAG0ALgBXAGkAbgBkAG8AdwBzAC4ARgBvAHIAbQBzADsAPAAjAGIAcgB3ACMAPgBbAFMAeQBzAHQAZQBtAC4AVwBpAG4AZABvAHcAcwAuAEYAbwByAG0AcwAuAE0AZQBzAHMAYQBnAGUAQgBvAHgAXQA6ADoAUwBoAG8AdwAoACcAUgBlAGEAZABQAHIAbwBjAGUAcwBzAE0AZQBtAG8AcgB5ACAAZgBhAGkAbABlAGQAIABhAHQAIAAwAHgANwBGAEYANgBBADEAQgA0ADAAMAAwADAAIAAoAGUAcgByAG8AcgAgADUAKQAnACwAJwAnACwAJwBPAEsAJwAsACcARQByAHIAbwByACcAKQA8ACMAeQBiAHoAIwA+AA=="
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4448

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        CCS-Free.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\CCS-Free.exe
        • Size 27.9MB
        • SHA256 d0fe78f8db7d1d3bc8ee718ab81703be66bf38ba64d624e323df0b11cc758645
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_o1dk0r3i.bj4.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_o1dk0r3i.bj4.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/3324-22-0x00007FF804CC0000-0x00007FF804CC2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3324-23-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000142D04000-memory.dmp

        memory/3324-18-0x00007FF804CB0000-0x00007FF804CB2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4448-20-0x0000000005DF0000-0x0000000005E56000-memory.dmp

        memory/4448-19-0x0000000005610000-0x0000000005632000-memory.dmp

        memory/4448-21-0x0000000005E60000-0x0000000005EC6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4448-17-0x00000000056D0000-0x0000000005CF8000-memory.dmp

        memory/4448-27-0x0000000005ED0000-0x0000000006224000-memory.dmp

        memory/4448-16-0x0000000002EF0000-0x0000000002F26000-memory.dmp

        memory/4448-35-0x0000000005290000-0x00000000052AE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4448-36-0x0000000006520000-0x000000000656C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4448-37-0x00000000079E0000-0x000000000805A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4448-38-0x00000000073A0000-0x00000000073BA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4448-39-0x0000000008610000-0x0000000008BB4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4448-40-0x00000000076A0000-0x0000000007732000-memory.dmp