Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    554s
  • max time network
    549s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    08/08/2026, 17:40

General

  • Target
    OperaGXSetup.exe
  • Size 3.9MB
  • Sample260808-v8trssef98
  • SHA256 82d26bac8be0c7528fcaa32097592723593d63608e11bf6ed3b1836575b6a615
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • 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.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OperaGXSetup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OperaGXSetup.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2784
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS0EAC6649\installer.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS0EAC6649\installer.exe --server-tracking-blob=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
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4144
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS0EAC6649\installer.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS0EAC6649\installer.exe --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable" /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable\Crash Reports" "--crash-count-file=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable\crash_count.txt" --url=https://crashstats-collector-2.opera.com/ --annotation=channel=Stable --annotation=plat=Win64 --annotation=prod=OperaDesktopGX --annotation=ver=134.0.5954.44 --initial-client-data=0x2a0,0x2a4,0x2a8,0x27c,0x2ac,0x7ff61521bd88,0x7ff61521bd94,0x7ff61521bda0
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:3868
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\bf4d0d77-c26a-4c90-b76c-e92994e7b6cd Opera GX Installer Temp\installer.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\bf4d0d77-c26a-4c90-b76c-e92994e7b6cd Opera GX Installer Temp\installer.exe" --version
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:4116
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:2020

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          installer.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS0EAC6649\installer.exe
          • Size 9.1MB
          • SHA256 b7c6b1b417864b64d5395c287a819398038b27290db3f85bf89c770a81a4cc5a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3868-19-0x000001DA9C650000-0x000001DA9C891000-memory.dmp

          memory/4116-11-0x00000228439B0000-0x0000022843BF1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4144-18-0x00000212F7C90000-0x00000212F7ED1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4144-26-0x00000212F7C90000-0x00000212F7ED1000-memory.dmp